Big Head conjured a long golden saber in his hand. Its edge flashed as he suddenly slashed at the black cliff. Golden light shimmered, and for a moment it seemed to be the only light between heaven and earth, blotting out the entire starry sky.
Rumble!
The Golden Saber cleaved into the cliff from its base, sending countless rocks tumbling down the mountainside. Golden light surged over Big Head's body, transforming into golden flames that flew toward the shattered cliff.
The black cliff was gradually melted away by the golden flames. The divine essence within it turned to liquid and flowed into Big Head's body.
The black cliff was made of Netherworld Stone from the Demon Realm. Incredibly tough, it could gather the Demonic Qi between heaven and earth. Devouring the divine essence within it could make up for the lack of toughness in Big Head's body, which was already hard and strong.
The black liquid was refined out, but as soon as it entered Big Head's body, it turned golden. Its extraordinary toughness, however, remained intact.
Just then, the starry sky shook. A ghostly claw covered in black scales appeared from the void and lunged at Big Head.
At the same time, Big Head sensed something and hurriedly stopped refining the black cliff. He felt a disturbance above his head, too, and a pair of sharply curved claws tipped with long, hard nails emerged from the void, stabbing toward his crown like lightning.
A golden shield appeared in front of the claws, but the black ghostly claw pierced straight through it and pressed against Big Head's crown.
"Crack!"
The black claw's nails snapped clean off. A cry of pain rang out from the void. "What a hard head!"
Seeing this, Big Head cried, "A ghostly claw with a Spatial