Demon Breaking Dragon Halberd

The demon dragon stretched for tens of thousands of meters. Long Jiuyyao couldn't see its entire body; just its hideous head alone seemed to prop up the whole void!

The murderous intent in its dragon eyes made him tremble. He could only imagine how terrified some less powerful geniuses would be if they came here and saw the Eternal Demonic Dragon!

As he gazed at the dragon, Long Jiuyyao remained unmoved beneath its soaring demonic aura. He stood tall and proud.

"The first person sent here is actually only at the Earth Origin Realm, yet he wears a Purple Gold Battle Robe."

A dignified, icy voice rang out, reaching Long Jiuyyao's ears. Its imposing presence was even more intense.

"I grant you a Demon Spirit. Whatever treasures you find will depend on your own fortune."

The demon dragon spoke again. Then it seemed to open its mouth and breathe out a beam of light toward Long Jiuyyao. In an instant, a phantom demon dragon appeared floating behind him.

Long Jiuyyao looked up at the enormous dragon in the void, his heart shaken.

The dragon in the void seemed to be looking elsewhere. Only then did Long Jiuyyao start taking in his surroundings. He was in a mountainous region.

Long Jiuyyao was astonished. The Dragon Clan's Dragon Treasury was actually a small world. It truly lived up to the name of one of the Four Hegemons of the Demon Domain.

"Roar!"

The Demon Spirit let out a low growl, as if it were no phantom, but a real creature.

Long Jiuyyao darted away, wanting to see what kind of world this was. Before long, though, he suddenly turned his head and looked toward a cliff face, a flash of light in his eyes.

"There."

Long Jiuyyao spun around and rushed in that direction. A moment later, he stood before a cliff, from which a terrifying pressure radiated.

A massive, fearsome axe was embedded in the cliff. It seemed to have lain there for countless years, ancient and worn, yet without a trace of rust. Most terrifying of all was the pressure emanating from it.

"What a powerful Spirit Treasure. It must be a Heaven Tier Spirit Treasure, yet it's been abandoned out in the open."

The pressure around the axe seemed to have formed after it had slain countless powerful figures. Whether it had developed Weapon Spirit Intelligence was unknown, but it was at least a powerful Spirit Treasure!

Long Jiuyyao flashed forward and gripped the axe handle. He tugged hard, only to find that it wouldn't budge. No matter how powerful he was, it remained firmly lodged in the cliff.

"Roar, roar!" The Demon Spirit suddenly raised its head and cried out several times, as if it wanted to spread its wings and fly.

"Are you trying to take me somewhere?" Long Jiuyyao asked quietly.

The Demon Spirit gave a low call and nodded slightly.

A Demon Shaped Mountain Peak stood in the Dragon Treasury world, rising as if it touched the sky.

Long Jiuyyao followed the Demon Spirit to the foot of the Demon Peak. It roared, and its body turned into runes that imprinted themselves on the cliff. A rumble echoed again and again.

Boulders rolled down the mountain. At last, a thunderous boom rang out as the cliff face split open, revealing a huge Cave Mansion.

Long Jiuyyao glanced at the entrance, then stepped inside. The Demon Spirit vanished as soon as it opened the Cave Mansion. Long Jiuyyao understood: the Demon Spirit was the key to opening the true treasury of the Dragon Treasury.

Long Jiuyyao entered the Cave Mansion. It was dim at first, but as he continued onward, the passage gradually opened up.

After a while, Long Jiuyyao came to a palace. His gaze immediately sharpened, and a hint of wonder flashed in his strange eyes.

A palace was hidden inside this Cave Mansion!

The vast palace was immense and imposing, filled with a chilling air. It seemed to conceal a terrifying Dragon Might.

He continued forward. At the end of the palace, an ancient path appeared. Long Jiuyyao followed it and saw a golden stone wall.

A battle halberd was embedded in the stone wall. It was pitch-black from end to end, and the blade at its head was crude, with none of the appearance of a divine weapon. Below the blade were five holes the size of marbles, as if something were missing.

"There's only one Spirit Treasure in this palace. Looks like I'm in luck—I found a decent one," Long Jiuyyao said happily.

The moment the battle halberd touched his hand, Long Jiuyyao let out a soft gasp. He couldn't tell what it was made of. It was scorching hot and icy cold at once, while also crackling with the fury of lightning.

When Long Jiuyyao prepared to circulate his Yuan Power and pull the battle halberd free, he found that his Late Earth Yuan Stage cultivation had suddenly dropped. He was now only at the middle stage of the Earth Origin Realm. His Yuan Power also no longer flowed as smoothly as before; it felt slightly sluggish, as though something were devouring it.

