Changqing instantly understood her meaning and the flaw in his so-called Innate Spiritual Body.
Although he didn't need to refine them to use others' Imperial Spirits, it was only a temporary loan. Once the Imperial Spirit returned to its original owner, the owner wouldn't need to refine it again and could use it as usual.
He was glad he had used up all the Qi from the Blood Storage Spirit, otherwise he would have lost long ago.
“Damn it, I calculated everything, but I didn't expect her to have such a method.”
“This ability, which is beyond my comprehension, is simply cheating.”
Changqing smiled bitterly in his heart.
A desperate situation, huh?
How many times has it been?
He had experienced countless desperate situations in his past lives, so his heart was not greatly affected. Instead, he was considering how to proceed.
According to Dan Ji, she could use these corpses to refine the Blood Demon Spirit.
She also had six internal organs and eight viscera, meaning that after refining the Blood Demon Spirit, she could use it normally.
Even if her Qi was insufficient, it would still be enough to slaughter Changqing, who had no means of resistance.
Even if there were no corpses, Dan Ji's move, at worst, could lead to a mutual destruction.
Dan Ji would be parasitic and consumed by the Blood Demon Spirit, becoming an empty shell, while Changqing would be killed by the zombified Dan Ji.
“Mutual destruction, huh...”
Changqing sneered.
“Then let's do it.”
He pulled out a tinderbox from his 懷, lit it, and threw it towards the corpses in the cave.
With a 'whoosh', a blazing fire soared into the sky, and the entire cave instantly became like Hell.
Dan Ji was about to grab a corpse and devour it, but a huge fire erupted in front of her. She quickly dropped the burning corpse in her hand and looked at the scene before her in disbelief.
“Although I didn't expect you to have such a backup plan, I had already anticipated that you might devour these blood offerings that I had originally prepared for myself.”
“How could I be so foolish as to aid the enemy? So, I asked Luo Hongyan for lamp oil in advance and had already poured it on these corpses, just in case.”
Changqing lay in the center of the fire, laughing loudly.
“You lost, Master. Without these blood offerings, if you continue to forcibly use the Blood Demon Spirit, you will also be completely devoured. If you expel the Blood Demon Spirit, you will be buried with me in these raging flames. Let your disciple offer you a roasted meat feast as a final act of filial piety, hahahahaha.”
Dan Ji roared unwillingly at the sky and charged towards him.
Changqing lay there calmly, neither dodging nor struggling.
Dan Ji could kill him first, then expel the Blood Demon Spirit. It was uncertain if her self-healing ability could cope with this massive fire given her severely depleted Qi.
However, none of this mattered to Changqing anymore.
He knew that this life had reached its end, and there was no hope of turning the tide. He was already beginning to think about how to defeat Dan Ji in his next life.
But just as Dan Ji's hand was about to touch Changqing's body, a ball of flame struck her, knocking her flying.
The sky-high flames had already formed a high wall around the cave. Now, a path opened in the center, and a familiar figure walked in from beyond the wall of fire.
“Devil Head, I don't care if you kill all the female demons in this cave, but if you dare to touch him, I'll fight you to the death.”
A resolute voice came, and Changqing looked to see that the newcomer was none other than Luo Hongyan.
Her dress was a little disheveled, and a few strands of hair clung to her cheeks from sweat, clearly indicating that she had rushed here in a hurry.
“Good timing! Luo Hongyan, she's already at the end of her rope and about to be devoured by the Blood Demon Spirit. Be careful, victory is within our grasp.”
Seeing this situation, hope rekindled in Changqing's heart.
He was not some chauvinistic, individualistic hero. At this moment, Luo Hongyan's timely rescue was like charcoal in the snow, and it was extremely timely.
If Dan Ji didn't get blood offerings, she would soon be completely parasitic and devoured by the Blood Demon Spirit. Although Luo Hongyan was only at the 4th Tier of the Moment Realm and not skilled in combat, she had no consumption and her strength steadily suppressed Dan Ji at this moment.
