Previously, Xu Kun and I had some guesses as to why the demonic beast had kidnapped the children, but we didn't know the inside story. After looking through the demonic beast's memories, we finally understood the crux of the matter.
After understanding this, I became even more worried. However, the demonic beast's memories didn't have any information about where the children had gone, only the position of their leader.
I pondered for a moment. Since these demonic beasts needed Xiantian energy to help them cultivate, the only outcome for those children was to be eaten by them.
In this way, if we move even half a step slower, I'm afraid that some of the children will die because of it.
The situation instantly became critical. I quickly weighed the pros and cons. Although I was worried that the leader's cultivation might be at the half-step Sunset Realm, I couldn't care too much about that in order to save little Wang Li.
I turned my head to look at Xu Kun. He had the Eastern Emperor Bell. If he could fight the enemy with me, we would have a higher chance of success. Of course, I still needed his agreement.
After making up my mind, I quickly explained the current situation to Xu Kun. Afterwards, I asked him if he wanted to come with me.
Xu Kun was a hot-blooded person. After listening to me, he pondered for a moment before nodding. "I came here for the sake of those children, so there's no reason for me to refuse. Let's go."
Hearing that, I was overjoyed. I sent my spiritual power into Xu Kun's body to help him recover his cultivation. Afterwards, I grabbed his shoulder and flew towards the demonic beast leader's position.
Soon, we arrived at the edge of another cliff. In the distance, we could see a huge, dark cave below the cliff. It was the cave where the demonic beast leader was.
Before we could get close, the demonic beast leader sensed our aura and walked out of the cave. It stood at the cave entrance with its hands clasped behind its back, looking at us from a distance.
The demonic beast leader's appearance was the same as the previous demonic beasts. It seemed that they were of the same race.
This surprised me. The Mountain and Sea Realm had been separated from the human world for thousands of years. Their race had actually left their legacies in both places, which was quite extraordinary.
Although his face was ugly, the demonic beast leader's mannerisms were much more elegant. He stood there with his hands behind his back. If one didn't look at his head, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was a human.
I spread out my spiritual sense and roughly sensed it, but I couldn't sense the specific cultivation of this leader. It seemed that my earlier guess was right, that his cultivation was indeed above mine. However, I wasn't too afraid, as he didn't give me the same feeling that Old President Li, Celestial Master Zhang, and the others had. From this, I could deduce that his cultivation hadn't reached half a step into the Xiantian Realm, but the middle or late stages of the Xiantian Realm.
Of course, the difference between these two realms is still very big. If it's just the middle stage of Ascension, I believe that I alone will be able to put up a fight. But if it's the late stage of Ascension, Xu Kun and I will be very lucky to be able to save those children today.
With these thoughts in mind, we soon arrived in front of the cave.
When we got close, I secretly activated the Nine Star Heavenly Dipper and used the power of Clear Insight to sense it. Although I still couldn't completely determine its cultivation base, I could vaguely sense that it was in the middle stage of Ascension. I breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed.
Seeing us land, the demonic beast leader's expression didn't change. In a low, hoarse voice, he said, "Ants, you dare to trespass on my tribe's territory. I was already being lenient by not paying attention to you earlier.
I never imagined that you would dare to trespass on my Immortal's cave. How impudent! "
I was shocked to hear the demonic beast leader speak the language of the Human Tribe. However, I quickly recovered. Actually, after reaching the Heavenly Master level, Demonlings could assume human form and speak the language of the Human Tribe. It was just that with the opening of the Mountain and Sea Realm, the ordinary demonic beasts that had absorbed the Ancient Wildlands energy had only just begun to develop their cultivation bases, and hadn't yet mastered any divine abilities. Because of that, none of the demonic beasts I had killed had spoken, which was why I had forgotten about it.
As for the leader of the demonic beasts, he was a Demonling from the Mountain and Sea Realm, and naturally possessed all sorts of divine abilities and techniques. It was only natural for him to speak the Human Tribe.
Furthermore, the words he had just spoken shocked me. Apparently, Xu Kun and I had been under his control when we trespassed.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Considering the level of his cultivation base, his Spiritual Sense should have been able to cover the entire area. It wouldn't have been difficult for him to detect an intruder. That was one of the reasons I hadn't allowed Zhang Kanwen and Fatty to come with us.
Although we had been shocked by his words, Zhang Kanwen and I had long since weighed the pros and cons, so we didn't have much to say. I said, "You abducted children, a shameless act to the extreme. You dare to call yourself 'I'? You've really made a fool of yourselves.
If you hand over those children, I might allow you to flee. If you resist stubbornly, then don't blame your grandpas for being cruel. "
After confirming that he only had a mid Ascension cultivation base, I felt much more confident. Naturally, I wasn't willing to take any losses.
Hearing my words, not to mention the monster leader, even Xu Kun, who was standing at the side, was shocked.
On the other hand, the leader of the demon beasts was angered to the point of being reborn, and the loftiness he intentionally maintained in his voice had completely vanished. What remained was only exasperation as he said fiercely, "What an arrogant kid!
