48: Chapter 48: Demon King’s Heart 48: Chapter 48: Demon King’s Heart On the west side of Black Sha City, several towering peaks converged together, reaching the sky like pillars supporting the heavens.
This was Langya Mountain.
From a distance, Langya Mountain looked like a huge prehistoric beast crouching on the ground, with a fierce face, ready to strike and cause the heavens to collapse and the earth to crack at any moment.
Langya Mountain was known for its seven peaks and thirteen cliffs, occupying a naturally defensible position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
There was only one mountain path to reach it, and everywhere else were steep cliffs and highly toxic creatures lurking, even those who have reached Earth Martial Ninth Realm wouldn’t dare to take the risk.
“Even the dragon’s den and the tiger’s lair cannot stop me.”
Long Yan went to Langya Mountain alone, a strange curve forming at the corner of his mouth.
The natural defenses of these mountains were nothing to him.
“Burrow Technique.”
Using the Burrow Technique, he made his way towards Langya Mountain.
In half an hour, he silently arrived on the mountain.
“If it weren’t for the Burrow Technique, I really couldn’t make it up here.”
To ascend Langya Mountain, there is only one path, and there are thirteen checkpoints set up along this path.
Every checkpoint occupies a naturally defensible position and is guarded by Earth Martial Realm experts.
Alerting any checkpoint would result in a speedy reinforcement from the higher checkpoints.
Long Yan roughly estimated that at least ten Earth Martial Ninth Realm experts would be needed to forcefully ascend Langya Mountain – and that is without the Seven Sha group interfering.
Apart from the guards at the checkpoints, the rest of the bandits were rather lazy, mostly sitting around in groups of three or five and boasting about their glorious pasts.
“First, let’s get a clear understanding of the situation.”
Long Yan hid in the shadows, gathering information about the Seven Sha Group.
Soon, he had a clear understanding of their situation.
The entire Seven Sha Group had around three hundred members, with over fifty at the Earth Martial Realm, forming no small force.
Ahead, more than ten simple stone fortresses were built into the mountainside, and a Black Hall stood in the center, the finest architecture on Langya Mountain.
Long Yan learned from the bandits’ conversation that the true leader of the Seven Sha Group wasn’t the Ghost Seven Sha, but a mysterious strong one called Blood Sha.
The Ghost Seven Sha obeyed Blood Sha.
Blood Sha was inside the Black Hall, and even the Seven Sha wouldn’t dare to enter without his command.
“Let’s check out the Black Hall first.”
Long Yan had a feeling there was a secret in the Black Hall.
Using the Burrow Technique, he headed towards it.
“These seven are the Ghost Seven Sha, right?”
Upon arriving outside the Black Hall, Long Yan found seven Earth Martial Realm experts guarding it.
Among them, six were men and one was a woman.
The woman was the weakest, with Earth Martial Level Six, while the strongest among the men was at Earth Martial Realm Eighth Layer, and the other four were at Earth Martial Seventh Level.
Long Yan guessed correctly – these seven were indeed the Ghost Seven Sha.
“It seems that they are here to protect Blood Sha.
The captured Maiden should be inside.”
Long Yan silently entered the Black Hall, only to find it empty, a surprise to him.
“There is a secret passage after all.”
After a brief inspection, Long Yan discovered a hidden underground passage and carefully ventured inside.
Going through the winding underground passage, which was about a hundred meters long, Long Yan arrived at an underground palace.
The entire underground palace was thousands of kilometers in size, a luxurious underground palace compared to the crude buildings outside.
At the center of the palace, there is a legal platform built of Spirit Stones, engraved with mysterious patterns, like chains, wrapped on top.
Around the legal platform, there is a massive round blood pool, in which stand nine hundred and ninety-nine stone pillars, each with a maiden bound to it.
The maidens looked terrified, their faces pale, these were the captured girls.
