The Flaming Prison Dynasty's imperial capital's joust for a spouse had just begun, but no one knew how many people were actually here to welcome Crown Princess Yanfei. At least, Yi Tian didn't intend to do so. He just found a lot of things fishy. He didn't expect the Flaming Prison Demon Emperor to double the number of people allowed into the Abyss of the Demon Realm just to cover for himself and Du Tong.
That way, the people participating in the joust for a spouse would have more room to perform.
Speaking of which, the higher-ups of the Demon Realm had secretly reached an agreement. Everyone wanted their juniors to go to the Abyss of the Demon Realm to reap the benefits.
Moreover, rules were dead, and people were alive. Weren't the rules set by predecessors meant to be broken by later generations?
In the Demon Realm, apart from the Sky Demons, the other six races and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance had been eyeing the resources in the Abyss of the Demon Realm for a long time. Therefore, the Flaming Prison Demon Emperor's proposal was passed without a hitch. Even Dugu Yaoxiang of the Sky Demons couldn't go against everyone's will even if he wanted to.
If the Great Sky Demon Dugu Jimo came out to suppress them, it would only do more harm than good to the Sky Demons. The Sky Demons had always been suppressing or roping in the other six races. However, if they really fell out with them, Dugu Jimo might not be able to do it even with his boldness. Moreover, the Demon Realm was so vast that the Sky Demons might not even be able to control one-tenth of its territory even if they used all their strength.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, they could only abstain from the proposal even though they were against it.
In fact, what everyone didn't know was that the Flaming Prison Demon Emperor's original proposal was to double the number of people allowed to enter the Abyss of the Demon Realm at around fifty.
To him, the more people there were, the more advantageous it would be for Du Tong and Yi Tian's operation. Unfortunately, although the Sky Demons were willing to compromise, they had a bottom line. Doubling the number of people was already the limit of the Great Sky Demon Dugu Jimo's patience.
But even the number of thirty people was far beyond Flaming Prison Demon Emperor's expectation. Anyway, it was like a negotiation. If you respect me, I'll respect you ten times over. The purpose of restraining each other was to get this done.
The Flaming Prison Devil Emperor must have made some concessions on the issue of the marriage contest, so they reached a temporary compromise. However, he knew that as long as Du Tong and Yi Tian were among the crowd, the Sky Devil Clan would have no hope of succeeding.
After Flaming Prison Royal Uncle Yan Lei's lecture, each cultivator was given a white jade bottle. This thing was specially made to collect the Infernal Fire Velvet Essence. The entire collection time was set to be within three days. Anyone who came out within this period of time could be counted as a result.
If they were too late, the entrance to the passageway would be sealed from the outside. Only Body Integration Stage cultivators or those who were proficient in spatial techniques would be able to break through the spatial passageway and escape.
Later on, all the participants would have to hand in their jade bottles after they came out, and they would have to count the quantity and quality of the Infernal Fire Velvet Essence in front of the judges. As for the top 30 participants, they would automatically obtain the quota to enter the Abyss of the Demon Realm, and the top 4 participants would be regarded as the winners of this competition and enter the next round of the one-on-one competition.
As for the winner of these four, they would become the prince consort of the Flaming Prison Devil Clan.
After hearing this, the hundred or so participants had different expressions on their faces. Those who came especially for this, such as Dugu Canglang, were naturally eager to give it a try.
As for Du Tong and the other cultivators with ulterior motives, their expressions didn't change. It was as if they didn't hear Yan Lei's last words.
At least for people like Yi Tian, who was wearing an aura concealing cloak that covered his face, his expression didn't change at all.
After putting away the bottle, he followed the group all the way through the inner court of the Flaming Prison Imperial City and arrived at the forbidden area of the imperial palace. The entrance to the Infernal Fire Sea was a red door of light. The candidates passed through it one by one and disappeared without a trace.
According to Flaming Prison Devil Emperor Yan Lei, the Infernal Fire Sea was a Sumeru Space of the Demon Realm. The space inside was vast, at least tens of thousands of kilometers in radius.
However, there was only one exit. Everyone who entered had to return the way they came.
On the way into the Infernal Fire Sea, Yi Tian noticed that Concubine Yan, who was watching from behind, seemed to be looking at him. He believed that her greatest hope was now on his side.
