A Guardian Divine Beast Tailor-Made for Our West!

"Golden Light of Merit! Such dense Golden Light of Merit!"

Zhunti Good Corpse stared at the protective divine light surrounding Niu Ben, so dense it had nearly become tangible and even showed faint signs of forming a Merit Golden Wheel. He was utterly stunned, his soul trembling!

Disbelief first appeared on his face, but it was swiftly replaced by undisguised ecstasy and greed!

It was the expression of a ferocious beast that had starved for billions of years and suddenly spotted a lavish feast capable of sending it soaring to the heavens in a single step!

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

Zhunti Good Corpse said "good" three times in a row, his voice trembling. The light shooting from his eyes seemed ready to ignite the void!

"An Innate Divine Being foundation, coupled with protective Golden Light of Merit favored by the Heavenly Dao! This child is practically a guardian divine beast tailor-made for our West! Today, I will definitely convert him! No one can stop me! I said so!"

At that moment, Zhunti Good Corpse no longer had the slightest inclination to toy with him. His resolve to convert Niu Ben had risen to its peak!

Boom!!!

He no longer held anything back. The terrifying aura of a One-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint erupted completely and without restraint, like Heavenly River Water bursting through a broken dam!

Across the eastern Primordial Wilderness, countless mighty beings in seclusion opened their eyes in unison, staring in horror toward this place!

That terrifying aura formed an invisible yet tangible cage of heaven and earth. Laws became locks, the Great Dao became chains, completely sealing and suppressing the space within hundreds of millions of miles around Niu Ben!

Niu Ben felt the surrounding space freeze in an instant, as though flowing water had turned into ancient black ice that would never melt!

Countless Primordial Divine Mountains seemed to descend upon him from every direction, from the past and the future alike!

He felt his bones groaning and his flesh wailing. Even moving a single finger became incomparably difficult, requiring every ounce of his strength!

"Roar—!!!"

An even more violent, even more unyielding earth-shaking roar erupted from Niu Ben's mouth!

He knew that he had encountered the greatest crisis since his birth!

He no longer maintained his human form and directly revealed his ten-thousand-zhang true body!

Heaven and Earth Manifestation!

Moo!!!

A terrifying Azure Ox ten thousand zhang tall appeared between heaven and earth with a thunderous crash. Its twin horns seemed capable of piercing the firmament, its four hooves crushed stars beneath them, and dense Chaos Qi swirled around its body!

The savage, tyrannical aura of the primordial Primordial Wilderness, seemingly capable of tearing apart the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, swept outward like a storm, forcibly prying open an imperceptible crack in the impregnable cage of heaven and earth!

"Even the strength of an ant dares to shine?"

Zhunti Good Corpse revealed an expression of utmost disdain and indifference.

Beneath Saints, all were ants.

And beneath Quasi-Saints, the same held true!

He waved one hand toward the void.

With a soft hum, a Demon-Subduing Pestle entirely golden in color appeared silently in his hand. It was inscribed with countless Great Dao runes and radiated supreme power capable of subduing demons, vanquishing devils, and suppressing all evil beings.

Vajra Pestle!

A High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

In the hands of a mighty being like Zhunti, its power was enough to easily suppress and kill ordinary Grand Luo Golden Immortals!

Boom!

He did not even make an extra movement. With merely a light flick of his wrist, he casually swung it.

The Vajra Pestle became a streak of golden light that tore through eternity, instantly piercing layer upon layer of space and ignoring the passage of time. Carrying the tyrannical will of "those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish," it smashed viciously into Niu Ben's mountain-like body!

Crack—!!!

The sound of shattering bones, enough to make all who heard it quake in terror, rang through the clouds!

Niu Ben felt his spine let out a shrill, miserable cry beneath that utterly terrifying blow, unable to bear the strain!

His terrifying ten-thousand-zhang body was like a mountain struck head-on by a star flying in from beyond the heavens, hurled violently down from the sky by that strike!

Rumble rumble!

