Young White Horse: I, Ye Dingzhi, offer sacrifice to the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

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The bone demon, which had been suppressing several demonic apes, suddenly found itself in a precarious situation.

On Ye Xiaofan's side, there were two demonic apes.

The others moved swiftly through the dense forest, never actually making contact with the giant ape, and their hands flashed with blue light as they continuously unleashed wind blades without pause.

Despite the gray ape roaring incessantly, the giant claws and tail hooks that appeared from the ground from time to time made it impossible for it to give chase at full speed.

It could only occasionally grab handfuls of soil from the ground and fly them around, quickly condensing them into stones the size of 860 heads, which it then hurled wildly at several people.

But with the speed of the group, all the stones were easily dodged.

Although the group was able to dodge the demon ape's attacks, the wind blades they unleashed could not harm the ape in the slightest, only barely scratching its skin.

"This can't go on like this."

Ye Xiaofan said solemnly, "If we wait until the Bone Demon is dealt with by the Demon Ape, the other Demon Apes will also surround us, and we will surely die then."

"So what do we do now?" one of them said, panting heavily. "Even if we deal with these two demonic apes, we have no means to do anything. We can only hide like flies."

"I can't outrun him, and I can't win a fight."

The man's tone was filled with despair, and his movements slowed down as well.

Because of that one second's delay, a huge rock suddenly came crashing down.

The man was instantly struck as if by lightning, and half of his body was smashed to pieces.

"not good!"

Everyone was shocked by what they saw.

Just then, the loud noises on the other side finally stopped.

The Bone Demon's body had turned into broken bones, scattered throughout the dense forest.

After killing the Bone Demon, the Golden-haired Demon Ape and several other demon apes surrounded Ye Xiaofan and the others.

"It's over!"

The group looked at the approaching demonic apes and finally gave up in despair.

Just as the group closed their eyes, preparing to await their death, a streak of blood-red sword energy flashed past.

"Pfft!!!"

Warm blood gushed from the ape's enormous body, soaking the group of people.

The crowd opened their eyes with trembling hands, only to witness an unbelievable scene. The once invincible golden-haired demon ape was now decapitated, its massive head lying on the ground, and blood from its neck splattering three feet high, like a fountain, spraying all over them.

Immediately afterwards, several more streaks of blood-red sword energy flashed past.

The other demonic apes didn't even have time to react before they fell one after another.

"What...what's going on?!"

"What the hell? Why are all these demonic apes suddenly dead?"

The crowd was utterly shocked. The golden demon ape, which could have easily killed them with a single finger, had its head severed and was instantly killed.

At that moment, Ye Xiaofan suddenly sensed a familiar aura. Instantly, he excitedly shouted, "Is it you? Brother Ye!"

"Brother Ye? Brother Xiao Fan, who are you calling?" The group of people were stunned and quickly turned around to look.

The next moment, a figure suddenly appeared from behind the tree, holding a blood-red longsword.

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Ye Xiaofan looked at the familiar figure, his expression filled with surprise and excitement.

"Brother Yun?! You... what are you doing here?"

He had already heard about Brother Yun's emergence from the seal. So much had happened during this time, with changes occurring almost daily. Sometimes, he would open his eyes to find that Beili had already changed hands.

"He is Ye Dingzhi?!"

"hiss......"

"Did Ye Dingzhi save us?"

"Stop calling him Ye Dingzhi, he should be called the Emperor now."

The others were also extremely shocked. None of them expected that Ye Dingzhi would save them at their most desperate moment.

This is the leader of the Demonic Sect, and now the emperor of Beili—no, it should be Ning'an.

However, what puzzled everyone the most was that Ye Dingzhi was now the new emperor, and should logically be staying in the palace.

How did they end up in this desolate, dense forest?

Ye Dingzhi did not answer the crowd's questions, but instead slowly walked to the corpse of the golden-haired demon ape.

"Tear!"

Ye Dingzhi picked up the blood-red demonic sword in his hand and slashed open the chest of the golden-haired demon ape.

