Chapter 275: About to Form the Golden Core

Yuan Yao closed her eyes, focusing her thoughts once more inside the sea of consciousness of Demon Lord Kui Shi.

But Demon Lord Kui Shi originally intended to sweep away the opponent's mental power in one go, yet his counterattack was interrupted by Xie Yan.

"Enter my hell, one sword strikes beyond the heavens!"

Boom!

That killing intent, honed to the extreme, transformed into an unstoppable fierce blade slashing toward Demon Lord Kui Shi; in an instant winds and clouds changed, surrounding yin winds gusted, as if falling into hell.

Kui Shi's expression shifted slightly; he swiftly raised his palm to block!

With a loud resonant sound rang out, Xie Yan swiftly approached Kui Shi, riding the residual wind of the impact.

His sword technique was extraordinarily fierce, each strike carrying astonishing sword intent.

Kui Shi had to focus on defending against Xie Yan's sword moves, and he sensed that the mysterious mental power had been suppressed by him to the point of offering no resistance.

There was not the slightest reaction.

Little did he know, Yuan Yao was gathering strength for a release.

She closed her eyes, fully sensing her own mental power; as she guided it, the mental power of the Nightmare Beast she had devoured gradually emitted a faint halo.

Kui Shi quickly noticed that the cluster of mental power, originally suppressed within his sea of consciousness, was emitting an abnormal halo, and a sense of unease rose in his heart.

His intuition told him he must immediately annihilate that cluster of mental power!

Kui Shi's expression turned solemn; after blocking an attack from Xie Yan, he was shaken back several steps, and taking the opportunity, he pressed his palms together, then opened them to find his palms condensed with terrifying demonic power, like a whirling black sphere.

Boom!

That whirling black sphere surged toward the white-clad youth.

The youth raised his sword and struck.

Yet he could not cleave it completely!

Moreover, this black whirlwind seemed to possess an extremely strange corrosive power; wherever it passed, both the surrounding air and the hard ground suffered severe corrosion and destruction!

Xie Yan's eyes narrowed slightly; he sensed that Kui Shi was attempting to employ a delaying tactic!

Surely Yuan Yao had encountered danger!

Xie Yan moved, swiftly circling around the whirling black sphere and heading toward Kui Shi's position.

But the next moment—

That whirling black sphere actually caught up to him in an instant.

Xie Yan quickly raised his sword to block; the intensely corrosive aura spread, gradually corroding his hand gripping the hilt!

A burning sting transmitted.

Xie Yan's face tightened; he fiercely swung a sword, using the momentum to retreat a distance, then immediately, with both hands on the sword, the blade soon bore black totem patterns.

These were sword patterns!

"Xuanming Sword, cutting dust and severing earth!"

As he swung the sword, the huge black blade sliced toward the whirling black sphere, instantly splitting it in two.

And Xie Yan did not cease his motion; his sword strikes rained down like a sudden shower!

Boom!

In an instant, the whirling black sphere exploded.

The youth's figure approached Kui Shi with the speed of thunder before one could cover their ears.

At this moment, Kui Shi, however, seemed struck by a thunderclap, his expression somewhat vacant.

As the youth's sword approach neared, Kui Shi instinctively defended.

Boom boom boom—

The two fighters' battle was intense.

Yet Xie Yan could see at a glance that his condition was very wrong, as if his soul had been drained, leaving only his body acting on instinct.

Xie Yan couldn't help but glance toward the direction where Yuan Yao was.

What on earth has Yuan Yao done?!

Meanwhile, within Kui Shi's sea of consciousness, the previously suppressed cluster of mental energy rapidly diffused, emitting a faint halo that gradually blanketed the entire sea of consciousness.

Like a great net.

Firmly locking it down.

Kui Shi's consciousness sank bit by bit, gradually falling into the nightmare.

In the nightmare, he returned to his childhood, when his grandmother was still alive. Although back then he and his grandmother were poor and weak, suffering endless bullying from other demons, she always used her meager strength to protect him.

"Our Ah Shi, it seems you've grown a little taller again." Grandmother appeared about forty or fifty years old, not young, her face covered in demonic patterns also gradually gaining wrinkles; she had a harsh countenance, yet she gave him all the remaining tenderness she possessed.

"Grandma..." Kui Shi called out foolishly.

Although Kui Shi had realized something was amiss here, upon seeing his grandmother whom he had not seen for hundreds of years, he could not help but choose to sink a little longer.

But by choosing to sink, he meant abandoning wakefulness.

That very moment, an intangible net of tenderness was woven, tightly binding him, making him forget everything that had happened in reality.

In reality, Kui Shi's mental power was being devoured bit by bit.

The speed grew ever faster.

Kui Shi's sea of consciousness gradually collapsed.

Meanwhile, Xie Yan, engaged in battle with Kui Shi, keenly noticed that Kui Shi's movements were becoming ever slower, as if gradually losing instinct.

Xie Yan seized the opportunity, swinging his sword toward Kui Shi's head.

But at the critical moment, Kui Shi's eyes seemed to gain a glimmer of light, and he dodged backward.

And Kui Shi's face gradually began to tremble.

This clearly indicated he was trying to break free from the bindings of the nightmare space!

At the same time, Yuan Yao felt Kui Shi's intense struggle, her chest tightened, and fresh blood welled up in her mouth.

She suffered a backlash!

Surely Kui Shi sensed the killing intent; his consciousness returned, and he wanted to quickly break free from the nightmare's shroud!

She had already swallowed half of his spiritual power—how could she possibly lose to him?!

Yuan Yao gritted her teeth, she simply gave up and went all out, and began frantically devouring his spiritual power.

At that moment, Kui Shi's seven orifices bled instantly, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

His expression was grim and terrifying; before he could even process what was happening, he was struck head-on by the attack of the white-clad youth.

Bang!

Kui Shi was flung to the ground, and one of his arms was severed.

"Ah……"

And Xie Yan continued to close in!

Kui Shi tried to flee, but a sudden stabbing pain shot through his sea of consciousness, and immediately his consciousness began to grow muddled!

His movement stalled.

Suddenly, Xie Yan's long sword pierced his chest.

Kui Shi's mouth gushed with fresh blood; just as Xie Yan was about to behead him, he faintly saw, in the distance, the cross-legged human girl……

"Yuan… Xiao……" six.

Before his words were finished, his head rolled to the ground.

And just at that moment——

Above the Ten Thousand Li Plain, the clouds were as black as ink, weighing heavily overhead, faintly flashing with lightning, like dragons baring fangs and claws; the sky was dark and gloomy, exuding a hint of terrifying dread.

A suffocating aura swept across the heavens and earth.

Immediately, a torrential rain poured down like water from a tipped bucket.

Bean-sized raindrops struck the youth's shoulders, while Xie Yan quickly condensed a spiritual power shield to block the rain; looking up, he saw the clouds still gathering like a rolling snowball.

And this direction……

It was none other than Yuan Yao's location!

Xie Yan's face darkened, he flickered, and rushed toward Yuan Yao.

Upon approaching, he noticed that the blood stains on Yuan Yao's face had been washed clean by the rain, her complexion was as pale as paper, and her clothes were soaked through.

Yet the girl's body emanated a light signaling an imminent breakthrough.

She……

Was about to form her Golden Core.