"Smack!"
A palm landed on Long Chen's face, just three inches away. Meng Qi and the others covered their mouths in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief.
It was clearly Long Chen's slap technique—a silent strike, unfathomable and nearly slapped Long Chen.
"Boom!"
Long Chen flew into a rage, grabbed the hand, and slammed it hard onto the ground. The earth exploded, and Long Chen shattered instantly, divine light flying through the sky, transforming into a pill.
"Release them all!"
Long Chen shouted sharply. The Demon Moon Furnace opened, and eight pills flew out at once. Before they could take shape, Long Chen punched down, the void exploded, and the runes around them shattered.
Whoosh!
All the pills fell into Long Chen's hands and were sent into the chaotic space. The thunder in the sky instantly dissipated, and when the pills returned to Long Chen, the heavenly tribulation had already vanished.
Meng Qi and the others gathered around, looking at the Heaven-Fusion Pill in Long Chen's hand, stunned.
The pills in Long Chen's hand looked like nine balls of coal, with countless points of light flowing inside, like countless stars. Looking at these Fusion Heaven Pills, they actually felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.
This Fusion Heaven Pill gave off an extremely evil and eerie feeling, completely different from the pills they had refined.
"The pill spirit of this pill is truly powerful. If Long Chen could refine thousands or tens of thousands of pills, wouldn't that mean an extra terrifying army would be added?" Tang Wan'er clicked her tongue.
The Danling's attack just now startled them. Its moves were almost identical to Long Chen's. Although its aura was much weaker, it seemed to possess some of Long Chen's strength and combat experience, enough to inflict terrifying damage.
Especially that slapping technique—Long Chen himself nearly fell into the wound. If it were someone else, there would have been almost no way to dodge.
Long Chen shook his head and said, "These are demon pills, very sinister. The pill spirits are extremely violent and defiant. It's simply impossible to control them." Hearing
Long Chen say this, Tang Wan'er felt a wave of disappointment. It was such a pity—she had even dreamed of Long Chen creating a batch of pill forces.
What Tang Wan'er didn't know was that the demon pill was called because it was so strange and mysterious that many things couldn't be explained.
Not to mention them—even Ling'er, as a spirit artifact, couldn't explain all the abilities of the demon core. She only knew what was going on, but not why.
Within the demon core lies a strange energy from the universe, which no one can explain—not even in the Dan Emperor's memories.
Long Chen looked at the demon core in his hand, a look of astonishment appearing on his face as he said, "This demon core is like a mirror, reflecting all the power within my body."
It absorbed the power of flame, thunder, and the power of one hundred and eight thousand stars, and even faintly carried the aura of a divine ring and a six-star battle body. Except for the Chaos Pearl, all my secrets were exposed by it. "
This is astonishing. Long Chen's power was so powerful that even during his tribulation crossing, the Heavenly Dao couldn't replicate it, yet it was absorbed by the demon core before him."
This demon core absorbed Long Chen's power and merged with the aura of this world. At the same time, a faint, indescribable, strange power flowed within it, making it indescribably mysterious.
This demon core was essentially tailor-made for Long Chen. To others, it was a pill of destruction—taking it meant certain death.
In the following days, Long Chen, Meng Qi, and the others frantically refined pills. After refining three batches of demon pills, Long Chen began attempting to refine giant pills.
As a result, the giant pill burst out of the furnace and fought fiercely with Long Chen. To Mengqi and the others' shock, the giant pill was terrifyingly terrifying, capable of summoning almost all of Long Chen's combat techniques, even the Azure Dragon battle body.
However, because it lacked true blood and energy, its strength was inferior to Long Chen's. In the end, it was defeated by Long Chen and turned into a pill the size of a baby's fist.
On that pill, six-colored divine patterns flowed, just like Long Chen's divine ring. Inside the ring, there were six starlight dots, shaped just like Long Chen's six-star battle body.
However, although this giant pill could mimic the Divine Ring and Six-Star Battle Body, it couldn't unleash that kind of power.
Even so, the power of this giant pill still startled Meng Qi and the others. Especially the Dragon Dust transformed from this giant pill, whose eyes flashed with red light, as if a demon king had come back to life, radiating murderous intent and a truly terrifying sight.
Long Chen fought fiercely with the giant core, leaving them terrified. That Long Chen was even more ruthless, every move deadly. If not for Long Chen's absolute suppressive power, they might have been injured by him.
Looking at this giant pill was chilling; it seemed compressed from a star, carrying endless destructive power.
After finishing the Giant Demon Pill, Long Chen rested nearby, letting Meng Qi and the others continue refining, while Long Chen stared blankly at the pill.
Starlight flickered within the giant core, illuminating Long Chen's cheek like a mirror. Looking at himself inside the demon core, the more he looked, the more he felt a chill down his spine, and a sense of fear spread through his heart.
That self looked so unfamiliar, so fierce, like the vengeful souls of billions of demon kings. Just looking at him made one want to die quickly rather than endure his stare.
"Who are you?"
Long Chen looked at himself inside the demon core, and unconsciously, clenched his fists. Through this pill refining, he seemed to see another soul within him.
An extremely evil, bloodthirsty, and frenzied soul, he seemed to embody the evils of the entire world, evoking genuine fear.
Long Chen spoke to the demon core, and the Dragon Chen inside the demon core was also speaking. It was just a mirror, seemingly reflecting Long Chen's inner self, giving him no response.
"Whew."
Long Chen let out a long breath and slowly closed his eyes. For some reason, looking at himself inside the demon core, he felt utterly exhausted.
Is it the will of the Dan Emperor? No, although the Will of the Dan Emperor is proud, it is calm and peaceful, pure and flawless, without a trace of evil.
Inner demon? No, that's not right. If it's an inner demon, it reflects what I care about most and affects my mind.
What exactly is this? Long Chen felt a vague sense of unease. In this world, only the unknown is truly terrifying.
During this pill refining, Long Chen sensed something ominous inside him. Although it had never affected him, for the first time, he felt a trace of fear.
To avoid worrying Mengqi and the others, Long Chen did not mention this matter to them. Now, as time passed, Long Chen discovered something: he had always avoided getting involved with Mengqi and the others' karma. But in reality, ever since he met them, they had already been caught up in karma.
So now Long Chen had told them some things about himself, even telling them the name of the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique, to put their minds at ease. Moreover, Long Chen had a feeling that telling them wouldn't be a bad thing.
"Long Chen, news from the Alliance says the Yin-Yang Realm has launched an attack."