"Hmph! Young Master, take the treasures first. Leave these two to me!!"
With a resounding shout, Xuan Yin, the Body Integration stage Great Demon who had once appeared at the daoist temple on Jue Mountain, returned and came back to Ji Changkong's side.
The two wood-element supreme treasures had emerged earlier than the others, and their power had already begun to dissipate on its own.
Ling Changkong had been obstructed while trying to collect the treasures, allowing the human cultivators to secure one of them first.
By the time the two of them arrived, no matter how powerful Ling Changkong was, he had no way to seize the treasures while facing two opponents alone.
Xuan Yin had been watching the situation all along. Seeing this, he reacted swiftly without waiting for Ji Changkong's command.
The instant his words fell, the aura of Demonic Essence around him surged severalfold.
As the Demonic Essence roiled, the clothes on his body exploded apart.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into an ancient beast, his entire body seemingly carved from dark ice, white jade dragon horns crowning his head, and azure scales covering his body.
His enormous form stood more than ten zhang tall.
Vast Demonic Essence churned secretly within him, making it clear that ten zhang was far from the limit of his true form.
This appearance was unmistakably the true form of Qiu Niu, one of the Nine Sons born of the Dragon in legend.
Halos flowed over the azure scales, revealing patterns like the grain of a qin. Demonic Essence coursed through them like countless musical notes swimming beneath layers of blue ice.
The beast's pupils were half-golden and half-crimson. A Buddhist seal lotus blossomed in its left eye, while a bloody vortex of devilish patterns condensed in its