The Star Chaser slipped out of the Void Corridor like a ghost, silently closing in on the Sky Patrol Immortal Boat. The sight before the four aboard made their eyes split with rage!
The once-glorious and imposing Sky Patrol Immortal Boat was now engulfed in flames! Its massive hull had been breached in many places, belching thick smoke. Its once-dazzling stellar shield was riddled with holes and covered, corroded by a viscous, constantly writhing dark-red demonic net. Explosions, battle cries, and the roar of spells rang out endlessly from within the immortal boat! Countless demonic cultivators clad in the attire of the Stomach of the Glutton, along with some Star Guards under the traitorous Star Law Officer, were fiercely battling the Star Guards loyal to the Inspector. The fighting was brutal!
The heart of the battle, where the energy fluctuations were most terrifying, lay in the direction of the Star Infusion Pool! That area was completely enveloped by a massive dark-purple barrier formed from a mixture of demonic qi and stellar energy. Above it, the Inspector's starlight projection could vaguely be seen clashing fiercely with a gigantic shadow shrouded in overwhelming demonic qi! The shadow's aura belonged unmistakably to a powerful incarnation of the Taotie Demon Lord! The aftershocks of their battle made the entire immortal boat tremble!
"The Demon Lord's incarnation came in person! The Inspector has been held back!" Yun Yi cried out.
"Look at the Star Infusion Pool!" Yue Liuli's gaze sharpened as she pointed inside the barrier. At the altar in the center of the pool, Xuan's awakened shell was tightly bound by countless dark-red chains of demonic runes. His eyes were shut, his face twisted in pain, and his aura was wildly unstable—sometimes pure, sometimes surging with towering demonic qi! Around the altar, several powerful