No hesitation allowed.
Lu Qingyang immediately mobilized all his vital energy, surging like a river, erupting with blazing power, resembling a scorching sun, overwhelming everything around.
In an instant, he struck out with a palm, his vital energy transforming into an unstoppable giant wave, shattering the void, forcing the green-furred beast to roar in pain before its body was reduced to ashes in the immense energy.
"Boom!"
As the green-furred beast fell, the entire Forbidden Abyss trembled. One after another, green-furred monsters emerged from the ground, surrounding Lu Qingyang in an instant.
Without delay,
Lu Qingyang activated his Heavenly Dao Spirit Eyes, and numerous pieces of information flooded his vision.
...
[Name: None]
[Form: Corpse Fiend]
[Realm: Late Stage of the Sixth Tier]
[Physique: Unknown]
...
"Corpse Fiend!"
Lu Qingyang's expression turned slightly grim. Though he did not fear a late-stage sixth-tier being, the sheer number of Corpse Fiends before him posed a significant threat.
Moreover, the Forbidden Abyss constantly emanated an eerie cold energy that corroded vitality. Even a saint lingering here for too long would face the danger of their vital energy drying up.
Facing the onslaught of green-furred Corpse Fiends, Lu Qingyang showed no mercy. His fingers turned into a sword, slashing out a heavenly sword light that instantly obliterated one Corpse Fiend after another.
With his power capable of instantly killing seventh-tier saints, these late-stage sixth-tier Corpse Fiends were nothing but grass.
Just as Lu Qingyang was clearing the Corpse Fiends, a terrifying aura suddenly surged from the depths of the Forbidden Abyss, enveloping his heart with a strong sense of foreboding, causing his face to change drastically.
Immediately,
A soul-shaking roar echoed, and all the Corpse Fiends seemed to receive a command, kneeling on the ground, worshipping the depths of the Forbidden Abyss, not daring to move a muscle.
Lu Qingyang's gaze shifted to the sky, where a blood moon hung. A massive figure as large as a mountain burst from the ground, covered in fur similar to the Corpse Fiends, radiating a bizarre red glow under the blood moon.
In an instant,
He activated the Heavenly Dao Spirit Eyes once more.
...
[Name: None]
[Form: Corpse Demon]
[Realm: Late Stage of the Ninth Tier]
[Physique: Demon Body]
...
"Ninth-tier Corpse Demon!"
Lu Qingyang's face changed dramatically. A late-stage ninth-tier Corpse Demon was undoubtedly an emperor-level terrifying existence.
At this moment,
The red-furred Corpse Demon seemed to sense the Heavenly Dao Spirit Eyes' probing. Its blood-red eyes pierced the void, and as their eyes met, Lu Qingyang felt nothing but bloodlust and ferocity.
"Roar!"
The angry roar shook the void, and Lu Qingyang felt his soul being torn apart. The red-furred Corpse Demon's massive claw struck with the force of thunder, nearly suffocating him.
"Boom—"
With one strike, Lu Qingyang's avatar instantly collapsed.
The red-furred Corpse Demon stared at the spot where Lu Qingyang disappeared, its face growing even more ferocious, roaring at the blood moon, its voice echoing inside and outside the Forbidden Abyss. Veteran experts who knew a bit about the place were horrified at the sight of the red-furred Corpse Demon under the blood moon.
"This is bad! The eerie existence in the Forbidden Abyss has awakened!"
"The aura is so terrifying that even saints can't compare. Who would have thought such a terrifying being was hidden within the Forbidden Abyss…"
The aura radiated by the red-furred Corpse Demon could be felt even outside the abyss. Under such pressure, all cultivators felt as insignificant as ants.
For a moment, everyone feared that the red-furred Corpse Demon would break out of the abyss and begin a massacre.
Fortunately,
The red-furred Corpse Demon only appeared for a moment before vanishing.
Inside the chaotic abyss, everything returned to calm.
...
In the Qingyang Realm, the Immortal Wood swayed gently.
Incense power and spiritual energy intertwined, nurturing a new avatar.
Lu Qingyang opened his eyes, recalling the scene in the Forbidden Abyss, his gaze heavy.
"A late-stage ninth-tier Corpse Demon, comparable to an emperor, hidden within the Forbidden Abyss of the Ancient Desolation."
"If my guess is correct, this emperor-level Corpse Demon is likely the emperor who bled in the Forbidden Abyss long ago!"
Both the Corpse Fiends and the red-furred Corpse Demon were merely the surface manifestations of the abyss's eerie nature.
Since entering the forbidden zone, he had felt an indescribable strangeness, as if eyes were watching him from the shadows.
Upon reflection, that might be the true core of the Forbidden Abyss's eeriness, with the red-furred Corpse Demon and Corpse Fiends possibly being mere puppets of the eeriness.
In ancient times, emperors fell here, their corpses corroded by eerie forces, turning into Corpse Demons.
As for the other Corpse Fiends, they might be cultivators who fell after entering the forbidden zone, transformed by the eerie forces.
These were speculations, but the actual situation was likely not far off.
Regardless of the true nature of the Forbidden Abyss, a single late-stage ninth-tier Corpse Demon was beyond anyone's capability to handle.
Fortunately, the Corpse Demon did not leave the chaotic abyss. Otherwise, its power would have turned the entire No Immortals Realm into a purgatory.
Thinking of the red-furred Corpse Demon's terror, Lu Qingyang sighed inwardly.
Even Left God Feng's strength was insignificant compared to the red-furred Corpse Demon.
Such terrifying power was the strongest Lu Qingyang had ever seen.
However, for now, the red-furred Corpse Demon seemed unable to leave the Forbidden Abyss easily, possibly due to some restriction.
This was a silver lining amidst the chaos.
It was for this reason that no force had ever been able to completely pacify the Forbidden Abyss of the Ancient Desolation since ancient times.
The terror of this abyss meant that even a ninth-tier emperor entering might not escape a bloody fate.
Moreover,
Lu Qingyang's exploration only touched a corner of the Forbidden Abyss, barely scratching the surface.
Until the entire abyss was thoroughly explored, no one would know what other dangers lurked within.
Lu Qingyang's thoughts drifted far.
Beyond the Ancient Desolation, other ancient Forbidden Abysses existed, some dating back to ancient times, some to the primordial era, and some even older.
He speculated that these abysses also harbored terrifying beings like the red-furred Corpse Demon, seemingly untouched by time, achieving immortality in some form.
"Until I break through to the ninth tier, I must not step into the Forbidden Abyss again!"
This was the strict order Lu Qingyang gave to himself.
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