The crystal beast had yet to pounce, but it unleashed a wave of mystic energy from its mouth, blasting toward Xu Yi like a heat wave.
Xu Yi stood unmoving, centered and unwavering, doing everything he could to replenish the Ghost Fire Shield.
For a time, the beast and the man were evenly matched.
But while Xu Yi remained still, the crystal beast's mystic energy brought it right up to him. It opened its mouth and bit down on the shield. In an instant, it swallowed the entire Ghost Fire Shield like a colossal whale sucking in the sea. The next moment, its already enormous mouth split into two mountain-like jaws and lunged ferociously at Xu Yi.
Just then, light suddenly blossomed in Xu Yi's palm, and a gate of light appeared in an instant.
Without warning, the crystal beast and Xu Yi plunged through the gate together. It vanished, and a dim Four-Colored Seal fell through the air. Suddenly, a figure flashed past and caught it securely in his palm. Judging by his face, who else could it be but Xu Yi?
Everything had gone according to plan. He had known from the start that the crystal beast, after slaughtering Guo Xiang and the others, would never let him go.
He, too, saw the crystal beast as a resource rather than a danger. With the Four-Colored Seal in hand, he had plenty of room to maneuver.
Sure enough, he had split off a corpse ahead of time and given it a try. That was all it took to lure the crystal beast into his trap.
As soon as he had the Four-Colored Seal in hand, Xu Yi hurried into the crystal beast's lair. Just as he'd expected, resources lay scattered across the ground, including more than thirty stalks of