Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

Su Mu glanced at the bearded man in the arena whose expression was uncertain, and smiled softly with a slight upturn of his lips.

"It seems I've spoiled your fun, Fellow Daoist. How about I have this mandrill?"

Before the bearded man could respond, he nodded slightly to Angewomon.

"Go ahead and use your skills!"

Angewomon nodded slightly upon hearing this, her eight holy wings fluttered gently, and her body transformed into a streak of shimmering white light, rushing straight towards the mandrill.

The bearded man standing to the side muttered to himself, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Su Mu and the Celestial Beast, but no matter how much he urged his divine sense to investigate, he could not discern anything about their backgrounds.

He frowned involuntarily, his demonic aura subtly receding. He stood there silently, and the atmosphere in the room became incredibly eerie.

The mandrill, caught off guard by the attack, had now recovered and, seeing the angel beast charging towards it, immediately let out a deafening roar. Visible sound waves swept out, enveloping the angel beast layer by layer.

Angewomon lightly touched the ground with her feet, her figure as agile and graceful as a feather in the wind, easily dodging all the sound waves.

She then gently raised her hand, and a wisp of pure white spiritual light condensed at her fingertips. With a flick of her finger, several slender beams of light shot through the air, aiming straight for the mountain demon's eyes and throat.

The mandrill hurriedly turned its head to dodge, but the light arrow grazed its fur, instantly burning several charred marks. In excruciating pain, the demon flew into a rage.

It suddenly bent down and slammed its huge fists into the ground. Countless sharp stone spikes surged wildly from the ground, instantly forming an airtight cage of stone spikes, intending to trap and kill the Angewomon inside.

Angewomon remained calm and composed. Her eight wings simultaneously emitted a dazzling white light, and a layer of pale golden light instantly enveloped her. The whistling stone spikes that struck the light shield shattered and disintegrated, unable to harm her in the slightest.

She softly chanted incantations, clasped her hands together in a mudra, and a condensed, almost tangible white beam of light descended from the sky, carrying an extremely rich purifying power, and crashed down on the mountain demon.

Under the scorching light, the demonic energy on the mandrill's body hissed and billowed black smoke. Its flesh instantly rotted and melted away, but the mandrill's self-healing power was terrifying. The rotten parts were healed in an instant.

"This monster has an incredibly strong physical body!"

Su Mu was slightly surprised to see this. He thought to himself, no wonder this demon was able to hold out against the barbarian for so long. With such a physical body, it was enough to run rampant in the outer layer of the Void Heaven Palace.

Fortunately, the mountain demon was trapped in the basin by the restrictions of this place. If it were allowed to go out, cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage would probably suffer a catastrophic disaster.

Barbarian Beard was slightly startled. The purifying power in the pillar of light was exceptionally domineering and had a natural restraint on demonic cultivators like him. He immediately felt more wary of the Celestial Beast.

After the pillar of light dissipated, although the mandrill's physical body was restored, its aura dropped significantly. Its ferocity was fully unleashed, and its earthy yellow demonic power surged, condensing into a giant ape phantom tens of feet tall behind it, which charged madly towards the celestial beast without fear of death.

Seeing this, Angewomon no longer held back.

Her wings of light unfurled, and holy spiritual light from all around gathered wildly in her palm, condensing into a crystal-clear light bow. The light on the bow flowed endlessly, and a light arrow containing pure power to slay evil slowly took shape, its tip flickering with spiritual light, exuding an extremely sharp aura.

Her gaze sharpened, and she released the bowstring. The arrow of light shot out instantly, moving at incredible speed, reaching the mountain demon almost in the blink of an eye.

The mandrill hurriedly swung its giant fist to block in front of it, but its demonic body was as fragile as paper in front of the light arrow. The light arrow pierced straight through its arms and head, and a beam of evil-slaying light swept over its entire body. The ferocious mandrill immediately froze and died completely.

The power of this arrow caused the bearded man watching from the sidelines to twitch his eyelids violently, and he subconsciously pushed his Heaven-Supporting Demonic Skill to its limit, his heart filled with turbulent waves.

"What a strange power! It actually counters my demonic arts! Could this person be a cultivator from a righteous sect?"

