Absolute Destiny Game.

Chapter 534 The Primordial Cauldron
As soon as he entered the Hunyuan Cauldron, Xiao Jie felt as if he had fallen into a lava hell!
As far as the eye could see, there were only roaring, raging flames of five colors, tongues of fire licking the furnace walls with terrifying hissing sounds. The air was distorted by the intense heat, and the heatwaves felt like solid walls, compressing every inch of space. Beneath their feet was scorching metal, and all around them were the desperate cries of monsters, the air thick with the stench of charred fur and burning flesh.

A chill ran through him: It's over! Even if this is an illusion, the mission is definitely going to fail!

"No! I refuse! Let me out!" The restraining ropes binding the monsters quickly turned to ash under the high temperature, allowing them to break free. They desperately channeled their demonic power to form a protective shield against the flames, while frantically ramming against the furnace wall like headless flies, crying and cursing.

Xiao Jie also suffered the same fate. First, the ropes and talismans on his body were burned off by the flames. He quickly circulated his inner strength and demonic power. Fortunately, as the restriction was lifted, his power was restored.

What pleased him even more was that his treasured sword, which he always carried with him, was also taken down with him.

"Work together! Smash it! Watch this!" Niu Dali regained some strength, gathered all his demonic power, and slammed into a furnace wall!
"Thump—!" A loud noise echoed, but the furnace wall remained completely still! Niu Dali was thrown back by the force of the impact, spitting out blood.

The impact seemed to enrage the cauldron, causing the surrounding five-colored flames to surge several times over! A terrifying heatwave swept in! The protective shields of several weaker demons on the outer perimeter shattered instantly! Their fur hissed and burst into flames, their flesh rapidly carbonizing under the intense heat! A deer demon, already severely injured, screamed as its protective shield vanished completely. Its body, like a candle thrown into a furnace, melted away in the blink of an eye, leaving only a demon core the size of a pigeon's egg, emitting a faint blue light, suspended in the flames!
"Oh no! We're doomed!"

"Help!"

Desperate cries filled the air.

Xiao Jie stared intently at the floating demon core, a flash of inspiration cleaving through the darkness like lightning! A demon refiner! I'm a demon refiner too! If I can refine these demon cores, absorb their immense demonic power… and fuse the power of these thirty-seven great demons and demon kings into one… perhaps… there's still a glimmer of hope!
The power of a single demon core was clearly insufficient! He suddenly looked at the terrified demons around him—the only solution was to seize all the inner cores!
The risks are enormous! A normal demon refiner needs to refine a demon core step by step, which takes a long time. Moreover, having lived two lives and lacking skill buttons, whether he can successfully activate the demon refining technique is still unknown!
But at this moment, there's no time to consider any of that!
Fight for your life! Only by fighting for your life can you have a sliver of hope.

Xiao Jie's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his figure moved like lightning. He grabbed the unclaimed deer demon's inner core and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation!

"What are you doing?!"

"You bastard! Spit out Lu Lao Er's inner core!" Bi Lin Jun, who was closest to the scene, was furious upon seeing this. He swung his snake tail, bringing a foul wind and poisonous mist, and his sharp claws went straight for Xiao Jie's face!
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Jie's eyes, and he unleashed a lightning-fast slash. His Illusionary Annihilation Blade Technique, already nearing perfection, was pushed to its limit at this moment, the blade's speed surpassing even the speed of sight! *Pfft!* A ferocious snake head shot into the sky! The remains of the Azure Scale Lord rapidly turned to ashes in the flames, and another emerald green demon core emerged!
Xiao Jie didn't even look at it, grabbed it, and swallowed it again!

This has stirred up a hornet's nest! The demons instantly understood his intention!

"Captain Sui Feng has gone mad! He wants to steal my inner core!"

"Kill him! Kill this madman first!"

While the few demons who came from the military were still in shock, the great demons who came from the rebel army shouted and attacked Xiao Jie with various means! Some transformed into black winds and swept over, some sprayed highly corrosive venom, some shot out sharp spikes all over their bodies, and some condensed ice spikes and shot them out like raindrops!

Well come!
Xiao Jie's hair and beard stood on end. He was in dire straits. The vicissitudes and enlightenment he had accumulated over the decades had allowed him to reach a level of understanding of the "power of time's annihilation" that allowed him to act at will!

His aged face showed only determination and murderous intent.

The ultimate technique—illusion vanishes!
Buzz—! An invisible force that froze time and space suddenly spread out from Xiao Jie's center! Everything within the entire seven-zhang space inside the Hunyuan Cauldron—the churning flames, the flying venomous ice spikes, the rushing demons, even the ferocious expressions on their faces—froze instantly! As if they had been thrown into amber of absolute stillness!

