Half-Demon Transformation

"Clang ——"

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master slammed the abacus in his hand heavily on the bronze board. The six golden characters of "Earth Ranking Number One —— Li Chen Zhou" shone brightly in the sunlight. The official from the Ministry of Rites stroked his beard and smiled, but then the Blood Demon Blade suddenly emitted a dragon-like tremor.

Ding —— Congratulations, Host, for taking the top spot on the Earth Ranking. Reward: Indestructible Divine Skill!

A smile had just appeared on Li Chen Zhou's lips when his nostrils twitched slightly. The Blood Demon Blade cut through the sky, pointing directly at the tavern in the northwest corner: "Jade Faced Fox, I can smell your foxy stench from three streets away!" As the blade energy surged, the tavern's curtains split open in response.

Everyone saw a handsome young man sitting alone, drinking. The moonlight shone on his porcelain-white face, giving it an eerie blue glow. When he raised his eyes, his pupils had turned into vertical slits, and azure demonic flames suddenly rose more than ten feet around him!

"Half-step Fourth Rank?!" The scorched Five Thunder Order Flag in Zhang Xuanling's hand snapped with a "crack." All the experts above the Third Rank present felt a jolt in their hearts, as if an invisible hand had grabbed their throats—it was the bloodline suppression from the ancient Celestial Fox!

The Jade Faced Fox elegantly wiped the wine stains from the corner of his lips, and as he stood up, a phantom image of a fox tail appeared behind him: "Lord Li has a keen nose." His voice was sometimes male and sometimes female, with a bewitching rhythm, "I wonder... can you smell whether I am male or female at this moment?"

"Crack!" Li Chen Zhou crushed the blood jade he was playing with in his hand, "If Yan San's blade had been off by another three points, you'd be soliciting customers in the pleasure district right now!"

"Boom!"

The blue bricks under the Jade Faced Fox's feet exploded into powder, and three-foot-long bone blades grew wildly from his ten fingers. Veins bulged on that handsome face, and an inhuman scream was squeezed from his throat: "I'm going to dig out your heart and liver to drink with!"

A semi-transparent light curtain suddenly appeared in the void:

[Name: Jade Faced Fox (Demonic Transformation)]
[Strength: Fifth Rank → Fourth Rank (Celestial Fox Core Activation in Progress)]
[Danger Level: ★★★☆]

"So there's still ninety percent of the core left..." Avarice flashed in Li Chen Zhou's eyes, and the Taotie pattern on the Blood Demon Blade suddenly opened its third eye.

"Die!"

The Jade Faced Fox transformed into azure lightning and pounced, the two solid fox tails behind him sweeping across like giant pythons. Li Chen Zhou used the Wind God Kick to shatter the ground and dodge, and the spot where he had been standing was smashed into a ten-foot-deep pit by the fox tails!

"Three Abyssal Slashes —— Sever Samsara!"

The blood-colored blade energy struck the fox tails and made a sound like metal clashing. The Buddhist beads in Xuan Ye of Shaolin's hand suddenly snapped—this blade had once shattered earth-grade divine weapons, but now it only left a white mark on the fox tails!

"Bang bang bang!"

The two fox tails bombarded alternately, and the basalt arena collapsed layer by layer as if it were made of clay. When Li Chen Zhou was forced into a corner, the second fox tail suddenly chopped down like a battle axe!

"Clang ——!!!"

In the deafening roar, brilliant golden light suddenly shone through the smoke and dust. When the dust settled, a small, gilded bronze man was kneeling on one knee, his arms crossed, forcibly catching the fox tail. Sanskrit characters flowed on the surface of the golden body, actually holding the fox tail in mid-air!

"Indestructible Divine Skill?!" The Mad Daoist spat out his wine, "Just how many trump cards is this kid hiding!"

The Jade Faced Fox was horrified and wanted to retreat, but the golden man suddenly grinned. The Taotie pattern on the Blood Demon Blade opened its huge mouth and bit at the azure light in his dantian across the void—that was the location of the Celestial Fox Core!

"Now..." Li Chen Zhou's voice came from the golden man's throat, "it's my turn."

"Get up for me!"

The muscles in Li Chen Zhou's arms bulged, and the Indestructible Body shone with dazzling golden light. He actually hugged the solid fox tail and swung the entire Jade Faced Fox up! The spectators only saw an azure figure drawing afterimages in the air, and then ——

"Boom!"

The basalt arena was smashed into a spiderweb of cracks.