Thinking of this, the bearded man's eyes flashed with ferocity, and his demonic energy surged around him. He almost couldn't hold back and attacked directly.

Just then, Su Mu flipped his hand and took out ten ghostly white bone banners, and forcibly absorbed the mountain demon's soul into the banners.

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The demon banner was immediately covered with a dense array of hideous ghost faces, roaring and struggling incessantly. The extremely dense evil aura it exuded would probably make even the oldest demons of the Chaotic Star Sea feel inferior.

The bearded man immediately stopped his attack. He looked at the holy-looking Celestial Beast, then at the eerily malevolent white bone banner in Su Mu's hand, and his expression became extremely strange.

After Su Mu absorbed all the spirits of the mountain demon into the demon banner for nurturing, he also extracted a yellowish-brown demon core from its corpse and happily put it in as well. At this moment, a deep, resonant voice from the barbarian bearded man suddenly came from behind him.

"So you are the person Old Man Qingyi was talking about. You have quite the skill to subdue such a rare and exotic spirit beast. If you hadn't used this Soul Banner magic weapon, I would have almost mistaken you for one of those hypocritical righteous people."

"But which fellow Daoist have you possessed and rebuilt your body? I know a little about most of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea, but I find your aura quite unfamiliar."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu first smiled and nodded to the Celestial Beast, then slowly turned to look at the Barbarian Beard.

"I am Tang San, and I am known as the 'Soul Demon' in the outer seas. I would like to thank Fellow Daoist Man for giving me this mountain demon."

Seeing that Su Mu deliberately concealed his background and refused to reveal any of his true identity, the bearded man snorted coldly. He secretly speculated that this person must have made a huge enemy, which was why he was hiding his identity. However, he did not investigate further.

He dispersed the demonic energy of his Heaven-Supporting Demonic Art, crossed his arms over his chest, fixed his gaze on Su Mu, and said bluntly:

"Fellow Daoist Tang, you must have come to this Void Heaven Palace for the Void Heaven Cauldron, right? Why not form an alliance with us? Wan Tianming and his group brought the Golden Silkworms with them this time, their intentions are extremely ambitious. If you help us, we can easily suppress the righteous path."

"To think that Wan Tianming could shake the Void Heaven Cauldron with just a mere Golden Silkworm is utterly delusional!"

Su Mu sneered, looking extremely dissatisfied with Wan Tianming.

"However, since he has such intentions, I don't mind causing him some trouble. But Fellow Daoist Man and his companions also have some designs on this cauldron, right? I won't offer my help for nothing."

A glint flashed in the bearded man's eyes, and he immediately nodded without hesitation.

"That old monster Ji Yin also brought two mutated fire pythons this time, hoping to get a share of the spoils as well. If this really succeeds, you will naturally share in the benefits, and I'm sure you will agree with it."

Su Mu pretended to ponder for a moment, then sighed softly and nodded slightly.

"There's not much hope with just the mutated fire python. Well, as long as it can stop Wan Tianming and his gang, I'm happy to do my part. Let's settle it like this for now."

Upon hearing this, the bearded man burst into laughter, the sound so powerful that the air itself trembled slightly.

"Alright! Then it's a deal with Fellow Daoist Tang! Time is of the essence, we must hurry to the Ice and Fire Path!"

Su Mu chuckled, recalled the Celestial Beast, and then rode a red streak of light, soaring into the sky ahead.

As the bearded man watched his departing figure, the smile on his face gradually turned cold. Although Su Mu acted as if he hated Wan Tianming to the core, he didn't believe a word of it in his heart and was even more suspicious of his true purpose.

However, Su Mu possesses the evil magic weapon, the White Bone Demon Banner, which is definitely not tolerated by the righteous path. As long as he can restrain Wan Tianming and his gang, it is fine to cooperate temporarily.

However, the thought that Su Mu could both command the Heavenly Maiden Beast with the power to ward off demons and possess evil magical treasures, a combination of good and evil, remained a mystery to him.

"Such a rare and powerful beast is unheard of! Tang San, who exactly are you?"

The bearded man muttered something under his breath, then stomped his foot, his body leaping into the air and transforming into a streak of yellow light, instantly disappearing into the horizon.