The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

"There should be no doubt about it!!!"

The moment Ying Wuhuo collapsed, Jin Shengfei rushed towards them almost instantly.

He had almost forgotten how to fly on a sword, and he had also forgotten that he was a cultivator with spiritual power. He ran in a very disheveled state, and the sweat and various marks on his body from the overexertion of the battle made him look extremely wretched.

His hand trembled as he reached out, slowly bringing it closer to Ying Wuhuo's nose: "Ying Wuhuo!!"

She's out of breath... completely out of breath!

His mind went blank, but subconsciously he quickly used his spiritual power to nourish Ying Wuhuo's body and lock his soul.

"Senior Brother Wu Huo...you can't die! You absolutely can't die here!"

"Nine Swords Mountain is waiting for you to return; everyone is waiting for you!"

His eyes reddened as he slowly looked up at Feng Mian.

Feng Mian still chuckled to herself: "Humans are truly arrogant and overconfident creatures. They're so fragile that they'd break at the slightest touch, yet they pretend to be strong. Pfft."

"You wicked woman!"

Jin Shengfei directly cursed at her, and those two words were almost beyond the limits of all his education and beyond the bounds of his self-control.

The boy's eyes were filled with hatred and anger, almost completely bloodshot.

Even if he considered those two words malicious, they were as powerless as cotton to Feng Mian.

"Hehe... Do you want me to take you downstairs to keep him company? I'd be happy to help."

Her voice was sweet and charming, already gathering its strength.

Without the help of Ying Wuhuo and Jin Shengfei, the defensive formation was about to be broken, and Yu Wuxin and Jingming had no choice but to use their Golden Core Techniques to empty their spiritual power.

But for such a massive attack, it was nothing more than a moth drawn to a flame, or a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Feng Mian: "Look, you'll soon be completely captivated."

"If I had known you would be so easy to defeat, I shouldn't have waited so long... I would have accepted the inheritance of the Bloodline Temple and the Hidden Heaven Pavilion."

She was full of confidence.

But just then, a voice rang out:

"Such arrogance! Your advantage ends here, moo!"

"He means, you're all doomed!!"

All living beings, including Feng Mian, were stunned. They could feel a certain aura growing stronger around them, and some beastmen collapsed uncontrollably, crawling on their stomachs!

They knelt in worship, as if on a pilgrimage, facing one direction!

Even beastmen in the Nascent Soul stage cannot avoid this kind of bloodline-based oppression!

The aura grew increasingly terrifying, and the surrounding stones and walls suddenly shattered!

Facing the place where all the beasts paid homage, everyone could see that the Great Horned Bull and the seemingly ordinary parrot were both transforming at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Their aura continued to rise at an astonishing speed!

That ordinary parrot with no cultivation level had a cultivation level approaching that of a Nascent Soul cultivator!

The Bighorn bull next to it was even more terrifying.

His cultivation level had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, but the intensity of the aura he emitted was in no way inferior to that of the Divine Transformation stage!

The Great Horned Bull's body swelled up, becoming more than ten times larger than before, like a giant mountain, a moving city, accompanied by auspicious clouds and clouds all over its body, and its hooves were like divine imprints, capable of crushing the world with a single step!

Bearing a massive heat source on its back, its strength is enough to move the heavens! The behemoth roars, its terror is unparalleled!!

The bird beside it also transformed into five slender, soft blue tail feathers, and its body became slender and beautiful, with wingspans reaching several feet!

His eyes radiated a five-colored divine light.

The power of their bloodline was enough to make all the beastmen in the entire Heavenly Sorrow Cave tremble.

"The Sky-Moving Beetle and the Peacock King! Two...two innate beast kings?!"

"That cow and his translator bird both underwent atavism; his bird is actually a descendant of the innate beast king?"

"No! Retreat! Retreat immediately! With the Primordial Beast King appearing, the beast race must not be harmed. If they remember our faces, remember our race, they will never let us go!"

"Damn demons! You concealed information! There were clearly two Primordial Beast Kings, yet you sent us here to our deaths! Damn you! I'll remember you!"

In an instant, almost all the orcs retreated.

But the Sky-Moving Beetle and the Peacock King only had one cry that resounded all around!

The power of their bloodline rendered all of them, including the beastmen, unable to move.

Niu Niu: "How can you leave unscathed after hurting my friend?"

Bird: "Hmph, Miaomiao and her friends are all our good friends, protecting us and helping us return to our ancestral roots. If you kill one of them today, I will kill a thousand of you!!"

The beasts looked grim.

"That was something the demons did, what does it have to do with us?!"

Niu Niu and Niao Niao: "Is it honorable to collude with the demons and become a tool in the hands of those foolish creatures? With you beastmen around, it's a disaster!"

"Today, in the name of the Primordial Beast King, we will rid the beast race of this scourge!"

The words fell.

The massive heat source behind the longhorn beetle crashed down like the sun, and with screams echoing one after another, hundreds of beastmen were reduced to nothing, not even leaving behind their remains.

Meanwhile, the tail feathers of the Peacock King stood tall, emitting five-colored divine light that fiercely attacked a large area.

Their combat power is terrifying!

This is the power of the Primordial Beast King, one of the Ten Ancient Mythical Beasts!

Seeing the tide of battle turn, Feng Mian gritted her teeth and cursed, "Damn it!"

She wanted to escape.

However, at that moment...

Where are you going?

Youying's voice appeared, and he stood above Fengmian, blocking her way.

Feng Mian tensed up. "What do you mean by this?!"

Youying: "I owe Chi Miao a favor, so naturally I have to give her a gift in return. You killed her important friend, so I'll use your life as my thank you gift."

As soon as he finished speaking, the unique divine sense sword of the Demonic Sense fell vertically, piercing Feng Mian's wrist and ankle, causing her to scream and howl in agony, leaving her nowhere to escape.

He did not experience bloodline awakening or bloodline evolution. The Bloodline Spring merely modified his meridians, making his physique stronger. Apart from that, he did not undergo any significant changes.

So he might as well make the move.

Feng Mian roared, "Are you betraying us? Do you know the consequences of betraying the Demon Clan and the Demon Mother?!"

Although the demon race has countless branch totems, their only faith is in the Demon Mother.

Betraying the demon race and the demon mother means suffering the most painful torment of the demon race: having your flesh peeled off and your soul destroyed!

Youying simply smiled faintly: "If I kill you, no one will know, right?"

Feng Mian gritted her teeth and sneered, "Kill me? We're both candidates for the Ten Great Demon Kings. You should know very well that the soul flames of Demon King candidates are recorded in the Holy Land. Once I die, they'll know immediately who killed me!"

Youying: "Did I say I was going to kill you? Your life is a thank-you gift I gave to Chi Miao, so naturally Chi Miao will kill you himself."

Feng Mian could no longer hold back and launched into another tirade of abuse.

He ignored them, his gaze fixed on the still-flowing pond to the side.

"It's time to wake up."

"I can sense it... you are the true winner of the Bloodline Temple."

It was at this moment that...

Chi Miao finally opened her eyes.

—Author's Note—

I've arrived in Shanghai injured. I'll only be updating one chapter today to settle in.

No spoilers!