V2c7: Demon Lord, that Sword Demon is here!
On the road to the Demon Race’s deep sea abyss, Lin Mo encountered numerous ambushes.
“Soon, once we pass through the Chi Yan Clan’s territory, they won’t dare to pursue us further.”
Along the way, Qi Qi had a rough estimate of Lin Mo’s strength.
Below the Deity Transformation stage, she was certain that no one in the Demon Realm, no, the entire cultivation world, could match Lin Mo.
If the Chi Yan Clan dared to continue pursuing Lin Xiang’er.
Their whereabouts would inevitably be exposed within the territories of other demon races.
Once the matter of the Saintess was revealed, other demon races would not allow the Chi Yan Clan to succeed, making their chances of recapturing Lin Xiang’er even slimmer.
After a week, Lin Mo finally reached the Abyss of the Sea.
Barely any sign of life was visible here. The boundless Demon Sea before him was a dark, deep blue, exuding an oppressive aura. The thought of the countless demonic cultivators at the bottom of the sea filled one with fear.
Qi Qi looked at Lin Mo and asked, “This is the Abyss of the Sea before us. What are you planning to do?”
Lin Mo didn’t know either. The voice in his mind had guided him to the Abyss of the Sea.
But it hadn’t explicitly told him what to do.
As Lin Mo frowned, that ancient voice echoed in his mind again.
“Descend to the deepest part of the Abyss of the Sea. I will be waiting for you there.”
Lin Mo was unaware of the dangers within the Abyss of the Sea, so he could only ask Qi Qi to wait with Lin Xiang’er on the surface.
Qi Qi exclaimed in surprise, “You’re not going into the Abyss of the Sea, are you?”
“Ever since Old Ancestor Chu Tiange was sealed a hundred years ago, there have been special restrictions in this seawater. Those who enter the sea will be disturbed by an unknown power, making it impossible to use Demonic Energy within the sea.”
“Many demonic cultivators have attempted to explore the Abyss of the Sea, but none have returned.”
Upon hearing Qi Qi’s words, Lin Xiang’er tightly clutched Lin Mo’s sleeve, “Daddy, don’t go down…”
Lin Mo looked at his daughter’s worried and frightened little face.
He asked the System.
“Will the Yellow Millet Dream skill have any issues?”
[Rest assured, host. If your current actions pose a life-threatening danger, the Yellow Millet Dream skill will activate automatically.]
Lin Mo chose to believe the System.
The System had never misled him before.
[Of course. This System is your only one. As long as you diligently accumulate Regret, this System can allow you to traverse heaven and earth, becoming omnipotent. Even extraterrestrial demons can be slain by you.]
Lin Mo was speechless. This foolish System was first-class at making empty promises.
Extraterrestrial demons?
What were those? He had never even heard of them.
He was currently helpless against a True Demon at the Integration stage, let alone these formidable-sounding extraterrestrial demons.
A pair of warm hands gently stroked his head. Lin Xiang’er heard her father’s
slowly spoken words, “Xiang’er, don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”
Perhaps it was the warmth of those hands, or perhaps the tone of his voice had a calming effect.
Lin Xiang’er’s worry lessened.
“Then Daddy, Xiang’er will wait for you with Sister Qi Qi. You must come back for Xiang’er.”
Lin Mo soared into the Abyss of the Sea. The scenery ahead remained pitch black.
Upon entering the seabed, the darkness was indescribably oppressive.
Lin Mo felt an invisible force locking down his Demonic Energy.
“Hmm? This power seems to have no effect on Spiritual Energy.”
He used Spiritual Energy to dispel the surrounding mist, and his vision cleared.
Countless black skeletons floated around him, along with lingering Demonic Energy.
He thought that perhaps the darkness of the Abyss of the Sea was related to these.
Within the deep sea, Lin Mo had no awareness of the passage of time.
He didn’t know how far or for how long he had dived.
It might have been a moment, a day, or even several months.
Finally, when Lin Mo reached the seabed, he discovered something unusual.
It was an old man, his limbs bound by unknown chains. His tattered robes suggested he had been imprisoned for an unknown duration. His white beard and hair, like long snakes, swayed with the current.
Even so, Lin Mo didn’t perceive the old man as downtrodden.
Instead, the old man gave him the impression of a king, bound but retaining his regal pride.
The old man also noticed him. The moment he looked up at Lin Mo, his eyes were filled with shock and anger.
“How could it be you…”
After speaking, he shook his head and murmured to himself.
“Impossible, he has already fallen…”
At this point, the old man’s gaze softened slightly.
Lin Mo was utterly confused by the old man’s rapid emotional changes.
He even felt that the old man’s mental state was unstable, showing signs of split personality.
Thinking this, he asked cautiously, “Senior, did you ask me to come here to find you?”
