Lu Qingshan had already confirmed that there must be a secret within this small town.
"However, since I have noticed the anomaly," Lu Qingshan did not consider himself too highly, "how could the four High Level Cultivators not have perceived anything?"
The high-ranking cultivators of the Tower Master were experienced from years of confrontation with the Netherworld, all of them exceptionally capable.
At least in terms of teammates, the Tower Master had an advantage that other sects could not match.
---- Not to say that the Tower Master did not have any lousy teammates, but they were definitely few, as most of the foolish cultivators were almost growing grass over their graves.
As expected, after only a short wait, Beiming True Venerable and Deputy Tower Master Lv Yuan appeared with solemn expressions, summoning all the cultivators.
"Be ready, and act on my command when the time comes," Beiming True Venerable instructed half of the cultivators in a grave tone.
The other half of the cultivators was led by Lv Yuan.
Lu Qingshan and Liu Yu were both under Beiming True Venerable’s command.
After the two Deputy Tower Masters had organized their forces, True Venerable Hanmei transformed into a gray shadow and flew out of the Spirit Boat.
He hovered in midair, drew a circle with one hand in front of his chest, and a complex patterned Dharma Seal that flashed with azure mystical light appeared.
"Decree!" True Venerable Hanmei uttered lightly.
From the Dharma Seal, a beam of light suddenly burst forth, directly sweeping into the empty space ahead.
But this enormous beam of light, after jetting forward a few miles, seemed to encounter some invisible barrier, abruptly halting and beginning to tremble continuously.
This trembling lasted for only a very short time.
It was as if a mirror had shattered, and everyone heard a breaking sound.
Countless intangible fragments, yet detectable by Divine Sense, scattered piece by piece, caught in the Spiritual Light, and swiftly dissolved and devoured by it.
It was like unveiling a grand curtain.
Behind the small town, the previously flat and vast Wilderness suddenly transformed dramatically.
A sinuous colossal canyon, resembling a giant serpent stretching across, appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Within this exceedingly long canyon, there were thousands of caverns of varying depths and sizes.
From a bird’s-eye view, one could spot many of these caverns containing striking red Blood Pools; a rough scan estimated that there were about several hundreds of these pools entering one’s sight.
And within these caverns that contained Blood Pools, there were indeed cultivators present.
"We’ve finally found it, the main headquarters of Qing State Netherworld!" Beiming True Venerable gazed at the scene before him, his heart filled with both excitement and fury, his eyes already showing hints of thunder, brimming with the urge to fight.
The difficulty of clearing out the Netherworld lay in the vastness of the Human Race territory, making it hard to find due to the Netherworld’s concealment.
The key was finding the opponent’s exact location accurately, and in terms of manpower and combat power, how could an organization that could only operate underground compare with the Tower Master supported by the Great Xia Imperial Clan?
This time, for their demon-eliminating mission, they had mobilized all of Qing State Tower Master’s elite forces.
Now that they had located the main headquarters of the Qing State Netherworld, Beiming True Venerable was confident in eradicating this long-festering cancer within Qing State!
Within a huge cavern in the canyon, there was also a Blood Pool, but this one was clearly of a very high level, its blood so rich and scarlet that it was almost congealing into crystals.
Within the Blood Pool, there sat a stark black and ferocious monster, with four arms, four closed blue eyes on its hideous head, and several snake tails writhing from its lower body.
The blood-red light swirled in the Blood Pool, continually congregating towards this monster.
This monster, Lu Qingshan was very familiar with.
The source of Zhenjiang’s destruction, the Luohu Demon Child.
In front of the Blood Pool, there stood another figure extremely similar in appearance to the Human Race. The monster wore a cloth robe, with hands gathered in the sleeves, its posture hardly differing from that of the Human Race.
It was called a monster because its entire skin was a strange purple, even those eyes, deeply purple.
Numerous mysterious patterns emerged on its face.
This monster was none other than the master of the Netherworld in Qing State, the Void Demon Child.
Looking at the Luohu Demon Child with his eyes tightly closed in the Blood Pool, the Void Demon Child was clearly displeased.
He had intended for Luohu to descend into the Human Race’s territory, quickly amass combat power, and join forces with him to create chaos among the Human Race.
However, this grand ambition of establishing an everlasting legacy had been transformed into the current scene due to many accidents.
The Luohu Demon Child had yet to awaken, partly due to the hurried activation of the Asura Blood Formation and partly due to Qi Yuan’s efforts.
Thus, the Void Demon Child could only attempt to awaken Luohu through the power of the Blood Pool.
But almost a year had passed since Luohu’s emergence, and there was still no sign of awakening, which made the Void Demon Child grow increasingly irritable.
Just as Beiming True Venerable cast a Dharma Seal to break the spatial illusion enveloping the valley, the eyes of the Void Demon Child suddenly changed color, with a flash of light, and the space where his gaze reached was distorted.
"Is this... a Human Cultivator?!" The Void Demon Child’s expression tensed. Upon seeing the newcomer clearly, he abruptly changed color, "It’s someone from the Tower Master, how could they find this place hidden so well!"
He was well aware of the gap in combat power between the Netherworld and the Tower Master.
Their Netherworld had been so brazen largely because they operated in darkness, like a nest of rats, constantly able to play foul.
But once their lair was discovered, what could the rats do anymore? Could they possibly bite back hard enough to kill their captor?
Void Demon Child, ruthless and decisive, almost instantly upon detecting the Tower Master cultivator’s presence, shot out a purple demonic light from his eyes.
"Leave immediately!" He decided in his heart.
Although the Qing State Netherworld had taken much of his effort to grow to its present scale, it meant nothing compared to his own life.
Moreover, if he could build one Qing State Netherworld, given enough time, he could surely establish a second one.
As long as the green hills are there, there will be no shortage of firewood!
However, what he hadn’t expected was that the purple demonic light that twisted and changed in the air was about to solidify when, inexplicably, thick blue chains appeared out of the void, dispersing the purple light he emitted.
"What kind of spell is this?!" The Void Demon Child was startled, his expression turning solemn and serious.
His always infallible Space True Intent was ineffective at this moment.
Unable to believe it, the Void Demon Child tried to employ the Space True Intent once more, this time more seriously than before.
He raised both hands, and in between heaven and earth, a terrifying and mysterious fluctuation arose.
A flash of mesmerizing purple light burst from his hands.
Yet, similarly, this touch of purple light simply couldn’t hold its form. Under the effect of the ubiquitous blue chains in the void, it had shattered into thousands of fine purple sparks.
Outside the valley, Beiming True Venerable held a blue jade stamp magic artifact floating in front of his chest, which emitted spiritual light and stretched out numerous blue chains, completely restraining the space around them.
"Heaven Locking Seal, though it is just a replica, it is more than sufficient to deal with you, Void Demon Child!" Beiming True Venerable sneered coldly.