"Tattoo? What tattoo?"
Ye Feng looked at his chest in confusion. His clothes were torn in many places due to his recent training, almost in tatters.
As the wind blew, his skin was revealed intermittently.
"This..."
Ye Feng was shocked when he looked. He found that a large patch of black, web-like patterns had appeared on his chest at some point.
Ye Feng wiped it with his hand, but it wasn't dirt or paint.
"Hoo!"
As Ye Feng wiped, fine black mist, thinner than a cow's hair, began to emerge from the web-like black patterns on his chest.
"Ugh!"
In the next second, Ye Feng's heart ached intensely, causing him to cry out in pain.
"Big brother!"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao took a few steps closer, looking at Ye Feng with concern.
Ye Feng waved his hand at Xiao Xiao. Frowning, he looked at his chest again and found that the web-like black patterns had changed.
"This... this is a demon rune?"
Ye Feng observed closely and realized that after the web-like black patterns changed, they had formed the same demon runes as on the demon dagger.
"How is this possible?"
Ye Feng's brows furrowed. "This location... could it be that the Blood Ancestor used the demon dagger to pierce his own chest?"
A flash of light appeared in Ye Feng's hand, and the demon dagger that the Blood Ancestor had previously used was now in his grasp.
"Hum!"
The moment the demon dagger appeared, the demon runes on Ye Feng's chest seemed to be attracted, and a large number of threads seeped out, extending towards the demon dagger.
"Swish!"
Ye Feng threw the demon dagger far away, and simultaneously, the Tang dao in his hand flashed, slicing through the threads emanating from the demon runes.
"This..."
Ye Feng's expression was grave because the true force and arcane energy on the Tang dao were absorbed by the demon runes.
After absorbing his true force and arcane energy, the demon runes on his chest extended outwards slightly, making it look like a black spider clinging to his chest.
"Is my strength declining because of these demon runes?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng began to understand.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and channeled the special true force within him towards the demon runes on his chest.
The demon runes seemed to sense something and began to dodge, extending towards Ye Feng's neck.
"Damn it!"
Ye Feng let out a strange cry and stopped using his special true force to deal with the demon runes, as he realized that doing so was causing them to spread throughout his body.
"Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, what happened?"
At this moment, Ling Xi's puzzled voice drifted from a distance.
"Sister Ling Xi, hurry, big brother seems to be in danger!"
Xiao Xiao immediately turned and shouted to Ling Xi, her expression anxious.
"What's going on?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Xi quickly ran over, with Leng Yue close behind.
"This... demon runes?"
When Ling Xi saw the web-like black patterns on Ye Feng's chest, she immediately recognized them.
"This location on the chest... it might be the demon power left by the Blood Ancestor when he pierced your chest... it even seems to be a complete devouring formation!"
"And... it's already showing signs of spreading outwards!"
Ling Xi analyzed after a thorough examination.
"Sister Ling Xi, what should we do?"
Hearing this, Xiao Xiao became anxious.
"Yue Miao, you're here just in time, do you still have that water from before?"
As soon as Xiao Xiao finished speaking, Ye Feng's cheerful voice rang out.
Because he noticed Yue Miao, "Shen Potian," and Bao Yuting carrying several large boxes and walking towards them on the road not far away.
"Water?"
Because there was a strong wind, Yue Miao didn't hear clearly. He frowned slightly and quickly ran towards Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, what did you just say? What kind of water from before?"
Before Yue Miao could reach Ye Feng, he asked.
"Oh, it's the water you used to wash off the demon runes on the stones of the Sin Domain formation!"
Ye Feng looked at Yue Miao expectantly, "I want to wash off these demon runes on my chest!"
"Uh... this..."
After observing, Yue Miao also saw the demon runes near Ye Feng's chest. He looked embarrassed, "Ye Feng, that water is 'ultra-pure water.' I bought it at the Explorer's Guild auction before... I've already used it all to break the Sin Domain formation..."
"Damn it!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was dejected.
Because according to Ajin, "ultra-pure water" was unique to the Sea Restaurant, and he had no idea where it was.
As for the Explorer's Guild, even if they had it, Ye Feng didn't know its location either.
"Ye Feng, this... this is a demon rune?!"
"Shen Potian" walked over at this moment, and his brow furrowed when he saw the web-like black patterns on Ye Feng's chest.
"Ye Feng, this demon rune formation will gradually consume your arcane energy and true force, grow stronger... and eventually completely devour your life force. It's very frightening!"
At this moment, Leng Yue's serious words rang out.
"Sister Leng Yue, what do we do?"
Hearing this, Xiao Xiao became worried. Ye Feng, however, was not particularly panicked.
"However, I have a way to guarantee that I can remove the demon runes and demon power from you!"
Leng Yue quickly added, a cunning glint in her eyes.
"What is it?"
Ye Feng looked at Leng Yue curiously, and Xiao Xiao's expression eased.
"Follow me!"
Saying this, Leng Yue walked off in a direction on her own.
Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Ling Xi immediately followed. "Shen Potian" and the other two wisely stayed put.
As for Qiao Ying, she was still exploring the Brad base and had not returned.
"What is the method?"
After walking to a somewhat secluded spot, Ye Feng asked Leng Yue excitedly.
Leng Yue glanced at Ling Xi and whispered in Ye Feng's ear, "The method is very simple, you and Ling Xi should merge."
"I..."
Although Leng Yue deliberately lowered her voice, Ye Feng and the others were close by and very interested in what Leng Yue was saying, so they were all paying close attention. Therefore, they all heard it clearly.
At this, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Ling Xi, and Qiao Ying all blushed deeply, and Ling Xi glared at Leng Yue angrily.
...
Late at night,
"Shen Potian," Yue Miao, and Bao Yuting had all gone to sleep. Xiao Xiao had also retired.
Ye Feng was alone in his tent, looking at the slightly spread demon runes on his chest with a dejected expression.
Although he had gone through great lengths and used his special true force to confine the demon runes to a small area, the fact that they were not removed remained a big problem.
"Little one, are you asleep?"
At this moment, Ling Xi's voice came from outside the tent.
...