302: Breakthrough

Dealing with existences of a lower realm than Chen De was indeed a good method for group attacks.

He absorbed their memories and simultaneously felt the changes in their bodies.

Sure enough, more than half of the thirty-odd people had Heavenly Imperial Realm arrangements on them.

Including that Xiao Ran, Chen De hadn't expected him to be from the Shenwu Empire.

Many years ago, he was dispatched by the Shenwu Empire to the Eastern Sea, where he gained fame and developed.

Behind the scenes, the Shenwu Empire would also use some legitimate means to provide him with assistance.

The same was true for the other few; various forces stood behind them.

Many of them were long-established rogue cultivators!

In this world, wanting to reach this point without the support of a major power was not so easy.

But if they were taken down, they were taken down. If he couldn't afford to offend them, he would simply destroy them all when the time came.

Right now, what Chen De wanted was all of Xiao Ran's memories.

After getting what he wanted, Chen De ordered them to leave first.

He would issue commands to them again when needed.

The destination this time was the demon race's main base, so Chen De decided to go alone.

His identity as a demon would certainly make things more convenient here than for a human martial artist.

As for intelligence, Chen De already knew everything he needed to know from their minds.

He also knew how these people operated in the Southern Xuan Domain.

First, every demon beast in the Southern Xuan Domain had its own divided territory.

Basically, any piece of land stepped on in the Southern Xuan Domain was owned.

Demon Emperors occupied the largest territories, followed by Demon Kings and Demon Generals.

In the Southern Xuan Domain, if they didn't want to be swallowed up at any time, some races would choose to become vassals of other races.

For example, Demon Kings would be vassals to Demon Emperors, Demon Generals to Demon Kings, and smaller demon races to Demon Generals.

Of course, they could also choose not to be vassals to other demon races and survive independently.

Some such races were unwanted by any demon, while others possessed a certain level of strength.

And in the Southern Xuan Domain, there were five strongest races.

They were the World-Eating Star Leviathan, Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix, Eternally Imprisoned Taixu Dragon, Nine Hell Soul Devouring Python, and Dark Devouring Evil Fiend Tiger.

It is said that each of these five great demon beast races had a peak Demon Emperor Realm expert presiding over it.

Of course, the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider race was actually no worse than them; it could even rank among the top one or two.

But the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider's territory was not in this Southern Xuan Domain.

At the same time, this race had a poor relationship with both the demon side and the human side.

Due to their extremely bloodthirsty nature, even within their own tribe, there was constant warfare.

They harbored mutual animosity, which also made their reproduction extremely difficult.

Because of this, the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider race is both the purest-blooded race among demon beasts currently and the smallest in number.

Of course, Chen De's target this time was not the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider; he had already devoured one.

Now, what Chen De had to choose from was one of these five races.

The World-Eating Star Leviathan's main talent ability was in space; its abilities somewhat overlapped with the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider, so it could be temporarily ignored.

The Nine Hell Soul Devouring Python's main talent was in the soul; it fed on souls and spiritual energy, which also somewhat overlapped.

However, devouring it might directly advance Chen De's Soul Devouring Seal to perfection, so it could be kept as a backup option.

The Dark Devouring Evil Fiend Tiger's talent was in combat; its terrifying killing intent was second only to the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider in the demon beast world, and Chen De didn't seem to need it much.

Then there were the Eternally Imprisoned Taixu Dragon and the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix; one represented absolute confinement, and the other represented absolute destruction.

The abilities of the latter two did not overlap much with Chen De's, but they were also not entirely suitable for him.

If he really had to choose, Chen De would lean more towards the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix for its ultimate destruction.

After all, Chen De's life-saving abilities were completely sufficient now.

With the Evil God Essence talent, unless the realm far surpassed Chen De's, he would at most be in a bit of a sorry state and not be in mortal danger.

But his actual combat abilities were only enough to allow Chen De to overcome three realms.

Facing an existence of a higher realm than Chen De, in a one-on-one situation, Chen De could wear the opponent down to death, provided they didn't run.

So what Chen De lacked now was an attack method with sufficient power.

The Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix could satisfy Chen De's requirements in this regard.

However, it would be absolutely difficult for Chen De to make a move against such a top-tier demon beast race.

Fortunately, Chen De only needed that bloodline and had no requirements for devouring an individual's cultivation ability.

It's just that their numbers were too small; the more powerful the bloodline of a demon beast, the fewer its numbers.

Especially the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix race; although not as extreme as the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider race, they were extremely proud, leading to an extremely low mating rate.

If they couldn't find a satisfactory partner, it was possible for them to go their entire lives without mating.

Their numbers were probably only slightly more than the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider's.

It could be imagined that with such scarce numbers, every single one would likely be protected like a treasure by their clan.

For Chen De to make a move against them would be to commit a crime right under the Demon Emperors' noses.

Not to mention, this race even had a peak Demon Emperor Realm clan leader who was top-tier even in the Four Profound Heavens.

In this situation, even if Chen De wanted to just casually go in and pick on a soft target, it would be quite difficult.

But ultimately, the actual situation still needed to be assessed before making a decision.

Without a concrete investigation now, it was hard to draw conclusions.

Ultimately, most of these were just Chen De's conjectures.

Perhaps, as soon as Chen De arrived there, he would immediately encounter a lone one and succeed.

So Chen De's current plan was to dispatch a Demon Domain Realm demon beast that had been converted.

He would send it to provoke and challenge outside the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix clan's territory.

Given the pride of the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix, they would certainly not remain indifferent to this.

They would inevitably send out a few Phoenixes to severely deal with the intruder.

Once one or a few Phoenixes were lured out, he would lead them to a remote location.

Then Chen De would break through to the Demon Emperor Realm on the spot and take down all the incoming Phoenixes.

Afterward, he would take the Phoenixes' bodies, isolate them into the World of Interstice, and sever all connections with the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix clan.

With Chen De's abilities at the Demon Emperor Realm then, all positioning methods on those Phoenixes would become ineffective.

And the key to all of this was speed, the faster the better!

Although there were many loopholes in the plan, such as the dispatched demon beast being killed as soon as it spoke, or the Phoenixes that chased out being too strong for Chen De to defeat even after breaking through...

Alternatively, Chen De could also rely on his powerful stealth abilities to infiltrate the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix clan.

Then, within their clan, he could simply grab a Phoenix and take it away.

However, the safety factor of operating within their clan versus outside their clan was completely different.

If possible, Chen De would prefer to resolve the battle outside their clan.

Just as Chen De was rushing to the vicinity of the Calamity Ash Nirvana Phoenix, intending to act.

An event occurred that made Chen De change his mind.