Wu Tao, having sustained such severe injuries, had no time to complain before several scenes appeared in his mind.
Moments later, unfamiliar information suddenly appeared in Wu Tao's mind.
This unfamiliar information gave him an ancient and vast feeling.
The information remaining within was a setup made by the human ancestors who had slain the Abyss Demon Clan in the Demon Abyss.
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Next, Wu Tao and Plato continued forward!
The Demon Abyss, though seemingly barren with no signs of life, harbored numerous creatures within: demonic beasts and monsters, none of which were benevolent; all were ferocious beings.
Fighting their way through, although everyone was wounded, each individual had gained substantial spoils and reaped considerable rewards.
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Wu Jian and Wu Jian, two cultivators at the early Nascent Soul stage, led twenty to thirty juniors at the Core Formation stage, also advancing towards the depths of the Demon Abyss.
In a vast and flat expanse of demonic land, lived a pack of wolf-like, pig-shaped demonic beasts, each several zhang in size. Their entire bodies were covered in scales resembling rock, their gray bodies exuding the aura of thick earth.
Upon seeing this pack of demonic beasts, the eyes of Wu Jian and Wu Jian, both early Nascent Soul cultivators, lit up.
"Hahahaha, there's a pack of Rock Scale Blood Wolves here. This is excellent."
"We're really lucky to encounter this pack of Rock Scale Blood Wolves. The Blood Demon Corpse Vine can feast."
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The very next second after they finished speaking, the Blood Demon Corpse Vine burrowed out from underground. A series of incredibly shrill cries suddenly erupted.
A Rock Scale Blood Wolf was violently flung into the air, a thick, dark red vine piercing its entire body.
The body of this Rock Scale Blood Wolf began to shrivel at a speed visible to the naked eye.
All its flesh and essence transformed into energy, absorbed and devoured by the suddenly appearing dark red vine.
The remaining Rock Scale Blood Wolves let out mournful cries upon witnessing this.
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Like giant pythons, the Blood Demon Corpse Vine twisted and turned, leaving streaks of afterimages. Incredibly shrill screams echoed across the land.
Hundreds of Rock Scale Blood Wolves had their flesh and essence completely drained by the Blood Demon Corpse Vine.
From the appearance of the Blood Demon Corpse Vine to the elimination of this pack of Rock Scale Blood Wolves, the entire process took a mere few minutes.
Situations where human cultivators killed demonic beasts and monsters were numerous, but the cases of demonic beasts and monsters preying on human cultivators were even more so.
"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"
Suddenly, from the sky above the Demon Abyss, piercing, soul-stirring screeches sounded one after another.
Within this series of buzzing sounds, there was a strange power that struck directly at the souls of all living beings.
High in the sky, emerging from the dense demonic clouds, were Six-Winged Blood Mosquitoes.
The Six-Winged Blood Mosquitoes were ten zhang in size, their bodies completely blood-red, with three pairs of wings on their backs. Their mouthparts in front were ferocious.
Many human cultivators, drawn to the Demon Abyss by greed, were hunted and captured by the Six-Winged Blood Mosquitoes like chicks by an eagle.
The sky posed a considerable threat to human cultivators, but the ground was no different.
A team of human cultivators was traversing the land when suddenly a colossal insect, a hundred zhang tall, erupted from the earth.
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This colossal insect was covered entirely in long carapaces, possessing numerous legs. However, its most striking feature was its disproportionately large head.
This colossal insect's head had over a hundred pairs of eyes. Within these eyes, there was not a trace of emotion, only cold indifference, bloodthirsty madness, and a multitude of negative emotions.
This colossal insect was named the Hundred-Eyed Centipede!
Many cultivators, trembling in fear, were dragged underground by the Hundred-Eyed Centipede and devoured.
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On the ground, there was another terrifying demonic beast called the Iron Mane Blood Boar.
The Iron Mane Blood Boar had a lion's head and a bull's body, covered in long black fur. As its four limbs struck down, the earth groaned. Its natural strength was immense, its hide thick and tough, making it difficult for magical artifacts to wound. Ordinary cultivators were no match for them.
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In the southwestern corner of the Demon Abyss lay a vast region dotted with desolate mountains.
Among these desolate mountains, one stood out as the tallest and largest, piercing the clouds.
At the summit of this ten-thousand-zhang desolate mountain, a massive cave was carved into the cliff face.
The location of this cave was extremely secluded.
Dozens of individuals, clad in robes embroidered with the character "Mao," stood in a line. The leading cultivator, at the early Nascent Soul stage, possessed a face that was not only young but also exceptionally handsome and refined, with a subtle smile playing on his lips.
His position at the forefront, in the center of the group, clearly indicated that this youth was a leader among them.
Before this group stood a stone tablet, intricately carved with ancient texts.
