Chapter 271 - 271 268 Infiltrating Demon Clan Territory
Chapter 271: Chapter 268 Infiltrating Demon Clan Territory Chapter 271: Chapter 268 Infiltrating Demon Clan Territory With the return of Gui Ling Ancestor and others to the Cave Heaven Fortress, the disciples from various factions erupted in cheers.
Because it meant that they had won this battle.
Once the Supreme Elders announced that they had slain sixteen Demon Gods in a single battle, all disciples were thrown into a frenzy.
Demon Gods, if judged merely by realm, were comparable to Immortals.
To have such formidable beings killed in one battle, and without losing any Supreme Elders on their own side—was there anything more exhilarating than this?
Of course, what they didn’t know was that to create the opportunity for their comrades to slay Demon Gods, a Supreme Elder from the Beast Taming Sect had sacrificed a Lifebound Spiritual Beast that had proved its Dao, a Supreme Elder from the Five Poisons Sect had severely damaged his Lifebound Immortal Poison, and more than one or two Ghost Immortals bred by the Supreme Elders of the Ghost Controlling Sect had been lost.
Despite this, several Supreme Elders were injured, and a few less powerful Supreme Elders were seriously wounded, almost having their Taoist Bodies destroyed by the Demon Gods.
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However, these Supreme Elders had made comprehensive preparations before the expedition, with Immortal Elixirs available to treat their injuries, so they were not significantly affected.
As for the losses of Spiritual Beasts, Poison Insects, and Ghost Immortals incurred by the three major sects, they were not irreplaceable.
The Supreme Elders of the Beast Taming Sect planned to capture and tame Demon Beasts within this realm; some were already calculating how to subdue those among the Demon Gods whose original forms were Demon Beasts.
If they managed to tame those beings who had ascended from Demon Beasts to the Demon God Realm, their strength would not be considered compromised.
The Supreme Elders of the Five Poisons Sect had an even simpler task: they would cultivate Poison Insects using the flesh and blood of the slain Demon Gods.
Not only would they obtain Poison Insects with higher strength and potential, but they might also be able to restore and even improve the cultivation of their damaged Lifebound Immortal Poison.
After all, Poison Insects were ferocious by nature, feeding on various kinds of flesh and blood; nourished by Demon God flesh, their advancement was predictable.
The reason why the Ghost Controlling Sect’s Supreme Elders lost two or three Ghost Immortals was mainly because the Ghost Immortals were comparatively weak among those of the same realm.
Once the Demon Gods figured out the workings of the Ghost Dao Techniques and were unaffected by spells that confused the mind, the attack power of the Ghost Immortals could only be considered average, resulting in the highest losses.
Nevertheless, the Elders of the Ghost Controlling Sect did not consider themselves to have suffered a loss, as they had retrieved several Divine Corpses of Demon Gods.
These Supreme Elders skilled in Ghost Nourishing and Corpse Refining decided to repair and refine those Divine Corpses, treating them as zombies to be cultivated.
As the recent alliance had waged wars in various places and caused countless deaths, many sites had accumulated thick Death Qi.
With their transformation, they could turn those cities into lands of death, perfect for cultivating Demon God zombies.
Once successful, they would gain several zombies with even stronger combat capabilities.
More importantly, as these zombies were cultivated from Demon Gods of this realm, they wouldn’t face rejection by the Heavenly Dao of this realm, like they did; they could be freely commanded.
Moyun Ridge, the grand hall at the summit.
The Supreme Elders of the various sects were seated cross-legged.
“This battle was well fought, and the number of Demon Gods slain has reached the number we anticipated,”
Gui Ling Ancestor said with a chuckle, “Moreover, since Junior Brother Kongkong did not show himself, although those Demon Gods might have guessed that there was certainly another person in the Cave Heaven Fortress, they have no knowledge of Junior Brother Kongkong’s cultivation or which Daoist arts he is proficient in.
