Star Soul Palace was filled with Demonic Qi. The Martial Dao Holy Land of the Southern Domain had now become a Demon Land.
Inside a large hall, a Half-Saint and a dozen Demon Kings sat cross-legged, their faces filled with difficulty.
These Half-Saint and Demon Kings had all been injured in the battle a few days ago, and without exception, all of them had been injured by Yang Kai. Strictly speaking, their injuries weren’t serious, and the Half-Saint’s injuries could be said to be negligible. It was none other than the Blood Demon Half-Saint Yang Kai had previously cut on his arm.
However, over the past few days, this Blood Demon Half-Saint discovered that he was unable to heal his wounds no matter how hard he tried. A strange power was corroding his flesh and blood, and not only did his originally small wounds not heal, but they had instead expanded greatly. What made him feel despair was that the more he tried to suppress it, the more counterproductive it became.
Xue Li stood in front of him, his eyes slightly lowered, the large hand resting on his shoulder as the Demon Saint’s aura overflowed.
Suddenly, Xue Li’s expression changed as he raised his hand and formed a claw shape towards the wound of the Blood Demon Half-Saint in front of him. An arrow of blood shot out from the wound and flew into his palm.
The blood arrow seemed to be a living creature as it transformed into a blood-colored snake and shot towards Xue Li’s palm.
Xue Li’s expression became serious, but he didn’t show any fear, instead circulating his Demonic Qi to wrap up the blood snake in his palm.
On the side, Fu Yu glanced at Xue Li in surprise. Although Xue Li’s expression didn’t show any signs of change, she knew that this time, Xue Li had expended a great deal of his energy, and a hint of exhaustion could be seen in the depths of his eyes.
It was just helping others heal their injuries, but Xue Li was actually feeling tired? What exactly was that? Fu Yu’s expression couldn’t help becoming solemn as she stared at Xue Li and asked, “What happened?”
Xue Li stared at the blood snake in his hand for a moment before letting it roll about in his palm, not daring to make any direct contact. His eyes narrowed slightly as he shouted, “True Intent!”
“True Intent?” Fu Yu was stunned, as if she had heard something unbelievable. Even her voice couldn’t help raising slightly, “That boy actually comprehended True Intent? Did you make a mistake?”
Xue Li glanced at her for a moment but didn’t say anything, but his meaning was clear. Fu Yu also knew that Xue Li wouldn’t make a mistake in this matter, so she took a deep breath and said, “No wonder…”
Recalling the battle between Yang Kai and the Stone Demon Half-Saint when he first appeared, it was clear he didn’t have much strength, but the Stone Demon Half-Saint was still killed on the spot. Although there were three young girls assisting him at the time, the three young girls weren’t of much use. The one who really determined the outcome of that battle was Yang Kai himself.
Previously, she had been thinking that this Stone Demon Half-Saint was useless, he had a Half-Saint cultivation, but in the end, he had died at the hands of a Demon King.
Now it seemed that she had wronged the Stone Demon. It wasn’t that Stone Demon Half-Saint was incapable, but that little brat had actually comprehended True Intent! This kind of power was something even Demon Saints feared, and Xue Li didn’t dare to easily touch, let alone a Half-Saint.
Being corroded by True Intent, how could he not die!?
“I missed a good opportunity!” Xue Li’s eyes flashed with a cold light, a trace of annoyance flashing across them. If he had known that Yang Kai had comprehended True Intent, he would have killed him at all costs.
Saying so, he raised his hand and the wriggling blood snake in his hand shot out, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Although this was only a weak True Intent, it was not something he could easily refine. With his strength, he could at most extract this True Intent from the injured Blood Demon.
Moreover, he could feel that Yang Kai’s True Intent was still very weak, but after all, he had opened a new door. If Yang Kai continued to grow, he might have the strength to kill them in the future.
“That little brat is only a Demon King, how could he have comprehended True Intent?” Fu Yu’s face was ashen. What she, a Demon Saint, had failed to accomplish had actually been achieved by Yang Kai. While she was angry, she was even more envious. If she could comprehend such power, then the First Demon Saint would no longer be Huang Wuji, but her, Fu Yu!
Xue Li narrowed his eyes slightly, “He disappeared for three years after entering the Demon Territory, but before that, he didn’t have such strength. It seems he must have had some kind of opportunity in the Demon Territory.”
“The Demon Territory…” Fu Yu was shocked. If it was an opportunity from the Demon Territory, they should have been the ones to obtain it. How could they let a human take it for free? She immediately felt extremely indignant.
“Lord, save me!” A cry rang out, interrupting the conversation between the two Demon Saints.
One of the Demon Kings couldn’t bear the pain of the Martial Dao True Intent in his body and cried out for help. Seeing Xue Li’s actions, the Blood Demon Half-Saint’s originally pained expression calmed down. The Demon Saint obviously had a way to eliminate his pain.
This strange energy wreaked havoc on his wounds, causing his injuries to worsen and show no signs of improving. No matter how high his cultivation was or how strong his body was, it was useless.
