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The waters of the Lake of Life remained calm and deep, and the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees swayed gently in the breeze.
Everyone waited quietly for the result. Di Tian and Xiong Jun suppressed their anger. If the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger came out alive, they would make that guy regret coming into this world!
Time passed minute by minute. Finally, a black light emerged from the void, then transformed into a giant black hole.
Under everyone's nervous gaze, Xuan Ming, covered in blood, fell to the ground from the black hole. Following closely behind was the giant corpse of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.
"Xuan Ming!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xuan Ming appear before them, completely unharmed.
"You dare to trick me!" Xiong Jun walked towards the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, about to strike, but then he noticed that half of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's body had been shattered, its limbs torn off, and its head completely smashed, looking somewhat horrifying.
Based on his hundreds of thousands of years of combat experience in the Star Dou Great Forest, this Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger had been beaten to death with bare fists!
Moreover, both the corpse and the spirit ring emitted a strong sense of fear and collapse!
This only happens when a Spirit Beast experiences immense psychological pressure and extreme pain before death, leading to a breakdown!
Xiong Jun and Di Tian exchanged glances, their eyes falling on Xuan Ming.
This kid doesn't seem as polite as he appears!
"How... how did you do it?"
Zi Ji looked at the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's corpse, recalling the Ice Dragon King's explanation of the life-and-death arena's situation earlier.
In a similar childhood state, how could a human possibly defeat the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger?
But looking at the current situation, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger was beaten to death by Xuan Ming!
Moreover, fear and collapse—how could such emotions exist for a Spirit Beast like the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger?
"I just fought and healed at the same time. I didn't expect its psyche to be so fragile," Xuan Ming said.
"Psychologically fragile?" Zi Ji's eyelids twitched slightly.
She now increasingly believed what the Ice Dragon King said—Xuan Ming's mind was somewhat twisted!
You torture someone to the point of collapse and then say they are too fragile?
"Are you... really okay?" Bi Ji asked worriedly while healing Xuan Ming.
Xuan Ming moved his arms, which had previously suffered extensive fractures. "They've pretty much recovered."
"You just said 'fighting and healing at the same time.' What did you mean?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked, puzzled.
"My Domain has healing and recovery effects. I was afraid it wouldn't last, so I fought and healed it at the same time. But I didn't have that much spirit power, so if I healed it, I couldn't heal myself," Xuan Ming explained.
"However, after leaving the life-and-death arena, my injuries began to recover quickly, so there's no problem."
...
Healed it? Couldn't heal himself?
No, is that even a human thing to say?
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mind was a bit muddled, and Bi Ji and the others were also somewhat stunned.
Only the Ice Dragon King, who had been by Xuan Ming's side the whole time, was not surprised by this.
Xuan Ming didn't mind if others played dirty tricks on him, after all, dirty tricks are still tricks, and if they could trick him, that was their ability.
But!
If anyone dared to play dirty tricks on the people around him in front of him, that would be a different story!
Not many things could provoke Xuan Ming, and what the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger did just now was one of them.
It was just that Xuan Ming didn't have much spirit power in the life-and-death arena. If he were outside, he could probably play with this matter all day long!
With Bi Ji's help, Xuan Ming's injuries completely recovered in a short while, and his spirit power also mostly returned.
"Thank you." Xuan Ming nodded slightly, expressing his gratitude to Bi Ji, then his gaze slowly fell upon the black spirit ring that shimmered with a cold light on the giant corpse of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger, and a black bead that emitted both green and blue light.
"Be careful," the Ice Dragon King said.
"This thing is quite difficult."
"Mm." Xuan Ming nodded, stood up, summoned the Blood Spear, and the white light spread out again, enveloping the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's spirit ring and its innate bead.
The Blood Spear trembled slightly in Xuan Ming's hand, seeming to crave this power, wanting to devour it.
Xuan Ming didn't delay, walked straight forward, and plunged the Blood Spear into the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's corpse, drawing up the spirit ring as well.
The next instant, the gray airflow attached to the spirit ring violently rushed into Xuan Ming's body, wildly impacting his body.
Xuan Ming felt a sharp pain in his head, as if countless steel needles were piercing him at the same time. He subconsciously released his Domain with all his might, forcefully suppressing the evil energy of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's spirit ring.
But this power was more troublesome than he imagined; the more he tried to suppress it, the more violent it became.
"Try absorbing that bead first."
A ethereal voice suddenly rang in Xuan Ming's mind. He didn't have time to think deeply, subconsciously reached out, grabbed the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's innate bead, and swallowed it.
Upon entering his mouth, the innate bead instantly transformed into a vast and strange power that exploded within Xuan Ming's body. The powerful energy containing the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's six attributes surged wildly through his meridians.
Especially that terrifying evil aura, Xuan Ming only felt as if his body was being simultaneously cut by countless sharp blades, and as if he had been thrown into an endless dark abyss, surrounded by cold and evil energy, constantly eroding his will.
"Is he... okay?"
Looking at Xuan Ming's pale face, Bi Ji and the others' eyes were filled with worry.
"Although this Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's cultivation was just over sixty thousand years, its power is extremely violent. The difficulty of absorbing it is no less than a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring," the Ice Dragon King said.
"Fortunately, the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's innate bead should be able to help him alleviate the impact of this energy."
"What if he can't endure it?" Bi Ji asked worriedly.
"If he can't endure it, the dragon bone on his body will help him," the Ice Dragon King said.
The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's power was indeed strong, but in front of the Dragon King's dragon bone, it was just that.
However, Xuan Ming probably wouldn't need the dragon bone's energy right now.
Time passed minute by minute, and the sky gradually darkened. The Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's spirit ring finally stabilized, completely fusing with the energy of the innate bead.
This new power became gentle and strong, slowly beginning to repair Xuan Ming's damaged meridians and internal organs.
Xuan Ming only felt a warm current flowing through his body. Wherever it went, pain dissipated, his complexion gradually returned to ruddy, and his body no longer trembled.
The moon slowly rose from the horizon, and its watery moonlight spilled onto the Lake of Life, draping everything around in a silver veil.
Xuan Ming slowly opened his eyes, and a gray-black light flickered within them. That light contained the evil and ferocity of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger.
"Succeeded?" Bi Ji and her group gathered around.
"Mm." Xuan Ming nodded, "Succeeded."
"How do you feel?" Ah Yin asked curiously.
"Feel?" Xuan Ming paused, stretched out his right hand, and a gray-black airflow dispersed from his palm, accompanied by an icy chill.
"Evil attribute?" Di Tian's expression subtly changed.
The evil attribute is extremely special, evolving from the dark attribute. A human body simply cannot withstand this attribute!
"Because of that bead?" Di Tian asked suspiciously.
"Mm." Xuan Ming nodded.
It seemed that because the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's innate bead was absorbed by him along with the spirit ring, he gained many of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's abilities.
First, it directly brought his spirit power to level sixty-three, and also, this bead gave him the evil attribute that humans cannot withstand.
In addition to that, his time, space, dark, and lightning attributes, as well as his body, all received significant enhancements.
Previously, he would experience disorientation during continuous spatial teleportation, but now he no longer does. His perception and control of space have become very stable; as long as it's within his perception range, he can teleport however he wants without any problems.
The most crucial point is that the evil attribute he gained has merged into his spirit power, and can even be attached to Spirit Abilities.
Just as the divine attribute evolves from the light attribute, the evil attribute also evolves from the dark attribute.
And the erosive nature of the evil attribute is even stronger than that of the divine attribute!