Forty millenniums of cul.., p.563
Forty Millenniums of Cultivation, page 563
Yuan Hao's ugly head soared to the sky with an expression of bewilderment on his face. He did not know what was going on even at his death.
There were many independent neurons on the bodies of the insects. After he lost his head, Yuan Hao's body did not collapse but cramped crazily as if it were dancing the dance of death.
Deep inside Jin Xinyue's eyes, the streak of redness gradually froze.
It was the suspicious villager she had met in the Dry Leaf Village!
But right now, the villagers looked entirely different from a moment ago.
The bandages on his left eye and left arm had turned into ash, revealing a demonic eye that was darker than a ruby and more sizzling than magma.
The withered left arm had now been expanded, too. Bloody stripes interweaved into complicated runes that were changing all the time as if they were alive.
Three dark golden rings were worn on the left arm. They seemed to be a certain strong barrier that locked an invincible strength inside the left arm so that he could make use of the strength without losing control of it.
What is this demon?
Jin Xinyue felt her blood freezing. She had not felt so scared when she was faced the two princesses of the Nether Spring Kingdom. But the aura from the mysterious demon for some reason reminded her of her father Jin Tuyi, who was one of the twelve demon emperors and the commander-in-chief of the coalition army of demons!
Who is he?
He killed Yuan Hao in just one attack. Although it was an ambush with a trap, his own capability must be in the high level of the demon king stage, if not the level of demon emperor!
He cannot be with Elder Nether Spring, and he cannot be a remnant of the Blade of Chaos. There is certainly not such an expert in the Blade of Chaos!
Is he a mysterious expert from the Kingdom of Lion Butchers or the Sea Dominator Kingdom?
Unlikely. It was a pure coincidence that I chased after the remnants of the Blade of Chaos to this place, but he arrived in the small village half a month ago!
Chapter 845: Li Yao's New Ability |
There was no time for her to think because the unbelievably strong blood-eyed demon had dashed at her in a streak of redness.
For a moment, Jin Xinyue felt that it was not a demon that she was faced with but an overwhelming red tide!
Hiu!
Seeing that his brother's head had soared to the sky, Yuan Du, prince of the Nether Spring Kingdom, quickly made up his mind. He blew a long whistle, and the ghost heads formed of the Ghost Face Purple Mosquitoes all charged at the blood-eyed demon in suicidal attacks.
Yuan Du turned around and shouted at Jin Xinyue, "He is not with us and will not let go of you and me. Let's work together and take him down first!"
Just as he was talking, the Ghost Face Purple Mosquitoes, which could not stand the burning of the demonic fire, collapsed like a melting candle into mud under the corrosion of the bloody mist surrounding the enemy's left arm.
"Alright!"
It was quite a shocking scene for Jin Xinyue, who was not naïve enough to think that the stranger was her friend just because he killed a prince of the Nether Spring Kingdom. It was more likely that he was planning to kill both her and Elder Nether Spring's subordinates so that the secret treasure would be his alone!
Compared to the terrifying blood-eyed demon, Yuan Du was as kind and innocent as a three-year-old. Jin Xinyue bit her lips and had to choose the lesser of the two evils by attacking the critical parts of the new enemy with Yuan Du and the remaining ghost heads!
Shua!
Hundreds of sharp gold feathers tore apart multiple bloody shadows, only to touch not even the armor of the enemy. Jin Xinyue suddenly shook hard, feeling that an immense force pierced through her chest and that her heart seemed to have been plucked out of her body!
What was a hundred times more terrifying than her pain was the intimidating killing intent rippling out in the enemy's left eye.
The thousands of streaks of killing intent turned the forest into a boundless slaughterhouse within a moment.
Jin Xinyue's soul immediately reduced to the size of a bean. The will to resist that she had managed to form collapsed.
She even heard gloomy, creepy music of terror playing from various directions.
What kind of monster is this?
After her head was pierced through by the music, Jin Xinyue felt as if her head was about to explode.
