"Old Ox!"
The other demons came to their senses and roared as they pounced toward the black shadow,
but the blade moved like a nimble serpent, sweeping across their necks,
blood sprayed!
In the blink of an eye, four demons feared by ordinary mortals as though they were tigers had died here, without even having time to return a single move.
The newcomer's martial prowess was plain to see!
"Didn't expect it, did you? We left only to return and reap the fisherman's profit! Hmph, how could fiends like you possibly deserve to enjoy such a spiritual treasure?"
A richly dressed young man gracefully sheathed his sword.
Then he reached for the spiritual plant that had fallen to the ground, unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.
With this thing, his cultivation would surely soar.
But at that moment, an abrupt change occurred!
The falling spiritual plant suddenly shifted sideways, leaving the young man grasping at empty air.
The young man froze. Seeing the spiritual plant bobbing in midair, he panicked and circulated his power as he reached for the ox-tendon net.
Fortunately, before the spiritual plant could escape, he had already seized it.
"Hahahaha!"
The young man beamed at the spiritual plant.
He had only just pulled it free from the net, and the fervor and joy had yet to fade from his face, when a strangely human expression appeared on the spiritual plant's surface. It gave him a chuckle.
Bang!
The spiritual plant actually exploded right in the young man's hand, blasting him into a soot-covered mess and leaving none of his former graceful bearing.
"Damn it! Mist Mountain Lord, you beast! You dared use an illusion to deceive me!"
The young man was so enraged by the blast that he nearly coughed up blood. Holding his