Boom! The passage began to shudder. The enormous scorpion phantom conjured by the Ksitigarbha Twelve-Winged Scorpion Demon swung its pincers again. Its massive pincer shadow crumbled once more. Seeing that the Great Formation of Mahā Purification and Brahma's Heaven had not yet struck him with backlash, the Corrosive Heart-Eating Demon grew a little bolder. Although the Ksitigarbha Twelve-Winged Scorpion Demon had handed him the Heart-Killing Meteorite, and the scorpion demon was naturally violent and blunt, that did not mean he had no guile. In fact, the scorpion demon was deeply calculating. The Corrosive Heart-Eating Demon had already taken the Heart-Killing Meteorite and discovered that it bore some of the scorpion demon's aura. The scorpion demon's cultivation was a little higher than his, but his luck had been poor in his early years. After fighting a Buddhist master, he had been trapped by the monk in the Great Formation of Mahā Purification and Brahma's Heaven, which had greatly diminished his strength.
The scorpion demon had been pouring his aura into the Heart-Killing Meteorite for at least ten thousand years. With the pure demonic energy the other party had infused into it, the Corrosive Heart-Eating Demon could drive it out despite being weaker. But cleaning it out completely without damaging the meteorite would take far more than a few thousand years. Even then, some traces would likely remain. Only the Ksitigarbha Twelve-Winged Scorpion Demon himself could do it with ease.
Even with the Heart-Killing Meteorite in hand, the Corrosive Heart-Eating Demon still had to rely on the scorpion demon. And although Lu Xiaotian had received no specific instructions from the scorpion demon, at this critical juncture, he had no choice but to give it his all to keep their secret.
Cursing the scorpion demon under his breath, the Corrosive Heart-Eating Demon thrust