"Disappear."
Shen Luo gave a low shout, and all the golden characters covering the Heart Demon began to blaze with dazzling light.
In an instant, it was as though a golden sun had risen within his Consciousness Sea, illuminating all darkness and melting away all filth.
Yet after a brief flash, the golden light fell silent once more. The glow of those golden characters rapidly dimmed, then they fell from the Heart Demon like scattered leaves.
"Completely useless?" Shen Luo's mind shook violently.
The Demon Exorcism Secret Art within the Heart Demon Great Art could not harm his own Heart Demon in the slightest.
"Haha, I told you. You simply do not understand what your Heart Demon truly is." A wild grin spread across the Heart Demon's face.
With that, the Heart Demon suddenly raised a hand. Black liquid condensed in his palm, transforming into a black demonic axe.
Gripping the axe, he swung it down beneath himself.
A pitch-black arc of axe light swept through the air. Shen Luo's heart lurched, and he could clearly sense the connection between himself and the Heart Demon being severed.
"You actually dared to cut yourself off from me?" Shen Luo frowned.
Once a Heart Demon separated from its Divine Soul, there were only two possible outcomes. One was to kill the original Divine Soul, seize the body, complete its advancement, and fall into the Demonic Path. The other was to leave the original body and become an Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon.
Clearly, given the strength of Shen Luo's Heart Demon, it would never choose the second path.
"It is time for you to learn what true fear of the Heart Demon is." The Heart Demon sneered, his body gradually passing through the mirrored surface of the Consciousness Sea and appearing before Shen Luo.