Chapter 1114: Cangxu Takes Revenge

Not only he, but Hall Master Xing and Palace Master Wei also narrowed their eyes, their killing intent boiling.

They had seen deep colors before, but never this deep—it was as dark as ink!

This was no longer mere wickedness, but great evil, utterly unpardonable.

They never expected that this Sun Qiang, who seemed harmless and sincere, could be so sinister and terrifying inside.

"Thank goodness the Hall Master didn't agree earlier but sent him into the Heart Demon Passage... otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable!"

While filled with anger, Palace Master Liao also felt a lingering fear.

If the Hall Master had agreed to open his primordial spirit to this fellow just now, he would probably have been killed by now.

"Palace Master Liao, Palace Master Wei, prepare yourselves. Once this guy comes out, strike immediately, leave no survivors..."

Hall Master Xing's eyes flickered as he spoke.

"Yes!"

Both Palace Masters nodded simultaneously.

...

Zhang Xuan walked into the passage, as if instantly entering another space.

Countless night pearls above emitted light, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.

It was a sealed room, with no passage or exit, and strange patterns carved on the walls.

He looked up.

There were grotesque demons, a total of one hundred and eight of them.

Some of these demons held vajras, some iron whips, and some wore human skulls as necklaces. They were ferocious and bizarre, making one feel eerie and fearful at a single glance.

"So this is the Heart Demon Passage?" Zhang Xuan frowned.

In the center of the room was a cushion, with spiritual energy flickering around it, suggesting an activatable formation.

Though puzzled, he did not stop. He walked over to the cushion and sat down cross-legged.

Hum!

As soon as he sat down, as if activating some mechanism, the surrounding demons emitted a warm glow, as if they might leap out at any moment and smash him to death.

"So it communicates with one's inner self, giving birth to heart demons..."

Feeling the fluctuation of the light, Zhang Xuan understood.

He had thought this place would raise some powerful heart demons, like those he encountered during the Sage Sealing Tribulation, but it seemed otherwise.

No demons; the demons are in the heart.

As long as one sits on the cushion, the surrounding formation is activated, causing the inner demons to fully manifest.

"What are my heart demons?"

Instead of rejecting the surrounding light, Zhang Xuan was filled with anticipation.

Throughout his cultivation, he had used the Heaven's Path功法 and never encountered heart demons, nor experienced the despair of being unable to break through. Now that he had this opportunity, he naturally wanted to see what heart demons he had and whether he could overcome them.

Hum!

The formation spun rapidly, the surrounding spiritual energy shook, and Zhang Xuan's vision blurred as if entering a pitch-black world.

Similar to the scene during his heart tribulation, this world had no end and no light. Just as he was wondering, he saw strange demons surging from all around.

These creatures looked just like those painted on the walls, bizarre in form, numbering in the hundreds.

"Why so many? Do I have this many heart demons?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned.

He had thought he had no heart demons, but never expected so many to appear at once. If they all rushed over, wouldn't he be torn to shreds?

Wasn't his cultivation using the Heaven's Path功法, flawless?

Why were there so many?

"No, if these were my heart demons, why am I so clear-headed?"

He frowned.

He had experienced heart tribulations and knew that when encountering heart demons, one's mind becomes hazy. That was precisely why the demons could invade and be hard to escape. But now, he was as clear-headed as ever, completely different from before.

What was happening?

"You are very clever... These are indeed not your heart demons, but mine..."

Just as he was puzzled, a voice full of hatred sounded. He quickly turned to see an old man with a crimson mark between his brows walking over, gnashing his teeth.

"Who are you?"

Zhang Xuan was taken aback.

This fellow was clearly a human, but he didn't recognize him at all. Where did he come from?

"Who am I..."

The old man with the crimson brow, his face twisted as if about to explode: "I am Cangxu, the one you awakened and whose house you stepped on and killed!"

"You are Cangxu? Weren't you dead?"

Zhang Xuan was puzzled.

This guy had been crushed into a meat patty by the guild. He hadn't seen his face, so naturally he didn't recognize him. How did he meet him here? Wasn't he dead? How could he appear here?

And what did he mean by saying these heart demons were his?

"I was using a secret technique to seize your soul with my primordial spirit, but your house stepped on me and killed me... By the pull, a strand of my will hid inside your body and became a heart demon. If you hadn't come here, I might never have come out. But since you're here, prepare to die..."

Cangxu sneered repeatedly.

When he executed his secret technique, he was crushed to death by the house, and his primordial spirit instantly scattered. Fortunately, the secret technique was powerful, and a single thought turned into a heart demon, hiding inside the young man's body.

If Zhang Xuan hadn't undergone the tribulation and taken the initiative to summon it, it certainly wouldn't have been able to appear. But he ended up running to the heart demon passage and used the formation to activate the heart demon. How could I let that go? I immediately jumped out and decided to kill him.

