"How insolent! You dare slander the sacred blood within this Mountain Lord?" Hong Wuyun flew into a rage.
All his life, he had taken pride in the Calamity Hound bloodline within him!
The one thing he could never tolerate was anyone sullying his ancestry!
What was wrong with mixed blood?
In this age of waning spiritual energy, mixed-blood ancient beasts like him were already exceedingly rare!
With fury scorching his heart, he parted his thin lips. Black calamity fire filled the space before his mouth and nose, and an enormous canine head stretched across the void. Blazing radiance gushed forth, burning the void and dissolving the Dao, shrouding the entire world in black and crimson light.
"Wait!"
Yet just as battle was about to erupt, Xiao Chen raised a hand to interrupt, signaling Hong Wushuang to stay his weapons for the moment.
"What? Scared?" Hong Wushuang sneered.
"Before we fight, I want to discuss something with you!"
"What?"
"The Blood-Sea Stars!"
"You're at death's door, yet you still dream of stealing a divine treasure? This is a secret of my marshlands. Why should this Mountain Lord tell you?"
Dark light coiled around Hong Wuyun, and boundless fiery radiance gathered before him. His sharp fangs gleamed as he spoke in fury.
"Tell me the secret. If you defeat me, I'll present this seal to you with both hands!" Xiao Chen said.
"Once I kill you, it'll be mine anyway!"
"Are you certain I can't hide or destroy it before I die?" Xiao Chen asked playfully.
Hong Wuyun fell silent.
Destroying a spiritual treasure required only a thought.
Granted, the Thousand Mountains Tiger Talisman belonged to a deity and should, in principle, be indestructible.
It would not be so easily destroyed.
Still, even if the chance was only one in ten thousand,