Demon's Diary

Roar!

These white skeletons with different kinds of weapons like bows, blades, etc besieged and attacked Liu Ming and the other 2 indiscriminately.

Ouyang Ming and Zhao Qianying snorted, moved forward from both sides of Liu Ming, and flew into the stone chamber.

Before getting close, Zhao Qianying lightly flicked the purple-patterned short bows and launched several purple lights, crushing skeletons into pieces.

Ouyang Ming waved his arms, and the dense fist shadows bloomed like lotuses. 2 skeletons immediately turned into bone powder.

Although these skeletons were tall, their strength was equivalent to that of a Crystallization Period cultivator at most, so they were no match for the 2 at all.

Liu Ming didn’t go in. He just quickly glanced across the stone chamber. The space inside was about the same size as the stone chamber they had just been to.

But this stone chamber was empty. Only near the innermost stone wall, there were a few black wooden shelves with some things placed on them.

However, he quickly withdrew his gaze and looked at the golden arrows beside him.

These golden arrows were cast from a kind of ore called golden spark iron, which was quite valuable.

He raised his hand and collected the hundred golden arrows with a puff of black air.

At the same time, Ouyang Ming and Zhao Qianying in the stone chamber had already cleared those skeletons like a storm.

They looked around and flew to a few shelves inside the stone chamber.

There were also some things on the shelves, but they were all ore raw materials, not of much value. On one of the shelves, there were some old bamboo slips that were vaguely written with ancient demon texts.

Ouyang Ming showed a trace of disappointment after seeing this.

In fact, he also knew in his mind that the Heaven Earth Thunder Ring was probably on the upper floor of the Demon Abyss Tower. It was impossible to find it on the second floor, but the Heaven Earth Thunder Ring was related to his life, so he didn’t dare to let go of the slightest possibility.

Demon Abyss Tower could go from the lower floor to the upper floor through the portals one by one, but there was no way to go back to the lower floor. Once he missed it, there was no way to go back.

Zhao Qianying didn’t have the slightest interest in those ore raw materials. When she saw the bamboo slips on the bookshelf, she quickly picked them up and browsed in joy.

Liu Ming also walked in at this moment and took a bamboo slip to read.

He had also done some research on the ancient demon texts, so he could barely understand the texts on the bamboo slips. However, Ouyang Ming didn’t know much about the ancient demon texts, so he had no interest in those bamboo slips.

Liu Ming skimmed through the bamboo slips on the bookshelf. They recorded some daily notes. Most of which were related to the distribution of ancient demon soldiers and supplies.

“It seems that there is nothing of value here.” Liu Ming said lightly.

Zhao Qianying also put down the bamboo slip in disappointment.

The three of them rummaged through the stone chamber again. After finding nothing else, they quickly left the stone chamber and continued to explore another tunnel.

After half an hour, they checked all the tunnels on the second floor.

These tunnels were basically the same. At the end was a stone chamber with almost the same layout, and the inside was basically empty. Occasionally, there would be that kind of skeleton soldiers guarding, but there was nothing valuable. No wonder the Liu Family was not interested in this place.

“Let’s go to the next floor.” The three of them quickly returned to the altar and entered the entrance of the third floor.

After a while, the three of them appeared on a huge open-air square.

The square covered a large area, about 30 acres. The middle was divided into more than a dozen areas. Each area was covered by a circle of stone pillars, which seemed to be an arena.

The sky above the square was a dim sky. Some streets and buildings could be seen around it. The exterior was well preserved, but the inside was mostly empty. It looked like a large market.

The three of them looked around cautiously at first, then they were relieved when they saw no danger.

Liu Ming looked around, then he suddenly flew into midair. His eyes were imbued with faint purple light.

From here, he could have a panoramic view of the Demon Abyss Tower’s third floor area. The area was small, with a radius of only a few tens of miles. Most of the area is occupied by the square and market.

Liu Ming’s expression moved.

Combined with the information about the Demon Abyss Tower learned from Mo Tian and what he had seen so far, each of the 9 floors of the Demon Abyss Tower seemed to be a specific place.

The Demon Abyss Tower’s first level had a large space. There were many demonic sources. It should be the place where the ancient demons cultivated. The second floor seems to be the gathering place for the ancient demons. The third floor seemed to be the market and practice field.

He flew down.

“This floor is not very huge. I just took a closer look and found no trace of the Liu Family. They should have gone to the fourth floor.” Liu Ming said faintly.

Hearing these words, the other 2 looked relieved, but then they sighed again.

Although it was good to avoid the fight with the Liu Family, almost all the good things in Demon Abyss Tower had been looted by the Liu Family as they were following them behind. Since they entered the Demon Abyss Tower until now, they basically found no treasure that was decent.

