That Shameless Cat is a master of acting; its wailing and howling immediately evoked waves of pity, as if Yang Zhen were truly about to die.
Shuya and Chen Xiaotian wore ambiguous smiles on their faces, glanced at the Shameless Cat from afar, then closed their eyes and continued refining.
The golden demonic energy was indeed the natural power of heaven and earth released after the death of the Emperor Realm expert. Even for Shuya and Chen Xiaotian, refining it would not be an easy task.
Strands of golden demonic energy continuously gathered at the crown chakra of Shuya and Chen Xiaotian, slowly entering their Baihui points for refinement. As time passed, their refinement speed gradually increased.
A group of Devil Cultivator around them looked at Shuya and Chen Xiaotian with envy. As for Yang Zhen, if it weren't for the Shameless Cat still howling, everyone would have forgotten about him long ago.
Those shrouded in golden demonic energy never have a good end. Without a refining method, they will surely be cut into countless pieces, leaving not even a bone fragment.
Seeing that Shuya and Chen Xiaotian had already ignored Yang Zhen, everyone around focused their attention on the two of them.
"Hey, as expected of the Devil Venerable and the Venerable Lord, their refining speed is so fast, I can even see those golden threads entering their bodies with the naked eye."
"That's nothing. I heard that when the Devil Emperor refined this golden demonic energy, a dark golden stream the thickness of a thumb appeared in mid-air. That was truly terrifying speed."
"Hiss, to be able to reach such speed... then... isn't the Devil Emperor Heaven-Favored Person?"
"Nonsense, if he weren't Heaven-Favored Person, how could he have broken through to the Emperor Realm at such a young age and become the youngest Emperor Realm expert among Devil Cultivator?"
"Who do you think is refining it faster, the Devil Venerable or the Lord?"
"Of course it's the Lord! Didn't you see that there's more golden demonic energy gathering around the Lord?"
The surrounding crowd was buzzing with discussion, but when they got to this point, everyone suddenly paused and slowly turned their gazes toward Yang Zhen.
If the more golden demonic energy gathers around, the faster the refining process will be, then what is Yang Zhen?
The golden demonic energy surrounding Yang Zhen was so dense that he was almost invisible. If this continued, wouldn't Yang Zhen Yang Zhen even more terrifying than the Venerable Lord once he mastered the method to refine the golden demonic energy?
But how could that be!
The Devil Cultivator, upon realizing this, exchanged wry smiles.
If Yang Zhen can even refine golden demonic energy, then there's no point in all the hard work of crawling out of the Demonic Sect and trying to carve out a place for themselves in the Main Realm. They could just go home, have children, and live a simple life of farming and weaving.
That's terrifying to even think about!
The Shameless Cat was still howling like a ghost, and many Devil Cultivator couldn't wait for Yang Zhen to die so that Shuya and Chen Xiaotian could refine the golden demonic energy and see if there was any inheritance of the Devil Emperor inside this mountain.
Now it seems that everything is developing in the direction everyone imagined, except for Yang Zhen, who is still struggling.
That bastard's got a really tough life.
However, it was obvious to everyone that Yang Zhen, being Saint Physique, naturally had a stronger resistance to the golden demonic energy than most of the people present.
But so what?
In the end, isn't it all the same—death?
The Shameless Cat was just acting on a whim. After howling for a while and finding that no one was paying attention to it anymore, it pouted and felt rather bored. Just as it was about to stop, Yang Zhen suddenly spoke.
"Damn Sage of Saunter, I'm not dead yet, what are you yelling about? Alright, stop Sage of Saunter, I suddenly don't want to die anymore."
The people around Yang Zhen had already felt a lot of sympathy for him, and many of the women looked sad and regretful for a long time. Some of the sentimental young ladies even had tears in their eyes.
But upon hearing Yang Zhen's words, everyone's eyes widened in shock, staring blankly at Yang Zhen, who was shrouded in golden demonic energy.
What does it mean to suddenly not want to die again?
Not to mention the Daoist and Devil Cultivator around them, even Shuya and Chen Xiaotian, who were in the golden demonic energy, stopped refining and looked at Yang Zhen with blank expressions.
This is within golden demonic energy! Let alone Daoist cultivators, even Devil Cultivator, unless they are at the Devil Venerable or Venerable level, and unless they possess a refining method, would not dare to casually barge in like this.
In this place, do you really think you can escape death just because you don't want to?
Everyone stared blankly at Yang Zhen, when suddenly they saw Yang Zhen walk out step by step, come to Shuya and Chen Xiaotian, and sit cross-legged with a thud, his chin almost hitting his feet.
What kind of operation is this?
The Shameless Cat looked at Yang Zhen with excitement and said to the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable beside him, "See? See? I told you this bastard was faking it! Damn, the show's about to start! Tsk tsk, it's been so long since I've been this excited. Kid, get cocky!"
With a strange cry from the Shameless Cat, everyone's eyes widened and mouths gaped open as they stared at Yang Zhen in disbelief. He was actually imitating Chen Xiaotian and Shuya's actions, seemingly trying to refine the golden demonic energy.
Shuya and Chen Xiaotian exchanged a glance, both seeing the absurdity in each other's eyes. They then turned to stare at Yang Zhen and burst into laughter.
"Boy, am I seeing things? You actually want to refine golden demonic energy?"
Chen Xiaotian's face revealed a playful expression, and he said, "Come, come, I can't wait to see how you refine the golden demonic energy."
Shuya couldn't help but chuckle, saying, "Kid, you're the most unconventional person I've ever met. If you want to disrupt our State of Mind of mind, you should at least choose a better method. What effect can your approach have other than making us laugh and look down on you?"
Yang Zhen opened his eyes, grinned, and said, "I can still stun you all!"
With that, Yang Zhen stretched, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's begin!"
As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, the surrounding world seemed to freeze instantly.
Shuya and Chen Xiaotian suddenly stood up, staring in horror at the surrounding world, especially at the golden demonic energy that also seemed to have frozen in place. They exclaimed in unison, "Impossible!"
"Impossible! How could you influence celestial phenomena in such a world? How... how did you do it?"
Chen Xiaotian's face was full of shock and disbelief as he stared intently at Yang Zhen Yang Zhen, as if trying to see through him inside and out.
"You can't do it?" Yang Zhen looked at Chen Xiaotian with curiosity.
"Ah!" Chen Xiaotian nodded hurriedly.
"Are you curious?"
"Ah!" Chen Xiaotian took two steps forward, staring intently at Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "I won't tell you!"
The next moment, something happened that shocked everyone.
The golden demonic energy suddenly became violent, like a tornado sweeping across the entire world, enveloping the golden demonic energy and forming a huge vortex in mid-air.
boom--!
At the center of the vortex, a thick, dark golden stream of energy, as thick as a tree trunk, rushed towards Yang Zhen. After a deafening roar, it struck Yang Zhen's head and sent Shuya and Chen Xiaotian flying.
"That's impossible!"
"How is this possible!"
The two spoke in unison, flying in mid-air, their faces full of bewilderment.
Not just the two of them, everyone around them, whether Devil Cultivator or Daoist cultivators, even the Shameless Cat, stared wide-eyed, exclaimed in disbelief, "How the hell is this possible?"