One arrow exploded the Demonic Cloud Mountain Range. The Eighteen Great Bandits were all inside. Naturally, none of them could escape; they would all be affected.
The inherited Dao Tool exploded. The damage to the Eighteen Great Bandits could be easily imagined.
It was already rare that they did not die on the spot when the Dao Tool exploded.
Sending the Demon Blood Vulture to clean up the mess was the best option.
On the summit, Xiao Chen took out a Primeval Heavenly Pill and swallowed it. Then, he sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to recover.
Miserable cries rang out endlessly in the Misty Cloud Mountain Range. Xiao Chen ignored them, meditating and recuperating.
That earlier arrow drained all his Soul Energy and Veritable Essence Energy. He even overdrew on a portion of his lifeforce.
Otherwise, the God Shadow Bow would not have been able to unleash such vast might.
Normally, only Rank 5 sects and above had Soul Tools that could be used as the sect's cornerstone weapon.
Even a Sovereign Personage could not bring out the full might of a Soul Tool. Although Xiao Chen had vast Veritable Essence Energy as a Star Venerate, his Soul Energy was still lacking.
Every time he used a Soul Tool, he would suffer a significant backlash.
Xiao Chen absolutely could not use it unless he had no other choice. He also had to do his best to keep his possession of a Soul Tool a secret.
One hour later, Xiao Chen opened his eyes. His complexion had recovered some color.
A red light flashed before Xiao Chen's eyes. The Demon Blood Vulture had returned smugly, circling in the air.
Xiao Chen grabbed the Tyrant Saber beside him and soared into the air, landing on the Demon Blood Vulture's back.
Clouds shrouded the Misty Cloud Mountain Range. The white-clad Xiao Chen rode the Demon Blood Vulture as he tore through the clouds.
In mere moments, he saw the corpses of the Eighteen Great Bandits scattered among the rubble of the various peaks.
They died in different ways, all killed by the Demon Blood Vulture.
Xiao Chen revealed a satisfied expression. He felt gratified at the Demon Blood Vulture's efficiency.
He had not fed it the Scarlet Blood Beast Pill in vain.
"One!"
Withdrawing his smile, Xiao Chen drew his saber and chopped off the head of a Great Bandit. Then, he grabbed it and placed it in his storage ring.
Soon, as the Demon Blood Vulture circled in the air, Xiao Chen collected the Eighteen Great Bandits' heads and their storage rings.
Mission complete.
Xiao Chen heaved a sigh of relief. The first three missions only took a month to complete. This gave him plenty of time to complete the last task.
Just as Xiao Chen was about to leave, the Demon Blood Vulture's voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
"Master, I've also discovered something interesting."
"Oh."
With a thought, Xiao Chen got the Demon Blood Vulture to lead the way. After a while, the Demon Blood Vulture stopped before the rubble of a mountain peak.
Many of the nearby mountain peaks were affected by the explosion of the Demonic Cloud Mountain and directly collapsed.
This was one of them.
Xiao Chen jumped off the Demon Blood Vulture's back. Then, he found a cube-shaped crystal with tight cracks in the rocks.
Fiddling with it in his hand, Xiao Chen discovered that the four sides of the crystal were inlaid so tightly that there were almost no gaps.
It looked like a natural gemstone.
However, the formation patterns inscribed on it told Xiao Chen that it was a man-made artifact.
After studying it for a while, a brilliant light flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes. This was a storage medium, something like a storage ring.
However, it should have been inlaid in the Demonic Cloud Mountain in the past, a part of the Demonic Cloud Mountain.
Could it be hiding the treasures that the Demonic Cloud Mountain Great Bandits accumulated over the years?
If that was the case, then Xiao Chen would have struck it rich.
However, this formation was somewhat difficult to deal with. Xiao Chen could not break it quickly.
There were great masters skilled in all sorts of things among the Eighteen Great Bandits. This should be the work of a great formation master. Ordinary people would not be able to break it.
Never mind. I'll put it away first.
Xiao Chen carefully put it away and left this place to complete his final mission.
At this moment, he was eager to return, wanting to break through to late-stage Star Venerate.
He felt that after these few battles and comprehensions, it was time for him to break through to late-stage Star Venerate.
He wanted to complete his mission quickly and rush back to the sect to participate in the heaven-class core disciple selection.
The underground world:
This place was also known as the Abyssal Underworld. There was a total of nine layers, each boundlessly vast. Back then, before the Martial Epoch flourished, the Fiendish Demons ran amok. After the Sages of the various races killed the Fiendish Demons, the Fiendish Demons' descendants went underground.
The Fiendish Demons merged with the original races in the underground world, cultivating and recuperating. After a million years, they developed a civilization that was not inferior to that of the surface world.