Speaking of which, it wouldn't be difficult to make Dugu Canglang lose his qualification to be the prince consort without alerting Dugu Jimo. However, he had to do it in such a way that Dugu Canglang wouldn't realize that he was the one who had secretly messed up the situation.
After passing through the red door, Yi Tian could be considered to have entered the Infernal Inferno Sea of Flames. After exiting the light door, he found himself in a valley. He used his Divine Will to investigate and found that the surroundings were as Yan Lei had described. There was lava everywhere on the ground. It was as if he was standing on top of a lava pool at the mouth of a volcano.
He glanced around and found that the people who came in before him had already left in twos and threes. In particular, Dugu Canglang was the first to enter. At this time, he had already flown thousands of kilometers away.
As for Duyan, who was behind him, he seemed to be the last to enter. After thinking about it, Yi Tian didn't waste time. He jumped into the sky with a flash of light. He then chose a direction and flew straight there. During this time, he didn't fly very fast. He maintained his speed at the early stage of the Spirit Severing stage.
After flying a thousand li away, Yi Tian frowned slightly. Through his Divine Sense, he discovered that there were three Spiritual Pressure fluctuations that seemed to be following behind him. Two of them were circling around him at the mid stage of the Spirit Severing stage. They seemed to be preparing to surround him.
Yi Tian didn't expect that there would be such a small group targeting him in this Joust for a Spouse Competition. After thinking about it, a faint smile appeared on his face. He originally wanted to slowly wander around like this, but he didn't expect to have some fun right off the bat.
After thinking about it, Yi Tian just pretended as if nothing had happened and continued to fly forward. In fact, his Divine Will had locked on to the three of them. In addition, Yi Tian also spread out his Divine Will. After exploring the surrounding 10,000 kilometers, he found that Duyan seemed to have entered the Infernal Hell Sea of Flames. However, he was going in the opposite direction. This was the principle they had agreed on before. Before entering the Abyss of the Demon Realm, the two of them would try to avoid contact as much as possible.
As for Dugu Canglang, he had already flown 3,000 kilometers away. He began to collect the Infernal Hell Fire Velvet Essence with the two bodyguards behind him.
After flying for a short distance, three streaks of spiritual light flew towards him from three different directions at high speed. It was obvious that the three of them were going to surround and hunt him.
Yi Tian didn't waste time. After stabilizing his body in the air, he directly waited for them to come. Perhaps this kind of response was unexpected to the three of them. The three of them didn't swarm him. Instead, they flew about 1,000 meters away before stabilizing their bodies. The leader asked, "Take off your cloak and let us see your true face."
"Oh, the three of you are quite interesting. To boast so shamelessly, could it be that you think you have me under control?" Yi Tian said fearlessly.
"Just do as you are told. Don't think that we don't know how to count. If it wasn't for someone asking us to follow you in here to investigate your background, we wouldn't have come looking for you as soon as we came in," the leader shouted again.
'Someone wants to investigate my background.' Yi Tian was shocked. It hadn't been long since he came to the Demon Realm, and he didn't think that he had offended anyone. Moreover, he had been very cautious along the way. In order to avoid being discovered by Great Skyfiend Dugu Jimo, he hadn't shown any signs of making a move.
If he was being watched, then only the matter of showing his face in the Rogue Cultivator Alliance would arouse suspicion. However, he remembered that he didn't do anything out of line at that time. After thinking about it, Yi Tian said faintly, "I don't know how I offended the people of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. They actually made the three of you catch a cold and enter the 'Flaming Prison Sea of Flames' to track my movements."
"We are not from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance," the cultivator standing on the other side said, "However, some kind of aura on your body indicates that you may be one of our kind. That's why we surrounded you."
Hearing this, Yi Tian's expression became even more gloomy. It seemed that there were many differences from what he expected. Thinking about it, who in the entire Demon Realm would pay attention to his movements? Moreover, with his strength, it was almost impossible for others to detect his movements.
However, listening to them saying that he was being watched after some kind of aura on his body was detected, he didn't know what kind of aura it was. When Yi Tian caught the word 'kindred' in their words, a look of deep confusion appeared on his face.
