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Chapter 184 Demonic Energy Appears
"Damn it, damn it, damn it..." a figure kept shouting, relying on the power boost provided by the blue armor on his body to dodge the attacks of a huge monster.

Of course, this guy wasn't Chen Long, but Song Shuhang, who had come to find the divine armor. After experiencing some trouble, he finally found the armor of the immortal god in some ruins.

Before he could even send a message in the chat group, a magic circle left behind in the ruins was triggered. The circle formed the hexagram "Kun". Before Song Shuhang could react to what was happening, he was teleported to an unfamiliar place and began to be hunted down by this enormous monster.

This monster ran like a moving hill, its body huge and imposing, its muscles bulging, as if every muscle contained boundless power.

Its reddish-brown skin, as resilient and heavy as the earth, exudes a sense of weathered history. Rough lines cover its surface, resembling cracks in the earth.

Its head resembles a fusion of an angry bull and an ancient stone lion, both fierce and majestic. Its massive, dark green horns, like two sharp swords, point towards the sky, radiating a chilling light. Its red pupils, like burning flames, flicker with wildness and rage.

His limbs were like four thick pillars, supporting his massive body. The muscles on his arms bulged, as if they could easily tear through steel. His hands were large and powerful, with sharp fingertips, like blades for digging into the earth.

As it chased Song Shuhang, its entire body seemed to be enveloped by an invisible force, with earth and rocks churning around it like surging waves.

Having read the adventure story in the chat group, Song Shuhang naturally recognized that this enormous monster bore at least eight-tenths of the resemblance to the Earth Demon, Di Kui.

"I can do it, with this armor I'll have no problem!" Song Shuhang roughly guessed that this "Earthly Demon" must be a monster formed from the power contained in the demonic energy of a demon.

As for why finding a suit of armor would activate demonic energy, Chen Long didn't encounter that in the original storyline. The current plot has been completely altered. The adventure world contains countless ancient magical traditions, only a small portion of which are revealed in the original story. With the plot so drastically changed, nothing is surprising when encountering anything in the ruins.

Demonic energy, in essence, is the magical power of demons. After the eight immortal gods of antiquity sealed the eight great demons, apart from the fire demonic energy of the Holy Lord which was passed down to his son, the demon dragon, the demonic energy of the other seven demons remained attached to the magical artifacts used by the immortal gods to seal the eight great demons. Later, due to a change in the celestial phenomena that drew out the black energy, it reappeared.

Now that they've arrived in this world, and as time goes by, they no longer belong to the Dark Qi faction, so the Dark Qi faction needs to strengthen its forces. The Blade Dragon was already brought out early, and now it's highly likely that Demonic Qi will also appear. To be precise, one has already appeared, and the remaining six Demonic Qi will likely appear gradually.

After absorbing demonic energy, the absorber will gradually transform into the demon's appearance. However, unlike the Ghost Mask, the absorber will not be possessed by the demon's consciousness; the absorber will retain their self-awareness, although the violent and destructive aspects of their personality will be amplified.

The original demonic energy of the earth should have resided in a red flower in the flower shop on the Colorado Bridge in San Diego. The previous stable balance of Yin and Yang had been broken, and its appearance here was simply Song Shuhang's bad luck.

The power of the Earth Demon is not weak among the eight great demons. If we only consider the power of primordial magic, without considering the power of the Holy Lord's Talisman and magic, the top-ranked of the eight great demons are Zhou Lan, Basha, and Di Kui.

The Earthly King corresponds to the Kun position in the Eight Trigrams, possessing abilities such as controlling the land, creating earthquakes, burrowing underground, building earth walls, petrification, superhuman strength, stone-throwing attacks, sand and stone flying, earth-shattering and overlapping, and tearing the earth apart with its bare hands. Its mastery of earth power is certainly beyond the capabilities of the Earth Tiger Armor.

With a roar from the monster formed from the Earth Demon's energy, the earth seemed to respond to its call and began to tremble violently. Its eyes flashed with a blazing red light, fixed on Song Shuhang ahead.

