Opening the bag, inside was a map, a nameplate, and a dagger covered in strange runes.
The map depicted an underground lair, where the demon clan members all lived underground.
Inside, there were dense, crisscrossing passages, and in the core area, all were specially marked.
"So this is the core area of the demon clan. Judging by the shape, the altar I saw is right there." Seeing this picture, Long Chen was moved.
The nameplate belonged to Ying Wudao, carrying his aura. Seeing this nameplate, Long Chen's heart stirred, and he then looked at the dagger.
When he saw the dagger, Long Chen's pupils contracted slightly. This dagger was an extremely ancient weapon, and when Long Chen used his divine sense to probe it, all the hair on his body stood on end.
"Wow, it's actually an energy-charging artifact." Long Chen hadn't expected that Ying Wudao would actually give him such a terrifying divine weapon.
So-called charged divine weapons are weapons that come with spatial power and can store energy. Such weapons are extremely rare.
Long Chen had heard about powered weapons from Guo Ran. Guo Ran had studied them himself, but on one hand, the technology was not mature enough, and on the other, it consumed too much material, so he gave up.
Charged divine weapons generally fall into two types: one is artificially infused with energy, and the other is by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth to charge the weapon.
For example, a fire-element divine weapon can be artificially infused with fire-element energy, such as using treasures like Fire Crystal Stone or Fire Spirit Stone to infuse its power.
When it accumulates to a certain level and is unleashed, its power is truly earth-shattering.
The weapon Ying Wudao left Long Chen was a charged divine weapon that absorbed the energy of heaven and earth and grew on its own.
This divine weapon has a drawback: it comes with a formation and absorbs the energy of heaven and earth. This process is extremely long, usually measured in tens of thousands of years.
This dagger carried chaotic energy, clearly a product of the chaotic era. It was unclear whether it was a treasured heirloom of the Ying Wudao clan.
Charged divine weapons have two types: one is sustainable, and the other is single-use.
Because the materials used in charged divine weapons are very special, most are sustainable, and one-time ones are extremely rare.
Long Chen had just scanned it with his divine sense. The reason it bristled was because if the dagger's energy was detonated, not only him, but the entire battlefield would be reduced to nothingness—no one would survive.
"It seems Ying Wudao truly hates this demon tribe. With this weapon in hand, he could take them down at any moment." Long Chen couldn't help but think to himself.
If it were caught off guard, not to mention an early-stage Divine Emperor—even a mid-stage Divine Emperor would likely suffer defeat.
"What's the point of this kid giving it to me? Would I be foolish enough to die with them?" Long Chen was a bit puzzled.
Long Chen looked at the map again and saw that the marking pattern was clearly two crossed daggers.
"Could it be that this dagger is meant to destroy the entire altar?" "Wipe out those bastards inside?" Long Chen was taken aback; he seemed to understand what Ying Wudao meant.
Long Chen suddenly remembered that Ying Wudao had mentioned the mixed-blood issue earlier, his eyes filled with resentment.
It seems that those prodigies in the altar are the strongest mixed blood among the demon clan. To Ying Wudao, these people are a disgrace to the Caiyi clan.
Thinking this way, Long Chen immediately understood. Ying Wudao hoped Long Chen would take the dagger and destroy the altar. Otherwise, if these demon clan experts absorbed enough Purple Blood power and broke through the barrier, they would bring great destruction to the Purple Blood Clan.
At this moment, Long Chen was in a dilemma. If Ying Wudao had the chance, he would definitely take out the people inside the altar before leaving.
And since he chose to leave, he definitely had no chance to strike. Now that the dagger was left to him, Long Chen was suddenly tempted.
He had always been very curious about that altar, and now Ying Wudao's hint made Long Chen even more curious.
It seems that the prodigies inside this altar must be extraordinary; otherwise, Ying Wudao wouldn't be so scheming to take them out.
But now, Long Chen faced two choices: one was to pretend nothing happened, or the other was to disguise himself as Ying Wudao and infiltrate the demon clan to see what was really happening at the altar.
If he chose to go to the demon clan, Long Chen had to set out immediately. If he went too late, the demons might have already discovered Ying Wudao had escaped, and then there would be no chance.
Entering the demon clan's lair alone was far too dangerous; even with Long Chen's courage, he wouldn't dare to attempt it lightly.
"Damn it, as I said before, the bolder a person is, the more land they produce. Let's do it!" Long Chen gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
They had killed dozens more demon clan experts. Luo Yanfeng and the others fought until they were exhausted. The enemy was too strong, even stronger than the previous wave. They fought with all their might to kill them, truly using every ounce of their strength.
After the fierce battle, each of them felt numb and weak all over—a sign of overexertion.
Seeing that everyone was exhausted and needed to rest and recover, Long Chen personally escorted them back to the Luo family. After handing over all the Heavenly Dao Fruits to Luo Zichuan, Long Chen returned to the battlefield alone.
After returning to the battlefield, Long Chen took out Ying Wudao's identity tag, activated the power of demonic blood, completely concealed his aura, changed his appearance, glanced in the mirror a few times, and after confirming there were no flaws, he headed straight into the depths of the demon battlefield.
When Long Chen returned to the battlefield guarded alone, he was quickly spotted. A demon beast with a cold and stern face, wielding a giant sword, appeared before him. Upon seeing Long Chen, he shouted sternly:
"How can you show up on the battlefield?" Hurry up and get back. "
Clearly, members of the Caiyi clan are not allowed to leave the demon clan's lair—this is a consensus among every demon clan expert.
"Don't think that just because you have a few women backing you up, you can do whatever you want. Don't you know what kind of person you are?" The demon beast roared in fury.
"How many women?"
Long Chen's expression turned a bit odd. Damn, Ying Wudao hasn't had it easy these past years, and he's had to sacrifice his looks.
"Your few lovers are all in seclusion. No one is protecting you now. If you don't want to die, hurry up and go back." The demon beast shouted coldly.
Long Chen said nothing. Alright, he received another useful piece of news: it turned out that those lovers were in seclusion. The so-called seclusion should be about absorbing energy from that altar.
Seeing Long Chen slunk away, the demon monster's eyes showed a trace of contempt and did not continue to make things difficult for him.
Long Chen was extremely clever, using teleportation power to appear within his domain, which was the direction of the demon clan's lair. So, it looked as if Long Chen had come out of the lair and was blocked by him.
And that demon clanThe monsters roared in anger, drawing several divine senses sweeping over Long Chen, making his heart tense with anxiety.
Long Chen lowered his head and headed straight toward the demon clan's lair. Soon, a heavily wounded demon team appeared. Moved by a thought, Long Chen headed straight toward this group.