The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

"Is it worth becoming this inhuman and ghostly appearance just to improve your cultivation?"

Looking at the Ice Demon's appearance, Lu Yao couldn't help but ask.

The Ice Demon's tyrannical expression suddenly froze, and a flash of resentment appeared in his eyes.

"Shut up! Do you know the price I paid to reach the Foundation Establishment stage? You don't know! You'll never understand! As long as I can improve my cultivation, what does it matter if I'm no longer human! Power! All I want is power!"

The Ice Demon's eyes were blood red, and her gaze toward Lu Yao was filled with evil intent.

After saying that, the ice demon unleashed a blood-red aura and swung its ice scythe and iron blade at the enemy.

In its demonic form, the Ice Demon's speed was more than twice as fast as before.

"Since that's the case, then die here."

Lu Yao shook his head, deciding not to continue playing with the Ice Demon.

"Thunder Soul Pearl!"

Lu Yao's heart stirred, and the Thunder Soul Pearl instantly appeared in front of him, bursting out with terrifying lightning.

Countless lightning snakes rushed towards the ice demon, encircling it tightly and tearing at it frantically.

"Thunder magic?!"

The Ice Demon's tyrannical expression changed, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

Lightning magic has a natural resistance to malevolent energy, while the Ice Demon's demonic state utilizes the transformation of malevolent energy.

The ice demon quickly cast a spell, manipulating ice scythes and iron blades to surround itself and block the incoming lightning.

"Nether Thunder Arrow!"

A lightning arrow shot out in an instant, transforming into a streak of black lightning that hurtled towards the ice demon.

"not good!"

The Ice Demon's spiritual senses issued a frantic warning. Seeing the lightning approaching, the Ice Demon didn't have time to cast a spell and directly used its ice scythe and iron blade to block it.

"boom!"

A thunderous roar erupted, blasting the ice demon away. The wildly dancing lightning snakes attacked again, the terrifying lightning piercing right through the ice demon.

The demon's supposedly formidable defenses were as fragile as paper before Lu Yao's lightning magic, failing to unleash their full power.

"Thunder Tiger!"

Another Foundation Establishment level spell was cast instantly, and a giant tiger formed from lightning appeared and charged directly at the ice demon.

"Ahhhh!"

Lightning crackled around the ice demon, constantly eroding its malevolent aura. The intense pain coursing through its body caused the ice demon to roar incessantly.

"boom!"

Thunder Tiger arrived in an instant, crashing into the Ice Demon. In just a few breaths, the Ice Demon was reduced to a pile of charred remains.

"Is this the Blood Coagulation Five Elements Pill?"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Yao snatched a blue pill from the charred remains of the ice demon.

According to the original text, the Five Elements Blood Coagulation Pill can increase the chance of forming a Core, but it can only form a Demon Core similar to that of a demon beast. Its strength is much weaker than that of a normal Core Formation cultivator, and it will never be able to break through to the next level.

However, this does not diminish the preciousness of the Five Elements Blood Coagulation Pill. After all, for many cultivators, forming a core is something they wouldn't even dare to dream of, so they have no right to worry about what happens after forming a core.

The Black Fiend Cult leader cultivated the four Blood Servants precisely for this item, to be used for Core Formation.

Lu Yao, however, knew that the Five Elements Blood Condensation Pill was used by the Ji Xuan lineage to refine puppets.

A cultivator who has formed a Demon Core has a stronger body than a normal Core Formation cultivator, making them top-notch material for making puppets. And flesh and blood puppets have always been a strength of the Extreme Brilliance lineage.

After carefully putting away the Five Elements Blood Coagulation Pill, Lu Yao looked up at the distance.

"It looks like someone has run into the Four Blood Servants."

Lu Yao chuckled, immediately realizing who was fighting not far away.

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"Damn it! This blood cocoon looks just like a tortoise shell."

Song Meng brandished his golden spear, glancing at the blood cocoon not far away, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

His golden spear was a top-grade magic weapon, but the blood cocoon remained completely unharmed after being struck by him and his fellow disciples.

"What a bizarre technique! This person must be connected to Xiao Liu's disappearance! We must capture him!"

Liu Jing looked at the blood cocoon, a solemn expression flashing in his eyes.

"The power of this blood cocoon is increasing, what should we do?"

Zhong Weiniang came to Liu Jing's side, her face showing anxiety.

"No rush. This person's blood cocoon is too strange. Let's continue our attack. We absolutely cannot let him use his secret technique!"

Yu Kun, wielding a top-grade magic weapon, gritted his teeth and activated it again, bombarding the blood cocoon.

They originally thought that capturing a wicked cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment would be a piece of cake, but they didn't expect him to be so troublesome.

The one who fought against Yu Kun and the others was Tie Luo. After receiving the message from the Ice Demon, he immediately set off from the imperial city. Unexpectedly, he encountered Yu Kun and the others as soon as he left the imperial city.

Yu Kun and the others naturally wouldn't let Tie Luo go easily, and immediately began to interrogate him about Wu Xuan's whereabouts.

After a few exchanges, the two sides started fighting. With the help of the demon transformation technique, Tie Luo was able to hold off Yu Kun and the others for a short time.

Tie Luo believed that the other Blood Servants could sense the commotion outside the imperial city and that reinforcements were on their way. Naturally, Tie Luo was not intimidated at all and instead planned to capture Blood Sacrifice along with Yu Kun and the others.

Knowing that one of the four Blood Servants was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and could reach the late-Foundation Establishment stage after using the Demon Transformation Secret Technique, Tie Luo believed that taking down Yu Kun and the others would not be a problem.

What he had to do was stall for time and wait for the other blood servants to arrive.

...Lu Yao ignored Yu Kun and the others, and instead went directly into the imperial city.

The guards in the imperial city naturally couldn't have discovered Lu Yao, but when Lu Yao arrived outside the Yue Emperor's palace, he found that the guards had all turned into members of the Black Fiend Sect.

"We couldn't find that the Yue Emperor's palace has been turned into a base of the Black Fiend Cult."

Lu Yao smiled and shook his head, not bothering to conceal his aura, and headed straight for the palace.

"Who are you?! How dare you trespass into the palace!"

The Black Fiend Cult members quickly spotted Lu Yao and immediately took out their magical artifacts to surround him.

"Where is your leader? Let him come out and face his death."

Lu Yao calmly looked at these small fry of the Black Fiend Cult, showing them no interest whatsoever.

"Where did this arrogant fool come from! Seize him!"

A Black Fiend Sect member at the late Qi Refining stage gave a soft shout and led his men to attack Lu Yao.

"Ice cone technique!"

Countless extremely cold ice spikes erupted in all directions, instantly killing more than a dozen Black Fiend Cult members.

Lu Yao made no attempt to conceal his aura, and his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation erupted.

"This immortal lord, trespassing into the imperial city and wantonly killing people, isn't he afraid of being held accountable by the seven major sects?"

A man dressed in a dragon robe suddenly appeared, glanced at the dead Black Fiend Cult disciple on the ground, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"So you are the Emperor of Yue? Your concealment technique is quite good, but unfortunately it's useless against me."

Lu Yao's eyes flickered slightly. Wearing a dragon robe, he was undoubtedly the Emperor of Yue. Ordinary people might not be able to sense the fluctuations of magical power on his body, but Lu Yao had cultivated a more profound technique of concealing his aura, so he could see through it at a glance.

"You actually found out? Then I can't let you live. I just happen to need a few more sacrifices. I'll take you down first, then deal with the others outside the city."

A crimson glint flashed in Yue Huang's eyes, and his entire body surged with murderous aura, revealing that he was a cultivator at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.