Amidst the rain of swords and thunder, the pressure of the Domain was extremely intense. Although the Overlord and Biyou Fairy managed to escape from the medicine garden, they were severely injured by the terrifying energy wave, and their internal mana was greatly depleted.
"Hahaha... Kid, those two guys are really unlucky. They're badly injured right now. How about we each take one? They've collected quite a few spiritual roots! I didn't get enough to eat earlier, so this time I'm going to have a good meal!"
The bald man grinned at the fourth person and said, "You can choose one. Anyway, that Human Clan beauty is mine, regardless of whether she's disfigured or not."
The fourth person was speechless; they were even being asked to choose?
The Overlord and Biyou Fairy felt a chill in their hearts. After adjusting their breathing, they immediately turned and fled.
"Hahaha! Human Clan beauty, don't run away! Hand over your spiritual roots! I swear I won't eat you!"
" Big Black Bull, stop chasing!" A fourth person blocked the bald man's path.
The bald man's eyes widened like saucers, and he roared angrily, "You little brat! You actually saw through my true form! Could it be that you're in cahoots with them?"
"No."
"Then you're an idiot! As someone on the same path of transformation, how could you give up resources that are so easily obtainable? Are you out of your mind?! You're driving me crazy!"
Enraged, the Big Black Bull swung his fist and smashed it down.
A hazy black light enveloped his fist, instantly disintegrating and dissipating the rain of swords and lightning within a ten-meter radius.
This punch was terrifying, like a mountain descending upon the sky.
The young man smiled, raised his right arm, and struck out with his palm, shattering the rain of swords and thunder behind him, easily blocking the angry punch from the Big Black Bull.
boom!
The aftershocks of their clash quickly dispersed the rain of swords and lightning within a radius of several hundred meters.
"Good lad! Such power is rare among the Human Clan! If I could detect your demonic aura, I would have thought you were one of our Demon Clan! I see your strength is quite impressive. How about becoming my underling? I'll guarantee you a life of luxury."
"No interest." The young man shook off the Big Black Bull and turned to flee.
The Big Black Bull couldn't help but rub his shiny head, his large, bright eyes gleaming.
"Hey kid, don't run away!"
The Overlord and Biyou Fairy fled to a place free from sword rain and thunder, where they sought shelter and meditated to heal their wounds.
But before long, someone arrived at this place.
"Palace Master of the Biyou Palace? Who did you fight? Your injuries are so severe!" The one who appeared was none other than the Southern Peak Sword Venerable.
"Stop healing! Fight me now! Die by my Heart-Severing Killing Sword, and my swordsmanship will be perfected!"
The Overlord had not expected that the Southern Peak Sword Venerable would be so shameless, proposing a battle even though he knew that Biyou Fairy was seriously injured.
Biyou Fairy did not waste any energy responding to Southern Peak Sword Venerable; she focused on healing her injuries as quickly as possible.
The Southern Peak Sword Venerable glanced at the spiritual root guarded by a Five-Colored Phoenix-Crested Chicken in the distance, then drew his sword and walked towards Biyou Fairy.
" Biyou Palace Master, today we are destined to die, but I will ensure that this land of Divine Land has only one Sword Sovereign!"
"That old man, he really has no sportsmanship."
The Southern Peak Sword Venerable frowned, looking at the young man who had appeared, and realized that he could not see through him.
Very strong!
"You practice swordsmanship?"
The young man plucked a branch from a nearby tree, gazed at the Southern Peak Sword Venerable, and laughed, "Not bad. You practice with a silver sword, while I practice with a celestial sword."
The Overlord opened his eyes and looked at the young man he had met in the herb garden earlier. The young man's tone was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
The Southern Peak Sword Venerable was enraged by the young man's mocking behavior.
"Your sword is just a tree branch?"
The young man, holding a tree branch, smiled and said, "The highest level of swordsmanship is to have no sword in hand, but a sword in the heart; everything becomes a sword. This sword is enough to deal with an old man like you who lacks martial ethics."
"What a joke! You actually believed those lines from TV shows and movies? You're courting death! The path of the sword requires refining your sword intent to a pure and sharp level, and to unleash that intent, you need a sword of exceptional quality! Foolish boy, no matter how powerful your sword intent is, without a good sword, you're just like someone with an AWM sniper rifle but no bullets—a complete waste!"
The young man smiled at the insights of the Southern Peak Sword Venerable.
"Old man, you're right, but people are different. You're not me, how could you understand my way?"
