The little beast pounced!
Xie Feng's expression remained unchanged as he walked forward.
His steps were like phantoms as he passed the little beast, his blue sleeves lifting slightly. A silver dragon roared, and immortal power surged out, slaughtering every Devil Beast opposite him!
Bang!
The little beast pounced on empty air.
It landed face-first, crashing heavily to the ground.
Seeing its companions annihilated within that power, it froze like a wooden chicken in terror.
Weak, helpless, pitiful.
S-so powerful...
Was this power that of an immortal?
Why didn't he kill me?
Was I too weak for him to bother with?
Damn it!
Was he just leaving like that?
I had to protect the immortal bone. I couldn't let them leave!
Despite its boundless terror, the little beast gritted its teeth and stood up. It let out a shrill roar at Xie Feng and Sushang's retreating backs, making the entire space shake.
Just then!
A jade-like hand reached over.
Thud!
The little beast took a blow to the head and fainted on the spot.
"So noisy."
Using her immortal gourd as a hammer, Changying had struck the little beast.
She plugged one ear and muttered with a frown. Then her slender fingers moved slightly, pulling out the stopper, and she took a sip of immortal wine. Rosy clouds instantly colored both cheeks, and her clear eyes grew hazy.
Xie Feng and Sushang reached the thirty-fifth floor, where demonic light flickered and shadowy forms abounded.
A pool of blood boiled, dreamlike bubbles churning within it. A bloody presence wreathed the entire space, utterly terrifying.
"What sort of monsters will this floor have?"
Xie Feng chuckled, turning the Azure Profound Fan slightly. Surging power erupted, its pressure blanketing the space, and two enormous creatures gradually emerged from the bloody haze.
One had a powerful body and long arms that touched the ground. Bulging muscles rose like mountain ranges across its broad back. Its face was pitch-black, its nose snow-white, and its purple fur stood erect like arrows.
Purple Ape!
Whether ten million years ago or now, it was an incomparably savage existence!
The other flew high above, its spread azure wings obscuring the entire vault overhead. Its long beak was sharp as a blade, its eyes keen, and every beat of its wings whipped up a world-shaking tempest.
Azure Pheasant!
These were two peerlessly fierce beasts!
They were also the final guardians of the Xuanqiong Immortal Bone!
Existences in the Immortal Ascension Realm!
Sushang stared at Azure Pheasant, inexplicably reminded of lotus-leaf chicken...
I wanted to eat it...
"Human, why have you trespassed into the immortal tower?!"
Azure Pheasant looked down from above, speaking human words in a voice that exploded like thunder.
With his hands behind his back, Xie Feng chuckled and uttered, "Ten-Thousand-Year Immortal Bone."
Azure Pheasant raged, "This is the eighth time in ten million years! Must you humans disturb my master?! Unfortunately, however formidable you are, your ultimate fate is to die before me, just like those seven before you!"
Xie Feng said, "Oh."
What kind of attitude was that?
Why was I so angry?!
Provoked by Xie Feng's attitude, Azure Pheasant's eyes twitched. It wanted to kill!
Purple Ape stared at Sushang. "Why does a Primordial White Tiger disturb the Beast Master's peace?!"
Sushang held the Radiant Sun Sword. "You talk too much. You're wasting Master's time."
Purple Ape let out earth-shaking laughter.
It found this utterly ridiculous.
In ten million years, this was the first one to complain that they talked too much.
After all, the intruders of the past had been torn apart alive before they could even reach this floor!
"You are very strong. I cannot see through you, but I would guess you are at least in the Immortal Ascension Realm. What of the other immortal? Is she not coming out?"
Azure Pheasant questioned him.
It was referring to Changying.
Sushang snorted. "Master alone can reduce you all to ashes. Why be so eager to die?"
"Ah, you!
"Don't think I dare not kill you just because you descend from a sacred beast!
"Those who touch the immortal bone shall perish!"
Enraged, Azure Pheasant swooped down from high above, stirring up rolling turbulence. Space split apart, and a tempest assailed the heavens!
Sushang tightened her grip on her immortal sword, and ten thousand rays of golden light burst forth.
