The tiger demon's enormous body rapidly shrank, soon becoming no different from an ordinary mountain lord.
Immediately afterward, a palm-sized phantom flew out from above the corpse's crown and shot into the distance.
A Demonic Beast essence soul!
Human cultivators had Nascent Souls, while the demon race had essence souls.
How could Chen Sanshi let it escape? His pillar-like arm swept out, and with one grasp of his palm, he tightly seized the essence soul.
At this sight, the remaining great demons were all utterly stunned.
This battle had looked like a complete one-sided crushing defeat. Anyone unaware of the truth would have thought the man in white held an absolute advantage in cultivation—but the reality was precisely the opposite!
This boy had endured suppression from a higher realm and, without even using his full strength, had blasted a Heavenly Monarch Clan elder to death!
And do not forget...
At the same realm, demon cultivators were theoretically somewhat stronger than human cultivators!
"Fellow Daoist Tianwu's methods truly are extraordinary."
Zhe Yin praised him first, then reminded him, "But Fellow Daoist, it would be best not to wipe them out completely. Leave the essence soul behind. Otherwise, the Heavenly Monarch Clan's Grand Elder will likely come looking for trouble with you."
"I have never been afraid of trouble!"
Chen Sanshi naturally refused to listen. He clenched the tiger demon's essence soul tightly, then summoned the king and queen insects of the Cracked Core Cicada and began having them devour it.
The Gu Worm he raised had always fed on the corpses of Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, so their cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. Now, they were nearly ready to take human form.
"Buzz."
After the two Gu Worm devoured the essence soul, countless cracks appeared across their