128: Enslaving the Demon Saint

“Can the assessment rewards be stacked?” Li Jiangchen pondered for a moment, then immediately agreed, choosing to continue the challenge.

Familiar spatial fluctuations reappeared, and a Flood Dragon Demon Saint materialized.

“It’s you!” A hint of fear emerged in the Flood Dragon Demon Saint’s dragon eyes, and its body trembled uncontrollably.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, a playful expression appeared on its ferocious flood dragon face.

“The Sacred Spirit Palace cannot use Witch Race totems; right now, you’re just a piece of trash, slightly stronger than an ordinary Pseudo-Saint.

This Saint will tear your body apart inch by inch, making you watch with your own eyes as your flesh and blood are devoured by me.”

In the distance, Li Jiangchen remained expressionless: “Noisy.”

The Immortal Sword Domain spread, the Demon Kingdom in the Palm permeated, and the Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation manifested.

The superposition of the three Emperor-Grade Divine Ability Domains gave Li Jiangchen immense power with a casual swing of his sword.

“Die.”

Clang!

The demon slaying sword pointed into the Void Realm, a golden light arced, and like a golden shuttle, it instantly reached the Flood Dragon Demon Saint, its terrifying aura scaring it out of its wits.

“How is this possible?!”

The Flood Dragon Demon Saint abruptly conjured its demon core, upon which an ice armor dragon shadow appeared, and a profound Divine Ability aura permeated, instantly condensing water vapor in front of it into a gigantic ice mountain.

The golden light pierced in, like a swimming fish, darting into the interior of the ice mountain; a long, narrow crack continuously spread from the middle of the ice mountain, like lightning, arriving in an instant.

“Damn it!” The Flood Dragon Demon Saint cursed under its breath, its body rapidly retreating.

This ice mountain before it was forged based on its ancient ice dragon Bloodline and fused with its Innate ice element Divine Ability.

In terms of quality, it was no less than a supreme grade defensive Spiritual Artifact.

Yet it was pierced through by a single sword strike.

At this moment, a speck of golden sharpness broke out from the ice mountain, instantly piercing through the Flood Dragon’s head; Sword Qi erupted, and a small section of the Flood Dragon disintegrated into a sky full of blood mist.

The next moment, the blood mist rapidly gathered, manifesting in the distance as a bald, fierce man with a flood dragon head.

The Flood Dragon Demon Saint’s face was filled with terror.

That sword strike just now had almost annihilated one-tenth of its life force.

One must know that Flood Dragons are naturally powerful in life force, almost several times that of ordinary Yao Race members of the same Realm.

If not for this, that sword strike could have slain a Human Race Martial Saint or an ordinary Yao Race member.

Outrageous!

Suddenly, the Flood Dragon Demon Saint’s eyes widened; the figure before it abruptly vanished, and a sense of dread emerged from behind it.

“Golden Sword Slashes the Void.”

A thick golden Sword Qi rose, and under the augmentation of the Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, it converged into a colossal golden sword, crashing down.

Boom! The Flood Dragon Demon Saint disintegrated into a sky full of blood mist, and its demon core, carrying the blood mist containing residual life force, rapidly fled.

However, although the trial space of the Sacred Spirit Palace was vast, no exit could be seen.

Especially with Li Jiangchen augmenting the Five Elements Escape Heaven Divine Light with Spatial Profundity, his speed was as swift as a startled swan; the Flood Dragon Demon Saint couldn’t evade in the slightest, only able to watch as its surrounding life force was continuously annihilated.

Saint Body depleted by 20%.

Saint Body depleted by 30%... Saint Body depleted by 90%.

“Damn it!”

The Flood Dragon Demon Saint was frantic; its life force was depleting more and more, causing the power of its Divine Abilities to become increasingly weaker.

This feeling of being toyed with in the palm of a hand was almost driving it mad.

Suddenly, a silver light abruptly pierced into its Soul Sea, causing the Soul Sea to churn; the Flood Dragon Demon Saint felt an intense pain in its Soul Sea, as if its Divine Soul had been shattered.

Under three consecutive soul-destroying Divine Lights shot from the Crimson Evil Eye Technique, the Flood Dragon Demon Saint’s consciousness fell into a coma.

“That’s about enough…”

A hint of playfulness appeared on Li Jiangchen’s face.

The next moment, the Demon Kingdom expanded, and black mist engulfed the Flood Dragon Demon Saint.

At this moment, tiny, imperceptible silver light dots floated out from the black mist, continuously drilling into the Flood Dragon Demon Saint’s Soul Sea, vaguely forming an ancient seal character — ‘Slave’ ( slave).

