Even with Yuji True Person's profound cultivation, sustaining this Magic Treasure for long was impossible.
He clenched his teeth and pressed his tongue against his palate. The True Essence within him flowed through his Golden Core, traversed the Twelvefold Tower, and poured straight into the spine of the Yuji Sword.
In an instant, the Xuanji Spirit Patterns that had been flowing dimly across the blade;
blazed with light, like cinnabar set aflame.
The entire sword became a crimson rainbow and soared skyward, tracing a half-circle of blood-red setting sun beneath the thunderclouds.
"Be still!"
Yuji True Person crooked his fingers like hooks and clawed through the air at the Scarlet Blood Demon Lizard trapped within the Spirit Patterns.
The rune for "entrapment," formed from the Magic Treasure's Spirit Patterns, instantly became as heavy as a mountain;
it pressed down on the great demon until its four claws could barely move, leaving it only able to roar in fury.
How could the Scarlet Blood Demon Lizard willingly submit to capture?
The tumor-like venom sac at its neck suddenly swelled taut as a drum. Then it opened its mouth and spat out a stream of scarlet flame as thick as a bowl's mouth.
This scarlet flame was no ordinary demon fire, but the Scarlet Blood Flame it had condensed through hundreds of years of cultivation.
Although Yuji True Person had been prepared and swiftly activated his low-grade Magic Treasure, the Jade Exquisite, to block it;
the scorching heat still burned his face painfully, and the barrier's light dimmed considerably.
"This beast truly is formidable. An ordinary Golden Core cultivator at the same stage would likely struggle to contend with it." As Yuji True Person watched the Scarlet Blood Demon Lizard, his eyes grew even more excited.
His left hand swiftly formed the