C1849 Using the Common People to Threaten Him

Mo Baichuan suddenly turned to Yu Yuan and asked, "Why have you come?"

"I..."

Yu Yuan, who had intended to join the fray after witnessing the appearance of the golden giant deer and following the death of Qike in the Dark Wing Starfield, found himself at a loss for words.

Zu Ann had been correct; before his arrival, the Demon Phoenix had seemed relatively composed.

But now, it appeared the Demon Phoenix was on the verge of madness, just as she had been in the Dim Starfield.

The Great Demon God Grec, along with numerous Ninth Level Demon Gods, were in the midst of rebuilding their domain in the Dim Starfield. Yet, the Demon Phoenix, in a brief fit of rage, had already obliterated a third of the stars there.

If the Demon Phoenix's frenzy were to unfold in the Great Swamp, it would be equally reckless...

This thought sent a shiver down Yu Yuan's spine.

"I've discovered a method to elevate alien beasts to the Tenth Level. Without the demon race of the Great Swamp, I will still command a Tenth Level Beast God. Even if the Great Swamp is destroyed and the demon race is wiped out, the numerous alien beasts from beyond will continue to imbue me with unending vitality."

The Supreme Demon Phoenix's icy gaze slowly closed.

Yet, every demon not loyal to the Demon Palace, who had not pledged their fealty to her, felt the weight of her indifferent phoenix gaze, regardless of their location, be it the Great Swamp or the Starry Sky.

Her phoenix eyes seemed to crystallize in the hearts of the great demons, watching them coldly.

Those loyal to the Desolate God or independent from both the Great Swamp and the Demon Palace were suddenly gripped by the fear of their impending doom and realized a stark truth.

—When the Demon Phoenix required it, she could strip them of everything at any moment!

"You may observe, but if you, Yu Yuan, dare to intervene, then..."

As the Demon Phoenix reopened her eyes, she turned her gaze to the left.

At that moment, Qin Luo of the Red Devil Sect had not only arrived himself, but he had also brought Zhou Cangmin with him.

Following Zu Ann, two fiery streaks cut through the void at the fringe of the Great Swamp, and the two Red Devil Sect powerhouses reached the site of the "Destruction Den."

Along the journey, the sight of animal bone corpses stripped of flesh and blood was a harrowing spectacle.

"Yu Yuan..."

Zhou Cangmin, clad in white and at the Middle Period of the Unrestrained Stage, arrived and caught sight of the figure atop the Dragon Slash Platform, finding himself at a loss for words.

"Red Devil Sect, Demonic Seed, Zhou Cangmin."

The Demon Phoenix, manifesting in human form above the lair, let a chilling expression cross its exquisite features. "You once opened the Galaxy Crossing in the Fallen Realm just for him."

"You enjoy helping him in secret, don't you? Without your interference, the Demonic Seed, he wouldn't have gained the favor of the Origin Blood so swiftly!"

Zhou Cangmin was taken aback.

It dawned on him that the Phoenix Shrine, once situated in the Fallen Realm, had likely uncovered the secret he had desperately concealed—that he had assisted Yu Yuan in visiting the Fallen Realm, enabling Yu Yuan to acquire a complete life sequence.

"You!"

The Supreme Demon Phoenix's finger, terrifyingly long, shimmered with an intense blood light.

That finger pointed directly at Zhou Cangmin's chest from a distance.

Puff!

Zhou Cangmin's heart was reduced to mush. His true body's flesh and organs were instantly distilled into a beam of blood and merged into the decaying heart.

With a whoosh, the Supreme Demon Phoenix withdrew its finger, revealing a tiny, withered, crimson heart in its palm, seemingly the very one that had burst from the White-robed Imperial Advisor, Zhou Cangmin.

The desiccated heart, wrapped in tendrils of blood light, miraculously plumped up in mere moments.

Meanwhile, Zhou Cangmin was reduced to mere skin and bones, his organs and flesh utterly gone.

"Ah!"

A frantic scream echoed from within Zhou Cangmin's husk, as if he had only just comprehended the gravity of the situation.

"Your Highness, the Demon Emperor, mercy is the mark of a great ruler!"

Qin Luo of the Red Devil Sect's face turned ashen as he conjured a barrier as radiant as the sun, attempting to shield Zhou Cangmin.

"Futile."

Zhou Cangmin, now skeletal in appearance, released his Yang God, while his Yin God and primary soul were forcibly infused into it.

Zhou Cangmin's true form slowly collapsed to the ground, seemingly lifeless. Manifesting his Yang God to the onlookers, he spoke with a faint voice, "It appears I no longer harbor any hope of ascending to the ranks of the Supreme Chiefs."

