"After Shan'er had cultivated bitterly for so many years, the moment she emerged, she gained the reputation of slaying an evil cultivator and subduing Dayuan Shuang and this reincarnated Integrated Body cultivator... Within the clan, she could truly rank second while eyeing the first."
From afar, Elder Black Baleful, acting as her protector, witnessed this scene. A trace of satisfaction surfaced in his eyes. Stroking his beard, he thought to himself.
At this moment, he could already see the inner struggle within both Dayuan Shuang and Chief Chai.
Once the situation was settled, they would surely submit obediently to his niece—Zou Yueshan.
But just then, he suddenly sensed something from the tall, thin cultivator. His brow rose slightly as he gave a soft exclamation, saying with interest, "Interesting, interesting. This evil cultivator truly has extraordinary methods. As Shan'er's whetstone, he is qualified enough."
As soon as those words fell.
The tall, thin cultivator on the battlefield, forced out of the alternate dimension by the woman in the phoenix gown, changed expression slightly. He hurriedly flipped his palm and scattered several five-colored beads.
The five-colored beads were only the size of longan fruits. The instant they left the alternate dimension, they stretched and expanded, transforming into several eerie five-colored joints of bone.
Immediately afterward, dense demonic qi billowed from those bone joints. In a brief span of time, black flesh several fingers thick grew over them.
"Impudent junior! You dare offend this Venerable One!"
A demonic voice thundered across the battlefield. Close on its heels came the "union" of the several five-colored bone joints, which transformed into a pitch-black demonic hand several feet wide. Carrying monstrous ferocity, it tore through the spatial confinement and lunged at the phoenix-gowned woman floating in midair.
From the moment the five-colored beads left the tall,