He quietly spread out his Divine Sense and scanned the three of them, but he didn't find anything similar to him. Yi Tian's gaze swept across the three of them one by one. He was puzzled as to why the three of them had their eyes on him. However, it wasn't convenient for him to make a move here. Killing them was a small matter, but Yi Tian still wanted to find out the reason for this matter.
After thinking about it, the spirit light around him suddenly surged. Then he used an escape technique to break through the encirclement of the three of them and left.
When the three people saw this, they didn't expect the situation to change like this. Then, they hurriedly used their escape techniques to catch up. The divine ability in his hand immediately attacked Yi Tian's body.
A red halo flashed and protected Yi Tian's body. When the three spells hit the red halo, they didn't hinder Yi Tian's speed at all.
After ten breaths of time, Yi Tian pulled away from the three of them. A moment later, he pulled this distance to the edge of the Severed Soul Stage's Divine Sense. Following which, he sped up once more and escaped from the range of their Divine Senses.
Only after Yi Tian was certain that he had shaken off the pursuit of the three did he retract his aura and use his escape technique to slowly come to a stop at a spacious mountain. Then his Divine Sense moved slightly and he formed a seal to use a secret technique. When he was surrounded by the three of them, he used a secret technique to leave a dao mark on each of them.
Now that he had used a tracking technique to investigate, he discovered that they were currently in an area four thousand kilometers away from him. However, the three of them didn't seem to be sure of his movements, so they didn't lock onto his position.
At the same time, Yi Tian secretly thought that the three of them seemed to have locked onto him from the moment they came in. They didn't have any tracking marks on him or anything else.
However, the three of them were obviously not the masterminds behind the scenes, so it wouldn't help even if he killed them on the spot. However, if the three of them continued to pester him, then they couldn't blame him for being ruthless.
After calming down, Yi Tian once again used his escape technique to quickly fly away. In his hand, he had the map given by the Infernal Prison Demon Emperor. If he used this map to collect the Infernal Prison Fire Velvet Essence, it would save him a lot of effort. Thinking about these so-called fair competitions, there was no fairness to speak of. They were all just a competition between some forces.
This time, he encountered such a strange thing when he entered the Infernal Prison Fire Sea. Yi Tian gradually became suspicious. With his strength, it was almost impossible for others to track him. However, according to the three of them, they did find something similar on him. As for what this similarity was, he didn't know.
Yi Tian lowered his head and pondered for a long time. He used his Divine Sense to search his body but didn't find anything strange. Thinking about it, he could only give up for now. He then used his Divine Sense again and found that the three of them seemed to have separated.
After thinking about it, Yi Tian thought of a plan. Spirit light flashed around his body and he disappeared. Restraining his aura, Yi Tian chased after the leader of the group at high speed.
After a short while, he caught up to the area where the leader was. He didn't expect the three of them to separate and collect the Infernal Prison Fire Velvet Essence. However, at this time, Yi Tian quietly landed not far behind the leader. He then stretched out his right hand and drew a circle in the air. In an instant, a green halo appeared and shone down on that person's body.
When the cyan light circle wrapped around the leader's head, the leader's body went soft and was wrapped in it. When Yi Tian saw that his attack had succeeded, he leaped forward and put away his magic technique. Then he disappeared with the leader.
In the Joust for a Spouse Competition, it wasn't a big deal if a few cultivators died here. Furthermore, Yi Tian was doing it himself, so he was very secretive and didn't need to worry about being discovered.
After flying for several thousand miles with that person, Yi Tian found a place with no one around. After landing, Yi Tian set up a restriction barrier in the surroundings. Then he directly searched the leader's soul. He naturally didn't have the slightest bit of pity for such a cultivator.
However, after ten breaths of time, Yi Tian's expression became very interesting. From the information he obtained from the leader's mind, they were only following orders. As for the person behind them, it was a late Body Integration cultivator. The three of them were pitiful and were just abandoned pawns. However, he wasn't able to find out the identity of the person behind the scenes through the soul-searching technique. It was quite regrettable.
However, it was no joke to be targeted by a late Body Integration cultivator. He expected there to be another late Body Integration cultivator in the Devil Realm aside from the one-eyed demon. How could such a thing not be surprising?
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