The Demon Prince's Origins

Li Qi actually wanted to use his own brain to forcefully simulate the body of a real dragon!

In the past, given Li Qi's personality, he would never have taken such a risk. To simulate the body of a true dragon, the first thing he would do is to get beaten up, so that he would know whether his simulation was correct.

The true dragon's instinctive adaptation is not complicated in essence. It is simply the Technique Method and then the body quickly assembles the corresponding countermeasures, just like the immune system produces antibodies against a virus.

The real power of the dragon lies in the fact that this process is purely instinctive. Humans do not control or command the immune system to kill viruses, but the immune system will act on its own.

Now, Li Qi wants to control his immune system himself to achieve the same effect as the real immune system.

Using human intelligence to deduce the evolution of nature!

"In vain," the Demon Prince said softly.

In such a battle, how could Li Qi possibly compare with the body that the True Dragon had inherited over countless years, relying solely on his own intellect?

With just a little pressure, Li Qi would naturally break down; his mind simply couldn't keep up.

Thinking this, the Demon Prince's Dharma form suddenly pointed to the sky and then threw the bamboo staff out!

Like a tyrant on a journey, exuding domineering aura, the bamboo staff in the Dharma Image's hand was like a giant pillar supporting the sky, crashing down with a force that could cleave the heavens!

Li Qi felt a wave of suffocation.

It was just a bamboo cane that was thrown, yet it felt as if the sky had collapsed, as if the whole world had crumbled, and the Azure Heaven were above, covering the earth!

Regardless of their aura, everyone is at the seventh rank, so there's no way they could completely overpower each other.

But when the bamboo staff struck Li Qi's Dharma image with such terrifying power, Li Qi's body only trembled slightly.

"Huh?" the Demon Prince exclaimed in surprise.

This is a new tactic, so why can it be directly resisted? Even a true dragon's body would have to endure it before it could adapt.

Only Li Qi himself knows why.

This is the advantage of human intelligence deduction: instead of having to endure resistance again, we can analyze and prepare in advance!

True Knowledge Dao Charm and the information flow vision were already overloaded, analyzing every attack Technique Method of the Demon Prince clearly and thoroughly. Then, using the physical body of the fourth-grade true dragon they had just observed as a reference, they began to reduce the Demon Prince's attacks!

The battle continued, with both sides exchanging blows. The Demon Prince's Technique Method carried a chilling aura of ferocity. After all, it was the demonic path; while domineering, it was also filled with sinister intent, as if a dark shadow, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face, was shrouded on the battlefield, constantly reaching out its tentacles.

Slowly, gradually, yet seemingly unstoppable, it crushes all obstacles bit by bit.

Li Qi, like a white flash of light struggling in the darkness, either dodged or directly confronted the Demon Prince's relentless attacks, barely maintaining his line of defense by utilizing the intelligence advantage brought by the True Knowledge Dao Charm and the speed of his martial Cultivation Method.

Sometimes, a sudden flash of light would appear, as swift as thunder and lightning, a burst of white light that temporarily turned the darkness into daylight, instantly repelling the Demon Prince! It seemed as if everything around him was illuminated by his dazzling light, revealing every detail!

But after the initial brilliance, it will quickly be overshadowed by the Demon Prince's shadow.

The battle lasted for a little over a minute. The Demon Prince calmly advanced. If there was any more time, Li Qi's Law Treasure body would collapse. After all, it was just made of a bunch of lanterns and broken plates. Although it was a seventh-grade item, it was not very durable.

Li Qi knew this too, so after enduring thousands of attacks, he suddenly accelerated, turned around, and even concealed his Dharma form. With lightning speed, he burst forward and charged towards the Demon Prince!

The Demon Prince frowned slightly.

That's reckless! Are you looking to get yourself killed?

Did they think he wouldn't be able to react? Or was it a desperate struggle?

Oh well, it doesn't matter, we'll just run over it.

The Demon Prince stretched out a hand and slowly pressed it down.

In an instant, a dark shadow, seemingly capable of swallowing the sky and devouring the earth, pressed down!

Immense pressure! The grandeur of the scene unfolded before my eyes in the blink of an eye.

Li Qi felt as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him!

He dared not relax for even a moment, but he still crashed into it!

Upon contact with the demonic shadow, Li Qi felt a sharp pain in his eyes. The demonic fire floated around him, countless threads, penetrating every nostril, ear canal, corner of mouth, and even under his fingernails. Every vulnerable spot on his body was attacked by the demonic fire!

Like being burned alive, the pain was immeasurable! It felt as if molten iron was being poured down, and Li Qi was standing below, being drenched in it from head to toe, his body being forged into an iron man.

