The sun was shining brightly, with a warm, gentle breeze.

The weather was nice today, the scorching sun was high, and the temperature had risen by a degree or two.

Lin Zheyu returned to the cave from before, from within came a low, muffled sound.

The beast that he had placed into the array earlier looked somewhat emaciated, its pupils deep and carrying a hint of purple.

For nearly ten days, Lin Zheyu had given the beast neither food nor water, yet it remained energetic.

Upon seeing Lin Zheyu enter, it looked over, its muffled sound grew louder, its eyes reflecting a brutal bloodthirst.

Such a violent and bloodthirsty nature was far more than even the fiercest of beasts.

"Its intelligence has almost disappeared, leaving only cruelty and bloodlust in its eyes."

Lin Zheyu examined the beast's body; although it appeared more emaciated, the energy within its body was astonishing.

The beast's body started to wither away over a five-day span, growing weaker and weaker.

By the sixth day, however, there was a reversal; the beast's aura began to grow stronger.

Stronger day by day.

The sinister aura it exuded became denser, the spirit in its eyes faded, replaced with growing brutality and bloodthirst.

"Being corroded by evil energy doesn't lead directly to death, but transforms into a demon-like creature instead."

"Could the banning of cultivation as a forbidden technique be related to this?"

"The spiritual energy of this world has issues; cultivators absorb heaven and earth spiritual energy and are similarly corroded by this evil energy, turning into mindless demons driven by slaughter."

"Is that why there's talk of cultivators becoming demons?"

Lin Zheyu pondered, feeling it might just be possible.

Otherwise, a group of cultivators so powerful shouldn't have degenerated to their current state.

Swish—

A slash of the blade, and the vines binding the beast were instantly severed.

Roar!

The beast let out a low growl, its pupils turning ink-black in an instant.

Its fur shimmered with a hint of purple, muscles bulging, and its withered body began to swell.

Becoming even more robust than before!

"Interesting, this isn't like the recorded undead, could this be the true form of most demons?"

Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

He casually struck out, sending the demon-like beast flying.

Roar—

The beast cried out in pain, embedding into the wall, with cracking sounds emanating from its body.

"Power increased by about ten percent, but recovery ability has improved at least several times over!"

Lin Zheyu observed the beast, once again lively and energetic, and frowned slightly.

If this was what demons were, their recovery abilities were shockingly strong.

This beast had only spent a few days in the array and wasn't entirely transformed into a demon, yet had such astonishing recovery abilities.

Once fully transformed, its recovery ability would be terrifying.

Roar!

The beast charged again, showing no signs of injury.

Bang!

Lin Zheyu threw a punch, striking the beast on the forehead.

Cracking sounds echoed as the fierce beast's head was driven into its body.

It crashed heavily to the ground, body still struggling to rise despite losing its head.

However, after a moment of struggling, it couldn't stand up.

"Life force and recovery ability have strengthened, comparable to a beast at the Refining Internal Organ Realm."

Lin Zheyu assessed silently.

This beast originally had only Bone Forging Realm strength, but after demonization, its recovery ability improved to such an astonishing degree.

If fully demonized, its recovery ability might rival that of a beast at the Qi Blood Realm.

"This could likely be the typical strength level of demons, with strength reaching the Qi Blood Realm and recovery ability far surpassing it."

Lin Zheyu spoke to himself.

Given this beast's rapid improvement, reaching the Qi Blood Realm was only a matter of time.

Yet whether a demon's strength enhancement was solely reliant on sufficient evil energy remained uncertain.

If so, it was truly alarming.

Bang!

Lin Zheyu approached the beast's corpse, swinging his long knife, slicing it in half.

Purple-black viscous fluid sprayed from the beast's veins.

"Here, is it a demon or an undead?"

Lin Zheyu came to the side of a coffin, qi and blood surging within, completely releasing the Turtle Breath Skill, raising his state to the peak.

Boom!

Lin Zheyu struck the coffin lid, smashing it into pieces.

The coffin lid was made of ordinary material, and Lin Zheyu shattered it easily.

A withered corpse appeared before him.

It looked rather ordinary, standing about 1.8 meters tall, donning plain cloth garments. Its skin was peculiar, exuding a faint purple-black hue.

Roar!

As the coffin lid was lifted, the corpse abruptly opened its eyes, its pupils pitch-black, void of any white.

An endless slaughter intent flickered in its eyes.

Boom!

The entire coffin exploded with a crash, and the undead leaped towards Lin Zheyu.

Lin Zheyu was already prepared, striking with his long knife at the undead's neck.

Thud.

A dull sound echoed.

Lin Zheyu's blade, typically unstoppable, was blocked by the undead's neck; the blade couldn't even cut through its skin.

Yet Lin Zheyu's strength was immense, and though the blade couldn't sever the undead's neck, the terrifying force sent it flying back.

With a thud, the undead stumbled back, crashing into the wall.

"Its strength isn't that great, a bit stronger than Qi Blood First Transformation, but not by much."

"But its defense is astonishingly high, my full-strength strike couldn't even cut through its skin, instead it dulled my blade."

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