Now that you have betrayed the sect, who will still pamper you?.

Chapter 1376 Money or life? Can I give up both?

"Something's wrong! There's a problem!"

Feeling the overwhelming, violent blood energy, the Azure Demon Lord finally realized something was wrong.

It has been trapped in this land of inheritance for many years and has experienced the opening of the Immortal Palace four times. During this period, no matter how the rules of cultivation changed, the status of these demon races has not changed much.

The Demon King is still the Demon King, and the Demon Lord is still the Demon Lord. Those commanders can only eke out a living on the first level, and will become food on the second level.

There's no other reason than that cultivation level is only one aspect; what truly influences the strength of the demon race is the power of the various bloodlines that have been passed down within them to this day.

As long as the Demon King bloodline remains, even if one only has the cultivation of the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, one will still be the king among demons.

Just as it, with the same level of cultivation, commands hundreds of demon cultivators at the commander level.

But now, an unexpected event has occurred.

Those inviolable rules of the Immortal Palace, those rules that even the Demon King could not resist, were now broken by a human cultivator.

The other party just brazenly broke through his cultivation level right under its nose, becoming a Nascent Soul Grand Perfection cultivator who would never have appeared here.

As a demon lord who once dominated an entire realm, the Azure Demon Demon Lord could immediately understand what this meant.

It was 80% certain, no, it was 99% certain, that the human cultivator before it was the one the Immortal Palace had been waiting for to inherit its legacy for countless years.

Therefore, the spirit of the celestial palace acted like a lackey, disregarding all rules for him, not only refraining from imposing any restrictions but also treating him with special favors, for fear that he might leave if he became dissatisfied.

What are you doing? What are you doing!

Isn't this blatant cheating?!

If he alone is enough, then why is the Celestial Palace keeping them here?

Are they merely stepping stones prepared for this human race?

The Azure Demon Lord sat upright on the back of the strange beast, letting the increasingly violent blood energy brush against his face, yet he remained indifferent, showing no sign of anything amiss.

But where no one could see, the anger in its eyes grew ever stronger, like a raging fire.

I thought that as long as I stayed here, I would still have a chance to compete for that inheritance that could change my destiny.

But now it is known that from the moment it stepped into this place, it was destined to become a whetstone for this human race.

"Hmph, a breakthrough in the heat of battle?"

The Azure Demon Lord sneered and muttered, "Today I will show you that even a whetstone can break a precious sword!"

Although the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul realm surprised it, with its accumulated foundation of ten thousand years, fighting against opponents of higher levels was a very simple matter.

Just then, the spreading energy seemed to have finally reached a certain limit, the howling wind gradually subsided, and the commotion eased.

But the next moment.

Boom!

A sudden heartbeat, accompanied by a ripple of crimson light, resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

It was as if the void had transformed into a war drum, struck by an invisible drumstick. The sound was deep and heavy, causing the hearts of all the demons to clench and stop beating uncontrollably for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, ripples appeared again, and the sound of drums rang out, growing louder and more frequent, causing the hearts of the demons to clench and pound, their beating speed gradually merging with the frequency of the drumbeats.

The drumbeats grew faster and faster. Even with the physical strength of the demons, they couldn't withstand the speed of their heartbeats. Their chests swelled up, their hearts felt like they were about to jump out, their blood flow accelerated, their faces flushed, and their blood vessels seemed about to burst as they expanded and contracted.

Even a powerful figure like the Azure Demon Lord needed to exert all his strength to barely withstand some of the drumbeats' influence.

Finally, at a certain moment, all the heartbeats connected into one, forming an unprecedentedly huge heartbeat!

Boom-!

The sound was deafening. The demons could not withstand the heartbeat. Their hearts exploded in their chests, and their blood vessels burst, spraying blood hundreds of feet high.

At the same time, a dragon's roar rose from the center of the valley, and a golden ball of light expanded from the center. When it grew to a size of a hundred feet, it suddenly transformed into a golden pillar of light and shot out, like a golden dragon soaring straight into the sky!

boom!

An invisible ripple exploded with a deafening roar, shattering the barrier formed by the Immortal Annihilation Array. The demon cultivators inside, already severely injured, were swept away by the ripple, causing their bodies to explode on the spot, resulting in their deaths.

Even the Azure Demon Lord, with his strength, was struck by the ripples, causing blood to spill from the corner of his mouth. He was sent flying hundreds of miles backward, and the beast beneath him was blasted into a bloody mist, dying on the spot.

At that moment, the heavens and earth trembled, the earth cracked and churned, all the high mountains within the area collapsed and disappeared, leaving only a desolate wasteland for tens of thousands of miles around.

The Azure Demon Lord used its magic weapon to release a protective barrier to resist the impact. When it looked up at the golden pillar of light, the light in its eyes had disappeared, leaving only endless horror.

The beam of light was clearly golden, but it emitted an incredibly powerful aura of blood and qi.

"Golden Qi and Blood..."

The Azure Demon Lord's breathing became increasingly rapid. There was only one possibility in this world for someone to possess blood and qi of this color.

This breakthrough for the other party was not a simple physical breakthrough, but rather the completion of the first step in transcending the mortal realm and becoming an immortal. They shed their mortal body and cultivated a spiritual immortal body!

what is this?

This is a heaven-defying feat that only those reclusive immortal clans in the great world could accomplish by expending the power of their entire clan and paying countless prices.

With this celestial body, it is almost certain that one will become an immortal in the future.

As long as this person doesn't perish prematurely, the insights needed to become an immortal will almost automatically appear. Cultivation will increase as easily as eating and drinking. Overcoming tribulations and ascending to immortality will be a matter of course.

Even in the great world where it existed before, there were only three immortal cultivators who were rumored to have obtained the Spirit Immortal Body.

Each of their births represents a brief period of decline for a celestial race, followed by countless years of enduring prosperity in the future.

But now, it has witnessed the birth of a celestial being.

And it looks so...simple?

Isn't it said that the birth of this Immortal Body requires draining the accumulated resources of an Immortal Clan over tens of thousands of years?

But this human in front of me actually succeeded by simply absorbing some of the demon race's blood and energy?

How did he do that? How on earth did he do that?!

If I could also obtain this method and devour some demon cultivators with vigorous blood and energy, wouldn't that help it obtain this immortal body?!

A crimson light flashed in the eyes of the Azure Demon Lord.

It acknowledged that this human race was extremely strong, and even with tens of thousands of years of accumulated strength, it was very likely that it could only manage a draw with them.

However, this person had just broken through, and his spiritual immortal body could not yet unleash its full power. This was the time when he was at his weakest and most vulnerable.

If this opportunity is missed, and the other party becomes fully familiar with the wonders of the Spirit Immortal Body, then trying to capture them again will truly be a pipe dream.

but……

The red light in its eyes quickly dimmed.

Although it didn't know why, it had a very strong feeling that if it didn't run now, it might die later...