The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 583

Chapter 583: Chapter 579: The Giant Demon Has Escaped Chapter 583: Chapter 579: The Giant Demon Has Escaped “This demon's illusion technique is becoming more potent, able to affect our divine souls even while confined by the Heavenly Restraint, even through the prohibition of the cell door. Second Brother, once we get out, we should inform Father Emperor about this and strengthen the confinement of this demon,” Ao Hong said to Ao Zhong.

“Yes, we should intensify it, but for now, this demon seems fine, let's go quickly to the eighth layer to see what's happening.” Ao Zhong nodded and walked away.

Shen Luo was puzzled internally. The demon within the cell could already seep demon power outside, yet they called that 'fine'?

However, Ao Hong and the others didn't seem to react too strongly and followed Ao Zhong towards the eighth level. As an outsider, Shen Luo didn't feel it was his place to say anything and followed suit.

In the cell within the seventh layer, the red-haired Snake Demon smirked wickedly as she watched them leave. Even as her figure was obscured by the mountains of rock, her laughter could still be heard.

“Brother Ao, what kind of demon is that snake-haired demoness?” Shen Luo felt uneasy. He relayed his question to Ao Hong through telepathy.

“This demon is known as the Tear Demon, an anomaly amongst the East Sea Demon Race. Just one look into her eyes allows her to invade the Black opponent's divine soul, gain insight into numerous memories, and according to the weak points in your heart, transform into what most lets your guard down.” Ao Hong's voice was low and melancholic as he replied.

He had just been caught by this demon's illusion technique, seeing Ying'er.

“Invade one's divine soul? That's indeed a terrifying ability,” voiced Shen Luo, his pupils filled with shock.

Previously, he thought that the demoness was just skilled in illusion techniques, but he never knew she could invade another's divine soul, making her illusion abilities a hundred times scarier.

“Indeed, the soul power of this demon is very powerful. To prevent it from causing trouble, Father Emperor set up an amazingly powerful prohibition at the entrance of the cell, which cuts off one's divine sense. It's just that the cultivation level of this Tear Demon has reached the level of a True Immortal. Her soul is potent, and she can still influence people outside. However, Brother Shen can rest assured, this demon is locked by the Heavenly Restraint, there's no way it can escape,” said Ao Hong.

After hearing these words, Shen Luo felt somewhat relieved.

The group kept advancing, and they soon arrived at the eighth layer of the Dragon Abyss.

There, the jail cells were nearly four to five times bigger than the seventh layer. On the cell doors were a series of sealing talismans. There were also nine stone pillars around the fretted stone walls covered in runes.

The positions of the nine stone pillars, as well as the runes on them, seemed to connect with each other, clearly indicating a formation restriction.

In the cell, a humongous creature sprawled across the entire prison cell, occupying every inch of it. It had a snake-like lower half covered in black scales, coiled up in a circle.

It had nine enormous heads on its upper body, each bearing gruesome human faces, pale in color and chilling in sight.

The gigantic creature, one of the Deep Sea Behemoths, laid in rest with its eyes closed. It was the same creature Shen Luo and Ao Hong met in the past.

It seemed to have heard something. It slightly raised its nine massive heads, cast a glance at the group, and then promptly went back to rest.

“The Deep Sea Behemoth is right here, so how did it possibly escape?” upon seeing the conditions within the cell, the tense expression on Ao Zhong's face dispersed, revealing a smile.

“How is this possible!” Shen Luo and Ao Hong both felt a sudden jolt. They clearly encountered this creature on the way to the Dragon Palace.

“Could it be another illusion?” Shen Luo pondered, silently running the Suppressing God Technique. However, there were no abnormalities detected within him, neither his mana nor his soul power, which indicated that he wasn't under an illusion.

“Ninth brother, it seems that you and Brother Shen either missed details earlier, or are caught under someone's illusion,” Ao Zhong laughed heartily, the sense of suffocation finally lifted.

“As far as I know, there are quite a few techniques in this world that can create illusions. Even though the behemoth inside looks real, it doesn't mean it's actually there. The cell door here is equipped with mysterious prohibitions, which prevents us from investigating the situation inside. If it's not too much to ask, could you please open a corner of the prohibition on the cell door, Ao Zhong, so we could get a better look inside?” Shen Luo viewed the beast inside for a while, then suddenly made a request.

“Ridiculous! The power of this Deep Sea Behemoth is monstrous, comparable to a Taiyi True Immortal, and it's not at our level to fight against. How could we carelessly unseal the prohibition?” Ao Zhong refused flatly, his face turning cold.

“Fair enough,” Shen Luo didn't get upset. Instead, he released golden light from his body which all went into his eyes, turning them golden.

The massive power of his divine soul also swarmed out of his brain and rushed into his eyes.

A golden beam shot out from Shen Luo's eyes, heading straight towards the cell with a “hum.”

“What are you doing?” Ao Zhong saw Shen Luo's movements, and in a stern voice, he shouted. He was ready to intercept the two golden beams.

“Don't worry, Second Brother. Brother Shen is just trying to use a secret technique to peek into the cell. He doesn't mean to break the prohibitions against entering the cell,” Ao Hong rushed in front of Ao Zhong and tried to explain.

Due to Ao Hong's intervention, the golden beams hit the cell door.

As if sensing something, the nine stone pillars on the door brightened. They all emitted a white light and merged together, forming a light curtain blocking the golden beams.

However, the golden light seemed insubstantial and, after a slight hesitation, penetrated the white light to enter the cell. It then disappeared in a flash inside the giant creature.

The giant creature began to emit a layer of golden light, its vast body trembling violently before disappearing entirely, leaving behind the three grotesque heads of the Deep Sea Behemoth.

Blood still seeped out from the severed heads, seeming like they had been cut off not too long ago.

“I knew it was the technique of substituting oneself with an object,” said Shen Luo while nodding slightly.

Ao Hong, Ao Zhong, and the others were stunned by the scene before them.

“Is the… Is the Deep Sea Behemoth really gone?” Ao Zhong came back to his senses, rushing to the cell door with clenched fists, his knuckles turning white.

Ao Xin and Qing Chi were shocked by the sight. Only Ao Hong remained calm, his eyes shone brightly as he studied the nine pillars outside the cell door, seemingly noticing something.

“Impossible! This cell door was personally set up by Father Emperor years ago with the Nine Bend Heavenly Restriction. Not to mention that the Deep Sea Behemoth only possesses the cultivation at the peak of a True Immortal, even if it has reached the Taiyi Realm, there's no way it could escape without making a sound!” Ao Zhong outrightly refused to believe the sight before his eyes, growling in a low voice.

Ao Hong took a look at the nine stone pillars outside the cell, walked up to them, and placed his right hand onto one of the pillars, the palm radiating golden light.

“Ninth Prince, what are you…?” Qing Chi muttered hesitantly.

Ao Zhong also heard the disturbance and turned to look.

Without answering, Ao Hong simply closed his eyes and concentrated. After a while, he abruptly opened his eyes and slowly took back his hand.

“So it is,” he murmured.