"Hmph!" The Masked Spirit Venerable hadn't even had a chance to step forward and subdue the eighth-rank Nine-tailed Silver Fox when he felt countless fierce waves of spiritual power charging straight at him.
He raised a hand and swept it through the air. In an instant, he vanished from where he stood. The spot he had just occupied was immediately blasted by countless attacks, which erupted into a small mushroom cloud.
The next moment, the Masked Spirit Venerable had reached the Nine-tailed Silver Fox before anyone else. He extended an index finger, forced out a drop of blood, and was about to press it against the fox's forehead to tame it. But before his hand could touch it, the sharp sound of something tearing through the air rang out. He had no choice but to pull back and dodge the attack.
That single dodge cost the Masked Spirit Venerable his chance. When he looked around again, cultivators had already surrounded him.
"Who would've thought a tiny place like Dubian Town would have so many hidden talents!" The Masked Spirit Venerable glared grimly at the crowd. Every one of them was at least a Spirit King. The cultivator who had just stopped him from forming the contract had even reached the ninth stage of Spirit King!
Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have feared a ninth-stage Spirit King. But after fighting the Nine-tailed Silver Fox, he was down to less than a third of his peak strength. Even a one-on-one fight would be difficult.
"Are you all really going to make an enemy of the Wantong Chamber of Commerce?" With no other choice, the Masked Spirit Venerable could only invoke the power behind him. As the leading merchant association in Great Chu, the Wantong Chamber of Commerce naturally had formidable backing. A