The Claw Beast's scaly hide could withstand attacks from the Dagger Magic Artifact. Perhaps its demonic energy provided protection, giving it such formidable defenses.
But even without demonic energy, ordinary iron swords and knives could never cut through a Claw Beast's scaly hide.
Ye Han had no divine weapon or precious blade with which to carve up the Water Demon's corpse.
A Demon Beast this large was a treasure from head to toe. Leaving it behind would be an enormous loss.
Ye Han spotted the treasured axe beside Zhang Qingshan.
An idea stirred in his mind, and he walked over. The axe was not as thick and heavy as he had imagined. It was about the size of two palms, broad but thin, and weighed only a few dozen pounds in his hand.
With Ye Han's current cultivation and the strength afforded by his body-tempering art, lifting it was quite easy.
The axe was as polished as a mirror. Its handle and head formed a single golden piece, covered in countless runes as fine as strands of hair.
The treasured axe's edge was incredibly sharp. Despite all the attacks Zhang Qingshan had made with it, not a single mark remained on the blade.
Clearly, this treasured axe was anything but an ordinary object.
No wonder the Two Fiends of Qin Mountain and Zhang Sanlei had eyed it so greedily. He felt certain it was no ordinary Magic Artifact.
Perhaps someone as hopelessly kindhearted as Senior Brother Zhang Qingshan had survived so long in the Cultivation World partly because he stayed on the mountain cultivating diligently and rarely went down on missions, and partly because he possessed a treasure like this as his hidden trump card.
He picked up the axe and walked toward the Water Demon's corpse, then swung Zhang