Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

"Come, all of you, into my banner!"

Su Mu gave a cold shout, his hands flashing with magical seals.

The twelve skeletal demon gods instantly leaped out of the formation, standing in twelve different positions. Amidst the surging black mist, they completely trapped the monsters in the entire sea area.

The leading skeletal demon god had nine jagged, sharp horns on its head, and its twelve-foot-long skeletal spear hummed and trembled. The other eleven demon gods either held giant skeletal axes or long, withered skeletal swords, and all roared to the sky.

The sound wave was like a thunderclap, shaking the very soul. The Thousand-Eyed Demon Chief, who was directly hit, was knocked off his feet on the spot. In an instant, green evil fire ignited around his body, and his demonic body sizzled in the raging flames, his skin and flesh crackling inch by inch.

The originally lazy demons all tensed up and hurriedly mustered their demonic power to resist the soul-snatching demonic sound.

One of the Xuanjia Turtle Demons shrank into its hard shell, its body trembling violently from the demonic sound. Once the dizziness subsided, it spun its demonic body into a small water tornado and charged madly toward the edge of the formation.

However, just as it moved, a white bone demon god descended like a giant, its huge foot slamming down!

"Snap!"

The waterspout burst open, inch by inch, and the raging water instantly dissipated. The White Bone Demon God pressed down, crushing the entire Xuanjia Turtle Demon into the deep sands of the seabed. Its iron-hard shell shattered instantly, and spiderweb-like cracks spread to every inch of its scales.

Before the turtle demon could even howl, the white bone claws pierced its body through the cracks in its shell, the ferocious bone spikes going right through. After several tearing motions, the turtle demon was ripped into pieces of flesh and blood amidst its desperate roars of pain.

The remaining skeletal demons, like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey, charged fearlessly into the horde of monsters.

Their bones were indestructible and their strength was immense. They rampaged through the demon horde as if it were empty, and in an instant, they unleashed a bloody and brutal massacre.

Just then, the dozen or so venomous leeches suddenly gathered together, their auras rising steadily until they merged into one.

The leeches opened their mouths at the same time, each spitting out a blood-red ball of light. The balls collided violently in the water, condensing into a crimson beam of light as thick as an arm, which shot towards Su Mu!

Su Mu remained unmoved, neither dodging nor summoning any magical artifacts to protect himself.

He slowly extended his right palm, and in an instant, countless dazzling sun and moon divine patterns erupted around his body. Golden and silver light intertwined and flowed, and he managed to block the red beam of light in his palm with his bare body, without moving an inch or suffering any damage.

When the venomous leeches missed their first attack, they instantly spewed out a thick cloud of black poisonous mist, completely concealing themselves within it, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

"poison?"

Su Mu curled his lips into a cold sneer, and with a slight lift of his palm, a small, lustrous Nine Heavens Jade Bottle appeared out of thin air.

With a thought, the Nine Heavens Jade Bottle spun around, and a burst of intense red light suddenly erupted from its mouth.

A terrifying suction force erupted instantly, and the black poisonous mist was sucked into the bottle like a river flowing into the sea, and was refined into nothingness in an instant.

Immediately, Su Mu pointed his finger, and the Nine Heavens Profound Jade Bottle suddenly expanded, its body transforming into a hundred-foot-tall giant shadow, with crimson light shooting into the sky from its mouth, instantly enveloping the entire formation.

A terrifying suction force, capable of swallowing the heavens and earth, burst forth and dragged the demons into the bottle without any power to resist, as they cried out in alarm and howled in pain.

In the blink of an eye, all the monsters in the area were devoured.

A flash of red light appeared on the Nine Heavens Jade Bottle, then the radiance faded, transforming it into a warm, smooth little jade bottle that obediently landed back in Su Mu's palm.

Su Mu flicked the bottle with his finger, and numerous lustrous demon cores and demon souls swirling with black light gushed out.

With a wave of his hand, he stored the demon core in his storage ring for later use, while casually tossing the demon soul to the white bone demon banner at his waist.

