Nine-tailed Sky Fox

Yuan Ming sighed inwardly. "A seventh-level restriction is beyond my current attainments in formations..."

He also understood why the Black Bear King and Flame Wolf King had ambushed the Great Luo Sect. Those two Demon Kings likely could not open the gate either and could only stand guard outside the hall.

Just as Yuan Ming racked his brains for a way to break the restriction, a slight change occurred on the battlefield in the distance.

After forcing True Man Tantai back with a single move, the Black Bear King suddenly struck his chest and let out an earth-shaking roar. His body then expanded at incredible speed, turning in an instant into a hundred-zhang-tall black-furred bear covered in silver patterns.

"This is the Heavenly Demon True Form! Looks like the Black Bear King has truly been driven to fury!" Seeing this, Yuan Ming immediately moved farther away from the gates of Xihe Hall.

High-level members of the Demon Race were naturally dual cultivators of body and mana. Upon reaching the sixth level, they faced two paths. One was to focus on demon power and condense a dharma manifestation, just as human cultivators did.

The second path was to abandon the cultivation of demon power and concentrate on tempering the physical body, condensing the Heavenly Demon True Form.

The Heavenly Demon True Form possessed unmatched brute strength and surpassed dharma manifestations of the same rank. Yet its weakness was equally obvious: its enlarged body became a living target. It would not be used unless one stood at the threshold of life and death.

True Man Tantai's expression immediately turned grave as well. With a flick of his whisk, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged in madly from all around. A towering dharma manifestation clad in Daoist robes appeared in an