"Human cultivator, you deserve to die!"
"Men of Single Horn Peak, form the formation and kill with me!"
The two Wanxiang Great Demons both roared in fury.
The eldest Rhinoceros Great Demon immediately had a layer of bright silver armor emerge over its body.
Meanwhile, the thousand-plus Purple Mansion monsters that had been hiding in every corner of the mountain rose into the sky at their king's command.
The gray-black armor they wore lit up with rune patterns, which linked together with the runes on the Rhinoceros Great Demon's bright silver armor.
"Rumble~~~"
A terrifying aura, enough to surpass the Wanxiang level and even far exceed that of an ordinary Primordial Spirit Daoist, erupted from the strongest Rhinoceros Great Demon.
For a moment.
All the clouds and mist within dozens of miles above Ox Horn Peak were blown apart, exposing the sailboat magic treasure hidden in the clouds high overhead.
"Dao Soldiers!" Luo Qing was stunned. "The monsters on this mountain actually have the wealth to forge Monster Race Dao Soldiers on this scale!?"
"This is troublesome." Jiu Lian frowned.
When they had watched the monsters training from afar earlier, they had already sensed that this group was unlike ordinary scattered troops.
Now, seeing more than a thousand Purple Mansion monsters and a Rhinoceros Great Demon all reveal Dao Soldier Armor, even with their confidence in Xia Manggan's strength, the two women could not help but worry.
Dao Soldiers were a common type of military force among the major tribes and factions, and even the Great Xia Dynasty.
They referred to trained armies of cultivators who wore Dao Soldier Armor covered in numerous runes, allowing their powers to merge into one.
Even ordinary Dao Soldier Armor, including the kind used by Xiantian lifeforms, was not something that small tribal forces from insignificant places could possess.
Dao Soldier Armor that could be used by Purple Mansion monsters and could even amplify a Wanxiang Great Demon, allowing it to unleash strength beyond that of an ordinary Primordial Spirit Daoist, was even more priceless. Every piece was comparable to an Earth Rank magic treasure.
Adding in the bright silver armor on the Rhinoceros Great Demon, these Dao Soldier Armors alone were likely worth a high-grade Heaven Rank magic treasure.
By all rights, such wealth should not have belonged to three Wanxiang Great Demons.
Even if they were all divine beasts.
That heavily injured Human Race Primordial Spirit Daoist from over thirty years ago contributed quite a few Essence Liquids and magic treasures to me. I traded them all for Dao Soldier Armor, precisely to guard against the day I encountered an opponent I could not defeat.
The Rhinoceros Great Demon felt the surging Origin Force within its body and the overwhelming aura gathered by the thousand Purple Mansion monsters clustered around it.
Its heart immediately brimmed with boundless confidence.
A group of monsters and a group of Monster Race Dao Soldiers were entirely different concepts!
With these precious Dao Soldier Armors, its strength and that of its thousand Purple Mansion monster subordinates would increase tenfold, perhaps even a hundredfold.
Ferocity flickered in its dark green eyes as it glared at Xia Manggan and roared, "Human, you're dead! I'll devour you alive and tear you apart, then imprison your soul and have it endure the torment of ghostfire every day. Kill!"
"Rumble~~~"
The Rhinoceros Great Demon moved on all fours, and together with the thousand-plus Monster Race Dao Soldiers, transformed into an enormous mountain more than a thousand zhang tall as they charged toward Xia Manggan.
With such terrifying might, not to mention Wanxiang Fiendgods, even Original Spirit Realm Fiendgods would have to flee at the sight of that "peak."
Yet Xia Manggan was delighted rather than alarmed.
"As expected of the strongest monster mountain within a hundred thousand miles. It even has Dao Soldier Armor."
It was like he had merely intended to eat a few appetizers to whet his appetite, only to suddenly discover that the main course had been served.
With these thousand-plus sets of Dao Soldier Armor, along with the horns of the three Rhinoceros Great Demons and their own magic treasures.
Their wealth was practically no less than that of a Primordial Spirit Great Demon.
"Master, let me crush these little monsters to death."
The voice of the chubby child Wuji Ring Spirit sounded in Xia Manggan's heart.
