Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou was speechless. He didn't summon his flying sword, wanting to see just how powerful this thing was.

In truth, he was just as bewildered as everyone else, wondering why the meteorite that fell from the sky was so potent.

He was even more curious about how an ordinary rat had transformed into a demon. Looking at its eyes, this wasn't just any ordinary demon, but a bloodthirsty one.

Normal demons have green eyes, indicating they possess reason and intelligence.

Demons with red eyes, however, are incredibly violent, bloodthirsty, devoid of reason and wisdom—terrifying monsters that only know how to kill.

The difference between the two is vast, and the danger they pose is worlds apart.

No sooner said than done, the rat demon was already rushing towards Li Ergou with incredible speed.

Bai Su cried out a warning, but Li Ergou had already extended his palm, imbued with immense power, and slammed it towards the rat demon.

The rat opened its mouth wide, revealing countless sharp teeth, and collided with Li Ergou's palm almost simultaneously.

Boom!

A tremendous force erupted. Li Ergou was somewhat surprised; the rat demon's power was much greater than he had imagined.

He had to remember that he could unleash the power of the Martial Dao Divine Palace, and at full strength, his brute force could reach two million pounds. Two million pounds! One punch could shatter a ten-zhang boulder into fragments.

He hadn't used too much strength just now, but it was still around fifty thousand pounds of force.

That should have been more than enough to deal with a rat, but after taking Li Ergou's punch, it wasn't killed. Instead, it rolled on the ground, a look of horror in its eyes, squeaked twice, and turned to flee.

Li Ergou had felt the force of its pounce just now, which was around a hundred thousand pounds. How could a newly ascended demon possess such power? He was quite astonished.

Seeing the rat trying to escape, Li Ergou snorted coldly, thinking that if he let it get away today, he would lose face.

With a thought, the fish-scale sword behind him shot out. The sword light flashed, grazed the rat's body, and in the aftermath, the rat's head and body were instantly separated. The rat was running so fast that even without its head, it still charged dozens of zhang further.

Blood gushed out, and it collapsed to the ground, deader than dead.

Li Ergou sighed, 'Flying swords are really useful. One strike, and no matter what kind of demon you are, you'll be killed.'

With the rat dead, Li Ergou and the others gathered around. Li Ergou examined the rat's corpse and saw some golden specks shimmering in its blood.

Li Ergou probed with his divine sense and found a powerful, unknown energy within these golden specks.

Bai Su came to his side and asked, 'What's going on?'

Li Ergou said, 'This little guy just licked the liquid on the stone and turned into this. Look at these golden specks in its blood, that's the energy. This stone is not simple. I'm afraid we need to take it away, or it will definitely cause trouble.'

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Bai Su seemed thoughtful. Before she could nod, several sword lights flew over, and someone in the crowd shouted, 'Lord County Commandant, you've arrived as well!'

Bai Su and Li Ergou quickly looked over and saw County Commandant Luo Tian and Head Constable Li Tianhai arriving together.

They exchanged a glance and hurried over.

Arriving before Luo Tian, Li Ergou and Bai Su greeted him. Luo Tian nodded slightly to them and asked, 'You came quickly enough. What's going on with this stone?'

Bai Su immediately explained the strangeness of the stone and then told him about the rat. Hearing about the rat, Luo Tian's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected this to happen.

He also came to the rat's body and looked at it, sighing, 'How domineering.'

Then he walked to the front of the stone. As soon as his hand touched the stone, he exclaimed in surprise, 'What a powerful aura!'

Bai Su and Li Ergou also reached out and touched the stone.

Li Ergou and Bai Su were both very surprised when they touched the stone because they felt that the stone seemed to be alive, emitting a powerful force, but this force seemed to be sealed by something, not leaking out.

Li Ergou suddenly exerted force, wanting to see how heavy the stone was. He knew he was incredibly strong now, but upon exertion, he discovered that the stone was incredibly heavy, like a mountain rooted to the ground. Despite his great strength, he couldn't budge the stone even a tiny bit.

His expression changed, feeling it was too unbelievable.

He immediately said to Bai Su, 'What's going on? I can't even move it.'

Upon hearing this, Bai Su immediately used her magic power. An even more amazing scene appeared: her magic power was directly absorbed by the strange power within the stone as soon as it approached.

Bai Su exclaimed, 'Is this thing alive?'

Luo Tian and Li Tianhai also used their abilities, but the results were the same. At this point, the onlookers also took action, but the result was predictable—still the same.

Seeing this, Luo Tian was immediately troubled. After all, the liquid on this stone was too strange. It would be terrible if small animals came to lick it.

Also, the demonic aura here was becoming increasingly dense. If this continued, it would probably cause those animals to transform into demons as well. They had to find a way to deal with this stone.

Li Tianhai suggested directly destroying the stone, which would solve the problem once and for all.

Luo Tian thought this method was possible, but at the moment, it seemed that destroying this thing would not be so simple.

Li Ergou remained silent, listening to Xue Linglong speaking to him. This guy was very active at the moment, and very, very excited.

Why? Because this guy could absorb all the power in the world. The stone emitted a very strong demonic aura, which he could completely absorb and refine. So he was happy. After all, where could he find such pure and rich aura?

Most importantly, after absorbing these auras, he could convert them into spiritual energy and pass them on to Li Ergou to help him break through to the Golden Core stage.

Of course, he didn't care about other messy things. All he cared about was the rich demonic aura.

What Li Ergou cared about was that Xue Linglong said that the demonic aura in the stone was very pure, which he couldn't understand. This was clearly a meteorite from outer space, so how could it carry demonic aura? Could it be that someone had brought it here using great magic power?

If that was the case, could this be some kind of conspiracy?

But on second thought, it seemed a bit unlikely. There was no need. If there was such a powerful cultivator, it would be better to quietly bring the stone over, why bother with these methods?

He had many thoughts in his mind, but he didn't expect that at this time, Bai Su would call him, 'Ergou, what are you thinking about? The County Commandant is asking you something.'