Without his true body, his Yin God and main soul had merged with the Yang God, leaving him clueless about how to proceed with his cultivation.

Aiming for the Supreme Chief position? That was out of the question.

Boom! Puff!

Merchants, like Ho Zhan, suddenly found themselves devoid of their flesh and blood energy, one after another.

Skeletons clattered to the ground in heaps.

Those who had reached the Yang God Stage had their Yin God and main soul swiftly flee, seeking refuge within a special Yang God Body to survive.

For those who had not formed their Yang Gods, once their physical bodies decayed, their Yin Gods drifted out from the skeletal remains, appearing as lonely ghosts in the Great Swamp.

Their main souls and Heavenly Souls were unable to merge with the Yin Gods and were thus fated to fade away.

Yet, at least the Yin Gods, once separated from their bodies, could pursue the path of Ghost Dao.

Others were weaker still. Some sect disciples who had ventured to the Great Swamp for training hadn't even breached the Yin God Stage. After the Demon Phoenix stripped them of their vital blood energy, they faced a certain demise.

Lacking Yin Gods and Yang Gods, the tripartite souls of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, bereft of their corporeal vessels, slowly drifted back into the cycle of reincarnation.

"See that?" declared the Demon Phoenix, hovering above the nest with a massive blood talisman crowning her head, as if addressing everyone.

"All living creatures, from birds and beasts to insects and humans, mortals and great demons alike—if they possess a physical form, they fall under my dominion!"

She spread her slender arms, reaching back to her wings as though grasping the hearts of all living beings.

"I want Zhong Chichen dead, and Loong Jie as well."

She glanced down at the Space-time Dragon, writhing in agony, and the Golden Dragon, which had ceased its destruction of the nest's withered branches. "Anyone who dares to obstruct me shows no concern for the lives of all living creatures. Mo Baichuan, would you rather challenge me now, or witness the annihilation of all mortal beings?"

Mo Baichuan, perched atop the lid of the "Flowing Flames" pill furnace, was never one for words.

In this moment, his face darkened into silence.

Unlike the Demon Phoenix, he could not disregard the fate of all living creatures. He dared not challenge the Demon Phoenix at this pivotal juncture, risking the lives of countless beings as if they were mere trifles.

In Yu Yuan's view, the Supreme Demon Phoenix before him was akin to the source of the Yang Meridian on the Origin Blood Continent, wielding the power to dictate the fate of every member of the Blood Devil Clan.

The Demon Phoenix, ruling over the Divine Path of Blood in the vast expanse, possessed the power to strip the flesh and blood from all creatures.

Without flesh and blood, mortals were doomed to die; the same grim fate awaited the Demon Clan.

Only the mightiest of cultivators, those with Yin Gods, could live on, and those with Yang Gods could survive.

Once the Primordial Spirit, Yin God, and Yang God were manifested, they could soar through the cosmos without their physical forms, free from the Demon Phoenix's grasp.

The catch was that becoming such a supreme being was a rarity, one in a billion!

"Fine, I'll just observe."

The Dragon Slash Platform gradually retreated, increasing the distance from the "Destruction Den" to avoid provoking the volatile Demon Phoenix.

The Demon Phoenix used the lives of the vast ocean's inhabitants as leverage. Yu Yuan knew all too well that the Demon Phoenix was capable of such a threat and was indifferent to the potential annihilation of the vast ocean.

His withdrawal signaled a stance of detached observation, yet privately, he committed the massive blood-colored Demon Talisman to memory.

"How can one counteract such dominance over the lifeblood of all creatures?"

He was in unobstructed communication with the Yang God at the Abyss Gate. His Yang God kept a vigilant eye on the movements at the Abyss Gate, unaware of the hurried approach of Jiuhui.

Could the Yang God make a brief return to the realm of all creatures? Was there a chance to disrupt the Demon Phoenix's hold over their blood?

He was acutely aware that the only force capable of altering the dire situation and stopping the Demon Phoenix from using the lives of all creatures as a threat was his own Yang God.

The Colorful Divine Dragon, riddled with wounds, struggled in vain as its body swayed weakly.

Loong Jie let out a mournful roar, realizing he might not be able to rescue his Colorful Patriarch, and charged toward the human-shaped Phoenix shadow amidst the deep purple smoke.

"Save me, please save me."

The Colorful Divine Dragon moaned feebly, its gem-like, multicolored eyes moving away from Loong Jie and settling on the Dragon Slash Platform.

Yu Yuan gave a slight nod in response.

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