NOVPUB"Not good!"
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man secretly felt that something was amiss. The sphere within the Chaotic Void seemed to have detected him spying, as it attempted to suck out his soul, to devour and crush it.
"Wake up!"
Fortunately, at that moment, Su Changkong noticed the abnormalities in the Heavenly Corpse Old Man’s aura. He immediately let out a low shout that resounded explosively by the Heavenly Corpse Old Man’s ears, like an enlightening elixir.
That caused the dazed Heavenly Corpse Old Man to jolt back to reality. He forcibly pulled his spirit and consciousness back from the void, abandoning further exploration.
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man’s gaze cleared, his body trembled, and he groaned, with blood seeping from his nose and mouth, his breath weakening in waves!
"What’s the situation? Are you okay?"
Su Changkong was also startled and immediately asked.
Having the Heavenly Corpse Old Man check on Hong Zhenxiang’s whereabouts had resulted in him sustaining injuries, and not light ones at that!
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man seemed somewhat listless. He shook his head with effort and a trace of fear in his eyes: "I’m... fine, monster... I saw a monster!"
"Monster?"
Su Changkong frowned. The Heavenly Corpse Old Man, after all, had lived for hundreds of years and had now even entered sainthood through long accumulation and chance opportunities. Yet, he’s so panicked?
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man swallowed and spoke in shock: "Through the essence in the blood, I spied another end connected to its essence—a huge monster in the Chaotic Void!"
"It looked like a heart but also like a huge nest, as if nurturing something. It was terrifying... unequivocally a fusion of chaos and destruction. My soul nearly got absorbed and crushed by it!"
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man shuddered, having lived for hundreds of years and seen many horrific things, yet this was the first time he encountered such a fearsome creature!
"A huge nest? Could that be Qin Miesheng’s hiding place? Hong Zhenxiang might have been taken back there as well!"
Su Changkong’s eyebrows tightly knitted together. After seizing Hong Zhenxiang, Qin Miesheng had promptly returned to his lair.
"Old zombie, can you lead me to that place?"
Su Changkong pondered, then asked.
Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Corpse Old Man shook his head like a rattle-drum: "Not going... absolutely not! To go is to seek death! That thing is beyond what both of us can handle! Even... the strongest Martial Saints in the Nine Kingdoms would likely be insufficient facing it!"
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man’s refusal was very decisive. After spying, he could sense the peculiar and terrifying nature of that heart-like thing, the nest; it was a chilling monster.
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man felt that no one on this land could handle it!
"That terrifying?" Su Changkong was also astonished. The Heavenly Corpse Old Man was not one to exaggerate. He explicitly said that they couldn’t handle it, and even the Nine Kingdoms’ strongest Martial Saint facing it would be seeking death?
Su Changkong, although very powerful and confident in ranking amongst the best of the Nine Kingdoms’ Martial Saints, naturally did not consider himself the strongest Martial Saint. In the Upper Three Kingdoms, there were triple-layer Heaven Martial Saints!
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man spoke solemnly, "That thing is somewhat like a nest, within which demonic energy soars high, as if nurturing a terrible Demon Monster... It differs from those Monster Warriors; it might very well be... a real Demon Monster!"
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man had also seen Monster Warriors, amongst whom Hong Zhenxiang was the strongest. Yet, from the old man’s recent spying, the creature soon to be birthed in the demon nest was undoubtedly a hundred, even a thousand times more terrifying than Hong Zhenxiang—a true Demon Monster, naturally rivalling a Martial Saint!
Su Changkong’s expression grew serious; he knew the terror of a real Demon Monster more than the Heavenly Corpse Old Man did, being aware that the fall of the Great Divine Power Martial Saint, Mirror Master, was caused by a Demon Monster King!
The most terrifying Demon Monsters could likely match Ancient Saints!
"So Qin Miesheng really is a Demon Monster... and seemingly not a common one either. Could he be related to the Demon Monster King that led to the fall of Mirror Master?"
Su Changkong’s thoughts raced. Demon Monsters were fearsome, but their strength varied; the weakest were akin to a Divine Seed Martial Saint, yet Qin Miesheng was not of a common demon’s standard.
"Brother Blade, that Demon Monster’s nest is situated in the Chaotic Void; you simply cannot reach there. Entering it is like a person who can’t swim in the ocean... it’s hard to even move. I know you have a close relationship with Hong Zhenxiang, but it’s impossible to do this."
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man advised.
Although the Heavenly Corpse Old Man could trace its location by following the essence, the demon nest was located deep within the Chaotic Void, a region even Martial Saints couldn’t reach.
Even if Su Changkong were truly able to reach it, facing that extremely terrifying demon nest would be nothing but a death sentence!
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man was unwilling to accompany Su Changkong on a journey to their deaths.
Su Changkong remained somewhat silent, thankful that the Heavenly Corpse Old Man was willing to help as much as he could; naturally, he couldn’t force him to do anything.
Most importantly, as the Heavenly Corpse Old Man had said, it was not even possible to reach there.
"Alas... Brother Blade, I need to head back and recover first."
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man shook his head, returned the vial of Demon Monster blood to Su Changkong, and then headed back into the depths of Corpse-Burying Mountain.
"According to the Heavenly Corpse Old Man, Hong Zhenxiang is now within that Demon Monster’s nest, which is nurturing something that might bring about a great disaster when Qin Miesheng reappears in this world. And he will surely come looking for me again!"
Su Changkong could only depart, his mood very heavy.
