Chapter 75: I Am a Demon

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"Ugh-wooo!!!"

After landing, Lu Nian was quickly besieged by a large number of Giant Death Lizards; however, once the Warrior-level Giant Death Lizards got close to Lu Nian, they were like tofu, shattering at a single touch.

"At least Commander-level." Lv Cheng nodded.

Although Lu Nian could not truly fuse with the power of the Demon Element because his own Star River energy was insufficient, the amplification of his power was incomplete.

If it were Mo Fan, he could rival a Commander-level at the Intermediate stage, and at the High stage, he would be enough to rival a Monarch.

It is equivalent to skipping an entire major rank.

"Very unstable." Tso Lan sensed the energy changes within Lu Nian's body.

"His life is passing away rapidly; at the current speed, before the sun sets today, his life energy will be completely exhausted, and furthermore, his soul is also burning."

"Interesting, I didn't expect this world to have this type of Black Magic."

"Hmm?" Lv Cheng was stunned.

"You also understand this kind of magic?"

"Of course." Tso Lan smiled contemptuously.

"I am the most powerful Black Qi Wizard!"

"In this regard, no one understands it better than I do!"

"But their kind of magic, I can only describe as crude and shoddy!"

"The source of power after going berserk is actually drawn from the individual; it is truly stupid to the extreme!"

"With this kind of terrifying consumption, the human body and soul simply cannot hold on; the backlash is a minor matter, but if one is not careful, the soul will be burned away."

"Only a Demon can use this kind of simple magic."

Lv Cheng was stunned, "I can?"

"No, you cannot yet." Tso Lan said.

"Only a true Demon can; a Demon's soul is undying and indestructible, so even using this burning method cannot cause true harm, and it can be used at will. As for drawing life energy and spiritual energy from the flesh, this is not a problem at all for a Demon. In fact, this so-called Demon Element magic is essentially just a type of amplification magic that gains stronger power by burning a large amount of energy at once in a short time—brute force creates miracles. Demons don't need these little tricks; after all, their power is already unsolvable. Only weak humans would study these methods."

"But your soul has not fully developed yet, and you are not a complete Demon. Once the part of your soul that is human is injured, that Saint Warrior will come running out."

"Uh..." The corner of Lv Cheng's eye twitched.

"Then I'd better not use it."

Only the Demon side was the real him, while the Saint Warrior was merely his past life. As the past life of a Saint Warrior, there were even more distant past lives; those things, combined with the experiences of this lifetime to form a special personality, did not count as the real him.

Suppressing Righteous Qi to transform into a Demon did not have much impact on him. Strictly speaking, it merely purged those boring senses of justice and the part of human nature that contained weakness; he was still him.

After the Yin-Yang Splitting, his two personalities each wanted to kill the other. The reason was also simple: one side loathed his fate as a Saint Warrior, while the other despised his willingness to fall into becoming a Demon. The contradictions clashed, and they were as incompatible as fire and water.

"You... who exactly are you people?"

Jiang Yi looked with a stiff expression at Lv Cheng and Tso Lan, who were discussing topics that shattered her worldview.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself." Lv Cheng turned his head, his eyes flashing with the terrifying red light exclusive to a Demon. The Gate of Darkness opened, and the bottomless Dark Energy and Demon Qi instantly shrouded the entire Dongting Lake.

The heavens and earth changed color!

"I am a Demon, a true Demon!"

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"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~"

Outside Jinlin Desolate City, the white clouds were torn apart by messy air currents. A middle-aged man flapping his Wind Wings violently flew rapidly toward this side, bumping head-on into Mu Ningxue's group, who were being led out by Jingyun.

Just as Jingyun was about to launch an attack, Mu Ningxue stopped it, "Don't do it, we know them."

Why would Zhankong, the person in charge of the Bo City military, run here?

"Where are Mo Fan and Lv Cheng?" Zhankong asked anxiously.

Mu Nujiao looked vigilant and did not answer.

Having just escaped death, she no longer had any trust in Military Mages.

"That madman Lu Nian grabbed Mo Fan and flew into Dongting Lake. After A-Cheng sent us out, he also chased after them." Mu Ningxue said.

"Dongting Lake?" Zhankong's expression stiffened.

That place is the territory of demon beasts! Has Lu Nian really gone mad?

"He..."

Before Zhankong could ask more, a terrifying Darkness Qi erupted from the direction of Dongting Lake, expanding rapidly; in just a few breaths, it had expanded for dozens of kilometers.

"Darkness Qi?" Zhankong was stunned.

How could there be Darkness Qi in Dongting Lake? Isn't this the territory of the Pseudo-Dragon lizard?

Could there be unknown demon beasts here?

"Mu..." Zhankong originally intended to ask about the situation of Lu Nian and his subordinate Military Mages, but Jingyun did not want to stay here any longer. It looked at the dark sky, turned its head, and accelerated toward the direction of the Safe Zone.

Looking at the gloomy sky before him, Zhankong hesitated for a moment, but still turned and followed Mu Ningxue's group.

The pressure of this Darkness Qi had already exceeded the Commander-level, which meant that inside Dongting Lake, it was highly likely that a Monarch-level demon beast existed!

Now, he could only hope that Lv Cheng and Mo Fan were lucky enough to slip out of that hellhole.

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A few months later, on Dongting Lake.

Mo Fan woke up in a daze.

The dim sky, the thick smell of blood, and also...

"It hurts!"

An excruciating pain, as if his entire body had shattered, suddenly surged up, and Mo Fan almost fainted from the pain.

"It's good that it hurts; at least you're still alive." Lv Cheng's voice drifted over from not far away.

"Brother Cheng?" Mo Fan was stunned, "You... where is this?"

"Dongting Lake." Lv Cheng shook the roasted meat in his hand.

"Do you want some?"

"Yes!"

Feeling as though his stomach was about to cave in from hunger, Mo Fan didn't care what Lv Cheng was roasting, and he got up and ran toward the campfire.

"Brother Cheng, how did we... come... here?" Mo Fan wolfed down the roasted meat.

"Lu Nian kidnapped you, I couldn't just watch, so naturally I chased after you," Lv Cheng said.

"Brother Cheng, I..." Mo Fan looked moved.

"If you died, Xinxia would be sad," Lv Cheng said indifferently.

"Besides, you still owe me several favors; if you died, I would be at a loss."

If Ye Xinxia's feelings for him were a case of love that could not be attained, leading her to settle for the next best thing by choosing to wait for an opportunity as a younger sister, then for Ye Xinxia, Mo Fan was truly a brother.

After all, having been raised in the Mo Family since childhood, Ye Xinxia and Mo Fan still had a very good relationship.

Therefore, even if it weren't to make Mo Fan a tool to draw fire, he would still have taken action to save him.

He did not want that girl to be heartbroken.

This was the main reason why Mo Fan could still be alive and kicking after provoking him so many times.

There could be many tools, but there was only one Ye Xinxia.

(End of this chapter)