The Southern Peak Sword Venerable's eyes were filled with killing intent; his swordsmanship had actually been challenged.
" Biyou Palace Master, you should heal your wounds first. After I kill this brat, I will take your life to temper the sword in my hand and strengthen my swordsmanship!"
"My swordsmanship is guided by unwavering conviction, and my sword intent is sharp and Tongtian! Boy, prepare to die!"
The Southern Peak Sword Venerable remotely controls his sword, unleashing deadly moves with Flying Sword Technique!
"The Ninth Form of the Heart-Severing Killing Sword! God-Severing Demon-Exterminating!"
Biyou Fairy couldn't help but open her beautiful eyes and feel the sharp sword intent of the Southern Peak Sword Venerable. She remembered that in the information recorded in the Holy Land about the Southern Peak Sword Venerable's life, the Southern Peak Sword Venerable used this Isshiki to kill many Sword Masters of the Carefree Realm. He had even destroyed a Spirit Mountain with a single sword strike, which was recorded as a forbidden move!
The forbidden techniques are all incredibly powerful or destructive!
This area was filled with dazzling sword light. That sword seemed to traverse time and space, so fast that it was outrageous, Overlord could not even see its trajectory.
boom!
In an instant, an intense white light filled his eyes, and the Overlord's ears rang incessantly.
It took ten breaths for the light to return to normal.
The cold-faced, murderous Southern Peak Sword Venerable suddenly changed color, his eyes widening as he stared at the broken spirit sword at the young man's feet. He felt a tightness in his chest and coughed up blood.
"How is that possible!"
"Is this your swordsmanship? I've seen it. Now, you can try my swordsmanship."
The young man held a tree branch, which suddenly shot out—another Flying Sword Technique using a sword.
The tree branch tore through space and disappeared.
Suddenly, the Southern Peak Sword Venerable sensed something was wrong and turned to dodge, but soon a tree branch was stuck in his head. Blood, purple-gold light, and mysterious runes shot out from his skull, and his body exploded, killing him on the spot.
The Biyou Fairy and the Overlord witnessed this sword strike and were utterly shocked!
horrible!
This sword strike is probably at the pinnacle of the Carefree Realm!
The young man strolled leisurely toward Biyou Fairy and the Overlord, laughing, "The trouble is over. Now, you two will have to pay some protection money, and I'll protect you and help you heal."
The Overlord stared at the young man, asking with some uncertainty, " Xiao Tian?"
"Damn! Brother Duanmu, you have such keen insight!" Xiao Tian pretended to put on a brave face, but secretly he deactivated his Seventy-Two Transformations supernatural power.
" Xiao Tian, the city lord of Luo Cheng?" Biyou Fairy Biyou Palace, exclaimed in surprise.
" Elder Xiao, it really is you!" The Overlord was shocked.
"I never expected you to emerge from seclusion, Elder Xiao! You must be at the Peak Carefree Realm by now!"
Xiao Tian Xiao, "Brother Duanmu's judgment is spot on. It was precisely because I was struggling to break through my bottleneck that the old man said I still needed to hone my skills and refine my foundation, which is why I came to Mount Tai."
"Hiss!" The Overlord gasped, looking at this monstrous talent with a wry smile.
This talent is absolutely phenomenal!
"Reaching the Peak Carefree Realm in just a few months!" Even the three-hundred-year-old Biyou Fairy was astonished.
She was still a hair's breadth away from the Peak Carefree Realm; this bottleneck had trapped her for a hundred years.
"No wonder she was chosen by the Third ancestors of the Jade Void Palace." Biyou Fairy felt bitter, wondering if her ancestors from previous generations of the Biyou Palace were still alive.
" Elder Xiao, I'll trouble you to guard it. Please keep the spiritual root in your storage ring."
"Brother Duanmu, now that you've discovered my identity, there's no need to be so polite."
"Let's keep things separate." The Overlord smiled and said, "I know you won't need it, Elder Xiao, but the Evolver in Luo Cheng will."
"Alright." Xiao Tian didn't stand on ceremony and accepted both the protection fee from the Overlord and the protection fee from Biyou Fairy.
"Hahaha... Kid! Found you! Why the change in expression?"
The Big Black Bull charged out and saw a familiar figure, but when he saw the face clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Upon sensing the appearance of the Big Black Bull, both the Overlord and Biyou Fairy became extremely vigilant.
Xiao Tian forward, blocking the Big Black Bull, and chuckled, " Big Black Bull, I don't have time to fight you right now."
