"Clang!"
After sealing the Golden Coffin, Xiang Mantang instructed, "Brother, be careful with this thing. Don't let it escape. Once I've captured all the demons scattered outside, I'll take it back to where it belongs."
"Okay." Mu Jinyu nodded, then seemed to recall something and added, "By the way, there are two more demons in Dragon King Hall. Do you want to take them away now?"
The two demons Mu Jinyu referred to were naturally the Long-Tongued Demon and the Giant-Mouthed Demon that he had acquired at Guang Buddha Temple.
Originally, he had planned to implement the City God Plan, providing these demons to the internal members of Dragon King Hall who wished to become Demon Whisperers as a priority.
But the so-called City God Plan, guarding one city each, had virtually come to an end with the return of Xiang Mantang!
It was meaningless now.
The demon Xiang Mantang commanded was a Seventh-level demon capable of sweeping away everything in its path, so there was absolutely no need for people to make such sacrifices anymore.
Things often turn out this way, plans cannot keep up with changes.
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Xiang Mantang had originally thought that the two demons must have been suppressed by Gold and wasn't in a hurry to take them to the Ghost Domain.
But thinking of that Skeleton Demon, he realized that if it were placed with other demons, even with Gold to suppress them, there was no guarantee there wouldn't be problems!
"Alright, let's head back to Dragon King Hall first."
Xiang Mantang made his decision.
Sheng Rulai and Reinhardt, after their Agglomerate Demon was taken into the Ghost Domain by Xiang Mantang, retrieved their Magical Buddhist Beads Instrument and the Holy Artifact, the Spear of Longinus.
Seeing their decision, Sheng Rulai also took leave by saying:
"Amitabha, then we shall take our leave first!"
Reinhardt nodded to everyone, holding the Spear of Longinus that had lost its divinity, and left with a frown.
Watching the two of them leave, Mu Jinyu called for Xiang Mantang to get in the car and drove towards the headquarters of Dragon King Hall.
As he drove, he asked Xiang Mantang about his experiences during this period.
Especially why this dark turmoil had been stirred up.
As Sheng Rulai and the others were present just now, some things were not suitable to be asked, but now that it was just their own people, there was nothing that couldn't be asked.
Xiang Mantang frowned and replied that he had been guided by an Omniscient person to seek the Garden of Eden. After searching for several days without success, and in a rush, he was led by the people of Paradise Lost along the River of the Lost to a strange world.
Fallen Angels, the shadowy demons under the Bone Tree, and the method of saving people taught to him by the demons, as well as a dictated family letter...
Upon leaving that world, his memory was somewhat fuzzy; fearing he would forget later, he wrote it down, but unintentionally, it turned into signing a contract, ultimately releasing the Ghostly Demon which nearly destroyed the world!
"So, this affair was indeed caused by the Omniscient and the people of Paradise Lost!"
Mu Jinyu said, suppressing his anger, "They really do deserve death, for the sake of their own calculations, they would even sacrifice the people of the entire world!"
"Yes, let's not settle accounts with these two organizations for now. After I've taken care of all the scattered demons, I will settle this with them properly!"
Xiang Mantang sat in the back seat, a trace of cold light flitting across his eyes as he spoke softly.
Mu Jinyu nodded slightly, then curiously asked, "Hey, Ah-Xiang, how did you manage to suppress the Ghostly Demon behind you?"
He found this a bit strange. Judging by the destructive power of the Ghostly Demon, it was obviously far beyond the so-called God Realm boundary. The force of such devastating erosion really seemed devilish and godlike, and it shouldn't have been something Xiang Mantang could control and master.
"This… I'm not very clear about it..."
Xiang Mantang frowned and shook his head, "It might be the so-called 'Bloodline Power'?"
"Brother, take a look."
As he spoke, Xiang Mantang made the Cursed Vermilion Phoenix Mark that he had kept hidden appear again.
Mu Jinyu then saw a speck of red light first light up on Xiang Mantang's forehead, followed by countless fine lines spreading across his entire body, eventually intertwining into the pattern of a Vermilion Phoenix.
"The Bloodline Power activated by the Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art?"
Seeing Xiang Mantang like this, Mu Jinyu immediately recalled that every time Xiang Mantang used the "Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art," such a curse mark would appear, only it hadn't been as terrifying or dense as it was now.
And when it was used, it would also bring a rush of killing intent to his brain, making him fall into a berserk state, his emotions very unstable.
But at this moment, after Xiang Mantang manifested these Cursed Vermilion Phoenix Marks, his eyes were much brighter, yet he remained calm and did not have the mad intent to destroy everything in his sight.
"Have you... gained control over this Bloodline Power?"
Mu Jinyu asked excitedly.
He still remembered the master once saying that Xiang Mantang's Phoenix Clan bloodline was not very pure, which caused his consciousness to be disturbed when he activated the Bloodline Power with the "Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art"!
And if Xiang Mantang could thoroughly refine the essence of the Phoenix Clan Bloodline and gain control over it, his achievements would be no less than those of Mu Jinyu himself.
Unexpectedly, Xiang Mantang had actually succeeded.
"Ah-Xiang, how did you manage to do this?" Mu Jinyu asked, "Is it because of the ghost shadow?"
Xiang Mantang replied, "There's a high possibility. Take a look at Ah-Xiu."
With that, Xiang Mantang turned his head and gestured to Jian Ruyan, who then also cast her secret technique. On her forehead, too, the pattern of an Ice Phoenix took shape.
Xiang Mantang explained, "Originally when Ah-Xiu used her secret technique to activate her Ice Phoenix Bloodline, it wasn't stable or long-lasting, lasting only thirty seconds, at most a minute. But now, staying by my side and jointly suppressing the ghost shadow, her Bloodline Power seems much purer, and she can maintain this state for three minutes now."
"Is it really that miraculous?"
Upon hearing Xiang Mantang's words, Mu Jinyu's eyes lit up, thinking that he too had once controlled a Ghost-Faced Demon, and perhaps he could also activate his own Dragon Clan Bloodline.
The master had said that his bloodline was thin, and it was destined to be difficult to activate, but since Xiang Mantang was able to refine the impurities of his not so pure bloodline into purity under the erosion of the demon, he didn't expect the Bloodline Power to become concentrated, he just wished for it to be activated.
Therefore, Mu Jinyu stopped the vehicle by the roadside and tried to cast the "True Dragon Art."
The original "True Dragon Art" secret technique was somewhat of a chicken rib in Mu Jinyu's hands, hardly useful, and could only manage to move some Azure Dragon Blood when Xiang Mantang was on the verge of losing control, to calm him down.
But now, if he still could not activate the bloodline, and with Xiang Mantang no longer losing control, the "True Dragon Art" would become even more of a chicken rib.
"Ha…"
As Mu Jinyu began to cast the "True Dragon Art," he let out a soft shout, and a point of clear light suddenly lit up on his forehead, then extended outwards, weaving into the shape of a dragon.
"Eh, Eh, Eh…"
Seeing the Dragon Pattern emerging from Mu Jinyu's forehead, Xiang Mantang also lost a bit of his composure, exclaiming, "Brother, you can now activate the Bloodline Power too!"