In the Golden Falcon City.
An old man stood with a young woman beside him.
"Yiran, did you see that message?"
She had a fair, apple-like face, a pair of captivating almond eyes, and golden hair, possessing all the beauty of Western women.
This woman was Yin Yiran, the one who had killed Inugoro.
At this moment, she wore an expression of arrogance and anger.
"Clan Leader, who do you think dares to slaughter our demon beast tribe on such a scale?"
That old man was the current clan leader of the Golden Falcons, Yin Rui.
He gazed up at the sky. All day, his heart had felt incredibly heavy, as if something were about to happen.
This old fellow was a late-stage War God realm expert.
His hawk-like eyes narrowed, flashing with an unusual light.
"Who it is doesn't matter, what matters is... their next target is very likely our clan!"
Upon hearing this, Yin Yiran nodded.
"No wonder the Clan Leader ordered the city defense formation to be activated today. But... I think the Clan Leader is overreacting. Our Golden Falcon clan is nothing like those weaklings they're compared to!"
She spoke with utter contempt.
The old man remained silent, evidently agreeing with Yin Yiran's words.
It was clear how arrogant their Golden Falcon clan was, from top to bottom.
"Yiran, you should also prepare to head to Hurricane City!"
The old man turned around, no longer looking at the sky.
"No rush, no rush... With my speed, it will take at most half a month to get there! There's still over a month left!"
Seeing the old man look at her, Yin Yiran quickly replied.
"Heh heh... you're avoiding Feng Lie, aren't you?" Yin Rui smiled, uttering a name.
Yin Yiran's expression changed: "That worm, he's so annoying. If it weren't for his status, I would have torn him to shreds long ago!"
"Clan Leader, how long must we endure?"
Yin Rui straightened his expression: "Yiran, just bear with it a little longer. Hurricane City has said that after this grand assembly, they will help us obtain the Ten Thousand Beast Seal. At that time, our Demon King can be released... When that happens..." As he spoke, Yin Rui's eyes became sharp, and he did not continue his sentence.
However, Yin Yiran already understood his meaning.
"Hmph... When that time comes, the first thing I'll do is tear that Feng Lie to shreds! Every time he sees me, he lays hands on me, it's detestable!"
Yin Yiran pouted. Although she spoke of killing, her little apple-like face looked adorable.
No one could imagine that such a cute little girl was the bloodthirsty demon beast, the Golden Falcon!
The old man looked down at her and gently rubbed her head a couple of times.
"Ohh... Clan Leader, I've already grown up... Don't ruffle my hair anymore!"
Saying this, she lifted her face and pouted at Yin Rui.
But halfway through her words, her expression suddenly changed, and she pointed at the sky: "Clan Leader... what is that?"
Yin Rui paused and quickly turned to look at the sky...
...
Tens of thousands of miles in the sky.
The Black Qilin had twin-colored thunderballs beneath its four hooves.
Red flames also churned within them.
Chu Tian stood on its back, gazing at the churning, ferocious elemental energy.
He could feel the energy contained within, as if it could blow apart this ancient world.
"Boss... I'm almost done, you can get ready!"
More than ten hours had passed, and Chu Tian had specifically asked the Black Qilin to gather more energy.
"Mhm... grow a bit bigger, don't let me fall off!" Chu Tian said.
The Black Qilin was obedient. It had seen Chu Tian's giant form, the ancient demigod body, three years ago.
"Spear, come..."
[Moon God's Wrath, Spear of the Healer's War]
It shot out as a white light, appearing in Chu Tian's hand.
It streaked through the air, leaving a white trail, and landed in Chu Tian's grasp.
It transmitted its jubilant feelings to Chu Tian's mind.
"Master, Master..."
Chu Tian smiled slightly. He knew that a little cutie might reside within this weapon.
The voice was childish, making it impossible to tell if it was male or female.
He stroked the shaft of the spear, comforting it.
"Little one, we will fight together again!"
*Hum...*
Moon God's Wrath flashed with light, its joyful feeling becoming even more apparent.
"Leopard Form... activate!"
"Transformation: Ancient Demigod... Come on!"
*Hum...*
This time, Chu Tian chose the leopard form to summon the demigod body.
His target was to break through the shield of the city defense formation below.
The single-target attack of the leopard form was much more powerful than that of the giant bear.
It also possessed superb armor-piercing effects.
[Ding... System prompt: Leopard Demigod, Ashaman cannot use [Moon God's Wrath, Spear of the Healer's War]. Do you wish to convert the weapon to a matching form?]
The system's prompt suddenly appeared, and Chu Tian was startled...
