Sky-Devouring Peng!

At those words, Xu Qingyang and Luo Qianyu glanced over and saw a man in golden robes appear before them, his face burning with fury.

“The Immortal Hall?”

Luo Qianyu immediately realized something. Staring at the golden-robed man, she demanded angrily, “You're from the Heavenly Court? You were the Mysterious Forces that colluded with the Devil Race a hundred thousand years ago?”

Xu Qingyang glanced at Luo Qianyu, while the golden-robed man laughed heartily. “That's right! It was our Immortal Hall!”

“But besides our Immortal Hall, other forces from the Heavenly Court were involved too!”

At that moment, Xu Qingyang stared at the golden-robed man, intense killing intent blazing in his eyes.

“Little fellow, an Immortal Hall expert has appeared. The Desolate Tower is upgrading automatically!”

"Desolate Tower upgrade successful. Spirit Transformation Invincible Mode activated for you!"

Suddenly, the Desolate Tower's voice rang out again.

The Desolate Tower upgraded?

Excellent!

Spirit Transformation Invincible Mode couldn't have come at a better time...

Xu Qingyang thought to himself.

“Why did you forces from the Heavenly Court invade our Kunlun Realm?”

Luo Qianyu asked coldly.

The golden-robed man replied with scorn and contempt, "You're about to die. There's no need for you to know!"

With the Red Sparrow Sword in hand, Xu Qingyang unleashed a slash.

"Oh?"

Facing Xu Qingyang's slash, the golden-robed man smiled mockingly. “A mere junior dares attack me, Xue Qinglu? Let's see just how much strength you have!”

Xue Qinglu lightly closed his hand, and a blood-colored battle halberd appeared in his grasp, inscriptions flickering faintly across it.

Then Xue Qinglu struck with his halberd, its radiance colliding head-on with Xu Qingyang's sword strike.

The next instant.

Xu Qingyang drove his sword into Xue Qinglu's forehead, and blood gushed out.

"You?"

Xue Qinglu gasped in terror.

“A mere ant in the Mid Spirit Transformation Realm dares put on such airs before me, Xu Qingyang!”

"Die!"

As those words rang out, Xue Qinglu's head fell to the ground.

Splat!

Blood spurted like a pillar!

At the sight, Luo Qianyu's face filled with shock. Xu Qingyang had killed Xue Qinglu, a mid Spirit Transformation Realm expert, with a single sword strike!

He was even stronger than he had been during his earlier battle with the Demon Spirit!

For a moment, Luo Qianyu was intensely curious about Xu Qingyang!

How could he possess such strength?

Xu Qingyang looked at Luo Qianyu and said, “I've obtained what I wanted, and I've killed Xue Qinglu from the Immortal Hall. It's time to leave!”

"You came here to seek the Space Law?"

Luo Qianyu asked.

Xu Qingyang smiled without denying it.

Just then, a rumble sounded in the distance. Immediately afterward, a streak of violet radiance rose into the sky, taking the form of a Sky-Devouring Peng wreathed in purple qi.

"What's that?"

Xu Qingyang looked over and asked in surprise.

"It should be a Sky-Devouring Peng attempting to become an Eighth-Rank Monster Beast!"

At his question, Luo Qianyu replied with a smile.

"A Sky-Devouring Peng?"

Xu Qingyang smiled.

Seeing Xu Qingyang's smile, Luo Qianyu realized something, and her eyes widened. "Young Master Xu, don't tell me you want to make the Sky-Devouring Peng your mount!"

"That's right!"

Xu Qingyang said with a smile.

At that moment, Luo Qianyu was utterly dumbfounded!

What the hell?

Make a Sky-Devouring Peng his mount?

Had Xu Qingyang gone mad?

Luo Qianyu took a deep breath, looked at Xu Qingyang, and urged, "Young Master Xu, you may not know this, but Sky-Devouring Pengs are exceptionally wild and untamable. They never become mounts for human cultivators!"

