The man-eating cicada demon had been forced to expend his origin essence and unleash his jade cicada illusion poison. Taking advantage of the moment when Lu Xiaotian's vision blurred, it thrust a razor-sharp green stinger toward his chest.
At the same time, the demon opened its mouth and shot out a razor-sharp tongue, like a poison spear aimed at Lu Xiaotian's throat. An unusual excitement stirred in the man-eating cicada demon's heart. If it could take down this young man, a body cultivator at the Integration Realm, he would be worth far more than those low-realm monks. He could replenish most of the origin essence it had lost while imprisoned in the Buddhist Prison.
"You can only blame yourself for being so impatient. If you hadn't been so eager to end this quickly, I wouldn't have had such a good opportunity." The man-eating cicada demon cackled darkly as the green stinger and razor-sharp tongue neared Lu Xiaotian's body. Lu Xiaotian looked dazed, but a mocking smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Something was wrong. It was already too late for the man-eating cicada demon to retreat. The eagle-bodied beast and elephant-trunked beast had closed in from behind, cutting off its escape.
The cicada demon's attack was about to land when an intensely cold, icy demonic aura suddenly surged skyward from Lu Xiaotian. An ice python emerged from within him and coiled around him like a tree, its thick body shielding Lu Xiaotian inside. As its form rapidly grew, it blocked the cicada demon's attack from the outside.
Roar! The ice python let out a dragonlike hiss as the Fangtian Halberd came down, striking the man-eating cicada demon squarely.
The elephant-trunked beast's hammer also came crashing through the air.
Amid a piercing scream, the man-eating cicada demon was hurled from the