Mortal: Supreme Being of the Ghost Path

Meanwhile, the mandrill, its neck firmly gripped by the three-eyed leopard, suddenly opened its third eye on its forehead, unleashing a blinding beam of yellow light that instantly enveloped the mandrill's neck and head.

Then, a bizarre scene unfolded!

The mandrill's neck turned grayish-white at a visible speed, and even its originally soft fur turned into extremely hard "stone hairs," standing up straight, a shocking sight.

The mandrill winced in pain, its狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face contorted with intense rage.

Without hesitation, it raised its other arm, grabbed the three-eyed leopard's tail, and exerted force, trying to pull the clingy beast off its body.

However, the three-eyed leopard was extremely swift. As soon as it grabbed the end of the mandrill's tail, it immediately released its grip and turned around, and another beam of yellow light shot out, heading straight for the mandrill's arm.

A piercing, burning pain instantly struck, and the flesh on the mandrill's arm petrified at a visible speed. In pain, it instinctively released its grip.

"You beast! Die!"

Just then, the bearded man suddenly let out a fierce shout, his beard and hair standing on end, and threw a punch!

A giant golden hand, about ten feet in size, suddenly appeared in mid-air, carrying a terrifying, world-destroying power, and slashed down at the mountain demon!

The mandrill sensed that terrifying power, and its eyes instantly turned blood red, flashing with a bloody light.

It raised its head and let out a deafening roar. In an instant, the sound waves rolled in, causing rocks to tumble down from the cliffs on both sides of the canyon.

Immediately afterwards, its size began to increase dramatically at a rate visible to the naked eye!

His muscles bulged, his bones cracked, and his already large body swelled several times larger, like a moving mountain!

"Bloodline talent?"

The bearded man's expression changed slightly, but he snorted coldly, as if he didn't take him seriously.

Golden light appeared around him, and then he transformed into a streak of light that shot into the sky, eventually hovering at a height of several tens of feet above the ground.

With a flick of his hands, countless golden runes immediately appeared around his body. These runes arranged and combined themselves at an extremely fast speed, eventually transforming into a huge golden fist shadow more than three zhang long, which blotted out the sky and was incredibly powerful!

The mountain demon below was not to be outdone. A large amount of dark demonic energy surged and undulated around its body, and then it threw a powerful punch.

"Bang!"

A muffled, loud thud was heard, and a dark brown protective shield formed from demonic energy appeared on the mandrill's body, protecting it tightly.

Just then, the giant golden hand slammed down, but was held back by the protective barrier and failed to shatter it.

But then the mountain demon's fangs bared outwards, and with a sudden burst of strength, it threw a punch upwards, striking the palm of the giant golden hand squarely!

"boom--!"

The giant golden hand shattered instantly, turning into countless golden specks of light that dissipated into the air.

However, before the mandrill could catch its breath, it felt darkness above its head again.

It suddenly looked up and saw a golden fist shadow, even larger than before, crashing down from above!

The fist shadow blotted out the sky, like a small mountain falling from the heavens, carrying a terrifying power that could destroy the world.

The mandrill's pupils contracted sharply. It had no time to dodge and could only raise its hands high to block the giant fist!

"Boom!"

As the fist struck, the ground beneath the mandrill's feet shattered with a deafening roar, its legs sinking deep into the mud up to its knees.

However, this monster was unyielding, clenching its teeth, its veins bulging, its muscles bulging in a ferocious and terrifying manner, and using all its strength to hold up the giant fist and prevent it from falling.

However, the fist shadow was too heavy, like a mountain pressing down on its head, making its bones crack and its back gradually bend.

Just then, the bearded man in mid-air swayed, transforming into a dazzling golden rainbow that hurtled straight towards the fist shadow!

The moment the golden rainbow disappeared into the fist shadow, the fist shadow suddenly swelled up, its golden light intensified, and it expanded several times in an instant!

At this point, the mandrill could no longer hold out.

Its arms began to tremble, and its body was pressed down inch by inch.

First his shoulders collapsed, then his back bent, and finally he was forced into the ground by that giant fist, leaving only his knees and above on the ground.

"Crack—crack—" The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible, and the mandrill's body began to twist and deform under the pressure of the giant fist.

His chest was sunken, his limbs were twisted, and blood was gushing from his seven orifices...

However, the monster still had an arrogant expression. Even at this point, it opened its mouth, trying to let out a final roar, but it only spat out a mouthful of blood mist and ultimately failed to make any sound!

"Boom—" As the giant fist landed completely, a huge crater several meters deep was smashed into the ground.

In an instant, smoke and dust filled the air, and gravel flew everywhere.

When the smoke and dust cleared, only a huge, mangled corpse with shattered bones remained at the bottom of the pit, its original appearance unrecognizable.

At this moment, the bearded man fell from the sky, stood at the edge of the pit, and looked down at the once ferocious mandrill with a blank expression.

With a wave of his hand, the demon core within the mountain demon burst forth and fell into his palm.

The demon core was about the size of a fist, completely black, and exuded an extremely dense demonic aura.

"What a good core!" A hint of satisfaction flashed in the bearded man's eyes as he put the demon core into his storage bag.

Then, he leaped onto the towering tree, used both hands to pluck the longevity fruits one by one, and carefully placed them into the jade box.

One, two, three... a total of seventeen, not one left, they were all taken!

The bearded man put the last jade box into his storage bag, clapped his hands, feeling very pleased. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped.

He suddenly turned his head and looked straight at a certain direction outside the canyon.

"Who's there?! Get out here for me!" he roared coldly, and before he finished speaking, he threw a punch without hesitation!

A golden fist shadow, about ten feet in size, roared out, carrying a terrifying force, and swept towards a rocky area outside the canyon!

Wherever the fist passed, a huge trench several meters wide was instantly plowed into the ground.

In an instant, pebbles flew everywhere and dust billowed.

Upon seeing this, Qin Han, who was hiding behind the rocks, felt a chill run down his spine and thought to himself, "This is bad."

Previously, Manbeard was focused on fighting the mandrill and had no time to pay attention to anything else, which allowed him to hide safely to the side without being noticed.

Now that the mountain demon is dead, the barbarian has some free time. With his powerful divine sense at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he naturally and easily discovered his own whereabouts!

Without a second thought, Qin Han vanished from his spot in an instant.

The instant Qin Han disappeared, the rocky area where he had been hiding exploded, turning into dust that filled the sky. The ground several feet around him was also overturned on the spot, with rocks flying everywhere and dust billowing in the air!

The next moment, the bearded man flashed and instantly arrived at the devastated area. His brows were furrowed, and his powerful divine sense, which was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, swept over every inch of the area within a hundred feet.

However, nothing was there. The probing aura from just now seemed to have never existed, vanishing completely in an instant.

The bearded man's brows furrowed even more.

He had cultivated for nearly a thousand years and had already reached the powerful level of the mid-Nascent Soul stage. His divine sense was far more acute than that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Just a moment ago, he clearly felt a furtive gaze fall on him. Although it was only for a moment, there was no mistake about it!

But after all that trouble, they found absolutely nothing. This is truly unbelievable!

"Could they be those hypocrites from the righteous path?"

The bearded man frowned and expanded the range of his divine sense to a radius of a hundred miles. After all, in this Void Heaven Palace, apart from Wan Tianming and his group, it was hard to think of anyone else who could escape instantly.

However, he still found nothing. Unconvinced, he scanned the area repeatedly with his divine sense, but the result remained the same.

After a moment of silence, he snorted coldly, stopped dwelling on it, transformed into a golden rainbow, and disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

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