Then, without caring about the dirt, he rummaged around inside the golden-haired demon ape's chest cavity.

Soon Ye Dingzhi touched a smooth and hard bead. He withdrew his hand, and everyone saw that he was holding a white jade bead that emitted a blood-red light.

"This is the inner core of that golden-haired demon ape!"

"If I absorb this golden pill, I might be able to break through to the Divine Ascension Realm directly, right?"

The crowd looked at the blood-red bead with longing in their eyes.

Ye Dingzhi looked at Ye Xiaofan and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

Ye Xiaofan nodded quickly and said, "Brother Ye, I know what this is. Every demon that appears here has a blood bead like this inside its body. After refining this blood bead, it can not only enhance strength, but may also grant some kind of secret technique."

"I acquired my Blood Armor Technique by absorbing a blood bead."

Ye Dingzhi's expression shifted slightly. This blood bead actually had such a wonderful use?

He continued, "What are you doing here? And how did you know about this?"

Ye Xiaofan replied, "Over the years, I have been wandering in the martial world, but recently, strange things have happened in various places, and countless demons have emerged."

"This dense forest has been occupied by a group of demonic apes at some point, and besides the demonic apes, there are countless other powerful demons."

"So I and some like-minded friends prepared to come to this dense forest to slay demons and monsters."

"I never imagined that the demons in this forest were so terrifying. After my friends and I entered this dense forest, we were chased by the demons and fled all the way to the depths of the forest. I observed that after the demons fought each other, they would cut open each other's chests, take out a blood bead, and eat it."

"I was lucky enough to find a demon's corpse and took out a blood bead from it. I managed to refine it and my strength increased a lot, which is why I've been able to hold on until now."

Upon hearing this, Ye Dingzhi calmly said, "In that case, you can divide up the other corpses of the demon apes."

Upon hearing this, everyone present was overjoyed.

"Thank you very much, Brother Ye!"

"Are you stupid? He's the emperor now!" someone quickly whispered a rebuke.

"Oh! Thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you for your grace!"

Everyone was incredibly excited. These demonic apes were all at the level of the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm in their previous lives, and they appeared in groups, with their leader even reaching the Divine Travel Mystic Realm.

For them to obtain the inner core of a demon ape was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

But now, not only have they been rescued, they can even get the demon ape's inner core for free. How could they not be excited?

Soon, someone took a knife and cut open the demon ape's chest, taking out a white jade bead that emitted a strange blood-red light.

As the inner cores of all the demonic ape corpses were extracted, someone eagerly asked Ye Xiaofan, "Brother Fan, tell me quickly, how do we refine these demonic ape inner cores?"

Of all these people, only Ye Xiaofan was lucky enough to find a demon's corpse and successfully refine the demon's inner core. The others hadn't even touched the demon's inner core, let alone knew how to refine it.

Ye Xiaofan also stumbled upon this method by accident. He said with a serious expression, "I also figured this out by myself. Whether you want to refine it or not, you can decide after you hear what I have to say."

"When refining this demon core, you only need to circulate your internal energy into the demon core, and the energy in the demon core will automatically enter your body."

"However, the energy within this demon's inner core is extremely violent and malevolent. When refining it, one must be careful that the energy within the demon's inner core does not break through one's meridians. If all the meridians in one's body are severed, one will be no different from a cripple."

"Besides this, there is the most important point: the strange energy in this demon's inner core will affect our minds. We must guard our minds, otherwise we will definitely fall into madness."

Upon hearing that refining and absorbing the demon's inner core carried such risks, everyone's expressions became much more serious.

However, even with such great risks, no one put down the demon core in their hands.

After all, this is something that can leap across the heavens in one step. In this world, strength is the most important thing. Like Ye Dingzhi, he was willing to become a demon in order to become stronger.

Even if the demon's inner core has severe side effects, they must seize this opportunity.

Soon, someone began circulating their internal energy, preparing to refine the demon's inner core.

