Hall Master Xing and Division Head Wei also narrowed their eyes as killing intent surged from their bodies.
They had seen dark ones before, but they had never seen such a dark one. It was almost as dark as ink!
This was no longer an evil deed, but a great evil deed, an unpardonable evil.
Who would have thought that this Sun Qiang, who seemed harmless and sincere, would have such a sinister and terrifying heart?
"It's fortunate that the hall master didn't agree to it and allowed him to enter the Trial of Inner Demons. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable!"
While Division Head Liao was filled with rage, he also felt a lingering fear.
If the hall master had agreed to open her primordial spirit to this guy, she would have been killed by now.
"Division Head Liao, Division Head Wei, prepare yourselves. As soon as that fellow comes out, make a move. Leave no one alive!"
A glint flashed across Hall Master Xing's eyes.
"Yes!"
The two Hall Masters nodded simultaneously.
…
When Zhang Xuan walked into the passage, it was as if he had instantly entered another space.
The countless luminous pearls on his head shone brightly, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.
It was a sealed room with no passageways or exits. The walls were carved with all sorts of strange patterns.
He looked over.
They were all grotesquely shaped monsters, a total of 108 of them.
Some of these monsters were holding vajra scepters, some were holding iron whips, and some were even wearing human skulls as necklaces. They were extremely ferocious and strange. Just a single glance at them would cause one to feel a sense of unpredictability and sorrow.
"This is the mental demon passageway?" Zhang Xuan frowned.
In the middle of the house, there was a praying mat, surrounded by flickering spiritual energy. There should be a formation that could be activated.
Even though Zhang Xuan was perplexed, he didn't stop moving. He walked up to the praying mat and sat down cross-legged.
Buzz!
As soon as he sat down, it was as if some sort of mechanism had been activated. The demonic creatures around him emitted a warm light, as if they would jump out at any moment and hammer him to death.
"So, it's to communicate with one's inner heart and give birth to inner demons …"
Sensing the fluctuation of the light, Zhang Xuan came to a realization.
Zhang Xuan had thought that there would be some formidable inner demons in this place, just like what he had encountered in the Saint Ascension Ordeal. However, from the looks of it, that wasn't the case.
There was no demon, the demon was in the heart.
As long as one sat on the praying mat, the surrounding formation would be activated and the inner demons would be revealed.
"What is my inner demon?"
Instead of rejecting the light around him, Zhang Xuan was filled with desire.
He had been using the Heaven's Path Divine Art all this while, so he had never encountered any inner demons before. He had never experienced the despair of being unable to make any breakthroughs, nor had he experienced the despair of being unable to advance any further. Now that he was presented with such an opportunity, it was only natural that he wanted to see what kind of inner demons he had encountered and whether he would be able to overcome them.
Buzz!
The array formation spun rapidly, and the surrounding spiritual energy shook. Zhang Xuan's vision blurred, as if he had entered a pitch-black world.
Just like the Heart Ordeal back then, there was no end to this world, and there was no light at all. Just as Zhang Xuan was perplexed by the situation, he suddenly saw one bizarre demon after another surging in from the surroundings.
These fellows were exactly the same as the drawings on the wall. They had strange appearances, and there were hundreds of them.
"Why are there so many? Why do I have so many inner demons? "
Zhang Xuan was stunned.
He had thought that he shouldn't have any inner demons, but who could have thought that there would be so many of them at the same time... If they were to really rush toward him, wouldn't he be torn to shreds?
Didn't he cultivate the Heaven's Path Divine Art?
How could there be so many?
"That's not right. If it's my inner demon, how could it be so clear-headed?"
Zhang Xuan frowned.
Having experienced the Heart Ordeal before, he knew that when one encountered an inner demon, one's mind would be in a blur. This was also the reason why the other party was able to seize the opportunity to invade one's mind, making it difficult for one to break free. But at this moment, he was completely clear-headed.
What in the world was going on?
"You are a smart one. These aren't your inner demons but mine …"
While Zhang Xuan was still perplexed by the situation, he suddenly heard a voice filled with hatred. Hurriedly turning his head over, he saw an elder with a scarlet glabella walking toward him with gritted teeth.
"Who are you?"
Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
With a single look, he could tell that the fellow before him was a human. He did not recognize the other party at all, so where in the world did he pop out from?
"Who am I?"
The face of the elder with the scarlet glabella contorted, and he looked as if he was about to explode. "I am Cang Xu, the one whom you enchanted and crushed to death!"
"You are Cang Xu? Aren't you already dead? "
Zhang Xuan was perplexed.
The other party had only been reduced to a meat patty by the guild leader, so it was natural that he did not recognize the other party. Who would have thought that he would meet the other party here? Wasn't he already dead? Why would he appear here?
Furthermore, why did the other party say that these inner demons belonged to him?
"I was using a secret art to capture your soul with my Primordial Spirit, but I ended up being crushed to death by your house … Due to the suction force, a sliver of my will hid in your body and turned into an inner demon. If you hadn't come here, I might not have been able to come out at all.
Cang Xu sneered coldly.
When he was executing the secret art, he was crushed to death by the house, and his Primordial Spirit dissipated on the spot. It was fortunate that the secret art was powerful enough to turn a sliver of his will into an inner demon and hid in the young man's body.
