The demon corpse's arms trembled, sending Long Chen, Mo Nian, the masked man, and the demon clan warrior flying backward. Mo Nian and the demon clan warrior both spat blood wildly, and blood also flowed beneath the masked man's silver mask. Clearly, he had also coughed up blood from the shock.
"A bunch of idiots trying to take my ancestor's remains. Dream on! Damn humans, you will eventually face endless slaughter."
The demon clan expert spat blood wildly, yet his face still twisted into a sinister grin.
"Boom!"
The demon corpse's wings flapped violently, sending waves of energy rolling and countless waves of energy surging. Long Chen and the others hadn't even regained their footing before they were sent flying again.
The demon corpse broke free from control and began to awaken its own consciousness. All the runes binding it kept shattering, gradually turning to dust and burning into nothingness.
The demonic runes surrounding it shifted from dim to flickering, finally beginning to burn. The vast imperial might surged, and a visible ripple of imperial Dao covered the world.
When the ripple spread above Long Chen and the others' heads, Long Chen's body trembled violently, his soul quivered. Under the rampage of demonic power, Long Chen felt as if a universe was pressing him down, as if he was about to be crushed.
"Damn it, if it weren't for their trouble, this demon corpse would be my puppet." Mo Nian looked at the demon corpse, his eyes full of unwillingness.
"You bunch of idiots, it's all you ruining my plans."
Hearing Mo Nian's shout, the masked man roared angrily. Likewise, he was extremely unwilling to accept it. His goal was the same as Mo Nian's: to control the demon corpse.
But unlike Mo Nian, the masked man had three generations of effort to get today's opportunity. Now, all his efforts had gone to waste, and he was even more unwilling than Mo Nian.
"Hahahaha..."
Only the demon clan expert laughed wildly at the sky, looking almost mad:
"Once our ancestor is reborn, the first thing he will do is slaughter your human race. Your human will be piled up like mountains of corpses and rivers of blood."
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the demon corpse slowly rotated its body. When it reached a certain angle, it abruptly stopped, suddenly stepped forward, and dashed off in one direction. The massive figure transformed into a streak of light and instantly disappeared.
Long Chen's heart sank: "Which direction ...?"
Mo Nian gritted his teeth and said, "It's the entrance to Tianmu Mountain..."
Long Chen took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and said to Mo Nian, "The demon corpse is completely out of control. Right now, it must be the first thing to do to Fumo City to retrieve its head." Let's follow them and see if there's still any chance of salvation. "
Mo Nian nodded. This was the only way to handle it. He had messed this up, and he was frustrated. For the first time in years, he felt so pathetic.
"Chase!"
Long Chen and Mo Nian immediately set off, but as soon as they moved, the masked man sneered, "It's all your fault. Remember, if the demon corpse kills someone, those innocent lives will come after you." "
I#@¥..."
Mo Nian was furious. At this point, this guy was still making sarcastic remarks and shifting the blame onto them.
You have to know, after controlling the demon corpse, this guy's first target was to take it and go on a massacre. Now, he's throwing the blame onto them. For the first time, Mo Nian has felt such intense murderous intent toward someone.
Long Chen grabbed Mo Nian tightly. There was no time to waste words with him. Long Chen looked coldly at the masked man:
"Listen carefully. If a human dies because of a demon corpse, whether it's heaven or earth, I will take you down. No one can protect you." Long Chen threw out a sentence, grabbed Mo Nian, and sped off.
As the two left, a loud explosion came from behind, followed by the screams of a demon clan expert—it was likely the masked man attacking a demon warrior.
It was unclear whether the masked man had been conserving his strength all along, but after the two left, he immediately struck the demon clan powerhouse, severely injuring them with a single blow.
The aura of the demon clan expert rapidly faded away, clearly suffering a heavy blow and immediately fleeing. However, as he left, the masked man also disappeared. It was unknown whether he could evade the masked man's pursuit.
"That masked man has a different background—he's very sinister. I fell for his tricks." Mo Nian sped while gritting her teeth as she spoke.
"Not exactly fooled. The three generations of the other made their move, and they acted years before you. Don't take this too seriously. What we need to do now is figure out how to take down that demon corpse." Long Chen said in a deep voice.
Mo Nian gritted his teeth in silence. What should have been a foolproof plan had been ruined by him. At this moment, furious and overflowing, he had long lost his usual composure and couldn't think of a good solution.
Long Chen was the same. Things were heading in the worst possible direction, and the worst could possibly be done. No matter how clever Long Chen was, it would be useless.
Both of them understood that catching up to the demon corpse was impossible. Once it broke out of Tianmu Mountain, it would immediately head to Demon Subduing City and merge with its head.
The Fangtian Seal has already been tainted by demonic energy. If the demon chief is no longer suppressed and they merge with each other, Demon-Subduing City will inevitably face a catastrophe, and the entire human race will face a massive catastrophe.
Both were peerless prodigies, but at this moment, they felt utterly powerless. They sprinted all the way without speaking. When the spatial fluctuations around them stopped being so violent, Long Chen immediately took out the formation disk.
The two didn't rush along the direction of the demon corpse's attack, but ran sideways, breaking free from the corpse's fluctuations at top speed and causing chaos. Only then could they activate the teleportation array.
Using the teleportation array also means you can't fly straight ahead but must circle around. Otherwise, if you hit the demon corpse's running path, the teleportation will be interrupted, and you could easily be swept into spatial turbulence, losing track of where you might end up.
"Buzz"
Long Chen and Mo Nian stepped onto the teleportation array to begin teleportation. After one teleportation ended, they immediately activated a second teleportation.
Long Chen was responsible for teleportation, while Mo Nian calculated the teleportation landing point, trying to save time. After dozens of attempts, the two were spinning dizzily under the endless spatial pull, when the sky screen appeared ahead.
When they saw the sky screen, their hearts tightened. They teleported frantically all the way and finally reached the entrance. They had held onto a sliver of hope, thinking they could get ahead of the demon corpse.
But when they saw a huge hole above the sky screen, they knew they were still one step too late—the demon corpse had already broken out of Sky Curtain Mountain.
At this moment, the barrier of Tianmu Mountain had lost its meaning after being struck by the demon corpse. On the huge hole, lingering demonic energy continuously destroyed the barrier's power. The laws inside and outside the barrier were circulating, and before long, this place would become a place of free passage.
When Long Chen and Mo Nian rushed to the edge of the barrier, Long Chen's eyes suddenly lit up: "It just ran out, let's chase after it." "
Boom!"
Just as the two broke through the barrier, a thunderous explosion erupted ahead. Then Long Chen and Mo Nian saw a purple-gold seal covering the sky, its divine purple-gold light enveloping the demon corpse.
"It's Brother Wujiang!"
Long Chen and Mo Nian shouted excitedly, rushing in that direction immediately.