As former Disciples of the Dao Alliance, they had once stood high above others.
Deep down, neither Wei Beichen nor Xiao Jinghong wanted to admit it. But with their injuries holding them back, they could only shake their heads helplessly.
Demon Suppression Pass, inside an inn.
"Congratulations, host, on slaying the Human-Body Horse-Head Demon Ancestor of the Combining Dao Realm. You have gained Energy Points."
"Congratulations, host, on slaying Lady White Bone, a Demon Ancestor of the Combining Dao Realm. You have gained Energy Points."
"Congratulations, host, on slaying the Giant Horned Dragon Python, a Demon Ancestor of the Combining Dao Realm. You have gained Energy Points."
Three notifications flashed across the system Panel floating before Luo Yi. The battle had been dangerous, but the three Demon Ancestors had given him a total of four million Energy Points.
Total Energy Points: points. ```
The Energy Points displayed on his system Panel had now reached a height he had never seen before.
"That haul made risking my neck worth it!"
After that exclamation, he wasted no time. In an instant, he entered the Trial Tower within his Purple Palace Dantian.
The corpses of the three Demon Ancestors lay arranged throughout the Trial Tower.
Luo Yi glanced around, then walked to the nearest corpse, the Human-Body Horse-Head Demon Ancestor. He stripped off the Tianyan Sect Protective Robe it wore and put it on himself.
The earlier battle had shown him just how powerful the thing was.
True, it had a drawback: when pushed too hard in battle, it secretly drained its wearer's bodily vitality.
But its benefits outweighed that cost. With defenses as formidable as those Demon Ancestors had possessed, things would have gone very differently.
Forget being badly wounded as he was now—his skin probably would not even