Return of the Ancient Gods

After carefully sensing for a long time, even with Chu Nan's keen perception, he could not sense the existence of any spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Looking at the dying Xiaobai and Xiaofenghuang, he was extremely anxious.

"Don't worry, I can think of a way, you will be fine. Believe me, just hold on for a while!" Chu Nan comforted and continued to meditate with his eyes closed.

He couldn't take care of his own injuries, and the most urgent priority was to save Xiaobai and the others.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting there. The strange black fog in the Death Canyon changed as time went by:

The black fog continued to spread, and the safe space became smaller and smaller.

Chu Nan tried his best to let Xiaobai and the others move closer, while he stood outside and tried his best to protect them.

After staying there for a long time, they fully realized how powerful the black fog was. They could not resist it with their bodies or clothes. If they were not careful, they would die. They held their breath and did not dare to underestimate it.

"Since there is no spiritual energy of heaven and earth here, is it possible for me to use these black air to replace the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice?" Such a question suddenly popped up in Chu Nan's mind.

It is possible that no one has ever explored Death Canyon and knows nothing about the strange black fog.

Chu Nan expressed his thoughts, but was mocked by Little Phoenix:

"We can't even hide from this damn black fog, and you still want to absorb it into your body?

Did you get brain-dead from the fall?

Forget it, there is no way to survive anyway. Since you are not afraid of death, just give it a try.

If something happens to you, none of us will be left behind on the road to the underworld..."

Chu Nan had no way to escape from the predicament, so he could only give it a try. He stopped resisting, slowly relaxed his body, and tried to absorb the black air into his body.

The future is confusing, and Chu Nan doesn't know what the result will be. The amount absorbed is very small, just a strand. If this path doesn't work, he can still remedy it in time.

But this wisp of black energy was enough to torture Chu Nan to the point where he would rather die than live:

The black gas was sucked into his body and continuously destroyed his meridians, trying to destroy everything from the inside. Even his Xuan meridians were badly damaged and almost broken.

"Sure enough, is this path doomed to fail?" Chu Nan couldn't hold out for three breaths and had to expel the fluid quickly, suffering considerable internal injuries. In between gasps for breath, he couldn't help but feel depressed.

Thinking about Xiaobai and the others who still needed his treatment, the crisis of the Great Chu Dynasty, and the beauty who loved him dearly, he, who had wanted to give up under this inhuman torture, patted his cheeks, gritted his teeth and decided to keep trying.

After resting for a long time, Chu Nan breathed a sigh of relief and switched to another mysterious meridian.

One, two,..., twelve!

Continuous attempts and continuous failures. Although Chu Nan could hold on longer and longer, he still could not use the black air as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. He coughed and blood spurted out.

"This is the thirteenth mysterious vein. God allowed me to open this extra mysterious vein. It should be useful now, right?" Chu Nan murmured.

Miraculously, thirteen mysterious veins opened up, and I have been relying on them to absorb more spiritual energy from heaven and earth, without using them for other purposes. Now I can only take a gamble.

He had thought about using the thirteenth mysterious vein directly, but to be on the safe side he decided to use the others first.

The previous series of attempts gave Chu Nan a certain resistance to the black air. Opening the thirteenth mysterious vein to absorb the black air did not cause much pain or torture. He really treated the black air as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Become!

The black energy was like a restless monkey locked in a cage. It struggled for a long time without any results and was slowly absorbed by the thirteenth mysterious vein. Without the violent impact from before, it was like a gurgling stream or a warm spring breeze, moisturizing silently and transforming the whole body bit by bit.

"Great, it finally worked!" At the moment of success, Chu Nan almost jumped up. He finally regained the strength to save Xiaobai and the others.

Even so, even though he relied on the thirteen mysterious veins to subdue the black air, he still didn't understand what the black air was and what kind of connection it had with himself.

After taking a look at the dying Xiao Bai, Chu Nan did not hesitate and directly activated the black energy. He made gestures for a long time but there was no movement.

"What's going on? I already have the power of black energy as an energy source, but it's still useless?"

