Chapter 9 of 10

Chapter 9

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Xu Le was instantly excited and exclaimed, "There's such a good thing?"

Zhao Yanqin pushed him close to the Haoji Tian Stele and smiled faintly, saying, "This is one of the benefits of the Ten Thousand Demon Assembly. However, only two or three new demons can obtain a bloodline inheritance each year. You shouldn't have too much hope, or you might be greatly disappointed."

Xu Le casually asked, "Did you obtain a bloodline inheritance? What kind of technique did you get?"

Zhao Yanqin chuckled and said, "This is the greatest secret of every demon. Unless you are someone I am particularly close to, why would I tell you?"

Xu Le smiled awkwardly, realizing he had been too hasty. Following Zhao Yanqin's guidance, he approached the Haoji Tian Stele, placed his hands on it, and silently activated the demon energy within his body to sense the treasure that had fallen from the Heavenly Court. Soon, he felt a slight movement in his lower abdomen, and a stream of demon energy entered the Haoji Tian Stele. The black demon energy infused the stele, and Xu Le's vision brightened slightly. It seemed as if a thick cloud of light appeared before him, and within it, countless spiritual birds, strange beasts, demons, and ghosts came to life, roaring silently at him.

Xu Le did not feel any connection to any of the spiritual birds, strange beasts, demons, or ghosts. The black demon energy swept through the cloud of light without hesitation and continued to surge deeper into the Haoji Tian Stele.

In an instant, the black demon energy broke through eight clouds of light and rushed into the last one.

Xu Le also gained a slight understanding. These nine clouds of light were the nine layers of seals on the Haoji Tian Stele. The higher the cloud, the more powerful the sealed demons and spirits. The fact that his demon energy could rush to the ninth cloud of light in one breath indicated that his bloodline was sufficiently powerful.

Just as Xu Le thought he would surely find his bloodline in the ninth cloud of light, the black demon energy suddenly became lighter and even broke through the ninth cloud of light.

This left Xu Le extremely surprised!

In the next moment, Xu Le felt his body become light, and his vision suddenly brightened. He was no longer in the Yunxi Palace or within the seals of the Haoji Tian Stele, but in a majestic heavenly palace with thirty-three layers.

Countless heavenly soldiers and generals surged out of the palace, wielding boundless primordial energy, thousands of magical treasures, and countless spells, bombarding the surroundings. Layer upon layer of great formations were activated, emitting fierce fire, smoke, cloud light, and divine radiance, enveloping the palace.

Countless demons, led by seven supreme celestial demons, were fiercely attacking the palace. Countless spells, divine weapons, and magical treasures collided in the void.

Every second, countless demons and even heavenly soldiers and generals fell. The blood of the demons and the divine blood of the palace soldiers turned into vast clouds of black gas, green light, yellow mist, and cloud light, as well as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, filling the sky and shrouding the entire thirty-three-layer heavenly palace.

A supreme celestial demon, clad in dark gold armor, suddenly let out a fierce howl, his body swelling to thousands of feet tall. The black iron staff in his hand transformed into a pillar that seemed to support the sky, and he struck with all his might. Instantly, divine blood rained down, and countless heavenly soldiers and generals perished under this shocking blow.

The target of this celestial demon was not to slaughter the heavenly soldiers and generals but a towering tree that spanned the thirty-three heavens. The tree's branches and leaves were boundless, and it was the foundation of the palace, with each layer of the palace formed from its branches.

In an instant, countless protective formations of the palace were shattered, and countless spells, divine light, and magical treasures struck the celestial demon, but they could not stop his invincible momentum.

This blow shattered all the palace's defenses and struck the center of the towering tree, causing the thirty-three layers of the palace to collapse by eighteen layers. The shattered palace fragmented into boundless radiance, scattering in all directions.

The supreme celestial demon, clad in dark gold armor, exhausted his primordial energy with this shocking blow and was struck by countless spells, divine light, and magical treasures. He also suffered the backlash of the palace's protective formations, spewing a rain of dark gold blood, his body rapidly shrinking. Another powerful celestial demon, clad in black armor with crescent horns on his head, caught him and snapped his fingers, releasing countless black thunderbolts to defend against the heavenly soldiers' frenzied counterattack.

The black thunderbolts shattered countless spells, even making divine weapons and magical treasures difficult to withstand...

Xu Le felt a warm sensation on his face as a dark gold blood rain drenched him. Suddenly, he realized he could move, and his body twisted slightly, extending eight black gas-like tentacles. His body writhed in the black gas, absorbing the essence of the towering tree and growing rapidly.

Only at this moment did Xu Le realize he was a growth on the towering tree, a tumor that had been drenched in the celestial demon's dark gold blood and had developed self-awareness, separating from the main body. It looked like a strange plant with countless branches and vines, but it had roots that did not penetrate the soil and leaves that grew steel-like tendrils, blooming with thousands of ten-colored flowers. Each flower had no stamens, and the centers of the flowers had varying numbers of black light circles, expanding and contracting, naturally carrying a bloodthirsty desire.

Transforming into a ten-colored flower vine, the feeling was incredibly strange, but before Xu Le could fully experience it, the thirty-three-layer heavenly palace gradually became ethereal, and the fierce battlefield disappeared. In the next moment, he plummeted rapidly, quickly leaving the illusory realm and re-entering the seal of the Haoji Tian Stele.

As he passed through the ninth cloud of light, he saw a giant tree with an iron-like trunk, its roots penetrating the void, appearing and disappearing. A deep-seated obsession in his nature made him reach out with his hands and break off a branch of the tree. Then, he could no longer maintain his balance and fell through the nine layers of cloud.

A moment later, Xu Le found himself still pressing his hands against the Haoji Tian Stele.

He was somewhat dazed, as everything that had just happened seemed real but was also intangible, like a dream.

Xu Le calmed down and felt the black demon energy within him expanding, as if he had just had a hearty meal. What surprised him even more was that a pulsating object had appeared between his eyebrows. This new, small thing, though immature, was incredibly domineering, constantly devouring the black demon energy within him and growing rapidly, with a natural fearlessness.

Xu Le was still in a daze, not knowing what had happened, when Zhao Yanqin excitedly shouted, "It's the Tree of Immortality! It's indeed the Tree of Immortality. You have awakened the bloodline of the Tree of Immortality, one of the 138 secondary bloodlines!"

Xu Le felt something was not quite right but remained silent, not revealing what he had seen and not planning to discuss it with anyone. He vaguely felt that he had discovered something significant.

Zhao Yanqin jumped with excitement and pointed to a strange tree on the Haoji Tian Stele that was emitting a faint light.

Xu Le remembered this tree well; it was the giant tree from which he had casually broken off a branch in the ninth cloud of light. He did not feel any connection to the tree, but he had a faint sense of hunger, as if he wanted to peel and cook it.

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