Seeing Gu Jian place his hands on the two female demons, Nine Netherworld Flame roared in anger.

"Damn humans, damned demonic cultivators. How dare you disrespect me! I'll make you all die! Roar!"

The power of holy fire from hell swept across the land.

With a deafening roar, more demons were set ablaze and plummeted from the sky.

Seeing the dragon's frenzied state, Hua Mudan frowned.

She turned around and realized what had happened.

This strategist Li Bai!

Not only did they fail to contribute to the fight against the Holy Fire Dragon, but they also provoked it.

By now, hundreds of demon soldiers have perished.

The flower fairy leader, Peony, was very angry, and the consequences were severe.

Facing the frenzied Nine Netherworld Flame, Hua Mudan opened her palm, and a pitch-black demonic lotus appeared in her hand.

She infused it with the power of the demon spirit.

The black lotus emitted an eerie light and headed towards the Nine Netherworld Flames.

"What's this?"

roar!

When the Demon Lotus arrives.

The pitch-black dragon immediately sensed the danger.

It roared and spewed holy fire and demonic flames, attempting to knock the black lotus away.

But it was no use; this black lotus seemed capable of suppressing everything.

All the sacred flames struck it, yet it remained unharmed.

At the same time, strange runes appeared on the Black Lotus's body, emanating a devouring power.

"What is this? Ouch!"

The demonic dragon formed from the Nine Netherworld Flames was taken aback.

But then, it seemed as if it had been subjected to a huge provocation.

It opened its mouth and swallowed the eerie black lotus into its belly.

"You want to devour me? This black lotus is mine now! Hahahaha!"

The demonic dragon formed from the Nine Netherworld Flames let out an arrogant laugh.

Even in its transformed state, it could still discern the extraordinary nature of this black lotus.

Gu Jian was surprised.

After all that effort, Hua Mudan still lost her treasure?

But a cold smile appeared on Hua Mudan's alluring face.

"Fool, how dare you devour Her Majesty the Empress's Soul-Devouring Lotus?"

As the sound faded, Hua Mudan made a hand gesture.

With a loud boom, the Chaos Black Lotus burst forth with bright light within the Nine Netherworld Flame!

This eerie light devoured everything.

A demonic soul was born from the flames of the Nine Netherworld Hell and is being devoured in the light.

"What is this? Ouch!"

"Aww!"

The demonic soul of the Nine Netherworld Flame let out a devastating roar.

Peony coldly watched all of this.

His Majesty gave her the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus, originally intended to deal with the entity within the Holy Stele.

However, since this is a dragon formed from sacred fire, it's fine to use it in advance.

Anyway, the Soul-Devouring Lotus isn't a one-time use treasure.

Seeing this, Gu Jian realized the extraordinary nature of the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus.

The Nine Netherworld Flame is extremely powerful, seemingly no match for the Black Lotus.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen and his group in the distance were immediately astonished.

They were all ready to launch a surprise attack.

Is this really the case?

Some of the more knowledgeable elders exclaimed in surprise.

The two Supreme Elders of the Misty Sect exclaimed in surprise, "The Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus! It's actually the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus?"

Ye Chen looked over and asked, "What Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus?"

The Supreme Elder, named Shi Xiang, said to Ye Chen with a slightly respectful tone, "Master, that is a Saint-level Rank 9 demonic artifact born in ancient times."

"It is a Saint-level demonic artifact, yet it is comparable to a Celestial artifact. It can devour the souls of all beings in the world, whether they are demons, monsters, or humans!"

"That's amazing?"

Ye Chen was also astonished, then his eyes shot out a burning light.

In Ye Chen's view.

All the opportunities and treasures in this secret realm belong to you.

Although this Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus comes from the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons, since it is so powerful, he must obtain it!

In the sky, the Nine Netherworld Flames were still putting up a fight.

But it was already at its last gasp.

As the pitch-black magic lotus spun within its body.

Its evil demonic soul was quickly pulverized and devoured!

A moment later, only the pitch-black demonic flames, filled with the power of death, remained, suspended in mid-air.

Seeing all this, Gu Jian's gaze turned slightly cold.

This was because he had just learned about the strange black lotus through telepathic communication with Feng Yantong.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus is a demonic artifact comparable to a celestial treasure.

It actually appeared in the hands of the Flower Fairy Commander.

Such a precious treasure probably doesn't belong to the peony.

It should be a fox spirit's possession.

"That vixen actually possesses such a thing; no wonder she has such great ambitions, wanting to subdue the holy demon within the monument!"

"The Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus is incredibly terrifying; we must find a way to deal with it."

"Otherwise, if we were to break ties with that vixen one day, it could be extremely dangerous!"

Feng Yantong's voice echoed in Gu Jian's mind.

His tone was somewhat serious.

Gu Jian's eyes narrowed slightly, but after a moment, he found a way to deal with the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus.

That's his Emperor's Banner!

Having the same ability to devour souls, the God-level Demon Treasure Human Emperor Banner is naturally more than a hundred times stronger than the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus.

With the Imperial Banner present, he had even less to worry about Hu Linglong using the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus against him.

However, Hu Linglong's actions still displeased Gu Jian.

He knew that Hu Linglong did not completely trust him.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept the existence of the Soul-Devouring Demon Lotus a secret from him.

"It doesn't matter. Hu Linglong and I have always had a relationship of mutual exploitation."

"Now that the demonic soul of the Nine Netherworld Flame has been subdued, let's collect the sacred fire and then deal with the ancient demon within the sacred stele."

Gu Jian muttered to himself.

The Fox Demon Queen, Hu Linglong, had agreed that he could control all the opportunities obtained in the secret realm.

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