Chapter 1255: Tai Xu Demon Domain

Bai Yuqiong watched the surging inner demons, a tremor of fear running through her. She quickly exclaimed, "There's too much chaotic divine consciousness in the Void, causing these Corpse Prowlers to mutate! Their bodies are now infused with chaotic divine consciousness and demonic energy, making them the masters of these inner demons!"

The inner demons were countless, and among them, colossal Corpse Prowlers thundered towards them.

Bai Yuqiong had previously dealt with inner demons from the Collapsed Void when leading her army to the Void, and she was well aware of their strangeness and tenacity.

Inner demons varied in strength, primarily depending on whose they were.

The inner demons of divine arts practitioners were manageable, as their limited scope and knowledge meant their demons wouldn't be overly powerful.

Many horrifying creatures that divine arts practitioners found unimaginable were merely commonplace in the eyes of gods.

It was the inner demons of gods that were truly formidable.

The higher a god's cultivation level, the stronger their inner demons. In the Collapsed Void, they even required the Inner Demon Heavenly Emperor—an inner demon of some unknown, terrifying entity—to attack the void passages. Fortunately, Fire Heavenly Venerate and Void Heavenly Venerate were present, and later other Heavenly Venerates arrived to finally slay the Inner Demon Heavenly Emperor.

These inner demons, judging by their appearance, were likely remnants from the Collapsed Void, but more precisely, they were the inner demons of Heavenly Court soldiers and the prodigal sons of Carefree Village, each possessing immense power!

However, the most formidable among them was likely the Corpse Prowler itself!

These Corpse Prowlers were no longer simple animated corpses; they were no longer controlled by the Creation Masters' undying obsessions, but by the demonic energy from the Collapsed Void.

This demonic energy had taken over the Corpse Prowlers' bodies, controlling their physical forms. Coupled with the incredibly formidable bodies of the prehistoric Creation Masters—which had been envisioned to be as tough as divine metal—this entity was undoubtedly a powerful adversary for her!

"Heavenly Venerate Mu," she called out, "you hold back these inner demons and help me reach the Corpse Prowler; I will subdue it!"

Bai Yuqiong swiftly charged forward, believing that despite the inner demons' strength, Qin Mu's divine arts would be sufficient to handle them.

She was aware of Qin Mu's capabilities; before the Heavenly Court's grand encampment, he had defeated Yu Wufei and slain Yin Jiuzun, demonstrating power comparable to the Numinous Sky realm.

To her surprise, just as she finished speaking, Qin Mu had already surged ahead, exclaiming loudly, "Heavenly Master Bai, I am most adept at subduing demonic energy! You help me get close to the Corpse Prowler!"

"Chaotic divine consciousness and demonic energy?" Qin Mu's eyes lit up. "That should be easy to handle..."

Qin Mu's eyes gleamed as he charged into the inner demons. "Heavenly Master Bai," he declared, "you handle these inner demons. I am best at dealing with the Corpse Prowler's demonic energy!"

Helpless, Bai Yuqiong could only follow behind him, as the two rushed forward in tandem.

Those inner demons were incredibly powerful and fearless, regenerating endlessly. However, Bai Yuqiong unleashed her spatial path, using spatial divine arts to teleport them thousands of miles away before they could even get close to the two of them.

Qin Mu charged headlong into the throng of inner demons, while Bai Yuqiong continuously unleashed spatial divine arts, striving to clear a path for him. Yet, from within the inner demon horde, the colossal Corpse Prowler advanced with incredible speed, crushing untold numbers of inner demons underfoot as it hurtled towards Qin Mu!

Bai Yuqiong's heart pounded; among these inner demons were truly powerful entities, yet they were being crushed and trampled by the giant Corpse Prowler. The demonic energy within this Corpse Prowler must be terrifyingly immense!

Suddenly, the Corpse Prowler put all its strength into its limbs, leaped high into the air, and descended with a gaping maw!

Bai Yuqiong instinctively prepared to unleash a spatial divine art but forcibly restrained herself, holding back her power to see how Qin Mu would respond.

"Where my body stands, there is Youdu!"

Qin Mu roared. From his body, endless Youdu demonic energy surged forth. Flames blazed above his head, and the Youdu demonic fire transformed into long, winding horns.

His physical body expanded rapidly, growing taller and larger, bulging with power. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into an Earth Duke tens of thousands of feet tall, with an ox head, a tiger face, a human body, and a monstrous, muscular physique.

