This was because his original blood contained the essence blood of the Azure Dragon. The essence blood of the Sacred Beast Azure Dragon inherently carried the power of vigorous life, capable of causing rats to sprout or regenerating severed limbs.

This body, refined from the bones of the Ancestral Demon, was already mixed with his core essence blood. In addition to that, it contained various exotic materials gathered from the major life-bearing planets in the Solar Star Domain.

Years of repeated tempering had already granted this Demonic Body various inconceivable divine powers. The hardness of his crystalline bones far exceeded ordinary imagination.

The smoke from the Zakar race, capable of corroding flesh and blood, could dissolve the flesh on his arm into dripping blood, yet it could not harm his bones.

Under the action of immense demonic power, the crystalline bones erupted with new vitality, making the reappearance of flesh and blood an extremely easy matter. The Zakar race, however, lacked this divine ability. Based on their understanding, ordinary humans certainly did not possess this capacity either. Therefore, upon witnessing Ji Changkong's limb regeneration, the Zakar leader immediately displayed an expression of shock, naturally attributing it to the power of the Ghost Demon King at work.

After his surprise, the Zakar leader immediately prepared to deploy other means to deal with him.

Just at that moment, Ji Changkong did not remain static and passive; he finally began to unleash the profound mysteries of the Ouroboros Divine Sect.

Suddenly, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Ji Changkong's phantoms split forth amidst the wavering silhouette of the Demonic Body, one after another. Within each phantom existed a wisp of the divine soul.

This Zakar leader possessed powerful soul strength. As a fluctuation arose in his mind, his heart immediately trembled, and he stared at the surging masses of Ji Changkong with disbelief.

The Zakar race was highly skilled in soul exploration. The moment this leader stirred his soul, he immediately detected the presence of soul aura on the surging Ji Changkong figures. This meant that even with his exceptional soul discernment abilities, he could not distinguish which one was the true Ji Changkong.

The soul splitting technique of the Ouroboros Divine Sect, combined with Thousand Shades Shadow Movement, allowed every afterimage to be endowed with a wisp of soul, making it impossible to discern the genuine from the false.

As expected, the Zakar leader was surrounded. Amidst Ji Changkong's sky-filling illusions, the Zakar leader wore a look of helplessness. He materialized another sphere in his hand; the sphere burst open, and a massive metal shell instantly encased him.

The myriad afterimages flew toward him, centering around the Zakar leader within the metal shell. However, every time an afterimage attacked, before it even touched the metal shell, it was affected by a strange magnetic force.

Under the influence of this magnetism, the surging afterimages continuously vanished.

When all the afterimages dissipated, the stray souls returned to the Demonic Body’s soul. At this moment, the Demonic Body had arrived before the metal shell. With a sweep of his great hand, he pressed down forcefully upon the void!

A massive, ink-black palm materialized from the sky, taking shape through the void. Following his movement, it slammed down violently—

Crack!

The metal shell seemed to be crushed by a great mountain, beginning to twist and deform. The Zakar leader, hiding inside, let out a muffled groan before emerging again.

A violent soul fluctuation suddenly emanated from the Zakar leader. Instantly, streaks of cyan electric arcs burst forth from his body. Each arc was as swift as lightning, all bombarding Ji Changkong's Demonic Body.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The sky full of cyan arcs impacted, and even the formidable Demonic Body was bombarded into a state of dizziness.

At that critical juncture, another expert from the Zakar race moved with the speed of light, flashing toward the vicinity of the starship Guangchen, intending to slip inside.

"No need to rush," Ji Changkong's true body drawled lazily. With a wave of his Dragon Splendor Saber, a thick beam of saber light shot out, its sharpness threatening to tear the heavens apart.

The Zakar expert’s expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to plunge into the Guangchen, the dark golden armor covering his body suddenly blazed brightly. In an instant, the dark golden armor transformed into crimson gold.

The saber light from the Dragon Splendor Saber accurately struck the armor that had turned crimson gold. With a sound of tearing, the Zakar armor shattered into fragments that shot outward.

As the crimson gold armor exploded, it seemed to trigger some spatial restriction. Wherever the armor fragments passed, rifts in space manifested.

