Chapter 385: Demonic Heart, My Demonic Heart
This scene immediately and violently shocked both the human and demon races present.
Although some people did not know what the purple-black sinister energy was, this did not prevent them from feeling its incomparable power and terror.
The purple-black power seemed to contain a horrifying aura capable of destroying everything.
Spiritual power and blood qi were pale and mediocre in comparison, even inferior.
Wan Muchun and Tong Yuan, cultivators who had been famous for a long time, recognized it at a glance.
Wan Muchun exclaimed, "Demonic qi! It's demonic qi!"
Tong Yuan murmured, "Has Gu Ming actually swallowed a demonic heart whole? Has he gone mad?"
After their words, the other cultivators also reacted.
This was actually the legendary demonic heart and demonic qi!
No wonder Gu Ming had suffered such a fatal injury yet still had not died!
A Qian Yuan Sect cultivator swallowed, "I've heard that the demonic qi used by the demon race can produce an overwhelming advantage against human spiritual power and demon race blood qi..."
A Jade Cauldron Sect cultivator sighed softly, "I have also seen related records in the ancestral classics."
"In the ancient times when the demon race was still rampaging across the continent, the demon race and the human race were competing, and humans were just an insignificant group."
"At that time, it would take three cultivators of the same realm to fight against one demon race cultivator."
"I thought it was terrifying back then."
A female cultivator could not help but say, "Can Senior Shen Mo still be a match for Gu Ming? If even Senior Shen Mo is not Gu Ming's opponent, then what about us..."
Everyone fell silent.
It seemed the outcome was already predetermined.
They involuntarily looked up toward the sky.
In the sky, the demonic qi unleashed by Gu Ming had already approached within ten zhang of Shen Mo.
Shen Mo could almost smell the familiar foul odor of the demonic qi.
"Too far."
Shen Mo slightly furrowed his brow, pressing his hands virtually, and spiritual power immediately gushed out from within his body, forming a vast and majestic giant cauldron.
On the cauldron's surface, a divine dragon wound around, breathing clouds and mist.
Lifelike, as if it would fly out of the cauldron the next moment, roaring at the sky, howling across the nine provinces.
This was the earth-grade supreme defensive martial skill that Shen Mo cultivated: the Immovable Dragon King Cauldron.
The crowd tensed.
They could only watch whether Shen Mo could block this attack.
Boom!
The demonic qi completely struck the surface of the Immovable Dragon King Cauldron.
The Immovable Dragon King Cauldron was almost instantly severely corroded.
Emitting a sizzling sound.
In the blink of an eye, this seemingly robust and solid spiritual power giant cauldron had been corroded by more than half!
Gu Ming saw this and laughed maniacally, "Hahahaha! How ridiculous, actually trying to block demonic qi with a spiritual power martial skill."
"How naive!"
The cultivators on the ground were also stunned.
How could they fight this?
The gap between demonic qi and spiritual power was too large.
They were not even from the same world of power.
It was like a dimensional strike.
Shen Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, immediately injecting more spiritual power into the Immovable Dragon King Cauldron.
In the blink of an eye, the Dragon King Cauldron that had just been corroded restored to its previous appearance.
Not only that, Shen Mo also activated the power of the giant elephant within his body.
Instantly, he condensed a blood-colored giant standing between heaven and earth.
This was the Immovable Sacred King Body!
Gu Ming's laughter paused.
This guy's spiritual power and blood qi were too abundant.
There was not even a hint of exhaustion.
"My demonic qi is enough to exhaust you to death. Let's see how you block it!"
Gu Ming sneered and increased the output of demonic qi.
The two sides immediately fell into a stalemate.
Even though the Immovable Dragon King Cauldron and the Immovable Sacred King Body were like winter snowmen gradually melting away, every time the demonic qi was about to break through these two martial skills, Shen Mo's body would surge with more spiritual power and martial skills.
He was actually able to maintain the Immovable Dragon King Cauldron and Immovable Sacred King Body without dispersing.
Not only was Gu Ming stunned, but even the human cultivators and the Dragon Blood Guards of the demon race were left in shock.
For the first time, they saw someone maintaining equilibrium with demonic qi using spiritual power and blood qi!
"This level of demonic qi cannot harm me."
"Gu Ming, is this all you've got?"
Shen Mo's expression was calm.
He was deliberately provoking Gu Ming.
Forcing him to use a demonic qi martial skill.
Gu Ming would only come close when using that particular move.
And Shen Mo was also ready to deploy his true trump card.
Gu Ming took a deep breath, trying to suppress his anger.
Normally, he would never be provoked by Shen Mo's words.
But now, after revealing multiple trump cards and still failing to harm Shen Mo, even his composure was being tested.
Moreover, consuming the demonic heart would cause irreversible damage to his body.
If the duration was short, he could potentially mitigate or eliminate the residual demonic qi using rare treasures.
But if too much time passed, he might truly be demonized, turning into a soulless walking corpse.
Proud as he was, how could he tolerate such an outcome?
At this point, he had no choice but to use the demonic qi martial skill he had collected.
The demonic qi stored in the demonic heart was only enough for one use of this martial skill.
"Shen Mo, you deserve to die!"
Gu Ming growled, stomping his foot, demonic qi erupting as he lunged forward with ghostly speed.
Demonic qi spurted from every pore of his body, instantly forming over a dozen massive tentacles.
Each tentacle was dozens of zhang long, as thick as towering trees.
All tentacles writhed, like demons dancing, threatening to tear the sky apart.
As Gu Ming approached, the tentacles twisted together, attempting to bind Shen Mo!
Shen Mo's body compared to these tentacles was like an ant to an elephant.
"Die in my embrace, you can be proud of that!"
Gu Ming sneered, accelerating towards Shen Mo.
At this moment, the distance between them had narrowed to ten zhang.
"Enough."
Shen Mo revealed a smile.
Gu Ming was stunned.
Enough? What did he mean?
He saw Shen Mo slowly raise his palm.
A white flame, seemingly rising from the nine depths of the underworld, suddenly appeared in his palm, burning quietly.
For some reason, the moment he saw the white flame, he felt a chill from head to toe.
As if encountering a natural predator, a top-tier predator in the food chain.
After brief shock, he realized the one feeling fear was not him, but the demonic qi within him!
Demonic qi could actually feel fear!
Gu Ming was utterly astonished.
Then he saw Shen Mo lower his head, seemingly speaking to the white flame.
The flame, almost humanlike, nodded and suddenly burst forth!
In an instant, the dozen massive purple-black tentacles were like pork on a cutting board or fat fish in hot oil.
Immediately emitting sizzling sounds.
A fearful consciousness emanated from them, instinctively trying to retract.
But the white flame, like a bone-clinging maggot, wrapped around the purple-black tentacles and rapidly burned towards Gu Ming.
Before Gu Ming could react, the white flame entirely enveloped him!
Pain!
A pain that penetrated his marrow and pierced his soul!
It felt as if something in his chest was being directly devoured!
Gu Ming let out a terrified cry, "The demonic heart... No, my demonic heart!"
Whoosh!
The Nine Netherworld Ice Flame shot out from his chest, clearly wrapping a shriveled demonic heart!
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