At that moment, Old Monk Tianming, who had just been standing beside the old man surnamed Zhai, no longer delayed. Since the Demon Fiend Art was famed far and wide, it presumably had its reasons. Thus, without the slightest hesitation, golden Buddhist light burst from his entire body. As his hands formed seals, incantations surged from his mouth.
Immediately afterward, Old Monk Tianming raised his right hand, and a gigantic palm more than twenty feet tall shot out. It attacked forward just as the old man surnamed Zhai's secret art did.
The spiritual power fluctuations revealed by this enormous palm were even somewhat more astonishing than those of the sphere cast by the old man surnamed Zhai.
"Boom~~ Boom~~~~"
Two thunderous roars rang out one after another as the secret arts of the two Peak Core Formation cultivators struck forth.
Following those two tremendous roars, a huge, dazzlingly bright ball of light appeared on the spot. Gray-white mist and volcanic ash filling the sky spread in all directions with the enormous explosion, covering a distance of a hundred feet in the blink of an eye.
The Zhai family cultivator and Old Monk Tianming were both sent tumbling dozens of feet away by the incredibly powerful shock wave from the enormous explosion. Although they had suffered no fatal injuries, the clothes on their bodies had already been reduced to tatters.
"Hahahaha, since you've forced this old man to use Black Fiend Island's secret art, the two of you can leave your lives here."
Amid a cold, sinister laugh, a tall monster with a wolf's head on a human body slowly emerged from the savage dust. The demon creature wore not a stitch of clothing; gray-brown fur covered it from head to toe. Its forelimbs, shaped like enormous demonic claws, waved ceaselessly