From within each spatial rift, a tremendous sucking force emanated, as if trying to forcibly drag beings into those tears in space.

Ji Changkong’s true body’s expression shifted slightly. He altered the momentum of his saber, diverting the blow aimed at the Zakar expert. It suddenly became incredibly heavy, and from the saber light, the colossal phantom of a Sinful Dragon erupted.

The fleeing Zakar expert, trying to escape toward the Guangchen, immediately showed an expression of extreme terror upon seeing the Sinful Dragon phantom emerge. He fled toward the Guangchen desperately.

Even the Zakar leader froze momentarily, screaming, "Sinful Dragon! That is the Ancient Sinful Dragon!"

"Oh?" Ji Changkong grinned, turning toward the Zakar chieftain. "You recognize the Sinful Dragon, too?"

Saying this, he raised his free hand toward the sky, and multicolored halos flew out from his palm. In an extremely short time, these halos reached the entrance of the Guangchen, forming a five-colored barrier.

Bang!

The Zakar expert, who was scrambling toward the Guangchen, slammed into the five-colored barrier. Repelled by the combined force of the Five Elements within the barrier, his body was flung back.

Before the Zakar leader could utter another word, another expert from the Hidden Demon race charged toward him with reckless abandon. Even the powerful Hidden Demon who had been locked in combat with Ji Haotian suddenly went berserk, charging toward him with no regard for his own life.

Sss! Sss!

Inhuman sounds issued from the mouths of the two Hidden Demons. For some unknown reason, as they charged, these two Hidden Demons stared intently at the phantom of the Sinful Dragon manifesting in the void.

"The Sinful Dragon is the totem of the Hidden Demon race. Those of the Hidden Demon race will absolutely not let you go," the Zakar leader let out a strange shriek.

Startled, Ji Changkong immediately understood, but he did not grow tense. Seeing the two Hidden Demons closing in, he raised his Dragon Splendor Saber and immediately swung it toward the closest Hidden Demon.

"Why run!" Ji Haotian roared, and the nine black chains connected to his body abruptly tightened!

The body of the four-in-one powerful Hidden Demon, upon reaching Ji Changkong, was yanked back hard, unable to advance a single step further.

"Wuu... wuuu..." the Hidden Demon cried out,

Crack! Hiss!

The arms beneath its armpits suddenly exploded. In that instant, the power surging through this Hidden Demon advanced further. Its internal raging power instantly surpassed Ji Haotian’s, and the nine chains could no longer restrain it. Dragging Ji Haotian along, it charged straight toward Ji Changkong.

"Hmph!" Ji Changkong exclaimed, thinking this Hidden Demon was quite ferocious to self-mutilate two arms just to boost its strength. With that thought, he struck with his saber, unleashing a blade of light hundreds of meters long aimed at the Hidden Demon’s head.

The phantom of the Sinful Dragon emerging from the saber light rushed toward the Hidden Demon first.

The Hidden Demon seemed to fear the Sinful Dragon phantom. Seeing the projection, which contained an immense Sinful Dragon aura, approach, the phantom exhibited a trace of hesitation and seemed unwilling to raise a hand to block it.

Bang!

The massive Sinful Dragon phantom violently crashed into the Hidden Demon, sending its body flying backward.

Simultaneously, the saber light descended upon the Hidden Demon. Just as it was about to be cleaved in two, the Hidden Demon hastily shifted its body.

Crack!

The Hidden Demon was indeed split in half, but because it twisted its body at the last second, its head was not severed.

On the other side, Ji Haotian yanked hard with both hands, pulling the two halves of the Hidden Demon’s body back, murmuring, "You fellow, you truly have no fear of death."

Clang!

Suddenly, a metallic sound rang out from the Guangchen. A Zakar expert, aided by the Zakar leader, broke through the five-colored halo and actually managed to enter the Guangchen.

Ji Changkong’s Demonic Body was entangled by the other Hidden Demon and could not react immediately. By the time he realized what happened, it was too late.

Golden beams of light suddenly shot out from the Guangchen. Under the illumination of these golden rays, the Zakar leader’s body vanished, followed by his voice emanating from the Guangchen: "Fire the 'Ice Magnetic Ripple' immediately!"

