Immortal Beasts Stand Guard

After giving it some thought, Chen Changqing composed himself. Without further delay, he followed the Inheritance Token's guidance and hurried toward his destination.

Some time later, Chen Changqing arrived outside a valley.

"It's inside this valley!"

Chen Changqing muttered to himself. He could feel the Inheritance Token stored within the Heaven Treading Ring vibrating even more intensely.

Clearly, the other Inheritance Token was inside this valley.

Though excited, Chen Changqing took a deep breath before darting toward the depths of the valley.

At the same time, deep within the valley, an enormous immortal beast lay sprawled upon the ground. At a glance, it looked like a slumbering mountain.

It resembled the ferocious beast Taotie, with a savage gaping maw and interlocking fangs. Its scarlet eyes were half-open, half-closed, like two blood-red lanterns hanging in the darkness.

At the center of its forehead grew a spiraling horn.

Faint lightning coiled around its tip, producing a low, droning hum.

The immortal beast's body was covered in dark teal scales.

Every scale gleamed with a metallic sheen, its edges sharp as blades.

Beyond that, its four legs were as thick as pillars, its claw tips deeply embedded in the ground.

Huff! Huff!

Even more shocking was that with every breath, the immortal beast expelled two streams of scorching white vapor from its nostrils.

Once exhaled, the white vapor carried an intensely corrosive force, as though even space itself had been corroded into distortion.

"Mm?"

Suddenly, the immortal beast sensed something. Its enormous scarlet eyes snapped open, and two rays of bloody light shot forth like sharp swords.

At that moment, Chen Changqing was making his way deeper into the valley.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Immediately afterward, two streaks of bloody light came stabbing straight at him.

Chen Changqing's figure flashed, and he hastily evaded the