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Chapter 497: The Abyssal Transformation
Chapter 497: The Abyssal Transformation
Amidst the vast desert, a howling gale swept across the sands.
A swirling, distorted force of heaven and earth bound and imprisoned a Ninth Rank Demonic Tyrant, confining it within, transforming it into a black misty ball, unable to move a single inch.
Step, step, step...
In the distance, atop a sand dune, Chen Mu stood, clad in a long robe, his hands clasped behind his back as he arrived, floating in the air.
His deep and profound gaze fixed upon the Ninth Rank Demonic Tyrant he had sealed, and in a calm tone, he spoke, "What have you all been doing beneath this desert? What methods have you employed? I know you can understand my words."
A deep hum reverberated.
The Ninth Rank Demonic Tyrant, bound by the Cosmic Palm, was slightly loosened by Chen Mu, and immediately, it began to flicker with shadowy light, transforming into countless forms in an instant. One flicker revealed Chen Yue's appearance, looking pitifully at Chen Mu with a sorrowful expression, as if she couldn't comprehend why Chen Mu was treating her this way. Another flicker transformed into Xu Hongyu's form, her eyes dimmed, conveying a sense of silent despair.
"Hmph!"
"You're overestimating your abilities."
Chen Mu observed this scene with an unmoved expression. Instead of changing, he let out a cold snort, and a surge of righteous and majestic Soul Power suddenly rippled, causing the Demon Cloud formed by the Demonic Tyrant to explode, nearly collapsing instantly.
His Soul Power was now incredibly potent, having tempered his entire body into an Eternal Divine Soul, surpassing the cultivation of the physical realm. With one foot already in the Divine Realm, not only Ninth Rank Demonic Tyrants but even Tenth Rank Demonic Tyrants would be like a fly swatter against a car if they dared to compete with him in Soul techniques. There was already a gap in their cultivation.
A deep hum reverberated.
The Demonic Tyrant, nearly annihilated by Chen Mu's cold snort, seemed to finally understand the disparity between them. The black mist twisted and contorted, no longer transforming into physical forms. Instead, it revealed a dim, shadowy, and somewhat chaotic mad face.
"Haha... Hehe... You'll all die... It's useless, utterly useless..."
"You can't stop me... Haha..."
The mist-like face emitted a burst of laughter, both chaotic and maniacal.
Boom!
Chen Mu's expression remained blank, and he clenched his five fingers, causing the distorted Cosmic Palm to retract inward, instantly tightening its grip. In that moment, the Demonic Tyrant was crushed into fragments, turning into strands of black light that vanished.
After annihilating the Demonic Tyrant, Chen Mu lowered his gaze, directing his attention downward towards the vast desert.
"I've always felt there was something amiss here. Now it seems like the Ancient Demon Race has been up to no good."
Many years ago, when Chen Mu first entered the Sand Province and comprehended the changes in heaven and earth, he found the environment here to be somewhat peculiar. However, at that time, he only found it slightly odd, and with his initial strength, he couldn't fully explore the Sand Province.
Later, he had paid some attention to the Sand Province's situation and learned from the Seven Mysteries Sect's ancient texts that the Sand Province was a unique region in the Jade Province. Its uniqueness lay in the fact that the Ice State Abyss was the only inaccessible abyss in the entire province.
In the Jade Province, when the abysses were opened, all regions except for the Sand Province could be explored. According to the ancient texts, this was due to the extreme chaos in the Sand Province's earth pulse power.
But now it seemed...
The chaotic earth pulse in the Sand Province might have a reason behind it.
With Chen Mu's cultivation of the Eternal Divine Soul and his entry into the Half-Immortal Realm, even the extreme chaos of the Sand Province's earth pulse power couldn't hinder his vision. His gaze could penetrate the vast sand, layer by layer, allowing him to glimpse the secrets beneath the earth pulse.
A thousand meters below, the abyss world was shrouded in black mist and demonic energy, resembling a doomsday-like scene! From the ground to the abyss, despite only being a thousand meters deep, it was a chasm that even Celestial Martial Artists couldn't forcibly cross. The deeper one went, the more chaotic it became, especially in the Sand Province, where the earth pulse was far more chaotic than other regions. Even 'Five Paragons' level Celestial Martial Artists couldn't sense the situation a thousand meters below. Only Chen Mu, standing atop the sand dune, could witness this apocalyptic scene.
Yet, witnessing this, Chen Mu's heart remained unwavering.
"Indeed, they've turned this place into a mess."
His profound gaze and cold demeanor remained as he took a step forward.
Boom!!!
The vast sand dune before him suddenly split, as if submitting to his will, parting to both sides. The yellow sand poured through the fissure, forming two cascading waterfalls of sand on either side.
Chen Mu continued forward, stepping down into the divided desert, one step at a time. The chaotic and mottled earth pulse beneath his feet stabilized, and the vast expanse of sand, built upon the earth pulse, was measured by his footsteps.