He was directly engulfed by the demonic fire, which was born from the Demon Prince's Yang-dominant body. It was extremely Yang and strong, without a trace of Yin Qi, because there was no such thing in the Demon Prince's inner world.

At the same time, it also has the demonic influence of demonic thoughts, burning the physical body and soul together, and even the consciousness cannot escape the power of demonic fire.

Heartbreaking pain, reduced to ashes!

But something's not right.

Suddenly realizing something, the Demon Prince abruptly withdrew his demonic fire and his body flashed backward repeatedly, trying to create distance between himself and Li Qi!

Unfortunately, it was too late!

Li Qi burst straight out of the overwhelming demonic fire, and! He was completely unharmed!

Just as the true dragon Ao Guangxiao was unharmed by the Giant Spirit God spirit puppet's attack, Li Qi also managed to remain unharmed!

The Demon Prince retreated precisely because he realized this.

In his previous assessment, it would be extremely difficult for Li Qi to deduce the evolution of nature using human intelligence; it would be impossible for him to do so. Therefore, he was not worried that Li Qi would be immune to his attacks.

But at this moment, things started to go wrong.

Because! A true Dragon Soul is wrapped around Li Qi's body! And he activated that Dragon Soul using the Essence Blood of Demon Dragon as fuel.

At this moment, Li Qi truly possessed the instincts of a true dragon. The so-called deduction of heavenly evolution by human intelligence was a pure deception. He directly used the method that Shen Yijun had seen before, which embedded the inner world of a true dragon into his body, and directly performed the same operation on the true Dragon Soul in his body!

In the past, Li Qi would never have used any of these methods, because he was a cautious and conservative person. Before he could perfectly adapt to many things, he would usually only use them as reserve measures and would not use them indiscriminately, for fear of causing any bad consequences.

However, Li Qi now completely discards all these restrictions. He uses everything he has seen, learned, and scanned with True Knowledge Dao Charm!

Perhaps many people have forgotten that when True Knowledge Dao Charm was suppressed by the Heavenly Dao and could only be presented in the form of a progress bar, Li Qi could directly learn something as long as the progress bar was full.

Even today, this ability still exists, and Li Qi still spends all his time using his true knowledge to scan around, curiously analyzing everything he encounters.

Li Qi dared not use most of these things. The more he knew, the more afraid he became, because many of them were from other Dao Path, which could easily cause his already cracked inner world to continue to tear apart, or even completely shatter his entire Dao Path.

But there's no need to worry about that now.

Li Qi is confronted by the Demon Prince, and there may be others coveting Shen Shuibi's position. The Demon Prince is merely there out of interest; the real conspirators are elsewhere.

We must get out of here as soon as possible!

With the aid of his true dragon body and the instincts of the Dragon Soul deeply rooted in his soul, Li Qi's Law Treasure body became completely immune to the power of the demonic fire. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he rushed to the side of the Demon Prince.

Then, he grabbed the bamboo cane!

All sensory means activated!

I felt it!

Every detail is laid out before your eyes!

Li Qi had never before exerted himself so intensely to activate the True Knowledge Dao Charm. He poured all his attention, and even all his senses, into it!

He even gave up all perception of the outside world for this reason. At this moment, Li Qi could not see, could not hear, had lost all five senses, and completely lost the ability to react to the outside world.

Even his entire thought process was caught up in True Knowledge Dao Charm! At this moment, Li Qi forgot that he was still in the midst of a deadly battle, and even forgot about his relationship with Shen Shuibi.

He had completely focused his mind on the information that True Knowledge Dao Charm had deciphered.

He was immersed in a sea of information, where everything outside seemed unimportant. In this world composed of pure information and pure spirit, matter did not exist and was unimportant.

But while Li Qi was immersed in this information—

The Demon Prince is still fully conscious.

"Spiritual methods?" The Demon Prince became wary.

As everyone knows, Lingdao is extremely good at exploring the essence of things, so he dared not let Li Qi continue to hold his hand. Instead, he immediately exerted his great strength, gathering countless demonic energies in his palm, and slammed it down on Li Qi's crown!

However, as Li Qi Law Treasure's magical body trembled, his Technique Method and pure physical forces were perfectly neutralized.

With a genuine Dragon Soul as the source of his instincts, Li Qi's Law Treasure body is almost a perfect replica of a real dragon's shell!

The Demon Prince couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Li Qi wasn't wasting time during that minute-long struggle.

For that minute or so, Li Qi was using the True Dragon Soul's memory to remember himself, and he was putting it to use at this moment!

