He crushed the severed arm in his hand, which had already been burned to charcoal, and tossed the fragments into the mire below.

Yang An remained constantly on guard against the attacks of these Evil Demons.

’The Corpse Transformation Evil Demons really aren’t so easy to deal with.’

If he had relied solely on the physical strength from his Dust refinement, he wouldn’t have been able to tear off an Evil Demon’s arm so easily.

Breaking through their defenses would have been difficult, and he might have even suffered backlash damage.

But he had been tempered by more than just Dust; he had also been refined by the Magic Light.

The gap between the Red Wheel Infinite Body and the Jade Kala Vajra Body was immense. The physical strength they conferred were two entirely different concepts.

Because of this, Yang An hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should act even weaker.

He was afraid his extraordinarily powerful body refinement might arouse Elder Monk Hai Shu’s suspicions.

’But then again,’ he thought, ’no one else has successfully cultivated the Jade Kala Vajra Body in a thousand years.’

Elder Monk Hai Shu probably didn’t have a clear idea of the Jade Kala Vajra Body’s true physical strength.

For that very reason, this might be the perfect cover for his true power, a convenient smokescreen.

At this thought, Yang An relaxed slightly.

’As long as I maintain this level of power and don’t appear too dominant, it should be fine.’

The dark mire beneath his feet churned rapidly. There was no telling how many Evil Demons were hiding within, waiting for a chance to strike.

The next instant, two more figures shot out, attacking Yang An in a pincer move from the front and back.

But just as Yang An was about to make the first move and take one of them out...

...the Evil Demon in front of him suddenly exploded.

Yang An’s body shot through the blast, only to be instantly entangled in countless black threads that pulled taut, immobilizing him.

However, as the threads bound him, they were also scorched, emitting plumes of black smoke. They were on the verge of snapping under Yang An’s power and clearly couldn’t hold him for long.

A figure had already appeared silently behind Yang An, a sharp, spike-like blade lunging at him.

BANG!

Yang An narrowly dodged the attack and, with lightning speed, kicked the figure down into the mire, causing it to explode in a spray of mud.

The threads binding him completely snapped. The moment Yang An was free, several more figures surrounded him from all sides.

The next moment, several powerful sonic waves blasted toward Yang An from every direction, leaving him no room to dodge.

He hovered in mid-air, hands pressed together. A light like golden lacquer erupted from his body, and vast amounts of Golden Dust enveloped him as he chose to face the attack head-on.

The shrieking sonic waves crashed against his body, producing a sound like the tolling of a great bell. Yang An’s body trembled violently as he endured their destructive force.

Although it looked like he was struggling to resist the sonic waves, in reality, they couldn’t even breach his defenses.

But just then, a gigantic hand suddenly appeared from above, seized him in its grasp, and violently smashed him down into the mire.

A huge wave erupted from the black mire.

The sonic waves ceased. Countless Evil Demons swarmed toward the spot where Yang An had fallen.

Even the Evil Demons that had been hiding in the shadows now revealed themselves, surging like a tide toward Yang An’s position.

SPLASH! A huge amount of black sludge exploded outward.

But at that moment, a powerful shockwave blasted out from the center. The Evil Demons in one direction were all sent flying, thick black smoke billowing from their bodies.

A golden figure rushed out, narrowly dodging the attacks of the other Evil Demons. For an instant, the entire Eternal Prison seemed to tremble.

Yang An was covered in thick black mud. It clung tightly to his body, rapidly draining his Mana.

’There are just too many Corpse Transformation Evil Demons. Even with the physical transformation of the Jade Kala Vajra Body, I can’t withstand a siege from this many of them.’

The biggest problem was that the Cultivation Level he could display was only at the Yuan Si stage, which, unlike the Visceral Stone stage, didn’t grant Immortality.

He couldn’t fight a prolonged battle. If he was injured by a Demon Fiend, his combat power would be severely affected.

He now understood the limits of the Jade Kala Vajra Body’s first form. He could fight two or three Corpse Transformation demons at most, but any more than that was impossible.

And this was under the condition that these Corpse Transformation Evil Demons hadn’t activated Pain Amplification to enhance their attacks and were being suppressed by the Power of Rules.

Because Body Refining Techniques relied on pure Physical Power, they were only minimally suppressed by the Rules.

Without the suppression from the Power of Rules, the first form at its full strength could probably only barely contend with a Visceral Stone-level entity.

The situation now seemed to be a complete dead end.

There were too many Corpse Transformation Evil Demons, and he had reached the limit of his Jade Kala Vajra Body. To survive the siege, he would have to use his other abilities.

’For example... a simple and direct nuclear explosion of light here in the Eternal Prison...’

’But that’s impossible.’

’The moment I use any other means, Elder Monk Hai Shu will see through me instantly. I can’t hide anything from a practitioner of the Insect Dao.’

So, Yang An could only bite the bullet and keep fighting.

Several more Evil Demons charged at him, but Yang An was fast, knocking them back with a few punches.

But the Evil Demons kept coming, one after another. It seemed none of them wanted to fight him to the death; instead, they intended to slowly wear him down with their superior numbers.

’If this keeps up,’ he realized, ’at the level of strength I’m displaying, there’s no way I’ll survive.’