371: A demon with self-awareness

“Indeed… this Devilish Qi in the Immortal Realm is no longer just simple pollution or enhancement… it’s more like a manifestation of an active Law…” His eyes gleamed as he tried to integrate this overbearing and peerless active Law into the Free and Natural Heavenly Art.

However, this Law was wild and untamed, filled with the instinct for destruction and Devour, completely incompatible with his Concept of wan fa (myriad laws) being free and perfectly harmonious.

Forcibly integrating it would only shake the Foundation of his Cultivation Technique.

In the battlefield, the struggle had reached a fever pitch.

Both sides had abandoned most of their magical arts and Divine Abilities, returning to the most primitive Physical Body collisions.

Fists met flesh, the sound of bones cracking was incessant and piercing, swords and claws clashed, and a rain of blood splattered across the sky.

The Slaughter Xuan Mo’s Devilish Qi still surged around him, but its color was not as deep and pure as it initially was, revealing a subtle hint of instability.

Each time he activated his Devilish Qi to repair a fatal injury, his aura visibly weakened by a fraction.

The Blood Red Demon keenly caught its opponent’s fatigue, and its attacks became even more ferocious and violent.

Six arms covered in bone blades transformed into a death storm that could strangle all things!

At the same time, a long tail covered in vicious barbs, like a lurking venomous Dragon, slyly and fiercely struck towards the vital point on the Slaughter Xuan Mo’s back!

“Pfft!”

The Slaughter Xuan Mo failed to block in time, and his back was savagely torn open by the long tail, a huge gash gaping hideously, even his bone spine faintly visible!

This time, the Devilish Qi surging at the wound was noticeably sluggish, and the repair speed sharply decreased.

He grunted, his steps faltered, and he barely managed to stabilize himself by propping his magic sword on the ground, black Devilish Blood overflowing from his mouth, his aura plummeting like a cliff—

Killing the first Profound Immortal had already consumed a great deal, and now facing this stronger Blood Red Demon, his Devilish Qi was finally unsustainable!

The Blood Red Demon let out a bloodthirsty shriek, raising all six arms, carrying the power to destroy all things, and smashed down on the temporarily unbalanced Slaughter Xuan Mo!

If this blow landed, even with Devilish Qi protection, he would not escape the fate of his Physical Body disintegrating and his Divine Soul being annihilated!

At the critical moment!

A massive golden light, carrying terrifying thunder power, tore through the Void Realm and violently struck from the side!

The Blood Red Demon’s body suddenly stopped, forced to flash back rapidly.

It was a close call!

It missed the best opportunity to kill the Slaughter Xuan Mo.

The gazes of both combatants instantly focused on Xiao Zhuo, who had just stepped out of the Void Realm.

No one noticed that a spatial blade, thinner than a strand of hair, silently swept across the Slaughter Xuan Mo’s massive wound on his back, precisely peeling off a drop of black Devilish Blood containing his Origin power.

The power of space instantly enveloped and solidified it, disappearing silently into the depths of the Void Realm.

Xiao Zhuo’s figure stood between the Slaughter Xuan Mo and the Blood Red Demon, his gaze calm as an abyss, locked onto the Blood Red Demon, which was roaring in fury because its attack had been obstructed.

“Blood Sea Saint?!” The Slaughter Xuan Mo immediately recognized the newcomer.

“Go back and heal, I’ll handle it.” Xiao Zhuo’s tone was indifferent, yet carried an undeniable authority.

“Yes!”

The Slaughter Xuan Mo knew well the reputation of the Blood Sea Saint Xiao Zhuo—when he was still just a Quasi-Immortal, Xiao Zhuo had already made a fearsome name for himself on the boundary realm battlefield as a True Immortal.

The Slaughter Demon Palace was now deeply affiliated with Cao Yunqing of the Blood Demon Palace, so he naturally had to obey.

With a flash of black light, the Slaughter Xuan Mo had retreated back into the city.

The Blood Red Demon sensed the intense, deadly threat emanating from Xiao Zhuo and dared not offer the slightest resistance.

“Human Race! You are strong! But this world will eventually become a paradise for our Rebirth! You… cannot stop us!” A thought filled with ancient, violent aura directly entered Xiao Zhuo’s mind.

“You actually possess self-awareness?” Xiao Zhuo raised an eyebrow slightly.

Only the two of them remained here, so the source of the thought was self-evident.

