Chapter 969: Slaying the Griffin

Deep within the Fluorescent Grassland of the Heavenlight Secret Realm, violent spiritual power surged, causing the earth to tremble incessantly and uprooting countless patches of grass.

Li Qing stood confronted by two Griffin Clan members. One of them a familiar face.

The battle had escalated to the divine transformation stage, with both sides fighting with extreme ferocity, clearly having drawn true fire.

"Big Brother, this human is the same cultivator I encountered earlier whose realm had fallen. I never expected his cultivation to recover so quickly, nor that he would enter the Heavenlight Secret Realm and coincidentally run into us."

"He possesses a pair of bone wing spirit treasure of exceptional quality. I want to seize them."

Two divine transformation stage Griffins were locked in a fierce battle with Li Qing. One of them was the same Griffin Clan member Li Qing had encountered shortly after his ascension.

"Then let's kill him. All his treasures will be ours."

The other Griffin Clan member was even more massive and imposing, his body resembling a majestic lion, with two pairs of eagle-like wings sprouting from his back. He was a late divine transformation realm expert.

The two griffins were relentlessly attacking Li Qing, their assaults coming in waves that never ceased.

Yet Li Qing remained calm and composed, effortlessly deflecting each wave of attacks. Though he appeared to be on the defensive, he had suffered no real damage.

"Die, you human scum!"

"storm feathers!"

The late divine transformation realm griffin soared into the sky, unfurling its four wings. In an instant, it conjured a tempestuous storm that swept toward Li Qing.

Mixed within the gale were steel-hard feathers, capable of shredding ordinary cultivators into a bloody mist.

But Li Qing's expression remained unchanged, showing no fear.

With a slight movement of his will, mana flowed through his body, causing his wide, azure daoist robe to shimmer with a faint golden light.

The Golden Thread Treasure Robe!

Merely by activating this earth-grade spiritual treasure slightly, a layer of pale golden light enveloped Li Qing.

The raging storm engulfed him, followed by a rapid, metallic clanging, like rain drumming on banana leaves, each strike sharp and dense.

Crack! Crack!

When the Griffin Clan's raging storm finally subsided, Li Qing emerged completely unharmed.

The sight left the two griffins deeply shaken. They had never imagined a human could withstand such an attack without a scratch.

"How is this possible? Not even a corner of his robe is damaged?" the weaker griffin exclaimed, his voice trembling. He knew all too well the terrifying power of his big brother's technique.

Even the thick-skinned raging bulls of Wild Bull Ridge would have been flayed alive by such a blast; at the very least, they would have lost a layer of skin.

Yet here stood a mere mid-stage Divine Transformation human, effortlessly deflecting the attack.

"Don't panic. This human carries many treasures. That golden light just now must have been a high-grade defensive spirit treasure."

As he spoke, a fiery greed lit up the griffin's eyes. He was determined to claim that spirit treasure.

To him, Li Qing now appeared like a walking treasure vault, his body brimming with unimaginable riches.

"Not bad," Li Qing mused. "Activating the Golden Thread Treasure Robe at a shallow level consumed relatively little mana, yet it easily blocked the full-force attack of a late-stage divine transformation cultivator."

Li Qing was quite satisfied. Half-demon clans like the Flying Spirit Clan placed great importance on cultivating their feathers, and each of the storm feathers from earlier could easily injure a late-stage divine transformation cultivator.

After this initial test of the robe's strength, Li Qing felt he had a good grasp of its capabilities.

"I've had my fun. Now it's time to claim your lives. I wonder how Griffin wings taste roasted."

The two Griffins' faces darkened instantly, their eyes blazing with bone-chilling killing intent.

Normally, they were the ones preying on humans as blood food. Now, this human dared to invert the heavenly gang and treat them as prey.

"How arrogant! Does that defensive spirit treasure give you such confidence?"

"Unless you possess a top-ranked chaos supreme treasure from the Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking, not even a great luo golden immortal can save your life today!"

"Roar!"

The two griffins roared simultaneously, their cries shaking the very foundations of heaven and earth.

Li Qing formed a mystical seal with his hands, and a furnace gleaming with precious light materialized before him.

The Annihilation Furnace!

The moment the furnace appeared, it drew in the surrounding dense primordial qi of heaven and earth, drawing it into its mouth.

Soon, a dazzling array of light flickered at the furnace's opening.

"Great Sun Annihilation Flame!"

Boom!

Though it was night in the Fluorescent Grassland, the land suddenly blazed as bright as day. A blinding, great sun materialized in the sky!

In an instant, a terrifying inferno swept across the entire area, setting ablaze the grassland for a hundred li in every direction.

Golden flames erupted on the bodies of the two griffins. The intensely Yang and primal fire seared them, igniting their feathers one by one.

Soon, they transformed into two fireballs—one large, one small. The larger one rolled on the ground, while the smaller one flapped its wings frantically in the air.

"What kind of miraculous fire is this? Why is it so terrifying?!"

"Impossible! Impossible!"

But once caught in Li Qing's flames, how could they be extinguished by ordinary means?

No matter how desperately they struggled, their efforts only fanned the flames higher.

As Li Qing's cultivation deepened, he had also mastered the Crimson Blaze Heaven-Burning Art to an extraordinary level. Even ordinary heavenly spirit fire became far more formidable in his hands.

"I always keep my word," Li Qing sneered, increasing his control over the Great Sun Golden Flame. The temperature of the grassland rose even more intensely.

Within moments, hundreds of square miles of grassland had been transformed into a sea of fire, still spreading outward.

The bioluminescent Fluorescent Grass, which had glowed softly in the night, now burned with the Great Sun Golden Flame, emitting the brightest light of their existence.

"Die!"

Li Qing abandoned the torment. He immediately activated the Annihilation Furnace, refining it with his mana.

Boom!

The Annihilation Furnace swelled violently, transforming in an instant into a colossal, sky-covering furnace that dwarfed everything below.

The massive Annihilation Furnace descended, covering the grassland for hundreds of li and transforming it into a sea of fire.

Under Li Qing's willpower, the furnace rapidly contracted, trapping the two dying griffins like fish in a barrel.

Perhaps sensing their imminent demise, the griffin in the late divine transformation realm made a decisive move, a ruthless glint flashing in its eyes.

Whoosh!

A demon spirit shot out from its body and burrowed into the earth.