Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

After a chase, Mo Juren finally saw the true face of his target. It was a monster similar to an earthworm, headless and tailless, but with a pair of fleshy wings. It was about ten zhang long and its whole body was covered in crimson flames.

The most bizarre thing is that its entire body has more than ten demonic eyes, evenly distributed throughout its body, and each demonic eye flashes with a different color of light when it opens and closes.

"What the hell!" Mo Juren muttered to himself, but it did not affect his speed at all. However, the opponent was obviously not very strong, so there was no need for him to take action personally. The Vermilion Bird Divine Fire was enough.

Upon receiving his secret command, the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire's dozen or so individual flames began to rapidly transform, eventually forming a giant net of flames that completely sealed the monster within.

Although it was a fire-attribute demon, it was clear that its strength and level were far inferior to the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire. Therefore, it tried to break through countless times, but could not escape.

However, the opponent still had some tricks up its sleeve. For example, its dozen or so demonic eyes could shoot out beams of light of different colors, making them quite powerful.

Unfortunately, these attacks had no effect on the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire. As time passed, the opponent finally gave up and stopped attacking, instead curling up into a ball.

"Interesting!" Mo Juren flew closer and examined it carefully for a while, but he still couldn't recognize what kind of monster it was. After some thought, he decided not to kill it for the time being, but to seal it up and take it back to Tianyuan City for further investigation.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and immediately sent a fire elemental decree into the other party's body.

The monster was inherently of the fire element, so it was naturally restrained by the fire elemental decree and instantly lost all ability to resist.

At the same time, Mo Juren once again instilled a series of restrictions into his body until they were completely sealed off.

Having done all this, he immediately felt relieved, signaled the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire to remove the blockade, and then flew closer to examine it again for a while.

Suddenly remembering something, he raised his hand and gently touched the other person's body. It felt slippery and extremely hot, like a raging fire. Unfortunately, the assist device did not give any indication.

"Could it be that the level is too low and the auxiliary device doesn't even look at it?" Mo Juren thought for a moment, then raised his hand and slashed across the body like a knife, but only sparks flew and left a white mark.

This alone shows that although the opponent has no scales, their defense is astonishing.

With another thought, he directly took a golden flying sword. This was a rare treasure in his possession. Regardless of its power, its sharpness far surpassed that of his natal flying sword.

The flying sword sliced ​​across the monster's body, instantly creating a gash, and scalding, crimson blood, as hot as magma, slowly seeped out.

Mo Juren touched the blood again, and the assistive device finally gave a prompt.

"Blood of the Level 10 mutated beast 'Six-Winged Multi-Eyed Earthworm', add it to the material library?"

"A six-winged, multi-eyed earthworm? A mutated beast?" Mo Juren frowned. He knew a lot about multi-eyed monsters, but he had never heard of a multi-eyed earthworm before. However, since it had a mutated bloodline, it wasn't surprising.

The only downside is that the information provided by the aid is too scarce, and he still doesn't understand it.

However, it's good that we already know the name; it will make the investigation easier when we get back.

Without further delay, he immediately put it into his spirit beast ring with a thought.

At this point, Mo Juren was about to leave when, unexpectedly, the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire's intent resounded in his mind, causing him to look surprised.

"You mean there's something else in this lava lake that interests you?"

Mo Juren was also somewhat surprised. It was certain that the multi-eyed earthworm was the so-called 'spiritual object' he had sensed before, but it was quite different from what he had expected.

But he didn't sense anything else, or treasures.

However, upon further reflection, it seemed quite normal. The depths of this lava lake greatly interfered with divine sense, making it impossible for him to investigate clearly.

In contrast, the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire has its own unique talent, so it is not surprising that it can sense some special things that it cannot sense.

"Then you can lead the way." With his thoughts back, Mo Juren didn't ask any questions and gave his response directly. The more than ten clones of the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire quickly merged into one and headed straight down.

"Down there!" Mo Juren's heart skipped a beat, and without hesitation, he quickly followed. A full half hour passed before he stopped again. He had now reached the bottom of the lava lake, and looking ahead, he was immediately struck by an astonishing sight.

Not far ahead, an ancient octagonal altar stood.

The altar was extremely large, measuring over a hundred zhang in size, and its surface was engraved with a large number of unknown runes. About three zhang above the altar, five rhombus-shaped jade stones—one large and four small—were suspended in a peculiar arrangement, all of them entirely crimson, with bursts of flame constantly burning around them.

The entire altar was enveloped in a transparent light curtain, preventing the boiling magma from penetrating it in the slightest.

Upon witnessing this scene, Mo Juren was shocked. It was obvious that this was caused by human intervention, but he had no idea what it was or what its purpose was.

He couldn't help but sigh, realizing that compared to the vast world of cultivation, the knowledge he possessed was merely a drop in the ocean, far from sufficient.

If Ancestor Chi Yun were still by his side, there would be less trouble. With his knowledge, he would probably understand what was going on.

This further proves what a huge loss Chi Yun's departure was for him.

However, there are no "what ifs" in life. The other person is no longer a reality, and in the end, you still have to rely on yourself.

The Vermilion Bird Divine Fire's intent resurfaced in his mind, clearly showing its great interest in the rhombus-shaped jade stones on the altar, even revealing a hint of impatience.

However, Mo Juren did not act rashly. Although he did not understand what was going on, he was able to make a general deduction.

This altar is most likely some kind of seal, and if it is destroyed, it could very likely cause unbearable consequences.

After some thought, he finally made a decision: let's not rush things and see how things go first.

He immediately reassured the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire with a few words, and then took out a blank jade slip, copying the situation of the altar in front of him, as well as the runes and everything else, into it without any error.

Having done all this, he had no more lingering thoughts and fled straight upwards at top speed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

What Mo Juren was unaware of was that, at the moment he left, in a certain location within the secret realm, from that ancient palace, a series of furious shouts suddenly rang out.

……

"Captain!" Above the lava lake, Xue Rou, who had been anxiously waiting for a long time, finally saw Mo Juren's figure. Her heart immediately settled down, and she went up to greet him with a look of surprise and joy.
"But what did you find?"

“There were indeed some discoveries, but the specifics…” Mo Juren sighed, and without hiding anything, told the other party everything he had seen below.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xue Rou suddenly frowned, looking thoughtful.

This surprised Mo Juren somewhat, and he wondered if the other party knew something. He did not interrupt and patiently waited for the other party to think.

"Do you have any information about that altar, preferably its design, the runes it contains, and so on?"

"I made a replica exactly as it was."

Mo Juren lightly flipped his hand and took out the jade slip, then handed it to the other party. Xue Rou took it without saying anything and immediately immersed herself in reading it.

In the blink of an eye, she had withdrawn her divine sense, and her expression had become extremely solemn:
"If my guess is correct, this is very likely the famous 'Eight Desolations Universe Forbidden God Formation,' which is also one of the ten ancient legendary sealing formations."

Of course, this couldn't be the original formation. Otherwise, with the captain's strength, he wouldn't even be able to get close, let alone observe it. It's most likely a modified version.

This formation contains the eight elements of 'heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and marsh,' which are also the eight core elements of the formation. The altar below should correspond to the fire element...

Being sealed by such a top-tier formation, it must be no ordinary being. Perhaps, as you and I have guessed before, some unimaginable evil is sealed here...

"It's fortunate you didn't destroy it rashly, otherwise the formation would have malfunctioned, which would have been troublesome..." (End of Chapter)