Open up and break into another world

The Dao Demon Hall was incomparably grand and vast.

The entire Dao Demon Domain revolved around the Dao Demon Hall as its core.

From ten thousand miles away, Xu Ming could vaguely see a black giant wall spanning the heavens and earth.

The black giant wall pierced straight into the endless firmament; even with Xu Ming's strength, he couldn't see the top of the wall. Horizontally, it stretched endlessly, seemingly without end.

"This is the Dao Demon Hall?"

Xu Ming felt like a small ant standing next to a skyscraper, unable to judge how big the building really was.

After seeing the giant wall, Xu Ming and the others flew for a while before finally reaching its vicinity.

"This is it!" Hei Da said, after assessing the surrounding terrain.

"Here?" Xu Ming looked around, but didn't notice anything different—the black giant wall was still a black giant wall, and outside the wall, the patterns of the formation still vaguely flowed.

At this moment, Hei Da casually flicked his hand, and a stream of spiritual power shot straight towards the giant wall.

As the spiritual power approached, an unusual phenomenon suddenly occurred on the surface of the giant wall's formation.

Whoosh—whoosh—

The formation patterns suddenly flowed into a vortex.

"As expected, it's still here!" Hei Da laughed.

Although the location of the gap was constantly changing, it would generally remain fixed for a period of time.

"This is the gap leading to the Dao Demon Hall?" Xu Ming curiously and cautiously investigated, and Little Guaji gave a definite reply.

Hei Da explained, "Entering this vortex will directly take you to the outer hall of the Dao Demon Hall."

"Okay!" Xu Ming nodded. "Then I'll go in!"

"Wait, Brother Ming." Hei Da's ferocious face had a simple and honest smile. "Could you take me in too?"

"Take you in?" Xu Ming was slightly tempted, but also a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Hei Da quickly said, "Just me! With my strength, I can still protect myself in the outer hall, and I won't be a burden to you; if we really encounter any danger, you don't have to worry about me!"

Xu Ming thought for a moment, "Alright, I'll take you in! But, if I get the Dao Demon Essence, I won't share it with you!"

"I only want Dao Demon Pearls!" Hei Da said quickly.

Although the Black Mountain Eighteen Axes were quite strong, they could only use Dao Demon Essence occasionally; under normal circumstances, they used top-grade Dao Demon Pearls.

And top-grade Dao Demon Pearls were not easy to obtain, as they required killing Spirit Realm demon beasts!

"Okay, then let's go in!" Xu Ming didn't say anything more and flew directly towards the vortex.

"Boss!"

Hei Da didn't hesitate either, and followed closely behind Xu Ming, rushing into the vortex.

Whoosh—

After a period of space-time travel, when Xu Ming could clearly see the surrounding environment again, he had already arrived inside the Dao Demon Hall.

Bang!

Immediately afterwards, Hei Da also arrived.

"Eh—" Xu Ming looked at the surrounding environment with surprise and doubt.

Here, ancient trees obscured the sky and vines covered the ground, clearly a scene of a primeval forest. And Xu Ming and Hei Da had just emerged from the tree hole of a giant tree.

"Didn't you say we would be teleported to the outer hall of the Dao Demon Hall? Why were we teleported here?" Xu Ming asked in surprise.

"This is the outer hall of the Dao Demon Hall!" Hei Da said. "The outer hall is also divided into several areas. This should be the back garden in the outer hall!"

"Back garden…" Xu Ming sighed secretly, "The taste of the great powers is different; even the back garden is forcibly turned into a primeval forest."

"Legend has it that tens of thousands of years ago, when someone first broke into the Dao Demon Hall, this back garden was full of precious materials!" Hei Da lamented, "However, after such a long period of time, batches of warriors have entered this place, and batches of demon beasts have been born here. The precious materials in the back garden have long been ruined; only these worthless ancient trees and vines remain to this day."

"Oh…" It's not bad to have a guide, "Will there be Dao Demon Essence here?"

"There definitely is, whether you can find it depends on luck! But… top-grade Dao Demon Pearls are everywhere!"

As Hei Da was speaking, he saw a huge wild dog with sharp fangs emerging from the dense ancient trees not far away. The wild dog was the size of an ox, with interlocking canine teeth, and meat scraps still remained between its teeth.

"Look, Brother Ming, top-grade Dao Demon Pearls are here…"

"A Spirit Realm Initial Stage demon beast, I don't need to take action, right?"

"Of course not!" Hei Da flashed and arrived in front of the wild dog.

Hand raised, axe fell, instant kill!

Taking a top-grade Dao Demon Pearl, Hei Da ran back to Xu Ming's side with a flattering expression.

Xu Ming couldn't help but laugh, "Top-grade Dao Demon Pearls are easy to get!"

"This is because we encountered a weak demon beast… If we encounter a powerful demon beast, I'm afraid we won't even have time to run!" Hei Da said with a wry smile, "And the quality of the Dao Demon Pearls from weak demon beasts is also poor…"

"I have a question." Xu Ming asked, "Spirit Realm demon beasts can only yield Dao Demon Pearls; what level of demon beast is needed to obtain Dao Demon Essence?"

Hei Da said, "Beast King!"

"Beast King?"

"Yes!" Hei Da continued to explain, "Only a Beast King with pure bloodline will have Dao Demon Essence! Demon beasts with impure bloodlines, no matter how powerful they are, will only have Dao Demon Pearls."

"Oh…" Xu Ming suddenly understood, "That is to say, if I want to obtain Dao Demon Essence, I have to find a Beast King first?"

Then, Xu Ming and Hei Da began to scour the outer hall together.

Xu Ming's goal was to find a Beast King, while Hei Da killed every demon beast he saw!

Hei Da's luck was indeed good. The strongest demon beast he encountered was only at the Spirit Realm Middle Stage, and he could handle them all himself.

In comparison, Xu Ming's luck was quite tragic; he accompanied Hei Da for a few laps in the outer hall, but didn't encounter a single Beast King!

Hei Da comforted him, "Beast Kings are already scarce in the outer hall. It's normal to not encounter one in a month or two!"

"Then… will there be more Beast Kings in the inner hall?" Xu Ming asked.

"The inner hall…" Hei Da's eyes were filled with anticipation and fear, "I haven't been to the inner hall, I don't know; but, it is said that in the inner hall, there are only Beast Kings… there are no ordinary demon beasts at all!"

"Ah!?" Xu Ming was stunned, "Then what are we waiting for, let's go to the inner hall quickly!"

"We can't go!" Hei Da shook his head, "All the entrances to the inner hall are occupied and guarded by the major Earth-level forces. We, who sneaked into the Dao Demon Hall, are already targets for these Earth-level forces to hunt down, how dare we even think about the inner hall…"

Xu Ming's heart stirred: "How strong are the guards at the entrance to the inner hall?"

"I don't know… I don't dare to get close to that place at all! Otherwise, if I'm killed by the experts of those Earth-level forces, I won't even have a place to complain!"

Earth-level forces were powerful and domineering, and Hei Da, a small, unattached cultivator without any background, couldn't afford to offend them.

As they were chatting.

Suddenly, Xu Ming's eyes lit up: "I think my luck may have arrived!"

His gaze was fixed on a giant lizard that was only at the Spirit Realm Initial Stage.