Big Black Bull glanced at the two people in the distance behind Xiao Tian, understood what he meant, and rubbed his hands together, saying, "No, we didn't get enough before, let's do it again."
Xiao Tian curled his lip and tossed out spiritual roots one by one from his storage ring.
The Big Black Bull's eyes gleamed as it immediately grabbed the spiritual roots and began to devour them frantically. Only after consuming more than twenty spiritual roots was the Big Black Bull finally satisfied.
"You little brat, you've got a temper with me. I'll protect all three of you!"
"Heh heh!" Xiao Tian sneered.
The Big Black Bull sneered, "Kid, you're human. I'm definitely older than you. It's only fair that I'm your boss. If it were any other human, I would have kicked them to death long ago."
"Okay, then, you, the leader, guard my two companions. I'll go and stop the newcomers."
Big Black Bull noticed this too, and readily agreed, "Since she's also my little brother/sister, as her older brother, it's only natural that I should take care of her. Don't worry."
The Overlord and Biyou Fairy opened their eyes. Another cultivator from the Carefree Realm had appeared here. He was a middle-aged man with a demonic aura and dragon horns. They watched as Xiao Tian walked past and the Big Black Bull approached them, and they became very wary.
"Little brother, little sister, don't be nervous. I keep my word. Just focus on healing." The Big Black Bull grinned at the Overlord Biyou Fairy, revealing two rows of white teeth.
The man with the dragon horns narrowed his eyes when he saw Xiao Tian.
The next moment, the Big Black Bull, the Overlord, Biyou Fairy were all astonished.
"Master! It's you!"
"Greetings, Master!"
Xiao Tian was astonished, somewhat bewildered by the Little Dragon that had transformed into a human.
"Stop! You think you can fool me with such a stupid trick?"
"Master! Don't you remember? Back at the bottom of the valley, it was you who helped me successfully overcome my tribulation! You saved me from dying under the heavenly tribulation!"
Xiao Tian was surprised, but after sifting through countless memories in his mind, he quickly remembered.
"It's you, tsk tsk tsk..."
"Master, this is what I gathered after leaving the valley; it is all offered to you as a token of my respect!"
Splash!
Suddenly, a mountain of glittering spiritual objects, spiritual roots brimming with spiritual energy, and rare and precious materials piled up, almost burying Xiao Tian.
The Overlord, Biyou Fairy, was horrified and dumbfounded.
"Holy crap!" Big Black Bull exclaimed, his eyes wide open.
"Brother! You're the brother I'm taking now!"
Seeing the Big Black Bull rushing over enthusiastically, Xuanlong locked his sharp eyes on the Big Black Bull and protected Xiao Tian.
"Ahem... Little Dragon, don't get excited, this is my newly acquainted elder brother." As Xiao Tian spoke, he moved his mountain of collection away.
The Overlord and Biyou Fairy watched the teleportation technique unfold, and it seemed strangely familiar.
It's him!
The two were speechless.
The owner of the ethereal sound that snatched away the rare treasures from them back then was actually Xiao Tian.
" Big Black Bull, take this."
The Big Black Bull took the twenty-odd spiritual roots that Xiao Tian tossed to him and began to gnaw on them without any hesitation, saying, "Don't worry, buddy, I've got your back!"
Xuanlong sized up the Big Black Bull and realized that this new leader had extraordinary potential and was extremely powerful, not to be underestimated.
" Big Black Bull, I want that spiritual root. Can you do me a favor? I'm just short of a medicinal ingredient for refining pills." Xiao Heavenly Eye at the Five-Colored Phoenix-Crested Chicken.
"Brother, you can even refine pills!" The Big Black Bull was overjoyed; recognizing this brother was definitely worthwhile.
"Just wait, it's just a bunch of hybrid chickens! Once your Brother Niu is smashed to death, we can eat chicken wings while we're at it!"
"Wow! Brother Niu is indeed a kindred spirit!" Xiao Tian's eyes lit up.
"Brother, you love chicken wings too!" Big Black Bull was even more excited.
The Five-Colored Phoenix-Crested Chicken was furious; these intruders had gone too far.
"You ragtag Phoenix Flame dares to try and burn me, your master! Let your Phoenix Ancestor do it!"
After a fierce three-minute battle with thunderous roars, the Big Black Bull, whose strength was perfectly restrained, returned carrying a dead ' Cola Chicken Wing' in his left hand and Twelve-Leaf Phoenix-Pattern Fire Lotus in his right.
Xiao Tian felt quite pleased; the tool, Big Black Bull, was working well for the first time.