Cultivation Online novel Chapter 587

Chapter 587 - Demon Statue

'I-It's a demon! Impossible! Why is there a demon in this place?!' Yuan was shocked to the core when he saw the demon statue.

Although he has only seen a couple of them, their unique features were more than enough for Yuan to immediately recognize them at glance.

'Wait! Calm down! I am overthinking things! There is no way demons really exist in this world, right? That is only a stone statue— nothing more!'

Yuan began trying to convince himself that the stone statue was merely just that and not a real demon that had been sealed even though it looked ridiculously realistic.

However, that didn't explain why his body was burning when looking at the demon statue, as his body was clearly reacting to it.

"Brother Yuan, what do you see?" Chu Liuxiang asked him when he remained silent for too long.

"S-Sorry, but I think I overreacted to that statue over there." Yuan pointed at the demon statue that was surrounded by the six golden coffins.

"The stone statue?" Everybody there turned to look at the statue.

Since it was sort of dark there, they didn't notice the horns and other features immediately.

When they eventually noticed these unique features, their eyes widened with shock.

"What the… Why is there such a thing in the founders' tomb?"

"What even is this thing? It looks like a human, but humans don't have horns."

"It's a demon, I think," Yuan answered their questions.

"A demon? How do you know this?" Chu Liuxiang asked him.

"Because I have fought with them before inside Cultivation Online…" Yuan sighed.

"Cultivation Online?" Everyone there turned to look at him with raised eyebrows.

Yuan nodded and proceeded to explain to them his encounter with demons inside the Mystic Realm.

"Demons are powerful and immortal beings that have existed since ancient times in Cultivation Online. They cannot be killed through normal means. You can crush their body, burn them, and even sever their head, but they will regenerate completely like it never happened."

"I have fought a couple of them inside the Mystic Realm, and I was nearly killed by them."

"Wait… If they can regenerate any injuries no matter how severe, how do you defeat them?" Senior Wang asked.

"There are two ways to defeat a demon. You can destroy their body to the point where they cannot regenerate anymore, but they can fully regenerate within seconds even if they only have a single finger left, so that's not the preferred method."

"The second method is to seal them using a demon sealing technique, but that doesn't really kill them, and they will break out of that seal after a few hundred or thousand years depending on the strength of the seal."

"R-Real…? Are you sure?" Senior Wang asked for confirmation.

Yuan nodded and said, "I have sealed a few demons in Cultivation Online, and they all turn into that appearance when sealed. Furthermore… I can sense unusual energy flowing through that statue."

"Good lord…"

"H-How long did you say demons can be sealed for?" Senior Hong asked him.

"I don't know. It all depends on the person who sealed the demon." Yuan shook his head.

Chu Liuxiang then spoke with a serious expression on her face, "This tomb has been here since ancient times, right? If you ask me, considering the situation with the calamity and the chilling energy from this place, there's a good chance that this demon is the calamity that we must face, and it's going to break out of the seal very soon."

"If that's the case, then we're all doomed! We have no way to defeat this demon if it really cannot be killed normally!"

The grand elders began panicking.

They suddenly looked at Yuan and said, "Y-You have experience with sealing demons, right?! Can you somehow reseal this demon before it breaks the seal?!"

"I'm sorry, but I don't really know how sealing demons work. I have a technique that allows me to seal demons, but I can only use that technique in Cultivation Online. I can try to learn the technique in this world as well, but I can't say for certain that it will happen before the demon breaks out of its seal, nor can I guarantee that it will work on the demon."

Senior Wang then said, "Let's look around to see if there are any clues for now. I'm sure the founders placed this demon in this place for a reason. Hell, they might've even left behind the method to deal with the demon… We can figure out the other things later."