Immortal Beast Guardian

After giving it some thought, Chen Changqing steadied his mind and, without further delay, followed the Inheritance Token's guidance toward his destination.

Some time later, Chen Changqing arrived outside a valley.

"It's inside this valley!"

Chen Changqing muttered inwardly. He could feel the Inheritance Token stored within the Heaven-Stepping Ring trembling ever more intensely.

Clearly, the other Inheritance Token was inside this valley.

Amid his excitement, Chen Changqing took a deep breath and darted toward the depths of the valley.

Meanwhile, deep within the secluded valley, an enormous immortal beast lay prone upon the ground. At a glance, it resembled a slumbering mountain.

It resembled the ferocious beast Taotie, with a savage maw, interlocking fangs, and a pair of scarlet eyes half-open and half-closed like two blood-red lanterns hanging in the darkness.

At the center of its forehead grew a spiraling horn.

Faint lightning curled around its tip, emitting a low, humming drone.

The immortal beast's body was covered in dark bluish-green scales.

Every scale gleamed with a metallic luster, its edges sharp as blades.

Beyond that, its four legs were thick as pillars, its claw tips buried deep in the ground.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Even more shocking was that every breath the immortal beast took sent two streams of scorching white vapor blasting from its nostrils.

Once expelled, that white vapor carried an immensely corrosive force, as though even space itself had been corroded and twisted.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, the immortal beast sensed something. Its enormous scarlet eyes snapped open, shooting forth two blood-red beams like sharp swords.

At that moment, Chen Changqing was heading deeper into the valley.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Immediately afterward, two blood-red beams shot straight at him.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing flashed aside, swiftly evading the assault of those two blood-red beams.

Bang! Bang!

Moments later, the two