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Chapter 131 The True Essence of Demonic Intent [Fourth Update]

The blood pool vanished, the demonic shadows dissipated, and the altar and its surroundings fell into a deathly silence.

Chenguang Daoist and Dian Hengzi were ashen-faced. The spiritual light of their protective magic treasures had dimmed, and blood was spilling from the corners of their mouths. They were firmly locked in place by the auras of Han Jing Zhenren, Ji Yue Zhenren, and Elder You Chan, and could not move. Ling Wan and Xuan Su stood guard nervously behind them.

As the Buddha's light spread, Chen Qing slowly descended and stood at the edge of the blood pool. His gaze swept over the void that had been smoothed out by the Silent Dharma Wheel. Golden light flowed in the Tathagata Tathagata talisman in his Niwan Palace, and he sensed a subtle fluctuation.

He stared intently, and his heart skipped a beat!
There, a dark red spot of light flickers and changes!
It was only the size of a grain of rice, yet it exuded an evil aura that was purer and colder than the Blood Shadow!
"What is that?" Following Chen Qing's gaze, Master Han Jing also noticed the unusual sight. His Ice Soul True Qi condensed at his fingertips, exuding a chilling aura.

"The true essence of demonic intent! This is a demonic thought, containing the true meaning of demonic arts! The true essence of demonic power! It can corrupt people's thoughts, twist their minds, and breed demonic thoughts! It can even transform into a demon! If it is not completely eradicated, it will cause endless harm!" Xuan Su took a careful look, and his expression changed drastically. "Fellow Daoist Ji Ming's power of annihilation has failed to completely annihilate it! This demonic thought is definitely not something that Leng Che could have condensed. There must be a great demon hiding behind the scenes, using this thought to stir up trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Youchan immediately questioned Chenguang and the other person: "How did Yuehua Palace collude with the demonic path! What kind of conspiracy is hidden behind this! Could it be that they want to overthrow the Immortal Dynasty?"

"You accuse us of colluding with the demonic path?" Indigo Hengzi sneered, "The Immortal Dynasty is corrupt! They determine rank and strip away spiritual energy, seize meridians and lock the path! They treat us cultivators like pigs waiting to be slaughtered in a pen! The path of cultivation is declining day by day, the shackles are as heavy as mountains, and there is no hope of immortality! This Immortal Dynasty has long since rotted to the core!"

Daoist Chenguang also said coldly, "The Immortal Dynasty regards us as worthless weeds, but the Sacred Race from beyond the realm allows us to rebuild our path and create a bright and clear world again! This is a do-or-die situation, like scraping the bone to remove poison! Fortunately, we have found the Sacred Race's treasure for reincarnation and nurtured it with outstanding disciples, which gives us the opportunity to carve out a source of life from this stagnant pool!"

"Absurd!" Master Jiyue shouted sternly, "Inviting wolves into the house is self-destructive! The extraterrestrial demons are insatiably greedy; how could they possibly help you sincerely?"

Indigo still sneered: "You can't talk about ice with a summer insect!"

boom!
At that moment, the Buddha's light and the Dharma wheel roared, instantly breaking the balance and suppressing the two on the spot!
"Well said, but who knows if it's not a group of even more ruthless ones who will skin you alive? However, you might get some scraps then, becoming accomplices and henchmen, which would be a promotion for the leader."

Chen Qing withdrew his hand, ignoring the two, and fixed his gaze on the dark red spot of light. He flicked his finger, and a beam of Buddhist light shot out!
When the golden light touched the dark red spot, it emitted a piercing "sizzling" sound. The Buddha's light quickly dimmed and dissipated, while the spot only rippled slightly, and its color became even deeper!
"Even the Buddha's light is difficult to refine?" Master Jiyue's expression changed slightly.

"If this thing is not eliminated, it will surely become a great calamity!" Elder Youchan shouted sternly, and the Xuan Yin True Water transformed into several pale blue water arrows, shooting away!

"Chi chi chi——"

The water arrow struck the light spot, turning it black and corroding and assimilating the profound yin energy it contained, which in turn strengthened the aura of the light spot!
"No! Ordinary methods will only nourish it!" Chen Qing immediately stopped him.

"I'll give it a try!" Master Han Jing made a gesture of holding his hands together, and a single Ice Soul Needle pierced towards the spot of light!
"Ding!"

