Li Qing Transforms into a Demon!

Squish~

The hand pierced through flesh with a dull thud, followed by a flash of pain.

After that instant of pain, Li Qing's consciousness vanished.

Then...

The buildings before Li Qing, the man in red, the pitch-black night sky—everything disappeared, leaving only boundless darkness, cold and desolate...

"Ding. The host's vital signs have been detected to be rapidly declining. Initiating the Demon Plan."

The system's icy notification sounded in Li Qing's mind, but he could no longer hear it.

The man in red removed the ring containing Zhang San's mutated thousand-year Blood Bat King skull, erased Li Qing's imprint, and took out the skull.

A look of intoxicated obsession appeared on the man in red's face.

"Oh, what a wonderful aura."

However, just as he was about to leave, an unexpected change suddenly occurred...

All at once, a powerful force of attraction erupted from Li Qing's head, targeting the Spirit Bone in the red-robed man's hand!

"Hm?"

Caught off guard, the man in red failed to hold onto the Spirit Bone! It shot straight toward Li Qing's head.

A force was drawing the Spirit Bone into fusion with Li Qing!

The red-robed man's expression changed at once, and his hands shot out like lightning.

But he was still a step too late.

As the Spirit Bone neared Li Qing, a cloud of black mist abruptly appeared. In an instant, the Spirit Bone was swallowed by the bizarre black mist.

Immediately afterward, an enormous mass of black mist erupted from Li Qing's body and blasted the man in red away!

"What? This is..."

The man in red steadied himself, his heart filled with shock. He sensed a familiar aura from Li Qing.

The black mist radiating from Li Qing was actually Demonic Power!

Incomparably pure Demonic Power!

He could sense Demonic Power belonging solely to the abyssal demon race from the body of a Soul Master!

Moreover, within that Demonic Power, he felt boundless brutality, rage, and majesty...

Under the pressure of that power, fear actually arose in the red-robed man's heart!

He felt fear before a mere Soul Elder.

"Enough. Die!"

Forcibly suppressing the storm raging in his heart, the man in red decided to attack directly. He could not allow Li Qing's transformation to continue.

Besides, the target of this operation—the mutated thousand-year Blood Bat King skull—had already been absorbed. He had to extract it!

But how?

Spirit Weapon True Body! Ghost Snake Chains!

A massive phantom appeared behind the man in red. The chains floating around him grew thicker, and their ends seemed to transform into snake heads flicking their tongues!

As the red-robed man fully revealed his martial spirit, seven Soul Rings appeared at once: yellow, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black.

Ghost Snake Sweep!

The sixth Soul Ring lit up—a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring!

The chains seemed to come alive, shooting straight toward Li Qing's eyes at a speed surpassing the speed of sound!

In the blink of an eye, the chains reached Li Qing's eyelids.

But at that moment...

A hand covered in demonic mist suddenly appeared, gripping the chain tightly and rendering it completely immobile.

The "dead" Li Qing opened his eyes. Two red pentagram formations floated over the surfaces of his eyeballs.

They were Replication Eyes!

But this "Li Qing" was no longer the Li Qing from before...

At the sight of those strange pupils, the red-robed man's mind jolted.

Then, "Li Qing," with demonic mist surging around his entire body, clutched his head.

"But none of it matters.

Fine, let everything end.

Everything.

As I wish.

Release."

Open.

Slaughter.

Everything."

In his mind, only one thought remained: Go slaughter! Destroy everything before your eyes! Destroy it all!

"Ahhhhhhh~"

"Li Qing" threw back his head and roared. At that moment, the already dim night grew even darker, until nothing remained but blackness.

Not far away, Han Jin, hidden in the shadows, silently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This night was destined to be one Han Jin would never forget for the rest of his life.

He had clearly seen a Spirit Saint crush the heart of a young Soul Elder, yet that Soul Elder had actually fucking come back to life!

Resurrection from the dead!

Moreover, the black aura emanating from the revived youth filled Han Jin with an inexplicable sense of dread and fear.

The youth's strength also seemed to have undergone a sudden transformation. The Spirit Saint's ten-thousand-year soul skill had actually been blocked effortlessly by the resurrected youth.

"Lord Brand, why haven't you come yet?"

While Han Jin anxiously awaited Brand's arrival, another change occurred on the other side.

A mass of demonic energy gathered around "Li Qing's" right hand. He reached into it, and a pitch-black scythe slowly emerged...

His scarlet eyes fixed on the man in red robes, and a savage grin spread across his lips. The next second, his body vanished from where he stood.

Alarm bells instantly rang in the red-robed man's mind. Instinctively, he controlled the Ghost Snake Chains to block in front of him.

A crisp clang rang out as the pitch-black Scythe of Judgment slammed into the Ghost Snake Chains, sending countless sparks flying.

In their clash, the red-robed man actually fell into a disadvantage! His feet carved a trail more than twenty meters long across the ground.

"How is this possible?!"

Before the red-robed man could react, a burst of black energy exploded. "Li Qing" flashed again and reappeared before him.

A fist wrapped in black energy carried immense force as it instantly smashed into the red-robed man's face.

The red-robed man's face visibly distorted. Several pitiful teeth, along with a spray of blood, permanently left his body.

"You..."

Li Qing gave the red-robed man no chance to catch his breath. Another attack arrived in an instant.

"Ha ha ha ha ha~"

Li Qing let out a wild laugh that did not belong to him at all. The black Soul Ring beneath his feet—the first Soul Ring—suddenly lit up.

A black blade aura over ten meters wide shot toward the red-robed man like lightning. It was so fast that he had no time to react!

"Ah~"

The blade aura passed through the red-robed man's body without obstruction. He cried out in pain as one of his arms flew into the air.

In the darkness, a dazzling flower of blood blossomed.

And the hand on that severed arm glowed with a familiar yet eerie red light.

Spirit Bone...

With one arm gone, nothing but fear remained in the red-robed man's heart. His legs trembled. He no longer cared about the Spirit Bone and immediately turned, running forward with all his strength.

As he ran, blood continuously sprayed from his severed arm. Meanwhile, black energy coiled around the wound, constantly corroding the red-robed man's body.

This was the bleeding effect of the Scythe of Judgment, along with the corrosive nature of demonic energy.

The red-robed man ran farther and farther away, yet "Li Qing" did not move at all—until ten seconds later.

"Heh heh heh..."

"Judgment, Whirling Slash!"

"Li Qing" threw the Scythe of Judgment like a boomerang. It spun continuously through the air, accelerating without pause, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached the red-robed man's back.

By then, the red-robed man's mind had been completely consumed by fear, and he failed to defend himself. Thus, the Scythe of Judgment sliced through his body, erupting in a massive spray of blood...