Before the smoke and dust could dissipate, the golden figure exerted force again, and the Jade Faced Fox was thrown left and right like a rag doll, each impact causing the entire martial arts field to tremble!

"Roar ——!" The fox's roar shook the sky! The Jade Faced Fox, who had been smashed into a daze, suddenly opened its mouth, and azure flames burst out of its seven orifices, and the phantom image of the fox tail suddenly shrank. That handsome face was now completely demonized, fangs pierced his lips, and a palpitating azure light ball condensed in his mouth.

"Celestial Fox Howling at the Moon!" The light ball transformed into an energy torrent more than ten feet in diameter, and even the air was corroded, leaving behind a scorched stench.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master stood up abruptly: "Retreat quickly!"

The light ball turned into a torrent of destruction and poured down, but Li Chen Zhou advanced instead of retreating. He put his palms together, and a simple and unadorned bronze bell phantom suddenly appeared around him: "Golden Bell Shield Twelfth Level —— Flawless Golden Body? Rebound!"

"Clang ——!"

The sound of the bell resounded through the sky, and the moment the azure energy wave hit the bell wall, it rolled back with even more violent force! The Jade Faced Fox was blasted back dozens of feet by his own killing move, and only stopped after collapsing three coiling dragon stone pillars.

"Pfft!" He spat out blood mixed with pieces of internal organs, but a look of madness ignited in his eyes. To everyone's horror, the two phantom fox tails were solidifying into reality, and every hair stood up like a steel needle!

"Demonization! This is true demonization!" The iron abacus in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master's hand snapped with a "crack," and his old face turned red, "Three hundred years... Since the fall of Madam Celestial Fox, I can actually see the Celestial Fox bloodline awaken again!"

"Demonization!" The Mad Daoist sobered up for the most part, "This kid has gone too far!"

The figure slowly standing up in the smoke and dust was no longer human-shaped—the Jade Faced Fox's nails had turned into sharp claws, and demonic patterns appeared on his cheeks. When he looked up again, that handsome face had turned into a hideous appearance, half human and half fox.

The two solid fox tails danced like pythons, and liquid demonic fire flowed from every hair. He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, but under Li Chen Zhou's shocked expression, a trace of... anticipation actually flashed in his eyes?

"Yes, that's the look." The demon fox's voice overlapped with both male and female voices, and sharp claws tore open the tattered clothes on his chest, "Fear! Tremble! This seat will make you slowly be refined into..."

The voice stopped abruptly.

Because he saw Li Chen Zhou smiling.

That wasn't a shocked expression at all, but the grin of a hunter who sees his prey fall into a trap!

"I've finally waited for this moment." Li Chen Zhou wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the Blood Demon Blade suddenly emitted a hungry hum, "A fully demonized core... is the best tonic!"

The fox tails smashed down like the collapse of a celestial pillar, but Li Chen Zhou didn't dodge or evade, and his golden body forcibly took this earth-shattering blow. Amidst the sound of cracking bones, he actually took the opportunity to hug the solidified fox tail tightly!

The Indestructible Body and the demonized body wrestled, actually plowing two deep furrows in the bluestone ground.

"Got you," Li Chen Zhou said, blood seeping from his seven orifices, his smile growing more twisted, "Highest level of the Soul Absorption Art – Taotie Devours the Heavens!"

The fox tails withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, the vast demonic power pouring into Li Chen Zhou's body like a river flowing backward. The Jade Faced Fox was horrified, and the remaining fox tail lashed out wildly, only to be pierced by the Blood Demon Blade, which had suddenly grown in size!

"No—!" He watched in despair as the energy of his Celestial Fox Core was frantically plundered.

At that critical moment, a clear sword cry came from the sky.

"Zheng—"

A pink sword light, like a celestial being descending from the heavens, first knocked away the Blood Demon Blade, then slashed at Li Chen Zhou! A figure in red stood in the air, the soft sword in her hand darting like a snake's tongue.

"Yan Ruyu, Palace Master of the Heavenly Desire Palace?!" The mad Daoist's wine gourd shattered with a "pa," "A third-rank Grandmaster has personally taken action!"

Li Chen Zhou was forced to withdraw his power and retreat violently, the surging demonic power within him causing blue smoke to seep from every pore. He summoned the Blood Demon Blade back with a backhand, pouring all the thirty percent of the Celestial Fox Core's power he had plundered into it – the demonic纹纹 on the blade wriggled like living things in an instant, and the third eye of the Taotie纹纹 fully opened!

Ding—Blood Demon Blade (Evolution Charging 60%)