A true dragon must be injured to remember, so that minute-long, rapid exchange was about memorizing the Demon Prince's methods. After memorizing, it's time for now—

At this moment, with the help of the Dragon Soul, Li Qi was able to resist the Demon Prince with his own body, buying himself a few seconds to avoid being knocked away, thus giving Li Qi time to analyze the entire staff!

The Demon Prince unleashed dozens of attacks in a short period of time, but Li Qi held on tightly to his staff. The dragon body that enveloped him was gradually breaking down, and the Demon Prince's power had exceeded Li Qi's limit.

The dragon's body can indeed resist all damage, but there is a limit, and that limit is cultivation level itself.

The Demon Prince's cultivation foundation is much stronger than Li Qi's.

So he simply stopped using those Technique Method and used sheer force to smash Li Qi away!

However, Li Qi held onto the cane for a full five seconds.

Five seconds of absolute focus, five seconds of complete mental investment, caused blood to spill from the corner of Li Qi's mouth.

Focusing on one thing is extremely mentally taxing. Many craftsmen and scholars have died from exhaustion and even vomiting blood while devoting themselves to a single object or article.

Li Qi wasn't dead yet, but he had already started vomiting blood.

But... I gained a lot.

This was the first time he had ever delved so deeply into the world of information.

In the past, he maintained a connection with the real material world and then examined that information from the perspective of an observer.

This time, in order to extract as much information as possible, he truly detached himself from the material world and immersed himself in information...

Is this what it feels like to be a member of the spiritual path? If only...

No, I can't have an epiphany now; we're fighting right now.

Li Qi slapped himself across the face. After regaining his senses, he looked at his injuries.

It's alright, it hasn't lost its fighting ability, but... that Dragon Soul is extremely weak, it's obviously about to die.

However, that's enough.

Li Qi stretched out his hand and pounded his liver and gallbladder hard. Accompanied by a muffled thunderclap, he suddenly spewed out an explosive burst of thunderous energy!

The Gallbladder Qi generates thunder, and thunder is the sound of Yang Energy. Li Qi angrily hammered his liver and gallbladder, and with the mixing of the Heaven and Earth Qi, thunder was generated!

Seeing Li Qi unleash heavenly lightning, the Demon Prince finally revealed a serious expression, focusing intently on Li Qi and adopting the demeanor of someone facing an 'enemy'.

Judging from this bolt of lightning, it's clear that Li Qi has indeed caught up with the base of his bamboo staff!

His bamboo cane is a 'she' (社).

The She sacrifice is to the earth, which governs Yin Qi. Earth refers to five types of soil: mountains and forests, rivers and lakes, hills and mounds, burial grounds and plains. Sacrifices are offered to the earth at appropriate times, hence the saying "She sacrifices to the earth." Therefore, earth is the master of Yin Qi, which is why there is the yin Yin Qi of Kun (the Yin Qi element). When yin energy is in power, all things move and come to life. Earth itself, like the earth, has the power to nurture all things.

Therefore, reproductive organs are also called 'yin', and females who can conceive and give birth to the next generation are also regarded as representatives of 'yin', and can also be represented by yin, and yin and softness are considered to be characteristics of women.

Houtu is the God of the Soil, the "she" in the Altar of Earth and Grain, meaning land. She is also known as the "Earth Mother Goddess".

Therefore, the walking stick should be shaped like a plant; the bamboo staff is merely a figurative representation, symbolizing life, Yin Qi, and the earth.

This is something formed by the fusion of the earth's energy and the Daoist essence of the Earth Mother! The bamboo shape is probably just something the Demon Prince likes.

In addition to the origin of this staff, Li Qi had sufficient reason to believe that the Daoist essence within it came from the Houtu Goddess Earthly Deity!

This is his specialty!

Then, Li Qi used heavenly thunder to suppress the Daoist aura of the Earth Mother!

Moreover, it wasn't Daoist Thunder Method, but genuine heavenly thunder.

Daoist Thunder Method is a command from heaven, and includes Yin Thunder, yang thunder, and even thunder of the five elements, with various attributes.

What Li Qi unleashed was pure heavenly thunder, the thunderous sound produced when the heavens breathed. It was not comparable to the Thunder Method of the Daoist sect, but it was precisely the nemesis of the Earth Mother!

However, the Demon Prince neither dodged nor avoided, but directly confronted his nemesis!

The strong will not back down.

Nemesis?

Water can extinguish fire, but how can you be sure that my true fire cannot burn the sea?

The two sides clashed!

However, at this very moment, a person who looked exactly like Li Qi appeared silently at the very edge of the battlefield.

His expression seemed to speak volumes.

What he said was, "I've been waiting for this opportunity for far too long."