This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered-Chapter 759 - 624: Nanguo Liu

The news of Yin Yan Shi Yuan Zhi's murder instantly spread throughout the entire Devouring Spirit Sect, and upon confirming that it was not an internal act, the Devouring Spirit Sect entered a state of alert.
Countless powerful members of the Devouring Spirit Sect came out of isolation, and a sky-obscuring Great Formation enveloped the entire Secret Realm.
"What! Yin Yan Shi Yuan Zhi was killed by outsiders?"
The elder, who was observing the Heavenly Mechanism of the Devouring Spirit Secret Realm, was also shocked upon receiving this news and hurriedly applied the Secret Technique to open his eyes.
A mysterious pale blue light emerged at the bottom of his eyes, and runes began to rotate rapidly on the walls around the elder, bit by bit deducing the true Heavenly Mechanism.
For the elder, the death of Yin Yan Shi Yuan Zhi was of no great consequence, but what truly concerned him was that someone skilled in the Art of Divination had made a move under his nose, clouding the Heavenly Mechanism and leaving him completely unaware.
The elder's brows were tightly furrowed, the blue glow in his eyes growing brighter, and a thick mist emerged from the walls covered in runes, completely shrouding him.
Different from the practice on the Mystical Mechanism Continent, where the Celestial Stars are used to deduce the Heavenly Mechanism, the Abyss Continent mostly relies on runes to sense and deduce the veins of heaven and earth.
Ding-ling-ling—
Just as the elder was about to disperse the thick mist and catch a glimpse of the truth, a crisp ringing echoed by his ear.
In the moment when the bell sounded, the mist that the elder was about to dispel with his hands suddenly became denser.
"Indeed, some power has taken advantage of my carelessness to cover up the Heavenly Mechanism!"
The elder gritted his teeth in anger, feeling humiliated that someone had managed to exploit his most prized Art of Divination!
After much contemplation, the elder painfully took out a small jade bottle from his Storage Ring. Uncorking it, he carefully dripped a drop of the blue liquid from the bottle into each of his eyes.
"Hisss... Let me see, exactly who is it!"
Suppressing the intense burning sensation in his eyes, the elder once again focused his gaze into the mist, searching layer by layer, seeking the truth.
In a valley at the extreme north of the Devouring Spirit Secret Realm, a hidden cave lay at its end, with several figures swiftly flying towards its depths.
This valley was originally the lair of the Soul Devouring Demonic Bats—a place that ranked among the top forbidden areas in the Abyss Continent and one that even peak Eighth Realm cultivators would avoid.
But now, these figures moved through the area as if it were unoccupied land, rushing unhindered towards the depths, with any Soul Devouring Demonic Bats that attempted to intercept them turned into lifeless corpses.
On the most expansive section of the valley's wall, a gigantic Soul Devouring Demonic Bat of several hundred Zhang in height, the only one from its kind in the Ninth Realm, was brutally nailed to the wall by a ruthless Sword Intent, now devoid of all Vitality.
If the Clan Leader of the Ling Cave Demon Wolves, Wu Nue, was here, he would surely recognize it as the corpse of the Soul Devouring Demonic Bat who he had significant grudges against, yet whose strength was roughly equal to his own.
Even as a corpse, the face of the terrifying Demonic Bat still bore an expression of choosing its prey, as if it had been annihilated both body and Divine Soul before it could react.
The ones who dared to act so boldly in the Devouring Spirit Secret Realm were none other than Liang Yi and his companions, who were now urgently heading towards the soon-to-open location of the Heavenly Vein Spirit Core deep within the lair of the Soul Devouring Demonic Bats.
The rough location of the Heavenly Vein Spirit Core was within this Devouring Spirit Secret Realm, but pinpointing its exact place had cost Orange Uncle a great deal of effort, nearly scouring the entire Secret Realm in just a week's time.
Moreover, Orange Uncle had just mentioned that his contingency plan at Yin Yan Shi Yuan Zhi's location had been discovered, meaning that people of the Devouring Spirit Sect had realized that outsiders had infiltrated their ranks, and were likely now sealing off the Secret Realm.
Therefore, Liang Yi and his companions no longer bothered with caution, moving directly towards their target with the utmost force. Unless a cultivator at the pinnacle of the Ninth Realm intervened, stopping Liang Yi now would be a fool's dream.
The mid-phase Ninth Realm Soul Devouring Demonic Bat might have seemed comparable in strength to Liang Yi, but with just a glance and a sword strike, Liang Yi had snuffed out both its Vitality and Divine Soul.
The speed was so fast that even Su Youyi and the others felt somewhat ashamed; it was quicker than their cleanup of the other Demonic Bats in the vicinity.
Ding-ling—
"Hmm? Someone is trying to spy on us…"
Just as they were about to reach the deepest part of the valley, the Floating Life Bell on Pang Qingshi's wrist suddenly swayed without wind.
"It's Nanguo Liu!"
Wan Tinggui's expression darkened, instantly thinking of who within the Devouring Spirit Sect had the capability.
"No good, I can't block him!"
Pang Qingshi had a solemn expression, her left hand's Daoist Skill Spirit Light flickered, directly aimed at the bell on her right hand.
But the bell, which had just quieted down, now rang out with even more frequent and urgent 'ding-dong' sounds, and a drop of sweat slid down Pang Qingshi's beautiful face.
Although she had used the Floating Life Bell to fend off the gaze as soon as she sensed someone spying, for some reason, after the gaze retreated briefly, it returned with even greater ferocity, as if it sought to peer at them.
"There's no need to force yourself; we are almost at our destination."
Liang Yi furrowed his brows in thought, feeling that even if they were exposed now, it wouldn't matter.
"That won't do! Once Tian Anyu finds out where we are, he can locate us in the blink of an eye."
Wan Tinggui shook her head, the Devouring Spirit Secret Realm was to Tian Anyu what the Shadow Realm was to her—a Secret Realm under his complete control, where distance was no longer a limiting factor.