Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 456 - Soul-Destroying Demon Pill

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Xing Gaohan's eyes sparkled with a sharp light.

Right next to the Wind Thunder Golden Eye Beast, there was a furnace about half a foot high.

The furnace was also trapped beneath the stone pillar.

From the many jade slips obtained from the Xing family's previous explorations in the secret realm, Xing Gaohan knew.

The stone coffin before him was actually a pill refining room.

But this pill refining room was extremely special. It was dedicated to refining a particular pill—the Soul-destroying Demon Pill.

This was a pill long lost to the cultivation world, and it could help a Nascent Soul cultivator break through bottlenecks in their cultivation.

Xing Gaohan and Xing Wenyao had worked tirelessly to reach this place for this very pill.

From the information gathered from the many jade slips, they could only roughly deduce that the Soul-destroying Demon Pill was stored within the stone coffin, but the exact quantity remained unknown.

If there were two or more pills, they would both be satisfied. Xing Gaohan, being at the late Nascent Soul stage, could only consume one pill. This would leave at least one for Xing Wenyao.

However, if there was only one pill, then Xing Wenyao would likely be unable to obtain it.

The Soul-destroying Demon Pill was made from the soul of a peak-tier fourth-grade demon beast, and the soul was harvested while the beast was alive.

The four chains in the stone coffin were meant to imprison the demon beast's cultivation.

The stone pillar above provided the corpse aura.

In the past, the Temple of the Underworld used secret methods to activate the corpse aura and forcefully extracted the demon beast's soul from its body.

Xing Gaohan raised his hand and shot out a stream of spiritual power, attempting to extract the furnace trapped beneath the stone pillar.

However, from the base of the stone pillar, a dense wave of corpse aura suddenly surged, transforming into a snake-like form that swallowed the spiritual power.

Then, the corpse snake abruptly detached from the pillar and lunged straight at Xing Gaohan's face.

Xing Gaohan quickly retreated, simultaneously launching a burst of lightning.

"Boom!"

The lightning flashed brightly!

The corpse snake suddenly dispersed!

Xing Gaohan flicked his fingers, shooting out more than ten streams of spiritual power.

However, a large amount of corpse aura poured out from the stone pillar, forming more corpse snakes that easily shattered these streams of power.

Xing Gaohan felt the situation had become tricky.

The corpse aura released by the stone pillar wasn't particularly strong, and any Nascent Soul cultivator could easily handle it.

However, Xing Gaohan was cautious. He feared that forcibly taking the furnace would damage the pills inside.

As he pondered how to resolve the situation while staring at the stone pillar, he suddenly heard a loud shout from behind.

"Watch out!"

A seven-foot-long spear shot through the air.

The spear was sleek and concealed in its momentum, like a venomous snake, aiming for Xing Gaohan's back.

The spear was jet black, glistening with a cold, eerie light.

At the tip of the spear, a gleam of coldness flashed, sharp and unstoppable.

As Xing Wenyao shouted his warning, a green wooden ruler appeared before him.

The ruler, about an inch long, emitted a faint green glow.

With a gentle twist of the wooden ruler, a streak of green light shot out.

The green light resembled a lively ribbon, meeting the oncoming spear.

The cold gleam from the spear clashed with the green ribbon, creating a deafening explosion.

The green ribbon instantly shattered, but it managed to block the spear for a brief moment.

In that split second, Xing Gaohan reacted.

He quickly turned around, and a feather fan appeared in his hand.

The feather fan was fiery red, like blazing flames.

Xing Gaohan waved the fan, tracing a fiery red arc in the air.

The arc turned into a fire snake, no longer than a yard in length, but emitting an overwhelming heat. The space around it began to distort from the intense temperature.

The fire snake shot forward like an arrow, heading straight for the spear.

Just as the spear was about to strike the fire snake, the fire snake suddenly twisted its body, coiling around the spear in a serpentine motion.

Under the intense heat, the spear's body quickly turned bright red, as though it were about to melt.

With the fire snake's entanglement, the spear's momentum immediately weakened.

At this moment, a spear, about ten feet long, shot forward.

The spear tore through the air, as though accompanied by crashing waves, and faintly, the sound of surging tides could be heard.

The spear skimmed past the long spear, and the illusory waves surged forward, resembling real sea waves, sweeping toward the fire snake.

The fire snake immediately weakened, then slowly extinguished.

The long spear broke free, its power restored, and it, along with the trident, charged straight toward Xing Gaohan's chest.

"Wind and Water Demon Powers!" Xing Gaohan's heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly recalled Yin Shuo's previous warning about the two demon clan members hidden in the secret realm.

He didn't slow down and immediately responded, waving his fire-red feather fan once more.

A fire dragon, over ten feet long, roared forth.

The fire dragon was dense and solid, its scales perfectly defined.

Both the fire dragon and the fire snake just now appeared to be no ordinary flames.

As soon as the fire dragon appeared, the temperature in the entire hall sharply rose.

The fire dragon surged forward, heading straight for the spear and trident.

Upon impact with the fire dragon, the trident and spear immediately lost much of their force.

While Xing Gaohan battled the two demons, Xing Wenyao wasn't idle.

The green light from the wooden ruler in his hand flared brightly, and two thick vines rapidly grew from it.

The vines were lush with leaves, radiating vibrant green life energy.

The vines twisted and coiled like two extending serpents, quickly stretching into the depths of the hall.

"Boom! Boom!"

After two deafening crashes, the hall trembled, stones fell, and the vines shattered.

The figures of Yuan Hao and the Feng Ying emerged.

At this moment, both demons had already reverted to their true forms.

Yuan Hao transformed into a tidal demon, standing two yards tall.

The Feng Ying transformed into a vicious bird, its wingspan stretching ten yards.

Seeing this, Xing Gaohan's expression turned dismissive.

"Hmph! A water demon and an aerial beast, yet they've come into this underground cave filled with flowing magma. You two fools, you're courting death."

Seeing the true forms of his enemies, Xing Gaohan no longer held back.

He raised his feather fan into the air, and a massive fire erupted.

In the blink of an eye, the fan transformed into a fire phoenix, several yards in size.

The fire phoenix let out a thunderous cry, its wings unfurled, and it opened its mouth to unleash a scorching fire pillar.

Wherever the fire pillar passed, flames surged, and half the hall was instantly engulfed in a sea of fire.

Yuan Hao coldly watched the incoming firestorm. In his hand, he gripped the trident he had just summoned.

With a powerful thrust, the trident slammed into the ground.

Instantly, a chilling aura emanated from the trident's tip. It felt like the coldest depths of the sea, sending a shiver down the spine.

"Xuan Yin Heavy Water!" Yuan Hao muttered, his voice low but carrying an unmistakable weight.

Dark blue water flowed from the trident, quickly converging into a water domain more than ten feet in size.

The blue water radiated a thick, cold aura, almost like blue mercury, with a faint metallic sheen that gave a heavy, oppressive feeling.

The Xuan Yin Heavy Water surged up, forming a towering wave of ten feet.

Yuan Hao stood atop the wave.

As the wave moved, Yuan Hao advanced with it, rushing toward the oncoming firestorm.

(End of the Chapter)

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