Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 304 The Heavenly Stems Locking God Formation and the Yellow Springs Demoness!

Zhu Ziyang and his group climbed Dongtian Peak, crossed the summit, and found the Three Golden Lion Kings on the western foothills of Dongtian Peak.

The western foothills of Dongtian Peak face the Demon Emperor Valley, where the Three-Headed Golden Lion King resides. His purpose is quite simple: to be ready to answer the Demon Emperor's summons at any time.

When Zhu Ziyang and his group found it, the huge golden lion was fast asleep, completely unaware of the impending danger.

"This big lion is a perfect match for your abilities, Yiyi," Zhu Ziyang said to Qian Lingyi with a smile.

"Light, fire, and holiness are indeed very suitable for Yiyi's angelic martial soul," Zhang Lexuan said, nodding in agreement.

"There's nothing I can do about it even if it's suitable!" Qian Lingyi waved her hand helplessly and said, "I don't need any spirit rings right now, and this guy's cultivation level has already exceeded my ability to handle it."

"That's not a problem. Just tell me if you want the spirit ring of this golden lion?" Zhu Ziyang said thoughtfully, then his eyes lit up.

"Of course I want to! This is a beast king with 300,000 years of cultivation! How could I not want to?" Qian Lingyi replied without hesitation.

"Alright, I understand!" Zhu Ziyang nodded and said, "Marco, Roger, capture this lion alive!"

"We will obey your command!" The two powerful figures of light immediately nodded in agreement, and then attacked simultaneously. Before the three-headed golden lion king could awaken from his slumber, they decisively used one of their most powerful abilities.

The Templar Knight Komarco's Templar Barrier, and the Light Priest Rogil's Light and Shadow Imprisonment.

The Sanctuary Barrier can strip all creatures within its boundaries of their Light attribute and instantly reduce their Light elemental resistance to zero. Light and Shadow Imprisonment, on the other hand, is a powerful control skill created by Roger after fusing with the power of Shadow. It intertwines the power of Light and Shadow into a cage, imprisoning any creature within it and rendering them unable to move.

With the two powerful figures of light exerting their full strength, by the time the Three-Headed Golden Lion King awoke, everything had already settled. Zhu Ziyang didn't even give it a chance to make a sound, directly opening the spatial gate and having the Golden Behemoth Bemstar throw it into the Holy Law Demiplane.

Upon entering the Holy Law Demiplane, even this beast king, with a cultivation level of 300,000 years, could not cause the slightest ripple; its strength was far from reaching the point where it could traverse the void.

"That's it? That was fast!" Jiang Nannan and Qian Lingyi were very surprised, because the Three-Headed Golden Lion King was a beast king with 300,000 years of cultivation, equivalent to a level 97 Super Douluo. They were captured so easily, so the two women felt a little unreal.

"Of course it'll be quick!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. "Kormac and Roger are both level 98 Super Douluo. It's only natural that they could easily capture an unsuspecting Three-Headed Golden Lion King, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nannan and Qian Lingyi felt that Zhu Ziyang was right, so they subconsciously nodded in agreement.

"Alright, capturing the Three-Headed Golden Lion King is just the appetizer. The real things that require our caution are just beginning!" Zhu Ziyang's expression turned serious. He said, "Next, we should make our move against the Demon Emperor. Nannan, Yiyi, you two go to the Holy Law Demiplane first."

"Oh!" Although Jiang Nannan and Qian Lingyi were a little unhappy, they did not go against Zhu Ziyang's idea. After all, Zhu Ziyang was thinking about their safety. With their strength, they were really not good enough in the battles that might come next.

If a level 75 Soul Saint and a level 69 Soul Emperor were to get involved in a battle at the Super Douluo level, their fates would be obvious.

After Jiang Nannan and Qian Lingyi entered the Holy Law Demiplane, Zhu Ziyang, Zhang Lexuan, and the five powerful luminaries began to walk towards the western foot of Dongtian Peak. The western foot of Dongtian Peak was about 500 meters lower than the eastern foot. The reason for this is probably self-evident, as it is one of the four passages that lead directly to the Demon Emperor Valley.

Zhu Ziyang and his group of seven quickly arrived at the foot of the western mountain, entering the area of ​​Demon Emperor Valley. From the foot of the mountain, they could barely glimpse the interior of Demon Emperor Valley. The rock walls connecting Demon Emperor Valley to the Four Heavenly Peaks were very smooth and had a certain angle of inclination. The valley was filled with black mist, so standing at the foot of the mountain, Zhu Ziyang and the others on the valley floor could not clearly see the specific situation at the bottom.

However, Zhu Ziyang didn't care. After finding a flat open space and ruling out any possible changes in the surrounding area, he took out the God-Locking Pillar and began to set up the Heavenly Stems God-Locking Array.

