223: If you take something from me, then die.

One hundred eighty li west of Guangan Prefecture.

A mountain forest, drizzling rain, and a chilling night.

Birds startled into the sky, beasts scurried about, and in a mountain hollow, a dozen or so nocturnal field mice, foraging for food, scrambled to burrow into their holes.

But after they burrowed in, furry little heads poked out again, their black, beady eyes, no bigger than green beans, curiously looking up at the sky, and their long whiskers twitching on their pink noses.

At this moment, these little fellows, who had poked their heads out, suddenly bristled, letting out a sharp squeak in unison, then turned their hindquarters and desperately burrowed back into their holes.

Above, a whooshing sound echoed, and a white light, falling from the sky, plummeted rapidly towards this mountain hollow.

“Boom!”

The ground shook violently, rocks flew, and a surge of Qi swept through, instantly transforming an area hundreds of meters wide into a massive pit.

In the pit, a great sword, about ten zhang long, trembled violently, its light dim, firmly embedded in the center of the pit, letting out a mournful cry.

At the same time, a woman's urgent shout came from above.

“Fellow Daoist An, quickly bring out that shili!”

The next second,

A loud “Clang!” echoed, like a great bell.

Just a few li away in the Void Realm, a silver claw, about a zhang long, gleamed with sharp, cold light, firmly gripping a shili.

Beneath the two-zhang-long shili, three people stood back to back, their expressions grim, and a charred body was being carried.

This person was the one from the Divine Firmament Sect who had cast Five Thunder Infusion, and in the midst of the battle, he had injured that Gǔdiāo. Now, this Gǔdiāo was enraged, knocking down the beautiful female Daoist soldier surnamed An from the Su Nu Sword Sect. Its sharp claws attacked, but they were blocked by the shili that had been released.

However, activating this Wu Zang Dao Fruit was already strenuous, let alone enduring an attack.

The beautiful woman surnamed An’s voluptuous body trembled, and her sleeves were ripped by the immense force, threatening to tear her clothes to shreds.

Qin Rushuang, who was behind her, quickly freed a hand, slapped the great shili above, and said, “Everyone, infuse True Qi together!”

Another Heavenly Gate from the Sect also quickly slapped the great shili, infusing True Qi.

As the three joined forces, this Wu Zang Dao Fruit visibly grew several points within a breath, becoming four zhang in size.

At the same time, the circulating green Qi on the great shili trembled fiercely, directly shaking off the Gǔdiāo’s iron claws and silver hooks.

And as this Wu Zang Dao Fruit appeared, the Heavenly Dog and Bingxian, who had been watching the Gǔdiāo go mad, immediately roared and attacked in unison.

The Demon Bingxian smashed its wolf-tooth club towards the great shili.

The Heavenly Dog, meanwhile, spewed out crescent-shaped cold lights, each about a zhang long, which directly slammed onto the great shili.

And the Gǔdiāo, after being shaken off, was not to be outdone. With an enraged roar, it flapped its wings, sending silver feathers shooting out from them.

The three fierce demons attacked like a storm, intent on tearing the entire Void Realm apart. The air shrieked, as if it would pierce eardrums.

Spiritual Qi poured down like an Earth-Shaking Wave, crashing onto the shili above the three people’s heads.

“Ding, ding!”

“Clang, clang!”

The clang of metal was like a violent storm.

And the three people, who were all controlling the great shili, were like a small boat in a raging storm.

As a Wu Zang Dao Fruit, the shili continuously rumbled under the attacks of the three fierce demons, but the green Qi flowing from it possessed incredible power, blocking all attacks.

However, the three were only controlling this treasure shili by brute force. While it could block Divine Abilities, the immense force, like a mountain tsunami, that came from above, could only be forcibly endured by the three.

“Pfft!”

“Pfft!”

“Pfft!”

The three successively could no longer hold on, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

“What a waste of heavenly treasures, a grand Wu Zang Dao Fruit, being used as a turtle shell by you. Haha, let’s see how long you can last.” The Heavenly Dog, now in human form with a white face, fangs, and shimmering green eyes, sneered.

“Enough talk, kill these guys. How should we divide this thing?” The Bingxian impatiently raised its wolf-tooth club, continuously smashing it, as if it already considered this item its own.

Just then, with a sharp shriek, the Gǔdiāo swooped down, a hint of cunning flashing in its bright silver eyes. As it neared the bronze treasure shili, it spat out a black bead, forcefully spitting it towards the shili.

