C931 Fight Again!

A Demon General and a female fiend stood before him. One acted with reckless abandon, while the other orchestrated her moves with careful precision. Yu Yuan's expression grew a touch more grave at the sight of them. These two were starkly different from the powerhouses of the Black Scale and Silver Scale Clans.

His recent bouts with the Seventh Level warriors from both clans had enlightened him on many matters. For the average human practitioner, the realms of the Yellow Court, the Blood and Qi, and the Consciousness Little Worlds, as well as the energies of Spiritual Qi, Blood and Qi, and Soul Power, were all intricately linked to one's cultivation level.

The Yin God, Penetrating, and Profound Break Stages each had their distinct energy limits. Take Yu Yuan, for instance, in the late phase of the Yin God Stage, the Spiritual Qi in his Yellow Court acupoint, the Blood and Qi in his Profound Gate acupoint, and the Soul Power in his Consciousness Little World all had their respective ceilings.

Should he fail to ascend to the next stage, these limits would remain unbroken. At present, his Soul Power was maxed out. Without the aid of the Evil Cauldron, the power he could muster from the Yin God was finite. The Spiritual Qi in his Yellow Court acupoint had been refined time and again, yet it too had hit its maximum capacity.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how much essence he channeled into his flesh and blood, his Blood and Qi levels should have been at the pinnacle achievable by the Yin God Stage. If that were the case, even practicing the Evil Body Refining Skill or the Ancient Desolate's Void True Spell, which could repeatedly fortify his flesh, organs, and bones, would still leave him bound by the unbroken threshold of the Yin God Stage. He would be formidable, yes, but only on par with the Yin God powerhouses of the Ancient Desolate Sect and the Evil Sect.

But he could never have relied solely on his physical prowess to surpass the Seventh Level Bloodline Warriors of the Black Scale and Silver Scale Clans. Yet, just moments ago, he had done exactly that!

"Life Altar!"

He had realized that the "Life Altar," nestled within the Blood and Qi Little World of his body, had shattered the previous limits of his Blood and Qi!

The "Life Altar," alien to him and to the Human Race, wielded a miraculous power capable of seizing the essence of heaven and earth, shattering the Human Race's boundaries!

Thanks to the "Life Altar," the robustness of his flesh and the reservoir of Qi and blood energy he could amass far surpassed what a Yin God Stage human warrior could contain.

Utilizing the "Life Altar" to assimilate the essence blood of Seventh and Eighth Level beings, he forcefully opened numerous sealed acupoints within his body, one after another.

Each acupoint transformed into a new wellspring of Qi and blood, supplying him with a surge of vitality.

The "Life Altar" had fortified his flesh, bones, and organs, amplifying them with the processed essence blood from other races.

Such a degree of physical refinement was beyond the reach of Yin God Stage masters from the Ancient Desolate Sect or the Evil Sect!

Flesh, soul, and spiritual power were all constrained by one's cultivation level.

Yet, the "Life Altar," with its overwhelming blood energy, shattered these constraints!

This meant that even though his cultivation remained in the late phase of the Yin God Stage and his soul and spiritual powers were still bound by that level, the sum of flesh and blood energy within him had already transcended the Yin God Stage.

With a gentle clench of his fist, the abundant Qi and blood surged through his veins to his palm like a relentless river.

Flashing a grin, he mused, "In terms of sheer physical might, I can stand toe-to-toe with a Seventh Level Bloodline warrior; I'm only missing their unique talents."

He boldly confronted the Devil General.

Wuuu!

The shrill wail of a female demon, like a thousand arrows to the heart, invaded his mind and penetrated his Consciousness Little World.

Like the Dark Elfkind, the female demon was frail, ill-suited for hand-to-hand combat, preferring to wield her soul's scream to bore into an enemy's spirit and obliterate their consciousness.

As for the Seventh Level Devil General of the Devaputra Race, his monstrous form was but a commandeered and refined Shadow Beast from a foreign realm.

On the brink of death, the Shadow Beast was consumed by his Devil Soul, which overtook and dissolved the remaining soul, refining the body in the process.

The Heavenly Demon, equally skilled in the arcane arts of the soul, now inhabited the body of an eighth-level Shadow Beast. Unfazed by close-quarters combat, he could leverage his Devil Soul in tandem with the female demon to exert immense pressure on Yu Yuan's spirit.

The Devaputra Race, once they reach a certain tier and successfully refine an appropriate devilish vessel, become a fearsome force with no apparent weaknesses.

