Having successfully entered the ferocious beast's body, the next challenge was dealing with the four demon kings.
Fighting was out of the question, and escaping wasn't an option either. All he could do now was to find Zhou Lingyin before the four demon kings captured him.
[This is a peculiar space, and you can sense that there is no Heaven and Earth energy here. You also realize that your bloodline power is gradually diminishing in this space. If you stay here for an extended period, you will become an ordinary person.]
[You know that in this space, there are not only you but also four other demon kings, and they will soon come looking for you.]
[Quickly observe your surroundings, and you eventually choose a slightly raised mound of earth not far away as a reference point and head towards the east of the mound.]
[One minute later, you haven't discovered anything. The area you've walked through is desolate and silent, as if you are the only one here.]
[Two minutes later, you continue moving forward rapidly.]
[Three minutes later, you suddenly see four figures in the distance coming towards you rapidly, and they are the four demon kings who want to kill you.]
[The second prediction ends. Do you want to continue?]
"Continue!"
...
The space inside the ferocious beast was of unknown size, and the only way to find Zhou Lingyin was to eliminate one direction after another, a primitive and direct method.
Unfortunately, he only had two prediction chances left for today.
Next, in his predictions, he used Celestial Teleportation to contend with the four demon creatures.
Until the last prediction chance was used up, he didn't die, but he also didn't make any discoveries.
"There's no other choice; I can only predict after entering the space."
Checking the time for the game refresh, Su Nan prepared to leave the temple.
Soon, it was midnight.
Almost simultaneously, the low roar of the ferocious beast echoed from the deep pit in the center of the ancient city.
Without hesitation, Su Nan rushed out of the temple at the first moment.
A tremendous pulling force struck, and he couldn't control his body, flying rapidly towards the deep pit.
The rushing wind sounded like jumping from a height of ten kilometers, and the strong sensation of weightlessness made it impossible for Su Nan to maintain his posture.
Finally, he arrived at the bottom of the pit, and he was being pulled straight into the gaping maw of the ferocious beast.
At the moment he entered the bottom of the pit, a mission completion prompt appeared:
[Congratulations, you have completed the daily mission "Enter the Deep Pit," and 60 demonic energy points have been rewarded.]
[Current available demonic energy: 371 points.]
Today's missions had refreshed, and it was clear that the mission to enter the deep pit had reappeared and was easily completed with the help of the ferocious beast.
However, it wasn't over yet.
At the moment he entered the space inside the ferocious beast, another mission completion prompt appeared.
[Congratulations, you have completed the daily mission "Explore the Divine Ruins," and 60 demonic energy points have been rewarded.]
[Current available demonic energy: 431 points.]
In the blink of an eye, two missions were completed, and a total of 120 demonic energy points were added.
"Does entering this space complete the missions?" Su Nan was somewhat surprised.
He had thought that he would need to explore this space thoroughly to complete the missions, but it seemed that wasn't necessary.
Perhaps in the game's judgment, he had already explored the main areas of the Divine Ruins, and this space inside the ferocious beast didn't belong to the category of the Divine Ruins.
Without much thought, he released his avatar and observed his surroundings.
As expected, this space was as silent as death, devoid of any signs of life.
After a cursory glance, Su Nan immediately turned to predict the future.
This time, he didn't repeat the predictions one after another but directly chose Death Prediction.
In this space, unless he could find Zhou Lingyin, he would undoubtedly be killed by the four demon kings.
Instead of using a large number of predictions, it was better to use a small number to see the results directly.
[You know that the four demon kings will come after you very soon, and you may find it difficult to escape. Do you want to consume a certain number of prediction chances to predict the situation three minutes before your death in the future?]
"Yes."
With a thought, only one prediction chance for predicting the future was consumed on the panel.
"One chance?"
Seeing this, Su Nan already knew without looking that he hadn't found Zhou Lingyin in this prediction.
As expected, the subsequent predictions confirmed his guess.
[You know that the four demon kings will come after you very soon, and you don't hesitate to use the slightly raised mound of earth not far away as a reference point and head towards the east.]
