What is the relationship between the Five Elements Heaven and Ni Han? The Rakshasa Holy Sect didn''t come to Nanjiang this time to repair Chi Li Heaven. What are they here for?

    Whoosh...

    Just as Hou Yuxiao was about to ask, he suddenly sensed a powerful pull coming from the spirit line. He discovered that the Star Sea Holy Core in the abdomen of his martial spirit''s shadow was being wildly absorbed. His pupils shrank sharply, and he quickly gathered all his cultivation to resist.

    This pull was transmitted from the five-colored spirit stone, now refined to the size of a thumb. What is going on?

    Swoosh...

    Suddenly, a heavy breath resounded from the five-colored spirit stone. Hou Yuxiao''s body instantly stiffened, a terrifying guess slowly creeping into his mind.

    The Star Sea Holy Cores of Qingxuan and Baitong were half absorbed by the five-colored spirit stone in less than ten breaths. The two remained in a numb state, but their once healthy bodies had shriveled into skin and bones. Especially as the pull intensified, it seemed their blood was draining faster, their Star Sea Holy Cores eventually entirely absorbed, their bodies reduced to mere skeletons, with only a semblance of life maintaining their still numb expressions...

    "Duanmu Hong, you''re insane, insane, insane!"

    Hou Yuxiao roared in a frenzied disarray while desperately tearing at the spirit line, trying to sever its connection to the five-colored spirit stone. Witnessing with his own eyes the two Sub-Saints of Martial Dao, Qingxuan and Baitong, being drained, and hearing the growing intensity of the breathing from the stone, he finally realized that the Rakshasa Holy Sect was indeed awakening Ni Han.

    The Great Jin had searched for eight years without finding it, yet Ni Han, one of the three immortal-grade demons, was hidden within this five-colored spirit stone. Sikong Yue had known all along and proposed to divide the Five Elements Heaven with him just to trick him into becoming a pawn with Qingxuan and Baitong to awaken Ni Han!

    Hou Yuxiao''s angry shouts couldn''t stop Ni Han from absorbing the Star Sea Holy Core behind him. Even after draining Qingxuan and Baitong, Ni Han''s thirst wasn''t quenched. The pull from the spirit line grew even wilder and more turbulent, and Hou Yuxiao realized his own Star Sea Holy Core was reduced to less than a tenth — at this rate, in only five breaths, his Holy Core would be completely drained.

    If the Holy Core gets drained, his body would collapse!

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    I can''t die here.

    Sikong Yue, Sikong Yue, you vile creature, damn you...

    Panic filled Hou Yuxiao''s expression as he racked his brain for solutions. Yet he found them all useless in the face of Ni Han''s powerful pull; he didn''t have enough Karmic Obstacle Value to light the eighth black petal of the Divine Lotus; his cultivation could only barely reach that of a Sub-Saint of Martial Dao. His Martial Arts and Cultivation Techniques were also worthless...

    A sense of despair sprouted in his heart. Though his body had not given up resisting, a shadow of death loomed over his mind, watching his Star Sea Holy Core being completely drained. Hou Yuxiao''s expression was filled with desolation.

    It''s over!

    Hou Yuxiao closed his eyes, yet after three whole breaths, he didn''t feel the collapse of his body. Opening his eyes suddenly, he noticed that the spirit line before him hadn''t disappeared; he was puzzled...

    What''s going on?

    The Demon Ape Martial Spirit''s shadow had completely dispersed, and the spirit line had transferred to his body. Seeing the line connected to his body, Hou Yuxiao grew more tense, but after a while, he didn''t feel it absorbing anything from him...

    This scene puzzled not only him, but Duanmu Hong showed a trace of incomprehension on his face as well.

    Oh right, my Star Sea Holy Core!

    It''s not real; it was manifested after my cultivation was elevated through good deeds!

    Hou Yuxiao suddenly realized, opening his eyes to look at the five-colored spirit stone, his face bursting with joy...