I Secretly Develop Myself In The Demon World

Chapter 766: Chapter 401: Terrifying Corpse_2

For a brief moment, Su Nan abandoned the plan to cross the Demon Sea.

“Am I supposed to just give up like this?” he thought, unwilling to let it go.

Not yet ready to concede, he continued to inquire, “Is there any sort of teleportation array or shortcut I could use?”

“Teleportation array?”

The Great Princess said, “When the heavens and earth shattered in the Ancient Times, it’s said that there were teleportation arrays in various states, which allowed travel between them. But because the distance between the two connecting arrays had become vast, the amount of energy required to use them was terrifyingly immense.”

“Moreover, with the depletion of the heavenly and earthly vitality, neither the human race nor our demon clan could afford such consumption, and those teleportation arrays were gradually abandoned.”

“Without people to maintain them, those teleportation arrays slowly broke down due to various reasons and became unusable. To this day, I have not heard of any intact teleportation arrays in Dongchen State that can transport to other states, let alone to Tianjue Province.”

“Gone?” Su Nan felt a wave of disappointment. This forced him to abandon his plans to confront the Destiny Society.

He sighed inwardly, and just then, the Great Princess seemed to remember something, “Wait, there might still be one intact teleportation array. I’ve heard that the Tiangong Pavilion discovered an intact teleportation array a hundred years ago.”

“But it seems that it has never been used, and I don’t know why.”

Tiangong Pavilion!

Su Nan’s eyes brightened, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as there was a teleportation array, everything else would be manageable.

He directly looked to foresee, planning to visit Tiangong Pavilion in his foreknowledge.

Since it was a foreknowledge, he didn’t plan to use an avatar to go; he chose to send his true body directly. If his true body died, the foreknowledge would end immediately, stopping the loss in time and avoiding wasting foreknowledge times.

“I wonder how long I can foresee this time.”

He still had over forty instances of foreknowledge left, and if nothing unexpected happened, it should be enough to foresee two days’ time.

But this time he was headed to another province, and no one could predict what might happen or what he might encounter on the way.

The foreknowledge began.

Indeed, as he expected, the forty-plus foreknowledge opportunities were not all spent—they were depleted by only a handful.

[You know that there is a group of descendants from the Heavenly Race planning to use some method in Tianjue Province to impact your luck, causing misfortune to befall you.]

[Unwilling to passively endure, you decide to go to Tianjue Province, and an hour later, you leave Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.]

[Six hours later, you arrive again at the Imperial City of the Great Yu Dynasty, and you find that the Demonic Qi shrouding the Great Yu Imperial City has not decreased but increased several times over what it was before.]

[You arrive at Tiangong Pavilion and purchase information related to Tianjue Province, paying the price of ten drops of a King-level Demonic Beast’s essence and blood. You obtain the information you sought.]

[It turns out that during the Ancient Times, Tianjue Province was the center of heaven and earth, the core territory of the human race, and it gave birth to countless powerful individuals. Compared to other regions, the heavenly and earthly vitality there was several times stronger.]

[Regrettably, after the Ancient Times, as the heavens and earth shattered, Tianjue Province was hit first, and its heavenly and earthly vitality ceased.]

[However, as the heavenly and earthly vitality begins to recover now, Tianjue Province has gradually regained a portion of its former foundation. Compared to other states, the concentration of heavenly and earthly vitality is relatively more abundant.]

[Moreover, you learn that the Tiangong Pavilion did indeed discover a teleportation array to Tianjue Province a hundred years ago. However, that teleportation array is located on an island in the Demon Sea.]

[That place is situated in the eye of a storm in the Demon Sea, with an extremely harsh environment, and powerful ancient demons reside there all year round.]

[There is a relic on that island, and a hundred meters beneath a stone tablet in a plaza within the relic is where the teleportation array is located.]

[Unfortunately, it is unknown exactly where the corresponding location is in Tianjue Province; only the approximate area is known.]

“An unknown location? If it has been used, how can its location be unknown? Could it be that the Tiangong Pavilion has never actually utilized that teleportation array?”

Su Nan frowned. If that was the case, even if he found the teleportation array, it was very likely to be in vain.

But there was no other way; he had to try in order to know.

