Body Slaying Banner

"Based on the location and area where the Blood God Ape appears, I can roughly deduce the approximate node, though it won't be very accurate."

Chen Yongjie was very skilled at leading the way. He had recently befriended Demon Cultivator and mingled among them, finding out exactly where the red-skinned monkey was.

The thousand-meter-tall fire maple trees look like clusters of flames burning. This area is quite dangerous, and a group of crazy birds called Sawtooth Bird live here.

They blend perfectly into the fiery red forest, all being red, with huge, serrated beaks that attack and kill anyone they see.

These creatures possess the strength of the early stages of the Carefree Journey. Ordinary Supernatural Practitioner can only flee when they encounter them, or they will be killed by having their bodies shattered.

"This alien space is quite special. Why have all the ferocious beasts and birds of prey gone mad?"

Since they came in, they haven't seen a single normal creature. They're even crazier than Qi Liandao, and they have no self-awareness.

While on their way, Wang Xuan continued to count his spoils and tossed a crystal containing a drop of Heavenly Marrow to Chen Yongjie.

"This thing is too precious, you should keep it for yourself." Old Chen received it, but felt it was too hot to handle, and was about to throw it back to him.

"You can use it. I still have some Heavenly Medicine Petal here." Wang Xuan shook his head, not caring much.

In the Land of Nothingness, there is Life Pool and even more extraordinary matter that is close to reality. Every time he tortures himself there, he gains immense benefits, and the effects are even better.

Old Chen put it away, treasuring it greatly.

Wang Xuan's face twitched. He dared not tell Old Chen that he had captured some of Qi Chengdao's thoughts. When the other party absorbed them, he directly sucked and licked them with his mouth. That scene was... disgusting.

The main reason was that Qi Chengdao felt that the Heavenly Marrow was too precious and he was afraid of it overflowing and being wasted.

"What kind of animal hide is this? Could it really be related to the Body Slaying Banner?" Wang Xuan looked at the crumpled animal hide.

He remembered that when he first met Qi Liandao, his God Slaying Banner had stirred strangely, and the expression of the Demon Ancestor's Second Son seemed to explain something as well.

Wang Xuan waved the animal hide towards the distance, but it turned out to be like a handkerchief. He waved it in his hand, but the Demon Cultivator passing by in the distance did not react at all.

A moment later, upon seeing the two of them, he quickly clasped his hands in greeting, smiled, and showed great enthusiasm and respect.

"Is it not Body Slaying Banner? Am I overthinking it?" Wang Xuan frowned.

In the end, he took out the God Slaying Banner, pressed the crumpled animal hide against it, and wanted to compare and observe it carefully.

"Um?!"

Golden Grid appeared, and the Pale Gold Animal Hide and the ancient flag shimmered together. The two were actually stuck together, without any dramatic movement or earth-shattering momentum.

It wasn't a docking, but rather a combination of two sides, like two sides of the same coin, except that the Pale Gold Animal Hide had shrunk, only half the size of the flag.

Wang Xuan was lost in thought. He raised the small flag and looked at it again and again. It really did come together automatically.

Unfortunately, the newly obtained animal hide appears to be incomplete and fragmented, possibly a remnant of the Body Slaying Banner.

"That's not right either. Even if it's intact, this animal hide is still lacking. It doesn't feel as Daoist as the God Slaying Banner. Could it be a partial substitute for the Body Slaying Banner?"

He looked at it again and again, God Slaying Banner had become ugly, as if it had been patched up, and was really quite ugly.

"This thing can actively repair itself? It will absorb suitable materials?" Chen Yongjie leaned closer, also very curious.

"Ah..." In the distance, the Demon Cultivator they had just seen were fleeing for their lives. One of them had his body bitten off by a huge, fiery Sawtooth Bird. That bird's beak was terrifying, more chilling than a chainsaw, dripping blood in mid-air.

"I send my greetings to your family!" Chen Yongjie's expression changed when he turned around and saw this.

Those Demon Cultivator attracted at least eight Sawtooth Bird, all of which were monsters at the early stage of the Carefree Journey. They were all mad birds that killed anyone they saw and slaughtered any beast they encountered.

They flapped their wings, creating a gale, and came howling in, constantly crashing down trees thousands of meters tall, which was quite terrifying.

