The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 444 - 422 The Ferocity of Yuan Qi_1

Chapter 444: Chapter 422 The Ferocity of Yuan Qi_1

A region scattered with marshes and lakes.

This place does not belong to the Green Rock Mountain Range; it is not part of the territory nominally under the control of the Rock Bear Demon King.

"Whoosh!"

A blood-red beast pupil, split by a crack, transformed into a beam of blood light and disappeared deep into the marshes.

Following the blood light, Pang Jian and the grey Giant Ape, one after the other, also stepped into this domain.

As soon as Pang Jian materialized, he immediately pinched the Sword Command and sent a message to Hu, "The Rock Bear Demon King has been lured away by the Black Stork Demon King; the purpose is to capture my friend, Yuan Qi."

"Yuan Min plans to have my friend, Yuan Qi, help him use the Ancient Demon Clan’s ritual to activate the dormant bloodline."

"Sister, the Great Demons’ weakness lies in their Demon Souls. Dong Tianze and Zhou Qingchen both have astonishing godly Spiritual Souls, which can be precisely targeted to attack!"

"I’m fine; Yuan Qi and I are together—you all be careful on your own!"

Within the Saint Spirit Continent, the communication via Sword Command is real-time and instant.

As soon as the message was sent here, Hu’s Sword Command at her waist immediately buzzed; she grabbed it with her hand.

While coordinating with Dong Wenjian’s Divine Talisman to slay a gravely injured level eight Great Demon, she didn’t forget to reply, "We’re not afraid of anything else; we just fear that Demon King Yuan Min holds a grudge in his heart and calls over a level nine Demon King."

"For level eight Great Demons, we have Divine Artifacts and all sorts of Divine Talismans, so there’s not so much concern."

"If it’s level nine, we definitely can’t handle it."

Hu spoke frankly about the situation.

The Sword Boat flew wildly in all directions, choosing new targets according to the instructions of Fan Chen and Dong Wenjian.

On that island, where they had fought for materials and suffered humiliation, the level eight Great Demons, one after another, were being found and jointly slain by them.

"With the existence of the Rock Bear Demon King, and before understanding his combat strength, Yuan Min does not dare to come to the battlefield," Pang Jian messaged. "If a level nine Great Demon appears, the Rock Bear should deal with it."

"I will still communicate with Elder Mu to let him know our situation," Hu responded.

With a Sword Command in hand, sister and brother, separated by distance, could know each other’s status and communicate timely.

"Your Spiritual Soul, like that of a God Spirit from the Outer Realm, is filled with wondrous divinity."

A hundred zhang tall Yuan Qi, his Ice Blue eyes shining with surprise, grabbed another Demon Heart of a black giant elephant and swallowed it in one gulp.

His Demon Bone made a crackling sound like popping beans; right before Pang Jian’s eyes, he grew taller bit by bit.

As a level eight Great Demon, after swallowing two hearts, Yuan Qi’s demon body was clearly larger!

In his Demon Heart, which was not refined and changed, the Bloodline Crystal Chains began to glow marvelously because of the two level eight Demon Hearts.

The dormant brand, the ancient bloodline Secret Skill, the innate Divine Skills passed down from distant ancestors, were imprinted in the depths of his Demon Heart in the form of bloodline electricity and totemic images.

Before long, Yuan Qi’s hundred zhang tall grey Giant Ape body suddenly grew several dozen zhang taller!

"Come!"

He beckoned to Pang Jian and pointed at his own shoulder.

With a flash of dark light, Pang Jian took advantage of the momentum to land on his smooth and broad shoulder, standing as if on a wall wrapped in armor.

"Capture the grey ape alive, kill the humans!"

From deep within the lake marsh, the screeches of Great Demons rang out.

A group of Great and lesser Demons, not under Yuan Min’s command and belonging to another Demon King, came riding ships built by the Human Race.

As they approached, a level eight Great Demon thunderously landed, revealing its Demon Race true form.

A Star Gold Armor Beast, a Silver Scale Python, and a Wind Eagle—all three were level eight Great Demons.

"We follow the command of Demon King Yuan Min..."