"Xiao Shang, stand back."
Xie Feng raised his palm, a wisp of jade-green flame emerging as he spoke calmly.
Sushang was at the Mahayana Realm Fourth Stage. After enlarging, her strength could reach the seventh or eighth stage of the Ascension Realm, but facing Devil Beasts like Azure Pheasant and Purple Ape, who were at least at the Immortal Ascension Realm Ninth Stage, would still be rather strenuous.
He wanted to end this swiftly!
Sushang nodded, reversed her grip on her sword, and obediently retreated to one side.
Xie Feng activated the first chapter of the Candlelight Scripture: No Life!
This was an immortal art rewarded by the Heavenly Ranking!
Northern Nether Illusory Flame gushed forth like an endless ocean. Soon, the entire Xuanqiong Immortal Tower was engulfed in fiercely burning flames!
Any living creature that touched the flames shattered into fine dust in an instant!
This was immortal fire!
Immortal fire that burned through the ages!
Azure Pheasant and Purple Ape roared, displaying the might of Immortal Ascension Realm ferocious beasts. Yet beneath the supreme burning power of Northern Nether Illusory Flame, like a raging, rushing tide, their bodies cracked apart piece by piece...
Boom!
Boom!
Their enormous bodies burned and smashed into the ground, creating abyss-like pits and crashing through the tower's floors!
They let out agonized screams.
Cursing furiously...
Uttering curses...
Wailing...
Finally, amid the fiercely burning flames, they shriveled little by little, turning to charcoal, then drifting smoke.
They dissipated...
In mere moments, two high-stage Immortal Ascension Realm ferocious beasts had vanished!
Their souls were utterly scattered!
Xie Feng swept his sleeve, instantly reconstructing the ravaged space and restoring its original tranquility.
Thud!
Thud!
Two stones fell.
Egg-sized, one purple and one azure.
Flame patterns were etched upon them.
Fire stones!
In nature, when high-level beasts, divine beasts, immortal beasts, or sacred beasts met certain conditions, such as undergoing extremely high-temperature tempering, they would transform into beast flames!
The flames of these two Immortal Ascension Realm Devil Beasts had reached earth grade! Xie Feng had Sushang keep them to place in the Xuanji Sect upon their return.
"Master, something is strange..."
"What is it?"
"There's no path to the top floor!"
Sushang's fine brows knitted slightly as she noticed something unusual.
Xie Feng surveyed the surroundings and saw a statue of a bixi bearing a stele standing in one corner.
The statue stood dozens of zhang tall, utterly enormous. Its material was unknown, resembling stone yet not stone, jade yet not jade. Xie Feng tested it briefly; this statue weighed at least forty million jun!
An endless black hole spun within the bixi's open mouth.
"Could this be the entrance?"
Xie Feng reached toward the black hole. An invisible suction surged forth, clinging like a festering sore to the bone, tightly gripping his arm and draining his spiritual power!
This thing was truly bizarre!
Xie Feng snorted coldly. Northern Nether Illusory Flame surged up, cutting off the suction, and he seized the chance to withdraw his hand.
This strange suction left the statue practically nailed to the ground!
Did it require a key?
Xie Feng's eyes shifted as he silently considered it.
"I-I can..."
Suddenly, a faint, feeble voice rang out.
Xie Feng came back to himself and saw the little beast he had spared earlier because it posed no threat creeping over timidly. It looked at him, shoulders hunched, pressed against the corner like a gecko.
Xie Feng asked, "Do you know the way to the top floor?"
The little beast nodded timidly.
"I killed your companions. Why would you help me?" Xie Feng asked.
"T-to repay your kindness..."
The little beast extended its frail claws and covered its wildly pounding heart. Every sound and movement Xie Feng made brought it an indescribable sense of pressure!
At the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, it could already take human form and speak human words!
Repay my kindness?
Because I didn't kill it?
Haha, this little beast was rather interesting.
Xie Feng smiled slightly and curled a finger, beckoning it forward.
The little beast walked limply... or rather, shuffled, or rather, inched forward. Trembling, trembling, trembling madly... it stood before the bixi, took a deep breath, and suddenly made an astonishing move!