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"Kid."

Qiongqi roared, its voice as cold as ancient ice:

"You think you can defeat me with that treasure?"

You're wrong.

Even the most powerful treasures depend on who uses them.

"You're just an ant in the third heaven. Even if you were given a Chaos Treasure, you wouldn't be able to unleash much of its power."

"That attack just now must have exhausted most of your magical power, right?"

"How many more can you hit?"

As soon as the sound faded, Qiongqi pounced again!

This time, it did not charge in a straight line.

Instead, it moved left and right, its body swaying unpredictably.

The enormous crimson figure left trails of bloody afterimages in the chaos.

It needs to be consumed.

It consumes the ant's magical power.

It consumes the power of that supreme treasure.

When the ant is exhausted, that will be the time for it to seize the treasure!

Xuan Du stared at the approaching blood-red figure, his gaze remaining calm.

Qiongqi is right.

That attack just now did indeed consume a lot of his Hunyuan power.

But it was wrong.

He can still hit many more shots.

Many, many paths.

Xuandu raised his hand.

Another burst of chaotic light erupted!

Qiongqi was prepared and dodged the attack with a quick movement.

But the edge of that chaotic light still grazed its shoulder.

Scales shattered, and blood splattered!

Qiongqi, in pain, roared fiercely, shaking the heavens:

"Damn it!"

It refused to believe its fate and continued to pounce!

Xuan Du remained expressionless as he unleashed wave after wave of chaotic light.

Each strike was a full-force attack from the fifth level of the Heavenly Realm.

Each path presents Qiongqi with perilous situations.

One.

Two paths.

Three paths.

Five paths.

Ten paths.

The more Qiongqi fought, the more terrified he became.

How come this ant's magic power hasn't been exhausted yet?

That's ten questions already!

Each strike was a full-force attack from the fifth level of the Heavenly Realm!

Even it couldn't produce that many!

"impossible!"

Qiongqi roared, its voice already trembling slightly:

"How could you, an ant from the Third Heaven, possibly possess such profound magical power!"

Xuan did not answer.

It just kept generating Chaos Light.

The eleventh.

The twelfth path.

The fifteenth.

Qiongqi finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Most of its crimson scales were shattered.

The massive body was crisscrossed with wounds, and dark red blood gushed out like a spring.

Its aura began to become disordered.

Its source is beginning to dry up.

It was afraid.

Fear finally surfaced in Qiongqi's blood-red eyes.

It wanted to escape.

But Xuan didn't give it a chance.

Another beam of chaotic light flashed out!

This blow landed squarely on Qiongqi's chest!

"boom!!!"

Qiongqi's enormous body flew backward like a kite with a broken string!

His chest was caved in, his scales were shattered, and blood gushed out like a waterfall!

It struggled to stand up, but its shattered bones, broken scales, and depleted life force made even moving difficult.

"No...it's impossible..."

Qiongqi murmured, its voice filled with despair.

It raised its eyes and looked at the figure in green.

The figure stood with hands behind his back in the chaos, his green robes fluttering slightly, and his black hair flowing over his shoulders.

Within the palm of his hand, a chaotic light flowed ceaselessly.

His complexion was normal, and his breathing was steady.

It was as if those dozen or so full-force attacks just now were merely a warm-up.

A chill ran through Qiongqi's heart.

What kind of monster is this person?

The cultivation level of the third heaven and the combat power of the fifth heaven.

Profound magical power, domineering treasure.

Even this ferocious beast of the fifth heaven is far inferior.

In the distance, Taotie stood amidst the chaos, gazing at the paralyzed Qiongqi, its blood-red eyes filled with shock.

It knew its master was very powerful.

I never expected my master to be this powerful.

Qiongqi, at the early stage of the fifth heaven, was utterly powerless against his master.

Those dozen or so beams of chaotic light appeared one after another, stretching endlessly.

Each strike was a full-force attack from the fifth level of the Heavenly Realm.

Even at its peak, it couldn't withstand more than three trials.

But Master struck out more than a dozen times.

