Chapter 481 Houqing

The white world suddenly shook.

From the moment Xu Han and the Guang Lingui sensed it, it made it difficult for them to even stand up in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, with Xu Han and Guang Lingui's cultivation, their reactions were naturally extremely fast. They activated their internal strength to strengthen their bodies, barely able to stand straight and avoid the awkward situation of falling to the ground.

"Hu!"

Suddenly, a deep breathing sound sounded from the heavens and earth.

It was as if a colossus had awakened from its long slumber. A terrifying might spread out, enveloping Xu Han and Guang Lingui.

Almost at the same time, their faces turned extremely ugly, and beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

Xu Han, who was at the Undying Realm of the Physical Body, was so powerful that he was known to be invincible within the Seven Realms. Even an immortal had never given Xu Han such a great deterrent.

It was a fear that came almost from the soul, and it came from the instinctive trembling of the body.

Xu Han felt that he had never felt such a terrifying power before.

He quickly rejected this statement. It seemed that he had encountered such a powerful existence somewhere before. However, at this stall, his thoughts were restless, and it was difficult to extract the long-standing memories from the depths of his mind.

"Hu!" The sound of panting came again, a bit heavier than before.

The boundless pressure became even more intense with the sound of panting.

Under this pressure, Xu Han felt that his aura was not smooth, and his entire body seemed to be constantly manipulating, unable to exert any strength.

Although he did not intend to observe the Guang Lingui beside him, he could roughly tell from the heavy breathing of the other party that his condition was no different from his own.

"Hu!" Another long sigh.

In the vast white world, white things suddenly surged in from all directions. It was like some kind of power that was incomprehensible to Xu Han. They quickly gathered in one place. With such a change, the pressure on the two of them became stronger by a breath, almost making them unable to breathe.

The white thing gathered together and constantly grew larger. After a hundred breaths, it gradually revealed a human form. As the human form condensed, the pressure on the two of them also dissipated.

"Demon spirit?" Guang Lingui , who was thinking about the Demon Lord's blood essence, shone in front of him at that moment. He suddenly took a step forward and charged straight towards the figure that was condensing into shape.

At this moment, Xu Han, who had removed the pressure from his body, felt his heart tremble. He finally remembered when he had ever felt such an incomparably powerful force.

That was what he had felt a few years ago when his right arm was severed and he followed the sea of vicissitudes to Great Abyss Mountain. On the summit of that mountain, when he stepped on the sea of vicissitudes of the lotus flower and fought against that enemy, he felt it.

Thinking of this, Xu Han's expression changed. He shouted at Guang Lingui, who was going to kill him, "Be careful! That's not a demon spirit!"

"It's Yao Jun!"

It was too late to say this.

At that time, Guang Lingui had already arrived in front of the white figure, and at this moment, the white figure's figure had just condensed.

At that moment, a pair of cold eyes appeared in front of the figure's eyebrows. He stared at Guang Lingui who was coming at him, and there was no strange expression in his eyes. Such calm was not indifference, but disdain, or contempt.

A contempt from the soul.

The contempt of an elephant for an ant dancing its claws in front of its eyes.

Xu Han was shocked and didn't care about anything else. At that time, he flew out, wanting to stop the Guang Lingui that was going to be killed.

Of course, the reason why he did this was not because he cared about Guang Lingui 's life and death. In fact, if it was normal times, he wouldn't even blink his eyes even if the monk died in front of him, given the unfriendly relationship between him and Guang Lingui .

At this moment, Xu Han came to his rescue because he realized how terrifying this thing in front of him was. Guang Lingui was the only combat strength he could rely on now. At least, before he could figure out what exactly this Monster Lord was planning to do when he suddenly appeared, Xu Han thought that Guang Lingui, who was still alive, was much more useful to him than an ice-cold corpse.

However, he was still a little slower.

Just as he was about to make his move, Guang Lingui had already clenched his fists and smashed them into the Demon Lord's face.

A hand that hadn't yet fully formed was suddenly stretched out by the Demon Lord at that time. A finger slowly and gently touched the fist of the forest ghost that was whistling away.

At that moment, the scene suddenly stopped.

This kind of stillness was not a real stillness. However, the Demon Lord's eyes still did not change at all. The Guang Lingui 's fist stopped. At that time, that slender finger had become a heavenly chasm, a chasm that the Guang Lingui could not cross no matter how hard he tried.

Guang Lingui's expression started to turn ferocious. He seemed to be using all of his solutions to break through such a casual defense. However, he was incapable of doing anything, but in the end, it was all in vain.