A crisp sound!
The Ice Soul Needle struck precisely, its tip unleashing a burst of icy energy that froze the spot of light along with a small patch of surrounding space!

Succeeded?
"Crack!"

Inside the frozen spot of light, a dark red light flashed suddenly!
The ice cracked inch by inch, and the Ice Soul Needle was instantly covered with cracks!
"Hiss!" Everyone gasped.

The light spot seemed to be provoked, and began to flicker and expand erratically, with a heart-pounding fluctuation brewing beneath the surface!

"If it can't be erased, then isolate it first!"

Chen Qing formed a hand seal like a lotus blossom, and a ball of golden light flew out, transforming into a golden light shield. With the power to suppress evil spirits, it descended upon the dark red light spot, attempting to envelop and seal it.

"Fuck-"

Upon first contact!

The golden Buddha light shield trembled violently, and the blood-red light darted left and right like a living thing. Each impact made Chen Qing frown slightly. The golden light of the Tathagata talisman in his Niwan Palace flowed, forcibly suppressing it.

"We cannot linger here!" Xuan Su's expression was solemn as she glanced at Chen Guang and Dian Heng, who were suppressed by the Ice Soul True Qi. "We can use the power of the Nine Nether Soul Suppressing Stele of my Taiyin Sect to obliterate the demonic intent! We should leave this place first! This place is not far from the sect; I can try to teleport here!"

She wrote in mid-air, drawing out intricate runes and stirring the rifts of the Nine Netherworlds.

"Om-"

The spatial ripples had barely begun when they were brutally interrupted by a vast and powerful will!
"Not good!" Xuan Su groaned, her face turning slightly pale. "The space is locked! Could it be... that the Moon Essence Nascent Soul is causing trouble again!"

"Roar!"

"Ouch——"

Almost simultaneously, a roar like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami erupted outside the cave!

The group quickly probed with their divine senses and saw a dark, overwhelming tide of beasts sweeping in from the edge of the icy plain!

"It's that demonic intent!" Ling Wan's longsword hummed, her pretty face filled with murderous intent. "The reason why the hundred races are frequently knocking on our gates lies here! This demonic intent can drive all demons into madness!"

"Protect Ji Ming!" Master Han Jing stood in front of Chen Qing! A burst of cold energy erupted, and the Ice Soul True Qi transformed into countless ice shards, shooting towards the vanguard of the surging beast tide!
Jiyue and Youchan also made their moves one after the other!

"Chi chi chi——"

The three Golden Core cultivators stood like three reefs, firmly resisting the surging tide of beasts!
However, the beast tide seemed endless, and driven by demonic intent, it fought fearlessly, wave after wave! Ice shards were shattered, moonlight was torn apart, and the Xuan Yin Water Arrows were corroded by filthy blood!

Chen Qing maintained the golden shield of Buddha light, suppressing the true essence of demonic intent. Each pulsation of that point of blood light made the beast tide outside even more frenzied! However, he gradually adapted and slowly managed to spare a wisp of his mind to pay attention to other matters.

"This can't go on!" The moonlight emanating from Master Jiyue's moon wheel had dimmed, and his face was filled with solemnity. "The beast tide is endless, and our magical power will eventually run out! Fellow Daoist Jiming is restrained by that demonic intent and cannot break free! We still need to find a way to leave!"

"Too many! I can't kill them all!" Ling Wan's Ice Soul Longsword was tainted by the tainted blood and demonic energy, its spiritual light dimmed, and her arm felt sore and numb.

Chen Qing, now more focused, said, "Please hold on a moment longer. Once I'm fully accustomed to it, I can free my hands to use my spatial teleportation technique!" "Roar!!!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a deafening roar resounded, and the one-horned ice rhinoceros, its size comparable to a small mountain, charged towards the crowd with earth-shaking strides, smashing through layers of ice walls!

Han Jing, Ji Yue, and You Chan's expressions changed drastically at the same time!
That terrifying pressure was almost at the peak of the Golden Core stage!
"Block it!" Master Hanjing unleashed his Ice Soul True Qi to its fullest extent, condensing it into a massive ice shield several meters thick in front of him!

Master Jiyue and Elder Youchan also poured most of their magical power into it!
The cool moonlight intertwined with the pale, dark blue water, reinforcing the ice shield!

"boom!!!"

