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Chapter 868 A Seventh-Order Dao-Merging Treasure, the Devouring Sky Rat King Makes Its First Appearance

After learning the function of this item.

Holding the Demon Refining Bottle, the Devouring Rat was already envisioning its future demonic existence.

It immediately put away the Demon Refining Bottle with excitement and said to Qin Ming, "Please rest assured, Master, with this treasure, I will definitely collect a massive amount of demon souls for you."

Immediately, the Sky-Devouring Rat excitedly and impatiently returned to the front lines.

"Wait a minute, there's still something I haven't finished explaining," Qin Ming called out to it.

The Devouring Rat suddenly appeared, clutching the Demon Refining Bottle, and asked with a fawning smile, "Master, is there anything else?"

"This seventh-tier fusion treasure is beyond your current level to activate, and you will need to use my special Treasure-Connecting Technique to do so," Qin Ming explained calmly.

Upon hearing this, the Devouring Rat suddenly realized, "I see. Then, activating this treasure won't consume a lot of my demonic power, will it?"

"That's natural. Controlling high-level treasures is not that simple. With your current cultivation level, you can probably only barely activate it once every six months or so."

Qin Ming immediately taught the Devouring Sky Rat the secret formula of the Demon Refining Bottle, and also gave it some immortal jade and pills to restore its demonic power.

To avoid the treasure turning on its owner and draining them dry.
That big, burly Devouring Rat actually tried to leave with the treasure bottle, probably naively thinking he could control the Demon Refining Bottle on his own.

After a while.

After learning about Qin Ming's method of controlling treasures, the Devouring Rat's expression became rather strange.

It scratched its head, and asked uncertainly, "Master, is the incantation for this treasure really that simple?"

Qin Ming nodded without hesitation, and then let it go.

Qin Ming returned to his cave, consumed some Taiyi Void Rice, and continued his cultivation, steadily progressing towards the late stage of Void Refinement.

A phantom image of a lush and towering ancient tree emerged from behind him, and the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) surged into his body one after another like mayflies.

The magical aura emanating from Qin Ming gradually began to rise.

After the cultivation was completed.

Qin Ming exuded an aura of age, his entire being resembling an evergreen ancient tree, standing tall and unyielding through the ages.

The two girls, Little Silver Fox and Tian Ling'er, also followed him in cultivation, and their cultivation levels improved significantly along the way.

Under the careful care of the two women, Qin Ming's spiritual field was well-managed and organized, allowing him to cultivate in seclusion at any time without affecting the growth of spiritual plants.

With these spirit pets, he can focus on his cultivation without worrying about the outside world.

……

the other side.

On the border of the Golden Turtle Water Palace, the sounds of battle between the two countries shook the heavens. Huge high-level beasts stood in front, while behind them were densely packed demon armies facing off.

War is like a meat grinder, reaping the lives of countless demons.

Xuan Shui Crocodile and Blue Ice Fairy are engaged in a fierce battle with several powerful demons led by One-Eyed Owl.

For decades, the two sides have fought back and forth, and have been evenly matched.

In a normal situation, it is rare for a game to end in a one-sided situation.

High above, a fierce wind swirls.

The Xuan Shui Crocodile, wielding a black wolf-tooth club, deflected the One-Eyed Owl's attack with a single blow, causing blinding arcs of electricity to erupt from the sky and spread in all directions.

One-Eyed Owl wielded a long black sword, and the aura he exuded with every move was not much weaker than that of the Black Water Crocodile; he was brimming with fighting spirit.

The two have now clashed many times on the battlefield.

Blue Ice Fairy transformed into an ice phoenix and fought against Emperor Chen, the Holy Son of the Night Owl Clan.

The immense spatial energy fluctuations caused nearby low-level demons to only dare to observe from afar, and dare not approach easily.

"Damn it! It's actually the rare ancient Ice Phoenix bloodline, and it seems to be quite pure."

Emperor Chen Saint Son transformed into a giant black bird, its countless wings turning into blades, and slashed towards Blue Ice Fairy.

The ice phoenix transformed from the Blue Ice Fairy was radiant. With a flap of its enormous wings, it suddenly unleashed a burst of icy power, freezing all of the opponent's attacks into ice shards.

at this time.

In the dark.

Emperor Chen's eyelids twitched violently. He suddenly sensed a chilling aura approaching, so he immediately abandoned his attack on Fairy Lan Bing and dodged to the side.

Swish!
A black steel fork suddenly shot out from the void, striking the afterimage of Emperor Chen Saint Son.

"Heh! You actually dodged it."

A ripple appeared in the void, revealing the form of the Sky-Devouring Rat, which looked at Emperor Chen Saint Son with surprise.

Emperor Chen, the Holy Son, almost fell for its trick again, and his face turned extremely sinister.

This stinky rat has an extremely strange bloodline talent; it's good at hiding and ambushing. Last time, I was stabbed right through the heart by it.