"What kind of demon thing is this?" Long Jiuyyao cursed helplessly.

Dark Gold Radiance surged across Long Jiuyyao's body. He felt the battle halberd in his hand tremble slightly. Delighted by this discovery, he couldn't help but unleash the full power of his Ancient Dragon Bone.

The battle halberd trembled more and more. Long Jiuyyao strained with both arms and pulled. Slowly, the weapon came free.

But once Long Jiuyyao had pulled it out to a certain point, the battle halberd became as immovable as a mountain again. No matter how much power he unleashed, he couldn't pull it even a fraction farther.

"Damn it, is there something wrong with this battle halberd?" Long Jiuyyao cursed.

First it gave him hope, then it crushed him.

Long Jiuyyao's stubborn nature drove him to grip the Pitch-black Battle Halberd once more. Dark Gold Radiance wrapped around the weapon as he again unleashed his strength, trying to pull it free.

Second by second, time passed. A glimmer of jade light suddenly flashed across his palms, and the battle halberd—which had been completely motionless—shifted a little once more.

"Hm? There's a chance."

Long Jiuyyao looked at the faint jade gleam on his index finger and understood. The finger bone of the Primordial Dragon Bone burst into brilliant jade light, and the battle halberd came free as easily as a feather.

The instant his finger made contact, black light blazed from the battle halberd. Long Jiuyyao stared at the weapon before him in shock as an utterly terrifying darkness abruptly spread through the area.

Long Jiuyyao didn't hesitate. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of essence blood. It pierced through layer upon layer of black light and struck the halberd's shaft!

"Ch-ch!"

The moment the essence blood touched the shaft, it hissed. Long Jiuyyao's pupils contracted as he saw the blood being slowly forced back by an utterly dark power as it seeped into the shaft. He couldn't plant a Blood Seal at all!

"This thing is actually resisting me!" Long Jiuyyao's expression changed as he said in a low voice.

"Hmph!"

Long Jiuyyao gave a cold snort. He moved his index finger, and a brilliant jade light shot from it—the finger bone of the Primordial Dragon Bone.

As soon as the Primordial Dragon Bone appeared, it released a beam of jade light that enveloped the battle halberd.

Long Jiuyyao's thoughts stirred. His essence blood immediately surged into the battle halberd once more. This time, the force pushing it back seemed to vanish completely. His blood entered the deepest part of the halberd without hindrance, forming a Blood Seal from his essence blood.

The instant the Blood Seal took shape, Long Jiuyyao felt the scorching heat and icy coldness in his hand vanish. The black light also completely faded.

"Demon Breaking Dragon Halberd!" Long Jiuyyao looked at the halberd's shaft and saw four ancient, imposing characters between the black dragon patterns.

Long Jiuyyao lowered his head and gazed at the battle halberd in his hand, unable to hide his excitement. He knew he had finally subdued the Demon Breaking Dragon Halberd.

He ran his fingers over the five holes beneath the blade. That was the only flaw: its most crucial core was missing, so for now it had only the power of a High-grade Spirit Treasure.

"Now that I've got the Spirit Treasure, I'll use the abundant Yuan Power in the Dragon Treasury to make a proper breakthrough to the Heaven Origin Realm!" Long Jiuyyao lifted his head and looked at the mist of Yuan Power filling the Dragon Treasury, smiling.

The Yuan Power here was incredibly rich, no weaker than the outside world.

Long Jiuyyao leapt into the air, then sat cross-legged. With a gentle turn of his hands, Heaven and Earth Yuan Power gathered around him like lightning, pouring into his body without end.

Long Jiuyyao, eyes closed, didn't notice anything unusual about the Dragon Halberd beside him. A somewhat powerful Devouring Power was emanating from within it.

"Wuu, wuu!"

As this Devouring Power appeared, even the misty Yuan Power in the distance was drawn toward it, gathering at lightning speed and being devoured by the Dragon Halberd at an astonishing rate.

"Whoosh!"

The Yuan Power surged back and forth over the Demon Breaking Dragon Halberd like a tide. As it washed over the weapon, its already-dark surface grew even deeper and more weighty.

As this immense power poured in, Long Jiuyyao could clearly feel streams of vigorous Yuan Power rushing into his body.

It roared through his limbs and veins, then poured continuously into his dantian and the pitch-black Yuan Power Seed.

At that moment, streams of pure Yuan Power surged into his dantian like a tide. A pitch-black Yuan Power Seed, as large as a fist, spun rapidly, absorbing all of it.