Suddenly, the monster stomped its foot, and huge cracks instantly appeared in the ground, like wounds on the earth. Immediately afterward, countless sharp stone spikes burst forth from the cracks, growing rapidly like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, pointing straight to the sky. These spikes gleamed with a cold light, incredibly sharp, and swept towards Song Shuhang with a whistling sound.

Song Shuhang had also awakened his Eye Aperture and awakened his Eye Divine Power. Bullet Time slowed down the scene of the approaching ground spikes in his vision. His battle armor was now in a fitted state. Song Shuhang used a stepping stone to leap into the air, hovering and dodging a barrage of ground spikes.

The Earth Demon Qi monster was mindless, but its attacks were utterly reckless. It swung its massive, boulder-like arm, causing the ground to crack open, a gigantic fissure opening like the maw of a demon. A torrent of muddy water gushed forth from the fissure, as if propelled by an invisible giant hand, carrying a deafening roar and overwhelming force, engulfing Song Shuhang in mid-air.

Song Shuhang nimbly dodged the mud river summoned by the demonic monster, but the mud river was extremely fast and seemed to have a mind of its own, relentlessly pursuing him.

"Before I've even experienced the grandeur of a cultivator, I'm already going to experience what it's like to be a superhero," Song Shuhang muttered to himself, controlling his battle armor as it flew towards the demonic monster. The muddy river behind him continued its relentless pursuit.

boom!
Song Shuhang accelerated, suddenly rushing towards the demonic monster and delivering a powerful punch to its chin. As a cultivator, Song Shuhang's strength far surpassed that of ordinary people, and with the super-power amplification from his Divine Armor, this punch sent the massive monster flying, crashing backward to the ground.

The out-of-control muddy river was dodged by Song Shuhang and crashed onto the demonic monster, burying it underground.

In the snowy region, the night sky is dazzling with stars, and the Milky Way stretches across the heavens, seemingly within reach. On this land free from light pollution, the stars twinkle freely, telling the story of the universe.

A gentle breeze carries the unique freshness and coolness of the plateau, making one feel completely immersed in the tranquil night.

An ancient temple sits in a quiet corner of this plateau, without any ornate decorations, yet exuding a serene and sacred aura. The temple walls are built of rough stones, and with the passage of time, the surface of the stones has become slightly mottled, adding to the sense of historical vicissitude.

The roof is covered with thick blue tiles, and occasionally a few tenacious little grasses grow between the tiles, swaying gently in the wind, adding a touch of vitality to the temple.

Cheng Yiyi pushed open the temple gate and began searching for what she was looking for. Joseph and Ai Haibara teamed up and went to find other magical items.

Originally, they could have been divided into three teams, but Ai Haibara is having a really bad run of luck right now, so it's safer to keep Joseph in the same group. If the bad luck accumulates and gets stronger, they can give the gem to Joseph to refresh the level of bad luck.

I received a message from my father in the chat group. He said his magical artifacts had detected the appearance of demonic energy. After the stable balance of Yin and Yang was broken and became a dynamic balance, my father created tracking artifacts to sense various kinds of dark energy. That's why he was able to detect the appearance of demonic energy in the Demonic Energy Chapter so quickly.

Cheng Yiyi thought that since demonic energy had appeared, would the other seven demons also appear? So she came over immediately to see if the Panku Treasure Box was still there.

The Panku Box was forged thousands of years ago by eight immortal gods. After they successfully sealed the demon, they used the Panku Box to lock the gates of hell. The Panku Box has always been kept in a temple in XZ Province, China.

The spirit of Shendu took control of Valmont's body, leading the Black Hand to the temple, breaching its gates, stealing the Panku Box, and subsequently successfully opening seven designated Hell Gates, releasing the seven designated demons.

Some people have said that since the Panku Treasure Box was used once, why can't it be used again? How did a perfectly good magical artifact become a one-time use key?

In the story, the Panku Box appears to be a one-time use item. In reality, when Shendu releases a specific demon, Father's side creates a specific energy spell to seal the specific demon, and the specified Hell Gate will be permanently closed and cannot be opened again.

Even after losing its function as the key to the gates of hell, the Panku Box isn't entirely useless; at least its material is extremely durable. Cheng Yiyi wondered if it would still be worth some points if the chat group shop recycled it.

(End of this chapter)