With this, we can use Junior Brother Kongkong as a hidden trump card.
If the situation of the future wars becomes unfavorable for us, we can leverage Junior Brother Kongkong’s Space Divine Power to lock on to the locations of a few Demon Gods, teleport ourselves, and attack to decisively consolidate our advantage.”
“Indeed,”
the one who responded was Five Poisons Sect’s Elder Heavenly Spider: “In a few days, when we divide our forces along several routes to launch a surprise attack, we will need Junior Brother Kongkong to create a few positioning Jade Talismans for us.
Should anything go awry and we fall into an ambush, we hope Daoist Fellow will break open a Space Channel and bring us back swiftly.”
“How would those Demon Gods have any inkling of our plans?”
Fiery Fire Ancestor declared somewhat contemptuously: “From the previous clashes, everyone could see that those Demon Gods are selfish, greedy, and violent, and even among themselves, they’re likely incapable of close cooperation.
Furthermore, we only need to divide our forces into three groups to attack three different locations.
Before they can even react, we will already have claimed victory and returned.”
Gui Ling Ancestor glanced at him and smiled, “Being cautious is indeed necessary.
At worst, we would waste some effort, but should the situation turn dire, we will have an escape route and need not worry about being encircled.”
Although Fiery Fire Ancestor was somewhat impulsive, he had enough self-awareness to know that compared to Gui Ling Ancestor, he was not nearly as adept at strategy.
Upon hearing Gui Ling Ancestor’s words, he immediately nodded in agreement and held his tongue.
Once the Supreme Elders from the various sects had discussed the future battle plans, they dispersed.
After all, many were still carrying some injuries, although none as severe as those few whose Taoist Bodies almost perished.
They needed to return and heal to prevent any delay in the stealth attack in the following days.
They understood that following this battle, the Demon Gods would surely gather to contemplate countermeasures against them, but before reaching total despair, those Demon Gods would not congregate.
They were expected to return to their territories, providing them the opportunity to conquer them one by one.
If they could slay a few more Demon Gods, the side of Immortal Dao would be able to even out the numbers with them.
Although “evening out” meant including the tamed Demon Immortals and Ghost Immortals of both the Beast Taming Sect and the Ghost Controlling Sect, as long as the Demon Gods didn’t have the numerical advantage, they would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage.
Once the Supreme Elders of the factions had left, Gui Ling Ancestor turned to look at the few Supreme Elders from his own sect.
Of course, these were all his juniors.
He looked at the Supreme Elder of the Vermilion Bird Lineage and noticed that his breathing was slightly erratic.
He understood that this was due to the injuries sustained when forcefully killing a Demon God earlier.
So he extended his hand and took out a huge heart-shaped boulder.
The stone emanated an intense heat and was marked with the fluctuating power of various rules.
“This is the energy core I harvested from that Molten Rock Giant after I killed it.
It’s a shame that too much origin power burst forth before the giant’s death, causing significant damage to this core and the rules are incomplete.
Take it and heal yourself; it should be of some help to you.”
“Let’s not.”
The Vermilion Bird Elder laughed, “My injuries might be serious, but they won’t affect my ability to fight.
This object is rare, and in my opinion, it’s better to reward it to the disciples in our sect who practice the Fire Dao.
Perhaps it might help them to achieve enlightenment and succeed in becoming Immortals.”
The Gui Ling Ancestor glanced at him and sighed lightly, “Well then, for now, let’s place this object in the treasury.
There are also a few juniors in the sect who cultivate the Fire Dao; it wouldn’t be appropriate to bestow it upon just one of them.
Let them earn this object with their merits.”
“What Ancestor Martial Uncle said makes sense.”
Several Supreme Elders nodded in agreement, and then took out the relics of the Demon Gods they had slain earlier.
There were the weapons of the Demon Gods as well as their corpses—some were flesh and blood, others, like the Molten Rock Giants, were non-flesh and blood entities.
