After Zeng Anmin leaped into the furnace.
He felt pleasantly warm all over.
It was as though he were a baby floating in amniotic fluid, free and happy.
It felt like entering water, like the soothing comfort of soaking in a bathhouse in his previous life.
And he could even breathe freely inside.
Outside the furnace.
The instant Zeng Anmin entered the furnace, Illusory Demon Lord could no longer conceal the smile on her face.
Her eyes watched the furnace with utmost anticipation.
With a wave of both hands.
Boom!
The furnace lid slammed shut.
"Make the fire burn even fiercer!"
Illusory Demon Lord's alluring face twisted slightly with ferocity.
Her fair hands rose high.
Azure Illusory Power and crimson Demonic Power formed an enormous net, shrouding the furnace.
Buzz!!
The Illusory Fire within the furnace burned ever more wildly.
"Whew~"
After doing all this, Illusory Demon Lord's face turned deathly pale.
At that moment, she seemed to see her great-grandmother.
"Sure enough, within that Xu fellow's illusion array, I still cannot wield the rules freely."
"But it no longer matters."
Illusory Demon Lord's bewitching face turned toward the fiercely burning furnace.
A smile spread across her face.
Growing ever richer.
"Ha ha ha!! Divine Soul Power even denser than a First Rank's."
"Once I absorb it, I will surely enter the First Rank and become the new Demon Emperor!"
At this moment, madness visibly filled her eyes.
The shackles of the First Rank were an eternal curse upon the Illusory clan.
But today, she, Illusory Demon Lord, would smash that damned curse with her own fists!
Only...
A quarter of an hour passed.
The blazing fire in the furnace still burned scorching hot.
Two quarter-hours passed.
The fire grew even hotter.
Three quarter-hours passed.
Illusory Demon Lord's face turned