Chapter 0490: Delving Deeper into the Demon Mountain
After hundreds of strange black ants fell into the Yellow Dragon’s hands, they shrank from the size of fists to that of sand grains, struggling continuously within its right hand while emitting a gnawing sound.
Brad was astonished as he watched these hundreds of peak-level eighth-grade black ants shrink and fall into the Yellow Dragon’s right hand. In fact, the ants hadn’t shrunk; it was because the Yellow Dragon had used a technique similar to the immortal art of “Pocket Universe.”
In the Pangu World, the ancestor of earth immortals, the Great Immortal Zhenyuan, was most skilled in this art. Even Sun Wukong’s divine powers couldn’t escape its might.
After capturing these hundreds of strange black ants, the Yellow Dragon let a golden glow appear in its hand, sealing each ant separately before storing them inside the Immortals’ Pavilion, where a grand array suppressed and restrained them.
“Let’s go!” After finishing this, the Yellow Dragon said to Brad, then dashed off. Brad quickly reacted and followed closely.
Next, the two continued to explore the surroundings of the Demon Mountain and found many skeletal divine bodies. However, aside from the strange black ants lurking beneath the first few of these skeletal bodies, there were none else. Other than these skeletal bodies, the Yellow Dragon and Brad found nothing else.
The Yellow Dragon and Brad stopped and hovered in midair, gazing at the towering Demon Mountain with winding peaks that seemed to reach tens of thousands of feet high.
Just as when they arrived, continuous humming demonic sounds continued to emanate from within the mountain, never stopping. The Yellow Dragon had tried to find the source of these sounds but found nothing.
Staring at the mountain, the Yellow Dragon’s eyes sparkled as he said, “Let’s go in.” With that, he and Brad flew into the mountain. As soon as they entered, they felt the surrounding space tighten around them.
The Yellow Dragon realized that the spatial restraint inside the mountain was several times stronger than outside, and it was even colder, as if the entire surrounding space had frozen over.
Strangely enough, the demonic sounds disappeared without reason.
The Yellow Dragon and Brad flew even more cautiously.
The interior of the Demon Mountain wasn’t solid but empty, with jagged rocks protruding from the ground like strange branches of mountains. The interior was composed of these bizarre mountain branches.
The Yellow Dragon and Brad moved forward through these branches.
“Help! Save me!” As they flew carefully forward, a cry for help came from ahead. Following the cry were strange roars from monstrous creatures.
Hearing this, the Yellow Dragon and Brad rushed toward the source of the cry.
As the two from Huanglong approached, they soon saw that the strange roars coming from the monsters were emitted by a group of human-shaped beasts. These beasts had pale skin, sharp claws, black-brown eyes, and huge mouths that opened like gaping maws.
“Are these the Mountain Monsters?!” After seeing this group of monsters, the two from Huanglong recognized them. Before coming here, they had checked information about Tiandu Peak at the Shangyi Hall and learned that there were monsters called Mountain Monsters living in the Demon Mountain of Tiandu Peak. These monsters fed on flesh and blood and were inherently brutal.
The pair being chased by these Mountain Monsters was a young man and woman. Huanglong could tell that both of them were powerful gods at an advanced level, their strength reaching the late seventh stage—comparable to Feide from the Luning family in the Netherworld. The cries for help came from their mouths.
“Sir, please save us!” Upon seeing the two from Huanglong appear, their faces, once filled with despair and panic, lit up with hope as they rushed toward them.
Brade glanced at Huanglong, who nodded. Seeing this, Brade took action. He raised his right hand, concentrating his Destroyer God Power, which instantly transformed into a massive energy shield. Under the astonished gazes of the two, the energy shield formed by Brade’s Destroyer God Power spread like a web over the hundreds of Mountain Monsters.
When the web reached above the monsters’ heads, it suddenly contracted and sliced through them like sharp blades. With countless loud “bangs,” the monsters’ limbs flew apart as they fell dead.
After a long while, the young man and woman finally regained their composure from shock and flew over.
“Thank you very much for saving us, sir,” said the purple-haired man with reverence, while the black-haired woman also expressed her gratitude earnestly.
Huanglong replied calmly, “You’re welcome.” After a pause, he added, “If you’re fine, we’ll be leaving now.” With that, he and Brade prepared to fly away.
“Sir, wait!” The purple-haired man hurriedly spoke when he saw them about to leave, and the black-haired woman also looked anxious.
Huanglong stopped and turned around. “What is it?”
“Sir, look—these Mountain Monsters in the Demon Mountain are cruel and terrifying. We… we…” The purple-haired man stammered. Though he didn’t say it outright, the two from Huanglong understood what he meant.
“You want us to take you out of Tiandu Peak?” Huanglong frowned.
