Toying with Zhunti

Just as Zhunti thought he had made every preparation.

His golden body cracked apart.

The eight magic treasures were reduced to dust.

"My golden body has been broken!!"

Zhunti was horrified.

Not daring to hesitate, he hurriedly brought out the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree.

This was his strongest magic treasure, as well as the treasure through which he had attained the Dao.

Facing the fierce strike of the Pangu Axe phantom, Zhunti used every trick at his disposal.

The Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, said to be able to sweep away anything, could only scrape at the Pangu Phantom like a dull blade, gradually shaving away the edge of the Pangu Axe.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sounds of collision rang out without end. Zhunti did not know how many tens of thousands of miles he had been forced back before he barely managed to brush away the Pangu Phantom's strike.

"Huff!!!"

Zhunti panted heavily.

Ever since becoming a Sage, he had never been reduced to such a wretched state.

"Again!!"

Just as Zhunti's heart had yet to settle from the fright, the Pangu Phantom charged at him again.

Blocking that one strike had already damaged the essence of the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree.

If it came again, he would have to leave his life here.

He took out three Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

Zhunti gritted his teeth and, steeling his heart, poured in his mana and detonated them outright.

Then, taking advantage of the blast, his whole body transformed into a streak of rainbow light as he tried to flee Pangu Hall.

"Zhunti, trying to run?"

"Did you ask us brothers first???"

The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation was indeed powerful.

But it absolutely should not have been powerful enough to force a Sage into such a sorry state.

That was all thanks to Dijiang's true body.

Ever since obtaining all the cultivation insights and techniques from Pangu's Sage Realm, Dijiang had successfully fused the twelve laws into the Law of Strength.

Now that the Pangu Phantom had appeared, it resonated with the Law of Strength.

Without hesitation, Dijiang directly transmitted his Law of Strength to his External Incarnation.

After all, it was a divine ability he had refined himself.

There was not the slightest obstacle in transferring it.

That was why Zhunti was in such a miserable state now.

The Pangu Phantom was illusory, but the Law of Strength was more real than gold.

Thus, Dijiang had no intention of letting Zhunti go so easily.

Aside from the system mission, he also wanted to use Zhunti as a sparring partner.

And test the power of the Law of Strength while he was at it.

"Do not be so arrogant!!"

Zhunti flew into a rage.

Since becoming a Sage, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

He could not win in a fight.

Now that he wanted to flee, he was even blocked by an immense force of mana.

It had caused him to waste three Acquired Spiritual Treasures for nothing.

Sages at least used Innate Spiritual Treasures to maintain appearances.

Yet he had never possessed many Innate Spiritual Treasures to begin with, and Acquired Supreme Treasures were even rarer.

As the Pangu Phantom charged again, he dared not hesitate.

With a flip of his palm, a radiant golden hand seal came crashing down.

Within the great seal appeared the words: Om Mani Padme Hum.

"What??"

Zhunti's scalp went numb.

His Gengjin Law—an entire Gengjin Law.

And he had used the Esoteric Grand Hand Seal, supplemented by the Six-Syllable Mantra that condensed Western Fortune.

Normally, even other Sages would not dare claim they could easily take this palm strike.

But what about this Pangu Phantom?

With a casual flick, it smacked aside the Vajra Hand Seal.

Clang!!

The blurry axe edge descended in a chop, colliding with the Empowerment Vajra in a thunderous roar.

Standing so close, Zhunti felt a long-forgotten ringing in his ears.

"Open!!"

Zhunti dared not hesitate any longer.

The Empowerment Vajra blocked with all its strength, while three heads and six arms appeared around his body.

The Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree was in another hand, frantically sweeping at space.

The Six Pure Roots Bamboo plunged directly into the void, forcibly taking root within space itself.

As the power within the bamboo erupted, the impregnable space of Pangu Hall was forcibly torn apart in an instant.

Zhunti wanted to slip into the newly opened rift in space, but how could Dijiang give him that chance?

Controlling the Pangu Phantom, he brought the axe edge straight down.

Boom!!!

Space exploded, and the void that had just been opened was directly wiped out by Dijiang.

"A Sage is nothing special after all!!"

At this moment, Dijiang held victory in his grasp.

That was because he had yet to use the power of Pangu Hall.

He was merely controlling the Pangu Phantom and the Law of Strength.

The combined power of the two had already beaten Zhunti into a tottering state.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Magic treasures clashed, fists and kicks struck back and forth, and spells met in defense.

Zhunti displayed every ability he possessed to the fullest in this battle.

Boom!!

Another punch collided, sending Zhunti's Sage body flying.

Even as he retreated, the techniques in his hands did not stop for a moment.

Facing such a dangerous enemy, Zhunti focused with one thousand percent of his concentration.

His body rumbled like a roaring train, thundering as it sped through him.

Immense mana circulated, and his flesh had already turned red.

He had used too much force, causing his body to become like a red-hot sheet of iron.

I can't keep this up, or I won't be able to escape.

Detonating three Acquired Spiritual Treasures had already pained him terribly.

But this was no longer a matter of whether it hurt or not. It was a matter of whether he could escape Pangu Hall.

He had thought the Witch Clan had no real abilities and only knew how to hide here.

As for Pangu Hall, he had believed himself sufficiently cautious.

But Zhunti, who looked down on the Witch Clan from the bottom of his heart, had still underestimated the power of Pangu Hall.

Because this place cut off the power of the Heavenly Dao.

As he fought the Pangu Phantom now, he could rely entirely on his own strength and could not borrow even a trace of the Heavenly Dao's power.

Heavenly Dao Saint, Heavenly Dao Saint.

If he could not use the power of the Heavenly Dao, then what kind of Heavenly Dao Saint was he?

"Explode!!"

Since he could not borrow the Heavenly Dao's power, he could only detonate the power of his magic treasures.

Zhunti brought out ten Acquired Supreme Treasures at once.

Acquired Spiritual Treasures were scarce, and he possessed even fewer Acquired Supreme Treasures.

These ten were practically his entire hidden stockpile.

"What a lavish move!!"

Dijiang frowned.

Under Zhunti's astonished gaze, he directly retreated from the explosion.

With the Pangu Phantom's power combined with his Law of Strength, he could have handled this massive explosion.

But some damage would inevitably be sustained. To prevent his External Incarnation from being harmed, Dijiang simply withdrew.

Sages were not so easy to kill.

Making one feel death did not mean one could truly kill him.

Dijiang naturally had a way to kill Zhunti completely.

But if he truly killed him, he could not say what the other Sages would do.

However, Hongjun would certainly descend.

That was Hongjun, who had merged with the Dao. He might not have stepped into the Great Dao.

But reaching the Half-Step Great Dao was absolutely no problem for him.

Against someone like that, his Law of Strength was simply not enough.

Unless he could absorb more than a thousand laws, he was not qualified to contend with Heavenly Dao Hongjun.

"Damn Witch Clan, just you wait!!"

Ten Acquired Supreme Treasures—those were ten Acquired Supreme Treasures!!

It would have been one thing if they had simply been wasted.

But the gaze in that Pangu Phantom?

Mockery, disdain, contempt.

He had been toyed with by the Witch Clan just like this.