Lu Ren entered the palace and immediately saw Huang Tianhong sitting cross-legged on a cushion, a huge sack piled behind him. Golden light swirled around him, forming a protective barrier.
Two Heavenly Immortals—one with a human body and a snake's head, the other with a tiger's body and a donkey's head—stood upright and hammered at the barrier with their weapons.
Almost every strike shook the entire palace violently, drawing runes into view across the ceiling.
It seemed their attacks on Huang Tianhong were disrupting his acceptance of the inheritance and triggering the palace's formation.
"Huang Tianhong, don't think you'll get that inheritance!"
The tiger-bodied, donkey-headed Heavenly Immortal roared. Sword light surged from his weapon with astonishing force and slashed toward the barrier.
Bang!
Another thunderous collision rang out. The barrier trembled slightly, then burst with countless rays of golden light that slammed into the attacker. He flew backward, crashed to the floor, and coughed up blood.
At the same time, runes shot out from all around the palace once more, releasing torrents of golden light toward Lu Ren and the others.
Lu Ren swung his sword and blocked the golden light.
"Lu Hu, don't disrupt his acceptance of the inheritance!" the snake-headed man shouted.
Lu Hu frowned. "Snake Gold Immortal, are we supposed to stand by and watch him take it?"
"If you want to die, keep attacking!"
Lu Ren walked over.
Lu Hu and Snake Gold Immortal turned toward him. Both their gazes fell on the sacks of immortal cores.
"So many immortal cores! Kill him!"
Lu Hu roared and lunged at Lu Ren, his hulking body bearing down on him.
"You're asking for death!"
Blazing flames erupted across Lu Ren's body. He looked like a fire god descending into the mortal world as the power of his Fire