With Wang Ping's current cultivation, and the aid of this starry sky's rules, he would not need to worry too much even if he faced a Fifth Realm Outer Realm Devil Cultivator head-on. Thus, he did not retreat at once. Instead, he gathered this strand of consciousness into an illusory human figure and curiously met the scarlet eyes' gaze.
The next moment, his senses were filled with darkness—boundless darkness, darkness without the faintest speck of light. Then he felt a powerful energy attempting to devour the strand of consciousness he had extended.
Yet while this energy was powerful, its destructive force was not particularly strong. With a single thought, Wang Ping broke free of the darkness's restraints, and flecks of light returned to his vision. Demonic qi surged wildly within those flecks, rapidly gathering into a figure. The figure swiftly assumed human form, manifesting a blue Daoist robe and a human appearance. Yet beneath its feet and behind it lay endless darkness, making it appear incomparably strange.
Wang Ping immediately recalled the Outer Realm's intelligence regarding devil sources and knew that this was a Devil Master cultivating the "Light Erosion" devil source. The defining trait of this devil source was to swallow the sun and devour the light, creating a world of eternal night that could strip away all illumination in an instant. It corresponded to the Fire Spirit among the Five Elements.
"Are you a Cultivator within this place?"
Stiff Central Province common speech sounded by Wang Ping's ear, at the same time stirring the demonic qi in the starry sky into trembling.
The expression on Wang Ping's manifested illusory figure remained calm. He likewise responded by causing the demonic qi to vibrate. "That's right. Are you an Outer Realm Devil Master?"
"Yes!"
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