Even hybrid monsters have their day

Luan Hao wasn't a talkative person, but given that Xu Ruwen was Geng Miaowan's contracted beast, and that they had spent some time together, he answered all of Xu Ruwen's questions, though his words were somewhat brief.

After a long chat, Xu Ruwen roughly understood what had happened.

It turned out that after Luan Hao separated from Geng Miaowan's body, he sensed a faint trace of demonic energy emanating from Qiu Pi. The presence of demonic energy wasn't surprising, but the aura it emitted felt strangely familiar. Curious, he followed Qiu Pi's lead to the laboratory, where he discovered the source of the demonic energy.

The demonic energy here wasn't very dense, but it was very pure. What surprised Luan Hao the most was that his initial feeling was correct. This demonic energy was indeed very familiar to him, so familiar that it felt like it was meant to be his.

Xu Ruwen was shocked upon hearing this. He raised his voice in surprise, but then lowered it again for fear of being overheard. "You mean, this demonic energy is from the same source as your original demonic energy?"

How could this not surprise him? Although every demon possessed demonic energy, the demonic energy within each demon was different. It was like how all monsters possessed demonic energy, but the demonic energy within each monster was not the same as that within another.

"This is simply impossible..." Xu Ruwen still couldn't quite believe it. Luan Hao wasn't even from this space, so why would demonic energy of the same origin as his appear here? It was too unbelievable. "Besides, isn't primordial demonic energy only supposed to appear on the original body? Since yours is here, where else could there be..."

As he spoke, Xu Ruwen suddenly recalled those blood-red eyes, that face almost identical to Luan Hao's, and the powerful demonic aura emanating from him. Now that he thought about it, that demonic aura seemed very similar to the demonic aura emanating from the ball beside him.

His eyes widened suddenly. They were filled with shock; he felt no other emotion besides shock.

They come from the same source

They come from the same source

How could he not have thought of that!

Primal demonic energy originates from the body of a demon. When a demon's cultivation reaches a certain level, their spirit can exist independently of the body, and can also generate primal demonic energy. Therefore, there are only two conditions for generating primal demonic energy: a physical body and a spiritual body.

Luan Hao is a spiritual being, so if there's anything capable of generating his original demonic energy again, it can only be his physical body. However, logically speaking, once the spirit separates from the body, the body becomes nothing more than an empty shell, a vessel waiting for the spirit to return. Yet, his body spontaneously generated original demonic energy, which can only mean one thing:

Luan Hao's body has been corrupted by demons!

In other words, the demon Haotian they encountered at the Green Mountain Sect in the previous dimension was very likely a demonized form of Luan Hao's body. That is to say, the legendary demon on Mount Buzhou was actually Luan Hao's body!

Foxes are inherently intelligent, especially a thousand-year-old fox that has cultivated itself into a demon. From just a few words, Xu Ruwen deduced a fact that would shock anyone.

He suddenly felt his legs go weak. He reached out and grabbed something beside him to steady himself. He looked at Luan Hao, his eyes full of questions, but Luan Hao said nothing more, just stood there with his arms crossed, his face calm.

His action confirmed Xu Ruwen's suspicions. It turned out that he had known all along that his body had been corrupted by demons on Buzhou Mountain, but he had never told them.

Xu Ruwen didn't want to speculate on why he didn't tell them about this matter; even based on the conclusions he had drawn up himself, there were still many questions.

For example, how could a soulless body cultivate into a demon? Especially in a place like Buzhou Mountain, which is full of spiritual energy.

For example, setting aside the fact that Luan Hao's body became a demon, how did the demonic energy get into this space?

For example, what is this thing that's gushing out demonic energy?

All of this left him utterly bewildered, but he was unable to engage in any further conversation with Luan Hao, as Peng Yuxian beside him was clearly also astonished by their exchange.

Xu Ruwen tried his best to appear calm, but he couldn't hide the stunned look on his face. Although he didn't understand much of their conversation, he did understand one thing: the person imprisoned inside, Luan Hao, was a demon—a living, breathing demon!

He didn't know why a demon, something that only existed in ancient legends, would appear beside him, but it was enough to leave him stunned for a while. Moreover, he also realized that the power he admired that made Qiu Pi far stronger than himself was actually demonic energy.

And these people in front of him, including Geng Miaowan, he had checked their information. In this era where everyone is using electronic information, it is almost impossible that he could not find any information about them.

Even the unrecognizable mutants he captured could be found in his database, but these people in front of him seemed to have appeared out of thin air, without a trace to be found.

He couldn't help but wonder where these people had come from. He felt he had received too much information today and needed some time to process it.

Xu Ruwen looked at Peng Yuxian, who seemed a little dazed, and realized he had been too hasty, saying things Peng shouldn't have known in front of him. But the words were already out, and he couldn't take them back. He could only smile at him and say, "Did I scare you?"

"What exactly are you all...?"

"There are some things you'd better not know." When Xu Ruwen said this, his face was completely devoid of its usual gentleness; instead, it held an undeniable seriousness that Peng Yuxian had never seen on his face before.

For a fleeting moment, Peng Yuxian even felt that Xu Ruwen exuded a profoundness beyond his years. However, it vanished in an instant, as if it were all just his imagination.

He lowered his head and began to carefully fiddle with the device.

About four or five minutes later, accompanied by Peng Yuxian's shout of "All done!", the thing that had been holding Luan Hao suddenly emitted a bright light. After the light faded, it vanished without a trace, leaving only a platform about ten centimeters higher than the table. (To be continued.)