He was about to step forward and retaliate to avenge that arrow wound.

But then the Devouring Rat suddenly put away its Immortal-Slaying Halberd, put its small hands behind its back, and said in a calm and collected manner, as if it were a master:
"You bunch of stinky birds, you're always bothering me. My Demon General has already forged a supreme treasure, and he can take you all in."

"Today is your death day."

Upon hearing this, Fairy Blue Ice flew down to the side of the Devouring Rat.

The one-eyed owl, who was fighting the Xuan Shui Crocodile, heard the Devouring Rat's confident tone and, not thinking it was a lie, immediately retreated without further thought.

I want to see what tricks they're up to.

Below, the densely packed armies of the two demon races were still engaged in fierce combat.

With a flick of its small hand, the Devouring Rat conjured a black jade bottle about an inch tall, which suddenly appeared in mid-air, emanating a vast and profound aura.

In an instant, all the demons' eyes fell on the Demon Refining Bottle in the void.

Both One-Eyed Owl and Emperor Dust Saint Son released their demonic thoughts at the same time, wanting to further explore the depths of this treasure.

Although they could sense that the treasure in front of them was of a high grade, they had no recollection of this type of bottle-shaped treasure.

But the next moment.

An unbelievable scene unfolded before their eyes.

When their demonic thoughts approached the Demon Refining Bottle within a certain range, they were forcibly sucked into the bottle by a force of attraction.

Moreover, the situation was about to worsen, so the two quickly withdrew their demonic thoughts.

A look of deathly fear appeared on the faces of One-Eyed Owl and Emperor Dust Saint.

They immediately determined the grade of the treasure in the strange black bottle before them.

"How is this possible? A seventh-tier Dao Integration Treasure!"

The Devouring Rat didn't waste any more words with the two of them. It immediately began chanting incantations, then made a hand seal and pointed at the Demon Refining Bottle:
"Please baby, turn around!"

In the blink of an eye, the words had fallen.

Swish!
A vast and extraordinary aura reverberated between heaven and earth. Numerous profound and mysterious restrictive spiritual patterns appeared on the body of the Demon Refining Bottle, and a large patch of gray mystic light shot out from the bottle's mouth.

In an instant, a gray dazzling light swept across the demons of the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom's camp. When One-Eyed Owl saw that the Devouring Sky Rat had actually activated this seventh-tier Dao Integration Treasure, he immediately felt a sense of impending doom—an intuition honed over thousands of years of immersion in the demon race.

This is also an important reason why he was able to cultivate all the way to become the number one person in the lower stage of the Integration Realm.

Without saying a word, before the mystical light of the Demon Refining Bottle could even fall, he immediately used a secret technique that consumed his own essence, transforming into a streak of black light and vanishing from the spot.

Emperor Chen Saint Son reacted a beat too late, and by the time he tried to escape the range of the Demon Refining Bottle, it was already too late.

He was the first to be hit by the gray light from the Demon Refining Bottle.

"what!"

He let out a scream, and the moment the gray light fell, all the defensive measures of the treasures became ineffective.

Emperor Chen Saint felt as if his demon soul had been forcibly ripped from his body and was involuntarily drifting towards the Demon Refining Bottle.

If even the Holy Son of the Night Owl Clan is like this, then there's no need to say more about the demon cultivators below.

Countless demon souls were forcibly extracted and poured into the demon-refining bottle.

This Demon Refining Bottle is naturally extremely effective against demons and monsters. Even a sixth-level demon cultivator who is struck by the Xuan light will only perish, unable to make any struggle.

The countless demon souls were instantly absorbed into the demon-refining bottle.

The moment the Devouring Sky Rat activated the Demon Refining Bottle, it felt its demonic power being instantly drained, leaving it with an extreme sense of emptiness. Its legs trembled, and it almost lost its balance.

It hurriedly took out the immortal jade and recovery pills given to it by Qin Ming, and put them all into its mouth to replenish its demonic power.

This time it had consumed a great deal of energy, but when it saw the terrifying power of the Demon Refining Bottle, its eyes shone with excitement.

It was clear that the soul of the Holy Son of Emperor Dust was about to be separated from his body.

But then a blood-red mark flashed between his brows, followed by an aura of royalty descending upon him, and a tall, black phantom appeared behind him.

The moment the black phantom appeared, it revealed an aura above the seventh rank, its hands forming a seal to protect the Holy Son of Emperor Dust.

It actually blocked the Demon-Devouring Nether Light released by the Demon-Refining Bottle for a moment, and the soul of Emperor Chen Saint Son immediately returned to his own body.

His usually arrogant gaze revealed a rare look of fear; if it weren't for the life-saving measures left by his father, the king, he would have been in danger.

He estimated that he had already been sucked into that seventh-tier jade bottle.
Having regained control of his body, Emperor Chen, like the One-Eyed Owl, fled the place without looking back.