Three hundred meters...
Four hundred meters...
Five hundred meters...
...
Chen Mu descended further, stepping into the depths of the chaotic earth pulse.
At six hundred meters underground, the chaos of the earth pulse was already enough to threaten even Blood Washing Realm cultivators. Even Celestial Martial Artists would have to proceed with caution, but Chen Mu strolled leisurely.
Seven hundred zhang,
Eight hundred zhang,
Nine hundred zhang,
...
He continued to delve deeper, and when he reached a depth of nine hundred zhang, the chaos of the earth's pulse energy here was beyond description. Ordinary martial domains would be completely ineffective here. Even a Celestial-Soul with the third step of insight, cultivating the Earthly Root Lineage, would find it difficult to control the earth's pulse energy. They would have to exert themselves to the utmost to barely suppress it.
However, when Chen Mu arrived, he still didn't feel the slightest oppression. Even though the power of heaven and earth had reached an extreme level of chaos, under his celestial-soul sensitivity, he still controlled and commanded the entire realm's heaven and earth, as well as the earth's pulse.
His will replaced all the chaos here and became the only power in this place!
Boom!
Chen Mu continued downward, and after walking for about three hundred zhang, he finally stepped into an empty void, falling into a crack located beneath Sand County, deep within the earth's pulse layer.
This place was precisely the Sand County Abyss!
As soon as he fell in, Chen Mu's gaze swept over a vast expanse of black mist.
The demonic aura, which had long disappeared from the surface and was rarely seen in other abysses, was everywhere here. Everywhere he looked, he saw terrifying scenes, and even the heaven and earth in this region seemed to no longer belong to the Great Xuan World. Instead, it seemed to have been forcibly separated and isolated, becoming another part.
Chen Mu's arrival caused a huge disturbance. He didn't enter the abyss through normal earth pulse fluctuations but instead tore through it. Throughout history, he was the only one who could forcibly enter this realm a thousand zhang below the surface. Just by stepping into the Sand County Abyss, he caused the entire abyss to tremble, and the rolling demonic energy howled like a tidal wave.
"Grrrr!"
A deep, muffled roar echoed.
Amidst the vast demonic energy, a monstrous creature appeared, its body as massive as a mountain. It was a monster, and its demonic aura was so overwhelming that it had reached at least the ninth rank. It was a Heavenly Demon Deer-Shu, a ferocious monster described in the Great Xuan's ancient texts.
Its body resembled a horse, with white hair on its head and tiger-like stripes on its body. As it galloped, demonic energy swirled and howled around it, like demonic clouds gathering at its side. It had completely demonized.
The Heavenly Demon Deer-Shu was already a notoriously cruel monster, and with the addition of its demonic energy, the oppressive feeling it exuded was even more intense. Even a Celestial Martial Artist, in a one-on-one situation, might struggle to defeat this demonized Heavenly Demon!
However, at this moment, more than just a Deer-Shu appeared.
Accompanied by another deep growl, a massive creature emerged from the pitch-black darkness in the north. It was the Whirling Turtle, a ten-zhuang-sized monster with a body like a turtle, a red-as-blood head, and a snake-like tail and wings. It, too, had reached the Heavenly Demon level and was completely demonized!
Another loud hiss sounded, and a giant snake slithered out from the black mist, its massive body adorned with black demonic patterns and scales of various colors.
It was the Heavenly Demon Great Snake, another demonized monster enveloped in demonic energy!
As the Great Snake slithered forward, a loud cry echoed, and a demon bird rode the demonic clouds, crossing over. Its body was not large, its wings were a bluish color, and its tail was slender. Demonic patterns also spread across its body, revealing it to be another renowned Heavenly Demon—the Phoenix!
Finally, a demonized ape-like creature approached from the north. Its body was not affected by demonic energy, but its demon eyes were as black as ink, and looking into them gave one a strong sense of heart palpitations. It was yet another Heavenly Demon.
In the instant Chen Mu stepped into the abyss, five demonized Heavenly Demons gathered around him.
The terror of five demonized Heavenly Demons was immense. Each of them was almost as formidable as a Celestial Martial Artist, and with their combined might and the environment filled with swirling demonic energy, any Celestial being, except for the Five Paragons, would surely meet their end here. Even the Five Paragons themselves, if they were to escape, would likely suffer injuries and not get away unscathed.
"Just casually summoning five Heavenly Demons, what a grand display."
Chen Mu's gaze, however, was not focused on them but instead directed deeper into the Sand County Abyss, towards something there. His eyes narrowed slightly as if he had spotted something.
Roar!!
As Chen Mu stood still, the five demonized Heavenly Demons did not hesitate. Amidst the swirling demonic energy, they converged and immediately let out roars and hisses, launching an attack on Chen Mu.
