Master has arrived
The ball of light contained not only the power of the demon race, but also the power of the demon king of the demon race.
Mo Zuili pulled the tip of her spear from the ground and turned to look at the person who had just attacked her.
The skeletal remains were draped with rotting strips of cloth, and eerie green flames flickered in the eye sockets. The movements of the knife were stiff yet precise.
This look...
Mo Zuili fell silent for a moment. This was the living dead puppet of Xie Shuangxing, the younger brother of the Xie siblings, who were Shen Ling's mortal enemies in the Demon Realm.
The siblings fought endlessly with Shen Ling in the Demon Realm for nearly 500 chapters before Shen Ling finally killed them both.
Because a large part of the Demon Realm storyline didn't even mention self-love, Mo Zuili didn't remember the details of the novel very clearly. However, she had a gut feeling that the Demon Clan's scheme against the Phoenix Ruins was inextricably linked to the Xie siblings.
Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear, and after only a moment's thought, charged straight at the puppet.
Although she couldn't remember the details, Shen Ling was tricked by Jie Shuangxing's living dead puppets more than once in the novel, and Mo Zuili still remembered the puppets' weaknesses.
As soon as she faced the puppet, Mo Zuili noticed a demon attacking from the side. She tried to dodge, but the demon blocked her escape route.
Mo Zuili threw out a fire talisman to block, barely dodging the attack.
Squinting, he saw that the newcomer was a burly demon with the cultivation level of the early Golden Core stage.
Seeing the icy indifference in Mo Zuili's eyes, the burly man laughed loudly, sizing her up and down, and said, "The Phoenix Clan's new Holy Maiden? Since you're here, let's all die together!"
Mo Zuili rolled her eyes. She had no idea how many people had said this to her along the way.
Die, die, die, in the end, it's not you who will die anyway.
Mo Zuili used the rock wall as leverage to spin around and avoid the giant axe that the burly man swept across. The tip of the Phoenix Flame Spear, wrapped in crimson flames, grazed the puppet's blade.
The puppet moved stiffly, but it anticipated Mo Zuili's attacks every time and made its move in advance, forcing Mo Zuili to frequently use spatial power to teleport and dodge.
"Is this all the Phoenix Clan's Holy Maiden is capable of?" The burly man grinned maliciously and slammed his axe into the ground. Amidst the flying debris, several earth spikes imbued with demonic energy shot out from beneath Mo Zuili's feet.
Mo Zuili completely ignored the burly man's nonsense.
She was looking for the puppet's "heart." The novel mentioned that Jie Shuangxing's puppets were driven by a demon core, which was equivalent to the golden core of a human cultivator. Therefore, Jie Shuangxing's puppets were at least at the golden core cultivation level.
Jie Shuangxing directly extracted the demon core from the demon cultivator and installed it onto the puppet using a magic array.
The advantage is that such a puppet is extremely powerful.
The downside is that the magic core is extremely fragile after it is extracted and can only be barely maintained by a magic array. As long as the location of the magic core on the puppet is found, the puppet will be destroyed with a light stab.
Staring at the burly man, Mo Zuili suddenly smiled.
She found the location of the magic core!
Mo Zuili sheathed his gun and retreated, deliberately creating an opening.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the burly man pounced forward, his giant axe cleaving towards the Mo Zui Limen gate with the force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks.
At the critical moment, Mo Zuili's figure suddenly became ethereal, and he teleported behind the puppet using the power of space. The Phoenix Flame Spear condensed scorching red spiritual power, and the spear tip, like a red-hot branding iron, fiercely chiseled into the puppet's skull from top to bottom.
With a crisp "click," the puppet's movements abruptly froze, the eerie green flames in its eye sockets suddenly went out, and its body collapsed with a crash, shattering into a pile of bone fragments.
Seeing the puppet destroyed, the burly man roared and turned around: "You're asking for death!"
The giant axe came crashing down with a stench. Mo Zuili was prepared; the fire talisman in her left hand precisely stuck to the axe blade. With a bang, Mo Zuili used the force to spin around, and the shaft of her spear slammed heavily into the back of the burly man's neck.
The burly man staggered and fell to his knees. Just as he was about to stand up with his axe, a dark shadow suddenly darted out from the shadow of the altar.
The newcomer was thin and dressed in a black robe, with a silver-white mask covering his face, revealing only a pair of eyes that were filled with coldness.
Mo Zuili gave this person a provocative smile.
Seeing his puppet destroyed, he couldn't sit still any longer. Instead of hiding behind and watching from the sidelines, he secretly absorbed the power.
That makes sense. After all, aside from its fatal weakness—the demonic core—this puppet is almost perfect in every other aspect. Even the novel's male protagonist, Shen Ling, was terribly tricked by it.
Such a puppet would have cost Jie Shuangxing so much effort, and yet she destroyed it so easily.
"Brother Jie! Kill this girl quickly!" The burly man was overjoyed and reached out to grab Jie Shuangxing's sleeve.
His response was a short blade gleaming with a ghostly blue light.
Without warning, the short blade pierced the burly man's back. His pupils contracted sharply, and he turned around in disbelief, letting out a wheezing sound.
Jie Shuangxing drew his short blade, letting the burly man fall heavily to the ground, a cold smile curving his lips beneath the mask.
Mo Zuili felt a chill run down her spine; the demons were indeed ruthless.
Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear and took a half-step back warily, watching as Jie Shuangxing kicked away the burly man's corpse. A surge of energy burst forth from the corpse and headed straight for the altar.
Jie Shuangxing's gaze followed and fell on the ball of light at the top of the altar, his eyes filled with greed and malice.
