It wasn't that Yang Hong couldn't completely purify the soul energy in his mind, but that these true demons were too cunning. When they left the Fengmo Tomb, they didn't escape with their entire soul origin, but left a portion behind as a contingency. Who would have thought that this decision, which might have led to their eternal suppression, ultimately saved their remnant souls. As long as they were given time, they could fully recover.
"It seems I need to make a trip to the Fengmo Tomb as soon as possible to see if I can cut the weeds and remove the roots." However, this was destined to be impossible. When these true demons invaded the Fengmi Secret Realm, they left a portion of their soul origin in the Demon Realm. Perhaps that portion of their soul origin had already cultivated to the Demon Lord level. Yang Hong hadn't seen any mention of this in the memories of these two true demons, so he was unaware. All demons are exceedingly cunning.
Soon, Yang Hong opened his eyes and looked at the demonized Qingxin tea tree before him. The tea tree was withering and dying at a visible speed. "A pity, it didn't bear any seeds. Otherwise, I could try to cultivate it. A ninth-grade demonized spirit plant, I haven't seen one yet." He searched thoroughly with his divine sense, confirmed there were no seeds and nothing of value left, and shook his head with regret. Fortunately, his poison had been cured, otherwise, it would have been troublesome. He then looked at the mountain peak where the demonic energy was beginning to dissipate, his eyes flashing.
"These demonic beasts can't be wasted either." With the elimination of the true demon Hua Wuyue by Yang Hong, the demonic energy that had trapped the mountain peak naturally dissipated, and coupled with the attack of 50,000 demonic beasts, the dissipation accelerated. All the trapped demonic beasts had smiles on their faces. Smiles of surviving a disaster! Unfortunately, they didn't know that someone was preparing to annihilate them all.
"Although I can't control demonic energy, it doesn't harm me at all. Dealing with these demonic beasts is no problem."
"Sword Intent, Gentle Breeze!" A gust of wind swept through, and the heads of fourth-tier demonic beasts flew into the sky.
"Alert! Alert! The hidden demons have begun their attack." "Approach me... defend back-to-back... artifacts, use all your artifacts..." The anxious voices of the demonic beasts rose and fell on the mountain. As Yang Hong's sword intent attacked and the demonic energy dissipated faster, the demonic beasts could already hear each other's voices. As the voices spread, the demonic beasts hastened their gathering.
Seeing this, Yang Hong felt a sense of urgency. "I just absorbed Hua Wuyue's soul, and sword intent uses a lot of spiritual sense, which is soul energy. This is a bit troublesome." Yang Hong muttered softly and, with a fierce resolve, poured all his unstable spiritual sense power into the unfolded sword intent.
"Hum~ Hum~ Hum~" With earth-shattering sword chirps, the demonic energy on the nameless mountain peak was also stirred. Dozens of black giant swords, over ten zhang long, rapidly condensed.
"Wind Ascension!" Yang Hong only thought it in his mind, but it spread out like thunder.
"Human race?" "How can it be a human race?" "How can there be a human race in the Fengmi Secret Realm?" "Quick, quick, spread this news." Yang Hong's voice startled a group of demonic beasts, and they began to discuss loudly. Some even wanted to spread the news of Yang Hong's entry into the Fengmi Secret Realm. However...
"Hum~ Hum~ Hum~" The sword chirps echoed through the heavens and earth, and the black giant swords, guided by Yang Hong's spiritual sense, sliced across the necks of the demonic beasts. A fifth-tier great demon was killed with one sword, and a sixth-tier demon king required three. Even a powerful seventh-tier demon lord could be killed if a hundred or so giant swords were mobilized.
For a time, countless Nascent Souls flew in the sky, scattering in all directions. "Trying to escape? Did you ask me?" Yang Hong urgently transferred all the spirit plants from his scale space and, with a flick of his divine sense, countless black giant swords stuck to each Nascent Soul and flew back. Not a single demonic beast trapped on the nameless mountain escaped; they were all caught by Yang Hong in one net. Whether it was Nascent Souls, demon cores, or even corpses, they all became Yang Hong's spoils.
"Pfft~ Cough cough~ Cough cough~" "I was careless." As soon as Yang Hong collected all the Nascent Souls, he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and then coughed out two mouthfuls of purplish-gold blood. The previous move had consumed too much, and even Yang Hong couldn't withstand it. His face instantly turned pale. What was more troublesome was that his sea of consciousness, which was on the verge of breaking through, had become unstable.
"Be careful in the future. Don't use moves that far exceed your abilities." While enduring the pain in his head like needles, Yang Hong quickly collected most of the corpses of the demonic beasts from the nameless mountain and absorbed them using his scale space. Only then did he collect the spirit plants that had been transferred out. He didn't dare let his spirit plants come into contact with demonic energy for too long. "This scale space is truly greedy. After eating so many demonic beasts, it's still only 199 zhang wide. How much does it need to eat to break through?" Yang Hong looked at the scales on the back of his hand with a helpless expression.
"Earth Evasion!" After collecting the spirit plants, Yang Hong quickly used Earth Evasion to leave, not even having time to properly clean up the battlefield. This was because demonic beasts were approaching from a distance.
"Pfft~" After several consecutive uses of Earth Evasion, Yang Hong had to stop and spit out another mouthful of blood. "This is troublesome. This time, not only are my meridians and dantian severely injured, but even my soul is injured." In a small mountain valley, Yang Hong opened his eyes with a bitter expression. His sea of consciousness had become like stagnant water, devoid of any ripples; and his Four Spirits Dao Palace actually had cracks appearing!
"This is the price of arrogance." Yang Hong had indeed become arrogant. He had consecutively devoured the souls of two true demons and felt too good about himself, directly using a move that exceeded his capabilities. Only then did he realize that although he had devoured the souls of the two true demons, he hadn't digested them yet, and that terrifying soul energy had not yet become his strength. The simplest proof was that after devouring the souls of two true demons, Yang Hong had not gained any cultivation technique or any spell. Therefore, his previous move of annihilating over 50,000 demonic beasts, including over a hundred demon lords, was truly impressive. However, the price paid was also very high.
"Pfft~" Before Yang Hong could properly recuperate, he spat out another mouthful of blood. "Even the Top-Tier Breathing Technique can't completely suppress the injuries!" "And some demonic energy has managed to infiltrate my true essence and mana." "I've brought this upon myself!" The more he tried to recuperate and heal, the more problems Yang Hong discovered. If you have a problem, ask Baidu. If Baidu isn't available, ask the system directly. He had accumulated over 40,000 martial arts values, which could be used to evolve the Top-Tier Breathing Technique.
"Ding~ The host is severely injured. Evolving the Top-Tier Breathing Technique requires 300,000 martial arts values." What! Yang Hong was about to cry. He hadn't expected even the system to cause trouble. The evolution of the [Top-Tier Breathing Technique], which originally only required 30,000 martial arts values, had now increased tenfold. It was truly a case of misfortune never coming singly.
"I was still planning to rush to the Fengmo Tombs of a few more true demons to earn another wave of soul energy? Now it seems impossible!" "This is truly a case of losing the big for the small!" While reflecting on his mistakes and quietly healing, he was unaware that the entire Fengmi Secret Realm had once again erupted with a frenzy of searching for "Sun Wukong."