If Zhang Xuan had not gone through the ordeal, he would not have been able to summon the other party either. Yet, the other party ran to the Trial of Inner Demons and used the formation to awaken the inner demons. How could Cang Xu possibly let this opportunity slip by? Thus, he immediately leaped out and killed the other party.
He was an unpardonable villain, and he had killed countless people. As soon as he appeared, he caused an even greater reaction, and several hundred inner demons appeared.
"It seems like I have wronged the guild …" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
Back then, when he was in the air, he had felt his soul being bitten by a mosquito. He had thought that it was just his imagination, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like the other party was the culprit.
It was no wonder the house had made a move on the other party to protect him. Yet, he had wronged the other party and ended up pummeling the other party.
Just the thought of it left him feeling a little embarrassed.
"Capture my soul? You are a soul oracle? "
Zhang Xuan asked.
Capturing one's soul was a technique that only soul oracles were capable of. Since the fellow before him was able to use it, could he be a soul oracle?
"I am not a soul oracle. I have inherited the secret art of an elder … Humph, there's no need to try and trick me. Die!"
With a furious roar, Cang Xu raised his hand, and another altar appeared beneath him. A burst of light shrouded Zhang Xuan, seemingly trying to pull his soul into the altar and devour it.
"This …"
To Zhang Xuan, the pulling force was nothing at all. Thus, he paid it no heed. Instead, he stared at the altar with a perplexed look in his eyes.
Without a doubt, this was an altar of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe.
This fellow was clearly a human, so why would he possess such an artifact?
"You … have betrayed mankind?"
Cang Xu's face turned grim.
He had seen such a situation before as well. You Xu had submitted to the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe and obtained a longer lifespan.
The other party was clearly a human, but he had taken out an altar of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe and used the secret art of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe.
"Hehe, you sure are smart. However, we'll talk about it after you survive …"
Cang Xu sneered coldly as he desperately tried to pull Zhang Xuan's soul into the altar. But contrary to his expectations, the other party was like an immovable mountain. No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to move the other party at all.
"Why can't I move it?"
Cang Xu gritted his teeth.
He had used this technique to kill quite a few people, and he had been able to easily pull their souls into the altar. Why was this fellow unable to do so?
"You have betrayed mankind and learned such sorcery. You deserve to die …"
Ignoring Cang Xu's shouts, Zhang Xuan shook his head.
He was still thinking that he would feel bad for the other party being trampled to death by the house he had enchanted, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like he had died in vain.
Even though he had always been a kind person, he would never go easy on those who had betrayed mankind.
It was indeed unfair for him to pummel the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe because of such a fellow. It seemed like he would have to apologize to Fang Fang after this matter was over. He couldn't allow the other party to suffer such injustice.
"You, come out!"
While Zhang Xuan was deep in thought, Cang Xu was gritting his teeth furiously. Veins were popping on his forehead, and he was so exhausted that he was on the verge of death.
If he was just a Primordial Spirit instead of an inner demon, he would have long charged forward and made a move instead of going through so much trouble.
"Are you done yet?"
Zhang Xuan frowned in displeasure at how tirelessly the other party was trying to pull him out.
Are you going to throw away the face I've given you?
You have been ignoring me all this while, but you are still trying to pull me out. Are you done yet?
"I'll kill you!"
Cang Xu roared furiously.
"Alright, I'll bring my soul out …"
Seeing how the other party was still trying to pull him out, Zhang Xuan shook his head and drew his soul out.
Hula!
A ten-meter-tall soul leaped out of his body and flew toward Cang Xu.
Paji!
Zhang Xuan sat on Cang Xu's body, and just like how he had been trampled on by the guild back then, he was reduced to a meat patty.
Under Zhang Xuan's butt, the altar shattered into pieces, scattering all over the place.
The altar was formed from Cang Xu's Primordial Spirit, and his Primordial Spirit was already dead. How could it possibly withstand Zhang Xuan's massive soul?
"I … can't accept this!"
Despite being reduced to a meat patty, Cang Xu was still alive. Instead, he had a dumbfounded look on his face.
His physical body had been trampled to death by a building, and his Primordial Spirit had been destroyed as well. It hadn't been easy for a sliver of his will to form an inner demon through a secret art, and he had thought that he would be able to find an opportunity to kill the young man before him …
Now that the opportunity had presented itself, he ended up being reduced to a meat patty by the other party.
Just what kind of monster did I provoke?
"There's no need to cry. You are an inner demon now, so it won't be easy for you to die …" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
As an inner demon, Cang Xu was in a similar state to a soul. Putting aside being reduced to a meat patty, even if he were to be crushed, he wouldn't die.
"That's right! I am an inner demon, and I was the one who drew the inner demons here. Everyone, let's kill him together!"
Only then did Cang Xu realize what was going on, and he roared furiously.
He was the one who drew the inner demons here, and it just so happened that he had a secret art that allowed him to control them. With so many of them working together, they would surely be able to slay the monster before them and exact vengeance!
"Hmm?"
Seeing the inner demon slowly walking over, Zhang Xuan frowned. Just as he was at a loss as to how he should deal with it, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind. "Master, using an altar to capture a soul … seems to be a secret art of mine!"
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