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On the opposite side of the two of them, in a corner of the cave, floated a large, rolling cloud of black smoke. From within the smoke came a low moan, as if it were the voice of a wounded beast in pain licking at its wounds.

Ling Yan turned around and set up a defensive barrier around Hu Qiang, because once the two of them separated, the protective barrier surrounding Hu Qiang would disappear. Ling Yan transmitted his voice back, "Girl, you stay here for now. Don't make any noise. I'll go and investigate."

Hu Qiang knew that she could only watch from the sidelines, so she nodded her head, and replied, "Big bro, be careful, devils rarely appear, and we do not understand them. I think that the smoke is not normal, so try your best not to let the smoke get too close to you."

Ling Yan nodded her head to indicate that she was relieved. She took a glance at her surroundings, and after confirming that there was no other potential threat, her body floated one meter above the ground towards the rolling smoke.

When he was three meters away from the smoke, Ling Yan stopped. Just now, when he observed from a distance, in addition to the dim light in the cave, the smoke had looked black, but now that he got closer, he realized that the smoke was blood-red, and it was also emitting an extremely unpleasant smell of blood. The moans coming from it were even clearer now, sometimes higher, sometimes lower.

Ling Yan raised his right arm and slowly struck the smoke, but along with this seemingly weak strike, the smoke was blown to the side as if it was blown by a gentle breeze, revealing the source of the low moaning sound — — a vague, burly, human-shaped object.

The humanoid body was red all over. It was wrapped up by some thick blood-red liquid and was floating and sinking in the air. From time to time, it would twist around to pick up the liquid and slowly put it into its mouth.

Looking at the humanoid shape in front of him, Ling Yan had already confirmed that Lu Renjie's body was almost completely demonized. The bloody body of 2.23 meters tall was obviously caused by the devil's thickening bones, which then caused the skin to tear. Looking at the scene, apart from being destroyed, Ling Yan also silently rejoiced that he did not bring his second brother here.

"Cultivators?" A hoarse voice came out from the devil's mouth that Lu Renjie had turned into, followed by a wild laughter that sounded like the breaking of a gong: "Heh heh heh, the Demon God is helping me! At this crucial moment, he actually gave me such a great tonic. Thank you, gods of the demonic world! "Gaga ~ ~"

Ling Yan frowned slightly. In his heart, he had always believed that Lu Renjie had accidentally caused his cultivation to go berserk, and had coincidentally been invaded by the devil barrier, resulting in him being in the most miserable state for cultivators. He had turned into a devil without the connection between the Devil and the Devil World, suffering torturous suffering in the mortal world.

Seeing the devil that could speak, Ling Yan knew that Lu Renjie did not go berserk, but rather had his body invaded and fused by an invisible devil that came out of nowhere. This was because if he went berserk for a certain period of time, Lu Renjie's mind would go into a coma and all his actions would be instinctive and he would not speak at all. A surge of anger rose up in Ling Yan's heart.

He coldly looked at the floating devil and asked, "You belong to the demon realm, why would you appear in the cultivation world? There is a passage that connects to the Demon World? " The known universe planes were divided into six dimensions, namely the God Realm, Immortal World, Devil Realm, Demon World, Nether Realm, and Cultivation World. Other than these six dimensions, there was no other Mortal World or Worldly, because cultivators originated from the secular world, thus the mortal world was also known as the Cultivation World.

"I tell you, does it make any difference to you?"

Ling Yan said, "Yes! "At the very least, you made me die in peace!"

"Hehe, I won't let you die in peace. The more painful your death is, the heavier the grievances will be after death, and swallowing it up like this, the more beautiful it will be. Hehe, you really are throwing yourself at hell!" While laughing maniacally, he had already approached Ling Yan. However, his face was covered in blood and his expression could not be seen. He thought that this expression was like a cat playing with mice. In his heart, he believed that he had done whatever he wanted in this world. From the moment the passageway appeared, the devil had already considered himself the ruler of the world.

Ling Yan put down his hands as he said coldly, "If you don't say it, then don't say anything in the future!" He pushed out his right palm and a green shadow appeared, slowly approaching the devil. Without waiting for the devil's palm to hit him, his figure flashed and appeared above the devil's head. He then threw a punch that brought along the might of wind and thunder.

