Demon, come and cultivate for me.

"This isn't cleverness, this is demonization," Xu Yuan said with a grin. "Old Fan's life is over."

Everyone, including Zhou Chu, was shocked by Fan Li's performance, except for Xu Yuan who looked regretful.

"What makes you say that?" Zhou Chu turned his head and asked.

Xu Yuan sighed: "Demonization. Old Fan has become a demon himself, wanting to perish together with this group of wild boars."

Zhou Chu didn't understand what "demonic transformation" meant, but he understood that it meant mutual destruction.

Looking outside the formation, Fan Li discarded his double-headed spear, and his body grew to over ten feet long, and was still expanding.

His palm was as big as half a door panel. He bent down, picked up several wild boar monsters, and instantly kneaded them into minced meat, which he then put into his right pupil.

In a short time, dozens of wild boar monsters died under Fan Li's giant hand.

"Is there any hope for Lao Fan?" Zhou Chu asked Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan shook his head.

"There's hope!" Xie Ning said decisively. "If he stops before his vital energy is completely depleted, and preserves a sliver of his original consciousness, there might be a chance for him to survive."

"Miss Xie, may I borrow your sword?" Zhou Chu extended his hand to Xie Ning.

Old Fan is a good man; he shouldn't just die like this.

Zhou Chu decided to risk using the Taixu Sword Technique once to help Fan Li.

"You..." Xie Ning hesitated for a moment, but still placed the sword in Zhou Chu's hand.

She understood what Zhou Chu was going to do.

Zhou Chu drew his sword and stepped out of the Nine Palaces Formation, then activated his true energy and used hand seals to control the sword.

The Taixu Sword Technique is not an ordinary martial art; it consumes several times more true energy than the Dragon Elephant Fist.

When Zhou Chu used the Taixu Sword Technique to control his sword and slay demons, he could clearly feel the true energy in his dantian being rapidly depleted.

Fortunately, this time he had learned from experience and would not exhaust his true energy with just one sword technique like last time.

He tried his best to control the consumption of his true energy, and with the mountain demon's spirit constantly guiding and regulating his breathing to provide him with true energy, he was able to hold on for a little longer.

The sword emitted a dazzling light, darting through the boar monsters like lightning.

The sword strike was incredibly swift; any boar monster that grazed the blade would instantly die.

Within the Nine Palaces Formation, everyone's attention was drawn to Zhou Chu.

Fan Li's transformation into a demon is already shocking enough.

Zhou Chu's sudden use of immortal techniques left these self-important martial artists in disbelief.

"Immortal...immortal magic! Immortal magic that allows you to control a sword from afar!"

"What's this kid's background?"

"What a prodigy! Not even twenty years old, not only has his cultivation reached its peak, but he also possesses immortal techniques!"

"Zhou Chu, my brother, not only knows immortal arts, but I also set up this formation," Xu Yuan added to the group. "As for his background, it's hard to explain in a short time."

"All you need to know is that genius is just the threshold for becoming brothers with me, Xu Yuan."

"..."

The "one god and one demon" outside the formation have an overwhelming advantage over the boar monster.

The wild boar monster that had previously kept the warriors busy was now being slaughtered like an insect in front of the two of them.

Before long, half of the wild boar monsters had been eliminated.

The tense nerves of everyone hiding in the Nine Palaces Formation relaxed slightly.

Unbeknownst to them, Zhou Chu and Fan Li were both nearing their limits.

Fan Li's sense of self was gradually fading away, and his huge hand nearly struck Zhou Chu several times.

In the end, Zhou Chu had no choice but to distance himself from Fan Li to prevent the completely demonized Fan Li from killing or crushing him.

He knew that time was running out for him and Fan Li.

Fan Li's demonization is progressing at an increasingly rapid pace. At the current rate, even if Fan Li becomes completely demonic, he may not be able to kill all the remaining boar monsters.

