One must realize that Yan Chihuo's Sword Sha was sharp enough to cleave even inferior Spirit Tools in two; that this Crocodile Demon's tail remained intact—and that too after the beast had exhausted much of its magic power—was truly beyond his expectations.
The Crocodile Demon could not afford to dwell on this and immediately attempted to use its previous technique to flee. Yan Chihuo would never grant it such an opportunity again; after all, they were in the territory of the Demon Race, and if he lingered too long, there was no telling what complications might arise.
Yan Chihuo summoned the Giant Spirit Divine Sword, bringing down a Sword Sha over a hundred feet long. It landed squarely on the Crocodile Demon's neck, and with a crisp snap, the beast's head was severed.
In truth, this Crocodile Demon was not weak. Had it not been terrified out of its wits by Yan Chihuo from the very start, it would not have perished under his blade so quickly.
A faint green light rose from the Crocodile Demon's body—it was the beast's soul. Yan Chihuo had been watching for this; with a backhanded suction, he drew the soul into his palm.
He channeled the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations, and before long, he had integrated the Crocodile Demon's soul. Only then did he understand why this demon had been able to evade the ambushes of Tribulation Stage cultivators.
It turned out that this demon was the offspring of an Origin Core Stage True Dragon and a Crocodile Demon, possessing an exceptionally dense True Dragon bloodline, which had earned it the favor of the East Sea Dragon Palace. Its father, that Origin Core Stage True Dragon, had once captured a Spirit Controlling Sect cultivator named Sun Caichen and planted a Heart-Linked Gu within him, turning