Grinding EXP From Fireball Skill

After using the Super Ice Burst Tornado Spell to kill most of the Demonized Magical Beasts, Li Wei burned them all to ash. This was to prevent the residual power of the Demon Seeds from affecting other creatures. He only felt at ease after confirming that not a single trace of Demonic Qi remained.

Li Wei and Saint Xi spent the better part of the day at the mine.

Saint Xi had eaten the vast mine almost clean.

Li Wei was extremely curious. ’Where did all the Magic Ore that Saint Xi ate go?’

The weight of the Magic Ore Saint Xi had eaten had to have been dozens of times her own body weight.

Yet, her physical size hadn’t changed in the slightest.

Speaking of which, Li Wei recalled the last time Saint Xi had emerged from the Time Secret Realm. She had also frantically devoured a huge amount of ore then.

That time, she had eaten all the ore from within a snow mountain.

He hadn’t seen any change in Saint Xi back then, either.

Li Wei guessed that Saint Xi might have a special Space Stomach Pouch for storing food.

Seeing Saint Xi fly back, Li Wei asked, "Are you full?"

Saint Xi nodded. "I can’t eat another bite. I’m completely stuffed."

Li Wei looked at her curiously and said, "By the way, where did all that Magic Ore you swallowed go?"

"Your stomach shouldn’t be able to hold that much Magic Ore."

Saint Xi lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "I’m not too sure myself. All I know is that the things I eat will continue to provide me with energy for a long time to come."

"Oh, then you might have an independent space inside you for storing food, similar to a Spatial Ring," Li Wei guessed.

Since Saint Xi herself was vague on the matter, only knowing how to use her ability but not the principle behind it, Li Wei couldn’t be bothered to overthink it. As long as it worked, that was enough.

He wasn’t about to dissect Saint Xi to study the principle, after all.

He was completely unable to find the hidden Space Stomach Pouch inside Saint Xi’s body just by using his Spiritual Power to scan her.

Otherwise, Saint Xi would have discovered it herself long ago.

"If you’re full, let’s head back," Li Wei said.

The two returned to Ice and Snow City.

As Li Wei flew over the city walls, he glanced at the increasingly scarred Ice Wall.

Lately, the number of Demonized Creatures attacking Fred City had been growing.

More and more tribes were also coming from all directions to seek refuge in Fred City.

Few tribes were able to migrate to Fred City completely intact like the Snow Bear Tribe.

Most tribes chose to migrate to Fred City only after being attacked by Demonized Magical Beasts.

Some were proactive, others reactive.

The proactive ones had repelled the Demonized Magical Beasts and then decided to move; the reactive ones, naturally, had been slaughtered, with the tribe’s survivors fleeing to Ice and Snow City.

Besides the increasing number of Demonized Magical Beasts attacking Ice and Snow City, Li Wei was also worried about the food supply.

With the population of Ice and Snow City growing, the already strained food supply was bound to become an even more serious problem.

More critically, the flesh and blood of a Demonized Magic Beast could not be eaten.

A crucial food source had been cut off.

It wasn’t that the flesh and blood of Demonized Magical Beasts was truly inedible.

It was just that eating it carried immense potential danger.

If the Demonization Power could infect someone through consumption, then eating the flesh of Demonized Magical Beasts would be a slow suicide.

Moreover, it would introduce a great deal of uncertainty to the stability of Ice and Snow City.

Li Wei was deeply worried about this possibility.

He knew that if the food truly ran out, some people would choose to eat the flesh of Demonized Creatures, even if they knew it meant a slow death.

Starve to death now, or risk Demonization and die sometime later.

It wasn’t much of a choice.

Back inside the Magic Cottage.

Saint Xi reverted to her Giant Dragon form, ready to receive Li Wei’s Hour Time Technique.

Li Wei focused his full attention on Casting.

The Hour Time Technique casting was complete.

The seven-colored Time Dragon Scale on Saint Xi’s forehead shimmered with light.

A faint, seven-colored radiance enveloped Saint Xi’s entire body.

Immediately after, she became motionless, standing in place like a statue.

Li Wei watched Saint Xi, communicating with her on a soul-to-soul level.

After a period of testing, Li Wei had come to understand the effect of the Great Success Level Hour Time Technique.

The Great Success Level Hour Time Technique accelerated time by a factor of three hundred and sixty.

In the Sky Dome World, three hundred and sixty days made a year.

In other words, for every day that passed in reality, Saint Xi aged one year.

After observing for a while and confirming that everything was proceeding smoothly, Li Wei left the Magic Cottage.

"Li Wei!"

Li Wei had just left the Magic Cottage when Gu Sewei found him in a hurry.

Seeing her anxious expression, he was a little surprised and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Gu Sewei said quickly, "Come with me, quickly. It’s Monice..."

Li Wei followed Gu Sewei to the room where Monice was being held.

It was a separate cell within the Ice Jade Palace.

Gu Sewei had taken extreme care of Monice. Aside from not being able to leave, everything inside the cell was laid out almost exactly like her original room.

Monice could even have the guards contact Gu Sewei at any time if she wanted to talk.

Monice had also been very well-behaved.

Ever since her plan had failed and she had been overwhelmingly defeated by Gu Sewei due to the absolute gap in their strength, Monice seemed to have given up.