He himself was a heinous criminal, with no idea how many lives he had taken. As soon as he appeared, he immediately triggered a greater reaction, summoning hundreds of heart demons.

"It seems I wronged the guild..." Zhang Xuan shook his head.

Back in the air, he had felt his soul being bitten by a mosquito, but didn't take it seriously, thinking it was an illusion. Now it seemed it must have been this guy's doing.

No wonder the house attacked this guy—it was to protect me, yet I wrongly blamed it and gave it a beating.

Thinking about it, I feel a bit ashamed.

"Seizing my soul? Are you a soul shaman?"

Putting these thoughts aside, Zhang Xuan asked.

Seizing souls is a unique skill of soul shamans. This guy in front of me could perform it—could he be a soul shaman?

"I'm not a soul shaman, but I obtained a senior's secret technique... Hmph, don't think you can trick me into talking. Die!"

With a furious shout, Cang Xu grabbed with his hand, and an altar appeared beneath him. A beam of light enveloped Zhang Xuan, seemingly pulling his soul into the altar, ready to devour it at any moment.

"This..."

The pulling force from the other party meant nothing to Zhang Xuan; he didn't care. Instead, his eyes fell on the altar, full of curiosity.

This was an altar of the Alien Spirit race, absolutely certain.

This guy was clearly human—why did he have such a thing?

"You... betrayed the human race?"

His expression turned serious.

He had seen this situation before. You Xu, for instance, had defected to the Alien Spirit race to gain a longer life.

The other party was clearly human but had produced an altar unique to the Alien Spirit race and performed their secret techniques—he must have betrayed them!

"Heh, you're clever, but let's see if you can survive..."

With a cold laugh, Cang Xu pulled desperately on the light, trying to drag Zhang Xuan's soul into the altar. But the other party was like a mountain; even using all his strength, he couldn't budge him.

"Why can't I pull him..."

Cang Xu gritted his teeth.

He had used this move to kill many people, easily pulling their souls into the altar. Why couldn't he pull this guy out?

"Betraying the human race, learning such evil arts, harming humans—you truly deserve to die..."

Ignoring his shouts, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

Originally, he felt a bit sorry that the guy had been crushed to death by his awakened house, but now it seemed his death was deserved.

Although he always tried to be kind to others, he would never show mercy to those who betrayed the human race.

Because of this guy, he had beaten up the guild, which was indeed unfair to them. It seemed that after this was over, he would have to go apologize to the house and not let it suffer unjust blame.

"Get out here..."

While he was lost in thought, Cang Xu on the other side was grinding his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, exhausted to the point of collapse, but still unable to pull him.

If he weren't a heart demon now but a primordial spirit, he would have charged over and attacked directly, without all this trouble.

"Is there no end to this..."

Seeing this guy's relentless pulling, Zhang Xuan grew a bit annoyed.

Are you asking for trouble?

I've been ignoring you, and you keep pulling—will it ever end?

"I want you dead..."

Cang Xu roared.

"Fine, I'll let my soul out..."

Seeing the other party pulling desperately, and his soul showing no reaction, likely to exhaust himself to death, Zhang Xuan shook his head, focused his mind, and his soul left his body.

Whoosh!

A ten-meter-tall soul leaped out and flew over following the other's pull.

Splat!

It landed right on Cang Xu, and this heart demon, whose power was less than one percent of its original, was crushed into a meat patty, just like when it was stepped on by the guild.

The small altar also shattered under Zhang Xuan's landing, scattering everywhere.

The altar itself was formed from the other's primordial spirit. Since the primordial spirit was already dead, how could it withstand Zhang Xuan's massive soul body?

"I... won't accept this..."

Crushed into a meat patty, Cang Xu didn't die but looked dazed.

His physical body had been crushed to death by a house, his primordial spirit shattered. He had barely managed to turn a thought into a heart demon using a secret technique, hoping to find a chance to easily kill this young man...

Now the chance had come, but he ended up being crushed into a meat patty by the other's butt again...

What kind of monster did I provoke...

"No need to cry. You're a heart demon now; dying isn't that easy..." Zhang Xuan shook his head.

This Cang Xu was a heart demon, similar to a soul state. Even if crushed into a meat patty or ground to dust, he wouldn't die.

"That's right, I'm a heart demon, and these around me are all summoned by me. Everyone, kill him together..."

Cang Xu finally came to his senses and roared.

The surrounding heart demons were all summoned by him, and his secret technique could control them. With so many, if they attacked together, they could surely kill this giant before him... and avenge his hatred!

"Hm?"

Seeing the heart demons that had been watching slowly approaching, Zhang Xuan frowned, unsure how to respond, when a voice sounded in his heart: "Master, using the altar to capture souls... seems to be my unique secret technique!"