At this moment, two leaders stepped out from the group of demon cultivators.
"Qian Qing! Wang Xuan!" The First Elder recognized the two men at a glance. He turned to the Sixth and Seventh Elders, his eyes blazing with fury: "You two actually colluded with foreign enemies!"
"We're not colluding with foreign enemies; we're in a cooperative relationship." The Sixth Elder narrowed his eyes. "Besides, even if we were colluding with foreign enemies, you're all struggling to protect yourselves. You wouldn't be able to say anything even if you wanted to, would you?"
"Despicable!" The First Elder spat at the Sixth and Seventh Elders.
"Unexpected, aren't you? Demon Lord of the Blazing Flame, you've only held the position of Demon Lord for three days, and now you're already handing it over!" Just then, Qian Qing spoke up.
"Even your former Demon Lord father couldn't do anything to us, and now, as his son, you can only watch helplessly as we take away the position your father left you! Doesn't that feel bad?" Wang Xuan said with a smile.
"Why waste so much breath on him? Kill the Flame-Slaying Demon Lord, and the Demon Lord's position will be ours!" the Seventh Elder urged from the side.
“I think you’ve misunderstood something.” Just then, Qin An, who had been silent all along, stood up from his throne.
"Jiaqi, Liyuan!" As soon as Qin An finished speaking, Jiaqi and Liyuan led a large group of demon soldiers in and surrounded the Sixth Elder, the Seventh Elder, Qian Qing, and Wang Xuan.
It turned out that early in the morning, Qin An had instructed Jia Qi and Li Yuan to lead a group of demon soldiers to lie in ambush around the Demon Palace, ready to act immediately if there was any unusual activity.
"Now it is you who are doomed, not me."
"No, impossible!" The Sixth Elder looked at Qin An as if he had seen a ghost, his emotions almost out of control. "You can't possibly still be standing! You should be suffering from the poison!"
"That's disappointing, I'm perfectly fine now." Qin An shrugged. "Jiaqi, Liyuan, take them down!"
"Demon Lord of the Blazing Flames, have you forgotten about us?" Qian Qing and Wang Xuan finally came to their senses. "If you want to help us take them all down, you'll have to get past the two of us!"
After saying that, Qian Qing and Wang Xuan rushed forward, trying to take down Qin An.
Qin An summoned the Bloodthirsty Sword and charged towards Qian Qing and Wang Xuan.
Qian Qing and Wang Xuan were both at the late stage of the Integration Realm. They originally thought that Qin An was only at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm and should be easy to defeat, but the reality surprised them greatly.
Under the guidance of the Demon Lord for the past few months, Qin An's strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Although he has not yet reached the Integration Stage, he is only one step away from it.
He used to be able to fight Jiaqi to a draw, but now he can defeat Jiaqi in just a few moves.
Furthermore, with the aid of spiritual energy within his body, the demonic energy he unleashed possessed some spiritual qualities, making it quite effective against demonic cultivators.
As Qian Qing and Wang Xuan faced Qin An, they grew increasingly alarmed. Qin An was fighting two against one, holding his own against the odds, while the two of them were finding themselves increasingly outmatched.
As the battle raged, Qin An felt the shackles within his body loosen, and he broke through to the next level, instantly entering the Integration Stage.
With a rumble, thunderclouds began to gather in the sky, converging towards the Demon Palace.
The battle inside the Demon Palace continues.
Qian Qing and Wang Xuan wanted to take advantage of Qin An's focus on breaking through to quickly eliminate this major threat.
To their surprise, Qin An paid no attention to their attempt to break through the tribulation, and instead attacked them even more rapidly.
Because of the "Spirit Guiding Technique", Qin An didn't need to worry about failing the tribulation at all, since the lightning tribulations couldn't harm him.
This allowed him to focus on dealing with Qian Qing and Wang Xuan.
Qian Qing and Wang Xuan finally couldn't hold on any longer. Qin An seized an opportunity and stabbed Qian Qing in the heart with his sword, causing Qian Qing to die.
The remaining Wang Xuan was even less of a threat; he fell victim to Qin An's sword after only a few moves.
After Qian Qing and Wang Xuan were eliminated, the thunderclouds in the sky focused to their maximum intensity.
At this time, the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder had already been subdued by Jiaqi and Liyuan.
Qin An flew out of the Demon Palace and landed on a desolate mountain not far from it, preparing to undergo his tribulation.
Boom! Boom! One after another, thunderbolts struck Qin An, turning the sky as bright as day.
Qin An, on the other hand, was completely unharmed, silently enduring the physical benefits brought to him by the tribulation.
Most of the demon cultivators in the Demon Palace had gathered at the entrance of the main hall, all watching Qin An undergo his tribulation. Among them were Jia Qi and Li Yuan, as well as the Sixth and Seventh Elders, whom they were escorting.
The demon cultivators watched helplessly as bolts of lightning struck down upon their demon lord.
"This is already the sixty-third lightning tribulation. Why hasn't it stopped yet?" Li Yuan counted the lightning tribulations from the side, feeling anxious and uneasy.
"Don't worry! Your Excellency will definitely be alright!" Jiaqi had inexplicable confidence in Qin An and comforted Li Yuan from the side.
The Sixth and Seventh Elders wished Qin An would die under the lightning tribulation, but unfortunately they were now under someone else's control and could only swallow their curses.
Unfortunately, fate did not grant the wishes of the Sixth and Seventh Elders. After the seventy-second tribulation, the tribulation clouds dissipated, and Qin An successfully passed the tribulation, becoming a demon cultivator in the early stage of the Integration Realm.
Before Qin An could even breathe a sigh of relief, the tribulation clouds in the sky suddenly gathered again.
Qin An quickly examined himself and found that his spiritual power cultivation had also broken through, and the "Spirit Guiding Technique" was operating rapidly.
Since arriving in the Demon Realm, Qin An has not only been cultivating his demonic cultivation day and night, but he has also not neglected his spiritual cultivation. However, he has been cultivating in secret, without letting the former Demon Lord know.
Now, after that exhilarating battle, not only has my demonic cultivation level broken through, but my spiritual power cultivation has also had an opportunity to break through.
Qin An had no choice but to sit cross-legged again and patiently wait for his Nascent Soul Tribulation to arrive.
"What's going on, Lord? Didn't you already successfully transcend the tribulation? Why do you need to undergo another tribulation?" Li Yuan was completely baffled, but unfortunately, no one answered her question; everyone was equally confused.
"Boom!" "Rumble!" One lightning bolt after another struck Qin An, and only after fifty-four lightning bolts struck did the tribulation clouds in the sky slowly dissipate.
"Phew—" Qin An breathed a long sigh of relief, finally the tribulation was over. Even he felt he was taking it a while to be tempered by the constant lightning tribulation.
Qin An stretched his body, then flew down the desolate mountain and walked towards the demon cultivators.
"Our Lord is mighty!" Someone shouted, and everyone joined in.
"Your Majesty is mighty!"
"Your Majesty is so domineering!"
"Your Excellency is unparalleled in the world!"
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