The Wind Eagle screamed, whipping up dense blades of wind.

A Storm covering half the sky for ten miles swept towards Yuan Qi, who stood like a Sky-supporting Giant Ape with his feet planted firmly on the ground.

Because the howling wind was too piercing, the voice of the Wind Eagle Great Demon got shredded by the roar of the wind.

"With the Dragon Cave as support, even Yuan Min doesn’t dare to directly confront Elder Xiong in the Green Rock Mountain Range. The Demon King behind you is also nothing but a rat like Yuan Min."

Grasping the remnants of the Heaven Phoenix, Yuan Qi’s ferocity surged to the skies as he carried Pang Jian and charged into the Demon horde.

The Divine Bone, containing a drop of Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood, turned into a Divine Weapon Sharp Blade in his hand; with every swing filled by his extremely cold Qi and Blood, a river of Ice Blue light flashed into being.

A group of level seven lesser Demons, when enveloped by the Ice Blue light river, instantly froze into ice sculptures.

Soon after, with the sound of "crack," they shattered into pieces of Cold Ice.

"Crackle and pop!"

The Storm, created by hundreds of wind blades, swirled around Yuan Qi’s towering demon body but only left superficial wounds on his monstrous form.

Yuan Qi sneered viciously, a glint of ferocity flashed in his eyes, and casually flung the Heaven Phoenix Divine Bone in his hand.

The level eight Wind Eagle, soaring towards the high sky, was still tracked down by that segment of the Heaven Phoenix Divine Bone.

The Wind Eagle, whose wings spanned several dozen zhang in the air, was pinned down in the depths of the void by the Divine Bone.

"Whoosh!"

The Heaven Phoenix Divine Bone returned, still skewering a Demon Heart.

"In the Purgatory World, our clan also had a glorious reputation! Before the four Great Demon Gods, there was once a Giant Ape who stood tall between heaven and earth, towering over the worlds of the various Great Demon Races!"

Yuan Qi grasped the Divine Bone, swallowed the Demon Heart in a single gulp, and continued his slaughter.

He was a level eight Great Demon and had awakened and unleashed the full potential of his bloodline at this tier.

Yet his advancement to level eight bloodline was too brief; the molding of his Demon Bones, conditioning of his Demon Veins and viscera were actually far from matching that of the Red-eyed Demon Wolf.

Just like how the Human Race’s Soul Wandering Realm is divided into initial, mid, and late stages, his level eight bloodline was only at the initial phase, and slaughtering fellow Great Demons of the same level, consuming their Demon Hearts, was their quickest way to amplify their strength!

The strength of the Demon Race had always been built upon such a bloody and barbaric foundation.

By the time the third Demon Heart was devoured, Yuan Qi’s Giant Ape form had shot up to two hundred zhang tall!

He had grown twice his original size!

A layer of natural, thick Ice Armor, born of the stimulation of the mysteries within his bloodline.

With this layer of Ice Armor, Yuan Qi grew even more frenzied and ferocious, charging directly towards the even larger Star Gold Armor Beast.

Judging by bloodline tiers, the Star Gold Armor Beast at the late stage of level eight, sprawled its beastly body like a golden low hill.

The Star Gold Armor Beast, spanning five hundred zhang in length, radiated magnificent golden radiance, while its eyes gleamed like brilliant stars.

Though Yuan Qi was one size smaller, the aura he exuded after the natural formation of Ice Armor was even more terrifying than his foe.

He immediately spurred the extreme cold within his Demon Veins as an icy, bright orb exploded from his chest.

Thousands of ice blades, ridges, and flashes burst from that shattering icy orb, engulfing the Star Gold Armor Beast.

"Woo-howl!"

Yuan Qi roared as he swung the Heaven Phoenix Divine Bone.

Before the ancient Star Gold Armor Beast, many times older in lifespan, its steely beastly body showed deep, bone-exposing cracks under the blow of the Divine Bone.

Demon blood, like a geyser, spurted forth, shooting straight into the sky.

Standing on Yuan Qi’s shoulder, Pang Jian, witnessing this brutal demonic battle, surprisingly found that within the Demon Blood of the Star Gold Armor Beast, there were specks of light twinkling.