Chu Nan was annoyed and wanted to explode but he thought of another cultivation system - the magic way!

He did not hesitate, and performed according to the inheritance of the Heavenly Demon, actively practicing the magic way, his body constantly attracted the surrounding black mist, which swirled around him. From the momentum, he looked like an unparalleled fierce demon, but he did not have the sinister and fierceness of ordinary magic practitioners:

Due to the suppression here, Chu Nan will not be affected by the will of the devil when practicing the devil's inheritance, and he sticks to his original intention.

"It works. It seems that this place is really closely related to the devil."

By using the environment and black fog of this place to practice magic, Chu Nan gained greater benefits than usual. He maintained a clear self-awareness and his soul was nourished to a greater extent, but he still had a lot of resistance.

Chu Nan began to recover some strength. Before he figured out the doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to let Xiao Bai and the others return to his body. Instead, he asked them to stay in Xiao Linglong World temporarily:

"You go in and rest first. I'll find a way for you to adapt to the environment here, and then we can explore here together."

If you survive a disaster, there will be blessings in the future. Since you can survive here, how can you miss the opportunities and fortune here?

After sending Xiaobai and the others into the Xiaolinglong world and successfully resolving the crisis, Chu Nan also began to meditate and practice:

"Okay, since this place can suppress the will of the devil, then I naturally cannot miss it and try my best to cultivate into a chaotic god-demon body."

With the inheritance of the Heavenly Demon and the assistance of black energy, Chu Nan's own excellent aptitude made him practice very quickly. In just seven days, his magic practice was improved to the level of Tianxuan Realm, and his soul made great progress.

His whole body was filled with dense demonic energy and his eyes shone with demonic light. Under normal circumstances, such demonic energy would be enough to completely devour Chu Nan's consciousness. He would not dare to try it no matter what, but now he had no such concerns.

"Okay, we've already absorbed enough black fog here. Staying here any longer won't help much!"

Chu Nan stood up and completely adapted to the black fog. He looked down and saw that the black fog above was just a few specks floating up from the depths below.

"It seems we still have to go deeper!"

After a quick packing, they prepared to head to the depths of the Death Canyon. Just as Chu Nan put the Kunpeng Talisman Bone into his secret storage, a large creature fluttered down from the sky:

A corpse bird swooped down from the black fog like an eagle. Its entire body was made of skeletons, and its wingspan was about ten feet. There was no sense of any life force.

"What kind of magical species is this?" He hadn't noticed it before, but now he was shocked to see it with his own eyes. Chu Nan quickly realized that the other party was coming for this small piece of Kunpeng's bone, and cursed angrily while accumulating strength.

"You're not a dog, why would you get mad when you see a bone?"

The cold wind was blowing, blocking out the sun and the sky. The corpse bird instantly appeared in front of Chu Nan and attacked without hesitation.

"It's not easy to snatch food from me. Let me show you my new trick, the Devil Heart Mysterious Ice Arrow!"

Demonic energy condensed in Chu Nan's palm, transforming into a hexagonal column of black ice. As he threw it out, it turned into thousands of icy arrows that killed the corpse bird.

The rain of black ice arrows instantly pierced the corpse bird into pieces, and broken bones fell like flowers and leaves. Even only half of its head was left, but its movements did not slow down at all, and it was still fearless of death.

"You're not dead even after this?" Although Chu Nan had practiced the magic arts for a short time, he was still quite confident in his abilities. He should not be unable to deal with a strange bird. He didn't know how to explain the scene before him.

boom!

The corpse bird attacked, and its strange force was no less than a full-strength blow from a Tianxuan realm expert. Chu Nan had to dodge sideways and habitually used the Xuanming Seal Taoist method.

He thought he couldn't use the move, but he saw runes flowing on the palm of his hand, but unlike the usual golden runes, the runes he used this time turned black and gold.

Moreover, the power of the Xuanming Seal that Chu Nan used this time was several times stronger than before. The corpse bird wanted to fight back, but was directly knocked away, and the stone pillar was shattered.

Jumping to another place and staring at the place where the corpse bird fell, Chu Nan fell into deep thought.

"What exactly is going on?"

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