Chapter 379: I Have Waited Too Long

Qianqu Yao Sheng handed back the token. With this token, they could pinpoint the location of any demon king in the world. If it fell into human hands, they could use it to systematically hunt down demon kings, which would be far more efficient than Meng Chuan's large-scale blanket searches. That's why Jiu Yuan Yao Sheng normally controlled it; Qianqu Yao Sheng was only allowed to use it for a day to cast the Karma Blood Curse.

"What if another God-Demon accidentally kills one of the bait?" Jiu Yuan Yao Sheng asked, tucking away the token."These three thousand demon kings are scattered across the world. Even if there's an accidental killing, it would be at most eight to ten. But if hundreds are killed, it can't be accidental," Qianqu Yao Sheng said confidently. "The one who slaughters a large number of these demon kings must be that mysterious God-Demon. If we let him continue, I suspect over ninety-five percent of the three thousand demon kings will die by his hand.""Then we shall wait and see," Jiu Yuan Yao Sheng said with a slight smile."As soon as three to five hundred baits die, we'll be able to identify the target. We don't need to wait for all of them to be wiped out," Qianqu Yao Sheng said, then suddenly looked surprised. "One of the baits just died.""One died? Who killed it?" Jiu Yuan Yao Sheng quickly inquired. "It might be our target."

Qianqu Yao Sheng remotely sensed through the connection of the Karma Blood Curse. In a dim and blurry vision, he vaguely perceived a figure—a very young man. He saw clearly. He recognized the young man. When it came to karma perception, aura disguise or appearance disguise were utterly useless. The young man was a well-known Marquis God-Demon from the human world."Marquis Dongning Meng Chuan?" Qianqu Yao Sheng murmured in surprise."Meng Chuan cultivates the Thunder Extinction Demon Body, making his speed unmatched throughout the world. However, his strength is comparatively weaker; he's merely a Marquis God-Demon. He wouldn't be able to withstand the encirclement and assault from Old Ancestor Huangyao and the others using the Three Absolutes Array," Jiu Yuan Yao Sheng explained. "Bei Jue is certain the target is a King God-Demon whose strength has reached the threshold of the Creation Realm, with particularly strong life-saving abilities."Qianqu Yao Sheng nodded. "Meng Chuan is incredibly fast, and he's one of Yuanchu Mountain's God-Demons responsible for rescue missions. He might have simply killed a demon king incidentally during a rescue. Let's wait. The more baits that die, the clearer the identity of the mysterious God-Demon will become."

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."Over nine li away, lightning naturally generated within the electromagnetic field. The lightning struck individual demon kings and over a hundred ordinary demons. All the demon kings were killed instantly. Two weaker demon kings were charred black, leaving only remnants, while the other demon king corpses remained intact. Since reaching the Dripping Blood realm, the power of the divine ability 'Thunder God's Eye' (Electromagnetic Field) had significantly increased. Even the lightning generated within the field could kill triple-heaven demon kings. If multiple lightning bolts combined, they could even slay quadruple-heaven demon kings.

Meng Chuan had no idea that one of the demon kings he killed from a distance was affected by the Karma Blood Curse cast by Qianqu Yao Sheng. The invisible blood curse had also become entangled with his karma.

"More resentment and sin?" Meng Chuan's boundless domain could detect resentment and sin coiling around him. Each time he slaughtered demon kings and demons, resentment and sin would cling to him, and the 'Demon Slaying Saber' at his waist would actively absorb them. However, Meng Chuan had not researched karma. He couldn't detect the 'Karma Blood Curse' at all; the Bloodblade Disc's purpose was purely for body protection. The Karma Blood Curse simply left a 'mark' on one's karma, allowing enemies to use the 'blood curse' to pinpoint and launch karmic attacks. Living in this world, one accumulates various karmas daily, with new ones constantly emerging. The Bloodblade Disc was incapable of achieving 'karma-free' existence. The Three Absolutes Array merely concealed karma; it didn't make it disappear entirely. Thus, enemies could still launch karmic attacks. Furthermore, against a Tribulation Realm mighty one, the Three Absolutes Array couldn't even conceal karma. The mysterious grand hall set up by Ancestor Cang Yuan was far more potent, yet it only served to weaken karmic attacks. Meng Chuan collected the demon king corpses and remaining items, then pressed onward.

