The road is vague

Chapter 346 Blackwood

The true demon clone spent a day crossing seven covered bridges before finally arriving at the location of the second sealing altar in the deduction.

Looking from afar.

It was an altar composed of seven enormous stones, each over ten feet in diameter, resembling seven decayed and weathered stone heads. In many places, the outer layer of the stone had peeled off, and one could vaguely see the expressions of terror and despair on the faces of these heads.

Above the altar was a large tree, half a zhang in diameter and about seven or eight zhang tall.

This spirit tree resembles black iron. Even with the Blood Dao Secret Technique simulating 30% of its original power, the spirit eye could not see through its internal structure at all. It could only be felt that this giant tree was extremely old and incredibly sturdy, making it an excellent material for refining wood-attribute magic treasures and a luxurious material for refining high-level puppets.

Immediately, the true demon clone noticed a huge beehive hanging on the canopy of the spirit tree.

Thousands of venomous bees, each a foot or two long, hovered nearby, guarding the hive.

"Could the key element of this altar's array be this spirit tree?"

Then his grayish-white eyes looked at the dense swarm of poisonous bees near the hive.

"And these poisonous bees are the ones that have replaced the previous female ghosts as guardians?"

After the true demon clone revealed a thoughtful expression, a jade disc appeared in his hand, with a pattern of a ghost-faced spider imprinted on it.

He gently tossed the jade disc into the air, and a finger silently detached, turning into demonic blood that merged with the jade disc.

"The True Demonic Spiritual Transformation Method."

As the true demon avatar murmured in a low voice, the jade disc suddenly transformed into a demonic spider with a ghostly face, its eyes flashing with a crimson light.

After glancing at the poisonous bees, it quickly approached the altar and silently began to weave its web.

"Although the ghost-faced spiders have a certain degree of control over swarms of insects, if these poisonous bees are indeed guardians similar to the female ghosts in the previous altar, as we guessed, then they must have undergone special mutations and improvements, possessing some incredible supernatural powers, and it will probably be difficult to get rid of them easily."

Despite this, the True Demon clone still allowed the Ghost-Faced Spider to launch the first attack.

A spider silk thread moved silently across the surface.

After a spider silk thread caught a poisonous bee, it quickly pulled it back.

The tiny poisonous wasp was quickly coiled into a cocoon by the ghost-faced spider, losing all ability to resist. Then, the ghost-faced spider extended its proboscis and pierced the wasp's body, quickly turning the wasp into a clump of foul blood.

The entire process of exterminating the poisonous wasps went surprisingly smoothly.

The true demon clone looked surprised. Although he didn't know what the real methods of these poisonous bees were, he didn't want to know if he could eliminate them silently. Even if the process was slower and took more time, it was worth it.

With this in mind, the true demon clone immediately calmed down and had the ghost-faced spiders silently kill the poisonous bees near the hive one by one.

The day passed quickly.

The number of venomous bees hovering near the hive has decreased significantly, to less than half of what it used to be.

The bee colony then became noticeably restless and agitated.

Just as the Ghost-Faced Spider was about to repeat the process to kill the new poisonous bees, a strange shriek came from inside the hive. Immediately, all the poisonous bees in the hive seemed to explode, scattering in all directions and quickly finding the Ghost-Faced Spider and launching an attack.

The ghost-faced spider immediately used its pre-woven web to escape, occasionally spitting out silk to fight back.

However, there were simply too many poisonous bees. These bees were able to launch poisonous stingers from a distance. These stingers were accompanied by black demonic fire. As one stinger after another pierced the Ghost-faced Spider's body, the Ghost-faced Spider melted away, turning into an inconspicuous jade disc and a ball of demonic blood.

After a while.

The swarm of bees gradually dispersed, and the true demon's clone arrived nearby.

The demonic blood on the ground quickly merged into his body. At the same time, he reached out and recalled the jade disc on the ground, putting it into his storage bracelet. He looked thoughtfully at the beehive in the distance.

"If we can control the queen bee, wouldn't that be the same as controlling the entire bee colony?"

Although Li Mo wasn't particularly interested in becoming a Gu Master, he was extremely interested in the spiritual honey produced by these poisonous bees.

He immediately recognized that the bee swarms on Wushan Island were a derivative of the poisonous bees found there.

If one can consume that spiritual honey for a long period of time, even a Golden Core cultivator will benefit from it.

Just as the true demon avatar was lost in thought and filled with hope, he suddenly felt a wave of discomfort in his body. Not only did his entire body become numb, but an unnamed fire within him caused him unbearable pain. He immediately realized that the venom of these poisonous bees had actually spread into his body along with the demonic blood of the ghost-faced spider.

"What kind of monstrous bee is this, with such terrifying venom?!"

