"Find him! Find that bastard Sun Wukong and I'll flay him alive!"
Before a colossal tomb built of white jade, Feng Ruhua's red robes fluttered against the wind, her phoenix eyes brimming with murderous intent.
No demon dared approach within a hundred zhang of her. A scorching crimson flame raged fiercely within ten zhang of her.
"Big Sister, rest assured, I have already ordered all exchanged races. If they see Sun Wukong, they will notify us even if they can't capture him.
And I've told them not to kill Sun Wukong."
Ao Deju watched Feng Ruhua in the flames from a distance, speaking cautiously and unconsciously swallowing his saliva.
"Hmph, kill him directly and bring me his corpse."
Although Feng Ruhua said to kill him directly, her anger subsided. The True Phoenix Fire around her also rapidly diminished.
"Forget about that bastard Sun Wukong for now. The seal of the Bone True Demon has been reinforced. Next, we'll go check the seal of the Soul True Demon Way."
"Yes, yes~ We'll do as Big Sister says."
The demons of the Dragon and Phoenix clans exchanged glances and shook their heads.
They could all tell that Feng Ruhua's anger was fake, just putting on a show.
Conversely, Feng Ruhua's expression was quite pleased, as if she was very satisfied with Sun Wukong as the object to lay eggs with.
A group of Dragons and Phoenixes had already gathered, numbering over 200.
This was very rare for the Dragon and Phoenix tribes, who had always been sparsely populated.
From this, one could see the importance the demon race placed on reinforcing the True Demon seal.
A group of Dragons and Phoenixes, with their imposing aura, swept across the sky. All lingering spirits wisely kept their distance.
Even the eighth-rank ferocious ghosts with high intelligence dared not approach.
Other demons also saw them and, taking the opportunity, followed behind them to pick up scraps.
Besides various spiritual plants and a small number of demonized demonic beasts, the Sealed Demon Secret Realm was most filled with three types of demonic creatures: lingering spirits, bone demons, and demonic corpses.
As long as there was demonic energy within the Sealed Demon Secret Realm, these demonic creatures would not disappear.
As for Feng Ruhua's statement upon entering the Sealed Demon Secret Realm, "Not many demonic creatures," she meant there weren't many that could threaten her.
However, there were still quite a few of these three types of demonic creatures, ranks 1 to 6, within the entire Sealed Demon Secret Realm.
Many low-ranking demons entered this Sealed Demon Secret Realm to hunt these low-ranking demonic creatures.
The soul crystals dropped by lingering spirits were excellent elixirs for cultivating divine soul techniques. The profound bone beads dropped by bone demons were refining materials, and the corpse beads dropped by corpse demons were also excellent alchemy materials.
Each had its own unique use.
Therefore, although many people died each time the Sealed Demon Secret Realm opened, many low-ranking demons still entered to seek treasure and adventure.
And besides these three types of demonic creatures, there was another type of demonic creature that was overlooked by demons.
Demonic Plants!
Spiritual plants demonized by demonic energy.
Yang Hong was currently hiding underground to heal his injuries, which were inflicted by a sneak attack from a demonic plant.
"Pfft~"
After half a day of recuperation, Yang Hong spat out a mouthful of dark green poisonous blood, and his sickly green face finally recovered slightly.
"I was too careless. A ninth-grade spiritual plant, the Clear Heart Tea Tree, was actually demonized into a highly poisonous demonic plant."
Yang Hong sighed weakly and then took a ninth-grade spiritual plant, [Yun Ling Jie Shan], from his scale space.
It was a small arbor with detoxification effects.
The Yun Ling Jie Shan in his hand was only two feet tall, resembling a decorative fir tree, but it was already a high-grade ninth-rank.
It was also the spiritual plant among Yang Hong's 15 ninth-grade spiritual plants that had the highest potential to evolve into a celestial flower.
Using the Kui Shui Fen Guang Sword in his hand, Yang Hong dug a hole, planted the Yun Ling Jie Shan, and then began to pour cultivation into it.
"Ding~ You poured 1800 days of cultivation into the Yun Ling Jie Shan, and received tenfold cultivation return, gaining 18,000 days of cultivation."
