Demon's Diary

Chapter 1380: Shortcut

Chapter 1380: Shortcut

“Miss Zhao, you should have heard what Liu Zongyang and his people said just now, right?” Liu Ming asked Zhao Qianying.

“They just discussed the route. The jade slip in Liu Zongyang’s hand is a map that he got from nowhere, but it seems that there are a few places that are blurred, which made them go in the wrong direction.” Zhao Qianying nodded.

“I see.”

Hearing this, Liu Ming didn’t say much, but he secretly hoped that the Liu Family would be better trapped here. After all, although the Liu Family’s Celestial State demons were not to be feared, he always felt that Liu Zongyang was not simple. He was not sure that he could win against them.

After the Liu Family’s people left, Mo Tian continued to take Liu Ming and the others forward.

There were no twists and turns along the way. When encountering some normal demonic beasts, they could easily wipe them out.

After another half an hour, they finally came to a huge palace deep in the forest.

The palace in front covered an area of ??tens of acres. Its height was similar to the surrounding giant black trees. The gate of the palace looked very grand. They seemed very tiny standing in front of the gate.

“Let’s go.”

Mo Tian looked around a few times, then he said plainly and walked into the palace first.

The main hall was a huge space. I’m afraid that it would not be crowded even if it accommodated thousands of people. However, there was nothing in the main hall at the moment except a row of green stone pillars in the middle that supported the dome.

Many reliefs were engraved on the green stone pillars, all of which were tigers, lions, and other ferocious animals.

The reliefs’ craftsmanship was superb. Although the reliefs were inanimate objects, it looked lifelike like living creatures. They exuded an indescribable mighty and ferocious aura.

The ground and surrounding walls were paved with green stone bricks. The surface was so smooth that it could clearly reflect one’s look.

Liu Ming looked around a few times. Although the hall was empty, there were several side doors beside it, seemingly leading to somewhere.

After Mo Tian entered the hall, he walked straight toward the depths of the hall without stopping.

Liu Ming frowned and was about to say that he wanted to check those side doors, but Mo Tian said before he asked,

“There’s no need to check the side doors. This kind of palace was originally a place where ancient demons stored their weapons. Those side doors were all armories, but the equipment inside had long been emptied. Even if they still exist, they are no longer usable.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming and the others had a look of regret on their faces.

They quickly came to the depths of the hall. There was a door here. Behind the door was a somewhat low tunnel. The tunnel was not long, only a few hundred meters long, and at the end was a stone door.

On both sides of the tunnel, there was a sunken groove every few meters. There were puppets of different colors standing in it. Some were human-shaped and some were beast-shaped, but most of them had been smashed into pieces.

“These are the battle puppets of the ancient demon, but they have already been destroyed.” Mo Tian looked at these puppet fragments with a hint of reminiscent.

Liu Ming picked up a fragment, but it was an unknown silver metal. It was cold to the touch and extremely heavy.

He secretly exerted force, almost using all his strength, but he couldn’t even leave a mark on the metal at all.

Liu Ming looked at the silver material with a hint of surprise.

“These are forged by ancient demons using a variety of materials in a certain proportion. Although they are extremely hard, they are also surprisingly heavy. They are of no use to you.” Mo Tian glanced at Liu Ming and said lightly.

Liu Ming shrugged and casually threw the silver metal aside.

They quickly passed through the tunnel and came to the stone door.

“Behind the door is the entrance to the teleportation tunnel of the fifth floor. Let’s go.” Mo Tian said calmly and hit the stone door with his palm. The stone door slowly began to move with rumbling sounds.

“Senior Mo Tian, shouldn’t there be demon corpse guards? Shall we discuss a plan…” Liu Ming said hastily.

Before he finished, the door was opened, revealing a somewhat dim hall. A teleportation light door was located in the hall. Next to the light door, 2 black demon corpses stood on both sides quietly.

Liu Ming stopped talking abruptly.

The two demon corpses standing next to the teleportation portal were almost the same size as Liu Ming and the others, but they were wearing black armor and a helmet and holding black blades in their hands.

If it wasn’t for the bursts of strong corpse aura emanating from the 2 demon corpses, and Shadowroot tentacles attached to their backs, Liu Ming would have thought they were two living ancient demon warriors.

Their aura was terrifying. Any of them was absolutely stronger than the emerald green demon corpse encountered on the third floor.

When the demon corpses saw Liu Ming and the others, they immediately groaned and rushed over with monstrous demonic qi. Their movements were faster than any demon corpse they had encountered.

“Miss Zhao!” Liu Ming shouted and took a quick look at Zhao Qianying, then he moved toward 1 of the demon corpses.