The old man’s cultivation level was like a bottomless pit; Lin Mo couldn’t sense his realm at all.
The old man laughed, “It was I who called you here.”
“Don’t you want to save that girl Yan Ruyu?”
“I can help you.”
Lin Mo didn’t believe that a powerful figure would appear out of nowhere to help him without any ulterior motive.
Clearly, the old man saw Lin Mo’s apprehension. He chuckled, “What are you afraid of? This old skeleton isn’t doing this for you, the ultimate goal is to help that girl Yan Ruyu.”
Yan Ruyu was the Saintess of the Demon Realm, and the old man addressed her as “girl.”
The old man’s seniority in the Demon Realm was undoubtedly high.
Lin Mo directly asked, “Senior, may I know your distinguished identity?”
The old man contemplated for a moment, unwilling to reveal his identity directly: “That girl Yan Ruyu is the granddaughter of an old friend of mine.”
This statement was ambiguous and still did not reveal his identity.
Taking it as a refusal to disclose, Lin Mo changed his question: “Then, Senior, why are you imprisoned in the deepest part of the Abyss of the Sea?”
“I was tricked by a shameless scoundrel during a competition.”
Mentioning the “shameless scoundrel,” a trace of ferocity appeared on the old man’s face.
Lin Mo dared not probe further into the old man’s past: “Senior, since you are trapped here, how can you help me save Yan Ruyu?”
“Do you need me to help you escape?”
Lin Mo asked the last question with extreme caution.
If he was actually asked to help the old man break free from the seal.
Lin Mo would not hesitate to flee.
One must always be wary of others, especially a capricious and potentially split-personality powerful being.
Who knew if he would suddenly slap him to death.
The old man laughed heartily, “Little one, if you had the ability to free me, I wouldn’t be trapped here.”
“Your ability to break my shackles is something you won’t achieve even in a hundred years.”
Lin Mo did not refute, and buttered him up, “Yes, Senior, you are right.”
Suddenly, the old man’s eyes narrowed, and a beam of light shot into Lin Mo’s forehead.
After everything was over, Lin Mo finally reacted, his heart filled with shock: “Didn’t he just place some mark or curse on me?”
He couldn’t sense any change in his body.
He could only ask the System, “System, what did he just do to me?”
[According to this System’s observation, there is nothing wrong with your body, host. No need to worry.]
Hearing the System’s explanation, Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief and then asked the old man, “Senior, what was that just now?”
“Don’t mind it, it’s just something insignificant,” the old man said with a smile.
He didn’t even know what the other person had done to him.
How could he not mind?
However, since the System said it was nothing serious, Lin Mo calmed down.
The old man tossed a ring to Lin Mo: “Keep this ring with you. Take it to Chi Yan, and she will release Yan Ruyu.”
Lin Mo was astonished: “It’s that simple?”
A ring could solve his problem?
The old man said, “Just do as I say.”
Putting the ring away, Lin Mo said, “Then thank you, Senior…”
“If there is nothing else, Junior will take his leave and not disturb your rest.”
Lin Mo had no intention of lingering. He planned to go up and show the ring to Qi Qi, to see if she recognized it.
“Wait.” The old man called out to him.
“I feel a great kinship with you, and you are the one whom that girl Yan Ruyu fancies. Why don’t you call me Grandpa?”
Lin Mo was stunned!
Ask him to call him Grandpa?
He wanted him to be his grandson?
Did all these powerful seniors like to acknowledge family?
“Senior, I have no hobby of acknowledging relatives in my life.”
“So, until we meet again.”
Lin Mo dropped these words and indeed turned to flee.
The old man was stunned for a long time, only reacting after Lin Mo had gone far away.
However, he was not angry, and instead laughed heartily, “My grandson is quite principled, bearing some resemblance to me. He suits my taste.”
“However, my grandson’s aura is indeed very similar to that person…”
Chu Tiange narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling how, just as he was about to establish contact with the Heavenly Demon, he was sealed by an unknown Rogue Cultivator who appeared out of nowhere. He had broken his Demonic Energy, and he was furious.
At that time, he had clearly touched the power of the Heavenly Demon…
But he was severed by a single sword strike from an unknown Rogue Cultivator.
That person’s aura bore a slight resemblance to this grandson of his.
But their strength was worlds apart…
If it weren’t for his ability to transmit sound to Lin Mo through bloodline connection to confirm that he was indeed his grandson, he would have doubted Lin Mo’s identity.
…
On the way back, Lin Mo clearly felt that the surroundings were no longer as oppressive as when he had arrived.
This time, he could clearly perceive the passage of time.
It took him less than half an hour to emerge from the Abyss of the Sea.
