Martial Master

"Last Radiance."

The elder from the Demon Tribe was actually burning his own lifespan, reverting his body to its peak state.

Bang! With a punch, endless demonic light shot skyward, causing the Myriad World Demon Tree to shake violently. The remnant soul of the Yanluo Holy Master quivered intensely, and its aura immediately diminished.

Subsequently, the terrifying, boundless phenomena in the sky disappeared, and the world returned to calm once again.

"Haha, hahaha!"

The elder from the Demon Tribe laughed heartily. Although he had regained his youthful state, his aura quickly diminished.

Cough, cough! He spat out black blood, and his body became incredibly ancient, aging rapidly. He looked even older than he had at the start, as if he had been dead for years and had just been dug up from a coffin. The decay was palpable, and he was on the brink of death.

Yet he laughed.

"Hahaha."

"Yanluo Holy Master, in the end, I still won."

He laughed up at the sky.

"Your Five Secret Powers are indeed terrifying. At your peak, you could easily suppress ten, even a hundred Heaven Saint experts like me. But over the eons, you've used your Five Secret Powers entirely to nurture the Myriad World Demon Tree, leaving you with just a sliver of strength."

"Otherwise, how could these human Earth Saint experts withstand the erosion of your Five Secrets? Although you did it intentionally, it also shows that your Five Secret Powers are too weak now. Your strength has been exhausted."

"Unfortunately, you've spent your entire life nurturing the Myriad World Demon Tree. Yet at the critical moment, this tree couldn't help you at all, but it allowed me to be reborn once again."

The elder from the Demon Tribe stepped forward and arrived above the Myriad World Demon Tree, gazing at the violently fluctuating remnant soul of the Yanluo Holy Master.

"Are you in unbearable pain now? Can't even gather your remnant soul? Originally, your remnant soul wouldn't shatter so quickly, but to kill me, you accelerated the curse's onset. Now, you are completely finished and have no strength left to fight."

"But rest assured, I won't kill you now. After I control the Myriad World Demon Tree, I'll devour your remnant soul, refine all your Holy Master experiences, and make them my own strength."

"Haha, hahaha."

The elder from the Demon Tribe laughed wildly, coughing up blood, on the brink of death, yet extremely exhilarated. He took step after step into the Myriad World Demon Tree.

The remnant soul of the Yanluo Holy Master fluctuated violently, filled with rage. At this moment, the elder from the Demon Tribe was on the brink of death, yet it had no more strength, not even to gather its remnant soul.

It was filled with hatred.

Eons of scheming, ultimately benefiting outsiders. Detestable.

"You don't need to be angry. The Myriad World Demon Fruit should have matured by now. Let me first devour the Myriad World Demon Fruit, allowing my body to transform anew, extend my lifespan, and then I'll refine you properly."

The elder from the Demon Tribe sneered as he arrived at the center of the Myriad World Demon Tree, looking towards where the Myriad World Demon Fruit should be.

But upon seeing it, he was stunned.

Where was the Myriad World Demon Fruit?

The place where the Myriad World Demon Fruit used to be was empty, with nothing left. The Myriad World Demon Fruit was gone.

"Clap, clap, clap!"

At that moment, the sound of applause suddenly came from above the Myriad World Demon Tree. The elder from the Demon Tribe looked up sharply to see a young man standing atop the Myriad World Demon Tree, smiling and holding a black fruit in his hand. What else could it be but the Myriad World Demon Fruit?

"Qin Chen!"

In the distance, Ao Qingling and the others were all stunned.

The young man holding the Myriad World Demon Fruit was none other than Qin Chen. Who else could it be?

But how could this be?

Earlier, Qin Chen had been ensnared by countless tendrils of the Myriad World Demon Tree, seemingly helpless. When had he escaped the Myriad World Demon Tree and picked the Myriad World Demon Fruit?