Ouyang Ming also rushed to the other one.

Zhao Qianying naturally understood Liu Ming’s meaning. She radiated purple light, and 12 demon restraint rings emerged in her hands.

“Demon restraint ring!” Mo Tian glanced at the demon restraint rings in Zhao Qianying’s hand in surprise.

But he turned around quickly to face the incoming demon corpse. He sneered, formed gestures, and chanted.

An obscure chant came from its mouth!

The next moment, the black demonic lines on the half-demon body suddenly lit up. The Celestial Tablet suspended above him instantly released a surge of gray light and formed a gray domain, enveloping the 2 demon corpses before Liu Ming and Ouyang Ming.

Seeing this, Liu Ming and Ouyang Ming stopped and looked at Mo Tian in surprise.

Mo Tian’s strength unexpectedly recovered so much after refining half of his demon body. He could already cast a domain of such a level with the Celestial Tablet.

The 2 black demon corpses were slowed down in the gray domain, and they seemed to be struggling.

A moment later, their eyes were shrouded in mist, and their stiff bodies fell to the ground with a loud noise. They were trapped in some kind of illusion.

Mo Tian sneered and launched a symbol to deactivate the gray domain, then the Celestial Tablet shot 2 white light circles and covered the 2 demon corpses on the ground.

The 2 demon corpses did not move as if they had fallen into a deep sleep.

Zhao Qianying’s beautiful eyes flickered. She slowly put away the demon restraint rings hanging around his body and gave Mo Tian a complicated look.

“I really did not expect Senior Mo Tian’s strength to recover so much.” Liu Ming’s body slowly landed on the ground, and he said in a flat tone.

“Hehe, the more my strength recovers, the more I can help you.” Mo Tian glanced at Liu Ming with a gleam in his eyes and smiled casually.

“Mr. Ouyang, please.” Liu Ming ignored Mo Tian and looked at Ouyang Ming.

Ouyang Ming glanced at Liu Ming and Mo Tian, ??nodded, and appeared in front of the teleportation light door in a blink of an eye. He took out the Demon Abyss Key and shot a black light into the light door…

After a while, the 4 of them flew into the tunnel.

Liu Ming’s vision blurred for a while, then he found himself in a green stone square. The square was surrounded by a vast area, and mountains could be seen faintly in the distance.

The fifth floor of the Demon Abyss Tower looked somewhat similar to the third floor. Some palaces were built around the green stone square, but in the center of the square stood a green platform more than 30 meters high.

A white light gate hovered above the high platform with runes beating faintly on the surface.

The 4 looked around a few times and quickly caught attention to the high platform and light door not far away.

“Could this be the teleportation portal leading to the next floor?” Ouyang Ming said in a bit of astonishment.

Liu Ming turned his gaze to Mo Tian.

Mo Tian glanced lightly at the light door above the high platform and nodded, “Yes.”

“Okay, I didn’t expect the teleportation portal on the fifth floor to be so obvious. This saves us a lot of time. Let’s go to the sixth floor now.” Ouyang Ming said with a slightly excited tone.

Liu Ming and Zhao Qianying also showed a hint of joy on their faces.

“Wait, we won’t go through this portal.” Mo Tian said suddenly.

Liu Ming and the other three were startled by the words. They stopped and looked at Mo Tian simultaneously.

“Senior Mo Tian, ??is there any trap in this portal?” Ouyang Ming hesitated for a moment, then he cupped his fist and asked.

“Senior, you just said we won’t take this tunnel. Do you mean there are other teleportation portals on the fifth floor?” Liu Ming asked with a flash of his eyes.

“Yes, the teleportation tunnel on the fifth floor of the Demon Abyss Tower is right in front of you, so most people who come here will directly enter here. However, when I got here back then, due to some personal reasons, I stayed here for a while and found another portal.” There was a hint of mystery in Mo Tian’s tone.

Hearing this, the 3 glanced at each other and looked at Mo Tian again.

As a result, Mo Tian said another sentence that shocked everyone to their cores,

“That portal is directly connected to the ninth floor of the Demon Abyss Tower.”

“What!” Liu Ming blurted out in shock.

“It’s true. Why would I still lie about such things?” Mo Tian glanced at Liu Ming and said coldly.

Liu Ming wasn’t angry. His eyes flickered slightly.

Indeed, Mo Tian instructed Liu Ming to notice him when they got to the fifth floor. It turned out to be for this reason. If he was right, this was indeed a shortcut.

TL: Mo Tian seems more like an ancient demon than a visitor to the Demon Abyss Tower… Ouyang Ming would never agree to take the shortcut right? Unless Mo Tian is sure the Heaven Earth Thunder Ring is on the ninth floor…