Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 441: Chapter 408: Startling at Every Step

Beneath the roiling demonic clouds that blotted out the sky, the towering city stood like an Ancient Giant Beast lurking in the heavy gloom, both majestic and terrifying.

A sinister wind, sharp as a blade, howled like the wails of ghosts and wolves. The small group advanced slowly, each lost in their own thoughts.

BOOM!

A deafening roar exploded. Light surged forth in this desolate and dim world, abruptly illuminating the surroundings. Streaks of light, as pure and bright as moonlight, shot out from the city. In an instant, they arrived like a meteor shower, closing the distance in a flash!

"Rise!"

The True Demon roared and pointed a finger. An umbrella-shaped Magical Treasure abruptly appeared. Amidst a flow of brilliant colors, it used its Big and Small Ruyi power. The umbrella expanded like a celestial canopy, shielding everyone within.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Streak after streak of pure light bombarded the unfurled, colorful barrier. Ripples spread across its surface as the force of the impacts was annihilated. The blooming light exploded and swept outwards. Beyond the colorful barrier, waves of surging Demonic Qi billowed one after another.

"ROAR!"

The True Demon roared as his gray-white robes shattered. His body twisted and transformed rapidly. In the span of just a few breaths, he went from his gentle, jade-like appearance to the body of a True Demon dozens of feet tall.

The brilliant colors of the barrier intensified. The True Demon stood tall, a towering figure like an ancient demon god defying the judgment of heaven and earth.

OMMMMM...

It seemed the True Demon’s resistance had triggered a Ring Array Prohibition. A faint humming arose from within the city. Above, the Demonic Qi roiled and poured into the city like a celestial river reversed, and an indescribable terror began to brew.

The True Demon’s expression changed drastically. He swept up the people behind him and retreated at extreme speed.

Only after they had retreated for nearly thirty miles, well out of its sensory range, did the immense terror seem to slowly dissipate.

After they landed, the True Demon gazed toward the giant city, his expression dark and uncertain, making it impossible to know what he was thinking.

Chu Mu stood off to the side, his expression indifferent, as if the matter was of no concern to him.

’The True Demon being blocked outside the city... this should be a good thing for me.’

’This Secret Realm has a master. I entered it, conducted several experiments, and caused the Secret Realm to bring down a Celestial Tribulation. Then I broke the Sealing Demon Array, nullified the Divine Shadow Pill the True Demon had taken, and triggered a cataclysmic disaster.’

’A commotion this big couldn’t possibly have gone unnoticed by the Master of the Secret Realm.’

’If they noticed, would that mysterious Master of the Secret Realm just... turn a blind eye to this demon?’

Chu Mu felt that the chances of that were slim.

’Especially if, as the True Demon claimed, this Demon Realm is a part of the Secret Realm and shares the same origin. In that case, it’s even more impossible for them to ignore this.’

’If the Master of the Secret Realm decides to foil the True Demon’s plans, a conflict is inevitable. And once a conflict begins, this True Demon will no longer be able to pay any attention to me...’

Chu Mu fell into thought as one scheme after another swirled and took root in his mind.

The True Demon’s plan was still unclear, but under the threat of the city’s remaining Array Prohibitions, his attempt to enter had clearly been thwarted.

But a broken Array Prohibition ultimately couldn’t halt the advance of a Tier Four True Demon.

Over the next few days, right before Chu Mu’s eyes, the True Demon painstakingly tested and destroyed the remaining Array Prohibitions on and around the city walls.

As Chu Mu followed the True Demon, he took the opportunity of the array-breaking to gain a deeper understanding of the Demon Realm’s Array Prohibition Inscriptions.

On the sixth day, the group set out once more.

And this time, the thirty-mile journey from outside the city to the crack in the wall was completely unobstructed.

The crack in the wall was over a thousand feet wide, as if a giant axe had descended from the sky and torn the wall asunder. Amidst the rubble and broken ramparts, a vicious fissure remained etched into the ground.

The group advanced through the ruins. Once they passed completely through the fissure, the scene within the city was fully revealed to them.

Compared to their own heights of seven or eight feet, entering this city was like arriving in... a city of giants.

The buildings and streets within the city were all easily thousands of feet high and wide. Corroded by Demonic Qi over countless years, every street and building in sight was an inky black.

Just like the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, the city was littered with Demon Corpses. They stretched on endlessly among the buildings and pavilions, their extent hidden by the swirling Demonic Qi.

TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP...

Just as the group was taking in the cityscape, the sound of orderly footsteps suddenly echoed from a distant, ink-black street, rapidly drawing nearer.

Soon, an army of the Demon Race clad in chilling armor emerged from the swirling demonic mist, coming into view.

The members of the Demon Race were all humanoid, their bodies completely encased in ink-black Armor. They carried long halberds and sharp blades. From beneath ghastly demon masks, pairs of crimson eyes locked onto Chu Mu and the others near the crack in the wall.

’Demon Race? Or Puppets?’

Chu Mu was shocked and suspicious. The Demon Race had been defeated tens of thousands of years ago. It was clearly impossible for living Demon Race soldiers to still exist in this Demon City.

But this Demon Race army before him... was very strange!

’They have the flesh-and-blood aura of living beings, but they also feel like inanimate objects...’

’Like Puppets, but not quite...’

"Trespassers in Celestial Demon City shall be killed without mercy!"

But Chu Mu had no more time to think. As the hoarse, grating voice faded, chilling weapons swung through the air. A brutal, murderous aura swept toward the group like an overwhelming tide!

"Hmph!"

The True Demon snorted. With a flick of his sleeve, a surge of Demonic Qi rolled out, and the brutal, murderous aura came to an abrupt halt. Dozens of Demon Puppets were sent flying backward.

He waved his hand again. Specks of light flickered, and the airborne Demon Puppets were torn to pieces, utterly annihilated.

From the streets not far away, as if awakened by the commotion, came the sound of more hurried footsteps.

OMMM...

Just as the True Demon was about to press his advantage, a humming sound suddenly emerged. Immediately after, the same scene of roiling Demonic Qi they had witnessed outside reappeared high above the Demon City.

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