Chapter 2681: Imperial Might
When Lu Liyu was heavily injured and fell, the magic flute also slipped from her grasp, flying out into the distance.
The demon clan strong warriors attacking Lu Liyu saw this and stopped caring whether she lived or died, turning instead to snatch the magic flute.
The magic flute, being an extremely spiritual treasure, naturally wouldn’t be easily captured by those demon clan strong warriors.
It moved like a streak of black lightning, darting among the many demon clan strong warriors, easily evading the demon qi big palms reaching for it.
Some demon clan strong warriors exerted all their strength, yet they couldn’t even touch the magic flute and were so furious that they cursed incessantly.
Some observant demon clan strong warriors considered the possibility that the magic flute had already acknowledged Lu Liyu as its master. They simply gave up the chase, instead flying towards Lu Liyu, preparing to bide their time until the magic flute returned to her hands on its own.
At this moment, those demon clan strong warriors discovered that the heavily injured and unconscious Lu Liyu was lying in the arms of a male demon.
The male demon had one arm around Lu Liyu’s soft, delicate body, and with the other hand, was tidying her disheveled hair, looking at her slightly pale, charming face with an expression full of tenderness and worry.
When those demon clan strong warriors flew closer, the tenderness and worry in the male demon’s eyes suddenly transformed into intense killing intent.
"An... Emperor Realm Expert?"
Sensing a trace of imperial might from the male demon, the approaching demon clan strong warriors were taken aback and then frantically turned to flee.
They could see that the Emperor Realm Expert had an extraordinary relationship with Lu Liyu, and since they had seriously injured her, if they didn’t escape quickly, the Emperor Realm Expert’s wrath might fall upon them.
The magic flute passed among the scattered and fleeing demon clan warriors, returning to Lu Liyu’s side and once again merging into her forehead’s Sea of Consciousness.
The male demon holding Lu Liyu was Fang Bai.
He watched as the magic flute merged into Lu Liyu’s Sea of Consciousness but didn’t attempt to stop it.
In Fang Bai’s view, the magic flute had already acknowledged its master and was bound to Lu Liyu’s fate. If he forcibly prevented the flute from returning to Lu Liyu’s Sea of Consciousness, he might instead harm her.
In the future, when he assists Lu Liyu in returning to the Immortal Dao, he would attempt to see if the magic flute could be refined anew to eliminate its demonic nature.
"Do you think you can escape?"
Since Lu Liyu’s severe injury was caused by those demon clan warriors, Fang Bai naturally wouldn’t let them go. Watching them scatter and flee, he snorted coldly.
He circulated the Heaven Devouring Art, performing the Myriad Sword to Origin Secret Art, causing a multitude of dark demonic qi to instantly condense into hundreds of long swords before him.
"Go!"
Fang Bai softly commanded, and hundreds of long swords, carrying a shocking momentum, tore through the void, pursuing the scattered demon clan warriors with lightning speed.
The strongest among those demon clan warriors were only at high rank Demon Emperor Realm, nowhere near fast enough to outrun the demonic qi long swords released by Fang Bai.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of long swords caught up to hundreds of demon clan warriors, piercing their Qi Seas as if guided by unseen eyes.
The hundreds of fallen demon clan warriors, like leaves in the wind, their bodies spraying blood like arrows, fell to the ground.
The fallen demon clan warriors were the ones who had attacked Lu Liyu earlier. As for the thousands of demon clan warriors watching from afar, Fang Bai did not concern himself with them.
He tore through the void to arrive on the scene, catching Lu Liyu, and displaying imperial might by slaying hundreds of demon clan warriors at once, including many high-rank Demon Emperor Realm experts. Such power left the numerous demon clan warriors watching from afar dumbfounded.
The next moment, those demon clan warriors scattered in all directions.
They feared that, with the Demon Emperor losing his temper, they too might not be spared.
