Chapter 820: Chapter 544: Why Did the Demon Venerable Flee?
[Eye of Calamity: Sixth Layer (60%)]
Inside the Aurora Palace, Lu Chenzhou finished meditating on the Curse Technique, his forehead revealing a mysterious black eye.
Numerous threads of causality spread from him to the starry sky, most of them extending like optical cables to distant planets.
That place is the Xia Realm.
These threads of causality are as tangled as hemp; with his current skill in the Causality Dao, he cannot unravel them to find the friends or mortal foes at the other ends.
However, one fresh thread of causality extended toward a nearby asteroid belt, which puzzled him.
"Could it be?"
Lu Chenzhou’s heart stirred.
This time, the thread of causality was very weak, visibly dissipating, but Lu Chenzhou had found the direction and drove the Aurora Palace towards the asteroid belt.
...
Eye of Truth.
Lord Toad looked emotionless at the Witch Master.
"You’re right, Lu Chenzhou is not dead."
The Witch Master smiled.
"No one knows him better than I do; he’s definitely pretending to be dead to lull us into complacency. Who knows, he might have been hiding somewhere in the starry sky, concentrated on cultivation all year,
and perhaps even broke through again..."
Mother Forget Sorrow’s face looked grim.
"He was previously at the Initial Realm of a Heavenly King, and in the battle with the Blood Hidden Building Master, he used the Ascension Secret Technique to explode into End Realm Cultivation; I’m afraid this breakthrough may lead him into the Middle Realm."
The Blood God’s eyes flickered with a hint of despair.
"He is already difficult to kill in the Initial Realm; after reaching the Middle Realm, even if we dispatch Gu Yue Demon Venerable, it will be to no avail."
Lord Toad saw their despondency.
He couldn’t help but sneer: "All of you, claiming to be Divine ones, yet acting like this—it’s truly laughable. If you can’t handle the matter, why not leave it to this God? You Tong failed, ultimately because his cultivation was too low. If you help me advance further in revival, I will send Wangyue Demon Saint to curse him to death. Trust me, I will kill him before he ascends to the Heavenly Realm."
Wangyue Demon Saint is Lord Toad’s direct bloodline, from the Nine-Pattern Demon Clan, a demigod in stature, equivalent to Red Lotus Demon Venerable and Fire Saint King, all practically father and son.
Most Divine Blood Demon Clan members have only a bit of divine blood, so their talent usually caps at Eight Patterns as a limit.
Nine-Pattern Demon Clan is at the core.
Upon hearing this, the Witch’s face showed consideration.
The Blood Ancient God sneered, "Your calculations are so loud; we struggle to revive a Demon Saint ourselves, yet you want us to revive your son so you can seize the opportunity and steal the fruits of our countless years of toil?"
"Are you trying to cut in line, Zagus?"
It was the Lord of Mountains speaking.
His antlers swayed, showing slight anger.
Zagus is Lord Toad’s true name.
A figure with a raven’s head laughed coldly.
"Ha, I, Hayes, have been revived for a thousand years, serving us with innumerable merits across the Three Thousand Worlds, and have yet to revive a single Demon Saint. You wish!"
He is the Lord of Death, from an earlier revived batch of Evil Gods, mastering plague and death, almost causing Western civilization’s heritage to break in the medieval times.
Unfortunately, though strong, the plague was ultimately curbed by human science and technology, and now it has waned, especially as Martial Arts flourished, trivializing common plagues.
This made the Lord of Death very angry; humanity’s growing lack of fear towards the plague slowed his power recovery.
He eagerly wanted to send a stronger Plague Messenger to the Human World, to thoroughly reshape it with his ways.
But, he was thwarted by the Witch.
Now, Lord Toad wanted to rise above the fray.
He couldn’t tolerate it.
Other already revived divine agents shook their heads; there were 37 Divine beings present, but until now, only 12 Demon Saints had been revived. Most Forbidden Zones could only send out Demon Venerables, and Demon Saints had to wait in line. The most revivals were from the Tower Forbidden Zone.
There was nothing to say about this.
After all, Witch was the strongest, and they dared not provoke him.
Lord Toad was strong, but many gods were dissatisfied.
The gods persistently argued.
"This is not the time to argue who revives first; the war is not yet won, far from the time to distribute the fruits. Xia Realm is just the tip of the iceberg; the remnants’ power in the Three Thousand Worlds is far stronger than we imagined.
We still don’t know how many contingencies the Divine Court and Qi Refiners had before their fall. Considering the bigger picture, I think we can help Lord Toad a bit, and this Demon Saint slot should come from my Tower Forbidden Zone." The Witch finally spoke.
Lord Toad’s lips curled up.
"I owe you an apology, Witch. It was wrong not to agree to let you be the Expedition Army commander."
The Witch said:
"Send Wangyue Demon Saint out early; it would be best if he could curse Lu Chenzhou to death... If he’s not killed, we can still seize this chance to kill some geniuses of the Three Thousand Worlds."
Lord Toad confidently replied:
"As long as there’s a way to bypass or weaken the Grandveil Rule, with Wangyue taking action, Lu Chenzhou will undoubtedly die."
...
Buzz!
On an uninhabited planet, Lu Chenzhou descended, his telekinesis swept across the planet in a lightning-fast circuit.
After some time,
The aurora flew off the planet.
"Not here."
...
As time flowed.
On the Nameless Planet,
You Tong Demon Venerable gazed at the starry sky.
He sensed danger arriving.
A beam streaked across the night sky.
Landed on the ground, transforming into a large palace.
