The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 780

Chapter 780: Chapter 776: Rebuke Chapter 780: Chapter 776: Rebuke Before Shen Luo could steady himself, he heard a noise coming from above. Instantly, he urged the yellow silk handkerchief, shrinking his figure and slipping under the stone steps.

At the same time, he activated the SeCalming Pearl with a thought, covering all his Qi fluctuations, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

Soon, heavy and chaotic footsteps came from the ground. Two members of the Demon Race, one in front and one behind, came down from above.

“Have you heard? This time, the Black Bone King went out and got absolutely nothing. He even had half his body bones broken by the Bull Demon King. Tsk, tsk, losing his wife and his troops, that's a real loss,” one of the demons began, seemingly taking pleasure in others' misfortunes.

“You're really not afraid of death, daring to criticize the Black Bone King behind his back. Aren't you afraid he'll break your bones?” The other demon was much more cautious and admonished him.

“Why should I be afraid…you aren't going to report me. Besides, the Black Bone King is not in Black Wolf Mountain right now, maybe he's being scolded by the Honorable One!” The former demon remained resolute and continued to speak with an indifferent attitude towards death.

“Well, that's true, they all moved out, but left us two here. We're suffering without complaint and also have to bear the brunt from the Black Cave, sigh…” the other demon sighed.

“Moved out?” Shen Luo's heart was filled with doubt upon hearing this.

“The Black Bone King has always been strict with our Demon Race. This Black Cave under his control is even more so. Apart from a few of us with higher cultivation levels who can get some respect, aren't we, small fries like you and me, just ants at their feet?”

“Sigh, you're right. We chose to join the Demon Clan simply to struggle for survival in this world. Now, it's still a precarious situation, we are constantly worried about being used as cannon fodder, and also fear being casually crushed by these demons. It's really frustrating. It would be better to return and submit to other big demons.” The other demon sighed, speaking with a melancholy.

“Now, going back is hard. Those big demons, one by one, either surrender or hide and dare not come out. Who can we run to? Sooner or later, we are going to get captured by the Demon Clan. Even the Demon King like Bull Demon King does not want to stand up, who else can protect us?” The first demon replied with a bitter smile.

After speaking, both demons fell silent. After a few moments, they both said in unison:

“If only the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was still here…”

Listening to the gradually fading footsteps of the two little demons, Shen Luo slowly emerged from the stone steps and started walking inside.

The stone steps wound their way down, extending downwards, with an occasional light far off to the sides.

As Shen Luo could still vaguely hear the intermittent chatter of the two little demons in front of him, he was hesitating whether to take out the Seven Treasures Exquisite Lamp to explore when suddenly he heard a furious shout from ahead: “You two blind beasts, seeking death?”

Immediately after, the pleading voices of the two small demons followed.

“You took so long to fetch some wine and water, are you courting death?” Another furious shout resounded.

Cautiously, Shen Luo followed and arrived at the end of the stone steps., He saw a spacious, underground hall, where bonfires were lit all around, making it very bright.

In the center of the hall, was a Demon man standing. His body was pitch black, and his face was like an evil ghost's. He was baring his tusks and reprimanding two small demons who were kneeling in front of him.

One of them had curved horns on his head and a tuft of goatee under his jaw, clearly a Goat Demon. The other had wood grain on its face and grey-brown skin, apparently a Tree Spirit.

“Sir Black Cave, spare us, we didn't delay on purpose. We were afraid of spilling your liquor, so we didn't dare to walk too fast. Please don't be angry, forgive us…” Both were kowtowing incessantly to the demon, exhibiting extreme fear.

But even so, the anger of the Demon man did not subside. He raised one hand. In the palm, a lump of black fog gathered and reached out towards the Goat Demon.

Seeing this, the Goat Demon was instantly scared out of its wits, quivering, “Spare me, Lord Black Cave…”

“Why are you shouting? Having absorbed my demonic qi, you might stand a chance at transformation. You wouldn't have to do this menial work in the future.” The demon man known as “Black Cave” scoffed disdainfully.

“Lord Black Cave, as we all know, not every one of us can transform. If the demonic qi isn't pure, or if the physique is too weak, we would not survive the process. Please spare me…” the Goat Demon pleaded almost tearfully.

The Tree Spirit next to him could only crouch trembling on the ground, not daring to utter a single word in his favor.

What the Goat Demon didn't expect was that this statement would thoroughly infuriate Black Cave.

“Are you implying that my demonic qi isn't pure enough?” Black Cave sneered, asking.

“No, no, I'm only saying that I'm too weak to bear…” The Goat Demon, realizing his mistake, quickly explained.

Before he could finish his words, Black Cave had already lost patience with his prattle. His hand, imbued with demonic qi, reached out directly towards the Goat Demon's head.

“Stop.” Just then, a stern order was heard.

Upon hearing this, Black Cave was taken aback. He looked up to see a figure descending the staircase. Seeing the change in this figure's demeanor, his stupefied expression quickly turned into a fawning one, as he rushed up to meet the figure.

“Great King!” As Black Cave ran, he respectfully addressed the figure.

In front of him stood a black skeleton, its bones bearing many cracks, and its breath seemed very unstable. It was none other than the leader of the demon clan who had attacked Jilei Mountain earlier, the Black Bone King.

“Aren't you supposed to be at Heimeng Mountain now? Why are you here?” Seeing the Black Bone King silent, Black Cave asked cautiously, a hint of suspicion in his heart.

Obviously, the figure before him wasn't the real Black Bone, but an illusion created by Shen Luo using the Primordial Fox Tail. From the encounters they had had before, he was quite familiar with the black skeleton's breath and appearance, hence the transformation.

“Do I have to listen to you now on where I should go? All day long, you're not doing what you're supposed to, only bickering with these little lackeys. Do you have any ambition left?” Shen Luo snorted coldly.

“The Great King is right, it's all my fault.” Black Cave immediately bowed his head in apology.

The two little demons were so scared by the Black Bone King's voice that they dared not move, not even permitting themselves to take any pleasure in Black Cave's misfortune.

“You two evil beasts, aren't you going to scram? Are you trying to be a eyesore?” Shen Luo rebuked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the two little demons breathed a sigh of relief. They started to roll their bodies toward the stone steps without hesitation.

Shen Luo let out a sigh of relief, turned to Black Cave and said, “It's been a while now, you still haven't dealt with everything here?”

On hearing this, Black Cave felt a chill, hesitantly replying:

“Great King, the construction of this blood pool has been in progress for many years, and cleaning it up is really difficult. Over the past two days, I, indeed, have been working incessantly. However, we still need more time to get it completely finished.”

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