He just hadn't expected Luo Hongyan to actually return.
“Stop talking nonsense. I'll deal with you after I'm done with her.”
Luo Hongyan turned her head and glared at Changqing with puffed cheeks.
“Do you know how long I ran and how many mountains I searched outside before I found the entrance to this broken cave again! You stinky Changqing, I won't let you off when we get out!”
“I was just trying to protect you... Watch out!”
Luo Hongyan lightly tapped her toes, and two balls of flame appeared under her feet, increasing her speed by a few points, allowing her to dodge the pouncing Dan Ji.
“Underworld Fire.”
Azure flames surged from her two fingers, and several light blue rays of light emanated from her body. Several different Blood Law Spirits gathered together, forming a giant fireball at her fingertips.
“Divine Heart Flame Bird.”
The fireball converged into a giant oval egg, and an azure-flamed Xuanwu emerged from it, circling around her.
Dan Ji was now close to madness, with crimson tentacles of the Blood Demon Spirit constantly wriggling out from all over her body.
Her body had been largely eroded by the Blood Demon Spirit. Her only way out now was to defeat Luo Hongyan and turn her and Changqing into blood offerings to nourish the Blood Demon Spirit, refining the Blood Demon Spirit.
She dared not release the Blood Demon Spirit; doing so would turn her into a lamb to the slaughter.
However, if she dragged it out, she would also be completely eroded by the Blood Demon Spirit, so she had to finish this quickly.
Countless crimson tentacles transformed into a pair of giant claws, lunging towards Luo Hongyan.
Luo Hongyan's mind moved, and she formed a seal with her fingers. The Azure Flame Xuanwu, under her control, began to entangle with Dan Ji.
Dan Ji was fighting like a trapped beast, wildly swinging her giant claws. Every time she touched the Xuanwu, her claws would be burned by the Xuanwu's flaming wings, tearing off a large chunk of flesh, and countless charred tentacles would fall off.
Her Qi and blood were very depleted. Each attack would accelerate the Blood Demon Spirit's erosion of her, while the Xuanwu, constantly replenished by Luo Hongyan behind her, grew more solid and its Aura more majestic.
Hundreds of years of combat experience made Dan Ji very clear that this Xuanwu was not a Spirit Beast, but rather a manifestation of several flames by Luo Hongyan. She was like water without a source at this moment, and if she continued to fight like this, she would be the first to fall.
But every time she tried to bypass the Xuanwu and go directly for Luo Hongyan behind it, the Xuanwu, controlled by Luo Hongyan, acted like a guardian god, blocking all her moves.
She, who had originally regarded these two little brats as easy prey, had suffered great losses again and again.
Especially that Changqing, again and again, with his ruthless decisiveness and cunning schemes, pulled her, who was once high above, from her pedestal, almost causing her to fall into his hands.
“I can't drag this out any longer. I must resolve this little girl in one blow, even if it means sacrificing even the most precious blood materials.”
Her speed was incredibly fast. This strike drained all the remaining Qi and spiritual power from her body, almost leaving her an empty shell eroded by the Blood Demon Spirit, with only her mind still clear.
The Azure Flame Xuanwu left a deep claw mark on her body, tearing apart half of her giant claw, and even burning half of her body into charcoal.
Yet, she roared, concentrating all her rage into this attack, completely disregarding the injuries the Azure Flame Xuanwu inflicted upon her, and her giant claw reached straight for Luo Hongyan.
With a 'poof', Dan Ji's body froze.
Relying on centuries of experience and the ultimate mastery of Blood Law Spirit, she protected the last part of her body. Although her entire body was parasitic and eroded by the Blood Demon Spirit, only her mind remained.
This was her limit. Even a tiny bit more injury, or using a little more power, would lead to her complete erosion and true death.
She was like a machine that had run out of its last drop of fuel, unable to move forward an inch.
And in front of her, a stream of fresh blood was dripping from Luo Hongyan's flat stomach, staining her white dress crimson.