For the Eight-Armed Demon God, the opposition between the divine and the demonic is quite crucial.
When Mu Yuan first proposed this path, it was a moment of inspiration, spoken on impulse.
After truly absorbing the Diamond Ape spirit ring and obtaining the Vajra Demon Body Spirit Ability, he didn’t realize the importance of the opposing powers of Vajra Power and demonic energy.
It wasn’t until he grasped the Power of Heavenly Thunder, breaking the balance between the opposing masculine and evil forces within his body, and noticed the effect of his Vajra Demon Body being compromised, that he realized the importance of maintaining a balance between the two forces.
The Eight Arms were initially formed, but there was another key to his path: the power of the divine and the demonic.
What is divine and demonic?
Both righteous and evil.
Both god and demon!
If the Yin and Yang are unbalanced, then re-harmonize the balance between them.
He could use spirit rings to harmonize them, and the spirit devouring engraving knife was another solution.
Yes, Mu Yuan’s trip to Star Luo City was to get his hands on that spirit devouring engraving knife.
After persuading the Body Sect to stop rejecting spirit tools, Mu Yuan, in the name of being a pioneer, learned to use them.
Consequently, it was only natural for him to propose that he needed a good engraving knife.
Over the past year, the Heavenly Soul Royal Family behind Wei Na had been helping him inquire about information regarding engraving knives.
The spirit devouring engraving knife was quickly located, especially recently, as it was scheduled to be auctioned again by the Starlight Auction House as per custom.
It had failed to sell many times, which is why Wei Na was able to find out it was in the hands of the Star Luo Imperial Family.
There was no need to mention the ferocity of the spirit devouring engraving knife; it could not only make up for the lack of demonic attributes in Mu Yuan but potentially even surpass them.
Of course, this was not a bad thing; on the contrary, it was a good thing.
The so-called demonic energy within Mu Yuan was actually just a force with violent attributes; it didn’t really have anything to do with demons.
This wasn’t just true for the demonic energy of his first Spirit Ability; in the entire Douluo Continent, there were very few Spirit Beasts that actually had anything to do with demons.
As a result, the more ferocious the spirit devouring engraving knife was—which could replace the power of a demon—the less Mu Yuan would need to worry about the power of demons in the future.
Upon learning of Mu Yuan’s breakthrough, the Body Sect rearranged their team for this trip.
First of all, both Mu Yuan and Wei Na were going.
The Heavenly Soul Royal Family sent five guards to protect Wei Na—though, more importantly, it was to take care of her, because Du Busi himself from the Body Sect was going.
Originally, there was no need for Du Busi to go.
But since Mu Yuan had made a breakthrough and would be going to hunt Spirits after the auction, he had to go along as well.
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Star Luo City.
Starlight Auction House.
After waiting for a long time, Mu Yuan finally saw the spirit devouring engraving knife he had been most looking forward to being auctioned.
This time, the person in charge of the auction was an old man with gray hair.
He was introducing the origin of this spirit devouring engraving knife, and after explaining its abilities, he also candidly revealed its drawbacks.
As the claims of the spirit devouring engraving knife killing its masters and being ominous were brought up, the fervent gazes directed at this engraving knife throughout the auction venue suddenly cooled down.
“Ominous, huh?
Then I don’t want it.”
Noticing this scene, Mu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at Du Busi.
He didn’t have any gold coins on him; he couldn’t afford it.
Du Busi had long known this and decisively pressed the button; Mu Yuan didn’t even have a chance to stop him.
The old man was surprised that someone had actually bid on this spirit devouring engraving knife this time.
As the Body Sect placed their bid, a few individual bidders were actually tempted and, spurred on, placed two bids.
Mu Yuan was speechless about this, but Du Busi didn’t seem to care.
“gold coins are just external possessions; I wouldn’t feel pained over these few gold coins.”
Mu Yuan looked at Du Busi with a suspicious expression.
