Chapter 243: Demon Sage Tomb
Chapter 243: Demon Sage Tomb
Separated by a great distance, the two could not clearly see their faces.
But anyone who could come to the Abyssal Chains at this moment could only be that young man.
"Li Hao..."
Ji Qingqing's eyes welled with tears, and she wanted to climb down the Abyssal Chains to greet him, but the Patriarch's pardon had not yet arrived, and leaving the island without permission would be considered an escape.
She had waited for over a decade; she did not want any last-minute complications.
They leaned on each other, their eyes fixed on the two figures climbing up.
At the same time, on the Abyssal Chains.
Li Hao held the Sky Observation Mirror and saw two figures standing before the Abyssal Heaven Stele, which was used to secure the Abyssal Chains. One of them was Mother Ji Qingqing.
Seeing her focused gaze and the tears in her eyes, Li Hao quickened his pace.
Sensing Li Hao's acceleration, Ji Yunyue smiled bitterly. On the Abyssal Chains, where power was sealed and one could only rely on their physical body, Li Hao's Body Movement Techniques were even faster than hers.
As they sped up, Li Hao suddenly felt a strange sensation.
As if responding to it, he looked down.
The Abyss below was pitch black, with no light visible, but as he focused, a crimson glow seemed to emerge from the depths.
Li Hao was taken aback, blinking to clear his vision, suspecting it was an illusion.
Before he could look again, a terrifying tremor erupted from the Abyss.
With a loud boom!
The entire Abyss shook, the cliff near the Wasteland Sea trembled, and the three Abyssal Chains quivered violently.
At the same time, the nearby Wasteland Sea seemed to be affected, and the previously calm surface suddenly churned with angry waves.
"What?"
Ji Yunyue stopped in her tracks, gripping the chain tightly, and looked on in shock.
A crimson glow emerged from the Abyss, growing stronger, and then, abruptly, a massive tentacle shot out, wrapping around their Abyssal Chain.
The tentacle was thousands of feet long, and when it coiled around the chain, its immense weight nearly dragged the entire Heavenly Prison Island down.
This sudden, violent tremor alarmed everyone on Heavenly Prison Island.
Some were in a deep slumber, others on the brink of death, and still others were lost in their cultivation techniques, but now they were all jolted awake.
The Heavenly Prison Island swayed violently, like a small boat in a storm.
"What's happening?!"
"Is Heavenly Prison Island collapsing?"
"Look, the island is sinking!"
On Heavenly Prison Island, a dozen convicts were shocked. Their previously lifeless, drooping eyes widened as they rushed out of their caves and gathered at the edge of the island.
When they saw the crimson tentacle wrapped around one of the Abyssal Chains, dragging it down, they were all stunned.
"What is that?"
"Demons? How is that possible?!"
"The size, the aura, heavens, there are actually Demons guarding the Abyss?!"
"Could someone be trying to escape, angering the guardian Demons?"
These convicts had been here for varying lengths of time and knew little about Heavenly Prison Island. Now, they were all horrified, as this was something they had never heard of before.
The Abyss, they heard, was a bottomless pit created by an Ancestor's punch.
But now, Demons were actually emerging from it?
An emaciated, ragged old man, looking like a beggar, crawled to the edge of Heavenly Prison Island and stared at the crimson tentacle. His eyes widened in shock, but then he burst into laughter.
"Ha ha, the Ji Family is now imprisoning Sacred Bone prodigies here?"
"They deserve it, the Ji Family deserves to be destroyed..."
He laughed wildly, tears streaming down his weathered face.
Many of the convicts recognized the old man, calling him the mad old man. He had been imprisoned here for an extremely long time, always raving and saying incomprehensible things, and no one paid him any attention.
Before the Abyssal Heaven Stele, Ji Qingqing and Ningma were nearly thrown off Heavenly Prison Island by the sudden tremor.
The two quickly grabbed onto the Abyssal Heaven Stele to steady themselves, only to see Heavenly Prison Island plummeting rapidly and shaking violently. The island's natural buoyancy was trying to lift it, but the Tentacle dragging the Abyssal Chains was pulling it down, causing the island to tilt.
"What is that thing?"
Ji Qingqing also saw the crimson Tentacle on the chain, its size so massive that it could be seen even from thousands of miles away.
Her face was full of shock. She had never heard of such terrifying Demons dwelling in the Abyss since ancient times.
Ningma was equally terrified, his face pale, unsure of what was happening.
At the same moment, Li Tiangang and Ji Yunqing, who were on another Abyssal Chain, were also startled by the sudden tremor, nearly losing their grip and falling.
When they saw the Tentacle wrapped around the chain from a distance, Ji Yunqing's pupils constricted, and he exclaimed in horror, "What is that thing?"
He had never heard of anything like it, finding it utterly inexplicable.
"Is it one of the Monsters guarding this place?" Li Tiangang asked, his face pale with fear.
Ji Yunqing didn't answer, his eyes filled with dread. Sensing the Power of the Great Dao within the Tentacle, he knew the Ji Family could never tame a Demon of this level.
"Run!"
On the Abyssal Chain, Li Hao saw the Tentacle's movements and felt a chill. He immediately burst into full speed, pulling Ji Yunyue forward.
Ji Yunyue also reacted, her face pale. The Tentacle had wrapped around the end of the chain, leaving no room for retreat. Their only option was to escape to Heavenly Prison Island.
She immediately unleashed her full speed, using the Ji Family Body Movement Techniques to keep up with Li Hao.