Although languages were different, thoughts could directly reach the Origin.

“My name is Luolaha Cha Likiganir! A Demon General under the Third Demon God Seat of the Primal Demon Realm! You are worthy of knowing my name! State your name!” The Blood Red Demon’s thought came again, with an ancient and arrogant tone.

Xiao Zhuo’s heart stirred slightly.

Primal Demon Realm?

He had never heard of it, but just the name sounded extraordinary.

But this Demon General level of power only reached the Profound Demon class?

Could it be a remnant of a Major Thousand Worlds that had long been destroyed?

“Xiao Zhuo.” He responded with his thought, while also probing, “Where is the Primal Demon Realm? You are imprints awakened by the will of the boundary sea from the river of time, yet you still retain memories from your previous life?”

“I don’t know! I died in the war between the Primal Demon Realm and the Light God Realm! My Divinity was Shattered Realm (Cultivation Class), completely annihilated, only my imprint was remembered by the river. No need for more talk! Fight!” Luolaha Cha seemed unwilling to say more, his fleshy wings spread in fury, his body transforming into a blood-red streak of light that tore through space, charging straight at Xiao Zhuo!

Xiao Zhuo had already observed his battle with the Slaughter Xuan Mo and understood his methods thoroughly.

To him, this demon posed no threat whatsoever; he had countless ways to suppress or even obliterate it.

But he still wanted to know more—about the river of time, about that mysterious Primal Demon Realm.

He merely raised his hand slightly.

In an instant, within a hundred zhang of Void Realm in front of him, countless golden light beams, solid as substance, appeared out of thin air!

Crisscrossing, dense as a heavenly net, completely sealing off all of Luolaha Cha’s attack routes!

Luolaha Cha was caught off guard! It never expected that this Human Race’s methods would be so inconceivable!

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff… Hundreds of golden lights instantly pierced through its demonic body!

Violent thunder energy raged within its body, firmly imprisoning it in the air a dozen zhang from Xiao Zhuo, unable to move!

“What kind of world is the Primal Demon Realm? A Great Thousand World? And why are you able to retain consciousness?” Xiao Zhuo stepped forward, his tone carrying investigative curiosity.

As he approached, the obstructing golden lights silently dissipated, making way, until he stood before the restrained Luolaha Cha.

“You… what kind of monster are you?! Your energy level is clearly similar to mine! How could it… be so strong?!” Luolaha Cha’s thought was filled with shock and disbelief.

“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. Why not answer my questions?” Xiao Zhuo’s lips curled into an elusive arc, his deep eyes staring directly into the opponent’s scarlet vertical pupils, “Perhaps… I can grant you Rebirth.”

“Re… Rebirth?!” Luolaha Cha’s thought trembled violently, filled with extreme doubt.

Xiao Zhuo’s mind stirred slightly, and that trace of the main body’s Great Luo pressure, which surpassed the limits of this world and was contained within his Clone’s Divine Soul, was powerfully released!

Boom!

Luolaha Cha only felt a terrifying pressure, vast as an ancient divine mountain and deep as an endless starry abyss, descend upon him with a crash!

If it weren’t for being impaled by the golden light, it would have already prostrated itself on the ground!

The pressure flashed and was gone.

The Clone’s Divine Soul was weak and could not sustain it for long.

“This… this is… a Demon God King?! No… even stronger! You… who exactly are you?!” Luolaha Cha’s thought was left with only boundless fear.

The terror of that pressure just now far exceeded any Demon God King of the Primal Demon Realm it had ever met in its memory!

“Who I am, you need not know for now.” Xiao Zhuo’s thought was as cold as ice, “You only need to understand that I have the ability to fulfill the promise I made to you.”

Luolaha Cha understood instantly.

Regardless of the Blood Demon Realm’s outcome, facing Xiao Zhuo now, it was a certain death!

After death, the imprint in the river of time would also completely dissipate.

The mysterious powerhouse before it offered perhaps the only chance of survival!

“Good! I agree…” Luolaha Cha’s thought carried a hint of desperate hope.

However!

Just as its thought assented—

“Ugh ah—!!!”

Luolaha Cha’s demonic body suddenly twitched and contorted violently! Letting out a heart-wrenching scream of pain!

The sturdy demonic body, like a Shattered Realm (Cultivation Class) porcelain, instantly became covered in spiderweb-like cracks, as if it would completely collapse in the next instant!