The purple-haired man and the black-haired woman both knew this was asking too much of others. Huang Long didn’t know them at all, and it was already quite kind of him to offer help now. The purple-haired man remained silent, not daring to speak.
Brade stepped in and eliminated those mountain monsters, which were at least at the peak of level eight and served as the guards of the black-haired young man. One could guess the status of this young man—unless he was an unparalleled warrior, he must be a core member of some powerful family.
“Esteemed sir,” the black-haired woman spoke up at that moment.
Huang Long and Brade turned to look at her. She had a delicate appearance that inspired pity. Though not as beautiful as the Supreme Goddess Susan or the King of the Death Spirit Realm, Verly, she was still considered beautiful.
Stared at by both Huang Long and Brade, her pretty face turned slightly red as she grew nervous. She said, “Esteemed sir, we dare not ask you two to take us off Tiandu Peak. Could we at least follow you for now?”
Huang Long and Brade would eventually leave, and if they followed him, they could naturally escape Tiandu Peak. That was what the black-haired woman meant.
How could Huang Long and Brade not understand?
“You want to follow us? We won’t be leaving the Demon Mountain for a while, and we’ll be going deep into it. The depths are full of dangers, and we won’t be able to ensure your safety,” Brade said.
“You two are going deep into the Demon Mountain?!” The black-haired woman’s expression changed. She had thought Huang Long and his companion were just as curious as she was, coming to the Demon Mountain briefly before leaving Tiandu Peak. But she never expected them to go deep into it?!
The depths of the Demon Mountain were extremely dangerous, even for unparalleled warriors who had to proceed with caution. As they said, even if they followed Huang Long and his companion, they couldn’t guarantee their safety.
For a moment, the black-haired woman hesitated.
“Sister, if that’s the case, maybe we should leave Tiandu Peak on our own?” the purple-haired man said then.
She hesitated for a while before nodding.
So, the two thanked Huang Long and Brade again, then flew away from the Demon Mountain, disappearing into the snow and rain in the blink of an eye.
Huang Long turned away and said, “Let’s go.” With that, he flew deep into the Demon Mountain, with Brade closely following.
After that, Huang Long and his companion encountered many more mountain monsters. In addition to those, they also faced some monsters from the Demon Mountain itself.
These monsters didn’t possess divine power, but they could control the extreme cold in the mountain, making them very strong—even high-ranking gods would have to back down.
It’s somewhat similar to the witches in the Pangu World. Some are directly killed by the Yellow Dragon, while others are imprisoned and subdued within the Grand Formation of the Immortals, just like those strange black ants. A month later, the Yellow Dragon and Brade arrived at a plain. It was a plain inside the Demon Mountain, not very large—only tens of thousands of square miles in size. Yet, it still surprised them greatly. Over the past month, apart from the jagged mountains, branches, and strange rocks, this was the first time they had seen such a plain inside the Demon Mountain. The plain was covered with lush green grass, full of vitality and warmth, standing in stark contrast to the gloomy, frozen, and desolate rest of the Demon Mountain—simply two different worlds. “How could the Demon Mountain have such a plain?!” Brade exclaimed in awe. The Yellow Dragon was also puzzled. He extended his divine sense but couldn’t detect anything unusual about the plain. However, when his divine sense penetrated underground, he let out an exclamation of surprise and then led Brade to the center of the plain, using the EarthEarthEarth technique technique to enter the ground. After descending thousands of feet underground, the Yellow Dragon and Brade arrived in a space. This space was several thousand meters wide, with a pool of green water at its center. From above the green water, wisps of mist rose. As the Yellow Dragon and Brade approached the green pool, they sensed a powerful life force. Just then, a huge black vortex appeared above the pool. As it spun, it created an extremely strong suction force—so powerful that it rivaled the force that had pulled the Yellow Dragon into a black hole when he tried to cut off one of his bodies to reach the quasi-saint realm during the Pangu era. Before they could react, the Yellow Dragon and Brade were sucked into the vortex. After being drawn into the black hole, the Yellow Dragon experienced brief darkness. When his eyes regained sight, he was ejected by a powerful force. Once he stabilized himself, he saw that he had arrived in a strange space, somewhat resembling a purgatory in hell. The ground was cracked, and the space was hot. At first glance, aside from barren mountains, few other things could be seen. But now, the Yellow Dragon didn’t have time to study this strange space. After being sucked in by the black hole, he had become separated from Brade. He needed to find Brade first. Yet, when he extended his divine sense to its fullest, he couldn’t detect Brade’s presence. Frowning, the Yellow Dragon thought that Brade wasn’t weaker than himself without using the Chaos Bell, so he wasn’t too worried about Brade’s safety. After a while, the Yellow Dragon determined the direction and flew southward.