The earth trembled wildly, wailed, and collapsed!

A horrifying bottomless crater appeared upon the great plain!

Niu Ben's enormous Azure Ox true body was ruthlessly nailed to the deepest part of that crater by the blow!

Before he could struggle—

Hum!

The Vajra Pestle had already flared with brilliant light, transforming into a golden Divine Mountain that pressed Niu Ben firmly beneath it!

At that moment.

Pinned to the ground beneath the Vajra Pestle, Niu Ben felt even his soul trembling. It was as though the entirety of Buzhou Mountain and the boundless vault of heaven were pressing down upon him, so heavy that even breathing became a luxury.

Every inch of bone and flesh let out a wail on the verge of collapse.

"Damn it..."

"So this... is a Quasi-Saint!"

"He really... is strong!"

Niu Ben roared unwillingly in his heart. His golden ox eyes were bloodshot and filled with defiance.

What he did not know was that at the distant edges of heaven and earth, the living beings fortunate enough to survive and watch from afar had already been utterly shaken by these scenes that overturned everything they believed in. Their souls trembled, and their Dao Hearts nearly collapsed!

"Heavens! A Grand Unity Golden Immortal... is actually facing a Quasi-Saint head-on!"

The souls of the immortal gods watching the battle all trembled!

That was a Quasi-Saint! A supreme existence who could wipe them out with a single breath!

Yet this Azure Ox had actually forced Saint Zhunti's Good Corpse to use an Innate Spiritual Treasure!

The Dao Hearts they had cultivated for billions of years nearly crumbled on the spot!

High in the sky, Zhunti Good Corpse slowly descended. Looking down from above, he spoke in a voice as cold as ice:

"Wretched beast, I will give you one final chance. Take refuge in my Buddha, and I will spare your life. Otherwise, I will erase your intelligence and make you my mount for all eternity!"

This was a Saint's Good Corpse. For the prosperity of the West, beneath the skin of compassion lay endless coldness!

"Pah!"

Niu Ben spat out a mouthful of golden blood, his eyes filled with arrogance and disdain.

"You bald old bastard, stop putting on an act! You want to convert your Grandpa Niu?"

"Then kill me right now if you've got the guts! Let's see whether my Master will flatten your lousy Spirit Mountain someday!"

"You seek death!"

The words "bald old bastard" turned Zhunti's face livid. Killing intent burst forth as he prepared to strike a fatal blow.

But!

Just! At! That! Moment!

An indescribable streak of Gray-black Sword Qi suddenly slashed down from the Nine Heavens Above!

The instant this sword emerged, all laws retreated and the Great Dao lamented!

Boom—!!!

The Vajra Pestle, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, could not even endure for a single breath. It let out a mournful cry before being sent flying by the slash, its spiritual light dimmed and its spirituality greatly damaged!

The pressure on Niu Ben vanished at once. Before he could react, a figure clad in a Mysterious Black Dao Robe had silently appeared in front of him, shielding him.

Zhunti shifted his gaze from the spiritual treasure that had been sent flying and stared fixedly at the newcomer. His expression was more solemn than ever, even carrying a trace of fear!

One sword!

A single sword had heavily damaged his bonded spiritual treasure!

The newcomer was undoubtedly a Quasi-Saint mighty being far beyond him!

"Un... uncle-master?"

Just as Niu Ben was about to cry out in delight, he suddenly froze.

This aura carried the Sword Intent of his Second Master, yet it contained an additional pure killing aura that sought to annihilate everything and destroy all things!

This was not Supreme Purity Immortal Light!

It was... the Evil Corpse!

The newcomer was none other than the Evil Corpse severed by Tongtian Saint, the leader of the Interception Sect!

Sensing that his eldest brother's mount was in trouble, he had torn through endless void and crossed realms to arrive!

Tongtian's Evil Corpse fixed his icy gaze upon the livid Zhunti.

"You dared touch my eldest brother's ox?"

"And you're a bald donkey from the West?"

"You are courting death."