"I won..."
Su Changkong was panting, trying to calm his restless blood.
He personally chopped down a Demon Monster King, a true match for a Martial Saint with Great Divine Power!
"Hmm?"
While chopping down the Demon Elephant King, Su Changkong was slightly shocked because a force was eroding his body and had left a mark within his Sea of Consciousness!
"Monster Soul Mark..."
Su Changkong immediately understood that this was the Monster Soul Mark.
A unique Monster Soul Mark of the Demon Monster King that continuously erodes a person’s Life Force until it kills them.
Previously, Su Changkong had been branded with the Monster Soul Mark when chopping down the Demon Nest, and this Demon Elephant King, being of the Demon Monster King status, naturally possessed it as well.
However, Su Changkong wasn’t overly worried; while the Monster Soul Mark was difficult to deal with, even the Martial Saint Mirror Master had died because of it, but Medicine Saint Hua Shan was capable of resolving the Monster Soul Mark, so there was nothing to fear!
"What... is happening?"
But what Su Changkong found unbelievable happened; the Monster Soul Mark was branded in his Sea of Consciousness, but it did not continuously draw out his Life Force as it had previously when he was branded — on the contrary.
Every cell in Su Changkong’s body emitted a greedy, hungry feeling, instead generating a suction force, pulling the power from the Monster Soul Mark, transforming it into a pure demonic power, replenishing himself, and making Su Changkong’s Demon Body stronger!
"This... is my body swallowing the power within the Monster Soul Mark to strengthen itself?"
Su Changkong was dumbfounded and somewhat unable to comprehend what was happening to him.
Not only could the Monster Soul Mark not devour his Life Force, but his body was inversely swallowing it, which was completely irrational!
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"Could it be that Demon Monsters can absorb each other’s power and become stronger through slaughter?"
Su Changkong speculated secretly, but this seemed impossible.
Indeed, Demon Monsters could become stronger through destruction, but it had to cause destruction to this realm. For instance, the Demon Monster Kings who were chopped down by the Mirror Master had become so through slaughter and destruction.
But if Demon Monsters could truly absorb each other’s power through mutual slaughter, then the Demon Monster Clan could not possibly be so united; those Heavenly Demons would undoubtedly have slaughtered their subordinates immediately to strengthen themselves!
"Maybe it’s related to my own body? Although I have a Demon Body... my soul is that of the human race. Could it be that during the Demon Transformation Ceremony, some change occurred that resulted in a Special Body capable of inversely swallowing the Monster Soul Mark?"
Su Changkong speculated that his body must have undergone some unknown transformation that enabled it to devour the Monster Soul Mark!
"Or… is it the Demon Art Divine Skills I possess as a Demon Monster?"
Su Changkong knew that not only did Demon Monsters possess an Immortal Body, they also had Demon Art and Divine Skills.
Since transforming into a Demon Body, Su Changkong knew only about his Immortal Body but had not discovered any corresponding Demon Art Divine Skills. Could the ability to swallow other Demon Monster Kings’ powers be one of his Demon Art Divine Skills?
This astonished Su Changkong. If he kept slaughtering Demon Monster Kings and absorbing their power, what level could he ultimately reach? His Demon Body might become powerful enough to rival a Heavenly Demon!
Yet, Su Changkong was unsure if this was good or bad; the Demon Body might contain some hidden dangers!
"We’ll consider this later..."
Feeling the Monster Soul Mark being gradually swallowed by his body, Su Changkong silently mused, knowing that now was not the time to focus on this.
As Su Changkong had killed the Demon Elephant King, other battlefields also started seeing results.
"No!"
On the other side, facing Holy Emperor Jiang’s struggling defense against three Demon Monster Kings, one of them badly injured, could no longer hold on and with a reluctant roar, was pierced through the head by a silver war spear and killed on the spot.
At this moment, Hai Ye finally roared, "Retreat!"
Hai Ye understood that continuing would only result in heavier losses; even though reluctant, retreat was the only wise choice.
"Retreat… retreat quickly!"
At that moment, the remaining fiercely battling Demon Monster Kings, each as if relieved of a heavy burden, chose to flee without hesitation.
"Hua Shan, don’t be smug… believe it, soon we’ll give you a huge surprise! Then… I will personally take off your head!"
Hai Ye’s voice, unfettered by hatred, echoed in everyone’s minds.
"Boom!"
The next instant, the formation reaching up to the sky suddenly exploded, a vast, chaotic, destructive wave assaulting all directions!
"Back off!"
Hua Shan immediately warned everyone.
Without needing Hua Shan’s warning, the others sensed the danger and quickly retreated all around.
"Boom!"
The formation’s explosion generated destructive waves that affected all around, turning hundreds of miles of the Bo Sea into a vacuum zone, with giant waves surging endlessly on the surface of the sea.
After a while, the chaos gradually calmed down.
"The group of Demon Monsters has fled."
Jiang Sheng spoke.
Everyone knew that it was unrealistic to take down so many Demon Monsters, including a Heavenly Demon. Destroying Hai Ye’s plans was already a great accomplishment.
"That Heavenly Demon exploded the Array... otherwise, examining it would have been better."
Jiang Qizheng felt it was a pity; a formation capable of stealing and refining the power of the Heavenly Dao was a crystallization of wisdom from the Nine Great Ancient Sages, definitely worth studying for someone like Jiang Qizheng who excelled in arrays.