Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 181 180: The Source (Second Update)

Li Chunfeng ultimately did not go up the mountain.

It's not that I'm afraid... it's that reason prevails.

But the situation down the mountain became increasingly serious.

For cultivators, this city is already a dead city.

The cultivators inside the city cannot escape, and leaving the city is even more dangerous. Those demons in the city only come out at night. Once they leave Maha City, they will not even bother to hide; they will attack any cultivator who ventures into the wilderness in broad daylight.

Many people still held onto a sliver of hope, believing that Luangu Temple would definitely not ignore the situation.

I feel that as long as we get through this period, things will return to their former glory.

The ordinary people in the city were merely frightened. As time went on, when they realized that these dangers were not directed at them, life returned to normal, at most the number of cultivators around them seemed to have decreased significantly.

"This is also an obvious flaw."

Li Chunfeng pondered.

Since the Devouring Demons have consumed so many cultivators, it's impossible for them all to retain their intelligence. Some will inevitably become mindless zombies, only knowing how to eat people. There's only one possibility for this situation: someone is secretly controlling it.

The mindless demons are controlled by a mysterious force, causing them to disappear without anyone noticing.

With this clue, Li Chunfeng immediately took action.

In the past few days, he had already used his clone, Ran Deng, to get a general understanding of the distribution of power throughout the city.

Some powerful demons behave like wild beasts, such as dividing up territory and hunting grounds. Two Devouring Demons may even fight over territory.

Seventh day.

into the night.

The city quickly fell silent.

As the sun sets, demons emerge.

Unlike before, the night tonight doesn't seem very dark. Lanterns are lit at the door of every household, and even the deserted main road is lit up with rows of big red lanterns.

'Heavenly Path - Beacon Fire and Smoke'.

The means of transmitting information are even more sophisticated. Using the breath of the soul as fuel and the heart's lamp as a guide, a beacon fire is lit, connecting all 1.08 million lamp-burning avatars and transforming them into invisible information networks.

Instantly, the entire city of Maha came into Li Chunfeng's perception.

A three-dimensional city pattern seemed to form in his mind, and he could instantly focus his thoughts on a specific place with a single thought.

Moreover, this time it wasn't like the Earth-level event, where endless information rushed in all at once, impacting one's soul.

The spells of the Heavenly Rank are more intelligent, more concealed, and easier to control.

A surveillance network, silently and without warning, has been monitoring the entire city.

Flying Tower.

Li Chunfeng took a sip of fragrant tea and waited patiently.

The tense situation outside has already affected the business of Flying Tower.

Tonight, the ladies in the building lazily got up to go to work, only to find that there were still very few customers. So they couldn't even concentrate on singing and dancing.

"How unprofessional!"

There was one guest who had been drinking and listening to music in the building for several days in a row, and today he was still sitting calmly in the same spot.

Many of the fairies in the building were very curious about him. He was unremarkable in appearance, but possessed a calming aura, frighteningly bright eyes, and an outstanding demeanor; he stood out even in a crowd. The staff of the Flying Tower, accustomed to judging people by their appearance and adept at assessing situations, could instantly discern who was trustworthy and who was not.

Even though Li Chunfeng did not reveal any of his cultivation level, the people inside the building dared not be negligent.

"Master, would you like someone to serve you today?" the madam asked respectfully as she approached.

Li Chunfeng didn't even look up, continuing to fiddle with a recording bead aimed at the stage below. "No need! You've all been rather lazy today. You made three mistakes in the 'Dance of the Rainbow Skirts' you played. Did I not give you enough source stones?"

The madam was startled. Although Li Chunfeng's tone was indifferent, for some reason, she felt an invisible pressure enveloping her soul. "Immortal Master, please forgive me. Demons have been causing trouble in the city recently... I will urge them to perform with all their might."

"The demons haven't come yet, have they? You weren't worried before, but now you are? Keep playing the music and dancing!"

"Yes Yes!"

A moment later, the melodious singing and dancing inside the building turned cheerful again.

In a corner of the city, a short scream rang out from somewhere. The scream was very brief and stopped abruptly as soon as it was uttered.

This scream seemed to herald the start of the night.

Li Chunfeng noticed it instantly.

The next instant, the figure who had been enjoying the song and dance disappeared.

In a flash in the void, his figure appeared at the source of the sound.

"Outer city?"

