The daylight dimmed, and drifting clouds were torn to shreds.
Across the wilderness, the once relatively gentle terrain had been ravaged beyond recognition.
With the spear driven diagonally into the earth, the Buddhist Gate demon was forced into an utterly humiliating crouch.
Golden light flickered over his body. He braced his thick arms against the ground, refusing to fall fully to his knees. Just as he tried to break free of the spear, a pair of boots entered his field of vision.
"Hah... hah..."
The Golden-Scaled Demon struggled to look up. Once he saw the young woman, however, he suddenly laughed. "Heh... my defeat at your hands today merely proves that I was not destined for that fortune..."
"But I fear your life will end here as well."
The strength this cultivator had displayed was completely beyond his expectations.
Yet his Myriad Phenomena World remained intact. Even gravely wounded, with it sustaining him, he could hold out until the Buddhist Gate's other venerable Arhats arrived.
Faced with his mockery, the young woman merely fell silent, her eyes lowered slightly, as though weighing something.
In the distance, Qiu Yinong hurried over with Chu Tiange and his companion. Upon seeing the scene, all three instinctively swallowed.
After a moment's hesitation, she steeled herself and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, the Buddhist Gate's sacred light has reappeared. There's no hiding the commotion here now. We... should leave their territory first, then decide what to do."
Her reaction was hardly surprising.
How difficult was it to kill a Myriad Phenomena Heaven demon outright?
Without some special means, one could only use one's own world to wear down the opponent's.
But the time required for such a method was unimaginable.
Hearing her words, Jiang Yuechu drew a deep breath, then turned to look at them.
"Can