Rise of the Alchemy God

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Before Ethan could say anything, Bai Yu's sword had already reached him. Feeling the imminent danger, he used all his strength to block the attack. Find more chapters on M V L

In an instant, he was sent flying several hundred meters before finally managing to stabilize himself and stop.

But as soon as he did, he noticed that the dragon woman was already coming at him with a second strike, and in frustration, he couldn't help but shout.

"Stop, crazy woman!" he yelled, but immediately regretted his words as she seemed to grow even more aggressive.

Over the next few minutes, Ethan endured a level of beating that surpassed all the punishment he had experienced in his 25 years of secluded cultivation.

He had no idea how many times he had narrowly avoided being decapitated.

If not for the drastic boost to his stats that he had gained that day, he was certain he wouldn't have lasted long against her.

In the end, after suffering several broken bones at her hands, he finally managed to calm her down.

"Hmph, next time, think twice before playing a trick like that on me," she said with a pout, while Ethan was sprawled against a mountainside, battered and bruised.

It turned out that the dragon woman had already realized it was him after her initial attacks.

However, this realization only made her angrier, leading to the subsequent beating Ethan endured in those past few minutes.

Ethan swore to himself that he would never play such a prank on the dragon woman again.

The events of the tournament had made him forget just how terrifying she could be when angered.

Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, Ethan swallowed a few Level 4 recovery pills and soon returned to normal, at least mostly.

As he dispersed his demonic transformation, he couldn't help but reflect on their earlier fight.

"It seems I really can use demonic energy to some extent," he thought, recalling how he had instinctively wielded it as if it were his usual spiritual Qi to defend himself and heal his injuries.

He had to admit that demonic Qi had its own advantages when countering attacks.

While Ethan was recovering, Bai Yu, who had calmed down by now, also reflected on their earlier battle.

She had to admit that Ethan's strength had increased exponentially.

Previously, when she fought at full power, he couldn't last more than a few attacks.

But now, he had managed to hold his own for several minutes, which was an incredible leap in strength given the short time since his years of seclusion in the minor dimension.

She thought that if he continued at this pace, he would likely reach the level of power she originally had within a few centuries.

This fact would undoubtedly put many figures in the celestial plane on high alert.

Bai Yu's speed of progress was already considered one of the best, but if someone could rival her progress in less than a thousand years, that person could only be described as a monster.

She wondered whether this rapid improvement was due to his natural talent or the Seven Sages' Amphora.

"Speaking of the amphora, it's nearly time for the seal to be fully released," she thought, recalling an important detail.

Once Ethan had fully recovered and promised to make it up to her, their conversation resumed.

As she had mentioned earlier, she had eliminated the demon, capturing what appeared to be its demonic core.

After doing so, she also brought the emperor, who had been left near death, out of the prison dimension.

Using some of her spiritual Qi, she stabilized his condition enough to bring him out of danger.

Initially, she had planned to leave him in the care of the palace doctors, but she decided to use the opportunity to inquire about certain past events on this continent.

From the battle she had witnessed between the demon and the emperor, it was evident that the latter seemed to have a deep understanding of the demonic race, almost as if he had encountered them before.

Her suspicions were confirmed.

She learned that there had been a great war in the past against the demonic race, which had suddenly appeared on this plane and brought widespread destruction.

As Ethan listened to her explanation, he picked up on an important point.

"Wait, what do you mean by different races uniting to fight them? Aren't humans the only rulers of this continent now?" he asked, puzzled.

While beasts could develop intelligence at a certain level and even communicate with humans to some extent, such cases were rare, and these creatures lived scattered across the continent.

But from what Bai Yu was saying, there seemed to have been a proper beast kingdom, much like the human one.

Bai Yu nodded and replied, "Yes. In the past, there were multiple ruling races, and the humans and beasts were the two most powerful.

From what I've heard, the two sides didn't have the best relationship, and occasional wars between them were apparently common," she said, deepening Ethan's frown.

If what she said was true, then where was the beast race now?

Could it be that they had been wiped out by the demons?

As a series of questions flooded Ethan's mind, Bai Yu continued her explanation.

"The war between humans and the beast race seemed to go on for several millennia, until a third race appeared," she said, and Ethan immediately knew which race she was referring to.

"The demonic race," he answered.

Bai Yu nodded. "exactly. A hostile race that appeared out of nowhere and began spreading rapidly, reaching a level of danger that neither humans nor beasts could ignore.

From what I've heard, after several failed attempts to repel them, both sides decided to form an alliance to eliminate the demon race," she said.

Just as Ethan was about to ask how their initiative turned out, she continued.

"But they failed. The power of the demons was too much for the mortal plane's inhabitants to handle.

Although their cultivation was confined to the mortal realm's limits, the demons had other means.

In the end, both races faced the threat of complete annihilation, and that's when a certain figure appeared and managed to drive the demons back," she said with a smile.

A smile that Ethan didn't immediately understand but soon did.

"It seems she kept herself busy here before ascending," he said.