Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1607 - 431: Try a Taste, Sneaking Past Under Cover

The Black Mountain, originally suppressed in the center and continuously being refined, has disappeared.In one of Old Yang's dragon claws, he held a miniature version of the Black Mountain, and at the site of suppression, the Stele of Earth Deity Origin stood there, suppressing the land.

One day and one land, together suppressing, with a black scale endlessly rotating in between, no matter how it struggled, it could no longer move.

Yu Ziqing glanced at Old Yang, the Refining Array, which had already cost quite a bit, unexpectedly rose another level.

That Old Yang, he hadn't been using his full strength the whole time.

Originally thought it would take a few more days to complete the refining, but unexpectedly, he had already completed the refining of the Black Mountain and was lying in wait here.

Using the Earth Deity Origin was also to serve as an important formation eye to suppress the land.

Old Yang was merely suppressing that black scale, not starting the refining, just waiting quietly.

Yu Ziqing didn't speak, closed his eyes, and entered the Seventh Floor ring.

Old Yang drooped his eyelids and followed into the Seventh Floor ring.

"You're lying in wait all for Jiu Nian?"

"This Big Array was crafted precisely for Jiu Nian."

"..."

"Unfortunately, Jiu Nian still hasn't come." Old Yang was somewhat regretful too.

Yu Ziqing pondered for a moment.

"Originally thought Jiu Nian would ignore it entirely, directly breaking the contract.

Unexpectedly, though he didn't come personally, he still intervened.

Doesn't he know that the chance for success is very slim this way?

No, he definitely knows, so he first ambushed me and then went deep into the Array.

If this were just a Refining Array, he might indeed have the hope to break through the Array directly, destroying its key parts.

Without the Refining Array, if the Black Mountain Demon King defended the main body to death, there indeed could be a slim hope to drag this on indefinitely, right?"

Old Yang nodded.

"This Black Mountain is made of peculiar material, integrally formed, neither stone nor metal, extremely strange.

Moreover, it's extremely sturdy, with a kind of innate trait, very hard to destroy.

Without this Big Array which I personally crafted, without the True Dragon's blood to activate, without me personally handling it.

The average person indeed couldn't refine it.

If the Black Mountain Demon King were to struggle desperately, without the Array, I fear it would take decades with him."

Yu Ziqing seemed thoughtful, and said.

"That means the Black Mountain Demon King or the Black Mountain holds significant value for Jiu Nian.

And he surely knows what the Black Mountain is.

So it was worth setting an ancient contract with the Black Mountain Demon King.

But under current circumstances, it isn't worth him appearing personally to take the risk.

He's both cowardly and unwilling, which is why he made this last probe.

If he could save the Black Mountain Demon King, it would be best; if not, stalling for time would work too.

He put in so much effort; his strength surely hasn't fully recovered yet.

Otherwise, he wouldn't need to go to such lengths; he'd just come directly to snatch it.

The black scale must not be too abundant; it must be a rather precious thing.

But if it were only this much, I just feel a bit odd about it..."

"I will not immediately refine that scale; if refined, he will definitely know, and this Big Array cannot shield that kind of sensing."

"Yeah, procrastinate a bit; if it's refined directly, he will approximately deduce quite a lot.

Moreover, this item, keeping its link with Jiu Nian, might prove useful.

I can't quite grasp if this guy is cowardly or just naive; he couldn't really be a fool from being hit by the Mountain Lord, could he?"

Yu Ziqing left the Seventh Floor ring, opened his eyes, and facing that scale, Yu Ziqing said nothing, turning away from the Array.

Old Yang continued without a word, persistently suppressing that scale, sealing off all information here.

The only chance for information to be sent from this scale would be at the moment of complete refinement.

Yu Ziqing flew into the sky, looking towards the distant place where a large amount of demonic aura was emerging.

Whether it's the Immovable Immortal Dynasty or most of the Demon Clan, they would certainly stand on the same side in dealing with the Devils.

Those cannon fodder Devils have no advantage other than their numbers.

And that Abyssal Rift over there, it absolutely cannot support devils pouring out in massive numbers like the Abyss Rift Valley can.

Yu Ziqing can sense the devilish surge over there is getting stronger, and the demonic aura is getting thicker; with their increased numbers, there should also be some powerful devils rushing out, but the Great Devils certainly can't come through.

This side's assault, no matter how slack the response is from the Immovable Immortal Dynasty and the Demon Clan, won't lead to severe consequences.

Yu Ziqing looked back towards Cece, Wu Shuangge, Big Ghost, Wang Fugui, the village chief.

"Village chief, you should head back first, nothing's happening here, and Almsgiving Town hasn't ended yet."

"Watch yourself, call if something comes up." The village chief didn't insist, still in the recovery period, his strength is in a depleted state, and he cannot accelerate the recovery, to avoid leaving future troubles, he can only rely on a slow natural recovery, which might actually be better.

The village chief entered the Despair Abyss, a black vortex appeared, and the summoned ones retreated into the vortex, returning to where they came from.

On leaving, Yu Ziqing instructed Wang Fugui to immediately inform him if there was any progress in the research on the South Sea Island.

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In the deep mountain forest, a dense swarm of devils poured out like hornets from a disturbed nest.

The Abyssal Rift, through blood sacrifice, continued to expand, every devil's death within it would enlarge it further.

The larger the Abyssal Rift, the stronger the devils that can pour out from it.

Amidst this devilish outpouring, Jiu Nian hid within the thick demonic aura, stealthily infiltrating the Abyss.

The ancient contract didn't backfire, so the Black Mountain Demon King wasn't dead.

The scale he had condensed lost its sensing but wasn't destroyed, so this might still prolong things a bit.

He crept back into the Abyss, watching the large influx of devils from all sides, grinning slightly.

"Charge, charge all you want, let's see to what extent you're willing to charge."

While the devils surged forward en masse, Jiu Nian quietly made his way towards the other side of the Abyss Rift Valley.

What a great opportunity this was, continuously creating chaos, the best would be for him to blend among the devils and emerge undetected from the Abyss Rift Valley.

If he can emerge blending among the devils, and manage to hide within the Four Divine Dynasties, he could do much.

He didn't care about anything on the Immovable Continent, whether it was the Demon Clan, the Devils, or even the Devils themselves, to him they were all the same.

His targets were never the Immovable Continent, from beginning to end; this place was merely a temporary substitute to accumulate power.