There aren't many cultivators living in the outer city.

Li Chunfeng scanned his surroundings, but there was nothing there. There wasn't even a ghost in sight, let alone a person.

After careful inspection, a few drops of blood and half a broken fingernail were found on the edge of a flower bed. The blood was cool but had not congealed, indicating that the blood was very fresh.

The divine senses spread out.

"Crunch, crunch~"

The sound of flesh being torn apart came from the forest not far away. Li Chunfeng quietly entered the forest, and a cruel scene came into view.

A victim whose face is obscured is lying on the ground, with a Devouring Demon above him eating him.

Finding the Devouring Demon was a good thing, but Li Chunfeng frowned.

The Devouring Demon in front of him was not strong, only at the second tier, and its savage hunting method made it unlikely to escape the search of the Chaotic Ancient Temple.

From the way the demon devoured its food, Li Chunfeng guessed what had happened.

This might not be his hunting ground, but he was so hungry that he had no choice but to take the risk.

This is also one of the drawbacks of the Devouring Demon. Once it has eaten the first cultivator, it is as if it is addicted. If it does not eat for a period of time, it will be hungry and become unbearable.

"You bastard, who gave you permission to hunt on my turf? Do you want to die?"

A sound came from the forest, and at the same time, a thick tentacle lashed out at the Devouring Demon who was feeding.

"Pfft."

The tentacles were like sharp blades, flashing past in an instant, and heads flew off.

Before the ghoul who was eating could speak, he was beheaded, and even in death, his face was still filled with terror.

The owner of the tentacles emerged from among the trees. Li Chunfeng was somewhat surprised when he saw the other party's appearance; the other party was actually a bald monk.

His monk's robes revealed his identity.

Li Chunfeng stood in the void, watching the great monk begin to deal with the corpses at the scene.

It must be said that his technique was very skillful. First, he cleaned up the large patch of blood on the ground, and then he swallowed the two corpses on the ground with one gulp. After chewing a few times, he looked like he was enjoying it.

The next moment, the expression on his face froze, and an invisible pressure held him firmly in place.

A large hand landed silently on his head—'Soul Searching Technique'!
The monk's expression kept changing until it finally froze completely.

Li Chunfeng withdrew his hand, "The temple has indeed been corrupted."

The investigators were mixed up with the demons, no wonder even with the power of the Chaotic Ancient Temple, this demonic scourge could not be eradicated.

A burst of sword energy erupted from Li Chunfeng's hand, completely destroying the corpse beneath his palm.

He guessed that if they had chosen the demon faction or the Chaotic Ancient Temple faction at the time, their current mission would be to eliminate the opposing faction's forces. Following past practice, the more forces eliminated, the higher the mission evaluation.

Instead of searching for clues about some mastermind behind the scenes, as we are doing now.

But neither of these forces suited his taste.

Looking back now, it's fortunate that we didn't choose either of them.

Just as he was about to leave, a tiny, invisible glowing aura of soul energy suddenly flew out from the corpse.

"Huh~"

If Li Chunfeng hadn't already been in a semi-merged state with Randeng, he really wouldn't have noticed.

"Randeng, has this situation occurred before?"

"Yeah!"

"Didn't you notice? Then that's a new change."

Li Chunfeng followed the soul's breath and soon stopped in front of a large mansion belonging to a nearby cultivator family.

The mansion's buildings stretched endlessly, resembling a palace at first glance. Inside, lights shone brightly, and soothing music emanated from the main courtyard. While the other cultivators trembled with fear, this clan remained calm and composed, continuing their revelry.

Burning Lamp created a clone, but it was blocked by an invisible force just as it was about to infiltrate. "Formation!"

"And its rank is not low."

"Pretending! I want to see what you're up to!"

With a casual flick of his wrist, an array plate appeared in his palm.

"Spirit Array Plate!"

Inside, there is a faint array spirit consciousness, possessing intelligence comparable to humans. It can also learn arrays on its own; the more arrays it accumulates, the higher the array spirit's intelligence becomes, and the stronger its computing power grows.

In the Array Dao Academy, it is an essential auxiliary tool for senior students.

The array spirit plate in Li Chunfeng's hand is a sub-array spirit of the Kunlun Academy's Hunyuan Heluo Grand Array, prepared by the Array Dao Academy for its students to go on expeditions.

Currently, it only has third-order computing power.

