Yang Hong was still lamenting his inability to communicate due to the language barrier, unaware that a greater crisis loomed before him.
He glanced at the still-lit stove nearby and knew what he had gone through.
"If you cannot communicate, then I shall teach you."
A faint white spiritual light illuminated Yang Hong's right index finger. He pointed it out,
Tapping it onto the head of the smaller of the three beasts, Niu Sijin.
"Spiritual Light Impartation."
He directly transmitted the common language of the Taiyuan Continent to Niu Sijin.
"Roar~ Moo~ Moo, Pain~ Moo~ Kill~"
Amidst the foolish ox's wails, human words occasionally emerged, though not clearly.
Yang Hong frowned and cast a wood-element healing spell—[Azure Wood Spring Return]—
To stop the bleeding and provide simple treatment for all three demonic beasts.
After half an hour, the three demonic beasts finally ceased their wails.
"Now answer my questions honestly, or I will kill you."
Facing Niu Sijin's hateful gaze, Yang Hong spoke calmly.
Simultaneously, he extended his left hand, continuously forming hand seals. The blood of all the dead demonic beasts nearby, including the blood recently shed by the three beasts,
Was drawn by his spell into the air, converging into a ball of blood.
A third-tier great spell—[Blood River Life-Healing Technique]—a special spell evolved from a fusion of various demonic arts and evil techniques.
A special spell that absorbs the blood of living beings to heal wounds.
Under Yang Hong's guidance, the blood ball continuously expanded until it had drained all the blood within a hundred and twenty feet,
Then, driven by the spell, the blood ball shrunk, becoming a jelly-like orb about the size of a fist.
"So fragrant, I didn't expect the blood pearl formed by the Blood River Life-Healing Technique to be so fragrant and alluring."
"Mmm~ It really is delicious."
Under the terrified gaze of the three demonic beasts, Yang Hong took a bite of the blood pearl.
The taste reminded Yang Hong of Xi Zhi Lang, and it was peach-flavored.
"Big fellow, now I ask you, what is your name?"
"Ox~ Niu Sijin."
The ox demon, Niu Sijin, seeing Yang Hong's terrifying abilities, dared not bark or conceal anything, answering truthfully.
"What is this place?"
"Gai Zhu Mountain, this is Gai Zhu Mountain."
"What is the larger area beyond Gai Zhu Mountain called?"
"Qing Yu Mountain Range, the Qing Yu Mountain Range belongs to Yu Liu Island."
Niu Sijin trembled uncontrollably, watching Yang Hong eat the blood pearl bite by bite, its limbless body shaking.
"Yu Liu Island? An island, so it's the sea.
Big fellow, do you know which faction Yu Liu Island belongs to?"
"I~ I don't know~ Two-legged creature, don't kill me,
Hu Li, Hu Li knows."
Not knowing the answer to Yang Hong's question, Niu Sijin's body trembled even more violently.
"Hu Li? This tiger?
Let me teach you all the common language of the human race."
Pointing with two fingers again, Yang Hong frowned.
His injuries had only recovered forty percent, and three instances of [Spiritual Light Impartation] left him feeling weakened.
However, this could recover slowly, no need to rush for now.
He looked at the tiger demon, who had its mouth shut and was staring at him with venomous eyes.
"Hu Li, is it? Now answer my questions properly, or else..."
Yang Hong finished the last bit of the blood pearl, then licked his lips, adopting the expression of a big bad wolf looking at a little white rabbit.
"Hmph! I, Hu Li, am a great demon at the late fourth tier. I will not yield to a two-legged creature!"
To Yang Hong's surprise, Hu Li directly refused.
Yang Hong was not surprised; just as there were spineless individuals among humans, there were tough ones among demons, which was normal.
He no longer threatened, but changed his approach.
"Seeing how arrogant you are, you must have some backing, right? So, what is your backing?"
"Heh heh~ Human, I can sense your aura. You are only third tier.
My King is a sixth-tier demon king. As soon as my King arrives, he can crush you with a single claw."
Upon hearing Yang Hong's question, Hu Li's tone became proud.
"Your King? What is his esteemed name? Perhaps I know him?"
