Land of the Ancient God.
Pass of Earth Element.
Endless yellow sands stretched beneath countless towering cacti, while massive tornadoes slowly drifted in the distance.
Many Black Towers stood throughout this world, extending toward unknown lands far away.
Inside a Black Tower a hundred miles from the Land of Earth Element, Qin Hao sat cross-legged.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle~"
Suddenly, footsteps sounded, and Meng Tuozi strode into the Black Tower.
When he saw that Qin Hao was the only person inside, Meng Tuozi's eyes immediately lit up.
Over the past thousand years, after stealing the Giant Demon Clan's Level 4 Cultivation Nation branch's supreme treasure, the Heart of the Ancestor Demon, his cultivation had reached the middle stage of Spirit Transformation.
Even his Heavenly Toad had advanced from a Low-grade Spirit Beast to a Peak High-grade Spirit Beast, becoming a Sub-desolate Beast.
As long as it devoured the other party's body and Nascent Soul, his Heavenly Toad might directly transform into a Desolate Beast at Grand Perfection of God Transformation.
By then, he would surely be able to roam freely throughout the entire Land of the Ancient God.
At that thought, Meng Tuozi's gaze toward Qin Hao turned malicious.
Sensing the newcomer, Qin Hao opened his eyes and gave him an indifferent glance, his expression utterly calm.
"Heh heh!"
Meng Tuozi let out a strange laugh and rasped, "Kid, you aren't afraid even after seeing Old Man?"
"Why should I be?"
Qin Hao asked in return.
"Why should you be?"
The corners of Meng Tuozi's mouth lifted as he said, "You're about to become a dead man. Aren't you afraid?"
"Just you and that toad?"
Qin Hao spoke indifferently.
Upon hearing itself called a toad, displeasure and bloodlust immediately surged in the Heavenly Toad's eyes.
Meng Tuozi could not help laughing. "Don't tell me you think that a mere peak early-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator like you can defeat Li Tian and me?"
Though they were both in the Spirit Transformation stage, one was at the early stage and the other at the middle stage. They were separated by a minor realm, yet their cultivations were worlds apart.
During the several centuries the Giant Demon Clan had been hunting him down, he had poisoned several early-stage Spirit Transformation members of the Giant Demon Clan to death.
Qin Hao calmly said, "Even if your cultivation is higher than mine, killing you would still not be difficult for me!"
"Kid, you're too young. Trying to bluff Old Man with an empty fortress scheme? You're still too green!"
As Meng Tuozi spoke, a cold glint flashed through his eyes, and he spat out a mouthful of pitch-black phlegm.
Qin Hao flashed and vanished from where he stood.
"Sizzle!"
Where the phlegm landed, billowing black poisonous smoke immediately rose, and even the ground was corroded into a huge pit.
"You're courting death!"
Qin Hao snorted coldly and directly released his Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense.
"Crackle!"
As streaks of crimson lightning surged from Qin Hao's eyes, heaven and earth changed color in an instant.
The lightning formed from his Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense was incredibly fast, almost like teleportation, as it shot toward Meng Tuozi.
For some reason, the instant the crimson lightning appeared, Meng Tuozi felt his heart pound with terror, as though the lightning could kill him.
"Whoosh!"
As Meng Tuozi rapidly retreated, he immediately threw out the Heavenly Toad.
"Bang!"
The next moment, the Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense collided with the Heavenly Toad.
The body of this powerful Sub-desolate Beast-level spirit beast exploded outright, while its Demon Spirit and demon core were wrapped in crimson lightning and seized in Qin Hao's hand.
"Gulp!"
Looking at the Blood Mist that dyed the area ahead red, Meng Tuozi could not help swallowing hard.
That had been a Sub-desolate Beast even stronger than himself.
If Meng Tuozi had not enslaved it while it was still young, even he would not have been its match.
Yet such a terrifying spirit beast had been killed by the other party in a single strike.
Even experts at Grand Perfection of God Transformation could not accomplish such a thing.
What terrifying might was this?
"Could it be... this person is a hidden Infant Transformation Old Monster?"
At that thought, Meng Tuozi was so shocked that his scalp went numb and chills shot up from the soles of his feet.
"Se... Senior!"
Meng Tuozi immediately begged for mercy. "This junior is willing to offer his Soul Blood and become your servant!"
As an old monster who had lived for more than two thousand years, Meng Tuozi naturally knew when to be tough and when to yield.
Only by lowering one's head could one live a long life.
"You are not worthy!"
Qin Hao shouted coldly, "Die!"
"Crackle!"
The Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense surged again, launching an attack toward Meng Tuozi.
"Th... this could not be the legendary Death Curse Technique, could it?"
Upon hearing the word "die," the terror in Meng Tuozi's eyes lessened slightly.
As long as Qin Hao was not an Infant Transformation Old Monster, he still had a chance to escape from his hands.
"Poison King Cauldron!"
Meng Tuozi opened his mouth wide, and a small jade-green cauldron immediately flew out.
The small cauldron expanded in the wind, growing larger and larger. Green smoke coiled around it, containing extreme poison capable of corroding even space itself.
"An ant trying to shake a tree!"
Disdain filled Qin Hao's eyes.
The Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense collided with the Poison King Cauldron, immediately erasing the Divine Sense Imprint upon it. It then pierced through the cauldron and shot straight toward Meng Tuozi.
Without Meng Tuozi's control, the Poison King Cauldron shrank back to the size of a palm and fell to the ground, its green smoke beginning to corrode the earth.
Seeing how terrifying the Extreme Realm Spiritual Sense was, Meng Tuozi did not hesitate and prepared to use teleportation to flee.
But it was already too late for him to run.
In the blink of an eye, crimson lightning entered Meng Tuozi's body and destroyed his flesh and life force.
"Argh!"
Meng Tuozi screamed as his entire body turned into a cloud of Blood Mist.
Only his Nascent Soul and storage bag remained.
In truth, if Qin Hao had not needed his Nascent Soul, even it would not have been preserved.
Qin Hao reached out through the air, seized Meng Tuozi's Nascent Soul, and directly sealed it.
A Spirit Transformation cultivator's Nascent Soul could be used for cultivation or placed within a soul banner as its primary soul.
Qin Hao picked up Meng Tuozi's storage bag and discovered that it mostly contained poisonous demonic beasts and spirit beasts.
There were not many magical treasures, only a few. Apart from those, there were three Supreme Grade Spirit Stones.
"Is he really this poor?"
Qin Hao complained inwardly.
He felt that the other party had practically lived those two thousand years for nothing.
Although Supreme Grade Spirit Stones were somewhat scarce, there was no way he should have had so few, right?
Even Qin Hao, an early-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator, had over a hundred Supreme Grade Spirit Stones in his storage bag.
It was obvious that Meng Tuozi had not properly carried through the values of a demonic cultivator.
If he had robbed a few dozen Level 4 Cultivation Nations, he would definitely have plenty of Supreme Grade Spirit Stones.
"Right, there's also Meng Tuozi's natal magical treasure!"
Qin Hao reached out through the air and drew the Poison King Cauldron over.
Having been nurtured by Meng Tuozi for so many years, this magical treasure was his most valuable possession.
Just then, Qin Hao received a system notification.
[Ding!] [Detected that the strongest being in the current Land of Earth Element is a Desolate Beast at Grand Perfection of God Transformation. The host's cultivation will rise to the Early Infant Transformation stage!]
"Hm?"
Qin Hao's face brightened with delight as he thought, The system activated again? Did Wang Mazi enter the Land of Earth Element?
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