The horned king was slapped by Long Chen, but his expression didn't change, not even a trace of emotion in his eyes.
Long Chen nodded. Meng Qi's soul technique was indeed formidable; without realizing it, he had already taken control of its divine soul.
Long Chen could use his soul power to control its thoughts. Now, it had become Long Chen's slave.
"Sister Mengqi is really amazing." Dongming Yu looked at the Horn King, now reduced to a slave, and couldn't help but praise Mengqi's soul technique as incredibly powerful.
Most importantly, there are no experts on the Tianwu Continent who are especially skilled in soul arts. Mengqi has never had a master and has relied solely on collecting ancient texts to comprehend them on her own, step by step to reach where she is today. You could say she is the true genius.
"Xiaoyu, you don't need that appearance anymore. Just hide your aura and follow behind us." Long Chen said.
Dongming Yu nodded, returned to his original appearance, and used stealth techniques to disappear into space.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the horn king waved his hand, shattering Dongming Yu's skin. It shouted angrily, "What treasure offering? How dare you brush me off." "
Spare me, Your Highness! That really is a treasure... Long Chen pretended to be anxious and fearful.
"Shut up. If it weren't for the news you brought, it would have been somewhat useful. Today, I'll kill you too." The Horn King shouted.
In fact, Long Chen was just singing and talking to himself, deliberately telling the two guards outside.
The Horn King stormed out angrily, and the two guards were so terrified they were terrified, but their gazes toward Long Chen carried a hint of schadenfreude.
"You two go inside and clean up the cave dwelling." The Horn King shouted at the two guards.
The two guards hurried into the cave residence to clean up the wreckage, leaving only two out of three without a single flaw.
Long Chen controlled the Horn King to come out and head straight to the bottom of the island. Originally, Long Chen wanted to sneak into the demon clan's core to take a look, but upon learning that the demons were so terrifying, he didn't dare show off. If he got caught, he'd be completely finished.
From the Horn King's memories, Long Chen learned that the very bottom of this black ocean before him was the entrance to the Demon Realm.
There, the aura of the Demon Realm continuously surged in, supporting their cultivation. At the same time, through this Black Sea, it radiated outward, introducing the laws of the Demon Realm into the Tianwu Continent and assimilating the world's power.
This Horn King, although his combat power couldn't match Long Aotian, Feng Fei, and the others, was only slightly inferior, belonging to that level of powerhouse.
But he was merely a king under Moluo Tianxing, just like the Blood Fiend Demon Lord's eight guards. They were all peerless prodigies, yet they were oppressed by one person. Because whether it was Moluo Tianxing or the Blood Fiend Demon Lord, their brilliance was too dazzling. In front of them, a powerhouse like the Horn King was only a supporting role.
But even as a supporting role, he held a very high status and knew some core secrets. Long Chen was now having the Horn King take him somewhere.
The teleportation array activated, and Long Chen arrived atop a high mountain. He was very familiar with this place; years ago, he had been here with Chang Hao and Bao Buping.
Many divine weapons were locked here, but when Long Chen found the spot locking the Heaven-Opening Divine Stele, he found it was already empty.
"Judging by the aura, the chains have been broken for a long time. That means we left Demon Spirit Mountain not long ago, and the Heaven-Opening God Stele has already broken free from its restraints. But strangely, it hasn't returned. What's going on?" Long Chen looked at the chains, the runes on them dimmed, gathering a lot of dust, and couldn't help but mutter.
"Did the Heaven-Opening God Stele discover something, so you didn't leave?" Dong Mingyu said.
Long Chen nodded and said, "It should be more or less. The Kaitian Divine Stele must know how much the Kaitian Battle Sect needs it now. If it doesn't return, there must be a reason." "
Judging by the situation, the Heaven-Opening Divine Stele had quietly left without any signs of struggle or fighting, which made Long Chen feel a bit more at ease.
But where exactly the Heaven-Opening Divine Stele had gone was a bit hard to figure out. Long Chen could only ignore it for now, leave the valley, and return to the Demon Sea.
Using the identity of the Horn King, Long Chen used the teleportation array to reach the bottom of the Demon Sea. He had the Horn King eliminate several guards before entering the depths of the Demon Sea.
Although the Horn King held a high status, beneath the Demon Sea was a forbidden land, and even the Horn King was not allowed to enter.
Fortunately, the demon clan didn't seem to have tightly guarded this forbidden land, only leaving a few guards to warn the newcomers, because for countless millennia, no one had dared to enter this area.
Long Chen and the Horn King descended all the way down, but soon regretted it. The demonic energy here surged, and Dongming Yu's body could no longer move stealth.
However, that shell had already been destroyed. Trying to get a new one suited to Dongming Yu's physique would take a lot of time, so he could only continue diving.
Surrounded by endless darkness, the seawater was formed from pure demonic energy. Beneath the water, there was deathly silence, as if this was an endless abyss, capable of sinking forever and filling people with genuine fear.
"Brother Long Chen, are you trying to sneak into the entrance of the Demon Realm?" Dong Mingyu asked.
"Yes, I want to go take a look. If we could close the entrance, that would be best. Although the chances are slim, I feel unwilling not to take a look." Long Chen sent a voice transmission.
He heard that beneath this Demon Sea lies the entrance to the Demon Realm, but that was just legend. The Horn King didn't know that he was born on Demon Spirit Mountain and had never been to the Demon Realm.
Long Chen knew nothing about the Demon Realm and was full of curiosity, ordering the Horn King to take them underwater with him.
"Huh, why is there a chain?"
Suddenly, Dongmingyu said. Long Chen followed Dongmingyu's finger and looked around, only to find it pitch black and nothing visible.
Long Chen switched to the Horn King's perspective, and only then did he see a blurry shadow in the distance, looking like a chain.
"Xiaoyu, how can you see so far?" Long Chen was taken aback.
"It's not that I can see far, but I sense it. There is a strong aura of killing on those chains, so I can sense it clearly." Dong Mingyu explained.
Long Chen dove toward the chain, and soon he saw a thick chain, hundreds of zhang in diameter, with runes flickering on it. Approaching it, Long Chen sensed a powerful aura of slaughter.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a piece of copper in Long Chen's chaotic space trembled violently. It seemed to sense something, startling Long Chen.
"Long Chen, is that you?"
At that moment, a voice suddenly echoed from deep within Long Chen's soul. Hearing it, he not only shuddered all over—it was actually the sound of the Heaven-Opening Divine Stele.
"Come down quickly, you've come too well." There was actually a hint of excitement in the voice of the Heaven-Opening Divine Stele.
Long Chen hurriedly dove down along the chains. After a while, he suddenly saw a massive object and his heart raced wildly.
"This is ..."