The true demon clone reacted swiftly. It immediately opened its mouth and spat out a large amount of vine-like things. These were bloodthirsty plants that had grown in its body after it had consumed the evil god grass. Because the original demon blood was extremely resistant to toxins, it was these evil god plants that were truly poisoned.

The bloodthirsty plant, as alluring and bizarre as fire coral, struggled like a gecko losing its tail, and soon turned into a pool of poisonous water.

The true demon's clone was thus weakened.

It needed to devour flesh and blood to restore the power of its evil god body, but the most important thing right now was to control the queen bee in the hive. So he sighed and a strange-looking puppet appeared in his hand, which he gently tossed out.

This is the combined attack puppet that the main body has only recently created.

The puppet, resembling a hunchbacked giant, carried a huge black shell on its back. Without saying a word, it launched a Heavenly Gang Water Mine towards the hive.

Sensing danger, the bees unleashed their inner light, fearlessly protecting the hive.

Boom!
After the Tiangang water mine exploded, it killed half of the poisonous bees and blew away the remaining bees. Fortunately, the beehive was not damaged, and the hunchbacked giant immediately fled into the distance.

Just for a moment.

Enraged, the swarm of black bees rushed toward the hunchbacked giant, leaving only a small number behind in the hive.

"In the end, they are just a bunch of mindless idiots."

The true demon clone seized the opportunity to rush towards the hive.

Other cultivators, or even powerful demonic beasts, would likely find it difficult to deal with these extremely venomous bees without specific methods of restraint.

However, the demonic blood of the true demon's clone has a strong restraining effect on this type of poisonous bee.

His original demonic blood could greatly immunize him against various toxins. As poison needles pierced his body, he actually expelled them quickly.

The stinging pain in his body caused him to groan continuously.

Fortunately, the number of poisonous bees near the hive was already very small, and the attacks from these poisonous stings were still within the range that the True Demon clone could withstand. He rushed to the edge of the hive as fast as he could and reached inside with his left hand.

A queen bee, significantly larger than the other venomous bees, was startled and rushed out of the hive.

The true demon clone immediately recognized it as the queen bee of the hive. With lightning speed, he flicked out a few blood threads, grabbed the queen bee in his hand, and let the queen bee's poisonous stinger pierce his palm. He then forcibly injected the filthy demon blood into the queen bee's body, corrupting and degrading her.

The queen bee, corrupted and tainted, is now in a state of paralysis.

Upon seeing this, the true demon clone grinned and forcibly activated the queen bee using a blood magic technique. The bees that had been hostile to him suddenly stopped attacking.

"Hehe, it worked."

The true demon clone revealed a weary smile.

The spiritual honey produced by these bee swarms can then be used to reward the wicked believers spread by the demonic blood, continuously enhancing their power. Ultimately, with the return of the demonic blood, everything will become part of the true demon's avatar. The bee swarms in the distance also flew back following the true demon's avatar's bloodline secret technique.

After a while.

The hunchbacked giant combined attack puppet also returned.

Li Mo was truly surprised that this puppet system was so effective against the bee swarm. Under its powerful defense, the poisonous bees had no way to attack, and their stingers could not penetrate the Black Gold Pagoda. Naturally, they could not harm the hunchbacked giant who could hide inside the Black Gold Pagoda at any time.

"interesting."

Li Mo was greatly surprised by this discovery.

Just as he arrived at the beehive, casually grabbed a handful of spiritual honey and put it in his mouth, enjoying the wonderful process of youthful spiritual energy rapidly spreading from his mouth to his limbs, a rumbling sound of him running wildly came from the other side.

This made the true demon clone frown.

Given that this place is riddled with spatial rifts, isn't this guy afraid of dying?
"What is this that smells so pure and delicious? I, Old Pig, will have to try it too!"

A giant boar spirit, standing ten feet tall, carrying a mysterious spiritual pearl that emitted a ethereal light, strode madly towards them.

However, upon seeing the true demon's clone, its eyes widened in shock, and it abruptly stopped in its tracks.

This was not the wild boar spirit at the Golden Core stage, but a wild boar spirit at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, who had cultivated for an unknown number of years.

It managed a weak smile.

Excluding the witch clan, there were only six demon kings who entered the Seven Star Corridor this time. Among them, the rhinoceros demon died as soon as he entered. Of the remaining five demon kings, he knew three of them. He never expected to encounter the evil god he had never met before here.

"So it is the evil god senior here. This junior is just passing by and will take his leave now."

The true demon clone grinned.

"Coming and going as you please?"

He could tell at a glance that the spirit pearl in the other party's hand was of great significance. It seemed to be the pearl of a thousand-year-old toad spirit, and it was unlikely to be a dragon pearl. It possessed some spatial characteristics and was a precious material for a magical artifact. It was actually being used as a tool to explore spatial rifts.

Furthermore, he is currently in a weakened state, and the bloodthirsty plants within him need to consume large amounts of fresh flesh and blood to restore their strength.

