"Ah...!"
With half his body submerged in the boiling red magma of the Demonic Pool, Wan Yunting screamed in agony as the extreme heat seared his skin.
Yet, he gripped the glowing red Demonic Sword tightly, its demonic energy radiating with eerie power.
"Yunting..."
Seeing this, Zhou Ruoxi was consumed by anxiety and fear, wanting to jump in and save him.
"Ruoxi..."
Chen Qiuyun and Master Jinyu grabbed Zhou Ruoxi, hastily stopping her from entering, knowing she couldn't save him even if she did.
Zhang Xian'er, standing nearby, was stunned. Xu Guzi and Xian Yun, along with Master Kongwu and Wu Chi, watched Wan Yunting, his body glowing red and his hands clasped around the Demonic Sword, his pained screams echoing. They all shook their heads and sighed.
"This Demonic Pool, no one can withstand its energy," Master Kongwu sighed.
But Xian Yun and Xu Yuxin frowned, their eyes fixed on Wan Yunting in the Demonic Pool. Although he cried out in pain, he hadn't been swallowed by the boiling blood plasma like Zhong Yulong and Elder Zhang Qing had before.
The red mist rising from the boiling blood plasma formed countless streams of energy that poured into Wan Yunting's body through his mouth, nose, ears, and eyes. His entire body began to glow red. His hands clenched the Demonic Sword, veins bulging on his arms, and a strange aura emanated from him.
"Could it be...?"
Witnessing this, Xu Yuxin, Master Kongwu, and the others stared at Wan Yunting in the Demonic Pool with disbelief.
Zhou Ruoxi, Master Jinyu, and Chen Qiuyun also sensed the strange anomaly. Wan Yunting seemed to be absorbing the mysterious energy from the Demonic Pool.
"Yunting, are you alright?"
Zhou Ruoxi, still anxious and scared, shouted.
But Wan Yunting's eyes were closed, his face contorted in pain. The burning sensation made him deafening to all around him.
However, he could feel a power within him, like a surging flood, crashing through his meridians and filling his entire body, every inch of muscle.
"He's fine!"
Master Jinyu, calm, observed Wan Yunting in the Demonic Pool and said, "He's absorbing the energy of the Demonic Pool."
Xian Yun, Xu Yuxin, Master Kongwu, and the others were shocked. Some of the followers of the Heavenly Eye Main God Cult jumped in, and some even tried to interfere with Wan Yunting. But Master Jinyu, Zhou Ruoxi, and the others intervened, killing those followers.
"Bastard, how dare you steal my opportunity!"
At this moment, the Main God rushed out from the passage. Seeing Wan Yunting absorbing energy in the Demonic Pool, and the Demonic Sword radiating immense power in his hands, he knew the young man was inheriting the mysterious energy of the Demonic Pool.
The Main God's sharp eyes beneath his mask widened. He could not stand by and watch Wan Yunting gain the mysterious power of the Demonic Pool. He was about to intervene.
"Stop him quickly!"
Master Jinyu shouted. Zhou Ruoxi, Zhang Xian'er, and Chen Qiuyun immediately attacked to stop the Main God, wanting to buy time for Wan Yunting.
"We must also act, we cannot let the Main God interfere with Wan Yunting!"
Master Kongwu glared and immediately called upon his disciple Wu Chi and the remaining Shaolin disciples to charge at the Main God.
He knew that only Wan Yunting, who was acquiring the mysterious power of the Demonic Pool, could resist the Main God. Otherwise, they would all perish at his hands.
"You will all die!"
The Main God roared. Even though he was injured by Liu Xiaohei, he was no match for the combined might of Master Jinyu, Chen Qiuyun, and Zhou Ruoxi.
*Slam! Slam!*
"Ah...!"
The Main God unleashed two terrifying palm strikes, directly sending Zhou Ruoxi and Chen Qiuyun flying. They crashed onto the ice surface far away, both spitting blood.
Seeing Chen Qiuyun injured, Master Jinyu's face contorted with rage. She immediately unleashed the martial arts of the Snow Mountain Sect, condensing countless ice shards in the air and sending them towards the Main God.