It had been stifled for countless years and had long awaited the day it gained a new master and could once more slaughter in all directions.
Although it still could not unleash all its might, Xia Manggan had successfully refined the first Xiantian Restriction, and his Origin Force was so abundant that it was no weaker than a Primordial Spirit Daoist's.
The power the Wuji Ring could now unleash was already comparable to that of a top-grade Heaven Rank magic treasure—in other words, a low-grade Immortal Rank magic treasure.
A mere Wanxiang Great Demon and a thousand Purple Mansion monsters were not worth its notice, even with the combined amplification of their Dao Soldier Armor.
"You'll have your fun later. Endure it for now." Xia Manggan casually glanced toward the southwest.
The hostility and killing intent faintly emanating from that direction were growing closer and clearer.
He still had to wait for the "fish" to jump out on their own before casting the net to catch them.
He could not let the Wuji Ring display too much power and scare all the "fish" away.
...This exchange between Xia Manggan and the Wuji Ring Spirit was conducted entirely through thought, taking no more than an instant.
Then a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes.
Before the soul within his sea of consciousness, the Bewilderment Seal formed through cultivating the Soul Bewilderment Technique shone brilliantly.
A massive amount of Divine Sense spread outward with the Bewilderment Seal as its core.
At once.
The monsters, who had been filled with endless killing intent and confidence, all felt their souls grow dizzy as countless illusions appeared before their eyes.
Aside from the Rhinoceros Great Demon, whose cultivation and strength were the greatest and who had lived the longest, barely retaining a shred of clarity and avoiding unconsciousness.
All the other monsters, including the Rhinoceros Great Demon's second brother, the thousand Purple Mansion Monster Race Dao Soldiers, and the tens of thousands of Xiantian lesser monsters across the mountain, immediately fell unconscious, unaware of anything.
For a moment.
It was as though rain had begun to fall over the mountain.
One unconscious monster after another plummeted from the sky like raindrops.
The enormous mountain that had radiated such overwhelming momentum instantly collapsed and dissipated, leaving only the strongest Rhinoceros Great Demon staring at Xia Manggan in utter terror.
"How could this be..."
"What kind of soul secret art is this?"
"How can it be this powerful!?"
But why would Xia Manggan pay it any heed?
"Die."
Each of Xia Manggan's six arms formed a fist seal, and the black-and-white phantom of the massive Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens flashed behind him before vanishing.
Boom!!!
Just one punch.
Or rather, six punches from six arms.
Under the effects of the Soul Bewilderment Technique, the Rhinoceros Great Demon, with only a shred of clarity remaining, could not even resist before it was blasted into powder.
Then Xia Manggan moved like a ghost, killing the other Rhinoceros Great Demon, which had fallen into an illusion and lost consciousness, in the blink of an eye.
As for the remaining Purple Mansion and Xiantian monsters, the Wuji Ring swept them up with North Underworld Sunflower Water and Southern Bright Separation Fire, grinding them all to death within two or three breaths.
"Young Master Xia Mang."
Whoosh. Whoosh.
Jiu Lian and Luo Qing descended from the sky.
The smiles had only just appeared on their faces when a dark black arrow suddenly materialized before their eyes like a ghost.
Then, without making the slightest sound of cutting through the air, it shot straight toward Xia Manggan's head.
"No—" Jiu Lian's face instantly turned pale, her eyes filled with terror.
At that moment, it seemed her heart could no longer beat.
But the next instant.
"Clang."
A crisp sound, as if two pieces of metal had collided, rang out.
Under Jiu Lian's disbelieving yet delighted gaze, the dark black arrow that had suddenly appeared to launch its assassination shattered inch by inch from its tip.
Meanwhile, Xia Manggan, the target of the attack, merely tilted his head slightly backward. Not even his skin had been broken.
"You finally couldn't hold yourselves back." A fierce glint flashed in Xia Manggan's eyes.
A vast amount of Divine Sense surged forth like raging waves, instantly engulfing the four figures that had only just appeared nearby with the aid of a Lesser Teleportation Dao Talisman.
"Ah."
"His head wasn't pierced through."
"Holy Son—"
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