This wild boar demon, delivered right to our doorstep, is just the right thing to do.

Just as the true demon avatar revealed its murderous intent, the wild boar demon seemed to sense something was wrong and immediately let out a shout.

“My father is the Iron Fang Mountain God of Sea Coconut Island. He was ordered to secretly investigate the specific situation here. I offended you unintentionally, senior. Please forgive my rudeness for my father’s sake.”

That thousand-year-old wild boar spirit?
However, after the incident with the Sky Bear King, he would no longer easily believe such guys who introduced themselves to intimidate their opponents.

Besides, he was just a visitor here, and Li Mo naturally wouldn't pay any attention to the other party's attempt to threaten him with this.

Without making any other unnecessary movements, he actually drove the swarm of bees and the hunchbacked giant's combined attack puppet to charge towards the wild boar demon.

The wild boar demon let out a desperate roar.

"My father will certainly not let you off the hook!"

The true demon clone ignored the fleeing wild boar demon, turned back to the beehive, and took out a spirit beast pouch.

He first put the queen bee back into the hive, and then put the hive into his spirit beast bag.

From now on, I'll call you the Corridor Queen Bee.

Other bees guarding the corridor near the hive also flocked into the spirit beast bag.

These are most likely spirit beast bags specially made by the Holy Nest Sect of the Seven Kingdoms to raise spirit insects. Li Mo seized a few from the spoils of war when he fought at the First Line of Heaven in Jianmen Mountain, and they can be used now.

After doing all this, the true demon avatar looked at the spirit tree on the altar and began to examine it carefully.

"This looks like ebony?"

The true demon clone murmured in disbelief.

Legend has it that black dragon wood was a superb material for magical artifacts favored by ancient cultivators. It is a versatile spiritual wood. Offensive magical artifacts made from it can form black dragon phenomena and are full of spirituality. Defensive magical artifacts made from it will have a strong restraining effect on water and earth attribute attacks. Auxiliary magical artifacts made from it will also have a variety of incredible uses.

This is undoubtedly a precious magical material on par with the Divine Mud of Transformation.

However, considering that this black dragon wood is alive and at least four thousand years old, far exceeding the three thousand years of wood spirit required to refine magical artifacts...

"and many more."

Li Mo looked thoughtful.

"The medieval era is at least five thousand years ago, but this black dragon tree on the altar is only four thousand years old. Could it be that it was planted here by Wushan Island after the end of the medieval era?"

There is a basic common sense about cultivating various spiritual herbs and trees.

While various spiritual herbs and trees can achieve varying degrees of growth-promoting effects through a favorable external environment, they will not be unable to reach their basic growth age due to external environmental limitations. Anything that is restricted and unable to meet the growth requirements will simply wither and die.

Just as the true demon clone was pondering over the blackwood, the swarm of bees chasing the wild boar demon and the hunchbacked giant returned to attack the puppet.

The swarm of bees rushed into the spirit beast pouch.

The hunchbacked giant puppet handed the boar demon's corpse and storage bag to the true demon clone. After carefully examining the storage bag, the clone raised an eyebrow.

"Could what this guy said be true? That wild boar demon king is actually the so-called Iron Fang Mountain God, sent here secretly by the Sea-Suppressing God to investigate?"

In the Thousand Treasures Islands, there are at least several hundred, if not thousands, of nascent demonic beasts.

But only a hundred or so demonic beasts could truly be called gods.

The reason is that although the Thousand Treasures Islands are said to have hundreds of spirit islands, most of them are just small islands with little value. Similar to the various places in Muzhou of the Great Qian Kingdom, there are also many wild spiritual veins, but they are not worth developing in depth and can hardly be called immortal mountains and holy lands. Therefore, no new sects have been established.

The same applies to these spirit islands.

The positions of deities on the island are often vacant for a long time, as no demon cultivators are interested in taking on the role of a local deity.

In other words.

A demon beast that holds a divine position must possess extraordinary abilities to lead a region in fierce competition, rather than wandering aimlessly or becoming a follower of a certain faction like most transformed minor demon kings.

"Hmph, I never expected that this so-called birthday celebration would be so turbulent."

Li Mo didn't pay any attention to this.

Since Zhang Xiuning was unwilling to return to Caibei Island, he saved himself the trouble. After leaving Wushan Island, he would immediately flee back to Dabao Island and then decide whether to go to Haixing Island, where the Twin Demons had planned to establish a secret base, depending on the situation.

He then took out the spirit pearl that the wild boar spirit had used to probe the spatial rift.

"It really is a toad pearl. Could it be that the toad spirit that gave birth to this spiritual pearl was a strange beast with spatial abilities?"

This toad pearl is most likely a treasure bestowed upon us by Zhenhai Island.

(End of this chapter)