It was already countless times stronger than Li Chunfeng's own knowledge of array formations.

He began to deduce the weaknesses of the formation based on it, while simultaneously mobilizing a massive army of clones from the surrounding area to surround it.

With so many lantern ghosts appearing so openly in the sky, it's impossible for anyone inside the house not to notice them, unless they're blind.

Soon someone came out to investigate, but as soon as he showed his face, a sword light shot out from the void and beheaded him.

After the Heavenly Capital Sword merged with the Void God and Demon Sword Soul, it became its sword spirit. With the help of the sword spirit, Li Chunfeng has now completely refined all the restrictions within the sword and truly mastered this third-tier magic weapon flying sword.

Sometimes, all it takes is a single command from Li Chunfeng for the Heavenly Capital Sword to fight on its own.

Dealing with such weaklings is a piece of cake.

One after another, the figures who came out to investigate disappeared without a trace, immediately causing panic within the house.

They soon discovered that they were surrounded.

They dared not come out even more.

Only daring to shout in the courtyard, relying on the protective array, he roared with bluster but no real courage, "Who dares to invade my Maha Xiao family?"

"My Xiao family is a direct descendant of the Chaotic Ancient Temple. If you leave now, my Xiao family can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, if the temple holds you accountable, you cannot bear the consequences!"

Li Chunfeng couldn't hear.

They quickly calculated the location of the array's core.

"Damn it, we've already called for help, and the temple's experts will be here soon. You're just waiting to die."

When the threats failed, the Xiao family members in the courtyard immediately began to roar and curse incessantly.

Li Chunfeng remained unmoved and, with a single command, thousands of soul fireballs rained down.

The array's brilliance was fully revealed before our eyes.

Such a powerful attack shocked everyone in the courtyard, and the cursing stopped abruptly.

Strength speaks for itself, and it's always been a loud voice.

With the help of repeated bombardments of soul fireballs, the many evolutions of the formation also emerged one by one, and the calculations on the formation spirit plate also accelerated suddenly.

After a while, Li Chunfeng suddenly made a hand seal, and array patterns appeared on the array spirit plate. "Found it!"

A certain node suddenly flickered, and with a thought, Li Chunfeng unleashed a torrent of lightning on the Heavenly Capital Sword, piercing through the void and transforming into a thunder dragon that crashed onto the node.

This is precisely the 'Fierce Aura Divine Thunder' that comes with the Heavenly Capital Sword.

The formation broke instantly, and the lantern ghosts, who had been waiting in ambush, fell like raindrops.

The house was filled with dead and injured.

Although the Lantern Ghost clone only possessed 38% of the original's strength, the Burning Lantern was already at the Netherworld Spirit Level 8 (Fourth Order), so even 38% of it was close to the Fourth Order.

Although the numbers aren't high, the quantity is considerable.

If he were to deploy his undead army again, those few Xiao family cultivators would only be able to watch helplessly as their family members around them were wiped out one by one.

As expected of a powerful clan, the Xiao family had quite a few high-level cultivators. Li Chunfeng instructed his avatar, the Burning Lamp, and his undead servants to take good care of them.

Some cultivators who tried to escape in the chaos were suddenly surprised to find that the sky outside the house was also full of lantern ghosts, leaving them with nowhere to run.

Some of the spoils of war were casually tossed into his storage treasure, and he didn't pay much attention to them.

The scale of the battle here was so great that it naturally alerted other forces in the vicinity.

Seeing that he clearly intended to take advantage of the chaos to wipe out the Xiao family, some unscrupulous individuals around him were also tempted, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to get a piece of the pie.

But they couldn't figure out who the attackers were; they had never seen such a fierce guy in Maha City before.

We can only remain inactive and wait for the right opportunity.

"Quickly, invite the Ancestor!"

Li Chunfeng's strength far exceeded their expectations. With the Xiao family on the verge of destruction, some people began to shout at the top of their lungs.

Then, many members of the Xiao family began to cut their wrists and bleed, performing strange procedures.

Li Chunfeng was also very curious about what kind of things they could summon.

They deliberately slowed down their offensive.

After a while, the earth suddenly exploded open, and an old figure jumped out.

"Fifth rank?!"

Li Chunfeng was startled, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the man was clearly on the verge of losing his mind and his fighting ability was greatly reduced!
"I've killed fifth-tier enemies before, Taiyi, you go too!"