[After obtaining the location of the teleportation array, you decide to explore it. Twelve hours later, you arrive at a town in Dayan County. This town is merely a few dozen miles away from the Demon Sea.]

[Before long, you arrived at the coast of the Demon Sea, which was indistinguishable from a regular ocean, with rare appearances of wild demons near the shore.]

[You encountered several Outsiders preparing to enter the sea to slay demons, and you followed them out to sea.]

[During this process, you learned that the Demon Sea, since the Heavenly and Earthly vitality had further recovered since yesterday, was not at peace, and something seemed to have occurred, dramatically increasing the number of demons near the shore.]

“Something happened in the sea? Could it be…”

Upon seeing this, Su Nan suddenly had a thought.

Could it be related to the impending consolidation of the Twelve States?

It wasn’t an impossibility.

As the saying goes, ducks are the first to know when the spring river thaws, so these demons living in the sea would naturally be the first to detect any changes.

Of course, it could also be that he was overthinking it.

[Unfortunately, not long after your ship set sail, it was targeted by sea demons. Your ship was attacked, and the several Outsiders were killed by a horde of demons.]

[You used Thousand Changes and Ten Thousand Transmutations to transform into a bird of the demon kind that roamed the skies of the Demon Sea, remaining unnoticed by the demons.]

[Seven hours later, you found the island with the Teleportation Array, just as you knew, the eye of the storm in this maritime region, where storms raged all year round.]

[The wind here was no ordinary wind but a Demonic Qi that could obliterate the Divine Soul, causing one’s mind to become clouded. You did not dare to be careless, and using the Heavenly Demon Bone Umbrella, you merged into the void, walking through it.]

“A wind that can cloud the mind?”

“No wonder the demons of the Demon Sea are devoid of any reason; it seems to be because of this kind of wind.”

Horror crossed Su Nan’s mind; he was not unfamiliar with such Demonic Qi. His Call the Wind Divine ability could also summon such Qi, but unlike his technique, the naturally occurring Demonic Qi could erode not just flesh and blood.

Thankfully, the Heavenly Demon Bone Umbrella allowed him to merge into the void and stroll through it, avoiding the effects of the Demonic Qi.

[No demons could detect you, and you found the underground Teleportation Array. However, activating the array required a great deal of essence and blood, which you did not have enough of on hand.]

[You attempted to hunt demons and refine their essence and blood using the Xuanhuang Refining Qi Furnace, and twenty hours later, after slaying a large number of demons, you finally acquired enough essence and blood.]

[The Teleportation Array activated, and you were teleported away from the waters near East Chen State, but unfortunately, your luck was poor. You were affected by an unknown factor during the teleportation, leading to a deviation from your intended destination.]

[A minute later, you saw that you had arrived inside a huge sinkhole. The entry, from such a distance, resembled a round moon hung high, with specks of light sprinkling down from the overhead entrance.]

[Beneath your feet lay massive skeletons, many of which were already weathered and decayed. A hundred meters directly in front of you stood a palace with a bronzed sheen.]

[You had a bad premonition and stayed fully alert, daring not to be careless. After ensuring there were no obvious dangers, you headed towards the palace.]

[Two minutes later, you arrived in front of the palace, only to find that the doors were not closed. The floor inside was covered with dust, unvisited for a long time.]

[Upon stepping into the Grand Hall, aside from the Stone Pillars, there was nothing of note until you reached the depth of the hall and saw a withered figure perched in the seat of honor.]

[It was a desiccated Corpse, its messy hair obscuring most of the skull, its clothes rotten away, unidentifiable as man or woman, unknowable of how long it had been dead.]

[You did not touch the Corpse rashly but continued your search in the hall, and three minutes later, after a thorough inspection, you found nothing.]

[Approaching the Corpse again, hoping to gather information, you suddenly saw its eyes, previously closed, now open, staring directly at you with a blood-red gaze.]

[You died.]

“Well, what high-level map was I teleported to this time!”

Staring at foreknowledge, Su Nan was somewhat stunned. He had not anticipated such an ending.

To be killed with just a glance, that was definitely not something Emperor-level could achieve, only a Saint-level being could possibly do so!

Su Nan did not know how many Saint-level beings were in this world, but he was certain, each was an ancient relic, a living fossil.

At present, he had clearly been teleported into the lair of some ancient monster.