Xue Li walked up to the Demon King and placed his hand on the latter’s shoulder. His strength was light, as if he was just trying to comfort him, but this palm strike directly turned the Demon King into a pool of blood.
Inside the hall, a foul stench filled the air.
The remaining Demon Kings who had been waiting to be saved were all stunned, never having expected Xue Li to not only not try to save them but instead kill them.
However, before they could figure it out, all of them suddenly showed a look of difficulty as they felt their blood boil.
All the Demon Kings were shocked and shouted, “Sir!”
Xue Li remained indifferent as he stared at them coldly. He was a Blood Demon, a Demon Saint, and a top master who controlled blood. With a single thought, the Demon Kings’ blood was under his control.
On the other hand, Fu Yu simply watched from the side without any intention of stopping him, because she knew that Xue Li would never waste his energy on these Demon Kings. From what she had just seen, expelling the Martial Dao True Intent from a clansman’s body would consume a great deal of Xue Li’s energy.
A Half-Saint was worth saving, but a Demon King was nothing.
The cries gradually turned into screams as a series of muffled explosions rang out. All of the injured Demon Kings exploded into a bloody mist, but the bloody mist did not disperse, nor did any blood splash out. Instead, it condensed into a giant blood ball in front of Xue Li.
If it was in the past, this blood ball would have been a great supplement for Xue Li, but now that he knew that it contained the Martial Dao True Intent, how could Xue Li bother himself?
With a wave of his hand, the blood ball flew out of the hall and landed somewhere.
“Where’s Huo Bo?” Xue Li wiped his hands. His hands were long and slender, like the hands of a woman, clean and untainted.
It would have been better if he hadn’t mentioned Huo Bo, but now that he mentioned Huo Bo, Fu Yu became quite angry and said with a murderous look, “Who knows? Since he left three days ago, he disappeared without a trace. I’m afraid he’s hiding somewhere to heal himself.”
“He can’t accomplish anything, instead he ruin everything!” Xue Li was obviously angry with Huo Bo. The two of them had long had a grudge with each other, and they had always disliked each other. Now, he even wanted to kill him. After pondering for a moment, he said, “Find him and have him kill Yang Kai.”
Fu Yu said, “It’s not difficult to find him, but it’s impossible to order him around. You also know how his courage is…”
Xue Li sneered, “If I can’t order him around, does that mean he can’t?”
A look of fanaticism suddenly flashed across Fu Yu’s eyes as she nodded slightly, “I understand. If that’s the case, he wouldn’t dare disobey, but if he goes alone and is killed by those two old dragons, our advantage will be completely lost.”
Xue Li’s lips curled up, “It’s alright, Can Ye is about to recover.”
“Then I’m relieved,” Fu Yu smiled charmingly.
When the Second World War had begun, Can Ye had used himself as a bridge to connect the two worlds, forcibly opening the passage between the two worlds and luring the Demon Saint and Demon Race’s army into the Star Boundary. He had paid a heavy price, and in the end, he had been seriously injured. For the past few years, he had been hiding in the shadows to heal himself, never showing himself.
The Star Boundary was already at a disadvantage in terms of top combat strength and was relying on the two Great Elders of the Dragon Race to support the situation. If Can Ye were to come out again, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Star Boundary.
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“Outer Universe?” Inside the room, Fu Zhun’s eyes went wide. The usually cold and stern look on her face suddenly became quite funny.
“Giant?” Zhu Yan was also shocked.
The two Great Elders of the Dragon Race had long lifespans. Although they lived on Dragon Island most of the time and didn’t care about worldly affairs, this race was a noble race that had existed since the beginning of the world. The accumulation and heritage of this race was incomparable to any other race’s. On Dragon Island, there were many ancient books that recorded secrets that no one knew about, and the two Great Elders had read through them all these years when they had nothing to do.
Not to mention that all of them possessed the Dragon Race’s Source and had inherited the memories and experiences of their ancestors.
It could be said that in the entire Star Boundary, even the Great Emperors’s experience was inferior to theirs.
But after listening to Yang Kai’s words, they were still shocked.
“You really went to the Outer Universe?” Fu Zhun asked anxiously.
“I can’t guarantee anything, but there’s a great possibility,” Yang Kai thought back to his previous experience and felt that there was no other explanation for this vast starry sky besides the Outer Universe.
He had jumped out from the Void Crack of the Demon Territory. The Demon Territory was originally an Inner Universe, but after Yang Kai swallowed it with his Mysterious Boundary Bead, this place had disappeared without a trace. Perhaps he had inadvertently been connected to the Outer Universe.
“What does the Outer Universe look like?” Fu Zhun asked excitedly.
Yang Kai scratched his head and didn’t know how to describe it. Thinking back to everything he had seen, he sighed, “Boundless, outside the cage.”
Fu Zhun immediately showed a look of yearning.
“You two also know about Outer Universe?” Yang Kai looked at them and asked. From Fu Zhun’s words just now, Yang Kai could tell that they knew that there was a sky outside.
Fu Zhun and Zhu Yan glanced at each other before the former nodded and said, “The Dragon Race’s ancient records have some vague descriptions, but none of us can be certain.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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