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Ling Yan held Hu Qiang's hand for a while, then softly shouted, "Green light flashed, leaving behind a shadow in the original location." Before the shadow had even dissipated, Ling Yan held Hu Qiang and appeared on top of the snow-covered peak of Fuji Mountain, but their feet were still about a foot away from the snow.

On the silver mountain, the terrain might be uneven, and in front of the two of them was a huge volcanic crater left behind by a volcanic eruption. However, the snow-white surface of the mountain did not have the slightest trace of human activity, not even the footprints of animals or birds could be seen. Ling Yan considered that if the two of them were to suddenly appear on the mountain and be caught by a civilian satellite, it might not be a small sensation.

Looking at the pale face of Hu Rose in her arms, she knew that the sudden drop in speed had caused her discomfort. Her right palm channeled her true essence into her back, while at the same time she released her divine sense to scout around the whole mountaintop, searching for the most suitable place to enter.

While being carried by Ling Yan to the snowy surface, Hu Qiang felt dizzy and nauseous all over. Feeling the warm flow of input from the palm behind her, Hu Qiang's heart was filled with the warmth of affection. She lifted her head and asked: "Bro, have you found Lu Renjie's exact location yet?"

Ling Yan nodded. "Yes, there are many openings on the surface of Mount Fuji, but none of them can lead directly to the inside. We have to make our own way in."

"How do I open the way? Dig into the ground? " Hu Qiang opened his eyes wide in curiosity as he asked.

Ling Yan looked at the snow below him and said, "Mount Fuji was a large volcano that erupted all year round in ancient times, but later on the rocks beneath it changed, preventing the magma from rising. As years passed, the bottom of Mount Fuji was covered all year round by snow, but because this mountain was once a volcano, the layers of earth and rock within the mountain became a lot more loose.

When his spiritual sense had scanned the entire mountain just now, he had already known the structure of the soil in the mountain, and he had also clearly investigated Lu Renjie's situation. Although he had never seen the bloody body before, he knew that Lu Renjie was probably the only one with a bad condition.

Ling Yan's heart felt a little heavy. Devils were not allowed to appear in this world, because other than the instincts of slaughter and devouring, he would not think about anything else. If Lu Renjie was invaded by the devil to a certain extent, then the only thing he could do was to personally wipe out his life. Otherwise, it would be hard to get rid of all evil.

Hu Qiang also looked at the bottom of his feet and asked, "Then are we going to go in through the volcano?"

Ling Yan took a deep breath and calmed his mind. If there was nothing that could be done, it would only cause Lu Renjie to disappear, making the pain of his second brother's brother's death seem insignificant compared to the pain of raising a demon. He shook his head and said, "No, if we enter the volcano through the bottom of our feet, it would be easy for us to be detected by a satellite." He tightened his arms and ordered Hu Qiang, "Hug Big Brother tightly!"

Hu Qiang pouted, he thought that he had come down to help him move his muscles, but from the looks of it, he still felt that he was unnecessary, and realised that he had indeed made things inconvenient for his big brother, but his cultivation was deep and it did not matter.

Ling Yan circulated his Quintessential Essence and wrapped himself and Hu Qiang within it, forming a translucent green protective barrier around his body. Then, he flew out of the black flying sword. Only at the sight of this black sword did he remember the name of this sword.

With a thought, the black sword flew out of Ling Yan's hand and hovered at his side. A black shadow flashed, and the sword's body swelled to several times its original size, turning into a mighty greatsword that glowed with a black light. With a crisp sword hum, nineteen identical black swords that were twice the size of its original size appeared around the huge black sword.

Ling Yan formed a seal with his right hand and sent green primeval essence into the gigantic black sword in the middle. The black sword began to slowly spin with a hum, and the nineteen black swords that seemed to be materialized around it also started to spin faster and faster. When the sword formation turned into a black ring with the sound of wind, the seal seal in Ling Yan's hand changed into another position, and continuously sent three streams of primeval essence into the gigantic sword in the middle.

The rapidly spinning sword formation trembled, causing a black shadow to fall towards the snow. With a "pu" sound, the sword formation broke through the snow, creating a neat round hole of 1.5 meters in diameter.

Hu Qiang looked at the hole opened by the sword formation and trembled slightly. She was stunned for a moment before sighing, "I really envy you cultivators. You can even use weapons, and make the weapons do a lot of things. We demonic cultivators, aside from our own bodies, are not allowed to use any weapons."

While controlling the sword formation to descend downwards, Ling Yan asked, "What's the difference between demonic elementals' demon elemental energy and a cultivator's true elemental energy? It's also a product of the condensation of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. Why can't the demonic spiritual energy fuse with the weapon? "

Cultivators could use weapons and usually infuse their true energy into the weapon. Powerful weapons could also act as a link between the weapon's intent and itself. This way, the weapon could be used like an arm and a finger, multiplying the power of the user. No matter what kind of weapon it was, the demonic energy couldn't be infused into the weapon. If the demonic energy was infused forcefully, the only result would be damage to the weapon. Therefore, even if the demonic cultivators were given an immortal equipment, they could only use it as a kitchen knife.

