A Magic Treasure Emerges!

An Bulang, clad in flowing white, drifted down to the ground before the headless Tiger Demon Ancestor.

"Why am I so strong? You should reflect on yourself—reflect on why you're so weak."

He spoke calmly.

The Tiger Demon Ancestor's massive body shuddered, and it suddenly let out a furious roar.

Dense ghostly qi surged from its neck, condensing a new head where the old one had been blown apart. Only, the four twisted, vicious faces had become three.

"I'll kill you!" all three faces of the Tiger Demon Ancestor roared furiously at once.

Its four legs kicked off the ground, launching its body forward.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth immediately surged and hummed, as though answering some summons. The free-floating spiritual energy rapidly poured into the Tiger Demon Ancestor's body, causing its aura to more than double.

This was one of the abilities of resonance with heaven and earth, allowing it to summon vast quantities of free spiritual energy from between heaven and earth at any time!

The blue giant tiger pounced at An Bulang, dark flames spewing from its claws and condensing into two ghost heads with gaping maws. The air warped wherever they passed, while the ground was scorched black and even began to decay.

"Heavenly Demon Tiger Devour!!"

"Just a Casual Punch!"

An Bulang's fist was once again shrouded in golden light as he fiercely punched forward.

"BOOM!"

A world-shaking explosion erupted.

This time, the ghost heads actually blocked An Bulang's golden fist.

Their collision instantly shook the ground into collapse and fractures, while violent hurricanes swept up all around them.

Dark energy and majestic golden power collided and tore at one another.

"Good chance, now!" Elder Wu Xuzi shouted.

Huan Yin, Huan Ling, and Wu Wanyue moved at the same time.

The four great Spirit Attunement Realm cultivators seized the moment when the two sides were locked in their fiercest clash and simultaneously attacked the barrier prison released by the Tiger Demon Ancestor.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Powerful spells struck the same point on the barrier at once.

As the saying went, spells were linked to the heart. Such frenzied bombardment of the enemy-trapping barrier released by the Tiger Demon Ancestor likewise inflicted damage upon its true body.

The Tiger Demon Ancestor was at a crucial point in its battle with An Bulang when it was suddenly disrupted by outside forces. It immediately fell into decline, and the golden light took the opportunity to shred the ghost heads on its claws before smashing straight into its chest. With a bang, it was hammered flying backward.

"Puh..."

The Tiger Demon Ancestor sprayed blood through the air.

An Bulang looked at Elder Wu Xuzi and the others with an odd expression.

Their interference had been nothing short of divine assistance!

"The barrier has cracked. Let's do it again," Elder Wu Xuzi said excitedly as he looked at the cracked ghostly qi barrier.

"Roar! You dare ambush me? I'll kill all of you!" the Tiger Demon Ancestor roared.

Puff puff puff!

Black spheres suddenly burst from the barrier and hurtled toward Elder Wu Xuzi and the others like cannonballs.

Every black sphere carried tremendous force, blasting the four of them until they spat blood and flew backward.

Elder Wu Xuzi felt utterly wronged. He had not wanted to ambush the enemy—he had only wanted to escape!

"Brother Wu Xuzi, thanks!" An Bulang shouted. Taking advantage of the instant when the Tiger Demon Ancestor attacked the others, golden light erupted from his fist as he threw another punch at it. "Just a Casual Punch!"

BOOM!!

An Bulang blasted a huge bloody hole through the Tiger Demon Ancestor's body, heavily injuring it once more and sending it rolling across the ground.

The coordination between An Bulang and Elder Wu Xuzi's group could simply be called seamless!

"Take another one from me—Bulang Style, Eighth Form: When Casual Becomes Inhuman Punch!"

Behind An Bulang, a phoenix suddenly appeared, glowing with crimson light, its body covered in dazzling fiery feathers as it proudly spread its wings.

At the same time, the phoenix behind him lightly breathed upon his fist, and red energy clung to it as suffocating ripples gradually spread outward.

The spectators around the altar were stunned.

