Although Yuan Chen's cultivation appeared to be higher than this demon's, both sides had been reduced to a state utterly devoid of spiritual power. With such a slight difference between them, he held no advantage whatsoever.
On the contrary, a demonized body possessed an innate advantage over a human cultivator's flesh.
Even though one of the four techniques Yuan Chen cultivated had Body Refining effects, he had remained at a disadvantage throughout his struggle with the demon.
Every collision left several fresh wounds on Yuan Chen's body.
Moreover, Demonic Contamination kept clinging to him. Without spiritual power to suppress it, it continued spreading.
Yuan Chen could feel his condition deteriorating sharply.
If this continued, even if the crazed demon behind him did not kill him, he would likely be completely consumed by Demonic Contamination and turn into a Demonic Beast.
Though his cultivation had reached peak Nascent Soul and he had even come into contact with the tracks of the Dao—
He was not, in the end, in the Deity Transformation Stage. He had yet to condense a true spirit.
Not to mention that he did not have a thread of spiritual power left in his body.
Once demonized, he was almost certain to become a mindless, bloodthirsty Demonic Beast.
But when he thought of becoming like that monster behind him, whether he could protect his mind and retain his sanity no longer seemed to matter.
For a moment, Yuan Chen's heart was as dead as ashes.
"Is this where it ends?!"
He had endured nearly two hundred years of hardship on the Barren Gu Continent before finally escaping that cage and entering Tianlan Sect. The path ahead had gradually revealed itself before him.
The Deity Transformation Stage had been within arm's reach.
Yet he had suffered such an unforeseen