I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

Chapter 268 - 247 Nine Continents Fall_2

"hehehe..."

shen cheng cried out in agony, his eyes filled with extreme hatred, fixating on the rat demon as if he wished to bite it to death.

at death’s door, shen cheng faintly heard a voice filled with pleasant surprise.

"amitayus celestial honor! at last, this taoist has seen a living person, and also a rather unorthodox demon race!"

the speaker was none other than zhou yi, whose escaping light had passed by the ruins of yu city. his divine sense swept across and detected the aura of humans and demons, prompting him to descend immediately to investigate.

the rat demon’s expression turned grave; it could not sense the strength of the taoist and demanded loudly.

"where did this scoundrel come from?"

"this poor taoist is a qi-refinement practitioner from kunlun mountain, xuan yi!"

zhou yi waved his hand, and a divine light fell upon shen cheng, refining his qi-blood once more and obliterating all the parasitic eggs.

"kunlun?"

the rat demon cried out in shock, its ears erect like a rabbit’s, and it flapped its wings to flee outside.

the fierce beasts standing by its sides, fearless, followed the rat demon’s command and attacked zhou yi, spewing poison and breathing fire, each as powerful as the foundation establishment stage.

"heard the name of kunlun and still wish to flee?"

zhou yi snorted coldly, and the light dividing sword flew out from his sleeve, transforming into dozens of sword lights that swept across.

in an instant, the fierce beasts, previously howling fiercely, fell silent, their heads tumbling to the ground, still bearing the expressions they had in life.

"mercy, immortal master!"

seeing the sword lights approaching, the rat demon panicked and fell from the sky, hugging its head and begging for mercy.

zhou yi captured it within his hand and directly applied the soul search technique, forcibly extracting its memories.

a moment later.

the rat demon’s eyes were dull, its mind muddled, and its demon soul damaged—it had become an idiot.

"fierce beasts actually came from the human laboratories!"

zhou yi stood in shock for a long while, learning from the rat demon’s memories that the six-eared demon king had escaped the laboratory and spread the formula of elixir number zero all around.

lacking the experimental environment of humans, the crudely made elixir number zero by the six-eared demon king had an even lower success rate in merging.

after wild beasts ingested it, fewer than one in ten survived, and the occurrence of intelligence was one in ten thousand.

however, beasts differ from humans in their vast numbers and lack of intelligence; for example, a pair of rats can multiply into thousands within a year, and there are even more terrifying numbers of insects.

the majority of fierce beasts spurred on by elixir number zero lacked intelligence and knew only to destroy and kill, being the one in ten thousand intelligent demon servants.

in the subsequent hundreds of years, demons, with their endless numbers and fearless fierce beasts, attacked cities and conquered lands.

"all of nine continents have fallen. now, the only human settlements left are the cities close to xianjing, spanning over four thousand li, and even that territory is continuously shrinking..."

zhou yi sighed helplessly. one could say that humanity had destroyed itself.

"you shouldn’t have come."

shen cheng sighed, "only xianjing remains in the nine continents, gathering all of humanity led by the great zhou’s inner cabinet to form the alliance of the nine continents’ humanity in hopes of preserving our lineage."

zhou yi already knew this information; the rat demon had never been to the human territories but had captured many humans for interrogation.

zhou yi asked, "do you know about the martial arts university?"

"of course, the martial arts university is humanity’s last hope!"

shen cheng explained, "the founder, principal xiao, is the strongest human. it’s said he has the power to take the no. 3 elixir, but the success rate is too low, so the alliance doesn’t dare to risk it."

zhou yi nodded slightly. advancing through elixirs is faster than the path of immortality, but with a much higher mortality rate.

"i will head to xianjing now, and i can take you to a human city on the way."

"if you have matters to attend to, you can go on ahead."

shen cheng glanced at the beast corpses and said, "the fierce beast blood is a vital ingredient for elixirs. i wish to collect some to take back, if you would allow it."

"of course."

zhou yi performed a hand seal and used a demonic secret technique. in the blink of an eye, all the corpses turned into dry bones.

the blood in the air coalesced into several large orbs that shrank under the pressure of mana, finally turning into a string of blood-red beads that fell into shen cheng’s hands.

shen cheng was astounded. such a secret technique was almost comparable to an immortal technique, and he bowed deeply.

"thank you, daoist master."

zhou yi waved his hand and stored the rat demon in a storage bag, its bloodline of an ancient flying rat beast potentially useful for research.

clouds formed under his feet, lifting the two and continuing eastward.

"where is your home?"

"liang city."

shen cheng flew high in the sky, the stars seemingly within reach, and found the experience both mysterious and novel.

zhou yi asked, "is liang city about to fall?"

"yes."

shen cheng’s expression was resolute, "now that i’ve become a martial artist, i no longer need to evacuate ahead of time. if liang city falls, i’d rather die killing a few more fierce beasts!"

"don’t worry, it won’t come to that."

zhou yi knew from the rat demon that the five demons attacking liang city were not too powerful and could be easily wiped out.

"how many people are practicing the ancient methods nowadays?"

"very few."

shen cheng said helplessly, "compared to elixirs, the ancient methods progress too slowly. only a very few with exceptional talent practice the ancient cultivation methods."

"i’ve heard that these geniuses protect the alliance in secret, only responsible for cultivating."

"in the event that humanity is completely extinguished, they will travel to the four seas to preserve humanity’s last spark."