I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 603: Chapter 284: Rock Demon Mountain Range, Qingping Slashes the Spirit

Heavenly Pillar—Mythical Void Sky, deep within the Rock Demon Mountain Range.

A Rock Demon standing exactly a thousand meters tall, not an inch more or less, roared upwards at the sky, its powerful demon energy rolling and filling a radius of thousands of kilometers. This area was transformed into a Demon Domain, and in the huge, stern pupils of this Rock Demon at the center of the Domain, resentment and madness glimmered.

After roaring, the Rock Demon could only begrudgingly turn its gaze back motionless as it descended from the sky and landed deep within the Rock Demon Mountain Range.

Throughout the mountain range, trembling and laying abdomen-down, were Rock Demons—whether hundreds of meters tall or just over ten meters. They hesitated for a long time before they finally moved.

However, these Rock Demons were unaware that the Rock Demon Emperor deep inside the Rock Demon Mountain Range had roared not long before because it sensed the powerful presence of the Human Clan who suppressed the Rock Demons within the Cave Heaven World.

If they were not confined here, the Rock Demon Emperor would never be restricted to a thousand-meter distance. This height meant that it had already entered the Spirit Transformation stage. It also meant that it had barely entered the Spirit Transformation stage, with no more room for progress.

This was inscribed in the rules within Heavenly Pillar—Mythical Void Sky; this was the limit of the Rock Demons. The road ahead had already been cut off.

Captured, they were just a pack of miserable creatures.

Meanwhile, as the Rock Demon Emperor roared, the cultivators who had arrived within tens of thousands of kilometers of the Rock Demon Mountain Range were shocked by the majesty in its roar and learned that this Rock Demon was an Ancient Demon on the same level as a Spirit Transformation Expert.

Although the Golden Core cultivators in this competition all considered themselves prodigies, none of them could leap over two realms to battle a Spirit Transformation Expert. They could only be easily crushed, and that would be their only outcome.

At first, most of the cultivators who had arrived felt fear, but they thought about it and decided to head towards where the Rock Demon had roared.

Because the exam’s content was demon hunting, investigating the situation was a necessary move. If they found things impossible, they would search elsewhere.

Like Han Yi, the cultivators who shared the same thoughts made up ninety percent of those who had arrived.

As for the remaining ten percent, they tried exploring their surroundings only to find primeval ancient forests upon turning in the opposite direction of the roar. Seeing no traces of Rock Demons, they reluctantly changed course and continued toward the Rock Demon Mountain Range.

Half an incense burning time later after the Rock Demon Emperor’s roar.

Han Yi finally traversed the vast ancient forest. The ancient forest was built on an extremely wide plain, and he roughly estimated that it was about eight thousand miles from his arrival point to the edge of the ancient forest.

At the end of the ancient forest was a continuous series of towering, steep mountain ranges that seemed to envelop the vast ancient forest.

Perhaps the mountain range before his eyes was the only range in this Cave Heaven and the sole habitat of the Rock Demons. Han Yi suddenly had this thought.

Stepping into the mountain range, after flying ten miles forward, Han Yi encountered the first Rock Demon.

This Rock Demon looked exactly like the one Han Yi had encountered in the Facing Reality Heavenly Realm. However, while the Demons in the Facing Reality Heavenly Realm could only be under ten meters tall with a battle power just under the Foundation Establishment stage, the Rock Demon Han Yi saw now was over three hundred meters tall.

Based on what Han Yi had learned, the Ancient Demons pursued the path of an immortal body, and there was a rumored connection between the Ancient Demons and the Ancient Gods. However, due to the changes in the world’s rules, the Demons transformed from gods to demons to adapt to the new rules.

A Demon’s height corresponded to its battle power. Those below ten meters were lower-level magic practitioners; those above ten meters, Foundation Establishment Major Demons; those over one hundred meters, Golden Core Demon Kings; those over eight hundred meters, Nascent Soul Demon Saints; those over a thousand meters, Spirit Transformation Demon Gods; those over ten thousand meters, Demon Immortals.

However, the divisions between Demon Kings and Demon Saints within the range of one hundred meters to a thousand meters were not absolute, and there were just rough guidelines. There were Demon Saints whose height didn’t reach eight hundred meters and Demon Kings who were nine hundred meters tall. These cases were not uncommon.

The Rock Demon before him had a body like a small hill and black-brown, scaly skin. As it moved, it seemed as though it was wearing a vibrating, scaled armor, revealing its powerful defense, one of the Rock Demon’s unique characteristics.

The Rock Demon carried a massive stone club that was grey, rough on the surface, and resembled a tree trunk with its branches removed. Its face was hideous and seemed like a monstrous mountain range, and its huge black eyes reflected cold emotions.

If one judged by height, this Rock Demon would be equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator, categorized as a Demon King.

However, Han Yi didn’t let his guard down. The distinction between Demon Kings and Demon Saints was not absolute. He instantly flitted and flew towards the Rock Demon.

Meanwhile, the Rock Demon had also noticed Han Yi, this tiny figure. It walked with surprising agility, and its black pupils churned with black demon energy.

Roar!

One earth-shaking roar followed, accompanied by the Rock Demon charging forward, raising its gray stone club and smashing down on Han Yi.

There was a sudden whistling sound, followed by continuous sonic booms as if a meteor streaked by.

However, this speed was surprisingly slow for Han Yi. The stone club passed through Han Yi without encountering any resistance, and the afterimages faded. The Rock Demon’s giant pupils now reflected a tiny human figure, flickering as it moved closer to him.