Constraints!

As the distance closed and those scarlet eyes entered his perception, Chu Mu understood in an instant.

If its intelligence had been intact, then after being severely wounded, it would naturally have sought advantages and avoided harm, finding some hidden place to heal.

But if its beastly nature held sway, then no matter how vast its power, it was essentially nothing more than a wild beast devoid of intelligence. It probably could not even seek advantages and avoid harm.

Its pure bloodthirst and savagery had already sealed this demon's fate.

"Because its injuries were too severe, its savage bloodlust took control..."

"Slaughter... was it devouring blood to heal itself?"

Chu Mu had already grasped the answer.

All things between Heaven and Earth followed their destined laws; every drink and every peck had its ordained measure.

Just as when humans cultivated the Demon Bloodline, they would inevitably be influenced by that bloodline, perhaps even transforming from human into demon, their very essence of life changing with it.

This demon that originated from the Heavenly Evolution Sacred Beast had clearly suffered the same influence. Under normal circumstances, however, its mind remained clear enough to suppress that intense bloodlust and savagery.

Once it was injured, though, it could be turned against by what it had once controlled.

Just like Demon Xuan Cheng in the Secret Realm, whose mind had repeatedly been seized by the instinct for bloody slaughter.

As for Demon Qing Kong before him, if nothing unexpected had happened, it must have been severely wounded by that Azure Lotus Sword Array.

That had caused it to lose its mind and be turned against by such negative influences as savage bloodlust. That was why it had instinctively craved blood, why it had carried out that slaughter just now.

And why it now charged