"Moreover, they're born able to cultivate martial arts, and their cultivation advances incredibly quickly!"

"Why don't we leave the Sky-Devouring Peng alone?"

After hearing Luo Qianyu's words, Xu Qingyang not only kept his resolve but exclaimed excitedly, "Wouldn't making such a Sky-Devouring Peng my mount be wonderful?"

With that.

He rode his sword toward the place where the violet radiance had appeared.

Luo Qianyu sighed and followed.

A short while later.

Xu Qingyang and Luo Qianyu arrived at a cave.

"There's actually a Formation?"

Seeing the Formation outside the cave, he said with some surprise, "And its grade isn't low, either?"

"This is the Sky-Devouring Peng's Formation!"

Luo Qianyu smiled. "Young Master Xu, break it!"

Xu Qingyang struck out with his palm, and the Formation before him shattered.

Luo Qianyu's mastery of Formations is so profound. Could he be the reincarnation of some mighty Formation expert?

Luo Qianyu thought to herself.

Then Xu Qingyang and Luo Qianyu entered the cave and saw the purple Sky-Devouring Peng in the midst of attempting its breakthrough to become an Eighth-Rank Monster Beast.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Inscriptions gathered over its body, forming an enormous dome of light.

Boom!

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning emerged from the void, passed through the cave, and slammed directly into the Sky-Devouring Peng.

"Aah..."

With a scream, the Sky-Devouring Peng was sent flying, blood pouring from its body.

The lightning immediately dispersed. How could the Sky-Devouring Peng still have any trace of its former imposing grandeur?

"How miserable!"

Luo Qianyu said with a laugh.

Xu Qingyang smiled.

"Are you mocking me?"

The Sky-Devouring Peng rose from the ground and demanded, glaring at Xu Qingyang and Luo Qianyu.

"I couldn't hold it in just now!"

Luo Qianyu said with a wry smile.

"You..."

The Sky-Devouring Peng stared at Luo Qianyu. If the lightning hadn't left it in such a wretched state, it would have slapped that damned woman to death.

The next moment.

Its gaze landed on Xu Qingyang. After sizing him up, its beastly eyes immediately blazed with excitement.

This human brat is a natural feast of flesh and blood. If I devour him, I'll definitely succeed in becoming an Eighth-Rank Monster Beast!

The Sky-Devouring Peng thought to itself.

At that thought, the Sky-Devouring Peng grew incredibly excited, feeling that Heaven itself had delivered the flesh and blood it needed to become an Eighth-Rank Monster Beast.

"Human brat, I've taken a fancy to your body. If you have any last words, say them now!"

The Sky-Devouring Peng looked at Xu Qingyang and spoke with a cheerful smile.

As the Sky-Devouring Peng's words rang out, Xu Qingyang froze.

Luo Qianyu, meanwhile, stared at the Sky-Devouring Peng in utter bewilderment.

"You want to eat me?"

Xu Qingyang stared at the Sky-Devouring Peng, utterly speechless. I haven't even said I want to make you my mount, and you're already saying you want to eat me?

Seeing Xu Qingyang remain silent, the Sky-Devouring Peng said coldly, "Human brat, since you have no last words, I'll eat you now!"

"Once I become an Eighth-Rank Monster Beast, I won't forget your contribution!"

With those words, the Sky-Devouring Peng beat its wings, opened its enormous, blood-red maw, and lunged at Xu Qingyang.

Xu Qingyang raised his palm and slapped the Sky-Devouring Peng, sending it flying.

"It hurts!"

The Sky-Devouring Peng screamed in pain.

Xu Qingyang immediately appeared before the Sky-Devouring Peng and asked with a smile, "Now, do you still want to eat me?"

The Sky-Devouring Peng fell silent!

Luo Qianyu, enjoying the spectacle and eager to stir things up, said with a laugh, "Sky-Devouring Peng, weren't you acting all high and mighty just now?"

"Why have you lost your nerve?"

Sky-Devouring Peng: ???