TBOUMTBDK Chapter 57

Chapter 57 Don’t Worry About Me

Self-destruct…?

Yun Xia’s mind buzzed. What self-destruct? Him?

Without needing to confirm with anyone else, Yun Xia was very clear that the person self-destructing was him, not Xiao Tongfu. This was because the Demonic Energy within his body was rapidly expanding, filling every inch of his body, as if it were about to burst his meridians, blood vessels, bones, and muscles. It was both painful and swollen.

This terrifying feeling of his entire body about to explode made Yun Xia afraid to even breathe, fearing that any movement would cause him to burst open.

In terror, Yun Xia even lowered his eyes to scan himself. His body hadn’t bulged out like a fat person, but he still had a sense of imminent explosion.

Too scary!!!

Yun Xia trembled all over with fright and instinctively looked towards the Demon Lord.

The usually calm man’s face changed at this moment, staring intently at Xiao Tongfu. “I never said I wouldn’t eat it.”

Xiao Tongfu: “Don’t worry, he won’t self-destruct so quickly. I slowed down the process. But if you don’t eat quickly, I’m afraid he won’t be able to wait for you to save him. Oh, right, don’t try any tricks. There’s my spiritual imprint in the Demonic Transformation Pill. I can sense whether you’ve swallowed it or not.”

The Demon Lord said sharply, “Enough nonsense, give it to me!”

Xiao Tongfu chuckled, grabbed with his five fingers, and the bottle from Yun Xia’s sleeve flew out, heading straight for the Demon Lord.

The bottle shattered into powder in mid-air, and the black Demonic Transformation Pill flew into the Demon Lord’s hand. Without even looking at it, he threw it into his mouth.

Yun Xia’s entire body shook, his eyes almost cracking. Don’t eat it!!

He desperately wanted to lunge forward and stop him, but he couldn’t move. His eyes instantly welled up with tears.

The moment the Demon Lord swallowed the Demonic Transformation Pill, Xiao Tongfu sensed it through the spiritual imprint. He threw his head back and laughed, pushing Yun Xia out with one hand while rapidly flying backward to escape.

The Demon Lord caught Yun Xia, allowing Xiao Tongfu to leave.

“Don’t be afraid.” The Demon Lord hugged Yun Xia, not at all worried that Yun Xia would suddenly be unable to withstand the self-destruction and hurt him. He raised his hand and pressed it against Yun Xia’s chest.

A powerful Demonic Energy surged into Yun Xia’s body, gently yet forcefully suppressing Yun Xia’s rampaging Demonic Energy.

Self-destruction was unleashing one’s potential to the extreme. To stop the process required extremely powerful Demonic Energy and very precise control.

Even though Yun Xia’s Cultivation Base wasn’t high, he was still someone who had formed a Demon Nucleus, so his foundation was actually pretty good.

Therefore, it required even more Demonic Energy to stabilize him.

At this time, the people far away at the Holy City’s city walls noticed Xiao Tongfu’s escape and had already caught up. Seeing the Demon Lord’s actions, they were all stunned.

The Demon Lord didn’t even raise his head. “Go.”

As soon as he finished speaking, some people chased after Xiao Tongfu, while the others stayed behind, Wei Ying, An He, and others among them.

A Demonic Energy storm surrounded the Demon Lord and Yun Xia, the two Demonic Energies intertwined. One was clearly extremely violent, while the other was suppressing it.

The people present immediately understood what was happening, and their faces changed drastically.

Wei Ying cried out, “Yun Xia!”

Even Grey Eyes couldn’t help but want to step forward, but he was bounced back by the Demonic Energy surrounding the two.

Yun Xia couldn’t respond to them at all. The Demon Lord was guiding him, little by little, to control the Demonic Energy.

“Don’t rush, follow my guidance to stabilize the Demon Nucleus. You can do it. Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

Yun Xia’s heart was beating rapidly. He felt like he was walking a tightrope, about to fall from a great height into eternal damnation at any moment.