As the saintess of the Pantheon of Demons, she had been chitchatting with countless unparalleled ferocious demons. Neither Elder Nether Spring, the real controller of the Nether Spring Kingdom; Elder Blood Robe, the support of the Kingdom of Lion Butchers; or Jin Tuyi, her father and the commander-in-chief of the coalition army of the demons, had ever released such sharp, terrifying and fatal killing intent around her, even though they were the strongest demon emperors of the Blood Demon Sector!
For some reason, she felt like she was a small bug pinned on a chopping block, and the enemy would dissect him easily with just a quick look!
"Pu!"
Jin Xinyue vomited blood crazily. Her body did not seem to belong to her right now, and she could feel that she was flying backwards rapidly by the quickly moving giant trees on her two sides.
She was too scared to lower her head to check her wound, anxious that she would find a hole the size of basin and all her internal organs gone.
A weird thing happened at this moment.
Something cool and comfortable flowed into her body from her left shoulder and spread to her heart, her internal organs, and all of her limbs, giving her brand-new strength in the numbness.
With the help of the new strength, Jin Xinyue bit her tongue hard and freed herself from the suppression of the enemy. She looked around, only to find that Yuan Du, prince of the Nether Spring Kingdom, was also struggling in midair like a kite whose string had been cut off just like herself.
Jin Xinyue narrowed her eyes and flapped her wings, raising a wind that blew Yuan Du to the terrifying blood-eyed demon again!
"Jin Xinyue!"
Yuan Du's shocked, angry, and desperate screams were echoing in the forest.
Jin Xinyue secretly chuckled. She changed her posture in midair and darted into the depths of the forest.
She did not want to waste a single second and, therefore, did not even dare to look back. She merely sprinted as fast as possible in a random direction while she listened to what was happening behind her.
The forest sounded as lively as a casino. Hums, hisses, screams, and explosions were echoing nonstop, not dying down at all.
Yuan Du's subordinates!
Jin Xinyue quickly distinguished the sounds. But they do not seem to be at an advantage. No. It is more like a one-sided slaughter!
The conclusion nearly froze Jin Xinyue's heart.
Elder Nether Spring was one of the most terrifying demon emperors of the Pantheon of Demons. As Elder Nether Spring's most beloved disciple, Yuan Du was carrying out a secret mission that was to wipe out the blood daughter of another demon emperor. Naturally, it must have been the elites of the Nether Spring Kingdom that had gone with him.
The Gold Shadow Guardians that Jin Xinyue had brought with her were already the top-tier warriors of the Gold Crow Kingdom. Even so, they had been killed by Yuan Du's subordinates within a breath!
But right now, the mysterious blood-eyed demon was slaying the experts as if they were harmless chicken purely on his own in a forest, which was the Insect Clan's favorite!
Suddenly, Jin Xinyue's legs shook hard, and she nearly fell over.
She noticed that the sound of combats had suddenly ended. The forest resumed its dead silence, so quiet that one could hear a mosquito when it was passing by.
Has—has the blood-eyed demon been killed by Yuan Du and his lot, or—
Jin Xinyue's long golden hair nearly all stood up, and her pupils almost burst out of her eyes because she saw a slender shadow fall from the sky in front of her.
In a trance, the enemy's left arm seemed to have turned into a bloody dragon that snatched at her skull.
Her every cell seemed to have been corroded by the overwhelming killing intent of the enemy, and she could do nothing except wait to be killed.
Shua!
The bloody dragon brushed past her face and pierced into a giant, green rock behind her. With a crack, the rock broke into the tiniest powder, and the dust covered her head and face.
"Enough!"
Li Yao gripped his left arm with his right hand so hard that his fingers had pressed into his left arm and were almost crunching all the veins and nerves.
He bellowed loudly deep inside his brain. As the lightning was released by his soul, the bloody mental devil, which had expanded greatly, was suppressed again and shrieking in dissatisfaction.
It was the right decision to not go back to the Heaven's Origin Sector.
