Chapter 123: Feeding the Demon with One's Body

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Su Ran looked at Chen Fei’s shocked expression and continued, “While the Demon Weapon is incredibly powerful, like a reduced version of a spirit weapon, it has a fatal flaw.”
“If one cannot dominate the Demon Weapon, it will backfire, and the price will be the sacrifice of the soul to the Demon.”
“Ye Chenyi may only be a first-tier true spirit master, but possessing such a powerful Demon Weapon is a death sentence for him.”
“Every time he uses the power of the Demon Weapon, it consumes his blood and life force.”
“The more demonic energy he uses, the greater the price, until the weapon drains him completely.”
Chen Fei felt a chill run down his spine after hearing Su Ran’s explanation. The power of the Demon Weapon was indisputable, even allowing Ye Chenyi, a first-tier true spirit master, to have the strength of a seventh-tier true spirit master.
But the backlash from the Demon Weapon was even more terrifying.
“Feeding the Demon with one’s own body!” Chen Fei shook his head. “Ye Chenyi is truly a madman. To deal with us, he has already placed himself on the path to death, all for a chance of mutual destruction!”
Su Ran nodded. Chen Fei’s summary was accurate—this was indeed a crazy act of feeding the demon with one’s own body. The best result would only be mutual destruction with the enemy.
“The ambitions of the City Lord’s mansion are enormous!” Su Ran continued. “Ye Chenyi is able to wield such a Demon Weapon, so there must be a formidable evil force behind him.”
“His appearance in Huangwu City is no accident, and the appearance of the secret realm here is no coincidence either,” Su Ran said, his expression tinged with concern.
Evil cultivators, Demon Weapons, secret realms.
These few words were enough to make anyone wary.
Although Chen Fei had little experience, he could faintly sense an unknown sense of danger looming over Huangwu City. Once it erupts, the city would bear the brunt, and no one knew how far the calamity would spread.
“Ye Chenyi is an evil cultivator. His presence in Huangwu City is not just for his wife—he must have some other goal here,” Chen Fei recalled the bloody massacres related to evil cultivators that he knew about.
“Before, I wasn’t sure, but now that Ye Chenyi has taken out a Demon Weapon, it shows that the force behind him is planning something harmful in Huangwu City.”
“Though the Thousand Section Technique Spirit Master is powerful, he is still at the peak level of a ninth-tier true spirit master. Even the Daqing Empire has individuals who can contend with him, not to mention Qinling, who controls this region,” Su Ran said.
Chen Fei nodded, agreeing with Su Ran’s point. Such a powerful Demon Weapon could not be wielded by Ye Chenyi alone.
“Does the Daqing Empire know about this matter?” he asked.
“Does Qinling, the so-called righteous leader, know about this?” Chen Fei asked further. “What is their stance on this?”
This issue concerned the lives of more than 100,000 people in Huangwu City.
“I’m not sure!” Su Ran shook his head. “Even if the Daqing Empire and Qinling know, for the common people of Huangwu City, this is nothing but a disaster.”
Chen Fei frowned. From Su Ran’s words, it seemed that whether or not the Daqing Empire or Qinling cared about the lives of ordinary people was irrelevant.
“This matter is beyond our control,” Su Ran said. “What we can do now is to quickly increase our cultivation. Otherwise, we may not even be able to protect ourselves.”
“Mm.” Chen Fei nodded. After understanding the unique situation of Ye Chenyi, he immediately came up with a bold plan.
“We will continue to seek opportunities and hunt phantom beasts. Dealing with Ye Chenyi is my responsibility.”
“You have a plan?” Su Ran looked at Chen Fei with curiosity.
“Although Ye Chenyi, feeding the demon with his own body, is powerful, his purpose is clear. He is here on Ye Chenyi’s orders and is after his wife.”
“As long as his wife doesn’t face him, he won’t dare to destroy everything. This is our opportunity,” Chen Fei explained.
“You want to consume Ye Chenyi’s energy and delay time?”
“But Ye Chenyi has no precise control over the Demon Weapon and is always at risk of self-destruction,” Su Ran understood Chen Fei’s idea but still felt that such a plan was akin to playing with fire.
“There’s no other choice,” Chen Fei replied. “If we continue like this, Ye Chenyi will eventually show up.”
Su Ran shook his head. “It’s not necessarily like that. Perhaps we can find a special opportunity in the core area.”
Chen Fei had made his decision and did not give Su Ran a chance to refuse. “This is decided. My life and death are in your hands. You must become stronger as soon as possible.”
“Special opportunity? Is it really that easy?” Su Ran could see how dangerous Chen Fei’s choice was—he was playing with fire, and it could end in disaster at any moment.
Seeing that Chen Fei had made up his mind, Su Ran knew this was their only chance and nodded in agreement.
The two continued to search for opportunities and phantom beasts, while Ye Chenyi relentlessly approached, locking in on Su Ran’s position.
For Ye Chenyi, though his speed wasn’t as fast as Su Ran’s and his sensing abilities weren’t as strong, he could still put enough pressure on them to force them not to stop and refine opportunities.
Even if Su Ran couldn’t refine the opportunities to enhance herself, he could still achieve his goal by forcing her to stop.
After all, Ye Chenyi was recovering his strength. If he recovered first while Su Ran was still stagnant, the final result was easy to predict.
“Run!” Ye Chenyi laughed. “Let’s see how long you can run.”
“The legendary demoness, the greatest genius of this era, is being chased by a mere first-tier true spirit master, running everywhere.”
“Stopped?” Ye Chenyi sneered when he saw that Su Ran had stopped moving. “Do you think you can stop now, even though you know I can sense your position?”
He took the opportunity to close the distance.
Meanwhile, Chen Fei and Su Ran had stopped. Su Ran stood still, while Chen Fei moved toward a phantom beast with the aura of a mid-tier sixth-level spirit master.
He was responsible for hunting the phantom beast, extracting its soul, and letting Su Ran refine it. Meanwhile, he would block Ye Chenyi from meeting Su Ran.
Once Su Ran refined the soul and left, Chen Fei could shake off Ye Chenyi and reunite with Su Ran.
Ye Chenyi’s sensing ability was limited. Even if he activated the Demon Weapon, his perception wouldn’t improve. Thus, the plan seemed feasible.
The only risk was whether Ye Chenyi would choose to destroy everything in a fit of rage.
Chen Fei swiftly hunted the phantom beast. With the control of the Void Heaven Cauldron, the beast was easily subdued.
With a loud crash, the phantom beast disappeared, leaving only its soul, which radiated a faint glow.
Su Ran hurried over to absorb and refine the soul, while Chen Fei, having killed the phantom beast, quickly moved toward Ye Chenyi’s location to prevent him from encountering Su Ran.