The Demonic Elder Had an S-Rank Spirit Core: Jiang Yu's Void Magic's Heaven-Defying Imprint

"Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu!"

The Spirit Core had scattered across the continent. People everywhere were calling out in panic.

By then, Mu Ningxue had absorbed the Spirit Core.

Once she realized that the Demonic Elder had been killed, she couldn't help feeling a wave of fear.

The Black Vatican was terrifying. Mu Ningxue had been afraid of them ever since she was little!

And Jiang Yu had just killed a Black Vatican member with terrifying connections...

Finally, a thin black curtain fell away.

The barrier covering the ruined scene also vanished, revealing Mu Ningxue and the Spirit Core.

For a moment, Mu Ningxue felt a chill run through her. The Spirit Core also quickly flew away.

The scene before them was too horrifying.

More than twenty mages lay there.

The Bai family's people had been practically torn apart. Their limbs and organs were scattered everywhere, and there were even tooth marks on some of them...

And in the middle of the field,

a handsome young man in black leather clothes looked at the pile of corpses with a calm gaze.

He looked at the heap of bodies piled up before him.

The whole field was filled with a thick, pungent smell of blood, like an iron pot...

Mu Ningxue's heart pounded as she looked at Jiang Yu.

Mu Ningxue was especially shaken. She knew the world outside was dangerous, but she hadn't imagined it could be this terrifying.

In the end, Jiang Yu pointed a finger, and a wisp of fire burned the pile of corpses to ashes.

Then he turned and walked toward Mu Ningxue and Spirit Core.

Not far away, a young man was still staring in shock at what he saw.

"Brother of the Zhao family, this man is too terrifying. We should get out of here."

Zhao You had already come to his senses. He hurriedly agreed:

"Let's go. The farther we get from this guy, the better!"

At the same time, he felt a wave of fear. Jiang Yu was too terrifying! He was a monster from Hell!

As he hurried away with his men,

Jiang Yu called out to Mu Ningxue:

"Good thing you absorbed the Spirit Core."

"What do you mean?"

Mu Ningxue watched Jiang Yu approach, her face full of curiosity.

"Oh, nothing. You absorbed the Spirit Core, right?"

Jiang Yu asked. He was just curious about what had happened to her.

Mu Ningxue sensed the Spirit Core inside her spiritual world, and instantly forgot the fear she'd felt moments ago.

She hurriedly said:

"Jiang Yu, thank you so much!"

"After this, I'll have my family give you another fifteen million."

The young girl's cheeks flushed slightly. Her beautiful eyes met Jiang Yu's, and she looked genuinely happy.

Jiang Yu also felt that beautiful women really could lift one's spirits.

He could feel Mu Ningxue's mood improve, too...

"Oh, right. I found a Fire-type Spirit Core on the map nearby. I don't know if it's still there."

"And there's a horde of demon creatures on the way."

Mu Ningxue pointed to the map in her hand.

She had copied it according to the original, so she showed it to Jiang Yu.

"About ten kilometers away?"

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"Little Tan, let's go."

Since Little Tan had risen to the commander level, its maximum teleportation distance had increased to around eight kilometers!

It could also teleport more than twenty times in a row!

"Roar!"

Little Tan spread its wings and flew eagerly over to its master.

A black aura wrapped around Jiang Yu. A familiar sensation washed over him.

The next instant, Jiang Yu vanished.

Mu Ningxue was a little puzzled. Where had Jiang Yu gone?

Even if he could teleport through space, his range couldn't be only a few hundred meters...

After all, Mu Ningxue's second cousin was a Void mage, and even he could only teleport about a hundred meters.

Even if Jiang Yu had an exceptionally strong demon creature, it shouldn't be able to teleport this far...

By then, Jiang Yu had arrived at the site of the top-grade Fire-type Spirit Core.

The remote location was several thousand meters underground.

Above him lay a horde of demon creatures, gathered together like a small mountain and forming an enormous mass!