The Demon Kingdom in the Palm, having advanced to the Emperor-Grade Divine Ability (Incomplete), gained a special effect.

There was no need to slay and then absorb the soul; as long as the target’s Divine Soul and life force were both on the verge of collapse, the ‘Slave Seal’ could be cast to enslave living beings.

“A Martial Saint with intact flesh, blood, and Divine Soul, under the augmentation of the Demon Kingdom, will have combat strength even greater than before being enslaved.

Most importantly, memory loss will be minimal.

This allows for obtaining a massive amount of secret information.

Furthermore, as long as the fact of being enslaved is not exposed, they can completely blend back into their original race and act as an undercover agent.”

After an incense stick’s time, the ‘Slave Seal’ was completely formed in the Flood Dragon Demon Saint’s mind.

“Greetings, Master,” the bald, fierce man bowed.

“How much strength do you have left?”

“Reporting, Master, this subordinate’s Divine Soul and life force are severely depleted; my combat strength is probably less than 30% of its original state.”

“30%...” Li Jiangchen nodded silently.

30% combat strength was slightly weak.

However, the Flood Dragon Demon Saint inherently surpassed too many Yao Race members; this 30% combat strength was probably still considerably stronger than that of an ordinary newly advanced Demon Saint.

‘The Demon Kingdom is, after all, an Emperor-Grade Divine Ability (Incomplete); if it were a complete Emperor-Grade Divine Ability, it probably wouldn’t need to weaken the enslaved target to such an extent.

Moreover, recovery should also be much faster.’ Li Jiangchen secretly analyzed the Demon Kingdom Divine Ability, then activated a golden light from his palm, which landed on the Flood Dragon Demon Saint, immediately stopping its injuries from worsening and showing signs of slight improvement.

“Thank you for your assistance, Master. This subordinate feels much recovered and should be able to exert half of my original combat strength,” the Flood Dragon Demon Saint said with surprise.

Hearing this, Li Jiangchen nodded: “The Undecaying Power, even when activated by my Great Perfection Saint Body, its healing effect is ultimately inferior for Saints.”

After some thought, Li Jiangchen absorbed the Flood Dragon Demon Saint into the ancient mirror.

“Enslaving instead of slaying means no benefits can be obtained from the panel. This can be considered one of its drawbacks.”

At this moment, a familiar clear voice entered his ears.

“The second assessment has been passed. In view of the challenger successfully challenging across Realms, rewards are doubled. Do you wish to continue the assessment?”

“Continue to stack.”

As his thought was conveyed, the Void Realm vibrated, gradually revealing a figure.

The third assessment was the Loose Cultivator Old Ancestor Jin Ao of the Yao Race.

He possessed the Bloodline of Ba Xia, and his combat strength surpassed that of the Flood Dragon Demon Saint by three points; his immense strength and defense were unparalleled, but after a struggle, he was still enslaved by the Demon Kingdom.

Thus, the Demon Kingdom gained its second Demon Saint subject.

The fourth assessment was an alien racefrom the White Bone Realm.

Its body was hunched, covered in pale white bone armor, without a trace of flesh and blood; dark ghost fireleaped in its eye sockets, and its aura was erratic, bursting with a second-tier Heaven combat strength at its Peak.

Unfortunately, the Demon Kingdom could not enslave it. Moreover, while White Bone Realm beings were bone creatures, they were not the skeletal demons among the Yao Race.

No benefits were obtained from the panel.

However, its personal storage had accumulated quite a few enlightenment stones, especially a fist-sized Medium Grade gold element enlightenment stone.

After absorbing it, the gold element Profound Truth finally broke through to the second-tier Heaven Realm.

If Li Jiangchen were a Martial Saint, at the moment the Profound Truth broke through, he could have triggered a resonance of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, breaking through to the second-tier Heaven Martial Saint Realm.

Unfortunately, he was still a God Observation Realm Martial Artist.

“The three Realms of a Pseudo-Saint: Fate Reversal, Undying, and Sub-Saint (Major Achievement in a single Profound Truth). I have long since reached the latter two; only this Fate Reversal remains…”

Li Jiangchen looked inward, gazing at his Soul Sea; the nascent dharma form sat unmoving in the center of his Soul Sea.

The more powerful the nascent dharma form, the more difficult its manifestation.

But for someone like Li Jiangchen, whose nascent dharma form was so formidable, he was likely the first in history.

“I wonder if the Sacred Spirit Palace has any treasures to assist in manifesting the nascent dharma form; otherwise, I can only continuously improve my Profound Truth Realm and comprehend the various methods within.”

Not long after, the fifth assessment arrived.

Li Jiangchen opened his eyes, and his eyebrows immediately raised.

It was an old acquaintance.