Xu Qingtong carefully studied the Fire Clan chief's essence blood for a while and discovered that the Fire Clan's bloodline did indeed contain powerful fire-attribute demonic power.
It seems this matches my conjecture! Xu Qingtong muttered inwardly.
As evening approached, the Fire Clan members prepared a feast. Xu Qingtong could only go through the motions. He dared not actually swallow the wine, secretly transferring it into the Seven-Star Bracelet instead.
At the sight of wine, Xiao Bai jumped up in delight. Just as Xiao Bai opened wide to drink, the master's voice rang out in Xiao Bai's mind: "If you want to die, go ahead and drink that wine!" Frightened, Xiao Bai darted far away and no longer dared entertain any designs on it!
The feast lasted about two hours. Xu Qingtong did not stay overnight at the Fire Clan's settlement, instead leaving without a sound and heading east into the Sea of Death.
He dared venture into the Sea of Death because he had learned from the Fire Clan members that Duo Jie had once crossed it at the Demon Marshal stage. Moreover, the Fire Clan members could all resist its eerie aura to some extent.
After examining the Fire Clan chief's essence blood, Xu Qingtong had understood: whatever affected people's minds in the Sea of Death had to be something of the metal attribute! The Fire Clan members could resist the aura of slaughter because, among the five elements, fire overcame metal!
With this consideration in mind, Xu Qingtong grew considerably bolder and left the Fire Clan under cover of darkness.
After entering the Sea of Death, Xu Qingtong gradually sensed an aura of slaughter in the air. However, demonic qi came in five attributes-water, fire, wind, lightning, and darkness. Metal-attribute demonic qi was not among them.
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