The God-Locking Pillars rapidly grew larger in his hands, and then, according to his will, precisely landed in the designated positions. Each landing of the God-Locking Pillars required a considerable amount of Zhu Ziyang's soul power. By the time all ten God-Locking Pillars had landed in their designated positions, Zhu Ziyang's soul power had been completely exhausted.

However, this is only the preliminary work for setting up the Heavenly Stems Locking God Array. To successfully set up the Heavenly Stems Locking God Array, a large amount of energy is needed to build the connection between each locking god pillar. It is also necessary to inscribe array patterns with special effects. Finally, the array patterns need to be completely linked with the locking god pillars before the Heavenly Stems Locking God Array can be considered to have been truly set up.

Under normal circumstances, it would take Zhu Ziyang, who is at the level of a Contra Douluo, at least ten days to complete the Unknown Heavenly Stem Locking God Array, even if his soul power recovery speed is at its maximum.

Zhu Ziyang doesn't have that much time right now, but he also doesn't have enough soul power to complete the construction of the great formation. What should he do?

Fortunately, although Zhu Ziyang did not have that much soul power reserves, he had four soul spirits. With the help of the soul power of the four soul spirits, Zhu Ziyang only needed three days to complete the construction of the Heavenly Stem Locking God Array.

Therefore, for the next three days, Zhu Ziyang set up the Heavenly Stems Locking God Array. He and the spirits took turns injecting soul power into the Locking God Pillar, which then slowly constructed the array through this soul power.

While Zhu Ziyang was constructing the Heavenly Stems Locking God Array, the others weren't idle either. The Light Priest Roger, using the power of shadow, attempted to descend into the Demon Emperor Valley to investigate. However, every time he entered the valley, a mysterious force would force him out of the shadows. After several failed attempts, Roger finally abandoned his plan to investigate the Demon Emperor Valley to avoid alerting the enemy.

However, although they were unable to personally explore Demon Emperor Valley, the three-headed golden lion king they captured revealed some information about Demon Emperor Valley and the Demon Emperor through Elex's methods.

First, there's the internal structure of Demon Emperor Valley. In the words of the Three-Headed Golden Lion King, Demon Emperor Valley is a man-made valley with a perfectly flat platform at its bottom, carved from a single massive rock. At the center of this platform lies the Demon Emperor's residence, the Demon Emperor's Palace. No living being has ever entered the Demon Emperor's Palace, not even the four Beast Kings; whenever they pay homage to the Demon Emperor, they merely bow and pay their respects outside the palace gates.

Secondly, there's information about the Demon Emperor. The Four Beast Kings are only allowed to pay homage to the Demon Emperor once every hundred years, and there are still sixty or seventy years until the next homage. The Demon Emperor has almost never left the Demon Emperor's Palace; at least in the memories of the Three-Headed Golden Lion King, the Demon Emperor has only left the Demon Emperor's Palace three times. The most recent time was ten thousand years ago, when the Demon Emperor suddenly rushed out of the Demon Emperor's Palace, and his terrifying majesty instantly enveloped the entire Four Heavenly Peaks region.

Finally, the three Golden Lion Kings offered their advice, warning them not to plot against the Demon Emperor, for it would lead to a terrible death. It wasn't that no human had ever provoked the Demon Emperor before; the most recent instance was three thousand years ago, when a level 99 Limit Douluo stormed into Four Heavens Peak, attempting to offend the Demon Emperor. The Demon Emperor didn't even appear; he simply extended a hand from his palace, conjuring a scythe, and easily severed the Limit Douluo's head.

From the three golden lion kings, Zhu Ziyang learned more detailed information about the Demon Emperor. Although the Demon Emperor was known as the Heavenly Demise Demon Spirit Emperor, he was actually a soul beast called the Yellow Springs Witch, a unique and naturally occurring spiritual species. The Demon Emperor also possessed extreme darkness and death attributes; to date, no living being had ever forced him to use his full power, not even the polar bear king of the far north wilderness.

The information about the Three-Headed Golden Lion King was quite useful to Zhu Ziyang and the others. At least they learned about the Demon Emperor's racial origins and some of her moods and preferences. She seemed to be a homebody, but she was very sensitive to divine auras.

Why do I say this? The reason is that the last time the Demon Emperor left the Demon Emperor Palace was ten thousand years ago, and ten thousand years ago is a very sensitive time point for the people of Douluo Continent.

The battle of two gods!

After learning about the Demon Emperor's preferences, Zhu Ziyang became more confident in luring the Demon Emperor out and also had some guesses about the location of the Scythe of the Dead.

Three days later, the Heavenly Stems Locking God Formation was completed!

(End of this chapter)