As the Corpse Prowler descended from the sky, Qin Mu activated his Youdu divine art. Demonic energy spread for thousands of miles, transforming the area into Youdu. From the Corpse Prowler's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, streams of black energy surged out like thick, billowing smoke, which was then devoured by Youdu!

The black smoke was thick and incredibly dense. The amount of demonic energy accumulated in the Void over millions of years was immense, and now this energy had escaped from the Collapsed Void, gathering within each of the Corpse Prowlers.

Since the Corpse Prowlers were not numerous, each one harbored an enormous amount of demonic energy.

Qin Mu, in his Earth Duke form, furiously refined the demonic energy, sneering, "Before I became Heavenly Venerate Mu, I had a moniker: Youdu God-Child. How dare you behave so brazenly before me..."

"Be careful!" Bai Yuqiong's startled cry came from behind him.

Qin Mu hastily looked up, only to see a colossal foot already descending upon his head.

Boom—

The Corpse Prowler's massive body crashed down, shattering the ground and void with crackling sounds. Soil and rocks surged up like waves, spreading in all directions.

Bai Yuqiong quickly condensed space into a sword and struck down, cleaving the surging waves. Even the fierce winds were sliced in half by her single stroke!

"The sword art Zixi taught me truly is miraculous... Oh, Heavenly Venerate Mu!"

Bai Yuqiong came to her senses and rushed forward. The Corpse Prowler's lifeless body lay there, resembling a pile of a dozen mountains pressing down on the earth. It had no breath left, suggesting all its demonic energy and nature had been dispelled.

Qin Mu's Earth Duke form, however, was nowhere to be found.

"Heavenly Venerate Mu..."

Bai Yuqiong felt a pang of sadness, but then she caught herself, noticing a strange sense of satisfaction deep down, as if she secretly wished Qin Mu had been eliminated.

Just then, Qin Mu's faint voice emanated from beneath the Corpse Prowler: "Heavenly Master Bai, lend a hand..."

Bai Yuqiong quickly moved the Corpse Prowler's body aside, revealing a giant human-shaped imprint a thousand feet deep in the earth. Qin Mu, still in his Earth Duke form, lay sprawled within it, his face covered in blood and unable to move.

The pair of ox horns on his head had also shattered into seven or eight pieces.

Bai Yuqiong quickly extracted him. Qin Mu activated his Hegemon Body Three Elixir Technique, and his physical body rapidly recovered. He then said, "I told you I'm best at dealing with demonic energy. See? Taking care of the Corpse Prowler was easy for me, wasn't it?"

Bai Yuqiong nodded and replied, "You still have a footprint on your face..."

Qin Mu wiped away the footprint and said, "However, if we encounter something like this again, I think it's best we avoid it. It's not that I'm afraid of such things, but demonic energy is useless to me. This is my brother's food, and if I steal his food, he'll definitely be very unhappy."

Bai Yuqiong nodded, saying, "I understand, Heavenly Venerate Mu. You also have a footprint on your clothes."

Qin Mu conjured clear water to wash away the footprints and bloodstains from his body, then used vital qi to dry his clothes. He then said, "I love my brother very much; I've always let him have his way since we were little."

Bai Yuqiong understood and replied, "Heavenly Venerate, there's no need to elaborate; I comprehend completely. We must hasten our journey. I just saw several groups flying through the sky; they must also be searching for Heavenly Venerate Hao."

Qin Mu no longer forced an explanation, and the two avoided Corpse Prowlers as they traveled. Qin Mu had initially planned to fly into the sky to search for Heavenly Venerate Hao's whereabouts, but the sky was teeming with flying demonic monsters. These inner demons gathered like dark clouds, but their speed was astonishing, dispersing and reforming in an instant, swift as lightning.

Furthermore, colossal Corpse Prowlers were hovering above the inner demons, carried through the air by countless swarms of them.

The area resembled a demonic domain, where hordes of demons ran rampant.

As they proceeded on the ground, they witnessed three or four groups of gods searching for Heavenly Venerate Hao being besieged by hordes of inner demons led by Corpse Prowlers, with people constantly meeting tragic ends.

Qin Mu's expression was grave. He even saw several Numinous Sky realm entities torn to shreds, then snatched and devoured by the inner demons until nothing remained!

"The place where Heavenly Venerate Hao fell shouldn't be far now!"