Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World

Chapter 1221 - 561: Li Changsheng’s Path to Immortality, Cataclysm Erupts (2)

Anyway, this place is still considered his old haunt.

"But if that really happens, aside from me, I’m afraid not many cultivators would survive."

Li Changsheng sighed.

Although his heart toward the Dao is very firm, he is not a cultivator without feelings.

Having lived in Cloud Crane City for so long, he has made many friends and family.

For him alone, he could naturally survive, but he could only watch everyone else perish.

This feeling made him incredibly uncomfortable.

"I am indeed still too weak now, at best only able to protect myself."

"If I want to protect Cloud Crane City, I still don’t know how far behind I am."

Li Changsheng felt very helpless.

He originally wanted to seek help from other cultivators, hoping that the Great Xuan Dynasty would send other Integration Great Powers over.

The problem is, the Great Xuan Dynasty is currently engulfed in warfare, with major cities attacked by demons.

There are simply not enough hands to send for rescue.

The vast majority can only fend for themselves, and there are simply no extra hands available.

Even Mahayana ancestors have more important matters to attend to and cannot protect Cloud Crane City.

"Now, we can only do our best and accept our fate."

"Even if I leave Cloud Crane City, there’s no other good place to go."

"Because the entire Great Xuan Dynasty is ablaze, and there’s not a single safe place."

Li Changsheng felt he was simply born at the wrong time.

If he were born in an earlier era, he might have had ample time to cultivate.

But now, demons aren’t going to give him plenty of time for cultivation.

To be honest, he is also very grateful for the appearance of the Mixed Element Alliance.

If it weren’t for the Mixed Element Alliance, then now reaching the Golden Core stage would already be a miracle for him, basically impossible to reach the Nascent Soul level.

......

The next day, at the Cloud Crane Demon Cave.

At this time, in the deep core of the demon cave, there was an early-stage Integration demon guarding it—a Nine-Yin Poison Toad.

When it transforms, it becomes a short, fat old man with dark green skin, emitting a poisonous miasma. In its true form, it is a giant poison toad, with nine poison lumps on its back, each storing a drop of Nine-Yin Poison Water.

This Nine-Yin Poison Water is extremely terrifying. On contact, even Mahayana cultivators would see their cultivation sharply decline, needing special Ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine to dissolve it.

It can also emit a toad croak that can shatter a cultivator’s primordial spirit; Refining Void cultivators would directly have their souls scattered, while Integration cultivators’ primordial spirits would be shaken, losing consciousness momentarily.

Even more terrifying, it possesses a special Integration Domain "Nine-Yin Poison Miasma": the domain is filled with poisonous miasma, where cultivators would inhale poison, and the operation of their spiritual powers would be obstructed by the miasma.

In the domain, it can manipulate the Law of Poison.

It can be said that this Integration-stage demon can easily wipe out a city.

The number of beings that have died at its hands is simply countless.

"Have the other Combined Demons left?"

The Cloud Crane Demon Cave asked aloud.

Originally, at least three Combined Demons were stationed here, but now only one remains.

Normally, as a demon cave, it has a certain degree of self-defense capability, but this ability is not substantial.

After all, once they settle in a place, they can no longer move.

Like Land Gods.

Simultaneously, they only retain some auxiliary capabilities, so the demon cave needs protection from other demons.

Otherwise, if enemies infiltrate here, it would be easy to kill them.

That’s why there’s now only one Combined Demon left, giving it little sense of security.

"Master, you don’t need to worry."

"The other two Combined Demons have gone elsewhere for support."

"At most, they will return in two or three hours."

"Although only I am left here now, I can absolutely ensure your safety."

"And in such a short time, I believe human cultivators would not dare to rashly break into this place."

"Your safety is not in any danger."

The Nine-Yin Poison Toad said proudly.

It is not belittling human cultivators; this is simply a fact.

Because since demons invaded the Spirit Ruins Realm, not many human cultivators dared to plunge into the demon caves.

