allonlinenovel Chapter 1259 Swapping Demonic Beasts, Encountering an Old Acquaintance
Chapter 1259 Swapping Demonic Beasts, Encountering an Old Acquaintance
Birth?
Reincarnation?
Once the Twelve Silent Venerables are born, the Three Enclosures and the Sea of Karmic Retribution will enter the cycle of reincarnation.
What is reincarnation?
These simple eight words instantly instilled a strong sense of crisis in Gu Xiu.
But before he could figure it out, the Immortal-Crossing Sword floated over: "Master, Master, something's wrong outside!"
Outside?
Gu Xiu's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly looked at a light screen in the sky, which would always display the situation outside the Mountain and River Remnant Realm. Looking at it now, he saw that the gray fog outside was still there, and the field of vision was not very wide.
But one thing is missing: it's empty.
This is very wrong.
This is the Three Enclosures Sea of Calamity, this is the gray fog!
Normally, this place should be teeming with evil spirits. In fact, when Gu Xiu retreated to this place before, some evil spirits nearby tried to attack him. However, he hid in the Mountain and River Remnant Realm, but the evil spirits were still outside.
But now?
There was nothing there; the evil demon had vanished!
"Master, when you just fainted, those evil demons suddenly seemed to be attracted by something and all crawled back into the place we retreated from earlier," the Immortal Crossing Sword reported immediately, its tone tinged with pride and a hint of hope.
Gu Xiu knew, of course, that it wanted him to praise it, so he immediately gave it a thumbs up: "As expected of my little sword, you're amazing!"
Upon hearing this, the Immortal Crossing Sword chuckled incessantly, even its swaying blade exuding a sense of satisfaction.
Gu Xiu found it amusing but didn't say anything more. Instead, he cast an invisibility spell on himself and left the Mountain and River Remnant Realm.
Invisibility is a spell that can hide one's appearance and is not a difficult spell, but it has many drawbacks.
Just like now, as soon as Gu Xiu came out, he saw a human-shaped empty area appear in the gray fog. Although the invisibility technique can hide the figure, it does not make the person disappear. It just makes it difficult to detect with the naked eye and divine sense. In fact, it is completely useless in front of cultivators of the same level.
This spell is not very useful for cultivators, but it has a miraculous effect on evil demons. Unless it is an evil demon of the sixth rank or above, it is difficult for them to detect. They are not very intelligent and will not care why a human-shaped outline appears in the gray mist.
In addition, Gu Xiu used a concealment technique, suppressing his aura to the extreme.
After getting ready, Gu Xiu headed back towards the aurora barrier. In fact, he hadn't gone far before he could see the aurora barrier faintly visible in the distance through the gray fog.
And there was a crack that had been sealed again, but now there was a layer of grayish, mud-like stuff on the original crack, which looked like a scab on a wound.
Where is the evil demon?
Gu Xiu frowned. He found that all the evil demons around him had disappeared, and he couldn't find a trace of them at all. But according to the Immortal Crossing Sword, the evil demons had all come in this direction before, so there should have been any evil demons there.
But why has it disappeared now?
Have we entered that world of evil demons?
Gu Xiu was puzzled, but he could only follow the aurora barrier forward, and the more he went, the more confused he became.
There are no evil demons.
Not a single one.
After wandering around for half a day, Gu Xiu found no clues. He even tried to attack the aurora barrier, but found it to be indestructible. Any attack that landed on it would mysteriously disappear.
If Gu Xiu hadn't seen with his own eyes that there was a demonic world behind it, with twelve altars, he would have really thought this was the end of the world.
"These barriers have all tilted towards the Ziwei Enclosure. It's obvious that the Holy Flame Guards were responsible for this. You disrupted their plans earlier, causing a gap to appear in the barrier's invasion. The rest of the area must have already fallen to that monstrous world."
"This shows that the current Ziwei Yuan is not a complete territory, and it may not have been such a small area before. The area of Ziwei Yuan may have been larger than it is now, but it was swallowed up by the world behind the aurora barrier."
"As for the evil demon..."
