Chapter 2165 - 2164: Demon Spirit

Chapter 2165: Chapter 2164: Demon Spirit

"Mangy bird! You think you can fight me for the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire? Go to hell!" All of a sudden, that dog‑headed True Spirit from before roared.

He opened his mouth and spat out a milky‑white bone. The instant that bone appeared, it radiated an enormous heaven‑piercing Spiritual Treasure pressure, tyrannically suppressing everything around it.

"Heaven‑Piercing Smash!" the dog‑headed True Spirit bellowed.

He madly poured all the Spiritual Power in his body into the milky‑white bone in his hand.

The next moment, the bone in his hand suddenly expanded in midair, transforming into a gigantic three‑zhang‑long bone.

Countless milky‑white spiritual rays shot out from that bone, viciously blasting toward the Birdman who had just streaked past his side.

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out. The Birdman failed to dodge in time, and had never imagined his teammate, the dog‑head, would suddenly turn on him. The protective spiritual light covering his body was brutally smashed apart by that Heaven‑Piercing Smash. In the next instant, the Heaven‑Piercing Smash slammed savagely into his Physical Body, pounding it into a pool of flesh. Endless scarlet blood spilled down from the sky.

"Gou Budao, you damn bastard, you’re not even human! We agreed to team up and snatch the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire, and you actually backstabbed me! Just you wait—today’s debt, I’ll definitely come collect with interest in the future!" The Birdman’s Nascent Soul flickered into view, shouting furiously.

Right after, he prepared to use his Nascent Soul Escape Technique to flee this place.

"Humph! You still think you can run in front of me? Leave everything here for me!" Gou Budao snorted coldly.

He waved his right hand, and a golden Spirit Talisman shot out from his palm.

In the next instant, it transformed into countless golden lightning bolts that whirled once in the air, condensing into a great net. The void flickered, yanking the Birdman’s Nascent Soul out of the sky. With a few flashes, it completely wrapped around his Nascent Soul. Endless golden lightning crawled and struck the Birdman’s Nascent Soul.

"Ah! That’s a Thunder Yuan Sealing Spirit Talisman! Brother Dog, spare me! I was wrong, I’ll never dare act wild in front of you again. I beg you, spare me this once!" The Birdman’s Nascent Soul turned ashen as he pleaded.

"Humph! Once I act, why would I leave future trouble? Next life, open your damn eyes when you reincarnate. Don’t grab what’s not yours, or you won’t even know how you died!" Gou Budao said icily.

He opened his mouth and sucked; a massive suction erupted from that dog head, swallowing toward the Birdman’s Nascent Soul.

"Brother Dog, no—!" Seeing this, the Birdman’s Nascent Soul cried out in terror.

Riiip!

No matter how miserably he screamed, Gou Budao acted as if he hadn’t heard a thing, swallowing the Nascent Soul down. A couple of crunching bites, and he gulped it into his belly.

Then he waved his right hand, scooping up the storage pouch that had fallen from the Birdman.

Boom boom boom...

Right at that moment, behind Gou Budao, a dozen fierce Divine Skills slammed brutally into his body, blowing Gou Budao’s body into pieces in just a few breaths.

Gou Budao’s Nascent Soul flashed out, filled with terror, appearing in midair and glaring furiously at the dozen True Spirits who had ambushed him.

"Bastards! Why did you ambush me?" Gou Budao’s Nascent Soul roared.

The ones who attacked him were all his teammates. Precisely because of that, caught completely off guard, Gou Budao had been successfully ambushed by them.

"Humph! There’s only one Nine Lotus Sacred Fire. Among us, you’re the strongest. Only by killing you do we have any hope of getting the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire! With you around, we’d never be able to obtain it!"

"What’s the point of talking crap with him? Just erase his Nascent Soul!"

"Kill!"

The remaining dozen True Spirits each snorted coldly and, under Gou Budao’s terrified gaze, slaughtered his Nascent Soul.

Then, with a sweep of their palms, they divided up everything that had fallen from Gou Budao’s body.

"Let’s go!" After splitting Gou Budao’s belongings, the remaining True Spirits all growled lowly.

They charged toward the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire floating ahead in the sky.

Scenes like this were everywhere, happening every single moment.

With the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire as the center, anyone who stepped within a thousand zhang of it would be met with a group assault. Countless Divine Skills would rain down savagely, cutting down everyone who entered the thousand‑zhang range around the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire.

Within that thousand‑zhang range of the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire, there wasn’t a single human silhouette—everything was brutally sealed off.

Zhang Xiaohao kept his hands clasped behind his back, standing coldly in midair from beginning to end, watching all of this unfold.

There were many people like him, no fewer than a thousand. Most were True Spirits of the Void Refinement Realm, or True Spirits born from bloodline essence. All stood with hands behind their backs in the air, coldly observing this scene.

But strangely, the flesh, blood, and essence blood of these dead True Spirits actually vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed.

"Hm? Something’s off. Where did all their essence blood and flesh go?" Zhang Xiaohao wondered suspiciously.

"Reincarnation Heavenly Eye!" Zhang Xiaohao growled inwardly.

In the next moment, he activated the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye Divine Skill, peering ahead.

Under the gaze of the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye, he saw that all the flesh, blood, and essence blood of the slain True Spirits in the sky were being absorbed and refined by that black Nine Lotus Sacred Fire above—completely invisible to the naked eye.

After devouring so much True Spirit flesh and essence blood, the power radiating from that black Nine Lotus Sacred Fire in the air grew stronger once more, though its external appearance didn’t change much.

Zhang Xiaohao continued to probe. Under the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye’s sight, beneath the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire, a faint black demonic shadow flickered and twisted within the flame, darting about as it absorbed those True Spirits’ essence blood.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Zhang Xiaohao withdrew the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye.

"A demonic shadow? Why would there be a demonic shadow inside the Nine Lotus Sacred Fire? Judging by its aura, it seems somewhat similar to a True Spirit—could it be a True Spirit that’s been demonized?" Zhang Xiaohao thought carefully.

The corner of his mouth curled up, a playful smile appearing on his face. Things were getting more and more interesting.

Boom boom boom...

All kinds of powerful Divine Skills erupted from those True Spirits’ hands, wildly blasting at their opponents.

One Spiritual Treasure after another flared with terrifying light in the sky, furiously bombarding the enemy lines.

Every moment, countless shattered Spiritual Treasures rained down from midair, countless True Spirits plummeted, and the ferocious attacks churned up massive waves of air, violently sweeping in all directions.