Like a sea of tiny stars, residing within its Demon Heart.

"Hu!"

Pang Jian floated away, voluntarily immersing himself in the blood of the Star Gold Armor Beast, allowing the Demon Blood to cascade over him.

The twinkling star points, when he used the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell", immediately streamed into his Spiritual Sea, engulfed by the stars within his dantian.

In his Spiritual Sea, the stars gradually brightened, dazzling and spectacular.

"Uh!"

Yuan Qi uttered a low growl, having used the Heaven Phoenix Divine Bone to behead the same-rank Star Gold Armor Beast, and extracted a Demon Heart.

He, who initially wanted to swallow it, seeing the strangeness that manifested in Pang Jian, generously tossed the Demon Heart to him.

"For you!"

He went off to kill the Silver Scale Python.

The Demon Heart, encased in gold light on the outside and star-like within, emanating a strong scent of blood, was like a massive stone mill.

The Demon Heart alone was over a dozen times larger than Pang Jian’s body.

Within it, the vastness of its Qi and Blood essence concreted into tiny crystal chunks, truly like stars from beyond the heavens.

Unsure how to partake, Pang Julian watched as the Demon Heart soared to its zenith and was about to plummet down from the sky when he simply plunged himself along with the Origin Demon Sword into the Demon Heart of the Star Gold Armor Beast.

The sword penetrated the golden light, and at the moment he entered the Demon Heart, the pungent smell of blood nearly made him vomit.

Enduring the discomfort in his mouth and nose, he circulated the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell" within the level eight Demon Heart, using the star-related Secret Skill he had comprehended to direct the blood essence belonging to the Star Gold Armor Beast.

Moments later, his brows relaxed, and his eyes revealed surprise.

This level eight Demon Heart, with Qi and Blood essence shaped like crystal chunks, not only contained astonishing Star Power but was also imprinted with the Star Gold Armor Beast ancestors’ understanding of the vast stars!

Throughout ancient and modern times, generations of powerful Star Gold Armor Beasts, in either the First or Second Realm of Purgatory, gazed at the vast starry sky all night long.

As starlight fell, the Star Gold Armor Beasts absorbed it into their demon bodies, refining it within their Demon Veins and viscera, and then contemplated the profound mysteries with their Demon Hearts.

Once they understood a mystery of the stars, a corresponding Bloodline Crystal Chain would form within the Demon Heart. Level nine Star Gold Armor Beasts could even pass these Bloodline Crystal Chains down to their descendants.

For the offspring of Star Gold Armor Beasts, as long as their bloodline reached a certain level, those star-related Bloodline Crystal Chains would naturally emerge.

This allowed later generations of Star Gold Armor Beasts to avoid having to observe the stars like their ancestors, sparing them from nightly pondering the mysteries of the stars.

"Demons, their bloodline Secret Skills can pass down through generations without the need for any ancient records or scrolls. Later generations of the demon race, once their bloodline reaches a certain level, the Demon Arts and Bloodline Divine Powers their ancestors wielded will naturally condense along with the flickering of the Bloodline Crystal Chains."

"It turns out demons are indeed blessed in this aspect, with no fear of a broken inheritance."

"However, according to Yuan Qi’s words, the Ferocious Beasts now residing in the Fifth Layer of Purgatory and the demons of the Saint Spirit Continent, none of their bloodlines are complete, seemingly intentionally suppressed by some force."

"At certain bloodline levels, where all Bloodline Divine Powers should have erupted, parts are still dormant."

"This leads to incomplete inheritances!"

Pang Jian gained insight.

He had a hunch that those Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm, as well as the Human Race currently ruling Purgatory, must have tacitly used some method to suppress the growth of the demon race.

— By inhibiting the completeness of their bloodlines!

It was because of their incomplete bloodlines, all bearing imperfections, that both Ferocious Beasts and the Great Demons here could be dealt with one-on-one by humans and Alien Tribes at the same realm.

Like him, like Fan Chen, like Liou Youyu who possessed Divine Artifacts, they could even kill level eight Great Demons beyond their own realms.

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