Wei Jiangyuan saw this and merely smiled. "Is that so?"
In the next instant, Huang Xuan heard a bloodcurdling scream from his companion, the Three-Star Dou Zun of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. The man lost control of his body and plummeted.
He clutched his head with both hands as blood seeped from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. His aura weakened to almost nothing in an instant!
Huang Xuan roared and moved to save him, but Wei Jiangyuan flashed forward first. A pink seal of light slammed into the Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Zun's head.
"Bastard!" Huang Xuan hurled a crushing blow at him, but Wei Jiangyuan dodged it with ease. The strike landed with a dull, useless boom.
Huang Xuan could only watch as Wei Jiangyuan dug a golden Magic Core the size of a baby's fist from his companion's head—the very core of a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
Wei Jiangyuan weighed the still-warm Magic Core in his hand. Emerald flames danced at his fingertips, wrapping around it and sealing it away. He looked up at Huang Xuan, whose eyes seemed ready to burst with rage, and smiled brightly, though his voice was cold enough to pierce bone. "Now, Elder Huang Xuan... do you still think we're at a disadvantage?"
A chill shot from the soles of Huang Xuan's feet straight to his head. Wei Jiangyuan's strength did not frighten him. What terrified him was that he still had no idea what power had grievously wounded his companion. Nothing was more frightening than the unknown!
"They say the greatest treasure in the Dou Saint Ruins is a Heaven Class Dou Technique. But I'll tell you this: I already have one. I have a Heaven-Rank Soul Technique too. So I'm taking the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit—and those fine Magic Cores of