The young early Nascent Soul cultivator gazed at the stone tablet and murmured, "It seems the news that the ancient demonic sect, the Soul Summoning Demonic Sect, established a grand tomb deep within the Demon Abyss in the late ancient era, is indeed correct."
"Hahahaha, this is interesting, truly interesting..."
As he spoke, the young early Nascent Soul cultivator's smile became even more radiant than before.
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Among the six second-tier families, the Wu, Mao, Pang, Ma, and Ji families made smooth progress, while the Xiong family encountered great trouble.
While traveling through the Demon Abyss, a team of dozens from the Xiong family encountered a demon that cultivators dreaded the most: the Po Na.
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The Po Na was a demonized corpse of an Abyss royal family, and ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators were no match for it.
However, the Xiong family was not to be trifled with either.
As a second-tier family, the Xiong family cultivated both dharma and body.
This was because the ancestors of the Xiong family had refined the bloodline of the Earth Demonic Bear into their own bodies.
Since then, every member of the Xiong family possessed the bloodline of the Primal Earth Demonic Bear, their bodies incredibly robust.
Therefore, the early Nascent Soul cultivators of the Xiong family far surpassed ordinary cultivators of the same level.
"Beast, begone!"
Xiong Tongtian, the early Nascent Soul cultivator leading the Xiong family, burned his vital energy, his body instantly becoming immensely robust, transforming into a giant.
With a battle cry, Xiong Tongtian's massive fists struck directly at the Po Na's head.
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An unbelievable scene unfolded. The Po Na, which exuded an aura of ill omen upon its appearance, was knocked down by Xiong Tongtian and truly lost its ability to counterattack.
"Quickly set up the formation, I can't hold on for long."
After knocking the Po Na to the ground, Xiong Tongtian did not let his guard down. He immediately moved forward and unleashed a barrage of strikes upon the Po Na!
In reality, Xiong Tongtian had no intention of engaging in a head-on battle with the Po Na. He merely wanted to buy time for his juniors to set up a great formation to temporarily trap this terrifying demon.
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Incredibly shrill roars echoed. The ten-thousand-zhang Po Na emanated dense demonic energy, its aura of ill omen intensifying.
"Roar!" "Roar!" "Roar!"
Within the Po Na's vertical, blood-red eyes, besides instinctual killing intent, there was nothing else.
It was a mad consciousness, a consciousness of slaughter, an obsession to never rest until it perished.
The Po Na's massive head shot up, its bloody maw gaping, terrifying power scattering outwards.
Within the Demon Abyss, those wisps of demonic energy had vanished, having been completely absorbed by the Po Na at some unknown time.
If, originally, the Po Na's aura was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary early Nascent Soul cultivator, it now far surpassed it.
An apparently inescapable power descended upon Xiong Tongtian, a power of a higher tier.
The moment this power landed on Xiong Tongtian, it immobilized him, rendering him completely unable to move.
The Po Na struck out with a palm, and Xiong Tongtian was sent flying, spitting blood, clearly injured.
Fortunately, however, the Xiong family disciples behind him had already completed the Earth Defense Formation.
Xiong Tongtian immediately lured the Po Na to the center of the Earth Defense Formation and promptly activated it.
Upon activation of the formation, Xiong Tongtian quickly led his juniors and fled forward.
An incense stick's worth of time later, the Po Na had torn apart the Earth Defense Formation and broken free. However, by this time, Xiong Tongtian and his group had long since disappeared without a trace.
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In the deepest reaches of the Demon Abyss lay a place where, amidst the obscuring demonic energy, a scene of utter horror was vaguely revealed.
Corpses, countless corpses, piled up into mountains. Most of these corpses were remains collected from ancient battlefields, hence their immense size.
Upon these mountains of corpses, dense palaces and pavilions were constructed.
These myriad palaces and pavilions were shrouded in dark, murky demonic energy, and demonic winds would inexplicably rise, swirling around the various structures.
Upon closer inspection, the murals and reliefs on these palaces and pavilions depicted countless ancient demonic gods, ferocious and terrifying, ancient and weathered!
In the very center, a towering pagoda stood out like a crane among chickens, soaring high into the sky. Atop it stood a gate plaque a hundred zhang high.
The four characters "Soul Summoning Demonic Sect" were emblazoned in blood-red, as if just written with fresh blood. A mere glance at it induced a sensation of the soul leaving the body.
Witnessing this terrifying scene, the faces of those who had arduously journeyed here showed no change in expression.
Everyone had harbored suspicions about this place before arriving.
How could such a hellish place like the Demon Abyss contain immortal residences or true blessed lands...
However, even a stronghold of the demonic sect might still hold some treasures.
Wu Jian took a deep breath, his eyes filled with greed, and said, "The rumors are true. There are indeed remnants of ancient cultivators in the Demon Abyss."