Moreover, should their cultivated bodies be destroyed, the Devaputra Race's elite can seek out new ones and undergo the process of refinement once more. This enduring ability is why they have reigned supreme in the depths of the Outland Star River since time immemorial.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Amidst the female demon's piercing shrieks, Yu Yuan, his head throbbing with pain, witnessed devilish shadows darting across his Consciousness Little World.

Boom!

Caught off guard, the eighth-level Shadow Beast, like a battle chariot charging at full throttle, collided forcefully with his chest.

Yu Yuan's head spun, and his battle-hardened, muscular form was propelled high into the air.

"The female demon and Heavenly Demon pairing is significantly more formidable than the Silver Scale and Black Scale Clans," observed Beru, the Star Race's Great Sage, as he watched Yu Yuan catapulted skyward by the Devaputra Race's Demon General's assault. He nodded thoughtfully, "The Silver Scale and Black Scale Clans lack proficiency in soul-based attacks. And Yu Yuan, he remains fundamentally a practitioner of the Yin God Stage within the Human Race..."

"He hasn't deployed the Evil Cauldron," remarked Luo Yue with a huff.

"That artifact contains an overwhelmingly powerful Evil Demon. If unleashed, what would be the point of this battle?" Mia from the Dark Elfkind watched the Dark Shadow Beast, its head adorned with curved greenish-black horns, resembling a swift, lightning-fast lizard. "The agility and strength of this eighth-level Dark Shadow Beast seem scarcely diminished even after being refined."

In the Domain Boundary of the Dark Elfkind, these brutal and cognitively disordered Dark Shadow Beasts have long been their favored prey.

Mia was acutely aware of the sheer terror embodied by an eighth-level Shadow Beast.

Yu Yuan was sent flying into the sky, yet the absence of his sternum shattering left her astonished.

She had braced herself to immediately tend to Yu Yuan's wounds once the battle concluded.

She feared that Yu Yuan might be gravely injured by the Dark Shadow Beast's strike, and when Yan Qiling and the others returned, they would seek out those responsible and demand justice.

Bang!

Yu Yuan crashed to the ground, creating a human-shaped crater upon impact.

The Demon General, who had assimilated an Eighth Level Dark Shadow Beast, abruptly looked up at the Demon God hovering above.

Just as the Demon God was about to intervene, he noticed a shift in the Dark Shadow Beast's eyes—from seeking approval to expressing agony.

The Demon God instantly realized that his Demon General's Devil Soul had been wounded!

Simultaneously, the piercing shriek of the female demon ceased.

The next instant, she clutched her head, moaning in agony.

Her hair, which hung behind her like serpents, stirred as if a group of menacing vipers had been startled by some fearsome force, awakening from their slumber, ready to strike and consume.

The Demon General's odd behavior and the female demon's reaction left the visitors from other realms and Luo Yue dumbfounded.

"What’s there to be surprised about?"

The Demon God of the Devaputra Race retorted with indignation, "Given his origins from the Divine Soul Sect and mastery of their various soul arts, it's only natural he'd find a method to counter our Devil Soul."

"After all, in the early days, every human sect and force considered us their ultimate foe."

"And the Divine Soul Sect stood out among them. Their Spiritual Spells and Soul Arts were crafted from day one to combat us!"

With these words, everyone had an epiphany.

The Divine Soul Sect's esoteric and cunning soul arts were all devised for the sole purpose of vanquishing the Outland Devaputra.

The Heaven Sealing Soul Transformation Formation within the Fallen Moon Forbidden Area was established to confine the Devaputra, preventing those from the Delude Devil Abyss from escaping and wreaking havoc.

Meanwhile, the Divine Soul Sect trained its disciples within the forbidden area to hunt and consume any bold enough to invade, acclimating them to combat against the Devaputra and prepping them for their eventual advancement to the Yang God stage.

If Yu Yuan truly belonged to the Divine Soul Sect and practiced their secret techniques, even with a slightly lower cultivation level, it would be impossible for him to be utterly dominated by the Devil Soul of a Demon General.

Just as anticipated!

The Demon General concealed within the Shadow Beast cried out in agony.

For he realized that the strands of devilish shadows he had sent into Yu Yuan's sea of consciousness were being uncontrollably tugged at by Yu Yuan's Yin God, disintegrating and dissolving as effortlessly as a butcher disassembles a cow.

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