Li Chunfeng pointed at the sea of ​​fire below, and the Heavenly Rank True Dragon Bloodline, which could not hold back any longer, unleashed a Thunder Dragon Claw, fiercely grabbing at the old cultivator.

The old cultivator roared, his voice unlike any human's, and eight long, deep red tentacles erupted from his back, the demonic form of the Devouring Demon, clashing head-on with the dragon claws.

In the deafening collision, the crimson tentacles were instantly vaporized by the azure lightning, resulting in three of them being destroyed.

The combination of Thunderous Fury and three parts of Dragon Power is already earth-shattering.

Taiyi can be considered the second strongest fighter under his command.

However, the old cultivator's body shone brightly with red light, and the three tentacles that had been vaporized grew back, only smaller in size.

To prevent any accidents, Li Chunfeng waved his hand again, summoning all the undead servants. "Burning Lamp!"

"Surround them! Use suicide bombers!"

He then issued orders to the group of lantern ghost clones.

With one hand outstretched, the Heavenly Capital Sword Rain Star River Sword was unleashed simultaneously, one transforming into rolling thunder and the other into a starry river filling the sky, both sweeping towards the demonic figure.

Amidst the deafening thunderclap, Li Chunfeng secretly prepared the Void Divine Chain, waiting for his opportunity to strike.

This demon is indeed a fifth-tier great demon, but once the Devouring Demon loses its mind, its attack methods become relatively few. Apart from the indestructible crimson tentacles on its back, it can only spew out crimson light bullets and release poison gas, among other common attacks.

However, their cultivation levels are different; demons have stronger physical defenses and greater vitality than humans of the same cultivation level.

Li Chunfeng cannot afford to be careless if he wants to take it down.

During the battle with the fifth-order demon, the entire Xiao Mansion was completely reduced to ashes.

This fierce battle raged on for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The demons were blasted and wounded, unable to vent their divine power, and could only roar in anger.

"Hmph! I've already wiped out all your descendants. No matter how much you yell, it's no use..." Taking advantage of the moment when the demon's tentacles were blown off, Li Chunfeng unleashed his flying sword, Xinghe, which slashed fiercely at its unprotected head.

No matter how strange or powerful a monster is, once its head is gone, it's likely gone too.

But this demon was an exception. With a flash of cold light, the Heavenly Capital Sword severed its head as expected, but it still did not die.

"Death Soul Curse Seal!"

The burning lamp ignited the soul curse seal that had been planted.

The demon's soul was injured, and it was immediately stunned.

Li Chunfeng seized the opportunity and commanded a group of lantern ghosts to fall and self-destruct. The lantern ghost clones had consumed 100,000 of their power before the demon was finally destroyed.

Just when he thought the dust had settled.

A red light shone again on the demon's head, and a powerful soul, enveloped in the red light, rose from the demon's head, vaguely resembling an old man with white hair. However, the old man's eyes were closed, and he had lost his mind.

This soul was extremely well hidden; even divine sense could not detect it.

If it weren't for Randeng possessing the Nine Netherworld Demon Eyes, they wouldn't have been able to discover it.

The moment the lamp appeared, it showed signs of intense thirst.

The soul before me seemed to be an unparalleled delicacy.

Li Chunfeng's heart stirred, and instead of letting the lamp be swallowed, he adopted a solemn posture.

It merged with Randeng and Taiyi to transform into a demon, and once again created a clone, quickly following the light of the soul.

The beam of light flew swiftly, heading straight into the Maha Mountains.

This time, Li Chunfeng did not back down. He sent his clone in and used all his concealment techniques along the way until the light of his soul flew into the back mountain of Luan Gu Temple.

It disappeared into a forest of pagodas.

Strangely, many bald monks were already sitting cross-legged around the pagoda, chanting scriptures in unison, with a great radiance of Buddhist light, resembling a grand formation.

What was suppressed by the great formation was an unremarkable little black tower.

'Cunning!'

Li Chunfeng risked his life to land his detection skill on the small black tower.

[Soul Corpse Queen: Demon!]

[He is a terrifying being from the Abyss, possessing ancient Abyss power. He was suppressed here by the Chaotic Ancient Buddha! Using Buddhist purification techniques, he was annihilated! ...His corpse was used for alchemy, in an attempt to break through a bottleneck and advance to a higher realm!]

(End of this chapter)