Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1572 - 421: Following the Trail, The Counterfeit Laboratory (5k)

When the Heavenly Devil King and King Jiunian escaped from the Mountain Abyss, what Yu Ziqing worried about most was not King Jiunian, but the Heavenly Devil King.The Heavenly Demon, this tricky entity, is considered weak, yet its potential is extraordinarily high. Coupled with its excellent skills in long-term hiding, it could easily become a huge problem.

The type of Devil represented by Jiu Nian did not overly concern Yu Ziqing.

As long as Demons exist outside a singular world, the threat they pose is relatively limited.

The hungry ghost guards the Abyss Rift Valley, and a large number of Devils cannot rush to the current world in a short time. Even if they break through the Abyss Rift Valley, they can't spread quickly throughout the entire world.

Whether it be the top-tier Devils or King Jiunian, if they dare to be the forefront in assaulting the Abyss Rift Valley, then this side would not mind getting more top-tier Demon materials.

Demons symbolize explosive quantity, but the Heavenly Devil King is precisely the opposite type.

The number of Heavenly Demons has always been small throughout history and has nearly reached the brink of extinction, especially in this era.

If Demons want to cause trouble with a large-scale invasion, they must choose the Abyss Rift Valley.

But the Heavenly Demon is different; any Abyssal Rift would do.

Though most of the small Abyssal Rifts have been sealed, there's no stopping the occasional natural occurrence of new ones.

For instance, a new Abyssal Rift might appear when the earth shifts in certain places.

Furthermore, it has been confirmed that external forces can also create Abyssal Rifts in more than one way.

Yu Ziqing understands that, at this stage, it is absolutely impossible to completely seal off all Abyssal Rifts, nor can it prevent new ones from emerging.

These hidden threats are particularly convenient for Heavenly Demons.

Yu Ziqing, accompanied by Freedom Heaven and Lou Huai, headed straight toward the Abyss.

Upon entering the Abyss, Yu Ziqing routinely activated the daytime Devil divine qi represented by the Flying Eagle entrenched in his lungs, allowing a wisp of devil qi to adhere to his body and make his aura similar to Demons.

Considering the possibility of concealed Heavenly Demons, Yu Ziqing swallowed a Devil Pill, filling his body with demonic qi, making him appear as a Devil inside out before proceeding toward the direction of Yang.

He was truly afraid that the epitome of the Heavenly Devil King would recognize him and take off.

When Yu Ziqing discreetly reached a thousand miles from Yang, he sent a message to Yang, asking him to come over, instead of Yu Ziqing going there, just in case the Heavenly Devil King's epitome was watching.

Yang received the message, pondered it, and slowly stood up. As he moved, evil qi overflowed from his body, materializing and rolling continuously.

When Yang stood up, the rolling evil qi left in place gradually condensed, forming a sallow-complexioned human figure that continued sitting there.

Yang shook his body, causing his figure to dissolve, and quietly left.

Meanwhile, the guard here didn't dissolve; whatever falls into this trap, who knows who will be the lucky one.

When fishing isn't allowed, setting up an earth cage for luck doesn't seem problematic at all.

Thinking about finally catching one, baiting two Heavenly Demons, and having to give one to Yu Ziqing, Yang felt a slight discomfort.

It was like he had painstakingly obtained funding and rare experimental materials, only for part of them to be taken away.

If it had been before, such a thing would have been unthinkable.

When Deans were vying for funding or specific materials, they didn't compromise; once someone secured them, the others would turn away, knowing the fight was over.

Yang shrank down to an extreme size, hid his figure, and found Yu Ziqing's hiding cave, which was already equipped with a secret chamber formation.

The moment Yang entered the secret chamber formation, the hairs on Yu Ziqing's left arm stood up immediately; he didn't see, hear, or sense any fluctuations.

Yet his body had instinctively felt it beforehand.

Under normal circumstances, the body would already be moving upon such instinctive sensing.

After Yang entered, seeing Yu Ziqing confirmed that Yu Ziqing had sensed him; there was no need to continue the pretense, Yang directly revealed himself before Yu Ziqing.

Yang presented a Magical Treasure covered with talisman to Yu Ziqing.

This was the first Heavenly Demon he caught.

"I have only three in hand."

"If I find a solution later, I'll return three to you!"

Yu Ziqing stomped his foot, Freedom Heaven and Lou Huai manifested as two wisp black smoke and appeared on the left and right.

"Paying respects to the elder." Lou Huai kneeled down with a thud and performed a grand ceremonial bow, looking as respectful as possible.

Seeing this, Freedom Heaven thought, good heavens, this sycophant truly spared no dignity, and without hesitation, followed suit with Lou Huai's pliant moment.

Their respect was one of the reasons Yang felt embarrassed to use these two for research.

"Stand up, no need for grand ceremony."

The two demons rose and stood calmly beside.

Seeing the Magical Treasure on the ground, Freedom Heaven became even more respectful.

Although the Magical Treasure was ordinary, the key point was the talisman on it, one he had never seen before.

It seemed similar to the Devil Suppression Talisman that once suppressed him, but evidently, one talisman could suppress the Heavenly Devil King's epitome; this talisman must be a strengthened version developed by this senior.

Having followed Yu Ziqing for a long time, they could be considered the ones who had spent the longest time with Yu Ziqing.