"Ding~ Your cultivation has increased..."
Unfortunately, it still didn't evolve.
But this was normal; celestial flowers were not so easy to evolve.
"Sigh~ I was overthinking. I should focus on detoxifying first."
Seeing that it didn't evolve, Yang Hong sighed and plucked the single small, goji-berry-like fruit on the Yun Ling Jie Shan, throwing it into his mouth.
Afterward, he put away the Yun Ling Jie Shan and began to circulate his top-tier breathing technique to expel poison and heal.
"Pfft~"
Half a day later, Yang Hong spat out another mouthful of dark green poisonous blood, and his green face finally turned a pale, sickly color.
Although it still looked quite grim, at least it was more normal.
It's just...
"This demonic plant is too strange. My body has been modified by demonic energy and I have over a hundred thousand years of cultivation, yet I still can't expel the poison completely?"
Feeling his life force constantly dissipating, Yang Hong's expression couldn't improve.
Based on his estimation, if he couldn't expel this poison, at this rate, he would only live for another 3 years at most.
Well, that was according to Yang Hong's status panel.
[Yang Hong: Sixth Prince of the Great Sui Dynasty. (Poisoned)
Daily Infusion Limit: 5/12
Lifespan: 52/2000 (3 years)
Other: (Omitted)]
The status panel wouldn't lie to him. The glaring poisoned state and the 3-year warning were as clear as could be.
"The one who tied the bell must untie it. I need to find a way to destroy that demonic plant."
"Or, purify it!"
Yang Hong rubbed his chin, thinking and carefully calculating the feasibility of his plan.
When he reappeared, he was on a barren mountain a hundred miles away.
"Kid, are you a monkey demon?"
As soon as Yang Hong appeared, he encountered a group of demons and was recognized.
"It's you, you're that Sun Wukong!
Haha! Brothers, a reward of ten thousand high-grade spirit stones has appeared! Hurry and capture him!"
A monkey demon with a sharp mouth and a sallow complexion grabbed Yang Hong and shouted excitedly.
"Heh heh~ Brother, you're also a monkey demon, aren't you?
Why should monkey demons make things difficult for monkey demons?"
Yang Hong looked at the monkey demon who grabbed him with a pained expression, but his eyes darted around.
He saw demons from the vicinity flying over upon hearing that Sun Wukong had appeared.
Judging by their excited looks and gleaming eyes, it seemed Yang Hong was already within their grasp.
Yang Hong saw quite a few demons and deliberately lowered his voice: "Brother, let me go, and I'll give you a ninth-grade spiritual plant."
"No! We can't let him go. He only has 20 ninth-grade spiritual plants on him."
Before the monkey demon holding Yang Hong could speak, an eagle demon that flew over shouted in a sharp voice to stop him.
"Don't let him go~ Whoever sees it gets a share."
"I want a ninth-grade spiritual plant too!"
The demons in the distance, upon hearing about ninth-grade spiritual plants, rushed over madly.
"No~ I don't want to be captured!"
Yang Hong cried out in despair, used the technique of "Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell," leaving behind his fifth-grade magical artifact clothes, and fled quickly forward.
"Chase!
Chase him!"
"Don't let Sun Wukong escape!"
The overlapping shouts quickly spread throughout the nearby area and were rapidly transmitted further away by spells.
Afterward, Yang Hong would fly on his sword, then use earth遁, and sometimes wood遁, constantly escaping.
However, his luck seemed to be very bad. He was occasionally discovered by demons, and then he would be held up for a while.
The number of demons chasing him behind him grew, quickly exceeding ten thousand.
It was just interesting that even with the deployment of over a hundred seventh-rank Demon Lords, Yang Hong would still manage to slip away, but not completely.
And more demons who had received the news were continuously arriving.
Yang Hong not only had a bounty of ten thousand high-grade spirit stones on him, but he also possessed a large number of ninth-grade spiritual plants.
As long as they captured him, even if they had to share the spoils, it would still be a considerable income.
Therefore, none of the demons pursuing Yang Hong noticed that Yang Hong's escape route was constantly circling back.