Chapter 254 - 179: Demon Race

Chapter 254: Chapter 179: Demon Race

The head was that of an ordinary young man with long, black hair. His eyes were shut, but his complexion was still so ruddy that it seemed he might open them at any moment.

The Qiankun Daoist spoke up. "The altar is a Martial Arts Array, used to gather the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy."

"That’s why the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy is so thin here. The vast majority of it has surged into that head."

"It’s a good thing we came as Clones. If our true bodies were here, the resulting fluctuations in Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy might have woken this Human King."

Lu Changfeng took a few steps forward. Within a ten-meter range, his interface reacted.

Name: Demon Miasma (Dormant)

Root Bone: Earth Spirit

Talent: Supreme Talent [Demon God Body (Level 5)]

Bloodline Talent: None.

The information on the interface undoubtedly confirmed his identity as a Human King.

This Human King was a pure-blooded member of the Human Race. His Root Bone was Earth Spirit Level, and he possessed the same Supreme Talent as Lu Changfeng: [Demon God Body]. The only difference was that Lu Changfeng’s was Level 1, while this guy’s was Level 5.

A Level 1 Demon God Body could already elevate Lu Changfeng’s physical body to the True Spirit Body Realm. Lu Changfeng couldn’t even imagine how powerful a Level 5 Demon God Body would be.

"Why did you bring so many people?"

Suddenly, a voice created through Spiritual Power resonance came from behind him.

Lu Changfeng was startled. He turned around to see a headless body standing at the passage entrance, though he didn’t know when it had appeared.

"One hundred Primordial Stones. Did you find them?" the headless body continued, its voice produced by Spiritual Power resonance.

Xu Fan took a deep breath and bowed to the headless body. "I’m sorry, Senior. Primordial Stones are just too rare. There’s no trace of them anywhere in the world today."

"Useless," the headless body said without ceremony.

Although the headless body had no eyes, Lu Changfeng could clearly feel its ’gaze’ land on him and the Qiankun Daoist.

"Bringing two helpers to bolster your courage?"

"Heh, I’ll just get rid of your two companions." A terrifying aura erupted from the headless body as it started walking toward the two of them.

The Qiankun Daoist looked tense, clearly ready to flee at any moment.

Just then, Lu Changfeng suddenly spoke. "If you don’t want me to wake up Demon Miasma, you’d better stop walking."

Lu Changfeng raised his Spiritual Artifact, the Tiger Soul Saber, and pointed it at Demon Miasma’s head. His Fengtian Saber Intent was ready to erupt at any moment.

Xu Fan and the Qiankun Daoist looked at Lu Changfeng in astonishment. ’Aren’t the head and body one and the same?’

’Wasn’t a threat like that just adding fuel to the fire?’

But to their surprise, the headless body actually did come to a dead stop.

Lu Changfeng breathed a small sigh of relief. ’I guessed right.’

’With the headless body’s power, if it really wanted to attack, it would have just charged straight at us. Why would it move so slowly, just trying to intimidate us?’

’The only possibility is that the headless body doesn’t want to fight in this space. But why?’

’The only thing that could be holding it back has to be Demon Miasma’s head, right behind me.’

Lu Changfeng shot a meaningful glance at the Qiankun Daoist and Xu Fan.

The two of them caught on quickly. They moved in closer, taking an attack stance aimed at Demon Miasma’s head.

The headless body lost its nerve. It began taking large steps backward until it was standing at the entrance. "You win."

Lu Changfeng lowered his Tiger Soul Saber and walked toward the headless body. The body simply watched him approach, making no other moves.

Within ten meters, Lu Changfeng’s interface reacted.

Name: Demon Miasma (Human Demon)

Root Bone: Acquired Demon Clan

Talent: None

Bloodline Talent: None

’Just as I thought. This thing’s body developed its own consciousness and became a member of the Demon Race.’

From the Purple Lotus Clone to his current Dragon Scale Clone, Lu Changfeng had always been skilled at Clone Control. Now, with the help of his Ancient Chaos Demon Dragon Bloodline, he could even create a Chaos Consciousness.

Thus, Lu Changfeng had already suspected this might be the case after hearing Xu Fan’s account earlier.

Now, with the help of the interface, Lu Changfeng could confirm his suspicion.

Demon Miasma’s head and body had been separated for some reason, and Lu Changfeng guessed that Demon Miasma had likely done it to himself.

What he hadn’t expected, however, was that over the long eons, Demon Miasma’s body had developed its own consciousness and evolved into one of the Demon Race.

Demon Miasma possessed the Supreme Talent [Demon God Body], and his body already contained aspects of the Demon God Path. Thus, it wasn’t too strange for the body to evolve into one of the Demon Race.

Frankly, it was a case of reverse evolution.

The Demon Miasma Body had evolved into a Demon, but it also knew it was no match for the Demon Miasma Head. It feared that if the head were to awaken, its body would be taken back.

That was why the Demon Miasma Body was afraid of Lu Changfeng’s threat.

"First, remove the mark you placed inside Xu Fan," Lu Changfeng said slowly.

The Demon Miasma Body decisively waved its hand. A wisp of Demonic Energy was drawn out of Xu Fan’s body and absorbed into the Demon Miasma Body.

"What are you really up to? What do you need one hundred Primordial Stones for?" Lu Changfeng asked, his voice grave.

The Demon Miasma Body was silent for a moment before speaking. "I need one hundred Primordial Stones to break the Seal the head left on my neck and form a new head for myself. Once I do that, I can leave this altar."

As it turned out, when Demon Miasma had originally separated its head from its body, it had placed a Rune Seal on the body, just in case.

With this Rune Seal in place, the body could not move a certain distance away from the head, nor could it regrow a new head.

In the long eons since the Demon Miasma Body gained consciousness, it had to be exceedingly careful.

It couldn’t leave this place, and it didn’t dare to excessively plunder the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy meant for the Demon Miasma Head. This caused its body’s strength to decline again and again, to the point that its current power was no longer at the Human King Level.