Puff puff puff!

The Demon Cultivator had not gone far when they died one after another, their bodies torn apart by the fangs of the mad bird.

"Here it comes!" Chen Yongjie hoisted an energy cannon and blasted it into a Sawtooth Bird with a loud thud, causing feathers to fly everywhere and blood to splatter.

"No, it's too fast, I can't hit it accurately, let's go!" He put away the energy cannon, turned around and fled. Although he was very strong now, he was definitely no match for a creature at the Great Realm of Carefree Journey.

"Let me try!" Wang Xuan's expression changed as he prepared to examine the altered God Slaying Banner.

The main reason is that he himself is strong enough, and he was originally capable of fighting against a mad bird of this level on his own!

"Take it easy. If you kill a few, you might attract a whole herd!" Chen Yongjie warned.

Wang Xuan nodded, holding the patched God Slaying Banner, and gently waved it in front of the eight crimson giant birds. Instantly, Golden Grid spread and intertwined in mid-air.

"Puff puff puff..."

The effect was so good it was almost explosive, incredibly amazing. Cracks appeared on the bodies of the eight strange birds in the sky one after another, blood gushed out, some had half their heads ripped off by the mesh, some had their hearts crushed, and some had their wings broken.

Their physical bodies were severely damaged, and most importantly, their primordial spirits were shaken out and twisted into ashes by the Golden Grid.

"Holy Niu Ben, this is incredible! Is this flag defying the heavens?" Chen Yongjie was shocked. Those were eight mad birds at the early stage of the Carefree Journey, and they died just like that.

Even if Wang Xuan is very strong and could kill them all by himself, in Old Chen's opinion, nothing beats a flag. It can take care of them all in a single move!

He sighed, "Great Killer Weapon! If the extraordinary materials don't run out in the future, having this flag in hand will be enough for self-defense, making one invincible from the start!"

Wang Xuan was surprised and doubtful. In terms of effect, he was already very satisfied. It was stronger than the simple God Slaying Banner. It could injure the body of the mad bird, shake out its primordial spirit, and then destroy it.

However, he frowned again, having reason to believe that the animal hide he had obtained was not the true banner of the Body Slaying Banner, as its effect was far from being achieved.

During this time, he had been collecting information. The real "Body Slaying Banner" could disintegrate and annihilate any living being with flesh and blood in a single encounter.

Just like the God Slaying Banner killing the primordial spirit, it was clean and efficient!

No matter how you look at it now, it still has a lot to offer.

"Another small group is coming!" Chen Yongjie warned.

Sure enough, five more Sawtooth Bird in from the dense forest, transforming into five Dao Blood. They brought with them a fierce wind, their broad wings shattering the nearby trees as they swooped down.

Ordinary Supernatural Practitioner would surely die if they encountered this monster.

Puff puff puff!

Wang Xuan examined the suspected crudely made replica of the Body Slaying Banner again, causing all five mad birds in the sky to suffer flesh wounds, and then their primordial spirits were shaken out.

Once the primordial spirit is exposed and appears in mid-air, it is like a lamb to the slaughter in front of the God Slaying Banner, and will be instantly obliterated by the Golden Grid.

"It's not bad." Wang Xuan nodded. One should be content. After all, the real Body Slaying Banner has been missing for too long and is not easy to find.

Even a crude imitation must have been made by an unparalleled master; ordinary Immortals and Buddhas simply wouldn't be qualified to research and refine it.

Whoosh!

The two turned and ran. Killing two small groups of Carefree Journey level was too astonishing; they didn't want to attract more sawtoothed ferocious birds.

"Are you an eighth-dan now?" Chen Yongjie asked as they ran.

Wang Xuan replied, "I've reached the eighth level and can advance to the ninth level at any time. I'll pause for now to reflect on my progress, but I'll break through again soon. Don't slack off, Xiao Chen."

"I... Buddha has mercy!" Chen Yongjie wanted to swear, but he held it back. He had watched Wang Xuan rise to prominence, from a naive young man and an ordinary enthusiast of Old Arts to a high level.

"I'm only at the early stage of seventh dan, so I really need to keep working hard." This was his honest opinion; otherwise, Wang Xuan would have surpassed him by two dan in no time.