The unicorn ice rhinoceros, carrying a devastating force, slammed violently into the ice shield!
With a deafening roar, the ice shield trembled violently, and cracks spread rapidly!
The three, including Master Han Jing, coughed up a mouthful of blood and staggered backward!

The ice shield is teetering on the brink of collapse!
The one-horned ice rhinoceros shook its massive head, its eyes gleaming even more fiercely. It took a few steps back, gathering its strength to launch an even more ferocious attack!

at this time.

A streak of azure light flew in from the horizon!

Chen Qingxin sensed something, looked up, and the moment he saw the stream of light, he had an epiphany.

"Qingqiu Bewitching Flame!"

A flash of blue light, like lightning, pierced straight down!

"Junior brother, be careful!" Master Han Jing's pupils shrank suddenly, and his Ice Soul True Qi swept towards the beam of green light, trying to block it.

"Don't panic, friendly forces!" Chen Qing said, taking the initiative to withdraw a corner of the protective Buddhist light.

The blue light entered his brow without any hindrance!

"Om-"

Inside the Niwan Palace, the Dao Seed suddenly trembled violently, merging with the intruding azure light!

Chen Qing's consciousness seemed to be infinitely elevated and extended, piercing through the barriers of time and space!
In a hazy vision, he seemed to see the figure sitting cross-legged in the Mingxia Mountain!

"An illusion? Or is this fire truly capable of connecting the causes and effects of two lifetimes?! This is definitely worth studying..."

Even with Chen Qing's iron will, he could not hide his shock at this moment.

However, the thought flashed by in an instant, and the flames rose, filling his mind. This not only made him aware of some of the mystery of this fire, but also continuously replenished his thoughts, almost infinitely!
His divine sense, which had been slightly sluggish due to the suppression of the demonic essence, was once again as agile as before, and after a few breaths it expanded to a terrifying level! This gave him a leap and improvement in his control over all kinds of power in his body, and even the barrier between himself and the two external cores seemed to have weakened a lot!

"in this case……"

With a thought, a wisp of Yin Spirit light invaded his dantian.

"Roar!"

The unicorn ice rhinoceros was almost upon them, a foul wind swept over them, and it crashed down with the force of a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting!
Chen Qing's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he opened his mouth to spit it out!
"Duh!"

A streak of mesmerizing blue light, faster than a startled swan, disappeared into the lantern-like giant eye of the unicorn ice rhinoceros!
"Moo?!"

The earth-shattering roar abruptly ceased!

The massive body of the unicorn ice rhinoceros suddenly froze. In its huge eyes, which were filled with violent blood light, strangely different expressions appeared. On one hand, there was the ferocious and bloodthirsty instinct of a demon beast, and on the other hand, there was confusion and fear.

An independent will is growing within him!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Qing pointed his fingers like a sword, and a flash of blazing white light appeared in his dantian!
"call out--"

The Yuan Dan flying sword, formed from the outer core of the Great Sun True Flame, condensed into a pure white ribbon that burned away the void, and gently spun around the thick neck of the unicorn ice rhinoceros!
"Hey!"

The enormous head shot into the sky, its severed neck charred black, yet not a drop of blood splattered, completely incinerated by the Supreme Yang True Flame!
The massive headless corpse crashed to the ground, shaking the icy plain.

Then, Chen Qing opened his mouth and spat out a burst of blue light, which swept across all directions!

Wherever they passed, the surging beast tide stopped, and confusion and struggle were revealed in the eyes of every demon of the hundred races!
The flying sword continued its trajectory without stopping, its white lines swirling in the air!
"Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!"

The sword flashed like lightning, weaving and darting through the surging beast horde. Wherever it passed, whether it was the thick-skinned Frostfang Barbarian or the swift-as-the-wind Ironclad Demon, a thin, charred line appeared on their necks, and their heads rolled off.

In the blink of an eye, the area within a hundred feet of Chen Qing was completely emptied!
"hiss……"

Even Golden Core cultivators like Han Jing Zhenren and Ji Yue Zhenren couldn't help but gasp in shock upon witnessing this scene.

"This tactic is good for mowing down enemies, but not for direct attacks! Time to go!"

Having cleared the space, Chen Qing held up the golden Buddha light shield with one hand and made a hand seal with the other, then suddenly slashed!
"Om-"

The azure ripples spread rapidly, enveloping Han Jing and the others, then vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving only a few fragments of green fire drifting away, gradually turning into nothingness.

　Fourth watch finished!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)