My killing intent is too strong, and I hunger for slaughter every once in a while. Thankfully, it was only demons that I killed. Otherwise, my beliefs would certainly have been shaken.
It seems that I still need to get better control of myself, at least the killing intent, in the Blood Demon Sector before I return to the Heaven's Origin Sector.
Li Yao took a deep breath, dwelling in the ecstasy of killing and unable to free himself. It was almost ten seconds later that he finally calmed his pounding heart. He repeated to himself deep inside his brain, She is a princess of the Gold Crow Kingdom and daughter to Jin Tuyi, a demon emperor, but now, Elder Nether Spring, another demon emperor, is trying to kill her. She can be used to trigger a conflict between the Gold Crow Kingdom and the Nether Spring Kingdom. Therefore, it is more useful to keep her alive than to kill her right now.
Jin Xinyue had no idea that she was wandering on the threshold of hell right now. She only felt the 'hot spring' on her left shoulder gradually turn into 'magma'. Her mouth was dry, her head was dizzy, and she could barely keep her body steady.
Li Yao noticed the anomaly. He looked at her shoulder and was dazed.
The secret treasure, which, according to Ning Zhongze, the elder of the Blade of Chaos, could 'change the future of the Blood Demon Sector and the Heaven's Origin Sector', was stuck to Jin Xinyue's left shoulder like a dry octopus.
It had a narrow, long crack in the middle from which several veins protruded out into Jin Xinyue's body.
The veins were fluctuating and injecting fluorescent, green liquids into Jin Xinyue.
It seemed that the secret treasure had accidentally been activated in the violent movements during the fierce battle with Jin Xinyue as the subject.
Jin Xinyue was wearing a weird expression. She seemed to be laughing in a trance. Her golden eyes were infiltrated by a streams of bright green liquid, which was bouncing crazily like two clusters of weird green fire.
Jin Xinyue finally could not hold it any longer. She moaned and collapsed to the ground, losing consciousness.
Li Yao frowned and pondered for a moment. He examined her temperature remotely and discovered that Jin Xinyue's body temperature was more than eighty degrees and still counting.
Li Yao took out a bone blade and touched the secret treasure attached to Jin Xinyue's shoulder.
Surprisingly, the secret treasure fell to the ground in multiple pieces like a dry shell.
The shell was empty. All the green liquid had been absorbed by Jin Xinyue.
Jin Xinyue had almost ten wounds large and small on her shoulder, but they were all recovering quickly in greenish colors and soon disappeared.
The secret treasure that the Blade of Chaos, the Gold Crow Kingdom, and Elder Nether Spring are all fighting over seems to be the green liquid that is stored in such a weird way. Now it has all been absorbed by Jin Xinyue, what kind of changes will happen to her?
Li Yao had never been a chivalrous man, but he was more than interested in Ning Zhongze's declaration that the secret treasure could 'change the future of the Blood Demon Sector and the Heaven's Origin Sector'. After considering carefully for a moment, he picked up Jin Xinyue and moved deeper into the forest
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The Hundred Desolation Mountain spanned over ten thousand kilometers. Waterfalls, valleys, and cliffs were everywhere. At dawn, Li Yao found a natural cave behind a waterfall. After he drove away the snakes, insects, and mice in the cave with his killing intent, he threw Jin Xinyue inside.
Jin Xinyue was caught in a super high fever. Her skin was burningly hot, but green liquid was spreading to her internal organs and her limbs, as if two weird forces were fighting inside her body.
The weird state lasted quite a few hours. Jin Xinyue seemed be to in the most excruciating suffering. She would be screaming in agony one moment and moaning miserably the next. She even rolled on the ground unconsciously until she curled up into the fetal position in the end.
Bright green liquid was gradually secreted from the pores all over her body, which flowed around and formed a thin green membrane that enshrouded her.
Li Yao had quite a lot of healing drugs with him in his Cosmos Rings, but Jin Xinyue's symptoms were quite uncanny, and the body structures of demons and human beings were different. Even their cells were vastly different. Li Yao did not dare give her random medicine and could only observe carefully and consider.
