C1489 Earth Demon's Nightmare!

Huangyin, Yuen Qingxi, and the demonic shadow from the wooden tombstone hovered at the edge of Colorful Lake. As the lake's vibrant waters were sliced by several white blades, they all pointed fingers at Xuanying. Unable to communicate with Rovi or dare to confront him directly, they could only place the blame on Xuanying. Their hope was that Xuanying could keep Rovi in check to prevent the desecration of the Earth Demon Clan's holy site during the battle. They were well aware that Rovi, being a Void Spirit Succubus, had little regard for the fate of this tainted world. The only thing they were certain of was Rovi's desire for the Dragon Slash Platform; beyond that, they were clueless.

"It's not Rovi! Stop blaming us!" Xuanying, who was possessed by Rovi, desperately tried to clear the air to prevent any misunderstandings by Yuen Qingxi and the others. She was also silently communicating with Rovi, trying to figure out what exactly had happened, sensing that something was off.

"That person you've chosen for demonization feels a bit odd to me..." Rovi responded.

With a hiss, hundreds of radiant blades carrying the mysteries of space cleaved through Loong Jie's extensive form. The light blades collided with the resplendent scales of Loong Jie, sending divine light scattering in all directions. Fine spatial fissures attempted to form around Loong Jie, but each time a crack emerged, it seemed to be disrupted by an unseen force, preventing it from inflicting a critical blow on the ancient dragon. The spatial rifts were unable to fully rupture, failing to evolve into the next onslaught.

Tan Junshan's dharma, condensed into a speck of silver light, flitted about like a firefly, evading the hidden spatial portals in the void. Rovi had a firm lock on Tan Junshan's movements, but suddenly, he lost track of him and was unable to project his consciousness to intercept Tan Junshan's impending path.

Chen Liangquan, clutching the shattered crystal ball and cleansing the world with the Bright Clan's lineage, seemed to have been aided by some mysterious force, narrowly escaping the stealthy spatial portal that was hurtling his way.

Rovi sensed that the Dao laws of the Boundless Great World harbored a deep hostility toward him. He suspected it was due to the pure-blooded Golden Dragon, which had forged a mysterious connection with the forces of this realm.

Zhong Chichen emerged from the pill furnace, seemingly in sync with the Golden Dragon. He appeared capable of harnessing the spatial powers of the Colorful Divine Dragon from the Dragon Slash Platform.

"The leader of the Medicine God Sect, Zhong Chichen? What could possibly be his issue?"

Xuanying's purple eyes, a symbol of her presence, suddenly fixed upon Zhong Chichen. She intended to cast the light of her mastered Earth Demon Soul Arts upon his body and soul to reveal their secrets.

Whoosh!

A shadowy, enigmatic eye formed from chilling soul force, poised to shroud Zhong Chichen's form and peer into the depths of his spirit. Within this vast shadowy eye swirled numerous demonic figures.

"Shadow Heavenly Reflection Technique..."

Zhong Chichen chuckled, effortlessly naming the Earth Demon secret art employed by Xuanying, and allowed the dark eye, seemingly woven from myriad demonic shadows, to approach.

The enormous, shadow-like eye devoured him whole. In an instant, Zhong Chichen seemed to vanish into the shadow's abyss, his every secret laid bare by the peculiar gaze.

Yu Yuan, initially ready to intervene, now chose to observe the unfolding events with a knowing glance, recognizing who was before him.

Yu Yuan remained still.

"Xuanying! He's uttered the Shadow Heavenly Reflection Technique! Be cautious—he shouldn't know the Earth Demon secret arts you've mastered!"

Huangyin, sensing that something was amiss, kept his gaze locked on Zhong Chichen and caught the sound of his mocking laughter.

The eerie dark eye, teeming with demonic shadows, swallowed Zhong Chichen whole.

Xuanying had unleashed the Shadow Heavenly Reflection Technique.

Chi!

The purple eye, emblematic of Xuanying, suddenly burst open, bleeding profusely.

The immense dark eye that had enveloped Zhong Chichen appeared to be torn asunder by countless spatial forces, fracturing into myriad shards of shadow.