"I think that demon world on the other side is definitely up to no good. Even if they lure the demons in, they're definitely not here to help Haoyu. After all, they've already lost their territory. They must be plotting something bad!"
After a thorough and well-reasoned analysis, Sui Xing finally came to a conclusion.
"Nan Jun may have already colluded with the world behind the Aurora Barrier. He orchestrated the Sacred Flame Guardian sacrifice to abandon the territory of Haoyu, seemingly reducing the number of evil demons in Ziwei Enclosure, but in reality, he is reducing the living space of Ziwei Enclosure!"
As we were analyzing it, a strange fluctuation suddenly appeared from the aurora barrier.
Gu Xiu immediately moved a few steps away.
Suddenly, ripples appeared on the seemingly unbreakable aurora barrier, like waves on the surface of water. Then, one after another, monstrous creatures emerged from the aurora barrier.
These monstrous creatures were surprisingly strong; the weakest among them were second-tier monstrous creatures, and not a single first-tier one could be seen.
"Those evil demons disappeared because they went to the next world to advance in their cultivation," Shattered Star guessed.
Gu Xiu also agreed with this guess.
They used to see quite a few Tier 1 Demonic Monsters, but now there isn't a single one, which speaks volumes.
So, in other words, the rift created by the Holy Fire Guards' magic not only allowed the Demon World to seize the territory of the Purple Star Enclosure, but also allowed all the nearby Demons to enter and evolve.
Perhaps what comes out isn't the same batch, but rather the ones that have already evolved are swapped out.
Gu Xiu did not act rashly, but remained hidden, watching the ripples spreading across the aurora barrier as he pondered deeply.
Why change it?
It's because there are restrictions. The number of evil demons in Ziwei Enclosure has an upper limit, or rather, there is a limit to the number of evil demons that come out of the evil demon world.
It's certain that the evil demons inside can't all come out indefinitely. Gu Xiu had only caught a glimpse of the number of evil demons in the world behind the aurora barrier before. If all of them came out, Ziwei Yuan would probably have been wiped out long ago.
Moreover, judging from the actions of the Sacred Flame Guard, it can be inferred that restrictions must exist.
The Holy Flame Guardians' goal was to have their master descend, and this so-called master was likely the terrifying being on the altar. The reason the being did not descend directly this time was because they had disrupted their blood sacrifice.
Or rather, it left a piece missing from the original plan to expand the world of evil spirits!
Following this line of reasoning, for the terrifying entity on the altar to emerge, the Demon World needs to grow to a certain size and be able to exchange places.
"It seems I still have to go to Wuwei City and tell the city lord of Wuwei the news." Gu Xiu concluded. Although many of these were just his guesses, the more he thought about them, the more likely they seemed.
We must be wary of this.
Otherwise, given how close Wuwei City is, if the terrifying being on that altar were to actually appear, he wasn't sure if Wuwei City would have the ability to stop it.
As for how to prevent it, it's simple.
This batch of Sacred Flame Guards are all dead now. The only loophole is the location that Gu Xiu interfered with before. If the Sacred Flame Guards send people again, they will most likely go to that gap. As long as the City Lord of Wuwei sends people to guard it and prevents the Sacred Flame Guards from succeeding, the danger should be avoided.
Gu Xiu already knew the location of the gap. He sent people from Wuwei City to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out. He believed that he would surely succeed!
Without hesitation, Gu Xiu glanced one last time at the barrier ripples that were still constantly unleashing monstrous energy, and prepared to turn and leave.
But just then, the bewildered demons who had just emerged from the barrier suddenly seemed to be provoked, and they all turned around and ran in one direction.
Did someone incite the siege of evil spirits?
Someone's here?
Gu Xiu frowned. Fearing that they might be members of the Holy Flame Guard, he still followed the direction of the demon army. However, when he arrived at the location, the expected battle did not occur. On the contrary, the demons did not make a move, but instead desperately surrounded a figure.
To be precise, they were surrounding someone dressed in tattered and dirty clothes, covered in wounds and blood, but clearly mentally unstable...
people!
Yes, it's a person, a living, breathing person!
Moreover, Gu Xiu knew this person.
"Shi Siling?"