Although the Heavenly Baleful Protector might already have been possessed by his inner demon, his strength had not declined. Instead, it had risen considerably.
Anyone who fell into demonic corruption would inexplicably grow stronger.
This seemed to neatly confirm the principle that "turning dark makes you ten times stronger."
An inner demon was a demon born of the heart, naturally attuned to the demonic path.
It had inherited all the Heavenly Baleful Protector's treasures, cultivation methods, secret arts, and divine abilities, and wielded them with effortless ease.
Once the demonized Heavenly Baleful Protector devoured and refined more Demon Ancestors and broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, his strength would undergo a qualitative leap.
In his hands, a supreme-grade immortal artifact would also reveal its true might.
The Immortal-Eating Gu's Source Gu and the Gold-Devouring Insect King both possessed the strength of the early Heavenly Immortal Realm.
But if the Heavenly Baleful Protector refused to clash with them head-on and focused solely on escaping, neither could do anything to him.
Lin Fei and the Demonic Womb Clone had to finish dealing with those Demon Saints before the Heavenly Baleful Protector broke through.
They found two more Demon Saints in hiding, one after another, and suppressed and sealed them both.
"When the Heavenly Baleful Protector and the others set up the formation, I remember there were eighteen Demon Saints in total."
"Long Aotian killed three, and their Primordial Spirit Avatars have already been collected in the Immortal-Gathering Gourd."
"We've captured five alive now. The remaining ten Demon Saints are nowhere to be found. They were probably devoured and refined by other Demon Saints or Demon Ancestors."
Lin Fei and the Demonic Womb Clone returned together to the teleportation formation.
According to the Void Demon Soul's reconnaissance, only one Demon Ancestor remained