"What? You want to devour me?!" The young man was shocked and furious. "If you dare harm me, the Ancestor will find out, and he'll never—aaah!"
Before the young man could finish, Lei Yunkui's claw tore straight through his Domain. The Fifth-Order Lightning Domain was fearsome; in terms of offensive power, it ranked well above average among Domains.
The young man's was only a Third-Order Domain. He had no hope of resisting.
The next instant, Lei Yunkui's right hand clamped onto his skull. The young man immediately felt a sucking force coming from it.
The True Essence in his Dantian was draining away at terrifying speed!
As his True Essence vanished, so did his life force.
After only a few breaths, the young man's skin shriveled and his aura faded completely. He had become a dried corpse!
He was dead!
Lei Yunkui, by contrast, was ruddy with vigor. But his face remained hideously twisted, making that healthy flush look all the more eerie.
Stranger still...
Hum!
Lei Yunkui's aura surged.
Saint Martial Realm Fourth Layer!
Saint Martial Realm Fifth Layer!
By devouring the young man's True Essence, Lei Yunkui had leaped two levels in cultivation.
"Excellent!"
"My cultivation has broken through again. I have an even better chance of becoming a Venerable one day."
"But... I need to find a way to deal with my identity as a devil."
Lei Yunkui was pleased. He could have broken through through bitter cultivation, but that would have taken time. Then he frowned, and his face darkened once more.
A devil!
That identity infuriated Lei Yunkui.
"Qin Hao!!!"
Lei Yunkui roared the name in his heart, his face dark. He tossed aside the dried corpse, then flashed away and continued forward.
From what the young man had said, Lei Yunkui judged that Qin