"Ugh!"
The ice shards pierced and shattered the Main God's mask, revealing his left cheek. A stream of blood flowed down, causing his sharp eyes to darken with fury. He glared at Master Jinyu and sneered, "To wound me, you have some skill. But I will send you down to be your companion in the grave!"
In the next second, the Main God unleashed his ultimate move, concentrating a terrifying aura and pushing it directly towards Master Jinyu in front of him, like a tornado.
*Boom!*
The aura exploded in the air. Master Jinyu was unable to resist, flying out like a kite with a broken string and falling onto the ice surface.
Master Kongwu and the others seized the opportunity to attack, but the Main God countered with a backhand, sending an aura straight through Master Kongwu's chest. He vomited blood in mid-air and fell.
"Master..."
Wu Chi cried out and rushed forward to hold Master Kongwu, who used his last bit of strength to say, "Quick... go..."
"Ah!"
Zhang Xian'er, wielding the Qingping Sword, let out a loud cry and attacked the Main God, unleashing her most powerful sword technique.
"Get lost!"
The Main God casually swept her away with a wave of his hand. She crashed into a large ice block in the distance, spitting out a mouthful of blood. She knelt on the ground, holding her sword.
However, at this moment, a yellow light strangely emanated from Zhang Xian'er's chest. A rune seemed to be shattered, and an unfamiliar memory flooded into Zhang Xian'er's mind. The rune that had sealed her within her body had been broken.
"Roar!"
In the next second, Zhang Xian'er let out a heaven-shattering, earth-shattering tiger roar to the sky.
"Hmm, a tiger demon?"
The Main God, who had been walking towards Wan Yunting in the Demonic Pool, was drawn by the terrifying demonic energy erupting from Zhang Xian'er. He turned his head, his eyes widening as he saw Zhang Xian'er's body begin to transform. White fur grew wildly, her clothes tore, and in seconds, a giant white tiger appeared.
"Roar...!"
Zhang Xian'er, transformed into a white tiger, roared at the Main God again.
Zhou Ruoxi, Chen Qiuyun, and Master Jinyu also stared with wide eyes, incredulously watching Zhang Xian'er transform into a white tiger.
"This is interesting!"
The Main God, seeing that Zhang Xian'er was a tiger demon, became interested again. He sneered, "That dragon-snake escaped earlier. If I can capture you, a tiger demon, and refine your essence into a pill, it will help me approach the state of 'seeing god without ruin'..."
The white tiger roared. It pawed at the ice surface with its four claws, leaped forward, and pounced directly at the Main God.
*Bang...*
The Main God was knocked to the ground by the white tiger, rolling and wrestling. Its jaws opened, revealing two long tiger fangs, and it lunged to bite the Main God's head.
*Bang!*
The Main God punched, hitting the white tiger's chin hard and sending its massive body flying. But the white tiger landed, shook its head, its fierce tiger eyes locked onto the Main God again, and it pounced with another roar.
"Beast, I'll send you to hell...!"
The Main God roared, leaped into the air, condensed his aura with both hands, and slammed it into the charging white tiger.
The white tiger was sent flying again, its four claws digging trenches over ten meters long on the ice surface. After stopping, it staggered backward. In the next second, it transformed back into Zhang Xian'er. Her pretty face was pale, blood already hanging from the corner of her mouth, clearly injured by the Main God.
Having just broken the seal within her, Zhang Xian'er reverted to her original tiger demon form but was still in a weakened state, unable to unleash her true peak power.
"I'll take your essence later."
The Main God glanced at Zhang Xian'er, then turned and walked towards Wan Yunting in the Demonic Pool, wanting to stop the young man from continuing to absorb the mysterious power of the Demonic Pool.
The mysterious power within the Demonic Pool made the Main God uneasy and somewhat wary, so he absolutely could not let Wan Yunting obtain this energy.
"Stop!"
Seeing that the Main God was about to attack Wan Yunting in the Demonic Pool, Zhou Ruoxi, Chen Qiuyun, and Master Jinyu immediately rushed forward to stop him.