And the only one who could offer him a hand to hold onto was the Demon Lord.

Fortunately, his self-destruction process hadn’t reached the point of no return. Under the Demon Lord’s powerful and steady control, the Demonic Energy in his body finally stabilized slowly. The Demon Nucleus that had been frantically expanding and rotating gradually shrank back to its original shape, guided by Yun Xia back to its original place.

Finally, the Demon Nucleus recovered safely. Yun Xia almost collapsed from exhaustion, but the Demon Lord held his waist.

Yun Xia gasped for breath, ignoring the weakness in his meridians, trembling as he grabbed the Demon Lord’s clothes, panicked. “You ate the Demonic Transformation Pill? Can you spit it out? Try quickly!”

The Demon Lord gently grasped his hand and stroked his sweaty forehead in reassurance. “Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.”

Yun Xia didn’t let go, anxiously saying, “Then spit it out! That thing will dissolve your Demon Nucleus!”

But the Demon Lord still just looked at him gently. “It doesn’t matter. How are you feeling?”

Yun Xia was going crazy. He pressed on his chest and recklessly probed his Demonic Energy into the Demon Lord’s body, about to check his Demon Nucleus.

Normally, he wouldn’t dare to probe the Demon Lord’s body like this even if he had ten times the courage, but he couldn’t care less about that now.

And the Demon Lord didn’t stop him, letting him send his Demonic Energy in.

Yun Xia’s Demonic Energy followed the meridians to the location of the Demon Nucleus and probed several times, but couldn’t find the Demon Nucleus. His face turned even paler. How long had it been? Had it dissolved so quickly?

He refused to believe it and probed again and again.

At this time, the others reacted.

The first to speak was An He.

“What did you say? Esteemed Lord… the Holy Lord ate the Demonic Transformation Pill? Why? What happened?”

No one answered him. Someone said in horror, “Demonic Transformation Pill? Is it that Demonic Transformation Pill? What are we going to do? I remember that without a Spirit Gathering Pill, you can’t reassemble the Demon Nucleus. You can’t gather the Demonic Energy scattered throughout the body by yourself. Even if you could, it would only be a little, and it would quickly dissipate because there’s no Demon Nucleus. This… what can we do!”

“That’s right! While he’s just swallowed it, maybe we can extract the Demonic Transformation Pill?”

“But no one has ever done that before…”

“People in the past didn’t know when they first ate the Demonic Transformation Pill. They only found out when the Demon Nucleus had dissolved into their bodies. Now that the Holy Lord has just swallowed it, maybe, maybe there’s a chance?”

Those who spoke were people of high status, and they couldn’t care about so much at this moment, and they were trying to find a way.

But Yun Xia’s face was pale, his fingers trembling as he looked at the Demon Lord. “It’s already… already dissolved. Is it because you used too much Demonic Energy to reverse my self-destruction just now, causing the Demonic Transformation Pill to take effect quickly?”

The Demon Lord grasped his trembling fingers, still saying the same thing: “It doesn’t matter.”

Yun Xia’s eyes suddenly became misty with tears.

The others understood what he meant, and they all panicked.

“What do we do? That immortal realm spy was aiming for the Holy Lord. If the Holy Lord wants to regain his Cultivation Base, he must have a Spirit Gathering Pill. Wouldn’t those disgusting immortal clans succeed?”

Someone thought of a solution. “Can’t we go find the Venerable? Venerable Li Yu has made great contributions. The Venerable’s Cultivation Base is so high, surely he has a way!”

“Yes, yes, yes, Holy Lord, please go find the Venerable!”

“But people with high Cultivation Base can only control more Demonic Energy, right? They can’t…”

Yun Xia was immediately called back to his senses by their words. That’s right, he was the Venerable. The Venerable must have a way. So he wiped his eyes and looked at the Demon Lord with hope.

But the Demon Lord wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with the back of his hand. “Would you despise me?”