"Whoosh."Meng Chuan conducted extensive underground investigations across the world, always with great caution. He varied his search patterns, moving from south to north, and east to west, exploring both shallow and deep underground levels. He constantly changed his depth! Unlike his early days when he consistently investigated at the same depth, it was now impossible for the demon race to discern any pattern in his searches.

"So this is what the human world is truly like," Meng Chuan mused, having conducted numerous investigations and gained a clearer understanding of his world's layout. Regarding the surface: from the northern to the southern end of the great sea, the maximum distance was over one hundred thousand li. From east to west, the maximum distance was over ninety thousand li. The overall shape was almost circular. The sky was like a vast dome, covering the land. As for the earth itself? The earth's depths were too profound; Meng Chuan had yet to fully comprehend their appearance. "I've heard that the human world was significantly smaller in its earliest days," Meng Chuan thought to himself. "Later, Ancestor Cang Yuan elevated the world's level. The world then expanded greatly, and its interior became capable of supporting cultivation up to the Emperor realm."

"Whoosh."Meng Chuan flew at ultra-high speed through the ocean. Though the ocean was vast, the actual volume of seawater in the human world constituted only a small fraction of its entirety. This was because the sea's average depth was only about ten li, with endless mud, rocks, and even metals beneath. By flying close to the seabed, Meng Chuan could scan vast areas of the seawater above and the earth below. However, a single trip from south to north typically took fifteen minutes. It required numerous back-and-forth passes to thoroughly survey the oceanic regions.

"Hmm? Demon kings!" Meng Chuan detected a demon king's lair over twenty li away. Seawater offered far less resistance to electromagnetic fluctuations than land, significantly increasing his detection range underwater. Currently, within a submarine canyon, a demon king's lair housed eight aquatic demon kings and a group of ordinary demons, all accustomed to underwater life.

"Boom!"Within the electromagnetic field, lightning generated with a single thought. Lightning bolts struck the demon kings. In an instant, all ordinary demons were reduced to ash, and seven aquatic demon kings were killed. Only one demon king withstood the attack and fled in panic."All the other demon kings are dead, a human God-Demon is here?" The flood dragon demon king fled in terror. Suddenly, it saw a masked man with temples of white hair appear before it, his eyes as deep as the endless night sky, staring directly at it."Excellent, this physical body is almost comparable to a Quadruple-Heaven demon king," the gray-haired man murmured to himself.Immediately afterward, the flood dragon demon king felt its consciousness instantly plummet, sinking deeper and deeper, as if falling into an endless abyss. In mere seconds, the flood dragon demon king respectfully bowed. "Master."Meng Chuan nodded slightly. "Rest in the grotto-heaven for now." With a wave of his hand, he brought it into his Grotto-Heaven Dharma Pearl.

Inside the Grotto-Heaven Dharma Pearl, dozens of demon kings were already gathered. "In the past three months, I've slaughtered over a hundred thousand demon kings, yet I've only managed to control just over three hundred with strength comparable to the Marquis threshold," Meng Chuan mused. "It's a pity I didn't specialize in illusionary arts; I can only rely on my advanced Primeval Spirit realm to control demon kings. Even then, I can only control around a thousand at a time."

Where did Yuanchu Mountain's demon king servants come from? They were primarily controlled by Marquis and King God-Demons from the illusionary arts lineage. Venerables Li Guan, Luo Tang, and Qin Wu also relied on their high Primeval Spirit realms to exert control. Meng Chuan, also at the fifth layer of Primeval Spirit, was comparable to Qin Wu and Luo Tang, and could simultaneously control approximately one thousand demon king servants. To control more, he would have to relinquish control of some existing demon kings to acquire new ones.

"The demon kings controlled by my masters are mostly only at the peak of the Triple Heaven realm. But I'm conducting a large-scale screening, capable of selecting those comparable to newly advanced Quadruple Heaven demon kings," Meng Chuan thought to himself. "It's a shame that I can't forcibly control those who have cultivated Primeval Spirits; I can only kill them." Even if those with cultivated Primeval Spirits were to willingly submit, the mental strain of controlling just one would be too immense. Powerful, yet without a cultivated Primeval Spirit—these were Meng Chuan's preferred demon king servants, and he now had over three hundred of them.

"Hmm?"In the ancient submarine mountain range, at the mountain gate, a black-robed figure materialized, observing a streak of light flying at incredibly high speed in the distance."I've waited for over five hundred thousand years; finally, a King God-Demon has arrived here," the black-robed figure exclaimed, a hint of excitement in his voice. "I've waited far too long!"