"Clang...!"
The Blood Soul Spike struck the Purple-Golden Light Cluster. The cluster merely rippled faintly, and the Blood Soul Spike was sent flying.
"Hm?"
Gu Chenfeng tried several more times, with the same result.
The light cluster around the ancient essence blood was like an indestructible "shell."
Gu Chenfeng simply drew the Reverse Scale into his palm. After he infused it with azure energy, its edge gleamed with a cold, eerie light, and he sliced it toward the cluster's surface.
As long as the Azure Dragon Reverse Scale could cut through the light cluster and touch the essence blood, it could devour the blood directly.
Yet the instant the Reverse Scale's edge touched the Purple-Golden Light Cluster...
"Whoosh...!"
The essence blood inside the Purple-Golden Light Cluster seemed to sense danger, and its fluctuations intensified.
"Roar!"
Gu Chenfeng seemed to hear a heaven-shaking roar in his mind.
A savage, violent will radiated outward. Purple-golden radiance rippled, and even the Reverse Scale was jolted away.
Gu Chenfeng realized that this mass of essence blood possessed its owner's consciousness from life and was defending itself.
As he sensed the will and power within the essence blood awakening, the mountain beneath his feet shook more violently.
Even the runes on the Purple-Gold Giant Peak flowed faster and faster, and a will rapidly spread through the mountain.
Anxiety rose in Gu Chenfeng's heart. His gaze locked onto the light cluster, and ruthlessness showed in his eyes.
"You've been dead for over ten thousand years, suppressed here by the Barbarian God, and you still refuse to submit!
"Then I'll use the Barbarian God's will to break you open!"
Gu Chenfeng took out the Barbarian Emperor Token.
He stood atop the giant peak, at the closest point to the Barbarian God's hand.
The Command Token, which contained