The two of them managed to escape, but the others, lacking the background and abilities of these two demons, were all sucked into the demon-refining bottle with screams of agony.

Just this one moment.

Tens of thousands of demon souls were forcibly sucked into it.

Those demons, having lost their demon soul masters, were left with only empty shells, and they all fell down like wheat in swathes.

Such a terrifying scene, witnessed by all the demons, sent their souls flying.

Seeing that even the Holy Son Di Chen, who had led the army into battle, had fled, the rest of the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom's army also retreated and ran away.

With this single suction, the Demon Refining Bottle harvested more than half a bottle of fresh demon souls. The surface of the treasure shimmered with an oily sheen, radiating a joyful and exuberant emotion.
Xuan Shui Crocodile and Blue Ice Fairy also looked at the bottle, never expecting that the treasure Qin Mingxin had just refined would be so domineering.

Even if it was just given to the Devouring Sky Rat, it was enough to frighten away the two great demon cultivators of the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom and also harvest tens of thousands of demon cultivators.

The Devouring Rat, silent until it makes a sound, has now become the focus of everyone's attention.

With a casual wave of its hand, it retrieved the Demon Refining Bottle and stood proudly.

"Brother Rat, this bottle is truly a treasure of immense power. It seems to have a very strong restraining effect on the demon race. It seems that the master is really good to you."

Even the usually aloof Blue Ice Fairy, upon witnessing the power of the Dao-Merging Treasure, couldn't help but ask another question.

The Devouring Rat remained motionless, but urgently transmitted its voice to her: "Fairy Blue Ice, quickly help me! My demonic power is exhausted. I can't hold on much longer."

Upon hearing this, Fairy Blue Ice was taken aback for a moment, knowing her temperament, and was quite speechless.

After helping the Sky-Eating Rat to its feet, she flew away and disappeared from the spot.

The remaining battlefield will be cleaned up by the Xuan Shui Crocodile.

After this battle, the Devouring Sky Rat really stole the show, as many demon cultivators witnessed its incredible power on the day of the battle.

The Devouring Rat, carrying its frail body, walked along the wall and, with the help of the Blue Ice Fairy, finally made it back to White Ape Island.

It handed the bottle, which contained most of the demon race's life souls, to Qin Ming, and weakly said, forcing out a breath:
“Master, I have fulfilled my mission and completed the task.”

Qin Ming took the Demon Refining Bottle and weighed it in his hand. With just a slight observation, he could tell that there were quite a few fresh living souls inside.

This is completely incomparable to the remnant souls collected at Bull Demon Mountain.

Now, the Demon Refining Bottle even contains the life souls of several sixth-order great demons.

Presumably, this time they will be able to obtain a considerable amount of incense offerings and prayers from the Six Paths Saint Ancestor.

He immediately patted the Devouring Rat on the shoulder as was his habit and said, "Well done, I will remember this as a great achievement."

But to everyone's surprise, the Devouring Rat collapsed to its knees and slumped to the ground after being struck by him.
……

Inside the capital of the Holy Feather Demon Kingdom.

Emperor Chen, who had narrowly escaped death from the power of the Demon Refining Bottle, and One-Eyed Owl reunited.

At this moment, both of them looked extremely puzzled.

"Damn it! How could that stinky rat control such a powerful seventh-tier Dao Integration Treasure? And even be able to activate it?"

Enraged, Emperor Chen Saint Son smashed the stone table beside him into dust with a single palm strike.

Standing before the two of them was the gray-robed elder of the Night Owl Clan.

His withered face showed a deep contemplation, but in the end he still couldn't figure it out.

"I have never heard of a seventh-order Dao-merging treasure in the bottle category, especially one specifically designed for our demon race."

"It can even trigger the life-protecting mark that the Demon Emperor left on you, Holy Son, which is enough to show that this thing is extremely extraordinary."

"It can ignore all defenses and directly absorb and strip away demon souls. Even I, an old man, would not be very confident in dealing with this thing. It is truly troublesome."

The gray-robed elder seemed to know very little about the existence of the Demon Refining Bottle.

The one-eyed owl's blind eye flashed a red light as it speculated, "If even the elders don't know, then it seems that the Wanze Demon Kingdom must have researched and refined some kind of treasure specifically targeting their own race."

"One of these is fine, but what if we get a few more? What would that be like?"

During their conversation, the group revealed their deep apprehension about the emergence of the Demon Refining Bottle.

After all, a treasure capable of instantly collecting countless demon souls is a veritable harvester on the battlefield.

……

Inside White Ape Island.

Qin Ming then sent Fairy Blue Ice to take the Devouring Sky Rat to rest and recuperate.

It's estimated that the Devouring Rat won't be able to recover its energy consumption in less than ten days to half a month.

Qin Ming took most of the bottle of demon souls and entered the small spirit realm, into the room where the statue of the Candlelight God was placed.

They immediately resumed the ritual and sacrifice.

(End of this chapter)