"You...how dare you..." Her voice was weak and trembling, each word as if she had used up all her strength.
Chi Yan, however, remained unperturbed, a cold smile playing on his lips: "In this world, power and strength are everything."
He forcefully pulled out his longsword, and another spurt of blood gushed out. Lingxi's body fell helplessly to the ground like a kite with a broken string.
The surrounding air seemed to freeze, with only the dripping blood and the ferocious laughter of the crimson flames intertwining to create a cruel scene.
As the blood of the spirit rhinoceros flowed, the surrounding spiritual energy began to stir, and the seal on the spiritual vein gradually loosened, emitting a faint light, indicating the awakening of ancient power.
Upon seeing this, Chi Yan was so excited that he almost jumped up.
He eagerly walked towards the spiritual vein, formed hand seals, and chanted incantations, guiding the blood of the spirit to flow in more quickly.
The light from the spiritual vein grew brighter and brighter until it transformed into a pillar of light that shot into the sky, illuminating the entire valley.
"I did it! I finally did it!" Chi Yan roared to the sky, his eyes flashing with a mad light.
However, just when he thought everything was under control, a sudden change occurred.
Li Xi's body suddenly burst forth with intense light.
This sudden turn of events caught Chi Yan off guard. He was forced back several steps by the powerful force, and his face turned deathly pale instantly.
Under the influence of the light, the spiritual vein began to resist his control, and the light gradually subsided, returning to calm.
"No! This is impossible!" Crimson Flame cried out hysterically, but it was too late to undo the damage.
At this moment, Li Xi's back emitted an eerie red light, and no one knew that the crane on her back had turned crimson.
The wound on his chest healed quickly.
She looked at Chi Yan, a mocking smile playing on her lips, as if she were laughing at his arrogance.
"You're not Lingxi, who are you?" he asked in terror.
"I have to thank you a lot, because I've finally broken free from my shackles." Li Xi's voice was cold. "Now this spiritual vein belongs to me."
The other woman was utterly foolish and extremely ignorant.
He would actually be willing to give up his precious inner core essence for those insignificant mortals.
You must understand that once a demon loses its inner core essence, it becomes no different from an ordinary mortal, and may even revert to its original form.
Even if they were to return to the demon realm one day, regaining their human form would be no easy task.
It would probably take thousands of years, or even longer, to cultivate diligently before one could regain enlightenment and a human form.
Now, as long as she relies on this spiritual vein, she can also absorb spiritual energy with this mortal body and regain supreme magical power and supernatural abilities.
A sly glint flashed in her eyes.
Chi Yan lunged at Li Xi in a fit of rage, but was easily dodged.
Sensing the even greater pressure emanating from Li Xi, Chi Yan's pupils constricted sharply.
"You're not Lingxi!" Chiyan took a few steps back in terror, her voice trembling with disbelief. "This power... who are you? Why do you possess such powerful true energy?!"
Seeing this, he knew something was wrong and turned to run away, but the other person grabbed him by the neck.
In the demon realm, as a member of the Jiaolong clan, he did not hold a high position among the dragons.
Yinglong is the most noble bloodline of their dragon clan.
Although the Jiaolong clan to which he belonged was considered a member of the dragon race, its status within the entire dragon race was not exactly prestigious.
In contrast, the Yinglong clan is widely recognized as the noblest and most revered among the dragon race.
Although the Jiaolong clan possesses certain strength and unique abilities, it still pales in comparison to the Yinglong.
Despite their efforts to cultivate and improve their status within the dragon race, the Jiaolong clan, to which he belonged, could never truly rival the Yinglong clan due to limitations imposed by their innate conditions and the influence of historical inheritance.
However, in that great war a thousand years ago, their dragon clan's patriarch and many elders perished...
"Who do you think I am?" Li Xi sneered, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes. "You won't leave here alive today!"
With that, she suddenly increased the pressure on her hand, gripping the other person's throat tightly.
Chi Yan's face instantly turned red, his eyes widened, and his struggling movements became weaker and weaker.
Li Xi's eyes were as cold as ice, and a cruel smile curled at the corner of her lips, as if she was enjoying the thrill of controlling life and death.
"You think your little tricks can kill me?" Li Xi's voice was low and threatening. "Even if they do."
The other person's face had turned purple. "Let...let me go! I...I can do anything for you! I know how to help you refine your inner core essence again."
Li Xi paused slightly. "Are you telling the truth?"
Upon hearing this, she paused slightly in her movements.
A glimmer of hope flashed in Chi Yan's eyes. "Yes, that's right! It can even make your inner core more powerful than before, unmatched by anyone." Chi Yan's tone was tinged with urgency and temptation; he knew this was his only chance of survival.
Li Xi's gaze swept over him, her eyes filled with scrutiny and indifference, as if she were assessing the truthfulness of Chi Yan's words.
The pressure on his hand lessened slightly, but the chill in his tone remained undiminished: "Tell me about it!"
Chi Yan gasped for breath, his chest heaving violently, as if each breath required the utmost effort.
He clenched his teeth, trying to calm his racing breath, which had become disordered due to tension and excitement.
After a long while, he finally spoke haltingly: "It's...it's...using a mysterious method passed down from ancient times to gather the purest Yin and Yang energies in the world together, and then finding a powerful inner core and fusing them together."
After this process, you will undergo a transformative metamorphosis, reaching a supreme realm unprecedented and unparalleled, instantly ascending to an invincible existence in the entire demon realm, one that no one dares to easily provoke.
Li Xi frowned slightly, clearly having doubts about the suggestion. "Ancient secret techniques? The energies of ultimate yin and yang? This sounds more like a fantasy. Besides, where does this inner core essence come from?"
"Hmph, do you think I'm a three-year-old?" Li Xi increased the pressure.
Chi Yan suddenly felt suffocated, enduring the discomfort, "Really...really, so far...at the horizon, yet so close...right before my eyes!"
"who?"
Chi Yan: "That is Qin Xiaolin, the grandson of the Duke of Dingguo. His true form is Yinglong, a descendant of the former chief of the Dragon Clan. It's just that I don't know why he still lingers in the mortal realm."
"Dragons are true gods. You want me to use a dragon's inner core? Do you think I'm a fool?"
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