The black bead erupted with black, foul light, enveloping the surface of the massive shili, temporarily sealing off its inherent power. Then, with its silver hooked claws, it grabbed both ears of the shili and shook it downwards, letting out a wild laugh,

“Haha, you two fools, no need to fight, this thing is mine!”

With that, it unfurled its silver wings, stirring up a gale, and rushed into the dark night, transforming into a dazzling silver light that shot away. Its direction was precisely towards Guangan Prefecture.

As for the three people, after being touched by the black light, they instantly felt their True Qi sealed within their bodies, their faces filled with alarm. Then, a gust of wind blew them, and they plummeted from the sky.

However, the Heavenly Dog and Bingxian, seeing the Wu Zang Dao Fruit about to be within their grasp, were furious when the Gǔdiāo selfishly took it for itself.

Especially the Heavenly Dog, whose cultivation was the highest, yet this damned fellow had snatched its prize right in front of its face, causing its eyes to blaze with fierce light.

“Spirit-Sealing Bead!”

“To think such a thing exists.”

This was a treasure refined from a Wu Zang Physical Body, capable of temporarily sealing Spiritual Qi.

“But you’re truly seeking death. Do you really think I didn’t guard against you?” The Heavenly Dog’s fangs lifted. The next second, in the direction the Gǔdiāo had flown, a silver beam of light suddenly shot down and struck it.

A silvery radiance rapidly spread over the Gǔdiāo, freezing it in place.

Then, from within the light beam, seven or eight black demonic hounds jumped out, barking, and swarmed forward, furiously tearing at the Gǔdiāo’s claws that were gripping the great shili.

“You stupid dogs, how dare you!” The Gǔdiāo, suddenly immobilized, let out a furious roar upon seeing this scene.

Then, the silver light in its eyes pulsed wildly, and its silver feathers glowed intensely.

“Crash!”

The ice-like restraints on it shattered with a resounding crash.

It was about to break free.

But then, a golden stream of light suddenly rose, cutting through the night sky from below the mountain forest, whistling through the air with extreme brilliance.

“Boom!”

The stream of light directly struck the Gǔdiāo’s head, exploding with a roar.

A piercing, tragic shriek echoed through the sky.

Blood splattered across the sky.

And just as the Gǔdiāo’s enormous head exploded, a divine light rushed out from within, containing the Gǔdiāo’s Divine Soul, which escaped its body in a flash of lightning.

Its silver pupils flickered with uncontrollable fury and fear.

Just then, golden chains shot out like lightning from below, whipping and coiling around this divine light, directly pulling it into the dark mountain forest below.

“Save me!”

Only a fearful shriek echoed in the night sky.

Everything happened in a flash of lightning.

And the Gǔdiāo’s Physical Body, along with the great shili, plummeted from the sky.

“Clang!”

The shili landed precisely on the peak of a small mountain, seemingly extremely heavy, as it directly leveled the entire mountaintop.

Also carried away were the seven or eight black slender dogs, which rolled around the mountaintop, then got up, their eyes gleaming ferociously, barking madly at the dark mountain forest a few li away.

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

“...”

Their blood-red eyes stared fixedly, but as they barked, the barks gradually grew softer, and their dog legs retreated, as if something terrifying was approaching.

And this scene was witnessed by the Heavenly Dog and Bingxian, whose demonic eyes changed.

The next second, the air in the mountain forest exploded, and a stream of light rushed towards the great shili.

The two demons roared in unison, their figures moving with piercing explosions, and they too rushed forward.

Three streams of light simultaneously rushed towards the shili.

First, the stream of light that rushed out of the mountain forest reached the mountaintop, and a pair of large golden hands slapped the great shili, sending it flying.

The next second, two demonic roars exploded on the mountaintop.

“Seeking death!”

“Leave it for me!”

And the figure that appeared rapidly expanded, adorned in golden armor and divine light. With one hand, he reached out to the side, and with a “clang,” a long spear appeared in his hand.

Then, holding the long spear with both hands, he didn't turn around, but held it horizontally towards the sky.

“Boom!”

A thunderous roar.

A wolf-tooth club with sharp wings suddenly struck from behind, blocked by the long spear.

Then, the golden-armored giant turned its large foot and kicked the shili.

With a “clang,” the shili shot through the air with a roar, flying towards a silver beam of light that was rapidly approaching from the front.

Having done all this, the golden-armored figure shook the long spear in its hand, deflecting the wolf-tooth club, then stomped its foot, and followed the great shili, rushing towards that direction to kill.

The shili, like a mirror shattering, directly broke through the silver-white beam of light, whistling straight towards the white-faced, fanged Heavenly Dog.

The Heavenly Dog demon roared, and a bright moon slowly rose above its head. Then, the hand of its human form slammed against the shili.