Yun Xia was stunned and immediately shook his head vigorously. “How is that possible? You did it for me… Tell me quickly, you have a way, right?”

Even now, Yun Xia didn’t casually reveal the Demon Lord’s true identity, only asking him in a roundabout way.

“If I really end up like this in the future, you won’t leave me?”

Yun Xia noticed something, his pupils shrinking. If he didn’t answer directly, did it mean that the Demon Lord had no way either?

The Demon Lord, a Demon Realm Supreme, had actually become like this for him?

For a time, a huge sense of guilt surged into his heart, suffocating him.

How had he become someone who implicated others like this?

“If I still leave you, am I even human?” Yun Xia murmured, his heart feeling like it had been cut open.

His vision was blurred, and he didn’t see the Demon Lord’s lips curving deeper as he pulled him into his arms and held him tightly.

“I said, don’t worry about me. There must be a way.”

Yun Xia leaned his head against his shoulder, soothed by his tone, his bewildered and painful eyes gradually clearing.

That’s right, he couldn’t do nothing. The event had already happened, and he couldn’t give up on himself. He hadn’t found a way yet, and it might not be impossible. And even if there really was no way, there was still the Spirit Gathering Pill. He could return to the immortal realm to find a way to get the Spirit Gathering Pill.

No matter what, he couldn’t let the Demon Lord continue like this!

Yun Xia quickly cheered up, gently pushing the Demon Lord away and holding his hand tightly. “Don’t worry, I will definitely find a way. I will… definitely take responsibility. Although I’m very weak now, I can find a way!”

The Demon Lord grabbed his hand in return and nodded to him. “Okay.”

He looked quite well-behaved, not quite the same as the calm person who had given orders before.

The surrounding demon soldiers and guards watched their interaction and felt that something was a little strange.

Yun Xia was too worried about the Demon Lord to notice, but the outsiders noticed something strange.

The person who had been harmed by the Demonic Transformation Pill didn’t seem to have any worry or annoyance, even his expression didn’t show confusion, sadness, or anger. Instead, his gaze was always on that young man, as if he didn’t care that he had swallowed the Demonic Transformation Pill.

This… was this accepting reality?

Yun Xia didn’t care about the others and said in a low voice, “I’m sorry, it’s all because of me. You can say whatever you want, blame me however you want, I will definitely not give up. The Three Realms are so big, there will always be a way. You must believe me.”

The Demon Lord nodded. “Yes, I believe you, and I believe in us. There is no incurable poison in the world, and it’s not like I can’t use Demonic Energy at all. That Xiao Tongfu might have a way to help me reassemble my Demonic Energy.”

Yun Xia nodded vigorously. “We must catch him!”

The Demon Lord smiled. “Okay, let’s wait a bit. They should be back soon.”

Seeing that his condition was still good, Yun Xia felt a little relieved. Remembering that some people had chased after him, he looked in the direction where Xiao Tongfu had disappeared, waiting anxiously, even wanting to chase after him to see.

The Demon Lord reached out to him from behind. “Yun Xia.”

Yun Xia immediately turned back and grabbed his hand, touching his body. “How are you feeling now?”

The two people were talking to each other as if no one else was around, and the others couldn’t integrate into them at all.

Someone asked Yao Yun, “Is the Holy Lord really okay? Why doesn’t the Holy Lord seem worried at all?”

Yao Yun smiled and said, “Of course there’s something going on. The Demonic Transformation Pill is something that can dissolve even the Demon Nucleus of a great master. In the entire Three Realms, apart from the Venerable, I’m afraid no one has a solution to this.”

“Are you serious? That’s great. No wonder the Holy Lord doesn’t seem to care. The Venerable will definitely help him.”

“Helping is certain, but how to help and when to help is uncertain.”

“Ah? What do you mean?”

Yao Yun looked back and smiled. “It means that things have to be prioritized. The Holy Lord naturally has to solve the most important thing in front of him first, right?”

The others thought that he was referring to the immortal realm spy and nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes, you’re right.”