“Anyway, let’s find the entrance to the fourth floor first. Miss Zhao, can you sense the residual aura of the Liu Family?” Liu Ming said.

Zhao Qianying closed her eyes. A moment later, she shook her head with dimmed eyes, saying, “No, the space here is relatively large, so the aura has already drifted away. I can’t feel it.”

Liu Ming looked disappointed, then he said in a deep voice,

“Then let’s split up and look for the entrance of the tunnel. It shouldn’t take long. However, the corpse aura is thick in this floor, so demon corpses may appear again. Just be careful.”

Zhao Qianying and Ouyang Ming both nodded, then they split up and searched the surroundings.

Liu Ming flew toward the tall buildings near the arenas while the other 2 headed toward the market.

After searching several buildings without success, Liu Ming landed in front of an inconspicuous green building.

The green building was about 30 meters tall. The surface of the building was covered with a layer of faint green halo, indicating that some kind of enchantment was applied to it.

The front door of the building was half open. Inside was a somewhat dark space.

Liu Ming showed a solemn face. The robe of Thunder Zein Gauze on him emitted a faint golden thunder light.

He pushed open the door and walked in. A deep and dim black corridor appeared in front of him.

Liu Ming walked in slowly. He quickly walked to the end of the corridor. A closed stone door emitting a faint white light appeared before him.

“Could it be here?” Liu Ming’s face brightened. He went to the side of the stone door and pushed hard, but it remained motionless.

He fixed his gaze, let out a grunt, and punched the stone door.

A glaring white light immediately appeared on the stone door, blocking Liu Ming’s fist.

Liu Ming felt like punching a cotton ball. The stone door was unmoved by the punch at all.

With his current strength, he could even knock a mountain with a single punch, but he actually did nothing to this stone door.

“Does it need to be opened with special means?” He muttered to himself, retracted his fist, and looked at the stone door.

Immediately, he raised his eyebrows. Some strange patterns appeared faintly in the white light of the stone door, which gave him a more familiar feeling.

“Right, the Demon Abyss Key.” Liu Ming’s face brightened. He took out the Demon Abyss Key. After comparing, the pattern in the white light of the stone door was strikingly similar to the pattern on the key.

“Could it be?” A thought came to his mind, and he launched a symbol into the Demon Abyss Key.

Immediately, the Demon Abyss Key emitted black light and floated in front of the stone gate.

Then the key flashed and shot a black light onto the stone door.

The pattern on the surface of the stone door shone brightly. A burst of click sounds came as the door opened, revealing a bright hall.

At this moment, a white light vortex suddenly appeared on the surface of the stone door. With a “whoosh“, Liu Ming’s Demon Abyss Key was sucked in.

The white vortex flickered, then it disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Liu Ming was astounded. Before he could react, the Demon Abyss Key had been swallowed by the white vortex and disappeared without a trace.

“Damn it! What’s going on!”

He couldn’t help cursing secretly.

Combined with the various information obtained so far. This Demon Abyss Key was very likely to be a pass to the Demon Abyss Tower held by the generals of the ancient demon race.

Therefore, in Demon Abyss Tower, the importance of Demon Abyss Key was self-evident. Liu Ming was of course depressed to lose it like this.

He stood there in a daze for a long while, but he couldn’t think of any solution, so he could only sigh, admitting his bad luck.

After a while, he let out a breath and walked slowly into the hall.

The size of the hall was small, only 30 meters in size. It looked like a study room for one person.

There were 2 rows of shelves on both sides of the hall. They were shining with a faint yellow light. Thick books, jade slips, jade manuals, and other things were arranged on the shelves.

But maybe because of the enchantment here, these things were like brand new without a trace of dust.

A censer was placed every short distance next to the bookshelf. A faint fragrance wafted out from it, filling the entire hall.

In the innermost part of the hall was a black jade desk. Pens, inks, papers, and inkstones were placed on it. Everything looked brand new.

If Liu Ming hadn’t known that this place had been deserted for a long time, he would have mistakenly thought that there were still people here just now.

Liu Ming looked around, then he fixed his gaze on the shelf next to him.

The shelf exuded a yellow light, and the wood had the texture of annual rings. It turned out to be a famous spiritual wood on the Thousands Demons Continent, copper coconut wood.

Looking at the texture, it should be a rare thousands of years old copper coconut wood.

This wood was a great material to forge a magic weapon with wood attribute, but now it was used to craft a shelf. How extravagant was this?

TL: Maybe he can get another key in this room? Or the key will be ejected when he come out?