[Several minutes later, the four demon kings appear in your line of sight, and you immediately use Celestial Teleportation to escape.]
[Half an hour later, after using Celestial Teleportation four times in a row, you still couldn't shake off the pursuit of the four demon kings.]
...
Because he had run out of prediction chances in the previous predictions, he didn't see the results. This time, he chose the east direction again.
Unfortunately, the result didn't change.
It was almost identical to the previous Death Prediction, and he was eventually killed after his memories were read.
He had thought about leading the four demon kings away with his avatar, but he was disappointed. In the predictions, the demon kings were determined to pursue him and came straight for him.
When the prediction ended, Su Nan didn't hesitate and predicted again.
In the second prediction, he chose to head south.
In the third prediction, he headed north.
In the fourth prediction, he chose to go west.
He consecutively predicted four times, exploring in all four directions.
The results were consistent every time, and he died after his memories were read.
There was no other choice; he could only continue predicting.
Southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest...
The space was of unknown size, and even though each prediction was in a different direction, Su Nan found no
clues whatsoever.
Fortunately, Death Prediction only consumed one prediction chance each time.
However, even so, he couldn't escape the repeated predictions.
"It's not working; each prediction only gives me half an hour to escape. Although half an hour is enough to explore a significant area, the farther regions remain blind spots."
"If only I had asked for an item that could contact Zhou Lingyin when I left the Heaven's Prison."
Su Nan regretted that he had only inquired about Zhou Lingyin's faction at the time and hadn't expected such a situation to arise.
As he quickly thought about possible solutions, he suddenly remembered something and reached into his personal space to retrieve an item.
It was a key.
The Heaven's Prison Key.
"Could this Heaven's Prison Key, which is related to the Heaven's Prison, be used to find the Heaven's Prison?"
Finding the Heaven's Prison would naturally lead to finding Zhou Lingyin.
Su Nan changed his approach and decided to start with the Heaven's Prison.
However, it seemed impossible to achieve this. The Heaven's Prison Key only had the function to open the Heaven's Prison, not to locate it. This was evident from the fact that there was no change in the Heaven's Prison Key.
"Regardless of whether it works or not, let's predict it and find out," Su Nan continued to predict.
This time, he used a regular prediction.
To his disappointment, there were no hints in the prediction, and the key remained unchanged.
Sighing, Su Nan quickly thought of a solution.
In the end, he had a sudden idea and looked at the destiny on the panel.
"What if I actively use destiny to trigger a rare event here?"
Although this space seemed to be barren and devoid of anything, it was still inside the body of an ancient ferocious beast. He couldn't believe that there was absolutely nothing here. Perhaps by actively using destiny, he could be guided in the right direction to find Zhou Lingyin.
With the idea in mind, he didn't hesitate and chose to use destiny.
"Do you want to spend 100 destiny points to trigger a rare event?"
Lang Thirteen had awarded him 200 points, and Zhang Yang had awarded 150 points for breaking through, plus the 4 points he had before, giving him a total of 354 destiny points.
If possible, he would have liked to save up to 500 points to see what higher-level rare events were like, but now he couldn't continue to save them.
"Yes."
"A rare event has been triggered. Please reach a location 400 li due south within one day."
"400 li due south!"
Su Nan's eyes lit up. Finally, he had an accurate direction, and he wouldn't be wandering aimlessly anymore.
Without further ado, he used Death Prediction again.
However, the result was still death.
In the prediction, he didn't even reach 400 li due south.
Under the pursuit of the four demon kings, he could only hold on for half an hour each time.
This amount of time was not enough for him to reach such a distant location.
"To reach the destination under the pursuit of the four demon kings is not easy. It seems that I can only use the method of logging out of the game to get rid of them."
Su Nan thought for a moment and had an idea. Instead of immediately heading south, he chose to log out of the game.
In each prediction, the White Water Demon King and the others would come to him after a few minutes, which indicated that the four demon kings were nearby.
Not only was there no Heaven and Earth energy in this space, but staying here for a long time would also cause his strength to continuously diminish.
Although the White Water Demon King and the others wanted to capture him, they wouldn't risk the loss of strength and would definitely choose to explore this space.
