Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division

No one expected that a thousand-year-old vine demon, with its formidable strength, would be forced into such a predicament by two human children.

It is rooted in the earth's vein spirit pool. If it were to self-destruct, its power would be enough to flatten the entire cave and even completely overturn the large area of ​​forest above.

"Help! Save them!"

Li Yuan shouted and shot out, heading straight for the vine demon's main body. He had to stop it from self-destructing.

Or rather, it absorbed as much demonic power as possible before it self-destructed, thus weakening the power of the explosion.

Almost simultaneously, Leng Shuang made her move, her hands forming hand seals so fast that afterimages appeared, and her icy blue magic power poured out without reservation.

"Ice Soul. Mystic Lock!"

Several thick ice crystal chains appeared out of thin air, precisely locking the vine cage. The cold air spread instantly, and the surface of the cage was quickly covered with a thick layer of solid ice, causing the cage to suddenly become stiff.

Although it couldn't freeze the cage instantly, it successfully bought time.

Li Yuan gripped the knife with both hands, raised it high, and slashed at the distorted old face with all his might.

"Break!"

The dark golden runes burned wildly, slashing fiercely into the giant maw.

Om-!

The blade trembled violently, emitting a clear and melodious sound. A tremendous suction force erupted, like a whale sucking in water, frantically drawing out the vine demon's violent source demonic power.

"Aaaaaah!"

The vine demon's shriek instantly turned into a heart-wrenching scream as it felt its power being uncontrollably and ruthlessly drained away by that damned blade.

Even more terrifying, it vaguely sensed a terrifying power contained within the knife, which was rapidly disintegrating its soul imprint.

The vine demon's swollen trunk began to wither at a visible speed, and the water in the spirit pool began to boil violently.

"No--!"

The vine demon let out an angry wail.

Boom—!

Ultimately, Li Yuan's absorption speed couldn't keep up with the speed of the vine demon's self-destruction. A muffled roar erupted in the cave.

A blinding emerald light instantly filled the entire cave, and terrifying energy turbulence swept through like a storm, causing rocks to crumble, the spirit pool to explode, and the milky white pool water mixed with violent demonic power, transforming into a destructive torrent that rushed in all directions.

"Be careful!"

Below the stage, countless spectators stood up in shock, gasping in unison.

On the high platform, the judges' expressions changed drastically, and Liu Hongyan clenched her fists instantly.

The emerald light and chaotic energy turbulence instantly engulfed Li Yuan's figure and destroyed the teleportation image, causing the scene to shake violently.

"Oh no! That vine demon is self-destructing!"

"Activate the emergency protective array immediately!"

"Leng Ning Shuang, Li Yuan, and the hostages are still inside!"

On the Tianyan Stage, exclamations arose. Several instructors almost simultaneously changed color, abruptly stood up, their magical power surging within them, and were about to join forces to activate the pre-arranged protective array to forcibly intervene and teleport Li Yuan and the others who were caught in the self-destruction range out.

"Wait a minute."

A lazy voice rang out, and everyone turned to look. It was Mr. Mo.

He held a gourd of wine in his hand, sipping it leisurely, his gaze calm. He raised his withered hand and made a light, almost imperceptible, gesture towards the group.

A gentle force instantly pressed down the raised arms of several division commanders.

"Mr. Mo, why are you doing this...?" A teacher from Tian Ce Academy was both anxious and angry.

"Trust them."

Mr. Mo's voice carried an undeniable certainty: "That kid won't die so easily, and that girl Leng Ning Shuang is no ordinary person either."

"Forcibly intervening now might trigger a chain reaction due to the fluctuations in the formation, which could harm them instead. Let's just observe."

The teachers exchanged glances, but when Dean Su Wenyuan nodded slightly, signaling them to calm down, they had no choice but to suppress their anxiety and turn their attention back to the blurry light screen.

Underground cave.

The raging energy turbulence, like an invisible giant hand, was about to tear everything apart. Although Li Yuan had absorbed a portion of the vine demon's last power, the remaining power was still enough to completely wipe the entire grotto from the world.

At the very center of this destructive storm, the bronze palace within Li Yuan's body was completely awakened by the raging demonic power, causing it to tremble violently, and its pale golden radiance burst forth like a blazing sun.

The massive bronze door, which had only opened a crack, slowly opened a little further at this moment.

Behind the door, the vast expanse of stars shimmered with brilliant light, and a boundless and ancient power, like a sleeping dragon, slightly opened its eyes.

Om-!

Centered on Li Yuan, an invisible, enormous vortex suddenly formed. The originally violent and raging demonic energy, capable of destroying everything, seemed to have encountered a true monarch and instantly became docile, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, surging and pouring madly towards the center of the vortex.

The palace was like a bottomless abyss, greedily devouring everything.

"This...this is impossible!"

The vine demon's last vestige of consciousness, upon sensing the immense power within the bronze palace, was struck as if by lightning, and it let out an incredulous roar.

"It's it! It's actually it!"

"You actually got... that..."

The vine demon's remaining consciousness was fragmented and filled with horror, as if it had witnessed the most unbelievable and terrifying things in the world.

Li Yuan was shocked. Could it be that this vine demon actually recognized the bronze palace? Did it know the origin of this palace?

"What do you know?"

Li Yuanqiang endured the tearing sensation caused by the massive influx of energy into his body and asked the question with his mind.

"Haha...hahaha..."

The vine spirit did not answer; instead, it burst into hysterical laughter, filled with endless fear and... a strange sense of schadenfreude.

"What a prodigy of the human race!"

"What a brilliant level nine talent!"

"So that's how it is! Hahaha..."

"No wonder, no wonder you can absorb demonic power... no wonder you can manipulate..."

Its voice grew fainter and fainter, but the feeling of schadenfreude became clearer and clearer.

"What a pity...what a pity! Obtaining it...is both your fortune and your downfall!"

"Hahaha... Chaos is coming... The curtain is about to rise... No one... can escape!"

"Hahahaha..."

With a final burst of maniacal laughter, the vine demon's last remaining consciousness, like a candle flickering in the wind, was completely extinguished.

As it disappeared, the destructive storm within the cave quickly subsided, leaving only a mess of rubble.

Just as the vine demon's consciousness dissipated, deep within the star map behind the giant gate of the bronze palace, a faint starlight, radiating a unique Daoist charm, detached from the edge of the star map, transformed into a wisp of starlight, pierced through the palace gate, and silently merged into Li Yuan's divine soul origin.

Li Yuan was jolted, a profound feeling he had never experienced before welled up in his heart. It was not an increase in power, but a vague perception of the future, as if he could sense in the darkness a sign of impending disaster.

"The power of prediction? Or rather... a kind of crisis perception?"

Li Yuan instantly realized that this was a new ability that the Bronze Palace was giving him after absorbing and refining the power of the Vine Demon.

At the same time, the nameless sword that had been frantically absorbing demonic power also underwent an astonishing change.