With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

Zhao Yao sat there cross-legged, his eyes turned into bright yellow vertical pupils, his skin became rough and thick, one side of his body grew black and colorful feathers, the other side grew golden and red monkey fur, his belly was red and reflected the firelight, and a tail covered with scales twisted and turned like a snake behind him, the tip of the tail was red and dangerously scorpion-like.

He stood up, slowly walked to the edge of the Ascension Pool, leaned down to look at the water, and saw his own reflection.

His tail wrapped around his body and touched one hand. He gently stroked the tail, silently savoring this unique experience.

"Did I overexert myself?"

Looking at his reflection in the pool, clearly showing a mixture of various demonic bloods, Zhao Yao muttered his own guesses.

He probably understood that his demon blood shouldn't have awakened in the first place, because it was far too weak.

However, it was only through encountering various external forces such as "demonic charm", "primordial energy", "dragon blood", and "tiger pill" that it was forcibly awakened.

"It does indeed look like it has scales and birds..."

He touched the demonic features on his body and explored the information about the demonic blood power that appeared in his brain. The feeling was too vague. After thinking for a while, he sat cross-legged on the ground again and entered a state of inner vision.

"Thumbs, magic!" 』

"I command you to fall asleep immediately, and in your dream, reveal the appearance of the original owner of the demon bloodline and introduce yourself."

"I see."

He used the magic within the Jade Chess to cast a spell on his own body, completing a self-questioning and self-answering exercise. His neck tilted to the side, and he fell into a deep sleep.

In the pitch-black dream, Zhao Yao's will awakened.

Under his gaze, a fiery red outline slowly emerged, revealing a tiger with three eyes, a scorpion tail with a flame hanging from the end, a human-like face, and a majestic demeanor.

"I am the Fire Tiger. I was awakened from within you by the Fire Tiger's inner core. Now, observe my appearance."

As the Fire Tiger opened its mouth in a deep voice, every detail about it came into Zhao Yao's view.

First, there are its eyes. All three of its eyes are yellowish-brown. However, the two lower eyes are round, while the one on its forehead is a vertical pupil. Moreover, the flames on its body do not emanate from its body; their source is actually at its tail.

"My name is Fire Tiger, and I also have a great name, called 'Tail Fire Tiger'."

The power I bestow upon you is a flame that burns with star power, called "Starfire".

The vertical pupils in your eye sockets are the result of my third eye's differentiation and manifestation. If you wish to use this fire against an enemy, visualize the two pupils converging into one, and this fire will naturally appear outside your body.

The scorpion's tail can also be used to control fire and fight enemies.

After Tailfire Tiger finished speaking, his figure faded away.

Immediately afterward, under Zhao Yao's will, a fire pig slowly emerged from this pitch-black dream, its body coiled with snakes, its back sprouting wings, its belly ablaze with fire, its face resembling a human, and its expression cold.

"I have a great name, which is 'Shi Huo Zhu' (室火猪)."

"Your power is also a flame burning with starlight, also called 'Starfire.' When facing an enemy, visualize fishing in the deep well of your dantian, the fire rising with the line, and then exhaling it from your mouth."

After speaking in a calm tone, the Fire Pig quietly withdrew.

"Croak~"

The pitch-black dream fell silent for a moment, then a bird's call rang out first, and a crow with black feathers and iridescent markings flew out from the depths of darkness.

The crow folded its wings, landed firmly in the dream, stretched, and raised a radiant halo around itself. Its form suddenly became magnificent, transforming into a three-legged golden crow that illuminated the dark dream with its entire body gleaming gold.

The golden crow surveyed all directions with a slightly arrogant air, and said:

"My name is Iron Bird, and I also have a great name, called 'Three-Legged Golden Crow'."

Your demon blood is thin and doesn't give you much ability; you only have half a body of iron feathers, which is better than nothing.

"Young one, cultivate diligently, strengthen your demonic bloodline, and one day your glory will surely shine!"

Before the words were finished, the golden crow's form dissipated.

The fourth monster then appeared.

It was a gigantic being, no different from a human, covered in monkey hair, with a monkey tail, resembling both a human and an ape.

The strange ape swayed its body as if scratching an itch, gave a wicked smile, and seemed to have transparent flames dancing in its eyes. It spoke slowly:

"My name is Lustful Ape, also known as Acacia Ape."

From this day forward, your desires will burn fiercely every day!

Don't be too disgusted by that monkey fur; wearing or touching it can have aphrodisiac effects.

Under Zhao Yaoyi's silent gaze, the giant ape's form slowly dissipated, and a tremendous roar echoed from the darkness. A grand voice, seemingly awakened from the depths of time, resounded:

"My name is World Elephant, or you may call me the World Devouring Serpent."

I have nothing to give you, one meeting is enough.

As the sound ended, Zhao Yao realized that his will was slowly rising upwards, and his mind was gradually awakening from the dream.

Before waking up, he saw what the dream looked like.

It was an elephant engulfed in black flames of destruction, its rump bitten by a giant venomous snake.

Everything he had just seen had evolved inside the belly of this elephant.

Before the Ascension Pool, Zhao Yao slowly opened his eyes, clutching his aching head.

"Hmm~ Five kinds of demon blood, each of them seems to have a complicated background, but actually it makes sense."

This is the Demon-Slaying Realm, one of the highest realms in the heavens. All living beings have demon blood in their bodies, left behind by great demons who ascended to heaven. Naturally, each of them has an extraordinary origin.

Considering the dragon and phoenix blood in Yan Rouyun's body, Song Angran's golden toad, and Huo Xiaotian's fire tiger with the same tail, Zhao Yao's situation is not too strange.

"The Tailfire Tiger and the Chamberfire Pig are because of that Fire Pill. The Joyful Ape is probably related to my excessive indulgence these past few days. The excavation of the Three-Legged Golden Crow and the World Elephant may also have their own causes, but the main one should be the chain reaction caused by the 'Demon Charm'."

After reviewing the information, Zhao Yao discovered that although there were many types of awakened demon blood, they were actually quite rare. If you removed the impressive origins of these demon blood types, the actual power and combat ability they brought was only about two and a half.

Two are "Starfire", and half is Iron Feather.

As for the mimosa ape...

You can't expect to arouse someone with your body hair during a physical fight, that would be incredibly embarrassing.

"And as for all that talk about burning desire, I didn't... well, maybe I'm still in my post-coital period..."

He shook his head, trying to shake off these thoughts, and looked around.

At the edge of the square, some scattered pieces of wood that had rolled down the mountain with him a few days earlier caught his eye.

He stepped forward, stood beside the broken wood, and, following Wei Huohu's instructions, began to imagine the two vertical pupils merging into one on his forehead.

Boom~

In an instant, a layer of red flames ignited around him.

The broken wood at his feet was instantly ignited, and even the stone bricks under his feet began to show signs of melting.

Fearing he would get burned, he quickly stopped his meditation and caused the fire to dissipate.

"Hiss~"

Zhao Yao cried out in pain, his feet scalded by the intense heat, and he jumped up with a whoosh.

When the 'Starry Fire' was burning around him, he didn't feel the high temperature. But when it went out, he was burned by the fire he had lit himself.

"This is not a magical technique, but the Fire Tiger's innate divine ability. It releases a certain substance from the demon blood, which triggers the burning of star power and also produces a certain fire-avoiding effect."

However, it's similar to a magical technique; it only allows for three uses within a short period. To use it more often, you need to consume your vital energy.

Despite the pain in his feet, Zhao Yao sorted out the information about the fire and immediately began trying other methods...