Emperor-Level Demon

The walls surrounding the underground space were covered with wisteria vines that shimmered with a bluish light. The wisteria vines extended from the walls to the demon's body, intertwining them tightly, and tiny roots were deeply embedded in the demon's body.

As Lin Chen and his companions ventured deeper, the underground cave became increasingly spacious, the demons towering within grew ever larger, and the crisscrossing wisteria vines coiling around their bodies became ever thicker.

"These demons all seem to be dead?"

Lin Chen walked to the side of a demon and touched its body. Instantly, the demon's body withered and turned into a corpse at a speed visible to the naked eye. But this was not the end. After a while, the corpse also turned into a pile of dust.

Just as everyone was stunned by what they saw, the wisteria that had been wrapped around the demon's body suddenly rushed towards the Tyrannosaurus Beast.

Swish!

The Tyrannomon swung its right claw, trying to cut off the wisteria that was shooting towards it, but the moment it collided with the wisteria, the Tyrannomon felt that the wisteria, which was only as thick as an arm, was as hard as metal and could not be easily cut off.

Moreover, after the wisteria touched the Tyrannosaurus's right arm, it immediately extended tiny roots that penetrated the Tyrannosaurus's body, began to absorb the Tyrannosaurus's life energy, and then wrapped around the Tyrannosaurus's entire body along its right arm.

Seeing that Tyrannomon was no match for him, Lin Chen immediately used magic to recall it.

The moment Greymon disappeared, Wisteria shot towards Gabumon. Seeing this, Lin Chen released magic again, recalling both Gabumon and Guilmon.

After the target disappeared, the wisteria sensed for a moment before retracting and finding a demon's body to entwine around.

"What's going on?" Lin Chen's face was slightly grim. "Why is this wisteria attacking the Tyrannosaurus Beasts?"

"I think I understand the situation," Lingling began to explain.

"Previously, we suspected that the operation of the entire formation was due to a large number of magic stones or a large magic stone vein beneath it. Now it seems that the formation is maintained by the essence of the flesh and blood of these demons."

"The chaotic valley on the ground is to prevent demons and humans from accidentally entering the underground world, while the wisteria underground absorbs the essence of the demons' flesh and blood, thus eroding their lives while maintaining the formation."

"As for why she attacked the Tyrannosaurus and the others, it's probably because Wisteria mistook them for demons as well."

Finally, Lingling clenched her little fist and couldn't help but jump up: "The ancients who designed this formation were truly geniuses! They used the very essence of demons to seal and grind them down!"

"Then why not just kill all these demons at once? Wouldn't that be easier?" Mu Nujiao couldn't understand. In modern society, almost all demons that were captured, except those that could be enslaved, were killed.

"I don't know." Lingling shook her head, then her eyes gleamed with excitement as she said, "Let's go deeper and see what's going on. Maybe we can find a way out inside."

Lin Chen and the others did not object and continued to move deeper into the ground.

As Lin Chen and his companions ventured deeper, the underground cave began to slope downwards, and the number of demons along the way gradually decreased, but their aura intensified.

When Lin Chen and the others reached the deepest part of the earth, everyone was shocked once again.

A wolf-like demon, over 300 meters long, was facing them, coiled up there, exuding a chilling aura. Even though many thick wisteria vines were crisscrossing around the demon, Lin Chen and the others could still feel a strong vitality emanating from its body.

This demon is not dead at all!

"This aura seems to belong to a monarch-level demon!" Mu Nujiao's voice trembled slightly.

"It's not a monarch-level power!"

As soon as Lingling finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the monarch-level demon was bound, it could probably kill them all easily.

But Lingling's next words left everyone present stunned.

"This is an emperor!"

A moment later, Lin Chen came to his senses and said, "Lingling, don't scare us. We're only mid-level mages. You're telling us this is an emperor. If it really is an emperor, his aura alone could crush us."

"I wasn't trying to scare you," Lingling explained solemnly. "This entire formation has been in place for at least a thousand years. To survive a thousand years of life passing by and still maintain monarch-level strength—what else could it be but an emperor?"

"No wonder the ancients were willing to expend so much manpower and resources to set up this formation rather than kill those demons. It turns out it wasn't that they didn't want to kill them, but that they simply couldn't!"

"Then we must find a way to leave here as soon as possible and inform the higher-ups in China about the Bewildering Valley, so that they can completely seal off the area around it. If the formation in this valley is destroyed and the Wolf Emperor is resurrected, it will cause unimaginable harm to the entire country!" Mu Nujiao said.

"That's right." Lingling nodded, and at the same time asked Lin Chen and the others to use their phones to take pictures of the Wolf Emperor to leave evidence and increase credibility.

"This creature's essence can enhance wolf-type Digimon. Do you wish to claim it?"

Just as Lin Chen was about to take a picture, the system's notification sounded in his mind.

Lin Chen was startled, but quickly regained his composure and immediately asked Lingling, "Lingling, is it possible for us to wake up the Wolf Emperor?"

"It's unlikely. These wisteria vines should have a sedative effect. If the Wolf Emperor could wake up, he would have broken free long ago," Lingling replied.

Having received Lingling's affirmative reply, Lin Chen immediately issued the command to the system to collect the item.

Before long, a drop of blood the size of a fist seeped out from the Wolf Emperor's body and darted into the ring on Lin Chen's hand. The moment the blood left his body, Lin Chen clearly felt that the Wolf Emperor's aura had weakened considerably.

After everyone finished taking photos, Lin Chen and his group continued on their way in the direction indicated by the wolf's tail.

This time, Lin Chen and the others were more cautious and carefully observed the demons that were emanating pressure along the way. They found that they were actually still alive, but their life force was not obvious. Lingling took many photos along the way because of this.

Upon reaching the end of the underground cave again, Lin Chen and his group indeed discovered another staircase leading upwards. Climbing up the staircase, they returned to the surface more than half an hour later.

This time, however, they were not in an oasis, but in an endless swamp.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a tremor came from behind them. Lin Chen and the others immediately turned around. Under their gaze, the huge crack in the ground was slowly healing and eventually disappeared completely.

"It's gone!" Lin Chen arrived at the location of the previous crack, reached out and touched it, and found that it was not an illusion. The crack seemed to have never appeared here at all.

"That's good, so that no one might accidentally wander in and ruin the arrangements made by our predecessors."

Lingling glanced around, then carefully observed her surroundings, trying to choose a direction to move forward.

Just then, a series of violent explosions rang out to the east of Lin Chen and the others.