In that case, his chance would come.
When the four demon kings had moved away from this place, he would head south and have enough time.
As he expected, when he logged out of the game, the four demon kings who had already been on their way frowned.
"The mark disappeared. Did that guy die?" said the Thousand-Eyes Demon King.
The White Water Demon King remained silent for a moment and said, "That ant has some tricks up his sleeve. It's not easy to kill him. He probably returned to his own world."
"Then why bother chasing? This place seems a bit strange, and we need to figure out what's going on here as soon as possible."
The Thousand-Eyes Demon King looked at the White Water Demon King and said, "White Water, I don't have the guild with me to guard the outsider. You can go by yourself."
With that, he and the other two demon kings headed in another direction to explore.
The White Water Demon King frowned, his face darkening slightly.
He did want to stay and guard Su Nan, but without the help of the Thousand-Eyes Demon King and the other two, capturing Su Nan in his current state would not be easy.
Log out of the game.
Su Nan glanced at the window and went to bed directly.
The prompt indicated that he had one day to reach the location, which meant that there wouldn't be any changes at the location within a day, so he had plenty of time.
He slept until 8 in the morning.
After having a light breakfast, Su Nan calmly logged back into the game.
As soon as he logged in, he immediately prepared to use Celestial Teleportation.
Fortunately, what relieved him was that there was no sign of the White Water Demon King or the others nearby. Clearly, as expected, the four demon kings were not waiting for him here.
"You know that there is an encounter 400 li due south of you, but encounters often come with dangers. Do you want to consume a certain number of prediction chances to predict the situation three minutes before your death?"
"Yes!"
He didn't need to know the
process now, only the result.
With his confirmation, two prediction chances were consumed.
"At last, it's not just one chance anymore," Su Nan's eyes lit up.
Although two prediction chances weren't many, it meant that he wouldn't die in the next two or even three hours, which was enough time for him to reach his destination.
"You head south, preparing to find the encounter in this peculiar space. After more than an hour of trekking, a small mountain appears in the distance."
"This is the first small mountain you have seen in this space, and it is also the only one. However, the shape of the small mountain is strange. It's more like a big tomb, a big tomb that buries some kind of ancient existence."
"You see a giant coffin on top of that small mountain, and you instantly recognize that the coffin is the one that contains the Ancient Demon Emperor you're looking for."
"I found it!"
Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief after searching for so long; he finally found the coffin.
Although he didn't see Zhou Lingyin in the prediction, since the coffin of the Demon Emperor was here, Zhou Lingyin should be here too.
"One minute later, you arrive at the foot of the mountain, and you control your avatar to climb the small mountain. As soon as you approach the small mountain, you find that your strength is immediately suppressed, and you can only exert half of your strength."
"Two minutes later, you reach the halfway point of the mountain, and here, your strength is almost non-existent. Fortunately, there are no other dangers here."
"Three minutes later, you reach the top of the mountain, and at this point, all of your strength is completely suppressed. Just as you are about to approach the coffin, you die."
"What's going on? How did I die so inexplicably?"
Su Nan frowned, knowing that the outcome of the Death Prediction was always death, but he couldn't figure out what had happened in this case.
In the prediction, he had clearly controlled his avatar to approach the coffin, but in the end, his main body had died as well.
This was the first time such a thing had happened.
"Regardless, I'll go over there first."
Without thinking too much, Su Nan quickly headed south.
At the same time, in another direction, about seventy to eighty li away, the four demon kings were wandering around like headless flies.
At this point, the four demon kings wore grim expressions. Six to seven hours had passed, and they hadn't found anything.
Moreover, during this time, their strength had all declined, making them even weaker than before.
Suddenly, all four demon kings noticed something, and their eyes lit up.
"That outsider has appeared!"
"Let's go! Let's chase after that outsider. Since he was able to enter here safely, he must have a big secret on him. Maybe we can discover the secrets of this place by following him."
This time, the White Water Demon King didn't even need to say anything; the Thousand-Eyes Demon King didn't hesitate and immediately set off in the direction where Su Nan was.
(End of this chapter)