Was that really the case?
Honestly speaking, in Mu Yuan’s mind, Du Busi was not a generous person.
Of course, he was impeccable toward his Sect disciples, but that wasn’t the case for outsiders.
He was very small…
cough, cough…
minded.
At this moment, in a hidden room of the auction house, Wei Na, dressed in a goose-yellow palace dress, was conversing with another stunningly beautiful young girl wearing a golden palace dress.
“You actually want to take this spirit devouring engraving knife?” Jiujiu asked in surprise.
Wei Na didn’t hide it and admitted it generously.
“Yes.”
“Little Sister Wei Na, this object is ferocious.
Don’t blame your big sister for not warning you.”
Wei Na smiled and said, “Thank you for the reminder, Sister Jiujiu.
We are already mentally prepared.”
Jiujiu took a deep look at Wei Na.
She was already pondering in her heart: Could the spirit devouring engraving knife have some secret?
Could it be—
“Could the Heavenly Soul Royal Family have mastered a way to use the spirit devouring engraving knife without any cost?”
After this thought surfaced in her mind, Jiujiu decisively cut it off.
The spirit devouring engraving knife had had many previous owners, and without exception, they had all died miserably.
This was a genuine cursed blade.
After all, this engraving knife had passed through the hands of many Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire, and even with the Sun Moon Empire’s leading technology in spirit tools, they couldn’t figure out how to use it, so the Heavenly Soul Royal Family naturally wouldn’t be able to either.
The auction ended, and the group didn’t linger; they left the city the next day.
What puzzled Mu Yuan was that Du Busi made everyone control their speed, stretching what should have been a one-day journey to the Star Dou Great Forest into five days.
However, just one day later, Mu Yuan understood.
Looking at the group of five masked men who had sprung out in front of their team, Mu Yuan didn’t know what to think.
No wonder Du Busi, who was usually only generous to his own people, suddenly didn’t mind those few thousand gold coins.
“Hand over the spirit devouring engraving knife and the method to use it, and we will spare your lives!” the leader of the masked men spoke up.
As his words fell, the group of five all activated their Spirit possession.
Among the five, the leader had seven spirit rings—two yellow, three purple, and two black.
The other four were all Spirit Emperors, with a spirit ring configuration of two yellow, three purple, and one black.
“Before you rob someone, don’t you check their background first?” Mu Yuan couldn’t help but ask.
Seeing the spirit ring combinations of the five, Mu Yuan knew they were very confident.
However, no matter how confident they were, they shouldn’t be this reckless, right?
Even a horse can stumble.
This time, these five had fallen into a trap.
While the five of them were releasing their spirit rings, Wei Na’s five guards also simultaneously activated their Spirit possession, and their spirit rings appeared one by one.
They were all Spirit Emperors!
Seeing this, the gazes of the five masked men became grave.
The target was tough.
As the Spirit Saint who led them hesitated about whether to retreat, Du Busi moved.
His body expanded by a size, and the next moment, he turned into an afterimage, scattering the five of them in all directions.
He clapped his hands, walked up to the five, and stripped them of all their storage spirit tools.
“Get lost.”
Staring at the three terrifying red spirit rings at Du Busi’s feet, the five were now scared out of their wits.
Upon hearing this, they turned and ran, wishing they had grown an extra pair of legs.
Mu Yuan praised, “Teacher is mighty.”
He didn’t think there was anything wrong with doing this.
He was indeed familiar with Du Busi’s personality; he wasn’t the type to be hypocritical.
At the auction, he had genuinely intended to bid directly; he didn’t like beating around the bush.
Being outbid annoyed him, but he didn’t resort to violence directly at the auction, which was actually quite disciplined.
In the end, it was those five who chose to waylay and rob them.
Furthermore, Du Busi hadn’t even killed those five.
Mu Yuan truly didn’t understand why such a Sect Master had a bad reputation.
He was clearly very merciful, wasn’t he…