The instant Wu Sheyun touched the Demon Saber, it became tightly linked to him. This only made Huo Hai more certain that Wu Sheyun truly practiced demonic arts. He had simply kept it hidden all this time, so no one knew.
Demonic cultivators could never amount to much. That held true even though Demon Spirit Masters were a formidable force in the Central Domain. In Huo Hai's view, only those unable to remain true to themselves would be drawn to demonic energy and become Demon Spirit Masters. Anyone with a steadfast heart would never choose to cultivate something that harmed both others and themselves.
Wu Sheyun forcefully drew out the long saber. At that moment, the spirit formation that had lost the saber underwent a tremendous change. With Huo Hai's abilities, none of these people could possibly discover a spirit formation he had hidden beneath them.
When the Demon Saber was pulled free, the liquefied demonic energy in the pool underwent a violent transformation. Boom! With a tremendous explosion, demonic energy surged out, sweeping over everything around it in an instant.
Of everyone present, only Wu Sheyun escaped the demonic energy's attacks because he was a Demon Spirit Master and held the Demon Saber. Among the others, only the Spirit Venerable remained unscathed. The rest were too close. The instant the demonic energy erupted, it corroded them all, ultimately turning them into clouds of black smoke and leaving behind only some of their possessions.
"This is bad! This isn't ghost qi-it's demonic energy! A Demon Spirit Master left this behind." The Spirit Venerable's eyes widened. He finally understood why the aura here had felt so strange all along the way. Although demonic energy and ghost qi were similar, they were fundamentally different.
Ghost qi arose from souls, formed through the