The Whirling Turtle whipped its tail, the Phoenix screeched, the Great Ape stretched out its arms to grasp the sun and moon, and the Deer-Shu lifted its horns to ram into a pillar. Each attack, infused with surging demonic energy and power, converged from all directions, threatening to engulf Chen Mu.
At this moment, Chen Mu finally retracted his gaze, sweeping it over the five demonized Heavenly Demons with a calm expression.
In a single punch.
Just a single punch.
The onslaught of five demonized Heavenly Demons was utterly obliterated!
Not only did the surging flood of intertwining demon energy dissipate, but even the void within the Abyss was shattered and torn apart by Chen Mu's punch, collapsing and crumbling forward for several dozen zhang, and the white void fissure that stretched for several hundred zhang, was a terrifying sight to behold.
The terrifying force of this collapse directly engulfed the demonized Heavenly Phoenix, causing its body to tremble and be forcefully pulverized into a cloud of blood and dust, its feathers and bones shattering into dust.
"Om!"
The Heavenly Demon Shu, unable to withstand a direct hit from Chen Mu's punch, was slightly grazed, causing nearly half of its body to be annihilated, while the remaining half was flung out for several dozen zhang.
If not for its complete demonization and life force beyond the comprehension of ordinary beings, this strike would have been fatal, and even a Heavenly Demon body could not have resisted it. However, despite this, as the demon energy surged, the destroyed half of its body slowly regenerated, indicating the severity of the damage it had sustained.
"Hiss!"
The demonized Great Snake also suffered a heavy blow, faring slightly better than Shu. Only the tip of its tail was obliterated by Chen Mu's fist: "Hiss!"
The demonized Great Snake's tail was obliterated by Chen Mu's fist, but due to the pull of his punch, it didn't fly away like the Shu. Instead, after a brief pause, it was immediately 'bitten' by the spreading void fissure, emitting a painful hiss.
Even the demonized Heavenly Demons, despite their transformation, could not withstand the crushing force of the void within the fissure. Their tails visibly disintegrated at an alarming rate, inch by inch, under the relentless squeeze of the void's power.
Finally, the demonized Great Snake struggled, and a black-red light exploded from its midsection, shattering its body into pieces. The rear half instantly vanished into the void, and the front half was flung forward, barely escaping the devouring and crushing void fissure.
"..."
Chen Mu witnessed this scene, but shook his head slightly.
Although these Heavenly Demons retained their physical forms, they were, in essence, demonized, resembling the walking corpses of the Corpse Demon Sect. They had lost their souls and were driven by demonic forces.
While Chen Mu held little sympathy for these creatures, he knew that the Demon Race's influence on them was no different from their treatment of human martial artists. If the Demon Path were allowed to spread in the world, it would undoubtedly lead to chaos and the suffering of all living beings.
"Heavenly Wheel Turn!"
Chen Mu raised his arm and waved it in the air.
In an instant, the void collapsed and crumbled once more.
A vast surge of Heaven-Earth Eight Trigrams Cosmic Energy erupted, forming a grand vortex that engulfed the heavily injured Great Snake and Shu, leaving the other two demonized Heavenly Demons with no means of escape.
"Hiss, hiss..."
All four Heavenly Demons let out hisses and confused roars, but they couldn't break free from Chen Mu's Heavenly Wheel Turn. Their demon energy was shattered and scattered, and they were swallowed by the collapsing void!
Falling into the crumbling void, the four demonized Heavenly Demons couldn't even create a splash, as the raging void energy completely tore them apart and turned them into dust, their final remnants dissolving.
After swiftly dealing with the four demonized Heavenly Demons.
Chen Mu turned his gaze towards the depths of the Sand County Abyss, taking no pause before stepping forward. The surging demon energy ahead of him, like a tide, seemed intent on engulfing and consuming him.
However, as Chen Mu took a step forward, the rolling demon energy abruptly halted, as if struck by a powerful force. It retreated, and with each step Chen Mu took, the vast demon energy crumbled.
Hmm!!
At this moment, Chen Mu didn't bother searching for a path to the deeper layers of the Abyss. After taking a few steps to disperse the demon energy, he stretched out his hands and forcefully tore into the Abyss below!
With the sound of the void tearing like paper, Chen Mu's action created a fissure that stretched for several hundred zhang, revealing a pitch-black void leading to the deeper depths of the Abyss.
Today, he was determined to uncover the secrets hidden at the bottom of this Abyss.
Demon energy was not native to this world, a fact Chen Mu was well aware of.
The Unity of Heaven and Person, a method of sensing the world, was ineffective in perceiving beyond the demon energy. Even with his current Soul Core, he faced interference from the demon energy, limiting his ability to probe the situation beneath.
But this wasn't a concern for Chen Mu. If he couldn't see or sense it, he would simply push forward!
Boom!
As Chen Mu took a step forward, the surging demon energy crumbled, and he stepped into the deeper layers of the Abyss.
(End of Chapter)
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