Gu Changtian was a Profound level existence, so his knowledge was naturally extraordinary. The moment that enormous demonic beast appeared atop the giant treasure baton, he already knew what it was.
That demonic beast was precisely the treasure baton's spirit that he and Qin Fengming had sensed earlier.
What shocked him beyond measure was that the artifact spirit was actually the ancient ferocious beast Ci Tie.
Ci Tie was a savage beast of the primordial wilderness. Like Huodou and the Mountain Fiend, it ranked among the ancient ferocious beasts. Its entire body was pitch-black, with two horns growing from its head. It resembled a water buffalo, yet its body was as hard as iron. It excelled at devouring all things and could swallow any hard spiritual material in the world without hesitation.
This ancient treasure actually used such a terrifying demonic beast as its artifact spirit. The sight filled Gu Changtian with even greater dread.
In merely an instant, Gu Changtian felt that half the soul energy within his soul essence had already been absorbed by the Ci Tie artifact spirit. The vast energy that had originally filled his sea of consciousness had likewise been reduced to less than half.
By now, Gu Changtian's physical body had nearly become a dried corpse.
The flesh and blood within his body had vanished without a trace.
Gu Changtian's soul essence wore a ferocious expression, and regret and fury filled his heart. But at this point, he no longer had the slightest ability to change anything.
With the support of the Talisman Spell Pattern he had previously cast, that terrifying artifact spirit had completely restrained both his soul essence and physical body. Even though he now knew that the method he had used to collect the ancient treasure had flaws, he found it