For human cultivators, it’s pure suicide.

After all, countless demons reside within the demon caves; breaking in is nothing short of courting death.

And even if any enemies do break in, other Combined Demons can return at any time.

As long as it can hold out for a while, it can bury all intruding human cultivators here.

If any such foolish human cultivators appear, it wouldn’t mind meeting them.

However, over the years, it isn’t without incident.

A while ago, for instance, a human cultivator broke into the Cyan Stone Demon Cave and destroyed it.

But such an occurrence only happened once.

After this event, the many demon caves, as well as high-tier demons, have profoundly reflected, and will never let similar events happen again.

"The battles have become so intense that support from other demon caves is needed?"

The Cloud Crane Demon Cave curiously asked.

"Indeed, the situation is currently very intense."

"Because the Demon Race is also starting to counterattack our demon caves."

"It seems humans and the Demon Race are planning to join forces, which has given us quite a bit of pressure recently."

The Nine-Yin Poison Toad explained.

But its tone contained disdain, for demons consider humans and the Demon Race equally weak, incapable of comparing to demons.

Even if they truly join forces, it would be just a minor stir, not worth mentioning.

"I see, just a desperate struggle."

"As long as we withstand this attack, the humans’ and Demon Race’s offensive will weaken."

"It likely won’t be long before the entire Spirit Ruins Realm becomes the domain of our demons."

The Cloud Crane Demon Cave said with a murderous aura.

To be honest, the demons have already delayed for quite some time.

Being resisted by the Spirit Ruins Realm for hundreds of millions of years is rare in other worlds.

In ordinary worlds, resisting for tens of thousands of years is already remarkable, let alone hundreds of millions.

To completely conquer the Spirit Ruins Realm, the native demons have already sought help from otherworldly demons.

By then, a large number of otherworldly demons will arrive.

And no matter how many powerful humans and Demon Race beings remain in the Spirit Ruins Realm, they will merely be food on the demons’ table.

"Indeed, mere humans, how can they possibly be a match for us demons?"

The Nine-Yin Poison Toad nodded, fully agreeing with this point.

It regretted it couldn’t leave to battle human cultivators and earn merits.

However, guarding the demon cave is a very important task.

After all, the demon cave is critical for demons, akin to a base camp.

As long as this demon cave stands, demons can continuously send in troops.

No matter how much humans and the Demon Race attack, they cannot harm the demons’ foundation.

The opponents know this, so they’ve been desperately trying to destroy the demon cave, but they’ve been unable to do so.

They can only watch as demons expand their domain.

"Defeat humans? I’m afraid you’ll never see that day."

At this moment, a voice suddenly echoed in the space.

Immediately, a figure appeared before the Nine-Yin Poison Toad.

The person was, of course, Jiang Fan.

According to the clues pointed by fate, he finally arrived at the Cloud Crane Demon Cave at midday.

As expected, this time of day found the Cloud Crane Demon Cave incredibly weak, with its elite demons long gone.

This was also the demon cave’s most vulnerable moment.

So he used the power of the Celestial Cicada Spirit Leaf to silently infiltrate the Cloud Crane Demon Cave, reaching its deepest part, the core of the cave.

After advancing to the first tier of Integration, he can wield the Celestial Cicada Spirit Leaf’s even greater power.

Even in an Integration cultivator’s domain, his presence goes unnoticed.

Undoubtedly, it was because of this that even when he reached the deepest part of the Cloud Crane Demon Cave, no demon noticed him—this is the power of the Celestial Cicada Spirit Leaf.

"Impossible? Human cultivator, how did you infiltrate the demon cave?"

Upon seeing Jiang Fan’s sudden appearance, the Nine-Yin Poison Toad was taken aback.

In its long life, it had never seen a human cultivator effortlessly reach the deepest part of the demon cave. It had no experience with such an event.

Moreover, the human cultivator before it is enveloped by a mysterious force, distorting his features, without any karmic ties, making it oblivious to this human’s origins.