And the golden-armored figure let out a fierce roar, a great sun rising from the Mud Pill Palace behind its head. It slapped its large hand, surging towards the body of the shili.

“Boom!”

A dull, thunderous sound exploded.

Two powerful figures, one golden and one silver, wrestled with each other across the shili!

A great sun and a full moon divided the sky into two halves: one half fiercely burned with golden flames, the other half was filled with icy moonlight and silent killing intent.

Water and fire were incompatible, clearly separated.

Violent Qi stirred up roars in both halves of the sky.

Meanwhile, below the mountain forest.

Qin Rushuang and the beautiful woman surnamed An, who had fallen from high altitude, now ignored the pain of their bodies feeling like they were about to fall apart. Their eyes, peering through the dense leaves, stared intensely at the fierce and unparalleled golden figure that had instantly slain a Dao Fruit demon and was now clashing with the remaining two fierce demons.

Qin Rushuang’s pretty face was greatly astonished, while the beautiful woman surnamed An of the Su Nu Sword Sect, whose face was usually cold and aloof, was now filled with a trance, her eyes reddening.

“Ninth Zhonglang!”

“He finally arrived!”

Her emotions surged, and she even choked up a little.

She quickly shook Fellow Daoist Gan, who was severely wounded and on the verge of death from casting the self-destructive forbidden art of Five Thunder Infusion. “Fellow Daoist Gan, do you see? Ninth Zhonglang has arrived!”

“You must hold on, he will save you.”

The reason she said this was because at that time, she and the Great Master Kong of Golden Chan Temple, along with Colonel Chang Shan and Chen Yuan, were among those who fought side by side.

And the charred figure, with difficulty, opened his eyes and nodded.

Qin Rushuang watched this scene, then looked at the golden figure in the sky, a strange glint in her pale eyes.

She seemed to understand why these people, one after another, would sacrifice themselves for this Ninth Zhonglang.

And at this moment, above the sky,

The Heavenly Dog demon pressed against the shili, feeling the immense power coming from it. Fierce light blazed in its green eyes, its slender pointed ears twitched, and a sinister sound rumbled in its throat.

“You are the Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General?”

“Heh heh, Dao Fruit Realm, not bad.”

“You ambushed and killed that fool. Do you really think you can deal with the two of us?”

However, Chen Yuan, facing it, was silently sensing the strangeness of this shili. This shili actually had a sense of affinity with him. At this moment, his ears twitched, someone transmitted a message to him. From the voice, it was Sect Leader An of the Su Nu Sword Sect, who let him know the origin of this shili and quickly understood the whole story.

For a moment, golden flames flickered in his eyes, and he scoffed.

“Humans?”

“You beasts, how can you be called humans.”

“You should rot and fester with maggots in the prison of your Ten Thousand Mountains, never to harm the world again.”

“If you want to snatch something from my hands, then die!”

With that, within his Dantian, endless Qi surged forth. The Eight Pillars of Strength, the Dragon Qi Mother Tree, the Demon Nine Transformations—all these Dantian furnaces roared to life, and his entire Physical Body erupted like a volcano, dazzling with divine light.

Then, he slammed the great shili.

The shili roared loudly, and the green Qi on it swirled, then it slammed violently into the Heavenly Dog with a thunderous crash.

The Void Realm exploded, and the boundless moonlight protecting the Heavenly Dog shattered with a crack.

The Heavenly Dog never expected Chen Yuan’s Physical Body to be so formidable. In an instant, its defenses were breached, and the shili slammed heavily onto its Physical Body.

With a “boom,” it exploded.

The shili sent the Heavenly Dog flying, bones cracking, and it let out a cry of pain.

Then, Devilish Qi surged, and it revealed its massive true form. As the Heavenly Dog’s true form appeared, it howled at the clouds and moon. From within that bright moon, countless demonic hounds rushed out.

Pairs of eerie green eyes appeared, exuding a fierce aura, barking madly at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan also rapidly expanded, transforming into a golden-armored giant twenty zhang tall. He raised his other hand and blew a breath into it.

Soon, a green glazed pagoda spun out from his hand, growing larger with a rumbling sound!

A terrifying demonic roar suddenly erupted, echoing through the Void Realm.

Inside the pagoda, a silver Gǔdiāo Divine Soul was locked by golden divine chains in the central well. At this moment, countless blood-filled mouths were tearing and devouring its Divine Soul.

Piercing screams echoed within the pagoda, making one’s hair stand on end. This scene frightened the group of fiercely enraged demonic hounds, causing them to yelp and retreat.

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