With Countless Qualities Bestowed Upon Me, I Shall Ultimately Become Immortal-Chapter 823 - 611: Hui Demon, Burning Steel, Chosen of the Inferno!
Revered as an "immature dragon," not yet materialized, but already exuding a nascent dragon’s majesty.
A thousand years to transform into a Jiao, ten thousand years to become a dragon.
Is Fang Jianxing nurturing this thing with his soul in that peculiar banner?
If that’s indeed the case, then this is going to be easy...
Never mind him handling the knife himself; this little thing, the Dragon Demon could easily obliterate it in one bite...
In the Dragon Demon’s eyes, a Hui is like a fragrant, soft little cake.
Even though the Dragon Demon was already drooling with hunger, Meng Chuan still controlled it and refrained from acting recklessly.
He took the initiative and waited to see what the other side was up to...
Roar—!
The strange snake-like creature rushed to the Dragon Demon’s side, sniffing and circling like a dog.
The Dragon Demon really wanted to swallow it, but Meng Chuan’s command was greater than the heavens, so it reluctantly held itself back.
Meanwhile, Meng Chuan was observing the opponent through the Dragon Demon.
"Its flesh is insubstantial, like a visible ghost, or like a form akin to an ethereal Celestial Demon.
This Hui is indeed form without substance, just as the ancients warned me..."
It’s evident that this creature is a species from beyond the human realm.
For the Book of Mountains and Seas to record this thing thousands of years ago implies that at that time, due to the thinness of dimensions, the human world had interactions with the outside.
Much like the Xuanwu descending upon the human realm, many strange species were forced by the Celestial Demons of the Cosmic Realm to abandon their homes and come to the blue planet...
But at this moment, Meng Chuan had reason to suspect that this Hui had likely already "fallen."
Just as there are "traitors" among the human faction in the Demon Path.
Species from other worlds facing the Cosmic invasion had two choices.
Many sided with the Cosmic and abetted its tyranny.
It was heavily tainted with Demonic Qi, though it wasn’t visible, it had seeped into its very bones.
The average Martial Arts Family couldn’t detect it, but to someone with his [Spiritual Scent], it was particularly pungent.
At the same time, the Hui stopped moving too.
Standing in front of the Dragon Demon’s face, its tail and teeth nudged the Dragon Demon back and forth, hissing a few strange sounds.
The two engaged in mental exchanges, with the Dragon Demon grinning as dark dragon breath swirled between its teeth:
"Hey, where is this place? How do I get out?"
The Hui froze, looked at it with slight surprise, and its tail uncontrollably drummed the ground.
"This is the training realm of the mighty [Burning Steel]. Did you stumble in here by mistake? Follow me; the exit is over in that direction."
The Hui spoke a bit hastily, suggesting low intelligence.
Indeed, there was a "big one"...
Training realm of Burning Steel?
Meng Chuan increasingly felt that Fang Jianxing’s strange artifact was suspicious...
The Dragon Demon glanced in the direction the Hui pointed, its vertical pupils narrowing to a slit.
Under Meng Chuan’s direction, it moved off with the Hui.
This silly Hui continued to ask:
"Hey, who’s [Burning Steel]?"
The Hui met the Dragon Demon’s gaze with its big, clear, stupid eyes. After thinking for a moment, its forked tongue flicked out with barely contained pride:
"The mighty Burning Steel, while still young, is a descendant of the gods, born to command the three great authorities of Purgatory. Chosen by nature, under the eternal favor of the Purgatory Divine Master.
The lord is also a powerful successor of the supreme authority of destruction, one of the strong successors of [Purgatory]."
"Purgatory Heaven?!"
The Dragon Demon froze, quickly nodded.
Feigning ignorance and indifference.
In the archives Meng Chuan had scoured, it was known that [Purgatory] was a synonymous term for a location in the Cosmic Realm...
This implied that Fang Jianxing’s artifact could link to the Cosmic Realm.
Where did he get such a thing?
Meng Chuan suppressed the unease in his heart, slowly contemplating:
"No need to rush... Even if that little banner is miraculous, it doesn’t have the power to break the dimensional barrier between the human world and the Cosmic Realm.
There must be more to it..."
The fact that this Hui knew so much, Meng Chuan was clear about.
Clearly, the relationship between this Hui and the so-called Burning Steel was akin to that between a familiar spirit and a mountain spirit.
Whenever it encountered a stranger that could reach this place, those words were its mechanical response.
The earlier sniffing gesture towards the Dragon Demon was quite telling.
At this moment, many weaker creatures would probably already have been devoured by the Hui...
Of course, any creature that managed to come here, having the power to traverse a magma pool, wasn’t something it could handle.
Regarding the Hui’s earlier "divine words," Meng Chuan had no means to verify their truth or falsehood.
If this Burning Steel was indeed as claimed, then there was a big problem...
In the national database, information on "Divine Blood" among the Cosmic Celestial Demons was openly available.
Concerned about the safety of his Demon Nest, Meng Chuan had long memorized it.
Those carrying Divine Blood, called "Divine Blooded," and those later bestowed it, known as "Divine Blood Followers."
The thin-blooded types, like the tiger demons and the like.
Meng Chuan speculated that the Big Buddha Head was likely among the thick-blooded individuals.
There was a vast gap between Divine Blood and Divine Power; what exactly made a god’s power, Meng Chuan couldn’t say.
But using his "Demon Seed True Qi" as a reference, Divine Power wasn’t to be underestimated.
He surmised it could be regarded as a kind of innate power.
Much like a trait that could enhance one’s strength or provide greater support for upward power advancement.
Above the Divine Blooded were those who harnessed true godly powers, the "Divine Sons."
Most were naturally born descendants of Cosmic gods, with the few who acquired power afterwards.
Yet, Divine Sons were merely the lowest rank among the offspring.
Above them were "Divine Progenies," who bore two godly powers, and "Divine Chosen Ones," who wielded three or more godly powers.
According to intelligence returned by the Great Saint from the Cosmic Realm, Meng Chuan learned:
The Divine Chosen Ones were highly favored by the gods, capable of contesting for a godly authority like [Whispers of Mountains].
