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Night fell.
Gu Xingzhou was in a state of "Saintification." His body was extraordinarily hard, and his furious expression and clapping pose had remained unchanged for nearly three days.
Things were much worse than he'd imagined.
After detonating three Blood Qi Star Vortices, his Martial Golden Body had developed flaws.
His power was constantly leaking away, while the icy aura from the Moon-Swallowing Toad ceaselessly eroded him.
That wasn't all. There was also a Cyclops nearby.
The Cyclops's gaze was as dazzling as the sun—because it seemed to be a real sun!
For days, the Demon Monsters hadn't left. They seemed to be waiting to devour Gu Xingzhou the moment his strength gave out.
The Cyclops had stayed beside Gu Xingzhou the entire time, its eye burning like the sun as it stared at him without pause.
His Blood Qi Power was leaking away, the cold was invading his body, and the Blazing Sun was scorching him. Gu Xingzhou was suffering unimaginably.
Even his Indestructible Diamond Body was growing more brittle under the combined effects of the extreme cold and heat.
But the worse things got, the calmer he became.
Martial artists had never been afraid of hardship, nor did they fear torment.
Torment and suffering were merely trials on the path of the Martial Dao.
The only thing he still couldn't stop worrying about was those children.
Over the past few days, the Demon Monsters had ceaselessly harassed Gu Xingzhou with all sorts of verbal abuse. The Hundred-Eyed Demon Crow had repeatedly conjured horrifying scenes of humans being devoured by Demon Monsters right before his eyes.
They wanted to use this to undermine his will in the Martial Dao.
Though Gu Xingzhou knew it was all fake, he still couldn't help worrying.
Suddenly—
"Caw—!"
A clear eagle's cry