The palace doors opened, and a slender figure in a white robe stood with hands behind his back, floating in mid-air, ethereal like a celestial being.
"It’s indeed you."
You Tong Demon Venerable spoke in a low tone.
Lu Chenzhou curiously asked, "Did you already sense I was coming? Why not run, but wait here to meet your end."
You Tong Demon Venerable spoke quite seriously:
"Why run? I want to see what a genius who failed at curse killing twice looks like. By the way, I’m curious, how did you find me?"
"Just passing by."
Lu Chenzhou spoke the truth.
You Tong Demon Venerable sneered.
It was absolutely impossible that he was just passing by.
Lu Chenzhou must have had guidance from a high-ranking figure.
This person was also well-versed in the Way of Cause and Effect.
"No need for more words."
Lu Chenzhou stepped forward, a long blue spear appearing in his palm, an incredibly stunning light cutting through the sky.
You Tong Demon Venerable retreated, spitting out countless bubbles, instantly forming a barrier.
The spear light fell into it and disappeared.
"Although I don’t know how you found me, since you’ve come seeking death, it saves me the trouble of a curse killing.
Today, I’ll show you what a true Demon Venerable is, unlike that fake Blood Hidden Building Master."
You Tong Demon Venerable charged into the sky.
He played with his fingers like plucking zither strings, invisible threads fell from the sky, taut.
Clang—
Lu Chenzhou fell from mid-air, his hands, limbs, and neck were all entangled in loops.
You Tong Demon Venerable looked leisurely and said:
"Even though I’m not good at fighting head-on, there are plenty of ways to toy with a junior like you to death. This is the [Tethering Technique], no matter how strong you are, if you can’t break the causality, you can’t escape my control."
With a flick of You Tong Demon Venerable’s hand, Lu Chenzhou flew high and then was violently thrown to the ground.
The land lifted dust, cracking in layers.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
In a hurry, Lu Chenzhou was manipulated by You Tong Demon Venerable’s mysterious and unpredictable methods, continuously crashing into the asteroid. An ordinary Sixth Realm person would have been reduced to a pile of flesh long ago.
"Whew..."
You Tong breathed lightly.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.
There at the bottom of the pit, Lu Chenzhou was safe and sound, his golden armor shining brightly, standing between heaven and earth, swallowing the sea like a whale, transforming like a Kun into a Peng, his aura constantly rising.
Very soon, approaching the limit of the Sixth Realm.
The threads in his hand were getting tighter, faintly showing signs of breaking, You Tong Demon Venerable could only increase the injection of demonic power.
Lu Chenzhou roared, the violent aura forcibly stretched the threads of causality, the invisible bonds snapping.
There truly were no unbreakable shackles.
Only absolute power was not enough.
You Tong Demon Venerable’s expression slightly changed, his figure rapidly flickered, a big spear passed by, causing the Seventh Realm protective barrier to vibrate with a hum. As he barely dodged it, the big spear returned in a Backward Charge, Lu Chenzhou ghostly appeared behind him.
One-third of the True Gang was burned.
"Heaven and Earth Piercing Strike!"
The spear tip thrust out, blood light shot forth.
Crack!
The demon energy barrier was torn apart, You Tong Demon Venerable reacted extremely quickly, his hands forming circles, layers of Causality Shields appeared, layer upon layer, like a thousand-layer cake blocking his head.
Its only fatal organ was the head, other places could regenerate through demonic power, the demon race’s body was strong, those who reached the Heavenly Realm were almost pseudo-undying.
The blood light blasted through the Causality Shields layer by layer, then sank into the asteroid surface behind You Tong Demon Venerable, the aftermath pierced through a more than six-thousand-kilometer diameter asteroid, the debris disappearing into outer space.
You Tong Demon Venerable’s head floated in the void, fleshy buds sprouting, worms wriggling, reconstructing his body.
He looked at the pierced planet.
This is the Sixth Realm?
You Tong Demon Venerable completely put away his contempt.
"I apologize for my arrogance, Lu Chenzhou, you deserve me to use my full strength, take this!"
Demonic energy surged to the sky,
Hundreds of miles around, demon clouds gathered.
You Tong Demon Venerable waved his hand, chains of causality dropped from the void, strangling like pythons.
After doing all this, the imposing You Tong Demon Venerable vanished into the void, disappearing between the heavens and earth in the blink of an eye.
"Boy, till we meet again!"
The dignified Demon Venerable, ran away.
Breaking free from numerous restraints, Lu Chenzhou looked at the empty planet, then activated the Eye of Calamity to inspect.
A fresh line of causality led to the starry sky,
"After this battle, my line of causality with You Tong Demon Venerable has become more entangled, thicker, and more obvious."
Lu Chenzhou seemed to have an insight.
He opened his third eye, holding the spear, chasing into the starry sky.
The other Demon Venerables didn’t matter, but this You Tong Demon Venerable must die; he had curse-killed more than a dozen geniuses.
If it were the past, if a Demon Venerable wanted to run, Lu Chenzhou indeed couldn’t do anything, but now with the Causality Dao, wherever it ran, Lu Chenzhou would follow, what mattered was patience.
...
Some time later.
On a certain meteor.
You Tong Demon Venerable revealed his figure.
"Head-on combat isn’t my specialty, this person has many trump cards, for safety, leaving is still the best plan."
As a Demon Venerable, running away was shameful but useful.
He took a treasure, quickly recovering his body, but before his seat was warmed, that Danger Sense came again.
"Why does the Demon Venerable flee?"
A white-robed figure descended from the sky, thrusting a spear.