Without Little Tan, Jiang Yu wouldn't have been able to get his hands on that Spirit Core.

In front of him was a gigantic lava pool.

The Fire-type Spirit Core sat right at its center, constantly absorbing the fire energy concentrated there!

"This place is truly heaven-sent."

Jiang Yu felt a rush of excitement. He sensed that standing here had increased the speed of his Fire-element cultivation by about twenty percent.

Even better,

if he could get Mu Ningxue to come here and cultivate, the entire Sixth District would become his private training ground!

But first, he had to absorb the top-grade Fire-type Spirit Core.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.

Jiang Yu calmly picked up the top-grade Fire-type Spirit Core.

"Heaven's Flame. That name sounds pretty domineering."

Inside his spiritual world, Jiang Yu learned the Spirit Core's name.

And what delighted him even more was that it was an S-rank Spirit Core!

[Heaven's Gift: Fire Element absorbs the top-grade Spirit Core, Heaven's Ascension.]

[Requires 200 evolution points. Proceed?]

Jiang Yu didn't hesitate. He immediately chose yes.

[Obtained S-rank Heaven's Gift: Heaven's Flame.]

[Fire cultivation speed increased. After absorbing the top-grade Spirit Core, Heaven's Flame, the speed of Fire spells increased, and Fire stars' affinity increased by 1.]

[Obtained additional effect: Flame: Deals double damage to Dark-type creatures, and deals double damage to undead creatures and ghostly creatures.]

"Does this have one more effect than Frostbound Heart?"

"Looks pretty impressive! It'll be very useful against the Black Vatican. It'll also work well against the ancient capital's undead."

Jiang Yu thought about how useful this additional effect would be.

And with his Fire stars' affinity increased by one, combined with Heaven's Flame, his Fire stars' affinity was practically heaven-defying.

In other words, his Fire element could now be considered at the second level of the intermediate stage.

But when paired with his Void magic, which was at the fourth level of the intermediate stage?

That meant he had blazing hellfire!

Jiang Yu held back his urge to release it.

If he tried to unleash it here, he'd bury himself alive.

Besides, there was still more to do. Jiang Yu looked at the map Mu Ningxue had given him.

It showed a special Soulstone vein that was quite far away.

The Mu family's mines produced Soulstone energy, so Mu Ningxue naturally knew quite a lot about such things.

She had estimated that the demon-stone vein was probably quite large.

Unfortunately, it was in the Sixth District, where the mines were no longer operating. There were many demon creatures outside, and they weren't easy to deal with.

Even if they could get through, it would be better to hunt other sky treasures instead.

After all, Soulstones were expensive, but how many could one mine? A few hundred kilograms at most.

"Little Tan, come here."

Jiang Yu called out.

Little Tan, who had been using its paws to dig at the rock and looking around curiously, immediately came over to him.

"Help me set down a Void imprint."

That was Little Tan's newly awakened innate ability.

It could place a Void imprint at a location.

Then, no matter how far away it was, as long as it was on the same plane, he could teleport straight to it!

Little Tan only had eight imprints, so Jiang Yu used them carefully.

But the Sixth District had abundant resources, and there was also a Thunder-type Soul Seed and a demon-stone vein!

It would be a waste not to take them. He could come back and gather everything at his leisure later.

Other people could only come here once every five years, for one day at a time.

Jiang Yu could come whenever he wanted.

And he'd have a way out if he was pursued.

Even if the Sixth District's barrier could restrain even super-level mages, it wouldn't hold Jiang Yu back. He didn't know whether the seal could be broken...

Just as Jiang Yu was thinking,

Little Tan's small dragon claw glowed. A strange, indistinct rune clung to it.

Then Little Tan tapped down with its claw, leaving a dragon-claw imprint in the air.

Jiang Yu stood up, looking at Little Tan with a face full of disbelief.

The demon creature hadn't used any magic, but Little Tan's ability was even more powerful than teleportation!

It had been worth spending an S-rank Heaven's Gift on it.

Now its Star River was finally taking shape...