Chapter 1675 - 1474: Half-step Immortal (3)

After finishing all this, Ye Guichen moved his thoughts, and stored those tens of thousands of Immortal Swords into his storage ring.

Then he stripped the clothes off the Demon Clan member he had slain and put them on.

Finally, Ye Guichen leaped onto the floating city and quickly snuck towards the floating city where Qin Ruoshui and the others were located.

At the same time.

Despair filled the eyes of Qin Ruoshui and the others.

They were captured by the Demon Clan and brought here three months ago.

And three years ago, as the Hidden Gate gradually opened, more and more great demons emerged from it.

Those great demons, mostly land-borne members of the Demon Clan, were utterly unaccustomed to battles upon the Chaos Sea.

But this did not prevent them from plundering and slaughtering the human cultivators on the Chaos Sea.

Moreover, they summoned the Sea Demons within the Chaos Sea.

The Sea Demons, for some unknown reason, though high in cultivation, had Spiritual Senses far inferior to the Demon Clan from the Hidden Gate.

They easily became the mounts of those demons.

With the help of the Sea Demons, coupled with the rampant presence of the Demon Clan, human cultivators on the Chaos Sea began to suffer massacres.

It seemed the Demon Clan had long been prepared, focusing specifically on capturing the floating cities.

The floating city where Qin Ruoshui was had a Black Dragon, which barely held on for some time.

But three months ago, a great demon of almost equal strength to the Black Dragon appeared, defeated and captured it, and took it near the Hidden Gate.

However, to the surprise of Qin Ruoshui and the others, the Demon Clan did not kill them all but locked them up, seemingly awaiting some opportunity.

Ye Guichen, now at the Half-step Immortal realm, had almost mastered most of the Esoteric Sect's one hundred and eight spells.

And at this moment, Ye Guichen could use one spell among them called the Hidden Art.

This Hidden Art, when fully mastered, could hide one's body, only detected by someone much superior in cultivation.

Otherwise, one's existence would be entirely unnoticed.

But Ye Guichen only studied the most basic Hidden Art for emergency use, unable to hide his body, merely concealing his human aura.

Even so, it was already sufficient.

After hiding his aura, and wearing the Demon Clan's clothes, no one paid particular attention to him.

"How many people do we need to sacrifice to the Demon Saint?" As Ye Guichen neared the Floating Island where Qin Ruoshui and the Black Dragon were imprisoned, he suddenly heard two demons chatting, surprisingly mentioning the Demon Saint.

Ye Guichen instinctively paused, listening carefully.

"Who knows, we are all following the Young Master's orders now. The Demon Saint is still confined within the Hidden Gate and cannot come out; though able to project his consciousness, it seems he still needs a large number of human sacrifices to emerge."

"The human cultivators on the entire Chaos Sea are countless, and when we encounter high-level cultivators, we can't consume them. Being imprisoned in the Hidden Gate for so long, I have long forgotten the taste of high-level cultivators."

"Exactly, but what can be done? Only when the Demon Saint is released do we, the Demon Clan, have real hope. Currently, the entire Demon Clan is pooling all its efforts to hunt down these human cultivators. I fear without hundreds of thousands, it will be hard to fully open the Hidden Gate and release the Demon Saint!"

"Hundreds of thousands? When will we catch that many?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Guichen was also taken aback.

He knew that the higher the cultivation of a demon, the harder it was to come out of the Hidden Gate.

Now, three years have passed, and most of the Demon Clan has come out as the seal weakens.

Yet, the powerful Demon Saint remains confined inside.

To expedite releasing the Demon Saint, they still need a large number of human sacrifices.

No wonder these demons did not kill the captured human cultivators immediately; it seemed they intended to use live humans for sacrificial ceremonies.

Are they planning to throw people into the Hidden Gate to feed the Demon Saint?

At this thought, Ye Guichen felt a chill down his spine.

Instinctively, he glanced at the massive Hidden Gate.

Although it was open, inside was an endless white, showing nothing.

The feeling was as if it was an independent space inside.

"Hey, who are you?" Seeing Ye Guichen looking towards the Hidden Gate, the two chatting demons noticed and quickly approached him.

One of the demons had a wolf's head, and the other had a dog's head; they appeared to be a Wolf Demon and a Dog Demon.

However, compared to the demons Ye Guichen had seen before, these two were equivalent to powerful beings in the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Now, it seems the demons imprisoned in the Hidden Gate all have formidable cultivation; even these casually emerged ones possess Divinity Transformation Realm power.

That Demon Saint might be hard to deal with, even for an Immortal.

"Oh, I…" As Ye Guichen was contemplating how to explain himself, a roar suddenly came from a distance.

A dragon-like sound echoed.

An angry shout immediately followed: "You beasts, if you have the guts, kill me. Once I'm free, I will surely kill you all."

The voice was unmistakably that of the Black Dragon.

The Wolf Demon and Dog Demon, hearing the voice, no longer paid attention to Ye Guichen, cursing as they rushed to where the Black Dragon was.

Taking the opportunity, Ye Guichen also quickly ran over.

Many surrounding demons clearly heard the sound too and quickly gathered around.

Originally in human form, the Black Dragon was now slowly increasing in size; soon, he reverted to his dragon form.

However, as a chain pierced through his spine, even in dragon form, he could not break free.

Yet, his expanding size made the chain appear much smaller, causing him more pain.

He continually writhed on the ground, making the whole Floating Island shake.

"Black Dragon, what's your madness? The Young Master offering you to become his mount is an opportunity!"

A demon shouted: "Your true form is of the Demon Clan; don't think you're superior because you're of the Dragon Clan. Don't forget how those Immortals treated you."

"You'd better know your place; if you dare resist, the Young Master could kill you easily!"

"Surrender? Ha, in your dreams!" the Black Dragon's voice trembled, suddenly spitting water that sprayed over the two closest demons.

The water, upon contact with the demons, turned into sharp blades, killing the two demons on the spot.

"Damn it, even now, you're acting recklessly!" The other demons were furious.

A demon yanked the chain hard.

The immense force dragged on the Black Dragon's spine, causing him to roll over in pain again.

Confined in the cage, Qin Ruoshui and the others couldn't bear to watch and quickly turned their heads away.