No wonder the human world has declined so much. It turns out that everyone is a brainless and arrogant person.
That's good too. When I eat those spiritual children later, I'll use the two of you to accompany my meal! "
My reaction was completely different from his. After listening to his words, I was overjoyed.
From his words, it wasn't difficult to determine that little Wang Li and the other children should still be alive.
Since they were fine, I didn't have any worries. While feeling at ease, I directly spat out the Xuanyuan Sword from my mouth. The Dao Qi in my body flowed continuously into the Xuanyuan Sword.
When the monster leader saw my actions, his originally disdainful face suddenly changed to one of shock. He pointed at me and said, "You … Where did your power come from?"
Where did my power come from?
I was stunned at first, but then reacted. Could it be that he was referring to the Dao Qi in my body?
In the Mountain and Sea Realm, there were only the Magi and Yao races. This monster leader had just come out of the Mountain and Sea Realm, so it was normal that he wasn't familiar with Dao Qi.
However, I still had some doubts in my heart. His cultivation was above mine, so even if he had never seen Dao Qi, he shouldn't be so shocked. In fact, there was even a trace of panic in his shock.
Just as I was feeling puzzled, the monster leader suddenly stared at me with a burning gaze. In his eyes, panic was gradually replaced by greed. He laughed, "Fine, since you have the heart to seek death, how can I not help you?
After I swallow you, ascension is just around the corner. "
After saying that, he threw his head back and laughed. It looked like he was about to attack.
I naturally didn't dare to be careless. I hurriedly signaled Xu Kun to step back and let me deal with him.
Although Xu Kun controlled the Eastern Emperor Bell, his cultivation was only at the Yang Spirit level. There was no need for him to take risks when facing this middle stage monster leader.
After seeing my signal, Xu Kun didn't try to be brave. He nodded slightly and quickly retreated to the side.
After he left, I didn't wait for the monster leader to attack. I stepped out of the Nine Star Heavenly Dipper and circulated Dao Qi on the Xuan-Yuan Sword.
In the blink of an eye, a ray of Xuan-Yuan Sword Qi flew towards the monster leader's face.
This attack was just a test. The monster leader had a mocking expression on his face. With a light snort, he spun his hands and produced a ball of smoke, which he threw towards the sword qi.
Soon, the two balls of energy collided, causing a huge explosion. Waves of air surged in the surroundings and dust flew everywhere.
Although both sides did not use their full strength, the people who rushed forward and the flying leaves had great power. When the explosion dissipated, there was already a large pit several meters deep on the ground. Within a radius of several dozen meters, all the trees were snapped in the middle, and the short flowers and grass were also lying on the ground.
Xu Kun, who had been standing not too far away, had already flown up into the air in order to avoid the attack.
I raised my eyes to look at the monster leader. It was obvious that he still didn't take me seriously. At that moment, he was still standing with his hands behind his back. He didn't seem to have any intention of initiating an attack.
Seeing his actions, I wasn't annoyed. Instead, I was happy.
Facing these monsters, the most troublesome thing for me wasn't their high cultivation, but their endless secret techniques. Just like the giant bird that I had killed earlier, and the ferocious beast that Xu Kun had used the Eastern Emperor Bell to disperse, they all had their own secret techniques that were quite powerful.
Facing those secret techniques, I might be in trouble if I wasn't careful. However, if I were to attack freely, I wouldn't have to worry about that.
I immediately transferred the witchcraft aura in my body to my Life Palace and used the witchcraft aura transformation technique.
After a few seconds, a dark green sword appeared in my palm. I immediately threw it at the monster leader.
After the small sword left my hand, the witchcraft aura emitted from it. One turned into two, and two turned into four. In the blink of an eye, there were ten small swords that flew towards the monster leader.
Seeing my method, a trace of astonishment flashed across the leader's face. He stopped mocking me and quickly spat out a mouthful of smoke to face the ten small swords formed from witchcraft aura.
I had already seen the power of the smoke technique when Xu Kun had fought with the small demon. Its power was indeed extraordinary. Now that it was being used by the monster leader with a high cultivation, I naturally didn't dare to be careless. I stared at it closely, ready to make my next move.
Very quickly, the dark green sword collided with the smoke. I thought that the two attacks would cancel each other out like before. However, I didn't expect that the dark green sword would directly pass through the smoke and continue to rush towards the monster leader. The smoke didn't dissipate and continued to charge towards me.
This situation was really beyond my expectations. In a hurry, I didn't have time to think too much and dodged. However, I didn't expect that the smoke would also change direction and continue to chase after me.
It seemed that the monster leader's cultivation wasn't shallow. After repeatedly dodging to no avail, I had no choice but to stop in my tracks. Once again, I mobilized the witchcraft aura in my body and combined it with the power of the Sun God to set up a barrier in front of me to block the smoke that continuously chased after me.
When I stopped, the smoke hit the witchcraft aura barrier. It didn't have much power, but after it hit the barrier, it was like maggots in a bone, wrapping around the entire barrier and slowly corroding it.