The Demon Infant's eyes were filled with venomous hatred. Now that things had come to this, begging for mercy would only invite humiliation. How hateful that after running rampant all his life, he had ended up seeking a tiger's skin by bargaining with it, only to fall to the fate of having his soul scattered and his spirit destroyed.
A cruel smile appeared at the corner of North Nether True Lord's mouth. With a sweep of his sleeve, the crystal-clear giant claw transformed into a sheet of radiant light, wrapped around the Demon Infant, and flew back before him.
Gray light flashed over North Nether True Lord's face, and it actually changed into a bizarre half-human, half-demon visage. He opened his bloody maw and swallowed the Nascent Soul into his belly. Blood light flared in his eyes, and only after the time it took to drink a cup of tea did he return to normal.
He stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, then let out a long laugh. "Not bad, not bad. Though I didn't obtain the remains left behind by a Lihe-stage cultivator, with this harvest, this trip can't be considered wasted."
Afterward, he turned into a startling rainbow and shot up into the sky.
On the other side.
Lin Xuan slowed his escaping light and stopped, looking at the unconscious young woman below. His brows drew together slightly.
"From the looks of it, she seems to have run into danger, and was even restrained by the other party. Yet she's still alive. That is somewhat strange." Lin Xuan pressed a hand to his forehead, a faint look of contemplation appearing on his face.
Using the mark he had left on this girl in advance, finding her was extremely easy. But Wu Yun'er's