The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Located in the Blood Demon's lair, Chu Xiu moved in his divine soul form, hiding in a crack above the lair.

Below lies the Butterfly Queen's enormous true form, which, having lost its divine soul, is currently in a dormant state.

His body was emaciated, his life essence had long been drained by the thousands of blood demons, and he was on the verge of death.

Around his true form were blood demons whose cultivation was higher than Chu Xiu's.

Fortunately, these blood demons were all without souls and could not sense Chu Xiu's existence in his soul state.

According to his plan, as long as he lands on the Butterfly Queen's true form, puts it into his storage space, and then quickly leaves the Blood Demon's Nest, he will be considered victorious.

Chu Xiu frowned, his inner alarm bells ringing, reminding him that if he exposed his hiding place at this moment, he would surely die without a burial place.

"Could there be even stronger blood demons among them here, but I just haven't seen them?"

At this moment, Chu Xiu dared not release his divine soul power, so he could only hide in the domain released by the Azure Flame Cone and seek another method.

"A feint to the east while attacking in the west...may be feasible."

Soon, Chu Xiu remembered the jar of Blood Demon Source inside his storage space.

This thing is something even the Blood Demon Emperor envies.

The drop that Chu Xiu had previously used to scout ahead had already been absorbed into the Blood Demon Emperor's body.

This single drop caused the Blood Demon Emperor's strength to increase by three percent.

If the entire jar were refined by the Blood Demon Emperor, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chu Xiu took out a tiny bit of Blood Demon Source, just a tiny bit... the kind you wouldn't even notice if it fell on the ground.

Only in this way can the aura of the Blood Demon Source be kept from being detected by the Blood Demon Emperor outside the lair.

Chu Xiu used his divine soul power to envelop this source of blood demon energy, aimed at the passage he had come through, and launched it out.

Almost the instant the Blood Demon Source broke free from Chu Xiu's soul envelope...

The blood demons surrounding the Butterfly Queen's true form sensed the appearance of the Blood Demon Source and let out excited roars, chasing after it in the direction it had flown.

In less than three breaths, the entire space was devoid of blood demons, but Chu Xiu did not act immediately. He focused his mind and held his breath, continuing to wait.

Three breaths later, a powerful red light could no longer resist the attraction of the Blood Demon Source and sped away from the lair.

Chu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. Only now did he see the Blood Demon, who had one foot in the Qiankun Realm.

"Huh... so dangerous!"

After waiting for ten breaths and hearing no more roars from the Blood Demon, Chu Xiu finally approached the Butterfly Queen's true form.

The once stunningly beautiful Enchantress Butterfly Queen now resembles a withered giant moth, causing Chu Xiu to sigh incessantly.

Chu Xiu waved his hand, summoning the entrance to the storage space.

To his surprise, a beam of soul light originating from the Butterfly Queen's demon soul flew out from his storage space and into his true body.

After tens of thousands of years, the Phantom Butterfly Queen opened her beautiful yet dim eyes.

The next second, a purple light flashed, and the Butterfly Queen concealed her true form, appearing in front of Chu Xiu in human form.

Now she was so thin and bony that even if she stood naked in front of Chu Xiu, he couldn't muster any other thoughts.

"You... have suffered."

Chu Xiu felt a pang of pity, sighed deeply, and took out one of his robes from his storage space, draping it over the Butterfly Queen.

"This place is dangerous. First, hide in my storage space. I will take you away from here and then help you merge with your soul!"

The Butterfly Queen looked deeply at Chu Xiu, nodded slightly, and let Chu Xiu put her into his storage space.

Just as Chu Xiu was about to leave immediately, he turned around and bumped into the half-step Qiankun Realm Blood Demon who had seized that bit of Blood Demon Source.

"It happened!"

Chu Xiu sensed something was wrong and immediately concealed his presence, flying towards the crack where he had previously hidden.

It was too late. The blood demon had already seen Chu Xiu, but it didn't seem to intend to inform the Blood Demon Emperor. Instead, it leisurely strolled towards where the Butterfly Emperor's true form had been.