They sped along, leaving the fiery red maple forest and entering a vast grassland. The sky was clear and blue, and the grass and sky merged into one.

"We're almost there. The general area is just ahead. If I'm not mistaken, we'll definitely find the ancient medicine garden if we search for a few days."

Chen Yongjie was a reliable guide. After the two crossed the vast grassland, they were awestruck and saw a strange void where the mountains and rivers were magnificent, the long river was bathed in the setting sun, and everything was so beautiful, peaceful and silent, as quiet as a painting.

"That's the Mental World..." Wang Xuan was astonished, seeing such a clear and magnificent spiritual realm for the first time.

Undoubtedly, the otherworld is special, adjacent to the Mental World.

The vast grasslands extend into the Gobi Desert, a desolate wasteland, and this uninhabited area is naturally connected to the Mental World.

"Astronaut, no, it's a ghost!" Wang Xuan was wary and quickly stopped, hoping that the few humans wearing ancient Spacesuit and looking very old-fashioned could not see that he had a physical body.

Now, he has two perceptions of these humans wearing Spacesuit: one is that they are ancient, ghosts belonging to the Vanished era.

Another possibility is that it is related to parallel universes and the future, and that it is possibly a living human being, but it is also very difficult to contact.

Ahead, in the Gobi Desert, lies the massive Spaceship Wreckage, crashed countless years ago and beyond repair. Several ancient astronauts linger there like ghosts.

Old Chen couldn't see it, but he had a creepy feeling and knew that it wasn't a safe place.

In the end, nothing unexpected happened. Wang Xuan bypassed them, and the few creepy spirits did not notice the two of them. According to the Ferryman Xu Fu, there was no danger as long as the spirit did not leave the body.

Wang Xuan and Chen Yongjie rapidly approached that still world, like a painting, a mysterious realm of the spiritual realm.

Suddenly, the Gobi Desert exploded, Dao Body abruptly appeared, wearing a silver mask, and struck Wang Xuan with a palm strike—it was incredibly fast.

Even though Wang Xuan reacted quickly and responded promptly, he was still startled and broke out in a cold sweat.

That person's mental pressure was extremely terrifying, almost directly imprisoning him. His figure was right in front of him in an instant, almost tearing his primordial spirit apart and destroying his physical body in a flash.

The man's terrifying palm descended, causing the void to explode and white shockwaves to surge out like a massive ocean explosion; this man was unstoppable.

Sword energy surged from Wang Xuan's body, and he naturally used the secret technique of the Dao Slaying Sword—Sword Wheel—at the first moment!

He leaped into the air, his entire body radiating brilliant sword light, which shot out and slashed towards that person.

However, a chilling thing happened. This person's large hand shattered the unparalleled sword light, and as thousands of sword beams fell on his body, a faint glow rose from his skin, blocking them all.

What was most terrifying was that his large hand reached into the sword wheel unscathed and then grabbed at Wang Xuan's neck, its power was outrageous.

At the same time, his forehead glowed, as if he wanted to crush Wang Xuan with his Mental Power and intimidate him in an instant. This was his plan to capture Wang Xuan in one move and not give him any chance.

Chen Yongjie was shocked. Who was this? Not long ago, he had witnessed Wang Xuan defeat three great masters: Qi Chengdao, Blood God Ape, and the Demon Ancestor's Second Son. Who else in this space could threaten Little Wang?

Wang Xuan was horrified. Even the sword wheel, considered invincible, couldn't stop this person. The opponent's strength was terrifying, and his realm was absolutely remarkable. Could it be that a peerless expert had stepped out of the curtain and personally made a move?

In a moment of haste, a short sword appeared in his right hand, said to be indestructible, even severing the fishing line on the moon.

However, the large hand slammed onto the short sword, sending it flying in an instant, and attacked again, touching Wang Xuan's fist imprint in the process.

Puff!

Wang Xuan coughed up blood, his fist was in excruciating pain, and his entire right arm felt as if it had been struck by lightning, with the bones fractured and his right fingers broken immediately, bending unnaturally, with all his nails falling off, covered in blood.

Boom!

At the critical moment, Wang Xuan unleashed the God Slaying Banner with his left hand, slashing towards his opponent!

He was deeply shocked, realizing that he had most likely been ambushed by an unparalleled immortal or demon!