**Chapter 378: What If This Bunch of Demon Cultivators Gives Birth to a Big Daddy?**
The man finished speaking and raised his right hand, only to stand there dumbfounded.
His pale right hand had completely fused with his fingers; not only had the connection point disappeared, but even the other fingers had transformed to match the connected one, making it impossible to tell which finger was the one added.
“My hand…”
As the man stared blankly, Bai Feng showed no mercy and directly commanded the Extermination Sword Array to chop off his head and right hand, while immense Immortal Fire erupted around him.
Moments later, the man died in confusion, most of his body reduced to ashes, except for his right hand, which remained intact.
“There!” Suddenly, a voice echoed from afar—the Demon Path cultivators had returned! At that moment, the previously motionless right hand shot toward them.
A flash of sword light sliced through the air, cleaving the right hand into multiple segments. Most of it was incinerated by the flames, yet one finger continued its flight.
“Looks like this is the finger,” Bai Feng raised his hand, only to see Yun Yue Yao charging forward with the Tian Yan Sword, so he slowly lowered his hand.
At that moment he lowered his hand, the rushing Demon cultivators suddenly halted and then collapsed onto the ground, lifeless.
The disoriented finger, now devoid of purpose—like a monster in a game that lost its aggro—stopped moving, only to be swiftly struck down by Yun Yue Yao.
Bai Feng stepped forward, glancing at the finger now reduced to ashes by the Immortal Fire, musing, “Looks like there’s no residual consciousness from the Immortal in this finger.”
Moreover, the cultivator who had attached the finger hadn’t been fully overtaken either; he was merely influenced.
Besides, what the guy said earlier piqued his interest—this finger, attached to an Immortal’s essence, seemed capable of sensing others. In other words, it wasn’t just one or two fingers, and those who devoured these fingers would instinctively hunt for more!
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Bai Feng: “…”
Wait, are you telling me I need to actively hunt down the Immortal fingers and destroy them?
Speaking of which, why didn’t I get this prompt when I obliterated the Immortal’s arm before?
Was the system not updating back then? Or was it because these fingers came from the same Immortal?
*I originally wanted to find more fingers to destroy—how come I suddenly don’t feel like moving after that system prompt?*
He couldn’t help but mumble a little inside, feeling a tad reluctant to help this system that was shoving Luck Points down his throat.
“Is this resolved now?” Yun Yue Yao approached Bai Feng, gazing at the ashes on the ground. “Who on earth hid the finger in the Secret Realm?”
“Not sure, but it’s likely related to those missing Immortals,” Bai Feng shook his head, stopping his internal complaints about the system.
At first, he thought it was the handiwork of the Immortal who created the Divine Monarch, but after obtaining the Celestial Ring, he dismissed this idea—if that were the case, they couldn’t have sealed the fingers away and lived this ‘hard’ life.
The fingers, even with the consciousness of the Immortal, had weakened down to the Transformation God Stage level, and this mindless one was in worse shape, having devoured so many Demon cultivators and their demon crystals, just barely reaching Transformation God Full Stage.
So he surmised that other Immortals had sealed the fingers separately in the Secret Realm. But why separate them in the first place? Couldn’t they deal with this Immortal back then?
Bai Feng found himself scratching his head over it.
Luckily, he wasn’t one to fixate on finding answers. He quickly let the thought go.
Besides, if someone did seal these fingers, there might be some information left behind in the Secret Realm. When the time came, the truth would be revealed.
“By the way, what do we do next? Go find Yu Mo?” Yun Yue Yao asked, not dwelling too much on the matter.
“Let’s deal with these Demon cultivators first,” Bai Feng hadn’t forgotten the demon crystals within them, especially since this Secret Realm might have more fingers sealed away. He certainly couldn’t let these Demon cultivators run free.
What if they give birth to a big daddy in the process? That would be a disaster.
He turned to the rather downcast Zuo Qiu: “Zuo Qiu, the next move is yours. Take out all these Demon cultivators.”
“Yes, Young Master!” Zuo Qiu eagerly nodded, secretly clenching her fists—she might not be able to help with the dangerous Immortal fingers, but this time she had to take down these Demon cultivators handsomely. Otherwise, all the resources her master put in would be wasted, and she’d look like a complete fool.
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Meanwhile, Bai Yu Mo opened her eyes, sitting on a mat, facing a stone wall marked with sword scars. Getting close would make one feel the sharp Sword Qi from the wall; if you got too close, you’d risk getting hurt.
Yet, none of these sword energies harmed Bai Yu Mo at all; they were obediently gathered around her as if they had bowed down in submission.
Slowly rising from her seat, the moment she grasped the sword hilt, she resembled a sword unsheathed, as if just getting near would result in injury.
However, she didn’t draw the long sword; instead, she turned to leave.
Time to find Bai Feng.
While comprehending the sword intent earlier, she sensed Bai Feng’s position rapidly changing. She suspected something was happening with him, but since the divine consciousness he left on her hadn’t sent any messages, she suppressed her urge to leave until she fully understood the sword intent on the wall.
Bai Yu Mo pushed open the stone door, but instead of stepping into a ‘cave,’ she emerged from a tall tower.
Many cultivators had gathered in front of the tower. The moment they spotted Bai Yu Mo, they fell silent—her name topped the stone tablet in front of the tower, the only one who had passed through the Sword Pavilion so far.
According to the information from those challenged and transported out after failure, the first three levels of the Sword Pavilion were sword puppets, each possessing the power of the Transformation God Stage. Levels four to six were remnants left by challengers, while the seventh level was the ‘self.’ Only by defeating ‘self’ could one enter the Sword Pavilion’s legacy space for cultivation.
Except for Bai Yu Mo, almost all the prodigies who braved the sixth level had fallen at the seventh, with the best among them only managing to tie, without winning.
Bai Yu Mo paid no mind to the surrounding cultivators. After quickly orienting herself, she skirted around those attempting to butter her up and swiftly vanished into the horizon.