Clad in his green robe, Zhong Chichen stood amidst the endless fragments of darkness, his gaze meeting the bleeding eye that symbolized Xuanying.

Xuanying's piercing, demonic screech resonated, as if it could rupture the very fabric of one's eardrums.

As the devils near Colorful Lake heard the demonic sound, they had no choice but to emerge, whether they wanted to or not.

"You're seeking your own demise."

Chen Liangquan, hovering in the air, let out a cold laugh as he infused a drop of his blood into the fractured crystal ball.

Brilliant light bathed the area, incinerating the weaker devils with a glow akin to sacred white fire, reducing them to mere wisps of smoke and ash.

Beneath this purifying radiance, even Yuen Qingxi and Huangyin felt discomfort.

How much worse it must be for the lowly devils, unable to resist Xuanying's demonic sound?

"Stop this at once!"

Huangyin bellowed in rage.

Devils with any hope of evolving were utterly useless in a conflict of this magnitude.

Summoned by Xuanying at this moment, they were nothing but sacrificial lambs.

And it was utterly pointless!

"He, he..."

Xuanying's shriek was supplanted by a quivering voice.

Her bleeding purple eye, a mark of her demonic shadow, repeatedly split and then merged back together.

After seven cycles, the fragmented shadow finally coalesced and neutralized Zhong Chichen's retaliatory force.

A terror that struck at the very core of her Devil Soul welled up within her, bringing back memories of the Naga ruler of Boundless Great World, Haoxuan, and his merciless slaughter.

The Earth Demons, too, had been victims of the Nagas' indiscriminate killing and refining.

Among them was a stunningly beautiful dragon that delighted in refining Earth Demons, using their Devil Souls to fortify its own. It had consumed countless High Rank Earth Demons.

This dragon, with its resplendent, colorful scales, was a frequent visitor to the Iridescent Cloud Miasma Sea.

Rumor had it that the dragon was drawn to the sea's misty clouds and twilight hues, and it had unraveled every mystery of the toxins and miasma.

The dragon even ventured deep underground to bathe in the sacred Colorful Lake of the Earth Demon Clan, cleansing itself with the lake's vibrant waters.

In time, its body took on a spectrum of colors.

Pleased with its colorful appearance, the dragon embraced a new moniker: the Colorful Divine Dragon.

It had become immune to all corruption, acid, and malevolent forces that could taint the soul.

Having mastered the essence of this world's impurities, the dragon had become the nemesis of the Earth Demon Clan.

He had mastered the laws and secrets of the Iridescent Cloud Miasma Sea and the subterranean Foul World while bathing in the Colorful Lake.

Although he had grasped the essence of corruption and etched it into his dragon bloodline, he chose not to wield it in battle.

He believed that the Earth Demon Clan of that era, which had yet to birth a Great Demon God, and all the filth associated with the clan, including numerous nefarious Soul Arts, were merely fringe practices.

Hardly worth mentioning.

Such pursuits were beneath an entity as majestic as himself, unworthy of his time and effort.

His dragon form kept the Earth Demons in check, so after his demise, his body was placed within the Dragon Slash Platform. There, bolstered by the array and an Artifact, it naturally repressed the Earth Demon Clan, thwarting their rise to higher echelons.

The irony was bitter...

"What have we done? Did we really attempt to corrupt him?"

Xuanying was on the verge of tears.

"He could adapt to the Colorful Lake and assimilate all forms of vile abilities because he had already penetrated the very principles of this place! His immersion in the Colorful Lake was no less than ours. Our predecessors, the Earth Demon Ancestors, were all consumed by him!"

"Space-time Dragon!"

"Colorful Dragon God!"

Huangyin and Yuen Qingxi exclaimed.

The commanders of the Earth Demon and Ghost Wizard Sect felt as though they had encountered a daylight specter, shamed and toyed with.

Were they bewitched, or had they been outmaneuvered by Zhong Chichen?

Otherwise, what possessed them to 'invite' back this individual, whose mere name sent shivers down the Devil Souls of the entire Earth Demon Clan?

Could there be a more absurd and unfortunate turn of events?

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