Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 460 - Blustering

Translator: Cinder Translations

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At the foot of the mountain.

The corpse pit.

The stone pillar continued to rise, piercing into the mountain's interior, as if it intended to penetrate the entire mountain.

The cracks in the cave ceiling grew wider, and numerous massive stone blocks kept falling.

The only exit of the corpse pit—the stone staircase passage—had been blocked by falling rocks.

Xing Yixuan and Niu Ying were trapped in the corpse pit.

Looking at the continuously falling massive rocks from the ceiling, a flash of fear appeared in Niu Ying's eyes.

"Miss, how do we escape?"

Xing Yixuan looked up at the massive crack in the ceiling, created by the stone pillar, and spoke.

"Follow me!"

A flying sword appeared in front of Xing Yixuan.

The sword was surrounded by a glowing sword aura, which flickered in and out of view.

The sword light cut through the air, smashing the blocking giant rocks one by one.

Xing Yixuan leaped into the air, swiftly following the sword light's trajectory, dashing toward the crack in the ceiling.

Behind her, Niu Ying closely followed.

The corpse pit was only a few miles deep, and the two of them quickly passed through the crack, emerging at the base of the mountain.

At that moment, countless giant stones were rolling down the mountain, and as the two prepared to flee from the mountain, they suddenly heard a deafening beastly roar coming from the crack behind them.

The roar was like a thunderclap. Even the massive sounds of the collapsing mountain couldn't mask it.

Xing Yixuan and Niu Ying felt as though their eardrums might burst, their heartbeats accelerating as an intense sense of dread and unease surged within them.

They hurriedly increased their speed, trying to get away from the crack.

Suddenly.

A demon beast over three meters tall appeared in the crack.

The beast was like a creature with copper skin and iron bones, rampaging through the crack. Anything it touched, including fallen stones, was reduced to dust.

The Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast leaped out of the crack, brushing past the two of them and charging toward the mountaintop.

Before they could react, the beast's front hooves scraped Niu Ying's left shoulder.

Niu Ying immediately felt as though he had been struck by a mountain peak.

His protective magic was as fragile as an eggshell, shattering with a single touch.

A burst of blood mist exploded from his left shoulder, and his entire left arm was destroyed.

Niu Ying was tossed like a leaf caught in a wild wind, rolling uncontrollably toward the rear.

A massive falling stone hit his body.

Boom!

The stone hit the ground.

"Miss, help..."

Niu Ying, his body now half buried, still had a breath left and struggled to call for help.

Countless rocks continued to fall, quickly turning his body into a pile of flesh, burying him completely.

Xing Yixuan was momentarily stunned by the aura emanating from the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast and forgot to dodge. She was struck by a falling rock.

However, her protective magical shield held strong, and with quick reflexes, she wasn't injured, though she appeared a little disheveled.

Xing Yixuan glanced at the spot where Niu Ying had been buried and, hastily activating her movement technique, prepared to flee the dangerous area.

Just then, she saw a figure rush out of the crack.

The person didn't pause and immediately pursued the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast, charging up toward the mountaintop.

Then came a second, third, and fourth figure.

Xing Yixuan recognized all four of them—they were the four Nascent Soul cultivators who had entered the secret realm.

Xing Yixuan's speed increased as she hastened her retreat.

Not long after she left, two more figures rushed out from the crack—the figures of Yuan Hao and Feng Ying.

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"What is the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast doing at the mountaintop? Does it intend to enter the maze in the palace, using the complex terrain and the thick ghost mist to shake us off?"

Xing Wen Yao, while fully exerting himself in his movement technique, transmitted a voice to Xing Gaohan, asking.

He was only in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, the lowest cultivation level among the four, and he had been pushing himself to the limit to avoid falling behind.

Yin Shuo, who was at the front, seemed reluctant to face the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast alone, intentionally slowing his speed.

Xing Gaohan shook his head. "I don't know either, but we must be cautious. Although the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast might appear to be blustering, it is likely not so easy to deal with. Also, we should be wary of Yin Shuo and Jing Wuming."

Soon, the four of them arrived at the mountaintop.

The Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast did not, as Xing Wen Yao had expected, enter the maze within the palace but instead stopped in the square outside the palace.

In the center of the square, there were nine stone pillars standing.

The nine stone pillars formed a circle.

The Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast stood at the center of the circle.

Its thick soul power surged out, splitting into nine streams that poured into the nine stone pillars.

The stone pillars glowed with a crimson light.

The beams of blood-red light crossed each other, casting the entire circle in a crimson hue.

In the center of the circle, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly emerged.

A giant blood-colored light pillar shot up into the sky, turning the dark ghost mist in the high sky into a dark red hue.

The moment the blood-colored light pillar appeared, the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast stopped channeling its soul power. It quickly leaped out of the circle.

The four Nascent Soul cultivators were unsure of what the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast was doing, but only Xing Gaohan and Xing Wen Yao exchanged glances, as if having some guesses.

"The opportunity is right in front of us. Whether we can obtain it depends on our own abilities," Yin Shuo said loudly.

As the four prepared to act together, they saw the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast place a cauldron on the ground and then open its mouth, speaking human words.

"Human race, I am the Lord of the Sea, King of All Beasts, the descendant of the Divine Beast Zhe Ze. How dare you show disrespect to me!"

Yin Shuo's thin face revealed a strange smile.

"Friend, stop pretending. You are just a wisp of a remnant soul inhabiting the corpse of the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast. Do you really think these trivial tricks can scare us off?"

The Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast replied, "Since you have seen through it, I will no longer hide it. I am the Lord of the Nether Shrine, Deputy Head of the Divine Blood Gate. You few junior humans dare to challenge my authority?"

Yin Shuo heard this, and instead of being frightened, his eyes gleamed with excitement, like a demon seeing a beautiful woman in the nude.

TL/N: WTF!

"Don't waste words with him! He's just stalling for time."

Xing Gaohan suddenly roared, interrupting the conversation between the beast and the man.

As his voice fell, his flaming red feather fan soared into the air, transforming into a giant fire phoenix in an instant.

"Chirp!"

The phoenix flew, its cry ringing through the air.

The fire phoenix opened its mouth and spit out a fireball the size of a millstone.

Faced with the rapidly approaching fireball, the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast no longer had its previous invincible aura.

It quickly grabbed the cauldron in front of it and hurriedly dodged to the left.

"Boom!"

The fireball hit the ground.

The earth shattered, and a giant pit several dozen meters wide appeared.

At the edge of the pit, the rocks were instantly melted by the intense heat, forming a layer of glass-like substance.

Flames scattered, some of which fell onto the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast.

However, it had no time to care about that, only focusing on fleeing.

"Sure enough, it was just bluster."

The four Nascent Soul cultivators' expressions brightened.

They could all see the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast's true strength now, and their spirits lifted. They each used their techniques to launch attacks on the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast.

(End of the Chapter)

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