Chapter 2679: The Eerie Demon Flute
From the sound waves emitted by the demon flute, that high-rank Demon Emperor Realm expert felt the immense imperial might, and in shock, he was dumbstruck.
The next moment, the sound waves engulfed him like surging waves.
He instantly turned into a stone statue, the look of horror on his face frozen in place.
The sound waves continued forward, swallowing several other demon clan experts terrified out of their wits.
"Bang!"
The few demon clan experts turned into stone statues fell from the void into dust.
"This demon flute... is quite powerful..."
Lu Liyu glanced coldly downward and murmured to herself, then put away the demon flute and continued flying forward.
Dozens of breaths later, a crack was torn open in the void above those stone statues, and Fang Bai emerged from it.
"Li Yu can actually control that demon flute now..."
Fang Bai stood suspended in mid-air, his divine sense spreading in all directions, quickly discovering the stone statues below, confirming them as the "work" of the demon flute.
For a moment, he felt both joy and concern.
The joy was that Lu Liyu had the help of the demon flute, so even if he couldn’t find her for a moment, she had a degree of self-defense.
The concern was that such a treasure in Lu Liyu’s hands would bring her much trouble.
Right now, only by quickly finding Lu Liyu could he ensure her safety.
But what puzzled Fang Bai was that after tracking Lu Liyu’s aura to this point, he found that her aura seemed entirely erased, and he couldn’t sense it at all.
"In theory, the secret techniques Li Yu uses were taught by me. No matter how well she conceals her aura, I should be able to sense it. But what’s happening now? Could it be... related to that demon flute?"
No matter how he thought about it, Fang Bai felt that Lu Liyu’s aura suddenly disappearing must have something to do with the demon flute.
After all, any Emperor’s Instruments are highly spiritual, and for Lu Liyu to control that demon flute, it suggests the flute may have already recognized her as its master and is actively protecting her, which is a transcendental ability of Emperor’s Instruments.
"Li Yu and I, we have a mental connection, and I still don’t know her whereabouts. The Golden Crow Demon Emperor would find it even harder to find her!"
Thinking of this, Fang Bai somewhat felt at ease.
The void above his head suddenly rippled, then was torn open by a mighty force creating a pitch-black crack.
Fang Bai knew this was the Golden Crow Demon Emperor following him. With a sneer, he broke the void above with an upward hand, slipped inside, and disappeared from the spot in the next moment.
Fang Bai couldn’t sense Lu Liyu’s aura, aware that it was nearly impossible to find her on his own.
However, Fang Bai didn’t dare to offer a reward to mobilize the demon clan experts in the Demon Realm to help find her, as that would only bring disaster to Lu Liyu who carried the demon flute.
With no alternative, Fang Bai could only release his divine sense to search for Lu Liyu’s trail in every place he arrived, and even left Emperor’s Palace disciples’ unique communication runes in various demon cities, hoping Lu Liyu would remember, see them, and meet him.
What Fang Bai never expected was that while his emperor communication runes didn’t attract Lu Liyu, they drew in two disciples from Emperor’s Palace who had already fallen into the Demon Dao.
These two disciples were once among the 108 War Generals of Emperor’s Palace in the past, both possessing high-rank Immortal Emperor Realm cultivation level.
Back then, they escaped pursuit from the top eight powers and entered the Demon Realm to hide. Through a series of fortunate events, they cultivated demon clan techniques and gradually fell into the Demon Dao, becoming members of the demon clan.
Thankfully, while cultivating the demon clan techniques, they didn’t rush for progress but advanced gradually, so despite their changed temperament, becoming cruel and bloodthirsty, a thread of clarity remained in their Sea of Consciousness, and they still remembered being Emperor’s Palace disciples. Upon seeing the emperor communication runes left by Fang Bai, they understood their meaning.
When they found Fang Bai following the runes, they were astonished to discover he turned out to be a demon emperor, thinking they had been deceived.
Fang Bai, although surprised to encounter Emperor’s Palace disciples in the Demon Realm, felt delighted, and after revealing his identity, he unhesitatingly took the two who had entered the Demon Dao into his Five Elements Space Ring.
He believed that since the two Emperor’s Palace disciples hadn’t deeply fallen into the Demon Dao, the pure Immortal Qi within the Five Elements Space Ring could gradually dissolve the demonic qi inside them, allowing them to regain clarity and return to the Immortal Dao.
Through communication with those two disciples, Fang Bai learned that there should be others among the remaining Emperor’s Palace disciples who had fled into the Demon Realm back then.
Therefore, every time Fang Bai arrived at a demon city, he would leave a significant number of Emperor’s Palace runes and then stay there for a period of time.
This action indeed brought some results. In just two to three years after Fang Bai entered the Demon Realm, more than twenty demonized Emperor’s Palace disciples discovered the emperor runes he left and sought him out, thereafter being received into his Five Elements Space Ring.
Among these more than twenty disciples, nearly half were once Immortal Emperor Realm experts of Emperor’s Palace and belonged among the 108 War Generals.
After the new Emperor’s Palace was established, more than twenty of the 108 War Generals were summoned there by Fang Bai, and now, including the over ten from the Demon Realm, their number exceeded forty.
Fang Bai planned that upon returning to Emperor’s Palace, based on the over forty old war generals of the palace, he would select dozens of the most powerful current disciples from among the over ten thousand to reorganize the 108 War Generals.
Among the current Emperor’s Palace disciples, although many are at the Immortal Emperor Realm, there’s a lack of high-rank and peak Immortal Emperor Realm experts. Fang Bai intends to devote all his efforts to teaching and guiding, allowing Emperor’s Palace disciples to strengthen rapidly so that the reformed 108 War Generals can overall surpass the war power of the past Emperor’s Palace 108 War Generals.
Once the 108 War Generals are truly formed and learn to organize various Emperor Rank battle formations, their combat power would rival any top Emperor Realm expert across the Three Realms.
Thousands of years ago, when the top eight powers attacked Emperor’s Palace, the 108 War Generals of Emperor’s Palace were not gathered. Otherwise, the top eight powers would have paid a price several times higher to annihilate Emperor’s Palace.
Unknowingly, while Fang Bai was searching in each demon city for past Emperor’s Palace disciples, Lu Liyu, who acquired the demon flute, was cultivating in a hidden demon realm.
After the demon flute recognized her as its master, Lu Liyu sank deeper into the demon path, with a heightened urge for slaughter. With every demon clan expert she killed, the demonic qi within her body seemed to intensify.
In the demon realm, Lu Liyu sat cross-legged, her fair and delicate face showing an icy expression, the demon flute floating before her, emitting a ghostly black light, constantly releasing wisps of demonic qi. These swirled around her for a moment before being absorbed into her body.
As the demonic qi entered her body, the aura Lu Liyu exuded became increasingly astonishing, and the intense evil qi continuously spread outward, saturating the entire demon realm.
If a demon clan expert were present, they would recognize this as a sign of an impending advancement, and not just a minor one.