As for the remaining materials, they were all refined by the Nine Heavens Jade Bottle itself, with strands of spiritual energy feeding back into it.

Su Mu swept his divine sense across the surroundings and, after confirming that there was no trace of living creatures left in the area, did not immediately remove the white bone array. Instead, he moved swiftly and flew directly to the sky above the black alchemy furnace.

This alchemy furnace is about five feet tall, and its entire body is as black as ink. It is neither gold nor jade, and it is difficult to tell what material it is. It is icy cold to the touch.

The furnace body is shaped like a three-legged, two-eared vessel. There are no extra decorations on the surface, only a few lines of dark gold spirit-gathering runes faintly engraved. A small gourd is also cast on the top of the furnace lid.

The furnace lid was slightly ajar, and the venomous leeches had used this opening to greedily feed on the contents of the furnace.

Just as Su Mu was about to get closer to take a closer look, his divine sense suddenly issued a chilling warning.

"Such potent toxicity! What exactly is hidden in this furnace?"

His expression changed slightly, and a sense of shock surged within him. Even with his current cultivation level and the strength of his divine sense, he felt a chill run down his spine; the contents of the furnace were clearly extraordinary.

It's no wonder that only the poisonous leech can linger here; any other monster would probably have been completely consumed by this deadly poison long ago.

He tried to put away the alchemy furnace by channeling his magic power, but the furnace remained motionless, as if an invisible restriction was tightly binding it to the seabed and the land.

Su Mu simply gripped the furnace legs with both hands and tried to lift it by channeling the immense strength he had cultivated throughout his body. However, no matter how hard he exerted himself, the black furnace remained as stable as Mount Tai and did not budge an inch.

Knowing that he had already cultivated the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram to the sixth level of the Innate Perfection, he was now helpless against a pill furnace, and his heart sank slightly.

His eyes flashed, and he took out the silver plaque, continuously pouring magical power into it.

The light emanating from the plaque intensified as magical power was poured into it, growing ever brighter.

Half an incense stick later, the plaque suddenly shone brightly, the entire underwater ruins trembled, and a clear and long hum came from the ground.

Su Mu looked up and saw the entire ruins shimmering with layers of white light. A great array, woven from countless chains of spiritual energy, slowly emerged, with its core directly beneath the black alchemy furnace.

Just then, the silver plaque suddenly dimmed, and an ancient character gleaming with golden light shot out from it, precisely striking the great formation.

The great formation trembled in response, and countless chains of spiritual energy broke inch by inch, transforming into pure spiritual energy that penetrated deep into the seabed and land.

As the restrictions dissipated, the black alchemy furnace was freed from its constraints and began to sway slightly on the seabed. With a casual wave of his hand, Su Mu easily summoned the furnace to his side with a gentle surge of magical power.

He examined it for a moment, then tightly closed the furnace lid, which had been slightly ajar, before putting it into his world ring for safekeeping.

Then, his gaze swept across the ruins. He saw the earth slowly melting away, countless bubbles surging from the seabed, and finally, a simple stone palace, only two zhang high, was completely revealed.

At the only entrance to the stone hall, a silver vortex slowly rotated, its ripples resonating subtly with the silver plaque in Su Mu's hand.

Something's strange.

Su Mu did not rush in. The stone hall had clearly been deliberately sealed, and its interior was fraught with danger. However, the secluded place aroused his curiosity, and he was unwilling to turn back now.

He first found an open space to sit and regulate his breathing, circulating his energy to restore his condition to perfection.

He then placed the Nine Heavens Jade Bottle above his head, unleashing the pure Yang energy within, which transformed into an oval-shaped white protective shield that steadily enveloped him.

He gripped the Qiankun Disc tightly in his right hand, carried the Wuluo Umbrella on his back, had the White Bone Demon Banner hanging at his waist, and the Heavenly Demon Nail was poised to be unleashed in his palm.

Having done all this, Su Mu took a deep breath, his eyes resolute, and walked straight through the silver vortex into the mysterious stone palace.