Ying Xiao stepped back, panting, and looked at Gu Liyan, whose breathing was steady. He was even more shocked: My demonic energy was about to give out, but he was completely unharmed. He must have expended a lot of energy before, but he was still as steady as a mountain. How could this be?!
Gu Liyan watched Ying Xiao panting as he tried to catch his breath, and couldn't help but smile wickedly. "Hey, hey, hey, don't you dare sneak off to rest! You just said you'd tear me apart, how can you slack off?"
Ying Xiao angrily said, "You, don't be so smug! I'll find your weakness! Once I find it, I'll kill you with one blow, and then you're finished!"
Gu Liyan smiled gently. "Actually, I can tell that in all the battles just now, you and I were fighting with demonic energy. You think I'm young and don't have enough demonic energy, and you probably all think that in a war of attrition, I definitely wouldn't have enough demonic energy to support me, right?"
Having his tactics exposed, Ying Xiao pursed his lips and said embarrassedly, "This, this is also a tactic!"
Gu Liyan smiled slightly. "That's right, I'm not refuting this tactic, but what I want to say is that you guys are really stupid!"
"What?" Ying Xiao stared wide-eyed.
"For the demon race, the source of energy is demon energy, which is the energy stored in the inner core of a person's cultivation. But none of you have ever thought about why my demon energy has not been exhausted yet..." Gu Liyan looked at Ying Xiao with a smile. "I don't want to hide it from you, but actually I don't have a demon core at all!"
All the demons, including Ying Xiao, stared at Gu Liyan in shock.
“Impossible! As a demon, it’s impossible for someone not to have an inner core!” San Que said with a deep frown.
Gu Liyan smiled slightly. He indeed did not have an inner core. He had taken the immortal medicine in the Heavenly Palace and transformed directly, which was why he skipped the step of condensing an inner core.
"No inner core?!" Bai He was shocked. Looking at Gu Liyan, who was wearing similar clothes to him and had an aura that was connected to his own bloodline, he suddenly realized, "You, you could be a Nine-Tailed Fox?!"
Upon hearing Bai He's exclamation, everyone looked at Gu Liyan in surprise:
"Can a nine-tailed fox live without a demon core?"
"Idiot, it's rumored that the ancestors of the Nine-Tailed Fox were already on par with the sacred beasts. Their bloodline was pure, and they didn't need to condense a demon core at all!"
"No wonder! Demonic energy is inexhaustible!"
Gu Liyan's face darkened: Who said my demonic energy is inexhaustible? I've only used a small amount, and besides, I've already used two-thirds of it!
Gu Liyan felt a little guilty. If he didn't reveal this secret, he might not be able to withstand the onslaught of attacks. He was completely exhausted and was thinking of taking a shortcut, using the bloodline of the nine-tailed fox to see if he could get them to give up the fight for the title of Demon King!
However, before he could intimidate the person in front of him, half of his plan had already fallen through!
Ying Xiao looked at Gu Liyan with disdain and said, "So what if your bloodline is higher? What I, Ying Xiao, have paid is not something you can get by relying on your talent. As long as you put in enough effort, you can defeat someone with the orthodox bloodline!"
Gu Liyan looked at Ying Xiao with slight surprise, genuinely admiring him.
Ying Xiao knew that Gu Liyan possessed a powerful bloodline, yet he not only didn't give up but also bravely stood up for him, which truly moved him—he wanted to kick him to death!
Gu Liyan looked at Ying Xiao with a cold expression and said, "Since that's the case, let's settle this with one move!"
Ying Xiao was taken aback, then chuckled, feeling rather embarrassed, as he had just been thinking the same thing!
Therefore, he had no reason to refuse!
"good!"
A glint flashed in his purple eyes as he met her dark gaze. Gu Liyan smiled slightly and said softly, "Don't be afraid. I hope you can kill with one blow!"
Upon hearing Gu Liyan's voice, Ying Xiao trembled, a bead of cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not afraid of you! This is my strongest move, and I'll stake it on the honor of my Eagle Clan!"
Gu Liyan's lips curled up. "Come on! Let me see!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a long cry resounded throughout the entire mountain village.
"Alas--"
Gu Liyan felt a sudden blankness in his mind, a moment that, though brief, left him feeling dazed...
How did I get here?
What am I doing?
who I am?
wrong!
I--
Gu Liyan snapped out of his daze, but Ying Xiao was nowhere to be seen. He instinctively looked up and saw a soaring eagle in the sky, swooping down on him like a bolt of lightning!
Gu Liyan's pupils contracted as he tried to dodge the attack, only to find himself unable to move. "What?! Oh no!"
Thud—
Dust billowed up, obscuring everything within it for a mere instant!
"Cough cough cough, Gu Liyan's formation is really quick to dissipate!" San Que said with a displeased expression.
"Cough, Sanque, you've misunderstood. It's just a cloud of dust!" Lu Yao said with a dark expression. "I just saw Ying Xiao hit Gu Liyan for the last time."
"Huh? So that means Gu Liyan lost?"
Lu Yao looked at the battlefield and could already smell the blood. "It seems the outcome is already decided... Hmm?"
Just when Lu Yao thought Gu Liyan had been defeated, a chilling temperature swept over the battlefield, causing him to shiver uncontrollably.
The demons stared in astonishment at the gradually dissipating dust, where the white-robed youth stood firm, his feet resting on the unconscious Ying Xiao.
"This, how is this possible?!" San Que stared at Gu Liyan in astonishment.
Gu Liyan turned his head, and a flash of silver appeared in his originally purple eyes. Instantly, all the demons felt a chill run through their bodies, as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
A drop of blood slid down Gu Liyan's forehead, and when it landed on his eyelid, his mask suddenly shattered like ice crystals, revealing his true appearance to all the demons...
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