Ye Dingzhi stared intently at the man, and saw that as soon as the man's true energy came into contact with the demon's inner core, an extremely large and complex surge of violent energy rushed into the man's body.

Even though the person was prepared, under such a violent energy impact, in just a moment, all the meridians in his body were destroyed by the violent energy, and he was completely crippled.

"Pfft!"

The man suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face turned deathly pale, and his breathing became extremely disordered.

"Ah Hai! Are you alright?!"

Upon seeing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically. They quickly put away the demon cores in their hands and ran to the person's side.

"My...my entire body's meridians..."

The man felt incredulously as the meridians within his body snapped open, one by one.

"I'm afraid we can't absorb these demon cores." Ye Xiaofan sighed and said in a deep voice, "Those demon apes are too powerful. With our current strength, if we try to forcibly absorb their cores, our meridians simply won't be able to withstand the impact of their violent power."

Everyone present immediately felt as if they had been doused with a bucket of cold water, and felt a chill run through their hearts.

This is a once-in-a-century opportunity; such a precious treasure, yet they can only watch helplessly.

This feeling is extremely unpleasant.

"Brother Ye." Ye Xiaofan walked up to Ye Dingzhi, took out a demon core and said, "I can't refine this demon core, so please keep it, Brother Ye."

This demonic inner core is the inner core of the demonic ape that previously absorbed the bone demon's inner core. After absorbing the bone demon's inner core, the demonic ape's strength had already broken through to the Divine Travel Profound Realm.

The demon cores that Ye Xiaofan absorbed before were only at the lowest level, the Nine Heavens Realm, within the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm.

After absorbing the demon's inner core, his strength had already reached the Great Freedom Realm, but he was still a long way from the Divine Travel Realm.

If he were to forcibly absorb the inner core of a demon from the Divine Wandering Realm with the strength of the Great Freedom Realm, he would probably have his meridians severed in an instant, and might even explode and die.

Ye Dingzhi took the demon's inner core and immersed himself in it.

Although both of these demonic inner cores belonged to the Divine Realm, the quality of this demonic inner core was a whole level lower than that of the golden-haired demonic ape's inner core.

However, Ye Dingzhi was quite interested in the item.

There are no such things as demon cores in this world; perhaps only in the outer realms do they exist.

As he pondered this, Ye Dingzhi channeled his true energy into the demon's inner core in his hand.

In an instant, the demon's inner core seemed to be activated, and the blood-red light it emitted shone even brighter. A surge of violent energy rushed into Ye Dingzhi's meridians like a tidal wave.

Fortunately, Ye Dingzhi's physical body is now extremely powerful, and even such violent energy cannot cause any damage to Ye Dingzhi's meridians.

Strangely enough, the energy within the demon's inner core quickly transformed into the same energy source as Ye Dingzhi's after entering his body.

However, although they were transformed into energy of the same origin, there was still a strange energy hidden deep within them.

This strange energy emitted invisible fluctuations, attempting to influence Ye Dingzhi's mind.

An ordinary person might be driven to madness by the influence of this strange energy.

However, in Ye Dingzhi's view, this impact was less than one-thousandth of the demonic energy.

After refining the demon ape's inner core, Ye Dingzhi felt a long-lost sense that his previously stable realm had loosened again.

This surprised Ye Dingzhi. After he broke through to the realm above the Divine Realm, no matter how much he cultivated, his strength seemed to have reached its limit and could not advance any further.

However, after refining the demon ape's inner core, his cultivation level actually loosened again. Although it was only a small fluctuation, it gave him hope of continuing to become stronger.

Ye Dingzhi looked at the other demon core in his hand, which was from the Golden-haired Demon Ape. With a thought, he didn't stop at all. After refining the previous demon ape core, he refined the Golden-haired Demon Ape's core again.

Instantly, an even more violent energy surged into Ye Dingzhi's meridians once again.

At the same time, a strange fluctuation was constantly affecting Ye Dingzhi's mind.

This strange fluctuation was much stronger than the previous demonic energy, but it was nothing to Ye Dingzhi.