On the shore, Lin Xiang’er had been closely watching the situation in the Abyss of the Sea. Seeing Lin Mo emerge, she excitedly shouted, “Daddy is back.”
Seeing his daughter rush towards him, Lin Mo caught her and asked gently, “Xiang’er, how long was I gone?”
Xiang’er nudged him in his embrace and asked, “Daddy, have you found a way to save Mommy?”
“I think I found it.”
Lin Mo didn’t know if the ring the unknown old man in the seabed had given him would work.
However, the old man had no reason to deceive him.
“Qi Qi, do you recognize this item?”
Looking at the ring Lin Mo produced, Qi Qi examined it carefully and shook her head, “I don’t recognize it. Where did you find it?”
“I found it at the bottom of the lake.”
“Ah?”
“I’m telling you, there’s an old man imprisoned at the bottom of this lake. Do you believe me?” Lin Mo asked Qi Qi.
“How is that possible…” Qi Qi said incredulously, “Isn’t the bottom of this lake just full of the corpses of demonic cultivators? How could there be an old man?”
“This item was given to me by him. He said that if I give it to Chi Yan, she will let Yan Ruyu go.”
Qi Qi fell into thought. If what Lin Mo said was true.
Then this person was likely the Old Ancestor of the Demon Realm.
After all, in the Demon Realm, the leaders of the three major demon clans only obeyed the orders of the Old Ancestor.
Lin Mo asked, “Did you think of something?”
Qi Qi didn’t dare to speak of her guess rashly.
The Old Ancestor was not someone who could be discussed lightly.
She voiced her concern, “If the ring you’re taking to Chi Yan Demon Lord proves ineffective, then the consequences will be unimaginable…”
Lin Mo also understood the hidden dangers.
If this ring turned out to be nothing.
Wouldn’t he look foolish taking the ring to rescue someone?
[Host, don’t be a coward! You won’t die even if you go. The Yellow Millet Dream hasn’t activated either, so go bravely.]
[If there are other dangers later, you can still spend Regret to ask this System for help.]
“You’re always thinking about my Regret.”
[Not at all, this System is absolutely conscientious. All suggestions are for the host’s benefit.]
At this moment, there was indeed no better solution.
After all, he had the ability to predict life and death.
The old man in the Abyss of the Sea had no reason to play such a complicated trick on him.
Lin Mo finally decided to head towards Chi Yan Demon Lord’s place.
Of course, he didn’t bring Xiang’er with him.
He asked Qi Qi to stay with Xiang’er and wait around the Abyss of the Sea.
“Brother Mo, maybe I shouldn’t go…”
Lin Mo looked at the listless Mo Paor.
He didn’t plan to take him either. It would be good for him to stay and help Qi Qi and Xiang’er.
However, before leaving, Lin Mo was cautious.
He shot a wisp of his Demonic Energy into Mo Paor, allowing him to monitor the situation at any time.
And also to kill Mo Paor at any time if necessary.
Not long after Lin Mo entered the Chi Yan Clan’s territory, he encountered several ambushes.
Lin Mo had to fight his way through. Wherever he passed, corpses littered the ground. The demonic cultivators who attacked him were not weak, with cultivation levels almost never below the Nascent Soul stage.
Along this journey, the regret he accumulated was enough for him to break through to the peak of the Spirit Severing stage, with plenty left over.
Now, for Lin Mo, strength was capital.
Advancing to the Celestial God stage was merely a guarantee for himself.
He now had a total of over six hundred and seventy thousand Regret.
He spent three hundred thousand Regret to break through to the peak of the Spirit Severing stage, then chose a secluded spot to go into seclusion and attempt to break through to the Celestial God stage.
After setting up magic arrays around him, Lin Mo spent a total of half a month successfully breaking through.
With his Celestial God stage cultivation, he no longer feared True Demons at the Integration stage.
At Chi Yan Demon Lord’s mansion,
Granny Rong reported Lin Mo’s breakthrough to the Celestial God stage to Chi Yan Demon Lord.
“This old servant felt something strange when I was defeated by that brat last time.”
“No one can break through from Spirit Severing to Deity Transformation in one month, but this brat used some secret technique to hide his strength.”
Granny Rong had finally found a suitable excuse for herself.
She spoke volubly.
“Demon Lord, that brat has recently killed quite a few of our Chi Yan Clan’s demonic cultivators…”
Chi Yan Demon Lord clearly didn’t take Lin Mo’s Deity Transformation cultivation level seriously.
“Ultimately, he is just a human. He wouldn’t dare to come here and kill me.”
Just as Chi Yan Demon Lord finished speaking.
A demonic cultivator rushed in, his face filled with anxiety, “Demon Lord, that white-robed Sword Demon has arrived at the mansion’s entrance.”
Chi Yan Demon Lord: “…”
