Chapter 0044: The Hellish Demons

Practicing combat energy is easier compared to magic. To use combat techniques, one only needs to understand their functions and combine the innate true energy from the Yellow Dragon’s dantian with the combat energy in the meridians. In Huang Long’s eyes, the combat techniques of the various realms in the Hengyuan Continent were akin to the ordinary martial arts of the Pangu World—even weaker than those. He could understand them at a glance and use them effortlessly.

After a night, when Huang Long woke up from his meditation, dawn had already broken. Although he spent these two months in the academy library, he returned to the manor every night to practice the “Water-Fire Primordial Dragon Art.” Over time, his spiritual essence grew to three feet tall, and his physical form became more solid.

Standing up and stepping outside, Huang Long gave some instructions to the orc Natt before leaving Shenfeng City with Bog and the two beasts. This time, he chose to take the desolate routes, especially at night, allowing the two beasts to reveal their true forms and ride on the body of the Underground Dragon for flight. In his past life, Huang Long’s mount was a crane, but such creatures could not be found in this world.

A month later, Huang Long and his party arrived above a rift valley. Standing in the air, he looked down at the valley. Within hundreds of miles around it, clusters of black demonic energy shrouded the area, creating a eerie atmosphere.

“Master, that large black hole below the rift valley is one of the entrances to the Hellish Demons,” said En Di, the Golden-Eyed Purple Ape, pointing at a black hole below.

Earlier, in the Shenfeng Academy library, Huang Long had checked the location of the magic sword detected by his spiritual imprint and guessed it might be related to the Hellish Demons, so he decided to come and take a look. He was quite interested in the Hellish Demons, who could rival the Holy Church on the Hengyuan Continent. Otherwise, there was no need to travel far for just a magic sword or a few pieces of iron ore. Moreover, the underground realms inhabited by the Hellish Demons contained abundant minerals—cold iron, black crystals, secret silver, green stones, cyan stones, and other ores rarely seen on the surface of the Hengyuan Continent—another reason why Huang Long wanted to come here.

If he could find some good ores and incorporate them into the Group of Immortals Pavilion, it would strengthen the pavilion further. He could also remelt the Five Hells Divine Cauldron or use them to craft other magical artifacts. As for magical artifacts, Huang Long never had enough. In his past life, he lacked them greatly, appearing pitiful compared to the other twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan School. In this life, if he had enough ores to recreate the various artifacts from his past life, he could display his power in this world—a truly wonderful prospect.

“Let’s go down,” Huang Long said, descending first and landing in front of the chasm’s abyss. Bog and the two beasts followed closely, worried that Huang Long might be in danger.

Upon entering the underground world, Huang Long found that this hell was not as terrifying and gloomy as he had imagined, like the Ghost Realm in the Pangu World. Compared to the surface of the Hengyuan Continent, the underground area lacked sunlight and was somewhat dark; some places were shrouded in a faint demonic aura, adding a touch of mystery to the realm.

The four of them flew through the air and noticed that the trees on the underground ground were much taller and stronger than those on the surface, and most of them had no leaves, appearing bare. On these grayish trunks, various birds could be seen perched from time to time. These birds had blood-red eyes emitting a faint dark aura. According to the books in the Divine Wind Academy’s library, these animals and magical beasts in the underground world all had blood-red eyes with a dark aura, but otherwise, they were no different from those on the surface. These underground magical beasts were called Dark Magical Beasts.

Since Bog, Pi Er, and Endi concealed the aura of the holy land’s strong warriors at Huang Long’s request, they encountered many attacks from Dark Magical Beasts along the way. With a crash! When a giant bird-like Dark Magical Beast resembling an iron eagle was smashed to pieces by Endi’s first punch, its black-green blood splattering across the ground, Bog said, “Young master, this is a fifth-tier Dark Magical Beast, the Iron Gryphon.”

Huang Long nodded. He was familiar with the Iron Gryphon—a creature that flew at great speed. Even if a sixth-tier warrior’s body were caught in its iron claws, they would likely suffer severe injuries.

As they continued flying, Huang Long and his group gradually encountered human warriors or magicians, as well as strong members of other races such as elves. Although the Hell Demons were dangerous, the abundant minerals and treasures underground also attracted people from other races on the Hengyuan Continent, including humans. It was like the Magical Beast Mountains—both a graveyard and a paradise for mercenary groups.

Suddenly, on a vast mountainous area ahead, a group of hundreds of people appeared. All of them had grotesque appearances and ugly faces. Though not as tall as orcs, they were much taller than humans.

“Master, those are the Yakshas among the Hell Demons,” said Pi Er, the Cave Dragon.

The Hell Demons, ranked from lowest to highest, included Demons, Yakshas, Asuras, Great Asuras, and Demon Kings. Among the Demons, there were ordinary demons as well as those who had evolved through cultivation. Those who evolved through cultivation generally had the strength of second- to third-tier warriors on the Hengyuan Continent. Once they succeeded in evolving into Yakshas, their strength would reach fourth- to sixth-tier levels.

Asuras are equivalent to warriors at levels seven to nine, while great asuras represent the human sacred realm. As for the Demon King, he is the ultimate powerful being among demons in legends, akin to the human divine realm. Among the demons of hell, most are warriors; there are few magicians, and even if any exist, their innate physical conditions limit them to becoming dark or necromantic magicians. This group of hundreds of Yakshas clearly detected the human invaders, their eyes filled with ferocity as they immediately surrounded and attacked them. Most of these Yakshas were at level four, with a few at level five; the leader was slightly stronger but only at level six. To Huang Long and his companions, they were insignificant. However, Huang Long did not kill them but captured them instead, putting them all inside the Five Hells Divine Cauldron. Recently, as Huang Long’s cultivation improved and the cauldron was reforged, it now contained nearly two hundred grand arrays. Once these Yakshas were trapped inside the cauldron, they were immediately suppressed by its arrays. Huang Long’s action of capturing these Yakshas puzzled Bogge and the two beasts. Bogge cautiously asked, “Young master, why did you capture these Yakshas?” Huang Long replied with a faint smile, “You’ll understand eventually.” Subsequently, Huang Long and his group encountered several more such groups of Yakshas, all of whom were captured and suppressed by the Five Hells Divine Cauldron. In just two days, they captured five or six thousand Yakshas! But beyond that, it could no longer hold them—firstly, because the space of the cauldron was insufficient, and secondly, because even the highest-grade treasure could no longer suppress such a large number. Although the underground world was not as vast as the Hengyuan Continent, it was still quite large. After flying for several days, Huang Long’s group finally arrived at the Sea of Death.