She had been staying obediently in her cell and had made no attempts to escape.

Until today. When Monice showed a slight abnormality, the cell guards immediately reported it to Gu Sewei.

Li Wei and Gu Sewei arrived outside the cell.

A guard opened the door, and Li Wei saw Monice curled up on the bed alone, trembling all over, clearly in great pain.

He immediately sensed her aura.

The Demonic Qi had become much denser.

Gu Sewei rushed into the room, running toward Monice.

Li Wei warned, "Be careful."

He kept a close eye on Monice’s movements, ready to act at any moment.

Gu Sewei wanted to get closer to check on Monice’s condition.

When Monice saw her approaching, she waved her right hand, stopping her.

She gasped, forcing herself to speak, "Don’t... come... closer."

Gu Sewei asked nervously, "Monice, what on earth is wrong with you?"

Li Wei walked over and noticed a black pattern appearing on Monice’s neck.

He had seen similar patterns on Demonized Magic Beasts.

Clearly, the Demon Seed inside Monice was already progressing to the next stage.

Monice’s Demonization Syndrome was getting worse.

The Demon Seed had two states—a dormant period and a germination period.

During the dormant period, the Demon Seed did not affect its host in any way.

Even the host themselves was unaware of the Demon Seed’s existence.

During the germination period, the Demon Seed began to sprout and grow. The growth of the Demon Seed was the process of the host’s Demonization.

Demonization was divided into three stages: initial, middle, and late.

In the initial stage of Demonization, the Demonized’s Power would increase significantly.

This was also a critical time for identifying a Demon Seed host.

In the Demonization Middle Stage, the Demonized’s body would show obvious physical signs of Demonization.

Features like black spots, striped patterns, sharp black claws, pointed horns, or changes in skin would appear on the body.

In the Demonization Late Stage, the Demonized would lose their self-awareness, succumbing to brutal and murderous instincts and killing every living creature they encountered.

The Demonized would also gather into groups on their own to find new targets.

They looked like puppets carrying out a set program.

Li Wei didn’t know what the ultimate goal of the Demonized was.

It was likely related to the Demon God’s reason for spreading the Demon Seeds.

Li Wei suspected that there was actually a fourth stage to Demonization.

This stage was the most crucial part of Demonization.

It involved the true secret of the Demon Seed’s existence.

When Li Wei had asked the Snow Bear Tribe’s Witch to interpret the ancient texts, he had learned that the Demonized eventually just disappear.

He believed that the disappearing Demonized had likely reached the fourth stage.

However, Li Wei had no idea what the fourth stage of Demonization looked like.

There were no relevant records in the ancient texts.

’If I want to learn more about Demonization and the Demon Seed,’ Li Wei thought, ’I might have to make a trip to the Elemental Tower.’

The Elemental Tower’s Saint Villia Library housed a vast collection of ancient books.

Perhaps the secrets of the Demon Seed could be found there.

The problem was, Li Wei was now considered expelled from the Elemental Tower.

’How could I go back?’

What’s more, outside the Extreme North Icefield, the Light Divine Sect was still watching him.

The moment he left the Extreme North Icefield, people from the Light Divine Sect would probably come after him.

’No, scratch that. Even if I stay in the Extreme North Icefield, the Light Divine Sect might still come for me.’

More than a month had passed since Li Wei killed the Legendary Paladin.

The Light Divine Sect must already know about the Legendary Paladin’s death.

It was very likely that a new enemy was already on the way.

It would surely be an opponent even more powerful than the Legendary Paladin.

Of course, it was also possible that the Light Divine Sect thought the Legendary Paladin had died at the hands of a Demon God’s Apostle.

"AH!"

Monice let out a wretched scream, her hands clutching the bedsheets, her body tensing and curling into a ball.

The scream broke Li Wei from his thoughts.

He refocused his attention on the scene before him.

Monice’s scream startled Gu Sewei, who asked frantically, "What’s wrong?"

Li Wei sensed the Demonic Qi emanating from Monice intensify.

He pulled Gu Sewei back a few steps.

"Careful. She might lose her mind."

BAM!

Monice slammed her fist hard into the wall.

The immense Power sent countless spiderweb-like cracks through the wall.

"Haaa... haaa... haaa..."

Monice panted heavily, seeming to regain some of her awareness.

Her hair disheveled like a madwoman’s, she turned to look at Gu Sewei.

Beneath her wild hair, her eyes glowed with a faint red light.

Gu Sewei’s heart trembled under Monice’s gaze. She reached out her right hand and said in a quavering voice, "Monice..."

"While I’m still lucid, kill me!"

Monice said through gritted teeth.

Tears of sorrow welled in Gu Sewei’s eyes. She couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Li Wei said calmly, "You can still maintain your self-awareness. Perhaps there’s still a chance to save you."

Hearing this, Monice subconsciously turned her head to look at him.

Gu Sewei also looked at Li Wei at once, asking quickly, "Do you have a way?"

Li Wei said, "Based on my research into Demonized Creatures, I’ve found that Demonization doesn’t just affect the body; it also affects the mind and soul."

"If we can separate Monice’s soul from her Demonized flesh, we should be able to slow the rate at which her soul is being Demonized and extend the time she can remain conscious."

"That will give us more time to find a way to reverse the Demonization."

Gu Sewei quickly asked, "How do we separate her soul?"