His complexion was normal.

His breathing was steady.

It seems there's still energy left.

Taotie took a deep breath, suppressing the surging awe in its heart.

It suddenly realized that perhaps it wasn't forced to become an apprentice in the first place.

Rather... it was luck.

Xuan Du gazed at the paralyzed Qiongqi, his eyes calm as still water.

He did not go forward immediately.

I simply stood quietly in place, waiting.

Once Qiongqi comes to terms with reality.

Wait until Qiongqi gives up resistance.

Wait for Qiongqi to bow its head on its own.

a long time.

Qiongqi slowly raised its head.

The greed in those blood-red eyes had vanished.

All that remains is fear.

All that remains is despair.

All that remains is resentment.

"Who...are you?"

It opened its mouth, its voice hoarse.

Xuan Du gazed at it, a slow smile creeping onto his lips.

The smile was faint, yet it carried a profound understanding that saw through everything.

"The Intercepting Sect, Xuandu."

As the four words fell, Qiongqi's pupils contracted slightly.

The Intercepting Sect.

It has heard of it.

The Great Primordial Religion, established by the Tongtian Sect Master.

Xuandu? Never heard of it.

But now, it remembered.

I've kept it in my heart.

"What do you want?"

Qiongqi spoke, his voice trembling slightly.

Xuan Du gazed at it and slowly spoke:

"Two paths."

"First, you must become my disciple and follow in my footsteps."

"second......"

He paused, and the chaotic light in his palm suddenly intensified:

"die."

The single word fell like an eternal, frozen block of ice.

Qiongqi trembled violently.

It stared intently at Xuan Du, at those eyes as calm as an ancient well, at that young face that exuded endless composure.

An indescribable emotion surged within me.

Becoming an apprentice?

It is Qiongqi, one of the four ferocious beasts, at the fifth level of the Hunyuan Daluo realm.

To take an ant from the third heaven as one's master?

Qiongqi trembled violently.

It stared intently at Xuan Du, at those eyes as calm as an ancient well, at that young face that exuded endless composure.

An indescribable emotion surged within me.

Becoming an apprentice?

It is Qiongqi, one of the four ferocious beasts, at the fifth level of the Hunyuan Daluo realm.

To take an ant from the third heaven as one's master?

absurd!

absurd!

ridiculous!

But the laughter was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't let it out.

Because it knew that this "ant" in front of it had just used more than a dozen beams of chaotic light to blast it into a state of utter helplessness.

Because it knew that if it did not surrender, today would be its death day.

Because it knew that the useless Taotie had probably already surrendered.

Qiongqi's blood-red eyes turned and fell on the dark figure in the distance.

The Taotie stood amidst the chaos, its massive body slightly lowered, its blood-red eyes gazing in this direction.

In those eyes, there was awe, excitement, and even a hint of something indescribable... schadenfreude.

Qiongqi's pupils contracted slightly.

It suddenly remembered everything that had just happened.

Taotie "fought desperately" to escape back to the Xuanji Heavenly Domain, saying that it had encountered a powerful enemy.

Taotie said that the powerful enemy's cultivation was only at the third level of the Heavenly Realm, but he possessed a supreme treasure.

Taotie said that the powerful enemy was not far away, and stopped after chasing for a while.

The Taotie led the way, bringing it to this place.

Then, the figure in green appeared.

It came at just the right time.

It came unexpectedly.

They arrived as if they had been waiting there all along.

A light flickered in Qiongqi's blood-red eyes.

It recalled the look in Taotie's eyes when it looked at Xuandu.

That look in his eyes wasn't one of fear or hostility.

It means respect.

It is reverence.

Yes... surrender.

What a Taotie!

In Qiongqi's heart, rage surged like magma.

It finally understood.

This is not the case at all that Taotie was being chased by a powerful enemy and fled back to the Xuanji Heavenly Domain to seek help.

This was deliberately lured out by the Taotie!

This is a trap set by the Taotie and the man in blue!

This is Taotie... a betrayal!