The deepest part of the demonic cave.

A spatial rift, over thirty yards long and several yards wide, continuously spewed murky Demonic Qi.

Countless low-class Heavenly Demons were swept out, wrapped in this Demonic Qi.

Some unlucky Heavenly Demons that came into contact with the rift's edge were instantly split in half; only their mutilated remains tumbled out, while the rest was left in the Heavenly Demon Realm.

The thick rift branched out, its offshoots like sprawling limbs from a tree trunk.

The Heavenly Demons swept into these smaller rifts suffered even more gruesome fates; only mere remnants of their flesh entered this realm.

These remains and flesh scraps were collected by the Heavenly Demons. They used the residual demonic primality within to Corrupt the stone and construct the demonic cave.

Of course, these remains from accidental deaths alone were ultimately insufficient.

To date, the demonic cave at Wolf Howling Ridge had sacrificed at least twenty thousand Class I Heavenly Demons.

Not far from the spatial rift was a completely different scene!

A small lodge, constructed from bamboo and wood from the ridge, featured bamboo railings and latticed windows, stone tables, and a jade bed, all tastefully arranged.

An old Heavenly Demon sat cross-legged on the jade bed, a Compass placed before it.

Several lightly clothed female demons attended to it, massaging its shoulders and legs and serving it delectable blood meals.

Most of these female demons were Class I Heavenly Demons, transformed from village women near Wolf Howling Ridge after being Demon-corrupted.

Before consuming enough blood meals, they couldn't even defeat ordinary strong mortals!

Only under the command of a high-ranking being like the old Heavenly Demon would Class I Heavenly Demons Demon-corrupt ordinary mortal women. Otherwise, they would simply devour them whole.

This demon's original form was that of an Array Path cultivator at the Qi Gathering Realm.

Though its mastery of the Array Path was extraordinary, it was quite hedonistic. Before its Lifespan was exhausted, it trapped a Class II Native Heaven Demon within a Formation and allowed it to Demon-corrupt him.

Consequently, after becoming a Demon-corrupted cultivator, this demon head also inherited the original host's personality and predilections.

As soon as it arrived from the Heavenly Demon Realm, it selected several reasonably attractive village girls from the blood meals contributed by low-class Heavenly Demons. It then had them Demon-corrupted to serve it exclusively.

At this moment, its expression was somewhat grim. It even disdained to eat the demonic beast heart offered to its mouth.

How come this disciple Shen Mo from the Riverside Sect is so strong? Even though he hasn't even reached the Spirit Sea Realm, Pei Yu and Guidao couldn't kill him even when they teamed up!

Native Heaven Demons are not entitled to a surname or title.

However, mutated Heavenly Demons that arise from Demon-corrupting sentient creatures usually give themselves names.

They might inherit the host's name, name themselves after their own characteristics, or simply pick a name at random.

That middle-aged Heavenly Demon, for instance, named himself Guidao, possibly due to the magic artifact he wielded or the magic he employed.

It's a pity that the Formation here hasn't been perfected yet. Otherwise... these five human experts would die within my Formation!

As the old Heavenly Demon was pondering, two demon lights suddenly drilled out from a nearby rock wall and landed before it.

It had complete control over the Formations within the demonic cave, so it naturally knew its two companions had fled back, unable to defeat the Riverside Sect disciple.

Pei Yu and the middle-aged Heavenly Demon, both still wounded, found a spot and sat down.

Soon, Heavenly Demon maids served them meals of demon corpse flesh, allowing them to consume it and recover.

Pei Yu, her mouth split to her ears, devoured an entire early-stage Class II deer demon in a shower of gore, finishing quickly.

"Demonic beasts don't taste as good as Human Cultivators..." she said, licking the blood from her lips, still unsated.

When the demon infestation at Wolf Howling Ridge began, Shen Mo, Wei Ye, and others had rushed over.

The demons hadn't had time to capture more mortals for blood meals, let alone cultivators.