Getting casual really was inhuman.

But that damn casualness was a phoenix!!

An unprecedented crisis of death welled up in the Tiger Demon Ancestor's heart. The danger was so intense that it felt as if it had been targeted by a supreme divine beast, its blood seeming to tremble throughout its body. It knew that An Bulang intended to finish it completely with this move.

It knew even more clearly that it truly could not block this attack!

"I admit it, you really are strong... You forced me to use this move..."

The Tiger Demon Ancestor opened its mouth and spat out a vermilion fruit wrapped in azure vines. At first glance, it looked like a blood-drenched infant with its head and feet joined together, curled up into a ball.

An ominous aura gradually spread through the air.

"Th-this... this is the aura of a Profound Grade Magic Treasure!!" Elder Wu Xuzi cried in horror.

"No way, it actually possesses a Profound Grade Magic Treasure?" Huan Yin also shrieked in shock. "That's a great killing weapon containing the spirit of heaven and earth. Even among Heavenly Origin Realm mighty figures of the Soaring Dragon Empire, very few possess one. How could this Demonic Beast have something like that?"

The magic treasures spoken of here were not ordinary weapons capable of carrying spiritual power, but treasures imbued with the spiritual essence of heaven and earth!

They could only be forged from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Each possessed an exceptionally special power—some could greatly enhance the caster's strength, while others had bizarre properties. Even to Heavenly Origin Realm existences, they were extraordinarily rare treasures.

"You refined the Blood Pupal Fruit?" An Bulang's eyes narrowed, then he shook his head. "No... you haven't fully refined it yet... With something that doesn't even count as a magic treasure, you think you can defeat me? Wishful thinking."

"Hehehe, I indeed haven't completely refined it, but I can sacrifice all of its power in an instant and take you down with me!!"

A crazed and vicious expression appeared on Tiger Demon Ancestor's face. His claw hovered above the Blood Pupal Fruit as he said in a chilling voice, "At such a young age, you've already attained such cultivation. Surely you don't want to die here for the sake of a monster like me, do you?"

"As long as you agree to let me go, I'll give up on taking us both down with me. This multiple-choice question is an easy one, isn't it?"

"It certainly is an easy choice." An Bulang nodded. The phoenix behind him began to fade away, and the red energy around his fist dispersed completely.

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist An Bulang, you truly are clever and wise, one who understands the greater good. You know that stopping here is the best choice for both of us."

Seeing An Bulang withdraw his technique, Tiger Demon Ancestor's lips curled upward. He buried his hatred and venom deep within his eyes, while both his ferocious faces put on expressions of friendliness.

"Stop? I think you've misunderstood something..." An Bulang suddenly charged toward Tiger Demon Ancestor, moving so fast he resembled a streak of white. Laughing loudly, he said, "I merely thought that using another ability against your attempt to take us both down would be more fitting..."

Tiger Demon Ancestor immediately retreated explosively, his face filled with shock and incomprehension. "Have you gone mad? I already gave you a choice! Do you want to die that badly?!"

"What are you supposed to be, that you think you're worthy of giving me a multiple-choice question?"

An Bulang moved with incredible speed and swiftly caught up to Tiger Demon Ancestor. Golden lightning that banished ten thousand evils coiled around one hand as he thrust it fiercely forward!

Tiger Demon Ancestor went all out as well, laughing maniacally. "Then let's die together! If I can drag an unrivaled genius down with me, this demon tiger won't have lost out!"

The Blood Pupal Fruit suddenly appeared before him, blocking An Bulang's attack trajectory.

Splat...

An Bulang's lightning-wreathed hand plunged into the Blood Pupal Fruit, sending foul-smelling dark-red blood splashing everywhere.

"Eeeek...!!!"

An incomparably shrill ghostly wail resounded through heaven and earth.

The Blood Pupal Fruit exploded with a thunderous boom, dark red blotting out the sky and covering the earth.

The power containing nearly all the essence of the magic artifact erupted and poured forth without restraint!!