The opportunity was fleeting! Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Jie's broken sword transformed into a vortex of death!

Ultimate Technique - Sweeping Away the Clouds!
In the frozen space, only Xiao Jie's sword light transformed into a whirlwind of blades!
The Tiger Roar and Dragon Cry Divine Skill was unleashed at full power. The sword energy it unleashed was not merely cutting, but rather erupted with unparalleled shock and tearing force! The solidified monster's body, like fragile glass, shattered and disintegrated inch by inch in the violent storm of sword energy! The sounds of bones cracking and flesh tearing were stretched into a teeth-grinding buzzing sound by the frozen time! Crimson blood mist instantly filled the entire solidified space!
Swish! Swish! Swish! The blades vanished! Time stop was lifted!

*Thud thud thud thud—!* Blood rained down! Limbs and severed bodies fell like raindrops! More than half of the demons were shredded into pieces in the instantaneous explosion! A few demon kings with extremely strong physical bodies withstood the attack by relying on their instinctive protective demonic light, but they were all broken and covered in blood!

dead!
Without pausing, Xiao Jie moved with his blade, transforming into a blur as he lunged at the heavily wounded dragon spirit! The blade flashed like a bolt of lightning, aiming straight for its vital point!

The dragon spirit instinctively tried to condense water to protect itself, but instantly discovered that there was not a trace of water power in the blazing furnace.

In an instant, Xiao Jie's blade precisely sliced ​​into the faint crack of the dragon's neck, severing the thick neck bone without any resistance! The enormous dragon's head rolled off! The massive dragon body crashed to the ground, quickly engulfed by flames, leaving behind a blue demon core shrouded in mist.

"Captain Suifeng, spare my life! We can talk this out! You can have all the treasures!" a tortoise spirit with a turtle shell begged in terror. Its response was a merciless flash of blade light!
"So be it... I'm going to die anyway... It's better to die by Captain Sui Feng's blade than to be refined into pills..." The last bear-man captain was an old acquaintance of Xiao Jie's army. Looking at the mess on the ground, he gave a bitter laugh, actually giving up resistance and closing his eyes to await death. A complex look flashed in Xiao Jie's eyes, but without the slightest hesitation, his blade flashed, giving him a quick death. The raging flames quickly turned the ruins on the ground into ashes, leaving only thirty-seven demon cores of different colors and flowing light, floating like stars in the churning sea of ​​fire!

Driven by the refining power of the cauldron, they slowly converged towards the center.

Xiao Jie dared not hesitate for a moment! His protective aura rapidly melted under the terrifying heat, and his skin felt an intense burning pain! He opened his mouth, and with a surge of demonic power, like a whale sucking in water, he swallowed all thirty-seven demon cores! Then he sat cross-legged and frantically circulated the "Demon Refining Technique"!
*Pfft!* The moment he began to circulate his energy, Xiao Jie spat out a mouthful of black blood! Thirty-seven streams of violent, unruly, and resentful demonic power erupted within his body! Like thirty-seven mad beasts rampaging through his meridians and dantian! They clashed and tore at each other, utterly unwilling to be refined! The guiding power of the Demon Refining Technique seemed so insignificant before this torrent!

His protective aura shattered completely! Five-colored flames licked at his body, his robes instantly turning to ash, and his skin sizzled as it burned! The pain was excruciating!

Comrades! Heroes! Xiao Jie roared silently in his mind, trying to communicate with the remaining demon souls within the demon core—I know you are unwilling! But if we continue to fight amongst ourselves, we will all be annihilated here! Lend me your power for now! If you can break free from the cauldron, your souls may have a chance to survive and be reincarnated! It's better than turning to ashes here and never being reborn!
Perhaps it was the cries in this desperate situation that touched something, or perhaps the demon souls also sensed the crisis of utter annihilation, because the violent and conflicting torrent of demonic power actually showed a slight stagnation!
Now! Xiao Jie no longer held back, no longer pursuing slow refining and purification. Instead, he opened a floodgate and pushed the Demon Refining Technique to its limit, frantically devouring and fusing the thirty-seven mixed and vast demonic powers! A tsunami-like power surged into his limbs and bones!
Time was of the essence, and he had no time to purify the spiritual energy in the demon core. He could only absorb the demonic power and spiritual energy together, and the consequences of doing so soon became apparent.

A agonizing, inhuman roar erupted from deep within Xiao Jie's throat! His body underwent a horrific mutation! His muscles and bones swelled, twisted, and proliferated wildly under the impact of the violent energy! It was as if countless venomous snakes and giant pythons were writhing and thrashing beneath his skin!