“Human boy, no need to hide anymore, I know you’re here.”

A harsh, hoarse voice came from the Blood Demon's gaping maw.

Chu Xiu was taken aback. He remembered the owner of that voice; it was the old man who had invited him to join the team at the entrance of the Rock Demon Tomb!

This blood demon, at the half-step Qiankun Realm, could actually mimic the voice and mannerisms of the people it killed and converse directly with them!

Chu Xiu was greatly shocked. This blood demon was completely different from the other blood demons he had encountered. Not only was its cultivation level only below that of the Blood Demon Emperor, but it also possessed intelligence that was no weaker than that of other intelligent races!

"That drop of blood, you threw it out, didn't you?"

Do you still have any blood in your body?

"How about we make a deal?"

"I can let you leave this place, but I won't tell it about the loss of something important here..."

"As long as... you hand over all the essence of my race within you to me!"

Blood Demon negotiated with Chu Xiu intermittently, revealing all his conditions.

Seeing its way of looking around, Chu Xiu knew that it only knew it was in this place, but did not know where it was hiding.

In this way, Chu Xiu would have the right to trade with him without fully agreeing to his conditions.

Chu Xiu flung a drop of Blood Demon Source into the depths of the nest, and while the half-step Qiankun Realm Blood Demon was stunned, he quickly flew out of the nest.

The blood demon leader let out a strange cry, swallowed the drop of blood demon essence at an extremely fast speed, and then turned around and chased after Chu Xiu.

"Only one drop?"

"Impossible, you must still have more!"

The Blood Demon roared and screamed in broken Tianlu common language, its sound waves like demonic noises, disturbing Chu Xiu's soul and causing his escape speed to drop drastically.

"Damn it!"

"We're about to be caught!"

Just as the Blood Demon Leader was only a few meters away from Chu Xiu, a sword light flashed past Chu Xiu's eyes and shot into the Blood Demon Leader's head.

In a single exchange, the Blood Demon Leader's entire body was blasted into a bloody mist by the sword light, with no possibility of recovery.

The drop of Blood Demon Source that it had hastily swallowed but not yet refined condensed and fused all the blood mist, suspending it in mid-air.

Chu Xiu stopped and reached out to collect the drop of Blood Demon Source back into the jar.

"That sword light...could it be her?"

Chu Xiu was puzzled for only a moment before he guessed which great god was the owner of the sword light.

Indeed, among the people in this underground palace, only Ling Guang could instantly kill a half-step Qiankun Realm cultivator with just a single sword light.

Chu Xiu turned his head and quickly retraced his steps, leaving the Blood Demon's lair.

There were no blood demons blocking the way, perhaps because the blood demon leader sent them away in order to embezzle the source of blood demons.

Upon entering the Blood Demon's lair, Chu Xiu was immediately shaken to his core by the aftershocks of the great battle between the Butterfly Queen and the Blood Demon King.

After enduring the discomfort and returning to his physical body, Chu Xiu manipulated the Azure Flame Cone to leap into the air and reveal his location to the Butterfly Queen amidst the great battle.

The Butterfly Queen was overjoyed. She unleashed a full-force attack, shattering the Blood Demon King's head once more, before speeding towards Chu Xiu's location.

At the same time, the flying sword that Ling Guang had sent to help Chu Xiu returned to his body.

She smiled gently, extended her right hand, and slowly pressed it down towards where the Blood Demon Emperor was.

Suddenly, an invisible, immense force descended from the sky, slamming into the Blood Demon Emperor's flesh and blood, forcefully pressing him to the ground.

Even though the Blood Demon Emperor struggled with all his might, he could not escape the suppression of this immense force in a short period of time.

Ling Guang clapped his hands, smiled at Chu Xiu who had successfully reunited with the Butterfly Queen, sent a telepathic message, and then disappeared from the spot:

"I have fulfilled my promise to you; she still has half an incense stick's time left..."

"As for how the battle will unfold afterward, that is no longer my concern."