Mo Zuili suddenly realized that Jie Shuangxing had never intended to leave any survivors from the beginning. If this strong man didn't die now, he would be killed by Jie Shuangxing to absorb his power in a while.
Seeing Shuangxing's gaze fall on her, Mo Zuili took a deep breath and shouted to the other three people in the midst of the battle, "Go find Jie Yuli, she's absorbing energy in the altar!"
The Xie siblings possess a secret technique that allows them to share cultivation levels to some extent.
Jie Yuli is already powerful, and he's currently hiding in the back absorbing energy. How could I let you enjoy yourself like this!
If Jie Shuangxing goes out to fight, because they can share energy, the fight will definitely get fiercer and fiercer.
Before Mo Zuili could finish speaking, Jie Shuangxing had already attacked with a dagger.
Huang Tianyao wanted to absorb energy, but he was held back by the demons.
Shen Ling and Zhu Hehong acted swiftly, rushing towards the altar immediately upon hearing Mo Zuili's words.
Some of the demons, having overheard Jie Yuli secretly absorbing energy, also rushed towards the altar. This forced Jie Yuli to reveal herself and defend herself.
For a time, no one was able to absorb the power.
...
"Xuanzi, Xuanzi..."
Xu Xuan shook his head, looking around, but didn't see any demons or other people. He comforted himself, telling himself that what he heard was an illusion and that no one had found him.
"Xuanzi! Stop shaking your head! Get up and go take a look in the northwest."
Xu Xuan jumped up, utterly bewildered! How could he hear his master's voice in the Phoenix Ruins, a trial ground for the demon race?
While Xu Xuan was still hesitating, the voice came again: "Go quickly, this message won't last long. Go to the northwest of the small world, where the restrictions are weak. I'll contact you again then."
It was indeed the voice of my master, and it was also his speaking style.
but……
Xu Xuan looked northwest and thought, "Master, could you please consider me too?"
He was a half-human, half-demon, and after much difficulty, he joined a sect and was accepted as a disciple, which gave him access to cultivation resources.
If Xu Xuan had known that demons would participate in the demon race trial, he would never have come.
Small world...
Is it really possible for a transgender person like him to get in?
Moreover, Xu Xuan remembered that not long ago, the young master of the Mo family led a group to fight with the cultivators of the Yu family because she led the demons into the small world.
He, a Foundation Establishment waste who had been stuck at the Golden Core bottleneck for more than ten years, went to the Small World all by himself!
Isn't that just asking for trouble?
After hesitating for a long time, Xu Xuan finally gritted his teeth and left his hiding place, heading towards the northwest of the small world.
"Master, please protect me. If anything happens to me, only my senior sister will be able to take care of you in your old age..."
Xu Xuan kept praying in his heart, and the prayers seemed to have some effect.
When Xu Xuan entered the small world, he did not encounter any other sect disciples, and he entered with ease.
After entering, Xu Xuan ran wildly northwest, encountering few demons along the way.
Before he could even feel happy, Xu Xuan saw a demon flying out of the cave piece by piece.
Xu Xuan was so frightened that he quickly hid in the nearest bushes.
Where's the old man? Didn't he say he'd contact me after he got here?
What are we going to do now? Please, I hope it's not going to send me into that cave.
"Xuanzi."
Xu Xuan's eyes filled with tears: "Master..."
"Listen to me, now we can only force our way into the Phoenix Ruins. The weakest point in the entire ruins is in the northwest, but the Water Mirror in the small world can't see it, so we don't know what's going on. We can only rely on you."
Xu Xuan's choked sobs suddenly stopped.
Who can I rely on? Me?
I haven't broken through to the Golden Core stage yet?
“The other elders will use our sect’s secret method to transfer a portion of their power to you, so that we outside can see what’s happening through your eyes.”
Xu Xuan let out a breath; he was terrified just by looking at it himself.
Xu Xuan still knew the secret techniques of his own sect, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he felt that his eyes were in a mysterious state.
Opening his eyes, Xu Xuan heard his master's command, swallowed hard, and could only grit his teeth and walk towards the cave entrance.
Although Xu Xuan wasn't particularly strong, thanks to his sect's inheritance, he had excellent survival skills.
Forced to enter the cave, Xu Xuan took out all the treasures he possessed that could conceal his presence and used them all at once.
Then, like a gecko, it curled up into a ball, crawling along the slippery rock wall, its fingernails digging into the cracks in the stone to steady itself, and slowly inching its way into the cave.
A strong, pungent smell of blood hit Xu Xuan, making him feel nauseous.
Hiding at the cave entrance, Xu Xuan looked up and saw a scene of utter chaos.
Not hearing his master's voice, Xu Xuan fearfully whispered, "Master, Master..."
"Don't shout, just hide here. Dan Zun Chu Qing is here! The young master of the Mo family is his disciple! Are both of his disciples inside?"
Xu Xuan was so nervous that his mind went blank. After a long while, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Xu Xuan finally managed to think about Dan Zun Chu Qing.
Isn't that the only ninth-level alchemist in the cultivation world that Master mentioned?
He has a disciple! And he's the young master of the Mohist school!?
Outside the ruins.
Chu Qing was dressed in a blue Taoist robe, and his usually smiling face was as calm as still water.
Looking at Jiang Kunyue, who was ten steps away, he said, "I left marks on both of my disciples. Now that both marks have lost contact, I naturally have to come and take a look."
Jiang Kunyue, equally cold-faced, said, "The Demon Clan's inheritance is underway, and at this crucial moment when a new Demon Lord is about to be born, instead of staying at Medicine King Mountain to suppress the demonic energy, you've come here! One of your two disciples is already a demon, and is currently inside seizing demonic power! You still consider him your disciple!"
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