They didn’t regard the bodies of these Demon Gods too highly.
Apart from extracting items like the molten core or horns and claws from a few Demon God corpses, they planned to trade the rest to the Five Poisons Sect or the Ghost Controlling Sect.
After all, those two sects had mastered the use of various corpses—one nurtured Poison Insects, the other cultivated Zombies—and they certainly did not let even the dead rest in peace.
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Qin Feng’s figure emerged from a shadow, squinting his eyes towards a city a few miles away.
Currently, he was clothed in a black robe, wielding a magic wand, entirely dressed as a Demon Clan Mage.
Although he was somewhat shorter compared to many members of the Demon Clan.
But not all in the Demon Clan were tall; some races were similar in stature to the Human Clan.
This was his seventh day away from the Cave Heaven Fortress, as well as his first day of real contact outside the occupied territories of the Demon Clan.
To infiltrate the Demon Clan City, he had made many preparations.
To conceal his aura, he had specifically asked his master for a treasure that could hide it.
Since he lacked the aura of the Demon Clan, he also intentionally went to the market to find an Artifact Refiner from the Ghost Controlling Sect to help him create a magic artifact that could emit a faint Demonic Qi and wear it on his body.
He went to the Ghost Controlling Sect’s Artifact Refiner because those fellows used body parts of the Demon Clan, such as horns or bones, to refine artifacts.
They even captured the aura of the Demon Clan within the artifacts, making each artifact’s aura unique and highly sought after by disciples preparing for infiltration into the Demon Domain.
After all these preparations, Qin Feng did not rush to leave.
He also specifically sought out some Demon Clan Mages to understand their lifestyles and their ways of speaking.
Only after he felt fully prepared did Qin Feng finally leave the safe War Fortress, the large territory controlled by the Beast Taming Sect, and arrive in this Demon God Territory, thousands of miles away.
Ning Wuxu did not prevent his disciple from infiltrating the Demon Clan Territory.
In his opinion, it was good that his disciple made his own plans.
For a young man, it was fine to let him struggle on his own; even if he suffered some losses, it would greatly contribute to his growth.
As long as he didn’t deliberately provoke those powerful beings, ordinary members of the Demon Clan would not notice his disguise, as the Demon Clan’s methods were generally simple and brutal.
Even those Mages who controlled various magics dared not easily probe other members of the Demon Clan, lest their hot-tempered peers would consider it a deliberate provocation, leading to conflict.
Furthermore, even if he was discovered, it wouldn’t matter; Qin Feng carried several life-saving items with him, making it difficult for even high-ranking commanders of the Demon Clan to catch him.
As for Demon Gods, such existences would not bother to focus on someone as weak as Qin Feng.
In fact, there were many disciples from various sects like Qin Feng who had infiltrated the Demon Clan Territory, and many of them were highly skilled in disguise.
As far as Qin Feng knew, within his own Beast Taming Sect, there were a few fellow disciples who were adept at altering their appearance and changing their aura.
He desired such an ability, but unfortunately, he couldn’t do it.
Those disciples possessed such skills because their Lifebound Spiritual Beasts were extremely special, equipped with Innate Divine Abilities that could change appearance.
Qin Feng’s Lifebound Spiritual Snake, other than changing in size, had turned a bit darker than before and lacked the ability to change appearance.
However, although Qin Feng did not possess the Transformation Technique, he could merge with his Lifebound Spiritual Snake, a capability not available to other sects.
By merging with the Ruyi Golden Snake at the right moment, allowing the dark golden scales to show on his face and even turning his pupils into the vertical slits of the Ruyi Golden Snake, no Demon Clan member would ever take him for a Human Clan member.
After all, the Human Clan’s faces do not have scales, whereas many races within the Demon Clan do exhibit such traits.
As long as he exuded Demonic Qi and revealed scales on his face, there was no risk of being exposed.