The "blood crystal stone" suddenly extended dozens of suckers, firmly attaching themselves to the face of the Endless Demon Lord.

The surface of the stone began to change, revealing sharp teeth, which crazily gnawed at the flesh on the Endless Demon Lord’s face.

In addition, strands of blood-red tendrils emerged, like slender little snakes, drilling into the seven apertures of the Endless Demon Lord.

The Endless Demon Lord let out bursts of miserable screams, frantically scratching at his face with both hands, trying to tear off the "blood crystal stone."

However, the suckers of the "blood crystal stone" had firmly grasped his flesh, as if they were embedded together with his blood and flesh, refusing to budge.

Only a few breaths of time.

The body of the Endless Demon Lord shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, as his essence blood and elixir core were wildly absorbed by the "blood crystal stone."

"Be careful! This isn’t a blood crystal stone; it’s a Blood Essence Demon Leech!"

Cuiyun Demon Lord shouted sternly, erupting with demonic qi all around.

Before them, only the skeleton of the Endless Demon Lord remained, trembling as though possessed, staggering towards the Withered Wood Demon Lord.

The aura around him became eerie.

Demonic aura and devilish qi mingled together, fluctuating violently.

The Withered Wood Demon Lord dared not engage in battle, turned and fled, transforming into a white light that retreated behind Cuiyun Demon Lord.

Cuiyun Demon Lord snorted coldly, as the Blood Jiao Tower spun in front of him.

The eight blood fiend jiaos inside were eager to move.

"Let me handle this."

From behind came Shen Xuan’s voice.

"Alright."

Cuiyun Demon Lord replied in a deep voice.

This time, Shen Xuan used an ice talisman.

Nine Ice Soul Flying Sword Talismans formed a small sword array, which shot from all directions at the skeleton of the Endless Demon Lord.

The extremely chilling profound ice talisman power spread across the surface of the dried corpse.

The skeleton struggled for a while, but under the increasingly thick layer of profound ice, it gradually became immobile.

Seeing the skeleton of the Endless Demon Lord about to be frozen into an ice sculpture.

At this moment, a strong surge of demonic aura suddenly exploded.

The entire skeleton of the Endless Demon Lord shattered into tiny fragments.

A streak of blood swiftly darted across, attempting to escape into the blood stream.

But the Ice Soul Divine Sword in Shen Xuan’s hand was faster.

A precise beam of Ice Soul Divine Light shot at the streak of blood, and in an instant, profound ice spiritual power rapidly spread, freezing the blood essence demon leech that resembled a "blood crystal stone."

"A descendant of the ancient fierce insect, the Breaching Leech, Tier Three Middle Grade, inheriting its ancestor’s concealing breath divine power, living by sucking blood. There are several more in the blood stream."

Shen Xuan surveyed with divine sense, and slowly spoke.

"Please, Fellow Daoist Profound Ice, deal with these Blood Essence Demon Leeches."

said Cuiyun Demon Lord.

By agreement, these demon insects were allocated to Shen Xuan.

Shen Xuan nodded, signaling them to retreat and disperse.

A subtle movement of divine thought.

A cloud of black flew out from the insect bag.

It was his Shadow-devouring Demon Insects he had nurtured for many years.

Nowadays, the combat strength of these Shadow-devouring Demon Insects couldn’t keep up with his growth.

The two insect kings were only at Tier Two Middle Grade.

But in the space of the Demon Realm, they still had some use.

Shen Xuan commanded the two insect kings to lead some Shadow-devouring Demon Insects to approach the blood stream.

Soon, one by one, Blood Essence Demon Leeches resembling blood crystal stones were drawn out by the Shadow-devouring Demon Insects.

They leapt out of the blood stream, extending their sucker tentacles, grabbing at the Shadow-devouring Demon Insects, devouring voraciously.

Shen Xuan hid behind, and with the Ice Soul Flying Sword Talisman Array, froze and captured them one by one.

An hour later.

Shen Xuan retrieved the remaining Shadow-devouring Demon Insects.

"Alright, there shouldn’t be any left."

This time, Shen Xuan gained abundantly.

Captured seven Blood Essence Demon Leeches.

Among them, five were Tier Three demon insects.

"Fellow Daoist Profound Ice indeed possesses profound Daoist techniques."

Cuiyun Demon Lord, feeling uneasy, released the Blood Spirit Mouse.

The Blood Spirit Mouse circled around and reported to its master that the surrounding area was safe.

Indeed, within the nearby blood stream, the Blood Essence Demon Leeches had been completely cleared.

The Blood Spirit Mouse handed a blood crystal stone to Cuiyun Demon Lord.

"It truly is a superb blood crystal stone."

Cuiyun Demon Lord smiled.

"Withered Wood, go fetch the blood crystal stones."

This time, the Withered Wood Demon Lord became much more cautious.

He controlled a Skeleton Demon to carefully retrieve the blood crystal stones from the blood stream.

After half an hour, he fetched eleven blood crystal stones.

Each stone was as large as a fist and of excellent quality.

They had settled in this blood stream for tens of thousands of years.

Cuiyun Demon Lord gladly divided them on the spot.

Withered Wood Demon Lord received the smallest three stones.

Immortal Yun Shang got three slightly better stones.

The best six blood crystal stones naturally belonged to Cuiyun Demon Lord.

Afterwards, Cuiyun Demon Lord collected the relics of the Endless Demon Lord.

He cast a demonic flame, burning the fragments of the Endless Demon Lord’s bones to ashes.

This visit to the Black Demon Sky Training Hall was very rewarding.

The only regret was the fall of the Endless Demon Lord.

Neither Cuiyun Demon Lord nor his companions gave it much thought.

The Endless Demon Lord’s lack of strength and his own carelessness couldn’t be blamed on them.

"Fellow Daoist Profound Ice, let’s continue!"

After receiving six excellent blood crystal stones, Cuiyun Demon Lord was in a great mood.

Shen Xuan glanced at Mu Ling’Er.

Seeing her eager demeanor, he nodded in agreement.

...

The group proceeded forward.

Stopping in front of a towering red ancient building.

"This is the Crimson Heaven Demon Emperor’s Inheritance Hall. The Crimson Heaven Demon Emperor stood tall, with the power to crush mountains; his inheritance mostly consists of items to enhance strength."

Cuiyun Demon Lord explained.

Mu Ling’Er, with the assistance of Immortal Yun Shang, marked the array nodes.

This time, Cuiyun Demon Lord took action personally, toppling the red building.

"Oh?"

With the collapse of the ancient building, what came into view was a demon tree like a black giant serpent.

About ten zhang tall, its bark resembled dragon scales exuding a black viscous liquid, like fresh blood.

Its branches were as black as ink, shaped oddly, twisting eerily like ghostly claws.

The sparse black leaves carried a hint of green, emitting a piercing wailing sound as they shook, which sent chills down the spine.