Crushing the Mysterious Monster, an Ancient Inheritance, and Baihu's Gift

Inside the cultivation room, a large black net exuding a terrifying corrosive aura had already enveloped the Baihu's head.

However, just as that calm voice rang out...

"Buzz!"

An invisible yet immense power seemed to freeze space itself! The black net formed from the mutated body of the ' Qinglong ' was abruptly halted in mid-air!

The Baihu suddenly turned its head.

At the entrance to the training room, the man in the black hooded sweatshirt stood casually with his hands in his pockets.

"The Dongfang Yueming?!"

Baihu's beautiful eyes widened instantly, a complex light flashing within them. There was shock, there was wariness, but also a trace of... a sense of relief at escaping a desperate situation that even she herself was unwilling to admit.

"Damn bugs!"

The 'Azure Qinglong ', suspended in mid-air, let out a piercing roar. Its pale eyes were fixed on Dongfang Yueming. Although it could not sense any fluctuations of true energy from the other party, its intuition told it that this suddenly appearing human was extremely dangerous!

"Gulp! Mind your own business, then I'll swallow you whole!"

The Qinglong abandoned the Baihu, and the black net instantly contracted, transforming into a giant black scythe. With a terrifying power that could tear through space, it slashed directly at Dongfang Yueming's neck!

"Watch out! He's a monster at the Sea of Consciousness Realm!" the Baihu couldn't help but exclaim in alarm.

Faced with such a deadly attack, Dongfang Yueming did not even move an inch.

"The Sea of Consciousness Realm? With this cobbled-together, broken body?"

Dongfang Yueming gave a cold laugh.

[Heaven Grade Profound Technique - Lightning Tribulation Destroys the World]!

"BOOM!!!"

There were no complicated hand seals; he simply raised his right hand casually.

In an instant, a deep, thunderous roar suddenly resounded above the entire Night Watchers headquarters building!

A dazzling bolt of purple tribulation lightning, as thick as a bucket, pierced through dozens of layers of reinforced concrete slabs without warning and struck Dongfang Yueming's palm with perfect precision!

The power of thunder was instantly compressed, transforming into a purple thunder seal radiating divine might!

Dongfang Yueming casually pushed the Thunder Seal forward.

"Bang--!"

The seemingly indestructible black scythe, upon contact with the lightning seal, was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun; it didn't even have the chance to hold its own and was instantly blasted into nothingness by the domineering power of lightning!

"What?!"

The Qinglong let out an incredulous scream, its pale eyes finally revealing extreme terror!

"What... what kind of power is this?! How could a human like you possibly wield such terrifying lightning power?!"

It finally realized that it had kicked an insurmountable obstacle!

"Escape!"

The Qinglong didn't dare hesitate for a second. Its deformed body instantly exploded, turning into hundreds of tiny black globs of slime that frantically fled in all directions of the training room, even into the ventilation ducts! As long as even a single drop of slime escaped, it could be reborn by possessing another body!

"Trying to run?"

A hint of mockery flashed in Dongfang Yueming's eyes.

"Can you escape from my Sea of Consciousness?"

[Sea of Consciousness Perfection: Divine Sense Like the Sea!]

"Buzz!"

A vast and boundless, terrifying spiritual force, seemingly capable of crushing any soul, instantly enveloped the entire room!

The black slime that was frantically fleeing was frozen in mid-air the moment it came into contact with this spiritual power, as if a pause button had been pressed.

"Destroy."

Dongfang Yueming parted her lips slightly.

[Earth Grade Soul Technique Ultimate Technique - Spear of Divine Punishment]!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Hundreds of invisible spears, composed entirely of extremely condensed spiritual energy, instantly coalesced in the Xukong and then precisely pierced into each clump of black slime!

"Ah--!!!"

Hundreds of piercing, soul-wrenching screams exploded in my mind.

The eerie consciousness within that black slime was utterly torn apart and annihilated by the mental spear!

The black slime, having lost its support, turned into puddles of foul-smelling black water, falling to the ground, devoid of any Vitality.

From the moment Dongfang Yueming made his move to the complete annihilation of the mysterious monster that had possessed the Moon Grade investigator, only a few breaths passed.

The entire training room fell into a deathly silence once again.

Baihu clutched his injured chest, staring blankly at the puddles of black water on the ground, then looked at the man standing at the door who seemed to have only done something insignificant.

Her worldview was severely shaken at that moment.

"You... what kind of monster are you...?"

Baihu's voice trembled. She had personally witnessed that monster exuding the terrifying pressure of the Sea of Consciousness Realm, yet Dongfang Yueming had effortlessly crushed it like an ant!

What chilled her to the bone even more was the spiritual energy that had instantly enveloped the room just now...

That vastness, that irresistible majesty!

"You... you're also at the [Sea of Consciousness Realm]?!"

Baihu took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. "This is impossible! How old are you? Even if you started cultivating from the womb, it's impossible to reach the Sea of Consciousness Realm at around twenty years old!"

She stared intently at Dongfang Yueming, a flicker of realization crossing her eyes, and said with certainty:

"Dongfang Yueming, you too have received the inheritance of those ancient 'original founders,' haven't you?!"

Dongfang Yueming, who was about to turn and leave, paused slightly upon hearing these words.

"Ancient heritage?" He turned his head, a hint of curiosity in his eyes. "What does that mean?"

Seeing Dongfang Yueming's reaction, Baihu was taken aback.

"You do not know?"

She hesitated for a moment, looking at the black water on the ground, before gritting her teeth and explaining, "This is actually a top-secret piece of history, strictly sealed off at the highest levels of the Great Xia."

"Long ago, the world was not like it is now. A group of humanity's strongest warriors and terrifying demons were exiled and sealed away in this abandoned land. To protect the weak, those powerful humans established that ' Boundary ' that separated the demons."

"Hundreds or even thousands of years have passed, and the earliest history has been obscured. But the legacy of those powerful figures has not been severed."

The Baihu took a deep breath, a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes. "The reason I was able to cultivate Heaven Grade technique was because I was fortunate enough to obtain a fragmented ancient inheritance. That monster that possessed the Azure Qinglong just now was after the inheritance within me."

After hearing this long-forgotten history, Dongfang Yueming was slightly surprised. So this so-called world of high martial arts was actually a sealed place of exile?

However, he immediately shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I'm not." Dongfang Yueming said calmly.

"No?!"

The Baihu was filled with disbelief. "This is impossible! If you didn't receive the inheritance, how could you possess such terrifying strength?!"

Dongfang Yueming did not explain the existence of the system to her, nor was there any need to.

He turned around, preparing to continue his search for the method to reach the Spirit Platform Realm. Now that he had Perfection the Sea of Consciousness Realm, he needed to step into the next spiritual realm as soon as possible.

"Etc!"

Seeing that Dongfang Yueming was about to leave, Baihu suddenly called out to stop him.

A fierce struggle and hesitation flashed across her cold and beautiful face. But in the end, after witnessing Dongfang Yueming's unfathomable strength and his decisive action in annihilating the mysterious monster, she made a decision.