After waiting for a long time, he decided to activate the Blood Stripe Virus' ability that he had recently grasped to examine Jin Xinyue's blood.
Chapter 846: Humanization |
Li Yao touched Jin Xinyue's left shoulder with his left index finger. Part of his spiritual energy pierced through her flesh and retrieved a drop of blood from her heart.
The drop of blood rolled on his fingertip like a pearl and was soon absorbed into his body.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and focused his attention on the drop of blood. He magnified the blood while he observed and analyzed wholeheartedly.
A 3D projection was gradually formed deep inside Li Yao's brain as his soul and the mental devil studied the picture together.
At first glance, Jin Xinyue's blood was no different from that of other demons. After being significantly magnified, it looked like a translucent, scarlet ocean that was packed with cells resembling jellyfish.
Most of the cells were erythrocytes and leukocytes, like in human beings.
But some other cells had a fuzzy edge, like a drop of ink on a tissue. There seemed to be halos behind them, and countless flagella extended in various directions from such cells.
Those cells were apparently more active than regular cells. They were dashing and jumping without a pattern. Sometimes, they captured a regular cell with their flagella and soon multiplied into two or even four active cells.
They were the demonized cells that were the result of the infection of the Demon God Virus. Such cells were the greatest difference between the demons and human beings.
The cells of human beings, just like those of any other animal, had a stable membrane outside of them that was in charge of the exchange of energy and materials.
But after being infected by the Demon God Virus, the membrane of normal cells would mutate and turn fuzzy and active. Their aggressiveness and fission ability were both significantly improved, too, and they grew thousands of more flagella, which could help the cells grab more materials.
It was with the help of the unbelievable demonized cells that the demons could practice powerful techniques and compete with the crystal suits and crystal warships of human beings with their bodies of flesh and blood.
When Li Yao just arrived in the Dry Leaf Village, he had secretly collected the blood of a lot of villagers for his study, and he had a preliminary understanding about different kinds of demonized cells now.
Huh. What's this?
Li Yao inwardly frowned. He found a material in Jin Xinyue's blood that he had never seen before. They were green particles that were infiltrating the demonized cells at an amazing speed.
Within a moment, Jin Xinyue's demonized cells shrank in size, and the flagella on the cells fell off. A clear membrane reappeared.
The particles were extremely small. Their diameter was only one ten thousandth of the normal demonized cells, the same width of most viruses.
Is this a brand-new virus?
Li Yao commanded the mental devil to retrieve a normal one of Jin Xinyue's demonized cells and one that had been infected by the green virus.
The greatest difference between the demonized cells and regular cells, except for the flagella on the membrane, was the form and distribution of mitochondria.
Mitochondria was the unit in charge of the production of energy in a cell. It was known as the power source of cells. The structure and efficiency of the mitochondria decided the capability of an expert.
The mitochondria of Cultivators were usually dozens, if not hundreds, of times larger than those of ordinary people. Their percentage in a cell was much higher, too, which allowed the Cultivators to release the immense energy in the blink of an eye or to absorb the energy in lightning and thunder without getting hurt.
The mitochondria of the demons had their unique features, too. Except for their large size, there were bumps and dents all over them, making them uneven like cerebra.
As a result, the coverage of the mitochondria would be significantly larger than regular mitochondria, and their efficiency to generate energy would be higher, too. It was with the mutated mitochondria that the demons created the unpredictable, mysterious 'demonic energy'.
According to Li Yao's observation, inside Jin Xinyue's first demonized cell, the mitochondria were indeed full of bumps and dents, but the unevenness of the other demonized cell that had been infected by the green virus was gone!
The surface of the mitochondria inside the second cell was smooth, and the membrane was clear without the slightest trace of flagella. After being infected by the green virus, the demonized cells became no different from the cells of human beings!
Right then, the demonized cell that was infected spurted out countless green particles, which penetrated through the membrane easily and spread out.
In the beginning, there was only one green particle, but in a few minutes, there were already hundreds of them.