They also lacked the ability to retrieve the corpses of cultivators who had fallen in earlier battles. Thus, since arriving from the other realm, they hadn't yet tasted the flesh and blood of cultivators.

Pei Yu was reminiscing about the taste of consuming cultivators more than twenty years ago!

"If you hadn't insisted on targeting that Shen brat, we'd already be feasting on the flesh and soul of a Spirit Sea Realm cultivator by now!" the old Heavenly Demon said with considerable regret, as it too had been part of that decision.

"No need to rush. Once we've recovered a bit, we'll kill that Thriving Gold Sect cultivator first," the middle-aged Heavenly Demon said while devouring its blood meal.

Just as the old Heavenly Demon was about to say something, its expression drastically changed.

"That kid is heading this way, and fast! He has destroyed all the Prohibitions in his path!"

"The Formation I laid can conceal us from a cultivator's sense."

"Even if he had locked onto you with his sense, he would have immediately lost your position once you passed through a layer of rock."

"What on earth is happening? How did he manage to find us?"

Immediately, the three demon heads began to examine their own bodies and surroundings with their sense, which was Corrupted and distorted by demonic primality.

There were no special marks on either Pei Yu or the other Heavenly Demon.

Even if a talisman or magic art had left a mark, it would be nullified by the Formation's suppression, just like a sense-lock.

The next instant, their gazes simultaneously locked onto a small nook in the rock wall.

A portly, crimson-furred rat, with a single tuft of dull gold fur atop its head, blinked its beady, mung-bean-sized eyes, gazing at them innocently.

"Is this... a late-stage Class II demonic beast?"

"How could a late-stage Class II demonic beast suddenly appear in our lair? It must be Shen Mo's Spirit Pet!"

"I'll kill it!"

After a quick exchange, the middle-aged Heavenly Demon had already drawn its blade.

The intense killing intent made the Spirit Storage Rat's golden tuft stand on end. With a SQUEAK, it burrowed into the rock wall.

Its blade energy struck the rock wall, shearing off a chunk of stone Corrupted by demonic primality, causing Prohibition runes to swirl.

It wanted to pursue, but in the next instant...

The twisted runes covering the rock wall shattered layer by layer.

A dazzling Sword Light flared, and in an instant, it blasted the middle-aged Heavenly Demon away!

At the same time, a majestic, Three-headed Six-armed figure appeared before the three demon heads, following the Sword Light.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK!"

The portly rat from before now stood on this person's shoulder, a 'triumphant' look on its face. With paws on its hips, it appeared incredibly smug.

"Damn that Riverside Sect disciple!" Pei Yu's face contorted with savagery.

The newcomer was none other than Shen Mo.

After breaking through one Prohibition, he could no longer track Pei Yu and the others.

So, he opened his Spirit Pet Bag and released the Spirit Storage Rat, which had already advanced to late-stage Class II.

Initially, with the enemy situation in the demonic cave unclear, releasing the Spirit Storage Rat would have been very risky; it could easily have been killed and devoured by more powerful Heavenly Demons within.

After clashing with Pei Yu and the middle-aged Heavenly Demon, Shen Mo deduced that there were still only three great demon heads within the demonic cave.

Moreover, most of the Class II Heavenly Demons had been slain by him.

Two of the Class III demon heads had been injured by him and were fleeing pathetically; the remaining old Heavenly Demon was guarding the core and wouldn't move recklessly.

Releasing the Spirit Storage Rat now posed much less danger.

Thanks to the Spirit Storage Rat's 'Hiding' talent, the Formations and Prohibitions within the demonic cave were ineffective against it.

With little effort, the small creature tracked Pei Yu and the middle-aged Heavenly Demon, successfully infiltrating the core of the demonic cave.

Relying on his contractual link with it, Shen Mo pinpointed their location...

He then executed the Void Palm, smashing through layers of Prohibitions to break in!

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