Who was that?!
Who on earth was that?!
The Barbarian Ox Clan Chief's heart lurched. An unprecedented sense of danger instantly engulfed his entire body, and the composure and indifference on his face vanished at once, replaced by utter horror!
He abruptly looked up at the sky!
This aura was so powerful!
Pure to a terrifying degree!
This was also a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
And definitely not one who had only recently entered the Grand Unity realm!
The next moment.
Before he could even make out who it was.
Boom!
A cyan figure seemed to ignore the distance of space itself, directly tearing through the incomparably solid space of the Primordial Wilderness. Trailing a long spatial rift behind him, he instantly appeared in the crater and stood firmly in front of Niu Ba!
The newcomer was powerfully built, his muscles knotted and brimming with explosive strength. His face looked somewhat simple and honest, yet his eyes shone with a divine light that looked down upon the world. He naturally carried an unparalleled majesty, standing tall beneath the heavens and daring to rival the sky itself!
"S-son? Is that you? You... you're back!"
Niu Ba stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar back before him. His already-clouded bovine eyes widened round, nearly popping out of their sockets!
Ecstasy!
Uncontrollable joy instantly surged through his heart, washing over his dying body!
Then, as he sensed the vast and boundless Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura emanating from his son—deep as an abyss, vast as an ocean, enough to contend with the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief and even faintly suppress him—he was completely dumbfounded.
As if struck by lightning!
A Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
That aura could not be faked!
His son—the son who had still been a mere calf when he left home—had actually become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal who could dominate an entire region!
"Good! Good! Wonderful!"
Niu Ba trembled violently from head to toe, not because of his injuries, but from overwhelming joy!
He forced himself to endure with his battered, severely wounded body and burst into wild laughter!
"HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
His laughter shook the heavens and earth, filled with the exhilaration of finally holding his head high!
"My Azure Ox Clan is going to rise too!!"
"You old bastard! Didn't you want to kill me just now?"
Niu Ba forced himself up from the ground, raised his huge bull head high, and stretched out a trembling hoof to point at the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief at the edge of the crater. In an unprecedentedly arrogant tone, he cursed loudly!
"Come on! If you've got the guts, try moving again! My son is back! Let's see how you kill me! Let's see if you still dare touch a single hair on me today!"
Niu Ba's transformation—from struggling at death's door one moment to acting like a smug villain, arrogant beyond all bounds the next—made Niu Ben, who had just landed and had yet to express any emotion, twitch hard at the corner of his mouth.
What the hell!
Why did this situation feel a little off?
These familiar lines, this classic scene... why did it resemble a novel he had read in his previous life on Blue Star?
Wang Teng's father!
That bizarre old man who went around telling everyone, "My son Wang Teng has the bearing of a Great Emperor"!
For a moment, Niu Ben did not know what to say as he looked at his father's arrogant expression, as though he wanted to look down on people through his nostrils.
Across from him, the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief's face had gone from ashen to purple, then finally black.
Utter humiliation!
This was the greatest humiliation he had ever suffered since advancing to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
To be pointed at and humiliated like this by a defeated opponent, a dying old ox!
"How bold!"
He snorted coldly, every word seeming to be squeezed out through clenched teeth. The Grand Unity Golden Immortal pressure around him surged again without restraint!
Boom!
The ground beneath his feet could no longer withstand his fury. It cracked apart inch by inch, turning into dust!
"So what if you're merely a Grand Unity Golden Immortal?!"
"I want to see just what heaven-defying abilities you father and son possess!"
"Watch as I suppress you both, refine your souls, and make you slaves for all eternity!"
Before his words had even faded, his body flickered. Faster than lightning, he struck out with another palm!
This time, he attacked in rage, and its might was several times more terrifying than when he had suppressed Niu Ba earlier!
Great Dao laws intertwined atop the giant palm, evolving Earth Water Fire Wind, as though it intended to reopen Chaos and recreate heaven and earth!
Niu Ben stepped forward. His broad back was like an insurmountable Divine Mountain, firmly shielding Niu Ba behind him.
Facing that terrifying giant palm that blotted out the sky and could destroy an entire world, his face showed no ripples of emotion. He did not even raise an eyelid.
He merely casually waved a hand forward.
Buzz!
It struck later, yet arrived first!
The Dharma Power Giant Palm, whose overwhelming might seemed capable of crushing the ancient azure heavens, touched the seemingly tiny Vajra Bracelet—
And something bizarre happened!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no deafening roar of colliding laws.
That incomparably violent giant palm was like ice and snow meeting the fiercest blazing sun. In an instant, it was melted away without a trace by the invisible power emitted from the pale white bracelet!
Yes, melted away!
It failed to stir even the slightest ripple!
The Vajra Bracelet shone brilliantly, its momentum undiminished in the slightest. Under the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief's horrified gaze, it flew directly toward his true form and viciously encircled him!
"An Innate Spiritual Treasure!"
The Barbarian Ox Clan Chief's expression changed drastically. He never could have imagined that the other party would produce such a supreme treasure the instant he attacked!
One had to know that Innate Spiritual Treasures were formed by heaven and earth and existed only in limited numbers. Even Grand Luo Golden Immortals did not all possess one.
Yet this mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal could casually bring one out?
Could this boy... truly have joined Kunlun Mountain?
He recalled Niu Ba's earlier boasting. At the time, he had dismissed it as the ravings of a madman, but now that he had personally witnessed this Innate Spiritual Treasure, he believed it seven or eight parts out of ten!
That was the Dao Field of the Three Pure Ones!
How could someone who came from such a place possibly be someone he could afford to provoke?
The instinct to survive instantly overwhelmed everything else. Without a second thought, the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief's knees gave way, and with a thud, he fell to his knees.
"Spare me! Please spare me, my lord!"
Tears and snot streamed down his face. There was no trace left of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's dignity.
"Don't kill me! I surrender! I am willing to lead the Savage Ox Clan, along with every clan under my command, to surrender to you, my lord!"
"Ding!"
At that moment, the system's voice rang out in Niu Ben's mind.
"God-tier Choice triggered." "Choice one: Kill the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief and unify the Ox Clan. Reward: one Fragment of Innate Supreme Treasure." "Choice two: Subdue the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief. Reward: Hundred Thousand Years of Dharma Power."
Niu Ben's breathing paused slightly.
A Fragment of Innate Supreme Treasure!
Even if it was only a fragment, it still bore the words "supreme treasure"!
Its value was far beyond that of a mere ten thousand years of Dharma Power!
Without the slightest hesitation, he made his choice in his heart.
Niu Ben ignored the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and killed him without a trace of hesitation.
He turned around, helped up his bargain-bin father, and stuffed a healing pill into his mouth.
Only after doing all that did he lead everyone back to the already ruined Azure Ox Clan territory.
"Son, now that you're back, I'll leave the position of Azure Ox Clan Chief to you."
After his injuries had stabilized somewhat, Niu Ba looked at his exceedingly accomplished son and spoke with a pleased expression.
He was prepared to abdicate and yield his position.
After all, in the current Azure Ox Clan—and even the entire Ox Clan—who could possibly be stronger than his son?
Niu Ben did not stand on ceremony and accepted directly.
He looked at an Ox Clan leader beside him and spoke indifferently.
"Do you know what powerful experts are stationed among the various Ox Clan branches within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains?"
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