"Don't be so surprised, haven't I told you this before?" Ye Ling replied to Feng Ke impatiently, his gaze falling on the demon.
The demon that appeared this time, like the one he encountered at Daocheng University, was a clone; its true body had not descended to the mortal realm. Last time, he had been in a hurry and forgotten to eliminate the true body of Anmimos, inadvertently leaving a menace in hell that was still thinking of him. Anmimos might cause him trouble on Earth in the future.
Now, with another demon appearing, Ye Ling was already considering using this demon to lure out Anmimos's true body and then deal with it. However, aside from the grudges between the demon and himself, with two demons appearing in Hongchen Pavilion, he wouldn't believe for a second that Hongchen Pavilion had no connection to demons.
Now, Hongchen Pavilion could no longer be considered a mortal force.
The demon's claws scraped across Xia Minglan's delicate, porcelain-like cheek, piercing her skin and lapping up her blood.
"Delicious... so delicious!" The demon trembled with excitement after tasting Xia Minglan's fresh blood. "Despair fills the blood, such a human delicacy, it must be savored properly!"
As he spoke, the demon grabbed Xia Minglan's head and dragged her towards the blood spring. He intended to drag Xia Minglan back to hell for his true body to enjoy this feast!
Xia Minglan, engulfed in despair, had completely lost her will to resist and allowed the demon to ravage her body. Tears mixed with blood, sliding down her cheeks.
"Wait." At this moment, Ye Ling's voice echoed in the room. The demon's wrist was grabbed, and a flicker of surprise appeared in Xia Minglan's eyes.
The demon turned its head to look at Ye Ling, who was holding its wrist, and frowned, "Who are you?"
"Let go," Ye Ling said flatly.
Seeing Ye Ling's condescending attitude, the demon felt greatly insulted and said sternly, "Mortal, do you know what you are doing... Ahhhhh!"
*Crack!*
Before he could finish speaking, Ye Ling directly crushed his wrist, pulverizing the bones! Piercing screams echoed through the room.
Xia Minglan fell from the demon's grasp and rolled towards the blood spring, but she was intercepted by Feng Ke.
"Feng Ke?" Xia Minglan's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing Feng Ke save her. The deadness in her heart stirred again. Why was Feng Ke here now? Who was the one stopping the demon? Suddenly, countless questions flooded her mind, causing her thoughts to become chaotic.
"Human, you have successfully angered me!" The demon roared furiously, completely enraged by Ye Ling. Its other hand instantly grew ten times larger, and its claws mercilessly swiped at Ye Ling, attempting to shatter Ye Ling's head!
However, the demon's claw passed directly through Ye Ling's head, striking empty air!
"Afterimage?" The demon's pupils constricted sharply, and then it felt a powerful force on the back of its head! Ye Ling had grabbed its head, throwing its body off balance!
*Bang!*
Ye Ling slammed the demon's head onto the floor by the blood spring, smashing the floor to pieces! The blood spring churned, and blood stained the entire room!
Xia Minglan stared at Ye Ling in disbelief, her body trembling slightly, unable to comprehend what she was seeing. The one Ye Ling was beating down was a demon! That was a being that transcended the mortal realm, comparable to a deity! Her life had been manipulated by that demon, and she had been dragged into the abyss bit by bit... She knew how powerful that demon was! Yet, this demon, which had tormented her and plunged her into endless despair, was now being crushed before her eyes? She couldn't believe it! But she couldn't deny the facts.
After Ye Ling smashed the demon's head into the steps, the demon's clone melted into blood, its presence gone. Ye Ling had directly crushed the clone. The blood spring collapsed and began to shrink continuously, and all the evil spirits within were annihilated!
"Damn human, you wait for me!" "I will never let you go!" The demon's roar surged from the blood spring, but as the blood spring contracted, its voice grew weaker and weaker.
Just as the blood spring had shrunk to the point where the demon's voice could only be faintly heard, a scarlet claw suddenly reached out from the blood spring, and then forcibly widened the blood spring that was almost invisible! An extremely evil aura emanated from the blood spring, causing Feng Ke and Xia Minglan's expressions to change drastically!
The demon's aura now compared to before was like the difference between heaven and earth! Sensing this powerful aura, fear involuntarily appeared on Xia Minglan and Feng Ke's faces, and their bodies trembled violently. This... this was the demon's true body descending!
"Oh? It actually dares to come with its true body!" Ye Ling's eyes held a growing hint of amusement. He had intended to follow this demon to hell, but he hadn't expected this demon to come to him!
"A mere human, daring to bring such humiliation upon me, unforgivable..." The demon crawled out of the blood spring, its face grim. The surrounding walls melted under its influence, transforming into a purgatory filled with blood and flames!!
Ye Ling observed the changing world around him with great interest, a faint smile on his lips. This demon had set up its own barrier. Ye Ling and the others seemed to have been pulled into an unfamiliar world, but in reality, they were still in the room; their vision was merely being interfered with by the demon's power, equivalent to being under an illusion.
"Not much strength, but plenty of tricks to fool people." Ye Ling also set up a barrier around them, separating this room from the metal pyramid outside. He didn't want anyone else to know what was happening here.
As the demon crawled out of the blood spring and stood up, Ye Ling finally observed the demon's full form. It was three meters tall, entirely blood-red, with a ferocious face, and its entire body was enveloped in a dense bloody radiance. In the blood spring, a large number of evil spirits struggled beneath its feet, emitting pained wails. An aura far exceeding that of a Red Dust Immortal emanated from the demon's body, directed towards the three of them.
Feng Ke and Xia Minglan felt the demon's aura, their bodies trembling violently, and fear continuously grew in their hearts, consuming their souls. Is this the power of a demon? They couldn't imagine.
Ye Ling, however, remained unfazed, looking at the demon and smiling, "You're so eager to let your true body appear, are you tired of dying too slowly?"
"Sharp-tongued insect." The demon glared at Ye Ling with a grim expression, flames surging in its bell-sized eyes! "Filthy, lowly ant, you think you can look down on me just because you destroyed my clone." "I will soon make you understand... what despair is!" "I will make you regret everything you've done today, I will turn you into my plaything, to be tormented by me forever!" The demon became more agitated as it spoke, its aura growing stronger. It stomped on the ground!
*Boom!* The blood spring surged, and an endless stream of evil spirits let out piercing screams, lunging towards Ye Ling!