Yang Hong smiled, crouched down, and looked at the tiger's face with a gentle tone.
"You must have heard of my King, King Lei Peng.
He is a collateral bloodline of the Golden Peng tribe from Myriad Demon Island.
If you're wise, release me obediently."
Hu Li's voice began to become arrogant, as if King Lei Peng were truly formidable.
"Myriad Demon Island?
Myriad Demon Island!
Is this the Myriad Demon Sea Domain?"
Hearing "Myriad Demon Island," Yang Hong suddenly exclaimed.
"Hmph, hmph~ You know fear now, don't you? King Lei Peng is protected by a demon saint from Golden Peng Island.
Release me obediently, and I can spare your insignificant life."
Hu Li did not know what Yang Hong was so surprised or afraid of, but it did not prevent it from knowing that Yang Hong was afraid.
"I've come directly to Myriad Demon Island? How is this possible?"
Yang Hong was truly questioning his reality.
He had seen a record in several cultivation experiences about the Taiyuan Continent:
"South of Nan Heng Prefecture, there are trillions of li, with myriad islands, the largest named Myriad Demon Island."
"Myriad Demon Island spans countless li, and countless demons reside there."
Myriad Demon Island should actually be called the Myriad Demon Archipelago.
According to the records, there were hundreds of millions of islands, the largest being tens of thousands of li in diameter, with countless demonic beasts and demons residing and multiplying there.
Most importantly, it was trillions of li away from the Taiyuan Continent.
Although those experiences likely exaggerated, a hundred million li was definitely there.
This meant that Yang Hong had flown an immeasurable distance from the Great Sui Dynasty in the southeastern part of the Taiyuan Continent, arriving at the Myriad Demon Archipelago.
"Two-legged creature, what's with that expression?
Hey~ Hey~ Snap out of it, release me, heal me."
While Yang Hong was lost in thought, Hu Li was still clamoring. Seeing Yang Hong silent, it even launched a spell.
"Roar~"
"Hmph~ Pfft~"
Caught off guard, and still seriously injured, Yang Hong spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Two-legged creature, hurry and release me, I can spare..."
"Noisy!"
Yang Hong, snapping back to reality, looked at Hu Li with icy eyes. He again formed his fingers into a sword, and bursts of sword qi surged.
"Two-legged creature, stop!"
Seeing that Yang Hong ignored Hu Li's words and that the sword qi became even more violent, the three demonic beasts simultaneously began to self-destruct, intending to drag Yang Hong down with them.
Unfortunately, feeling the pressure of the Golden Core, Yang Hong pushed his [Clear Wind Sword Intent] to overload, slicing all three humanoid demonic beasts into pieces.
"Pfft~"
Retracting his sword intent, Yang Hong spat out another mouthful of blood.
"I was careless, I should have directly incapacitated the tiger demon just now.
My injuries haven't healed, especially my spiritual consciousness, which has not recovered to even two percent. That attack from the tiger demon has pushed it back to less than one percent."
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Yang Hong's gaze turned sharp.
This was the consequence of inexperience.
Since transmigrating, Yang Hong had almost no experience in fighting others.
Even in the Hong Dong Secret Realm, he had only blindly charged and killed without thinking.
This was truly his first real combat.
"From now on, I must be more careful and cautious. Once an enemy is confirmed, I must strike with all my might."
While reflecting, Yang Hong once again cast [Blood River Life-Healing Technique], transforming the corpses of the three great demons into a blood pearl the size of a human head.
"The vital blood of a fourth-tier demonic beast is abundant. It's even more than the vital blood of thousands of demonic beasts earlier, and it's more pure."
Yang Hong knew that killing a fourth-tier demonic beast might attract the attention of that King Lei Peng.
In his current state, if he encountered a sixth-tier King Lei Peng, he would surely die.
Therefore, after a slight recovery, he carefully gathered the corpses of nearby demonic beasts, incinerated them directly with his spell, then dug a deep pit and buried them!
Collecting the only storage bag and three demon cores,
After carefully disposing of his traces, Yang Hong looked in a direction and stealthily burrowed into the depths of Gai Zhu Mountain.