With a hiss, a pair of enormous, fleshy wings covered in black scales and with sharp, knife-like edges tore through its back and suddenly opened!

The muscles in both feet bulged and swelled, covered with hard keratin, transforming into heavy black iron hooves!
The bones in his fingers grew out of proportion, and his fingernails transformed into the sharp claws of a fierce tiger, gleaming with a cold light!
Two thick, curved bull horns, wrapped with black flame patterns, burst out of his skull from either side of his forehead!

Its canine teeth grew out of its mouth, turning into pale white fangs dripping with poisonous saliva!
The skin under his ribs tore open, and two strange arms covered with bluish-black scales and sharp bone blades emerged!

At the end of the spine, a dragon's tail, covered in bone spurs and ending in a ferocious hammerhead, suddenly lashed out!
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Jie had transformed into a terrifying, deformed amalgamation, nearly three zhang tall, with massive black scales and wings that blotted out the sky on its back, demonic horns on its head, fangs bared in its mouth, four arms growing out of proportion, bull hooves pounding the ground, a dragon tail coiled around its body, and its entire body covered with messy scales, bone spurs, and writhing muscles!

A violent, chaotic, and destructive aura, like a tangible shockwave, shook the cauldron, causing it to hum loudly!
Xiao Jie raised one hand, looking at the terrifying arm that exuded explosive power, and a strange excitement welled up in his heart.

Such—powerful—strength!
A terrifying power, unlike anything he had ever experienced before, seemed capable of tearing the sky apart and shattering the earth, surged within him! This power was like boiling lava, violent and chaotic, filled with thirty-seven completely different imprints of will. Every heartbeat brought a tearing, throbbing pain, and every breath exhaled a chaotic whirlwind of demonic energy.

With every gesture, the air seemed to explode under the strain!

However, this power was not entirely under control; it was filled with destructive impulses, and if one was not careful, it would backfire on him! Xiao Jie felt the distorted body and the world-destroying energy within him, and his heart was filled with fear and a twisted ecstasy!

Now is not the time to slowly adapt! Now is the time to get started!
Roar—! He let out a terrifying roar that was a mixture of dozens of wild beast roars, clenching his fists with all four arms at the same time, gathering the chaotic and boundless demonic power within his body! Then, using his head, covered with thick bone armor and sprouting demonic bull horns, as a battering ram, he used all his strength to smash into a slightly dimmed rune node on the furnace wall that Niu Dali had previously struck!

boom--! ! !
Outside the Primordial Chaos Cauldron, the young Daoists were intently focused on activating their incantations, fanning the flames. This sudden, deafening roar, like a thunderclap from the heavens, exploded within the hall! The entire stone hall trembled violently, and dust fell in a flurry!

"Master!!" The sword-wielding boy looked at Qixiazi in horror.

Qixiazi frowned slightly, then regained his composure and said calmly, "What's the panic! The Hunyuan Cauldron is a divine artifact passed down from the Upper Realm. How could a mere demon break it? Keep adding fuel to the fire, don't miss the appointed time..."

The words have not yet been spoken!

Boom—!!! Another, even more violent and muffled roar! Accompanied by a teeth-grinding sound of metal tearing apart! Everyone looked in horror and saw a huge, glaring, centipede-like crack appear on the seemingly indestructible, dark cauldron wall!
"Impossible—!" Qixiazi suddenly stood up, his face changing drastically. "Quick! Activate the restriction with all your might! Suppress..."

Boom boom boom——!!!!

The deafening explosion completely drowned out his roar! The thick walls of the Hunyuan Cauldron, over a foot thick, were as if struck head-on by a meteorite, violently blasting open a huge hole over ten feet in diameter! Hot metal fragments flew everywhere like cannonballs!
The raging flames erupted as a wave of fire.

Amidst the churning, five-colored flames and billowing smoke, a terrifying demonic figure—with massive, black-scaled wings that blot out the sky, demonic horns on its head, bared fangs, ferocious arms, and fiery hooves—burst forth from the hole, carrying an aura of world-destroying ferocity! Molten metal droplets still clung to its body, emanating a foul stench of sulfur and blood, its fur charred black by the flames, resembling a demon god crawling out from the deepest depths of hell!
"You—bastard—!" Qixiazi's eyes were bloodshot, his hair and beard stood on end, all traces of his immortal demeanor gone, replaced only by boundless rage and the violent rage of someone whose treasure had been taken from him! "How dare you destroy my immortal foundation and steal my fortune! I will grind you to dust, refine your soul, and extract your marrow! Prepare to die!"

He roared, his magical power surging, and he soared into the air, rushing straight at the terrifying demonic shadow that emerged from the broken cauldron!
(End of this chapter)