The devil did not even spare a glance at Ling Yan's incoming palm attack, but he was surprised at Ling Yan's speed. Just as he managed to dispel the power of his palm, he raised his head and, with a muffled thud, was hit in the face by Ling Yan's fist. With a loud boom, the devil fell to the ground.

He shook his body, and the thick, bloody substance on his body was actually slowly absorbed into his body, revealing his visible flesh. The surface of his skin was covered with horrifying wounds with varying depths, such as the thickness of his fingers, and the greatest wound was the terrible gash on his back, from his neck to his buttocks. This gash was equivalent to splitting his body into two halves, with a terrifying row of spine hidden inside, and his thigh covered with gaping wounds caused by the expansion of his abdominal bones.

None of the skin wounds were moving outwards, and they were all shrinking to the sides. The blood vessels, meridians, and muscles could clearly be seen from the inside. Although his body was badly mutilated a moment ago, at least the blood had covered the cracks on his skin and turned blood-red. Although it looked disgusting, it was still tolerable, and now that Ling Yan saw this horrendous hole that looked like a piece of rags, he could not bear to look at it any longer. At the same time, the grief and indignation in his heart became even more intense, as a Kunlun disciple had actually been reduced to such a miserable state by this devil.

The devil shouted, "You infuriate me! I will put you in a life and death dilemma, and finally devour your life force, leaving you not even qualified to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Ahh!

Ling Yan's expression was as cold as ice as he looked down upon the devil, sneering, "Do you know who the body you've fused with is?"

"Who cares who this brat is, you are dead today. When I swallow your nascent soul into my stomach and you go and reminisce with him, this little brat will give way to his Sea of Consciousness and give up."

Lu Renjie's body had been possessed by the devil for hundreds of years, but his mind was still stuck in the depths of his sea of consciousness, unyielding even when he tried to defend himself. His willpower and perseverance could not be compared to that of an ordinary person's, and he swore to himself in his heart, "Renjie, even if Uncle-Master is risking his life, he will rescue you today."

The Demon clapped his hands, and a large machete formed from Blood Qi appeared in his hand. He raised his head and shouted, "Your time of death has come!" Clutching the handle of the saber with both hands, he swung the saber downwards at Ling Yan with a distance of five to six meters between them. A blood-red saber shadow rushed out from the blade, instantly becoming a huge saber over ten feet long and rapidly chopping down at Ling Yan.

Ling Yan dodged the giant blade, and with a flash of green light, he arrived behind the devil's back and threw a punch. The power of this punch was much stronger than the one just now, and the tip of the fist was actually glowing faintly with green light. The Demon's reaction was not slow either. He turned around to block the attack with his blade, smiling sinisterly as he raised his left leg and kicked.

Ling Yan knew that his physical body could not be compared to the demon's physical body. If he took each of them, he would definitely be at a disadvantage, so he sidestepped and dodged the devil's lightning-like kick, then he twisted his left arm and slammed his elbow into the devil's abdomen. Along with a loud howl, the devil was sent flying more than a dozen meters away, and his huge body fell from the sky. When Ling Yan reappeared, he was already in front of the demon's massive body.

He turned his head and saw the sudden change in the situation. It was too late to fly up into the air or dodge to the left or right, he had barely managed to block the attack with his blade. With a loud "boom", the devil howled miserably as if he was an arrow leaving the side of a mountain as he shot towards the opposite cliff wall, and with another loud bang, the devil's entire body sank half a meter into the cliff wall.

Ling Yan looked at the human-shaped hole, and knew that the devil would not die that easily. Just as he moved forward, he heard a loud "wow" sound, and the devil rushed out from the wall, howling, "This is so infuriating!"

Ling Yan coldly snorted. He placed his palms together and a fist-sized green translucent true essence ball appeared between his palms. He thought to himself, "I didn't use it to my heart's content when I sparred with you. Now I'll test its might." He waved his hand and the ball of true essence shot out a wisp of blue light towards the demon that was rushing towards him in the air.

Although he did not know what it was, he knew that it was definitely not a good thing. Opening his mouth, a blood-red mist gushed out, enveloping the green light ball, and he himself landed on the ground a few dozen feet away. He hated this cultivator to the core and vowed that he would turn this cultivator into ashes today.