Above the legal platform sat a blood-robed figure, a middle-aged man in his forties, with a cadaverous face full of wrinkles, blood-striped patterns moving on his face, ghastly and terrifying.
This man is Blood Sha, a strong one in Earth Martial Ninth Realm, the true leader of the Seven Sha Group.
Blood Sha seems to be cultivating an evil technique, his body shrouded in the murderous, violent aura that envelops the legal platform, merging Blood Sha with the entire legal platform.
“Damn it, this guy wants to blood sacrifice these girls.”
Long Yan took one glance at what Blood Sha was going to do.
The True Qi inside Blood Sha’s body has been completely replaced by Demonic Qi, he is cultivating a Demon Skill.
Clearly, those nine hundred and ninety-nine girls are the offerings for his blood sacrifice, and he wants to use the power of the blood sacrifice to forcibly break into the Heavenly Martial Realm.
“Once the Blood Sacrifice Great Array is activated, even if you are in the Earth Martial Ninth Layer, you cannot escape the Great Array.
I can kill you easily.”
Blood Sacrifice Great Array is a method from the Demon Clan, offering living humans as sacrifices, and then extracting the power of the blood sacrifice from the Great Array, forcibly breaking into a higher realm, a very cruel means.
But the Blood Sacrifice Great Array has a drawback – once activated, the people inside the array will be restrained by the power of the array and cannot escape.
In other words, the Blood Sacrifice Great Array cannot be disturbed once it is activated, which is why Blood Sha has the Seven Shas guarding outside even though he knows nobody would dare come here.
Time slowly passed, and Long Yan was patiently waiting for the Blood Sacrifice Great Array to be activated, which would be the perfect opportunity for him to kill Blood Sha.
This was a godsend.
“Hehe, Blood Demon Great Law is truly extraordinary.
Becoming a demon, what does it matter?
Strength is everything, Blood Sacrifice Great Array, begin!”
Blood Sha’s eyes suddenly opened, and crimson blood stripes wriggled in the sunken pupils.
He let out a ghastly, chilling laugh, his voice terrifying as if from the Nine Nether Hells.
Suddenly, his hands formed a series of handprints, causing the entire underground palace to tremble, with rolling demonic qi erupting from his body.
The legal platform absorbed the demonic qi, and the chain-like demonic patterns seemed to come alive, writhing and merging with Blood Sha completely.
The legal platform and blood pool are connected to the Blood Sacrifice Great Array, as the array begins to operate, the stone pillars in the blood pool also start extracting blood from the maidens.
As the blood of nine hundred and ninety-nine maidens flowed into the blood pool, the Blood Sacrifice Great Array instantly came to life.
A powerful momentum swept through the entire underground palace, and the energy inside Blood Sha’s body is begining to drain.
“Qiankun consumes all, Demon Lord controls everything, Blood Demon Heart, merge with me.”
At this moment, Blood Sha reached out and grabbed a crimson heart the size of an adult’s head, which emitted pure demonic qi.
The heart was still beating, teeming with life.
“The Blood Demon Heart.”
Long Yan’s eyes changed, almost exclaiming in surprise.
The heart that Blood Sha took out is a true Blood Demon Heart.
There were countless races in the Demon Clan, and Blood Demon is one of the higher-ranked demon races, with an extremely strong life.
Even if only the heart is left, it can still resurrect
The heart in Blood Sha’s hand was that of a Blood Demon Clan Demon King’s heart.
“A mere Earth Martial Realm and you wish to refine the Blood Demon Heart?
It’s just wishful thinking.”
So, Blood Sha wanted to use the power of blood sacrifice to completely refine the Blood Demon Heart.
With the Blood Demon Heart, his cultivation of the Blood Demon Great Law would be even easier, and it would be a simple matter to enter the Martial King Realm.
However, he was not aware that it is not so easy to refine the Blood Demon Heart.
Even for a Martial King, it was extremely difficult to do so.
If not careful, he could be attacked by the Blood Demon Heart, or even suffer from body possession.