Zhou Chu didn't know what would happen to Fan Li after he was completely corrupted by demonic energy.

Will they die from self-destruction, or transform into a monster even more destructive than the wild boar?

Zhou Chu dared not even think about it.

He activated his magic, transforming one sword into a hundred swords, and a rain of swords pierced down from the sky, attacking the wild boar monster indiscriminately.

His internal energy was rapidly depleted, like a river bursting its banks.

Xie Ning watched from within the formation, her heart pounding in her chest. She knew what the transformation of one sword into a hundred swords meant to Zhou Chu.

But she couldn't escape the Nine Palaces Formation. Even if she could get out, she couldn't help Zhou Chu at all and could only watch helplessly.

"What is that?"

A martial artist suddenly exclaimed, pointing at the enormous black shadow in the sky.

Everyone looked up at the night sky and saw the dark figure falling from the sky.

As the shadowy figure drew closer, the group came into clearer vision of its outline.

It turned out to be a large fox, with three long, bushy tails standing upright behind it, swaying like flames.

"A three-tailed fox! It's a three-tailed fox..." someone in the village exclaimed.

Someone nearby immediately covered his mouth, "Shut up, don't talk nonsense, that's a fox spirit!"

"Great! It's a fox spirit! We're saved!"

According to word of mouth among the villagers near Guniu Mountain, a fox with one tail is an ordinary fox, one that can transform into a human is a fox spirit, and one with three tails has attained spiritual power and is called a spirit fox or fox fairy.

Not only the villagers, but even the martial artists from the city had never seen a three-tailed fox.

The legend of the three-tailed fox has a long history, dating back to the time of the great war between gods and demons thousands of years ago.

Regardless of the legend, the three-tailed fox has always been portrayed positively.

Even today, some ordinary people still have the custom of worshipping the three-tailed fox in their homes.

The battle outside the Nine Palaces Formation continues.

As Fan Li's head and face continued to swell, they gradually lost their original appearance, and only killing intent remained in his eyes.

Zhou Chu was barely holding on, relying on the demonic soul in his sea of ​​consciousness.

He dared not use the sword rain again. As his true energy rapidly depleted, he also slowed down the speed at which he controlled his sword to stab.

The wild boar monsters are not only numerous, but their attacks are also exceptionally fierce.

The strangest thing is that they are not afraid of death at all, do not know what danger is, and are indifferent to the tragic deaths of their companions. They only know how to attack.

This is completely illogical.

Even a wild boar monster with only a first-level cultivation level possesses intelligence and knows how to seek advantage and avoid harm.

In contrast, these wild boars were like madmen, only knowing how to attack relentlessly until they died.

Zhou Chu realized that he couldn't continue to waste time.

We need to get Fan Li to stop his demonic transformation and return to the formation to take temporary refuge before we can discuss the matter further.

But how can we get Fan Li to stop?

Zhou Chu looked at Fan Li, who had grown into a giant, and couldn't think of any solution.

Fan Li was now a full two zhang tall, and even if Zhou Chu jumped up, he couldn't hit Fan Li's knees.

Moreover, Zhou Chu was unsure whether Fan Li could still understand human speech.

Just as he was struggling with this problem, the sky above him suddenly lit up.

Zhou Chu turned his head to look up.

A giant fox with three tails floated steadily in the air, extending its paws.

It held a ball of pure white light in its two claws.

The orb of light continued to absorb the moonlight, growing larger and larger until it illuminated the surroundings brightly.

The boar monster, illuminated by the white light, stopped its attack and stood there staring blankly at the ball of light, motionless.

Finally, the three-tailed fox gently tossed the enormous ball of light to the ground.

The moment the ball of light landed, it was like a stone falling onto a calm lake, with the halo spreading outwards like ripples.

The boar monsters affected by the halo regained consciousness. They looked at their living and dead companions and then scattered and fled.

Zhou Chu breathed a sigh of relief and sheathed his sword.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and entered the depths of his consciousness.