Under normal circumstances, a Dao Integration Realm cultivator's Nascent Soul contained an immense amount of power. Once it self-detonated, even a demonic beast would certainly die.
Yet the Black Hound before them was completely unharmed.
"Woo... woowoo..."
After swallowing Tu Shan's Nascent Soul, the vicious hound kept wagging his tail, rubbing affectionately against the young cultivator's thigh.
He looked utterly docile.
Only then did they realize that this terrifying, vicious hound was the young man's spirit pet.
After a brief daze, Qi He finally came to his senses. Forcing down the fear in his heart, he demanded of the young man:
"Who are you? Why are you interfering in the Yellow Origin Palace's private affairs?"
He deliberately stressed the words "Yellow Origin Palace," clearly hoping to use its name to intimidate the young cultivator.
The young cultivator reached out and gently patted the Black Hound, then looked up at Qi He and said:
"I don't know whether these are the Yellow Origin Palace's private affairs. All I know is that you hurt my friend today."
With that, the young cultivator raised his hand and gently beckoned forward with his palm.
Boom-!!
In an instant, the countless motes of dust and stone chips suddenly shot forward in unison like arrows loosed from their bowstrings.
Already prepared, Qi He immediately gripped the Lihuo Banner with both hands and drove it hard into the ground.
Thud!!!
Amid the thunderous noise, a wall of fire several zhang thick and a hundred zhang wide rose around the Lihuo Banner, shielding him and Black-Robed and Gu Qi behind him.
Bang!!!
With a tremendous crash, the countless motes of dust and stone chips slammed into the wall of fire, smashing it apart.
Fortunately, the instant the fire wall shattered, a thick pillar of light formed from black