"Here, catch."
Just as Yang Hong turned to explore alone, Feng Ruhua's voice came from behind him.
When he turned around, two items flew towards him.
Yang Hong instinctively reached out and caught them.
It was a jade slip and a bead.
Before Yang Hong could ask, Feng Ruhua explained.
"The jade slip contains a general map of the Demon Sealing Realm, and specifically marks four forbidden areas that you must not go to. The bead seals my full-power strike. Once crushed, it can be unleashed and can instantly kill any enemy below the late stage of the seventh rank. Moreover, as soon as the bead shatters, I will sense your location and rush to your rescue as quickly as possible."
"Thanks."
Yang Hong looked up at Feng Ruhua, whose gaze was a little evasive.
"I'm... leaving."
Saying that, she transformed back into her true form and flew away.
"Heh~ what a tsundere."
A smile curved Yang Hong's lips.
He looked at the bead and carefully put it into his scale space. This bead could truly save his life in times of danger! After spending a few days together, Yang Hong knew that although Feng Ruhua appeared domineering and carefree, she was actually a cautious demon. In half a month, Yang Hong had seen her rob treasures from over a hundred demons. He didn't believe Feng Ruhua was doing it for fun, because all the treasures she had looted were wind and sun attribute items, which were preparations for the Demon Sealing Realm.
"She's just too stingy, not sharing any of the countless items she plundered."
He grumbled and then placed the jade slip on his forehead to read its contents.
"This realm is truly vast, and the spiritual plants are abundant."
After reading, Yang Hong exclaimed. The entire realm was over a million miles in radius, larger than ten Earths.
"Fourteen days, how much space can I explore?"
Yang Hong now doubted Feng Ruhua's earlier words about there not being many demonic beasts.
"Bang~"
Just as Yang Hong was observing his surroundings and preparing to orient himself, a shadowy figure crashed beside him.
"Ouch, this realm's teleportation is so disorienting."
A giant, six zhang tall and three zhang wide, slowly stood up, patting the dirt off its body and complaining.
"Huh~ there's a little snack here, just right for a quick bite."
When the giant looked down and saw Yang Hong, it directly extended its huge hand to grab him.
"Idiot."
Yang Hong rolled his eyes and his divine sense moved, his body instantly disappearing from its original spot. He reappeared on the ground behind the giant.
"Eat this~"
"Roar~"
Yang Hong's "Kui Shui Guang Jian" shot towards the giant's rear as he appeared. And... it went in!
"No~ don't kill me, I am a Kun Peng, a member of the Kun Peng clan, you can't kill me."
Just as Yang Hong was about to command his flying sword to pierce through the giant's body, the giant begged for mercy.
"I know you're from the Kun Peng clan! So what?"
Yang Hong said indifferently, and then his seventh-rank "Kui Shui Guang Jian" directly thrust upwards from below, piercing through the giant's crown and exiting. The "Kui Shui Guang Jian" spun in the air and flew back to Yang Hong's side, then carried Yang Hong into the sky.
"Halt!"
He let out a loud shout, freezing the giant's escaping Nascent Soul in mid-air. He waited until he flew closer before collecting the Nascent Soul into his scale space.
"Close call~ Close call, I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have gotten into big trouble."
It turned out that just moments ago, when Yang Hong was about to use his flying sword to shred the giant's Nascent Soul, it had managed to evade the attack. This required him to fly up and capture the Nascent Soul himself.
"The divine sense is greatly suppressed in this Demon Sealing Realm."
Yang Hong's divine sense, which could normally extend for 4,500 li, was limited to less than 4 li within the Demon Sealing Realm, a suppression of over a thousand times. It was precisely because his divine sense was suppressed that Yang Hong's attack had been inaccurate earlier.
"And the spiritual energy in this realm is too violent!"
As Yang Hong absorbed spiritual energy to restore his mana, he discovered another problem. Although the concentration of spiritual energy here was more than ten times that of the Human Dao Island, the spiritual energy was extremely violent and contained an aura that incited restlessness.
Frowning, Yang Hong first plundered the treasures on the giant's body, then used the giant's storage ring to store its corpse. A Kun Peng at the seventh-rank Demon Lord level was an extremely valuable refining material. Even so, Yang Hong still felt uneasy and put the ring into his scale space. Immediately after, Yang Hong used earth遁 and left.
A quarter of an hour after Yang Hong left, a group of Kun Peng giants gathered from all directions.
"Kun Anran's aura has disappeared here."
"It seems he's dead."
"Why did that idiot die? He was a mid-seventh-rank Demon Lord!"
"Boss, we still need to be careful. Kun Anran was the third most powerful expert among us who entered this time. For him to die like this, with his aura vanishing completely, indicates the work of a very powerful enemy."
"The key is that the opponent knew Kun Anran was from the Kun Peng clan and still dared to attack, which is terrifying. Could there be enemies specifically targeting our Kun Peng clan for assassination?"
The group of giants surrounded the area, scouted it thoroughly, and then discussed cautiously. There was a strong Kun Peng aura here, proving that Kun Anran not only revealed his identity but also transformed. Yet, he still died, leading to some unfavorable misunderstandings among the Kun Pengs.
"Quiet~"
A Kun Peng, only two zhang tall and already at the late seventh-rank cultivation, frowned after listening for a while and shouted loudly. The other Kun Pengs immediately quieted down.
"From now on, everyone will act individually, with no more than ten li between each Kun. I suspect demonic beasts were the culprits. Only demonic beasts could achieve such a silent kill."
"Could it be high-level Yin souls?"
"Possible."
The Kun Pengs deliberated, then used their methods to gather other clan members and began to act collectively with caution.
...
Yang Hong was unaware of the misunderstanding his slight caution had caused. He had already arrived at his first destination. In a dark valley, various strangely twisted trees grew. The grass on the ground was as black as ink, emitting wisps of black gas. The flowers here were actually human heads, constantly emitting painful wails. In the center of the valley was a small flower, only three feet tall, shaped like an ordinary Epiphyllum. However, its color was a striking white, as pure as the most translucent white jade. If someone didn't know, they might mistake it for a white jade sculpture.
Yang Hong cautiously poked his head out from underground, scanned his surroundings, and immediately retracted.
"Excellent, this Netherworld Epiphyllum is still here."
It wasn't until he had sunk over two hundred zhang that Yang Hong dared to stop. The "Netherworld Epiphyllum" was famous throughout the cultivation world; it also had another name, "Soul Returning Flower." As long as one's soul was not completely scattered, even with just one soul or one spirit remaining, taking the Netherworld Epiphyllum could save them. Of course, if the physical body was destroyed and shattered, it would be impossible to save. However, even so, the Netherworld Epiphyllum could save most people. Anyone who had heard of the Netherworld Epiphyllum would desire to possess one. But obtaining the Netherworld Epiphyllum was harder than ascending to immortality!