The five-colored light quickly dissipated, and two figures appeared in a dark environment. The thinner of the two rubbed his head and muttered to himself.
"With the Great Teleportation Token, I still feel slightly uncomfortable. It seems this teleportation was indeed quite far."
It was dark all around, and nothing could be seen. The moment Zhang Ling teleported, he released his divine sense to scan the surroundings but found no danger.
The Xuan Turtle beside him flicked his finger, and a bright blue ball of spiritual light flew out, illuminating a certain area.
They were currently in a small space, seemingly a stone room, filled with fallen rocks and weeds. The air smelled of decay, and the ground was covered in a thick layer of dust. Clearly, no one had been here for a very long time.
Only a half-collapsed stone door not far away led into darkness, its destination unknown.
Looking down, he saw an identical ultra-long-distance teleportation array beneath his feet, which appeared spotless, having just been used for teleportation.
After surveying his surroundings, Zhang Ling patted his storage bag and released a gentle yellow light. Within the yellow light was a thumb-sized stone, the source of the light.
This was a Sunstone, like Moonstones, a common lighting tool in the cultivation world.
The difference was that Sunstones were less stable, converting into Firestones after absorbing too much sunlight. With a little refining, they could explode and cause some damage.
Of course, Zhang Ling took out the Sunstone simply for illumination, an offhand gesture. With his current cultivation, even tens of thousands of exploding Sunstones wouldn't harm him.
Zhang Ling first carefully searched the somewhat dilapidated stone room, but found nothing besides the teleportation array. He had no idea where he had been teleported.
After wasting a little time, he and the Xuan Turtle headed towards the outside. The top priority was to determine where he had been teleported, and whether he was still in the Endless Cloud Sea.
His divine sense extended outwards, revealing a corridor several feet wide, stretching for dozens of feet before reaching a series of steps. These extended upwards, seemingly leading to the surface.
Zhang Ling didn't hesitate and went up the steps. After a hundred feet, there was a turn. After proceeding a short distance further, he entered a stone hall about a hundred feet in size.
The stone hall was square and didn't appear too dark, with many fluorescent stones embedded in the walls, enveloping the entire space in a layer of faint green light.
Zhang Ling entered and looked around, shaking his head helplessly. It was still a scene of ruin. With a flash, he arrived at the left wall and touched a crack several feet wide and several dozen feet long.
"It seems to be a sword strike. Judging by its power, it was caused by a Core Formation cultivator in the middle or late stage at least. Clearly, cultivators have been here before."
However, the sword marks were filled with dust, indicating that it had happened a long time ago. The ground also showed signs of damage from cultivators fighting, and some traces of array patterns could be seen. Naturally, these had also been destroyed.
Some murals were also carved on the stone wall. Zhang Ling glanced at them, his brow furrowing slightly. He found these murals to be quite unusual. They depicted tragic scenes, and most of them had fallen off, making them unclear.
Only one section of the mural remained relatively intact, depicting many cultivators fighting a group of monsters with horns and scales all over their bodies. It was a scene of a great battle.
Zhang Ling squinted and watched for a while, discerning some information.
The cultivators in the great battle were not weak, and many of them were flying in the air, clearly at least Core Formation cultivators. The strongest dozen or so seemed to be Nascent Soul old monsters, jointly besieging a monster with three heads and six arms.
One head of the monster had double horns and was crimson red, with eyes like copper bells, resembling a bull's head. Even though it was just a mural, it exuded a sense of power.
The other two heads of the monster were more normal. One head was the image of a disheveled man with blood-red pupils, emitting a bloody light with a hint of eeriness. The bloody light swept across several cultivators, and their bodies became blurred, seemingly dissipating.
This seemed to be some kind of powerful divine ability.
The last head had a fair face and was the image of a young, beautiful woman with long black hair coiled and twisted like snakes. A strange, long tongue grew out, piercing several cultivators in a row.
The three heads were different from each other, but they were on the same body, which was extremely strange.
The monster was covered in black gas and vaguely seemed to be wearing black armor. Each of its six arms held a knife, a sword, a halberd, a large axe, a copper ring, and a black banner. None of them seemed to be ordinary treasures.
Seeing the image of this three-headed, six-armed monster, Zhang Ling's eyelids twitched. It wasn't because the monster was ferocious that he was shocked, but because the monster's image looked quite familiar.
He suddenly remembered that it seemed to be the image of some kind of ancient demon handed down from ancient times.
Ancient demons had once invaded the human world, and many of the current Demonic Dao techniques were researched and developed based on the divine abilities and secret techniques of the ancient demons. Although tens of thousands of years had passed since then, and the ancient demons had long disappeared from the human world, many rumors and images had been passed down.
It is said that some top Demonic Dao techniques, when cultivated to a deep level, can even communicate with these demonic creatures, borrowing the power of some powerful ancient demons to unleash powerful attacks.
The images of the ancient demons were also strange and varied. Most of them were strangely shaped, even more so than the demon race. It was common to have one or two more heads, several tails, or several limbs.
Among the ancient demons, there were also those who looked similar to the human race, or even more handsome and beautiful than human cultivators. These ancient demons were often more powerful.
The cultivation world of the Flowing Cloud Sea was originally a whole continent, and the cloud sea was formed by the changes of the world. The time when the changes of the world happened was also after the ancient demons invaded the human world, so naturally, there were also many Demonic Dao cultivators.
It's just that it's not like the Northern Plains cultivation world, where there are still remnants of demonized human races like the Other-Demon race.
However, looking at the scene on the mural, Zhang Ling thought for a while, but he had not seen similar records in any ancient books.
As for the three-headed and six-armed ancient demon image, there was a resounding name, which seemed to be called Brahma True Demon. He was one of the strongest ancient demon lords who had ever invaded the human world.
Legend has it that Brahma True Demon was powerful and almost had an immortal body. His strength was much stronger than that of the Transformation God old monster.
He saw this information from some ancient books, but he didn't know if it was true or false. In addition to this, there were several other powerful ancient demons such as Mighty True Demon, Blood Flame Demon, and Rakshasa.
Seeing this information from the mural, Zhang Ling frowned even more. He felt a faint sense of danger about where he had been teleported to now.
Could it be that he was still in the secret realm, but he had never heard of any areas related to ancient demons in the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
Moreover, the ultra-long-distance teleportation he used should have been at least two or three million miles away, so he should have already entered and exited the range of the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
Could it be that he was teleported to some kind of ancient ruins. Zhang Ling guessed in his heart again.
In the cultivation world of the Flowing Cloud Sea, there are also several relics related to ancient demons. For example, the secret realms controlled by several Demonic Dao sects such as the Holy Demon Gate among the top ten sects are somewhat related to the ancient demons of the ancient times.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Ling smiled and looked at the black hole in another place, where there was originally a door hole, which was broken open by someone, as if it was the exit outside. He and Xuan Turtle walked through it.
He couldn't get accurate information by guessing based on a few murals here. It would be better to explore more places, maybe he would know where he was teleported to.