In an instant, the scene quieted down, with only the bloody smell lingering in the air and the bodies of hundreds of demon clan warriors on the ground testifying to the battle that had taken place here.
After transferring a strand of Chaos Immortal Qi into the heavily injured and unconscious Lu Liyu’s body, Fang Bai placed her beneath the World Tree in the Five Elements Space Ring.
Soon, the Chaos Immortal Qi would be able to heal Lu Liyu’s injuries.
As for the demonic qi within her body, staying long enough inside the Five Elements Space Ring, it might gradually be neutralized by the Immortal Qi released by the World Tree and Water of Life.
Fang Bai’s purpose in entering the Demon Realm was to search for and rescue Lu Liyu and the Great Luo Immortal Emperor.
Now that he had found Lu Liyu, the Great Luo Immortal Emperor was still nowhere to be found.
Upon entering the Demon Realm, Fang Bai had already revealed one of the Bipartite Dual Swords, a silver long sword used by the Hundred Flowers Empress in ancient times, just waiting for the mysterious Demon Emperor to come to him.
However, he had traveled through many regions of the Demon Realm, displaying the silver long sword each time, yet he failed to attract the mysterious Demon Emperor.
What left Fang Bai both amused and helpless was that, in the subsequent period, instead of the mysterious Demon Emperor who had captured the Great Luo Immortal Emperor appearing, it was two Demon Emperors who were drawn by the Emperor’s Instrument silver long sword, attempting to seize it, and engaged in two Emperor Realm battles with Fang Bai.
In the battles with the two Demon Emperors, although Fang Bai couldn’t gain much advantage, after each battle, he felt his strength had significantly improved.
"It seems that without entering the Emperor Realm, it’s quite challenging to slay an Emperor Realm Expert!"
Fang Bai thought that if he could slay those two Demon Emperors, he would surely acquire invaluable cultivation resources from them. Unfortunately, his power fell just short, leading him to regret quietly.
One day, Fang Bai arrived in a massive demon city, and upon discovering it desolate, with most demon clan strong warriors absent, he found it peculiar, so he casually seized a demon clan warrior to inquire.
"All the demon clan strong warriors in the city have gone to the Heaven Devouring Peak..."
Trembling under Fang Bai’s imperial might, the demon clan warrior, whose cultivation level was merely a fifth-grade Demon King Realm, replied shakily.
"What are they doing at the Heaven Devouring Peak?"
Fang Bai knew that the Heaven Devouring Peak was the Immortal Residence of the Demon Clan’s Heaven Devouring Great Emperor from millions of years ago. After the mysterious disappearance of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, some demon clan strong warriors went to the area around Heaven Devouring Peak for secluded cultivation, hoping to absorb some of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor’s fortune.
Over time, the Heaven Devouring Peak became a sacred place in the Demon Realm.
However, with millions of demon clan strong warriors missing from this demon city, all heading to the Heaven Devouring Peak, it seemed unlikely they were all going there for secluded cultivation, right?
The demon clan warrior, trembling, stammered, "Recently, an anomaly appeared at Heaven Devouring Peak. It’s said to be the reappearance of the Heaven Devouring Art, which belonged to the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor from millions of years ago..."
"Heaven Devouring Art?"
Fang Bai frowned, remembering that many years ago, the Heaven Devouring Art had appeared in the Immortal Realm and was cultivated by several Immortal Emperors, including himself.
Unexpectedly, the Heaven Devouring Art had appeared in the Demon Realm as well.
Fang Bai suddenly had a strange feeling: such an exceedingly rare, even legendary Great Emperor’s secret technique like the Heaven Devouring Art seemed to be everywhere, as if it was as common as street food.
Fang Bai released that Demon King Realm warrior, tore the void open, and vanished towards Heaven Devouring Peak.
He wanted to see if the Heaven Devouring Art that appeared at Heaven Devouring Peak was the same as that in the Immortal Realm, and if so, this matter would be worth contemplating deeply.