The nine Underworld Monarchs were even more famous. They had led the Underground Demons to charge into the Central Great Realm's orthodox position several times.
Fortunately, these nine Underworld Monarchs had many conflicts with each other. They often fought among themselves, unable to take care of themselves.
Furthermore, the dynasties now ruled the Central Great Realm, enjoying the Central Great Realm's Luck. After accumulating for tens of thousands of years, the accumulations of the dynasties were all very horrifying.
There were also the four Buddhist temples, the three Daoist sects, and other transcendent Holy Lands. The Abyssal Underworld could not cause much of a commotion.
However, the Dragon Race had somewhat complicated feelings about the Abyssal Underworld.
Since ancient times, the only one to unify the entire Abyssal Underworld was the Dragon Race's Black Dragon King, known as the Prime Underworld Monarch.
However, this Black Dragon King nearly brought destruction to the Divine Dragon Empire. That was a part of history that no one in the Dragon Race was willing to mention.
If one wanted to enter the Abyssal Underworld, one had to find a deep abyss crack.
The underground world was not the ordinary underground world. It could be seen as the dark side of the Central Great Realm.
It was attached to the Central Great Realm and was vast and unfathomable. It was even more horrifying than the Central Great Realm.
The two did not normally interact. However, as time passed, accidents would always happen.
The deep abyss crack was the result of these accidents, allowing the two realms to travel freely.
Xiao Chen spent seven days and saw a huge crack in the ground in a desolate plain in the Divine Dragon Empire. It was like the entire world had been cut in half. The crack extended endlessly, spanning thousands of kilometers.
The ground of the crack was pitch-black; no figures could be seen. Occasionally, Xiao Chen saw some strange creatures flying in the darkness.
Blood Crows!
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. He had seen these creatures of darkness in the Kunlun Realm before. They were creatures born from all sorts of negative emotions and dark energy.
There seemed to be a huge Blood Crow nest hidden under the darkness.
The Demon Blood Vulture looked at the crack, and excitement flashed in its eyes. It smelled the demonic food that its bloodline desired.
"Jump!"
Xiao Chen commanded, and the Demon Blood Vulture shot down like an arrow. "Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! "
The Demon Blood Vulture descended by an unknown amount of meters. Blood Crows filled the air and flew out of the incredibly cold and dark crack.
"Indeed, they are Blood Crows!"
Xiao Chen's expression changed slightly. These Blood Crows were much more horrifying than the Blood Crows of the Kunlun Realm.
These Blood Crows were all incredibly huge, flickering with red light in the darkness. Their wings were like sabers, and their eyes gleamed with evil light. They were all mutated Blood Crows.
They swarmed over, covering the sky and land.
Without the strength of a Holy Venerate or the protection of a rare treasure, continuing like this would be no different from seeking death.
However, these Blood Crows were delicious food to the Demon Blood Vulture. The Demon Blood Vulture laughed maniacally.
The Demon Blood Vulture flapped its scarlet wings, and a strong wind blew, sending a large group of mutated Blood Crows into its mouth.
As Xiao Chen sat on the Demon Blood Vulture's back, he remained expressionless as he unleashed only two strands of Great Dao Energy.
The Blood Crow that slipped through the net and dared to get close were either electrocuted or pierced by saber Qi.
The Demon Blood Vulture dove continuously. The mutated Blood Crows that died fell like rain. Xiao Chen did not know how many they killed.
As for the ones that the Demon Blood Vulture ate, the number was uncountable.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, the world spun. Xiao Chen felt something strange. The Demonic Dao Veritable Essence Energy in his body strengthened significantly for some reason.
When Xiao Chen's vision widened, the Demon Blood Vulture landed on a mountain peak.
When Xiao Chen looked into the distance from the summit, he saw a boundlessly vast plain with mountains and rivers. However, compared to the ground, the environment was very strange.
"Is this the first layer of the Abyssal Underworld?"
Xiao Chen muttered to himself as he sat on the Demon Blood Vulture's back.
The ruling races of the first layer of the Abyssal Underworld were the Demons, followed by the Rakshasa Race, and then the Flood Dragon Humans. Aside from them, there were also various ghostly beasts that only existed in the Abyssal Underworld.
However, the Flood Dragon Humans were different from the Rakshasa Race. There were no specific legends about the Flood Dragon Humans in the Abyssal Underworld. Now, the Flood Dragon Humans wandered around, scattered throughout the nine layers of the Abyssal Underworld. In each layer, they were at the bottom.
The Rakshasa Race mainly existed in the first layer of the Abyssal Underworld. The first Underworld Monarch was Rakshasa Tian, the strongest expert of the Rakshasa Race.
Xiao Chen took out the corresponding mission card and activated it, indicating his arrival. Then, he waited for the response of the Dragon's Gate's faction in the first layer.
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