Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World Chapter 1026 - 499: Ancient Demon, Another Destiny Warning

"Fate Alert Three: Yet don't believe that dispatching these two Ancient Demons brings the ordeal to a close. The Cultivators from the Ancient Era elected to imprison them rather than eradicate them, not out of foolishness or pity.

This stemmed from the fact that they harbored peculiar curses, which, upon their demise, would shift to the Cultivators responsible for the killing, condemning them forever to the pursuit of the uncanny.

Fortunately, you wield the Human Emperor Sword, an Immortal Artifact capable of purging these peculiar curses, so you have to fully dispel the curses right at the instant of the demons' destruction. If not, you'll fall under the uncanny's pursuit, rendering all countermeasures useless thereafter."

"This."

As this notification registered, Jiang Fan's eyes narrowed sharply.

Clearly, the demon outbreak raging in the Black Dragon Sea Region proved far more intricate than anyone anticipated.

What had broken free wasn't a single Ancient Demon, but a pair of them.

Had this detail remained unknown, even a fortunate strike against the Blood-eating Fish Demon might have led to a fatal ambush by hidden demons. These fiends were profoundly cunning and challenging to confront.

Even worse, after deploying all possible tactics to ultimately vanquish the two Ancient Demons.

Their possession of dreadful curses went unrecognized.

Curses designed to drag their destroyers into ruin.

That's why the Ancient Cultivators preferred sealing over elimination.

In a way, these demons served as disposable tools for the uncanny, akin to living explosives.

Left alive, the demons would devastate the realm, butchering every living soul.

Yet opting to destroy them could swiftly claim the lives of powerful High-tier Cultivators.

Regardless of the approach, these demons posed immense difficulties.

After much deliberation, the Ancient Cultivators settled on sealing them away.

Admittedly, this decision brought complications to the future Void Realm, but it stood as the optimal choice.

"Husband, what's our next move?"

Su Weiwei and Lu Youyou turned to Jiang Fan, grasping the gravity of the crisis.

Should things spiral out of control, the Cultivators from the Primordial Talisman Sect might need to withdraw completely.

True, abandoning the bountiful Black Dragon Sea Region would sting, but it beat total wipeout.

"Relax, I'll handle this."

Jiang Fan dismissed their concerns with a gesture.

Boom~~

With those words spoken, he swiftly activated the Gate of the Void, surging toward the spatial markers of the Black Dragon Sea Region.

Moments later, his form faded from the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm.

...

At the same moment, chaos brewed in the Black Dragon Sea Region.

This oceanic expanse simmered with a horrifying demon catastrophe.

Boom~~

A savage current ripped through the abyssal gloom, the thunderous rush of billions of Fish Demons echoing like a barrage of war drums, resonant and chilling to the core. Their ebony scales shimmered with icy metallic glints amid dim bioluminescent glows, stacked like impenetrable plating, pulverizing rocks into shards while the demons emerged unharmed.

The scariest aspect lay in their maws lined with razor fangs, keen as blades yet serrated like fishhooks, ripping victims apart effortlessly. Be it massive sea creatures spanning meters or ancient deep-sea behemoths, any ensnared by this ebony surge met instant dismemberment, their frames ground to dust and devoured, with trails of blood dissolving rapidly into the depths.

Even stranger were the Demon Patterns etched on their forms, sinister violet markings slithering through scale gaps like animated entities, sporadically pulsing with scarlet flickers. These patterns appeared infused with some arcane force, infusing their assaults with raw savagery, instinctively striking at foes' weak spots, the millions moving in eerie unison under an unseen command, thrusting forward like spearheads shattering ranks, or coiling tight as steel barriers choking life, a veritable legion spawned from the Abyss for utter devastation.

In their wake, once-thriving abyssal zones fell barren, corals bleached and died, kelp forests shattered, while even the mightiest Sea Beasts could only scramble away—any pause meant obliteration by this all-consuming horde.

The ceaseless clamor of snarls, gnashing, and impacts reverberated through the waters, as if announcing the downfall of undersea harmony, leaving nothing but dread to propagate in the shadows.

"At last, at last I've broken free from that cursed seal."

"This time, I'll make the whole world witness the power of the Blood-eating Fish Demon."

"Nothing can halt my rampage."

A commonplace black seafish glided through the ocean depths, tucked away in rocky seabed fissures.

None suspected it commanded the entire Fish Demon swarm.

After all, as the Blood-eating Fish Demon, its battle prowess paled against other demons.

But for endurance, scarcely any demon could surpass it.

By spawning endless Fish Demons to scatter across the oceans, true death eluded it.

Should foes locate its core form, it could shift its essence to a Fish Demon upon the brink of demise.

Fundamentally, so long as a single Fish Demon endured, its existence persisted.

Furthermore, it could generate billions of Fish Demons periodically.

Given a century of survival, it might amass trillions of them.

Regrettably, the mighty figures of the Ancient Era outnumbered all expectations.