He then remembered that when he activated his giant bear form last time, he was not holding a weapon. When he recalled the weapon later, there was no such prompt.
Perhaps it was because he chose the Greythroat Power form, which could hold weapons with its forelimbs.
But the leopard form was different.
Regardless of the leopard's appearance, it was still a beast form.
Naturally, it couldn't hold a weapon while fighting.
"Yes..."
Chu Tian responded to the system without hesitation.
[Ding...]
There was no other prompt, only a crisp sound...
*Hum...*
A beam of light shot down from the sky.
It shone upon Chu Tian.
In that instant, Chu Tian's body transformed.
A giant leopard, emitting red starlight, appeared.
It was his transformed state.
However, its forelimbs and face were encased in a layer of metal.
Chu Tian looked at the weapon's name: [Ashaman's Fang].
The entire front half of the leopard seemed to be wearing armor.
Even its mouth was encased.
Its teeth were completely covered,
flashing with a sharp brilliance...
"Damn... Boss... you're too heavy!"
The Black Qilin beneath him cried out, its body swaying precariously.
"Hold on!"
"Tear..."
*Chichichi...*
Chu Tian's claws began to glow with a crimson color.
"Phew... thankfully, I can store power!"
A few minutes later...
"Little Black, let's go down!"
At this moment, the front half of Chu Tian's leopard body, where it was covered by [Ashaman's Fang],
was entirely crimson, like blood.
A chilling aura emanated from it.
Chu Tian had lost count of how many skills he had compressed within.
In any case, the duration of his ancient demigod body was less than three minutes.
The Black Qilin beneath him finally received Chu Tian's command.
It eagerly charged downwards.
These past few minutes had been unbearable for it.
The aura emanating from Chu Tian made it tremble with fear from the bottom of its heart.
It had almost lost control of the fused thunder and fire sphere.
In the end, it had no choice but to swallow the thunderball into its mouth.
The next moment... Wei Jin spotted the descending Black Qilin.
Timing it perfectly, he had the Illusionary True Qilin spread out,
creating a passage for them to head straight for the great formation below.
It was precisely because of the Illusionary True Qilin's dispersal that Yin Yiran below discovered the Black Qilin's figure.
"Formation broken, unleash your full might!"
Upon reaching a certain height, Chu Tian leaped off the Black Qilin's back.
"Break for me...!"
Chu Tian, head down, unleashed his claws.
*Boom...*
Suddenly, the void trembled, and the heavens and earth changed color. Two claw marks descended in a cross shape from the sky.
Carrying an endless aura of slaughter, they slashed through the air. The claw marks, hundreds of miles long, were like the blades of a celestial being, unstoppable.
Yin Rui and Yin Yiran felt the sharp, piercing energy and almost cried out in alarm.
The claw marks carried a dominant aura that made both of them feel weak in the knees, nearly collapsing to the ground.
The same thing happened throughout the entire city.
Even the Black Qilin behind Chu Tian staggered.
What kind of skill was this?
After all, the Black Qilin possessed a mutated bloodline. If one were to talk about the purest bloodline on the Sea of Death, it would undoubtedly be this one.
It was said that in ancient times, the Qilin King ruled over all races.
And that Qilin King was also a Black Qilin, except...
it controlled the five elemental attributes: wind, fire, water, thunder, and earth.
Along with the Profound Truth of Strength.
The current Little Black was infinitely close to that Qilin King's bloodline.
Even so, it felt fear towards Chu Tian's current demigod body.
This was... the pressure of bloodline.
As for Yin Rui below, despite being a supreme expert in the late War God realm,
he was only a sliver away from Old Yang.
Old Yang was at the peak of the War God realm, a half-step Saint Body.
However... at Old Yang's level, he had become hesitant.
He could trigger the heavenly tribulation for the Saint Body realm at any moment.
That was the legendary, world-destroying, ten-deaths-no-life extinction tribulation.
Therefore... after unleashing his power once, Old Yang directly sealed himself.
He wasn't ready to face the tribulation yet...
...
The claw marks slashed across the star river and, without a doubt, touched the city defense formation.
*Chih... Chih... Chichichi...*
Space seemed to stand still.
Yin Rui, a powerhouse of his caliber, felt his legs go weak upon seeing the supreme aura carried by these claw marks.
Not to mention Yin Yiran, who was now sitting on the ground.
Chu Tian had never expected his demigod body to be so powerful.
If he had known, he would have drawn his saber and gone into battle long ago.
Why would he have waited for the Black Qilin to dawdle and gather power for over ten hours!