Hu Qiang curled his sexy lips and snorted: "Who knows! I heard that Ancestor Xiong had also asked big brother about your mother, but your mother didn't know the whole story, she said. In the cultivation world, as far as she knows, there are only immortal artifacts used by the immortals, demons used by the devils in the demonic world, and ghosts used by the spirits in the Nether Realm. However, I've never heard of anyone in the demonic world that used a demon artifact, hmph! "I don't know what the rules of this world are, but everyone can use their weapons. Only us Demonic cultivators have to fight with bare hands. Big Bro, tell me, what kind of broken rules are these?"

Ling Yan blinked his eyes in disbelief. He still hadn't reached that level yet, and was still unable to comprehend the profoundness of that level.

Hu Qiang suddenly smiled, and her beautiful face immediately became unbearably beautiful. She only stared at Ling Yan with a coquettish smile, but didn't say anything. Ling Yan was baffled by her laughter. He glanced at her for a moment, then focused on controlling the sword formation that was already a thousand meters deep into the mountain, waiting for her to continue. After a while, she smiled and said, "Girl, why are you looking at me like that and not saying anything?

Hu Qiang's delicate arms tightened around Ling Yan's neck, and with a light laugh, she said, "I'll beg of you for a favor, but now is not the time. I'll tell you about it after this, hehe!"

Ling Yan didn't take her request seriously at all. In any case, as long as it was within his capabilities, he would definitely do his best to help her. Smiling, he said, "I don't know what ideas you have in mind, but as long as Big Bro can do it, I'll definitely do everything in my power to help you."

"Really?"

Ling Yan nodded. Although she didn't have much contact with Hu Qiang, she knew that she was a kind-hearted and straightforward person, and that she couldn't hide her true nature. Her sweet and innocent character was slowly accepted by Ling Yan and accepted by him as one of the people he cared about.

Perhaps it was due to the fact that Hu Qiang's life caused Ling Yan to feel sympathy, or perhaps it was due to his good impression of the Demonic Cultivator, or perhaps he felt that Hu Qiang had become dependent on him. However, regardless of the reason, there was one feeling that was real, and that was that Hu Qiang gave Ling Yan an indescribable feeling of kinship within his heart.

"Brother, you're too awesome!" Hu Qiang cried out happily, and with a "bada" sound, he smelt a fragrant scent on Ling Yan's cheek.

Ling Yan laughed. "Don't be happy too early, I still don't know what your request is! "Come on, hold on tight. Let's go down." As he said that, he waved his hand and placed thirteen mid-grade crystals beside the cave entrance, and set up a simple stealth barrier. His figure flashed, and he carried Hu Qiang into the cave.

Hu Qiang, who was rapidly descending, curiously looked at the cave walls that were rising at the same speed, and whispered into Ling Yan's ear, "Where are the mud and stones inside the cave?" The 1.5 meter round hole led straight to the foot of the mountain. The packed mud and stone capacity, measured in cubic meters, was close to 10,000 cubic meters. It was enough to build a small highway, but now it was nowhere to be seen, leaving only the straight downwards hole.

Ling Yan controlled the direction of the sword formation and replied, "All of the mud and stone had been crushed by the sword formation and compressed into the walls of the cavern. Ha, the sword formation has been broken through."

As soon as he finished speaking, he sped up his descent. With the help of their cultivation bases, they could clearly see that they were standing in a huge tunnel. The tunnel was naturally formed, with a height of about four to five meters, the higher it was, the narrower it became; the width of the tunnel varied from left to right and the width of the tunnel was about the size of a room, but only one person could walk through the narrow tunnel.

The walls of the cave were wet and full of moss. From time to time there would be drops of water dripping from the walls into the puddles on the ground. It was more appropriate to call this passage a crevice than a tunnel.

Ling Yan put Hu Qiang down, sheathed his black sword, which had returned to its original form, and used the Voice Transmission Technique to speak, "Don't make any noise, Lu Renjie is just around the bend in front, follow me closely!" As he spoke, he walked forward. Hu Qiang followed closely behind. After walking around two hundred meters on the uneven ground, he came to a stop around a rock protruding horizontally. Unable to detect his presence, Hu Qiang's nose nearly bumped into Ling Yan's back.

Out of curiosity, he used his hand to support Ling Yan's arm. Looking forward, he was stunned —

The stone cave was dozens of meters tall, and its area was estimated to be the size of a football field. The surrounding walls were glowing with a green light, and although the entire cave wasn't very bright, it was still big enough to see everything.