The Demon King was immensely powerful. Even with the demon body fighting head-on, he could still end Xu Yi's life, leaving him no room at all to counterattack.
Thus, the moment the Demon King lunged close, Zixiao appeared again and plunged straight into his broad, mountain-like chest.
"Roar!"
The Demon King let out a frenzied roar. Thunder True Intent surged straight through Zixiao and poured into his body. In almost an instant, the Demon King lost his life, and his corpse transformed into Pang Qingyun's appearance.
The next moment, Pang Qingyun's corpse was refined by the raging Lightning Dragons. A dark, ink-colored bead appeared at the tip of Zixiao. Xu Yi recognized it at a glance: it was the essence of the Demon Embryo, a demon core.
Light swirled around it as countless Lightning Dragons began converging on the demon core. Even so, the thunder power Xu Yi had to endure continued to grow exponentially.
But after withstanding two more Lightning Dragons, he couldn't help replenishing his Spiritual Liquid for the third time. His body was charred black from head to toe, and of the Spirit Official Three Lives Aspect he had manifested, only the Buddha Aspect remained, struggling to hold on.
At the same time, Zixiao was changing as well. The demon core grew smaller and smaller, while Zixiao, blazing like a flame, grew increasingly dim, as if a film had coated its surface.
The demon core's shrinking had a direct consequence: the Lightning Dragons began targeting Xu Yi, bombarding him in a frenzy.
Xu Yi guarded his soul with all his might, daring not to let his mind wander for even an instant. He poured everything into sustaining the Buddha Aspect, desperately resisting the lightning tribulation.
But human strength had its limits. At last, Xu Yi could no