Xu Han also stopped his steps.

He knew that at this point, what he had done could no longer change certain facts. Instead of doing this, he could just wait and see what this Demon Lord was planning.

Hu.

A clear voice came.

The Demon Lord's pale lips suddenly opened, and he gently exhaled towards Guang Lingui.

His seemingly extremely casual actions caused Guang Lingui's expression to suddenly turn ugly. Immediately after, his body flew backwards as if he had been heavily injured. He fiercely smashed into the white wall before stopping.

Seeing this, Xu Han was extremely shocked.

He probably couldn't imagine how powerful this Demon Lord was. Guang Lingui, who had once been no match for Zhong Changhen in the Exquisite Pavilion, was defeated so easily by him. And from the beginning to the end, this Demon Lord hadn't moved a single inch of his body.

Guang Lingui, who had climbed up from the ground in a sorry state, clearly realized that this fellow in front of him was far from an existence that he could defeat. Therefore, he had no intention of going forward. Instead, he stared at the other party with a calm gaze. He could tell that even at this moment, he still had no intention of giving up on seizing the Demon Monarch's Blood Essence.

At this moment, the Demon Lord's body finally condensed.

It was an extremely tall body, eight feet away. Even Xu Han was a head shorter than him.

He was dressed in a white robe, and his long snow-white hair casually scattered. What surprised Xu Han the most was that his appearance was extremely handsome. It was difficult for Xu Han to accurately distinguish whether it was him or her from his beautiful facial features.

At this time, the Demon Lord finally turned his head for the first time. He sized up Guang Lingui for a while, then looked at Xu Han. After a long while, his lips opened again and said, "My name is…"

"Houqing."

His voice was somewhat deep, carrying a strange rhythm, but it was surprisingly not inappropriate. On the contrary, it was extremely pleasant to hear.

"Houqing?" Xu Han frowned. There were very few records of the demon race in the world, and only a handful of them were Demon Monarchs. Xu Han did not have the chance to read one or two of them. To him, the word "Houqing" was still an extremely unfamiliar word.

"Are you a Demon Monarch? The Demon Monarch sealed in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda?" Xu Han asked in a deep voice.

"Seal?" Hearing these two words, the tone of the Demon Monarch's voice changed slightly, as if he was mocking or disdainful. However, he did not correct Xu Han's words. Instead, he turned his gaze to Xu Han again. To be exact, it landed on Xu Han's right arm. "Your body smells like an old friend."

Xu Han naturally knew what he meant, but he did not continue. Instead, he asked again, "Did you send us here?"

Previously, he had been fighting with Guang Lingui on the ninth floor. Neither of them had stepped into the halo that led to the tenth floor, but they suddenly came here. Previously, Xu Han had thought it was strange, but now, it seemed that only the Demon Lord in front of him had the ability to do so.

"Yes." After that, Qing did not deny it. He nodded, but the expression on his face was still indifferent.

Seemingly realizing that the Demon Lord did not have the hostility he had imagined, Xu Han raised his eyebrows and boldly asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Are you afraid?" The Demon Lord glanced sideways at Xu Han, but still did not respond to his question.

Faced with such an existence, especially when he still couldn't understand the other party's intentions, Xu Han naturally felt a little uneasy. Only an ignorant person could be fearless. He didn't think it was a shameful thing to have respect for this existence, so he nodded and repeated his previous question, "What do you want to do?"

However, the Demon Monarch who claimed to be the empress still did not answer Xu Han's question. He turned to look at Guang Lingui, and his eyes suddenly wrinkled. "Thirty years ago, you said that once you entered this tower, it would be the time for me to break the seal and return to the mortal world."

Both Xu Han and Guang Lingui's expressions changed when they heard this.

However, the former had a face full of shock, while the latter was filled with confusion.

"What do you mean? We know each other?" Guang Lingui frowned. He stared at the beautiful Demon Lord in front of him and tried his best to search through the memories in his mind. To him, such a special existence was something that he could not forget even if it was just a faint glance. In fact, even if he racked his brains, he could not recall when he had interacted with the person in front of him in the slightest.

"I have read your invitation several times. I sincerely believe you."

"But I don't want your generation of high monks to collude with those charming beauties to ruin my life. They have already calculated to such an extent."

"Today, my life will fall, but do you think you can leave alive?"

The Demon Sovereign said as he spoke. His deep voice gradually became gloomy as he spat out these words.

That vast aura surged over once again, enveloping Xu Han and Guang Lingui. Their faces turned cold, and they realized that their bodies seemed to be locked onto by some sort of aura, unable to move.

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