As the two raced forward, several more Tentacles shot out from the Abyss, grabbing onto the three chains.
The three chains pulled simultaneously, causing the bowl-shaped Heavenly Prison Island to tilt and then plummet even faster.
From within the Abyss, a massive crimson shadow, resembling a Blood Lotus, gradually emerged.
The thousand-foot-long Tentacles extended from behind the Blood Lotus. In the center of the Blood Lotus, there was a massive human face, with eyes tightly closed and skin as white as snow, the face of a breathtakingly beautiful woman.
Her red lips were lightly closed, her eyes serene, as if she were in a peaceful slumber.
Despite her beauty, the face, which was a thousand feet in diameter, had a chilling effect as it pushed forward with the rising Blood Lotus.
More and more Tentacles shot out from behind the Blood Lotus, wrapping around the chains and pulling Heavenly Prison Island straight down from the sky.
"That's Wenren Ji, the Demon Sage recorded in the Ancestral Notes!"
On Heavenly Prison Island, some of the older criminals, upon seeing the giant face of the Blood Lotus, were stunned into a daze.
"Blood Lotus, demonic face, Purple Soul-Stealing Eyes— one glance can steal a soul, two glances can steal a Dao Heart, and three glances can cause a Pathfinder to fall!"
"This, this is a Demon Sage!!"
Several of the older criminals felt as if they were about to go mad, almost suffocating.
On the two Abyssal Chains, Ji Yunqing and Ji Yunyue both recognized Wenren Ji, their faces twisted in terror, feeling as if their souls were about to leave their bodies.
This was a Demon Sage!
An existence on par with an Ancestor!
"According to the legends, the Ancestor suppressed the Demon Sages, and this Wenren Ji was said to have been slain by the Ancestor. How could she be here?"
"Run, run!"
Ji Yunyue and Ji Yunqing were both heartbroken and terrified. They were both in the Great Peace Dao Realm, but in front of this Demon Sage, they felt like mere children. A single breath from her could likely kill them.
"This is a Demon Sage, run for your lives!"
Ji Yunyue urgently shouted to Li Hao.
Li Hao's heart jolted. A Demon Sage, no wonder the chilling sensation nearly paralyzed him, making it impossible to move.
The two of them dashed forward in a desperate sprint.
The Abyssal Chains jangled and swayed, but the chains were incredibly resilient and didn't break.
The stunning woman on the Blood Lotus opened her mouth slightly, revealing a crimson, perfectly shaped lip that split open, revealing a mouth lined with countless sharp spikes, leading to a dark abyss.
A powerful suction force emanated from her mouth, and Li Hao and Ji Yunyue felt as if countless threads were wrapping around their bodies, making it extremely difficult to climb upward.
On Heavenly Prison Island, the numerous criminals were terrified.
"It, it's going to eat the entire island!"
"Quick, knock down the Abyssal Heaven Steles. I'd rather ascend to the heavens than die in its mouth. I've heard that being killed by a Demon Sage means no chance of reincarnation."
The criminals were in a panic and rushed to the various Abyssal Heaven Steles.
The old man, known as the madman, lay on the ground, laughing wildly.
"It's no use, it's no use. This Wenren Ji was once the Ancestor's demonic pet, but it betrayed and attacked the Ancestor during the Sainthood Immersion, only to be suppressed."
"Someone must have a Sacred Bone on them, the Sage aura from it must have awakened it from the Abyss."
"Haha, who would have thought the Ancestor would bury such a Demon Sage here. This entire Wasteland Sea is its tomb..."
In the chaos, no one paid attention to his words. A dozen people scattered, rushing to the three Abyssal Heaven Steles.
Ji Qingqing, upon hearing their words, her face turned pale, and she shouted angrily, "Stop! Who dares to do this?"
She summoned her Divine Soul and hovered in the air, radiating powerful Divine Light, blocking the criminals who were trying to topple the Abyssal Heaven Steles.
The Abyssal Chains couldn't be severed, but the Abyssal Heaven Steles buried on Heavenly Prison Island could be moved. If the chains were removed, even if the island ascended and the criminals were burned to death by the holy fire of the sun, there would still be a slim chance of reincarnation.
"Get out of the way, don't block us!"
Someone roared and tried to charge at Ji Qingqing.
But Ji Qingqing's Treasure Robe glowed with Divine Light, and a frost-like Long Sword appeared in her hand. With a single strike, the Sword Qi slashed through the air, striking the person and tearing a large gash, forcing him to retreat.
In her youth, she was a prodigy of the Ji Family, not the absolute best, but after many years of cultivation, she had reached the Ultimate Mastery Realm before being imprisoned. Having been on Heavenly Prison Island for less than two years, her power had not diminished much. Her enraged attack now erupted with formidable might.
The other criminals, seeing Ji Qingqing's display of divine power, were stunned and shouted angrily:
"Do you want us all to die?!"
"Exactly, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you. We still want to reincarnate as humans!"
The criminals raged.
Ji Qingqing ignored them. Her Divine Soul soared above the island, and she saw the criminals scattering toward the other two Abyssal Heaven Steles. Her eyes filled with killing intent, she manipulated her Divine Sword to strike, forcing them back.
"As long as I'm here, no one will touch them!"
Ji Qingqing stood by the Abyssal Heaven Stele, her body enveloped in Divine Flame like a descending goddess, and she declared angrily.
"You, you're completely unreasonable!"
The criminals, intimidated and enraged by her, were both shocked and furious.
(End of Chapter)
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