Chapter 56

After a moment, the blood-red light in the Human Demon King's eyes faded, and it stopped its movements, returning to its original state.

"What's going on? The Human Demon King's intelligence seems to be off?" he wondered.

At this moment, the Human Demon King had already risen and was walking toward the blood pool.

Yuan Ming's eyebrows raised as he looked at the runes surrounding the blood pool, vaguely sensing that something would happen when the Human Demon King stepped into it.

However, just as the Human Demon King was about to cross the rune-embedded iron on the ground, it suddenly paused and stopped.

"Did it notice something?" Yuan Ming was surprised.

But soon, he realized he had overthought it.

The Human Demon King paused because the blood-red light in its eyes had faded again, as if its intelligence had once more malfunctioned, causing it to stop.

After a brief moment, it stepped over the rune marks and entered the blood pool.

For some reason, the rune marks showed no reaction to the Human Demon King's entry, either because the conditions for activation were not met, or because they were not intended for the Human Demon King.

Regardless, Yuan Ming did not intend to get involved, only wanting to hide and wait for the danger to pass.

At this moment, he noticed that the blood water in the pool was churning violently, several times more turbulent than before. Countless "gurgling" blood bubbles rose, completely obscuring the Human Demon King's upper body, submerging it up to the neck.

A wound on his chest emitted a stream of white smoke, spreading a smell of rotting flesh in the air.

A red glow enveloped the entire blood pool, wrapping it in a crimson aura.

"Is this guy healing himself?" Although Yuan Ming did not understand, he could guess.

After a while, the water level in the blood pool dropped significantly, revealing the Human Demon King's chest. The shocking wound had already been repaired with flesh.

The burned flesh on his body had also been restored, but his skin had become dry and yellow, looking like a mummy that had been dried for years.

"Such a strong recovery ability!" Seeing his wounds heal, Yuan Ming's heart sank, his worries deepening.

At this moment, he only hoped that the Human Demon King would leave after healing.

The fur on the Human Demon King's body did not regrow, but its muscles gradually filled out, and its face returned to its original shape, resembling a young man with a prominent nose and sharp features.

If not for the overly protruding eyes that distorted its expression, this face would have exuded a certain heroic and handsome aura.

Yuan Ming was inexplicably startled, confirming that he had seen a human face, a young man's face.

"How could this be? Could the Human Demon King be a human in disguise? Or perhaps... transformed from a human?" These thoughts involuntarily arose in his mind.

Just as he was thinking this, the Human Demon King suddenly let out a mournful scream, its body rising abruptly, and it clawed at its chest.

Yuan Ming hurriedly looked over and saw that the newly grown flesh on the Human Demon King's chest was rotting at an alarming rate, turning purple and black, and falling off, revealing the shocking blood hole again.

Not only that, but the flesh around the hole was also being infected, decaying and falling off from its chest.

The Human Demon King's claws frantically clawed at its chest, tearing off the rotting flesh, struggling to escape the blood pool.

At this moment, the runes surrounding the blood pool suddenly lit up.

Beneath the ground, a series of red lights rose, connecting the runes to form a strange array of red light.

Through the ground, Yuan Ming saw vague and ancient runes.

He was surprised to find that these runes were not from the Southern Border but resembled those from the Central Plains.

However, each rune's shape was different from what Yuan Ming remembered, twisted and deformed, appearing between text and images, complex and mysterious.

As the runes lit up, dark red light beams emerged from the array, winding around the Human Demon King like chains, wrapping around its neck.

The moment the red chains wrapped around, the Human Demon King's face showed extreme pain, and it let out a series of furious roars, tearing at the chains around its neck with its hands.

However, as soon as its claws touched the chains, it was as if it had touched a red-hot iron, and it immediately pulled back.

"Ugh..."

The Human Demon King let out a series of moans, the blood-red light in its eyes flickering.

Seeing it trapped, Yuan Ming knew the time had come and was about to turn and flee.

At this moment, the mysterious voice in his mind spoke again: "Quick, cut off its head."

Yuan Ming did not immediately move but looked around again, still not seeing the mysterious person.

"If you don't act now... the array... won't hold him... you won't escape the cave... and you'll die on the surface... the same... death." The voice grew more urgent.

Yuan Ming frowned and hesitated for a moment, then punched the wall and charged forward with his sword.

The sound of his footsteps immediately caught the Human Demon King's attention. The body in the blood pool, which had been moaning, suddenly struggled, turning to look at Yuan Ming, seemingly sensing the presence of a living being, and becoming extremely agitated.

The Human Demon King struggled violently, causing the dark red chains around its neck to shake violently.

The rune-embedded iron, which was buried in the ground, began to be pulled out.

The entire dark red array shook violently, on the verge of collapse.

"It's too late..." Yuan Ming sighed.

He had just reached the side of the Human Demon King, and before he could swing his sword, there was a "bang" from the ground.

A rune-embedded iron, like an anchor, was pulled out, and the Human Demon King's body tilted, lunging toward him.

Although it had not completely escaped, the extended distance was enough for its sharp claws to slash his throat.

At this critical moment, a silver shadow suddenly flashed and landed on Yuan Ming's shoulder.

Yuan Ming vaguely felt it was a silver cat but did not dare to look away.

"Cut!"

The command echoed in his mind, carrying an unyielding authority.

Yuan Ming felt a "buzz" in his head, as if struck by a bell, and a sense of irresistible obedience rose in his heart.

It was as if a voice from the depths was telling him to obey, unconditionally.

At the same time, the Human Demon King's claws swung toward him.

The silver cat, perched on Yuan Ming's shoulder, faced the Human Demon King with an elegant posture. Its heterochromatic eyes seemed to light up with stars, emitting a glow.

The moment the light spread, the Human Demon King's body stiffened, standing still, and its claw stopped just an inch from Yuan Ming's throat.

Just as Yuan Ming was about to give in to the voice, a warm sensation flowed from his right arm.

The green mark formed by the incense burner appeared, and a wave of power surged into his brain, instantly clearing his mind.

The feeling of wanting to submit vanished.

The silver cat's heterochromatic eyes flashed with surprise, then turned to confusion.

"If you don't act quickly... even if you don't die here... you'll die outside... at the hands of the Bi Luo Cave elders." A stern warning echoed in Yuan Ming's mind again.

"It's really you..." Yuan Ming confirmed his guess; the voice that had been speaking to him was this silver cat, which had appeared by his side long ago.

What is the origin of this silver cat? Why did it save me earlier, and now has such power to contend with the Human Demon King?

His mind was flooded with thoughts, but he no longer hesitated, adjusting his Yuan Arm to full power and slashing at the Human Demon King's neck.

A sharp "clang" echoed.

Sparks flew from the Human Demon King's neck, and the sound of metal on metal came from the dry skin below.

Yuan Ming felt a jolt in his arm, as if he had struck steel covered in leather, not flesh.

The powerful force pushed him back.

The Human Demon King, as if enraged, let out a furious roar, emitting a blood-red glow, and the dark red chains around its neck were violently shaken off.

The rune-embedded iron on the ground was also scattered, and the array Yuan Ming had set up under the silver cat's guidance completely failed.

"Roar