Come to think of it, Wu Kai's explanation confirmed Ye Tian's suspicion.
Since he could not forcibly break the Silver Ring Demonic Bear's skull, he could only exhaust its strength.
But Ye Tian's condition was already far from ideal. If this dragged on, it was impossible to tell whose strength would run out first.
So Ye Tian immediately rejected that approach.
That left only one path.
Forcefully shatter Gula, the Golden Ring Demonic Bear's skull.
Gritting his teeth, Ye Tian threw another punch, smashing heavily into Gula's brow.
"Boom!"
With an immense bang, Gula, who had just tried to struggle back to its feet, was once again slammed violently to the ground by the terrifying force. Its skeletal head was driven deep into the earth.
Flames coiled around its four enormous horns, flickering violently between bright and dim, but that was all. There was still not the slightest damage.
"Ha ha ha ha, human, you cannot defeat me!" Gula's voice emerged from the smoke and shattered rocks, its cold laughter wild and arrogant. "When your strength is exhausted, I will devour you! A human cultivator whose strength has reached the True Immortal level must taste exceptionally good!"
"Too noisy!" Ye Tian snorted coldly. Immortal energy circulated within him as he brought down another punch.
A deafening crash like clashing metal exploded.
At his peak, Ye Tian could have shattered the Life-Extinguishing Divine Coffin, the spirit artifact Yin Daozhao had bestowed upon Immortal Venerable Han Chen, with several punches.
Yet now, constrained by his strength, he could not even break Gula's skull.
The price of burning those nine drops of blood essence to defeat Immortal Venerable Han Chen had truly been too enormous.
"Do you think that just because I cannot defeat you, there is anything you can do to me?"