The other Zakar expert besieging Ji Changkong’s Demonic Body showed a look of extreme terror in his dark golden eyes. Panicked, he tried to dive into the golden lights shooting from the Guangchen, intending to vanish like his leader.

Ji Changkong’s Demonic Body naturally would not allow this. A colossal black curtain instantly enveloped his body. Even when the golden lights shone upon it, they could not penetrate the dark barrier.

"Ignore him! Fire the 'Ice Magnetic Ripple'!" shouted the Zakar leader from inside the Guangchen.

"Understood." Suddenly, pinprick-like holes emerged from the Guangchen, densely covering every corner of the starship.

A strange, peculiar fluctuation violently transmitted from within the Guangchen. Another force seemed to be rapidly brewing, ready to explode at any moment.

A feeling of unease suddenly surfaced deep within his mind. Ji Changkong’s expression changed, and he suddenly commanded, "Flash!"

As the words fell, a luminous aperture flashed open above his head. His Demonic Body entered first, and the true body instantly positioned itself above the light portal, shouting toward Ji Haotian, "Flash first!"

Ji Haotian was momentarily stunned. He glanced at the Guangchen, apparently sensing the danger. His face changed, and he stopped dealing with the split Hidden Demon, plunging abruptly into the light portal.

Pipi! Pipi!

At that moment, the holes in the Guangchen began to emit strands of light, which soon enveloped the entire space.

On an unfamiliar dead star, a light portal suddenly appeared. Ji Changkong’s Demonic Body and true body emerged through it together.

Ji Haotian was not far behind, also flashing out of the light portal.

Pipi! Pipi!

A strange sound emanated from the light portal. The portal twisted and transformed, and a surge of power flooded into it. The light portal instantly froze over, and then, under a peculiar ripple effect, the frozen portal began to crackle and split apart.

Pop!

The light portal, used for short-distance spatial traversal, suddenly shattered. The fragments scattered like solar flares, emitting violent energy fluctuations that exploded in that small area.

From Ji Changkong’s Demonic Body came a series of sharp sounds. The body staggered, nearly collapsing to the ground.

Even the main soul of Ji Changkong’s true body felt a tearing sensation.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. When the explosion of the stellar fragments finally vanished, Ji Changkong finally let out a long breath, and both bodies sank heavily onto the ground.

So close!

Ji Changkong clicked his tongue inwardly. That so-called "Ice Magnetic Ripple" was truly abnormal; it could even affect the spatial light portal used for short-distance teleportation. First, it instantly froze the portal, and then, under the influence of the strange magnetic ripple, it transformed the portal into an unrecognizable substance before finally dissipating into light points.

The "Ice Magnetic Ripple" capable of freezing a light portal must possess a devastatingly destructive power against souls. If the Zakar race had possessed this "Ice Magnetic Ripple" back then, perhaps they really could have eliminated the Ghost Demon King.

It was conceivable that under the energy impact of the "Ice Magnetic Ripple," even the Ghost Demon King, whose soul had fragmented into millions of strands, could not escape its influence—fragments, blood, and even souls would be instantly frozen and then immediately annihilated under the subsequent magnetic ripple effect, leaving no trace behind.

"Incredible!" Ji Haotian was also pale with fright, muttering, "That power is too immense. Even the Ten Directions Celestial Master might not possess such terrifying strength!"

"The Zakar race is truly a wondrous species. No wonder they dared to seek out the Ghost Demon King in the Solar Star Domain; it seems they really found a way," Ji Changkong panted.

"What about that light portal?" Ji Haotian asked.

After explaining the matter of the Vast Star Sea Chart, Ji Changkong said, "The power required for the 'Ice Magnetic Ripple' is too immense. I believe the Zakar race cannot sustain it for long. We’ll go check it out later."

"Yes, such power definitely cannot last," Ji Haotian agreed, then added with some concern, "But if we return, we must stay far away from that area to avoid being caught in the residual shockwaves."

"That's what I was thinking," Ji Changkong smiled.

The two stayed on the dead star for a while. Feeling that enough time had passed, Ji Changkong expended mental energy to condense a new light portal, setting its destination to where Hei Can and the others were located, before stepping into it with Ji Haotian. (To be continued)