The crazed laughter of the bird made the scene inside the cliffside cave in the Green Jade Gate's ring-shaped mountain all the more eerie.
A man and a bird stood facing each other. Near the giant bird floated a drop of essence blood, radiant with azure light.
It was tiny, yet astonishing beyond measure, like a blazing sun before their eyes. It emanated a vast, primordial aura, as though it had come from the first dawn of heaven and earth.
For a moment, it overshadowed both the [Wind-Piercing Beast], which had risen and spread its wings, laughing with its beak open and exuding the oppressive presence of a colossal creature, and Lin Changheng, who stood silently with his hands behind his back, his aura restrained yet his presence as imposing as a mountain. It became the undisputed, rightful centerpiece of the cave.
Its standing was far too lofty!
Its source was far too powerful!
However, Lin Changheng's silence had another cause. He had seized upon a key point in the Wind-Piercing Beast's words and fallen into thought. Because the [True Spirit essence blood] was too powerful, the [Wind-Piercing Beast] at the late third-tier peak couldn't use it. Even after over a hundred years, it couldn't budge it in the slightest-which means the other drop, which fell into the hands of the [Golden Flood Dragon] of the [Evil Dragon Palace], might have been preserved too...
*But unlike the [Wind-Piercing Beast], a rogue cultivator among demons without any backing, the [Golden Flood Dragon] has the terrifying ruling power of the Outer Sea's demon race behind it. They must have fourth-tier Transformation Demon Cultivators, perhaps even late-stage shapeshifting great cultivators, along with reserves accumulated over countless years. Perhaps they really do have a sliver of a chance of affecting this [True Spirit essence