“You think you can take my head with a wisp of a remnant soul? Old thing, you think too highly of yourself!”

Chen Xiao sneered, shaking his head dismissively.

“A wisp of a remnant soul?”

Gan Dao chuckled coldly, “Young man, open your eyes and take a good look. This old man’s is no mere remnant soul!”

“Very well, at your age, you probably haven’t seen a true Yuanshen (primordial spirit)!”

“Today, this old man will open your eyes!”

As he spoke, a phantom of an old man appeared behind Gan Dao.

The old man's age was indiscernible; he simply felt like an old man with a leopard's head, bulging eyes, and exposed white teeth.

“Huaxu realm, Yuanshen can leave the body for tens of thousands of miles, roaming between heaven and earth, the physical body undying!”

Gan Dao said proudly, “This old man is a Huaxu realm cultivator!”

Chen Xiao’s eyes narrowed, “Huaxu realm, is it? Interesting!”

Demon Lord Tu Shan Che was also a Huaxu realm cultivator, but demon cultivators are different from human cultivators. The demon cultivator’s Huaxu realm far surpasses that of human cultivators.

“So, you attached your Yuanshen to a cat?”

Chen Xiao said with a soft laugh, “Seems it’s not all that impressive!”

“Hmph, what do you know!”

Gan Dao snorted angrily, “That black cat is just a medium. In fact, just now, this old man’s Yuanshen was still within this old man’s physical body, far within the Immortal Hidden Realm.”

A look of surprise appeared on Chen Xiao’s face.

He really hadn’t seen that, nor could he have guessed it.

But that was understandable. If Gan Dao’s Yuanshen had been attached to the black cat, Chen Xiao’s divine sense would have sensed it.

Gan Dao noticed the surprise on Chen Xiao’s face and immediately laughed triumphantly, “Hahahaha, brat, now you know how powerful this old man is, right?”

Powerful, yes, quite powerful… It’s just that his mind doesn’t seem to be all there.

Chen Xiao silently scoffed in his heart. This old thing loves to laugh maniacally way too much.

He wondered if the life in the Immortal Hidden Realm was too oppressive, turning him into this.

“So what if you’re powerful? Aren’t you still cooped up in the Immortal Hidden Realm? As far as I know, the sect disciples in the Immortal Hidden Realm can only leave the Immortal Hidden Realm once a year. So the reason you chose to send out your Yuanshen must be because you’re restricted by this rule, right?”

“Tsk tsk, although I don’t know who that guy restricting you is! But it’s enough to show that you’re nothing in that person’s eyes!”

Chen Xiao feigned contempt because he discovered that although this old guy’s cultivation was very high, his mind wasn’t mature at all, the type to explode at the slightest provocation.

Sure enough, after hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Gan Dao became so angry that smoke practically billowed from his seven orifices, gnashing his teeth as he cursed, “You sharp-tongued little bastard!”

“I’ll twist your head off and see if you still have so much to say!”

Strands of milky white, semi-liquid, semi-gaseous fluid permeated Gan Dao’s body.

Chen Xiao recognized it at a glance—it was True Essence flowing from his Yuanshen!

Chen Xiao was slightly stunned. Was he going to use True Essence to drive spells?

True Essence is also a type of energy, essentially the same as spiritual energy, or Jing Qi (vital energy), or demon energy.

But True Essence is much more precious than spiritual energy. After all, spiritual energy can be replenished after being used.

And True Essence is a manifestation of mental power. Replenishing it after it's used is not as simple as replenishing spiritual energy.

Of course, using True Essence to drive spells has far greater power and effect than using spiritual energy.

“Hahahahaha, kid, dumbfounded, aren’t you!”

Gan Dao laughed maniacally again, “This is the most awesome thing about the Huaxu realm. The power of True Essence is endless, and the power of True Essence is far from comparable to spiritual energy!”

“To put it bluntly, although we’re both cultivators, the difference between us is much greater than the difference between cultivators and ordinary people!”

“Heh, is that so…”

Chen Xiao said with a soft laugh, licking his lips, “Then this young master will see today if the Huaxu realm is really as powerful as you say!”

“Very well, I will satisfy you!”

Gan Dao grinned hideously, “Although the compatibility between my Yuanshen and this body is still very low, it’s more than enough to deal with you!”

As he spoke, Gan Dao suddenly raised the micro submachine gun and started strafing at Chen Xiao.

Tu tu tu tu tu…

This micro submachine gun was the one Man Shan used when he ambushed the dinner guests. It was just an ordinary submachine gun, not a magical artifact.

However, after being held by Gan Dao, it was no longer an ordinary submachine gun.

Because every bullet fired from the muzzle was wrapped in the power of True Essence!

Even with Chen Xiao’s current physical strength, he wouldn’t dare to directly resist it with his body.

And Chen Xiao could foresee the result of resisting head-on—his body would be riddled with holes.

But Chen Xiao is, after all, Chen Xiao. The spiritual energy in his body was continuous, and the components of his spiritual energy were complex, its strength far exceeding those of ordinary cultivators.

So he used spiritual energy to summon a protective shield to wrap his body, and Gan Dao’s True Essence bullets couldn’t do anything to him!

“Eh? You brat, you’re indeed a bit strange!”

Gan Dao’s gaze narrowed, but an excited look appeared on his face, “Hahahaha, this old man will have a good fight with you today!”

As he spoke, he threw the micro submachine gun to the ground, stretched out his right hand, and shouted, “Sword, come!”

Milky white True Essence gathered in his hand, eventually transforming into the shape of a sword.

This treasure sword made of True Essence was much more powerful than a martial artist’s weapon made of Jing Qi!

“Sword, go!”

Gan Dao threw the True Essence sword at Chen Xiao. The True Essence sword seemed to have eyes, chasing after the direction Chen Xiao had fled into the void.

Unless he used the Leiming Divine Crown, he wouldn’t be able to get rid of this True Essence sword at all.

But doing so wouldn’t be of much use to Chen Xiao!

He summoned the Yitian Sword, and with a slash, he faced the True Essence sword!

Swish!

The sword energy transformed into a thin line, cutting onto the True Essence sword.

Buzz—

The True Essence sword vibrated on its own, cracks appeared on the blade, and finally it shattered into pieces, dissipating and disappearing!

“Hmm?”

Gan Dao blinked, “Boy, how did you do that? What cultivation realm are you at?”

His True Essence sword, unless it was a cultivator of the same realm, there was absolutely no way to block it!

Although he was now just a Yuanshen occupying someone else’s body, he couldn’t fully exert his strength.

But the Huaxu realm is the Huaxu realm. Even if he could only exert half of his strength, it was still the strength of the Huaxu realm!

It’s like an adult fighting a child. Even if the adult is seriously injured and very weak, he can easily crush the child by relying on his size and strength.

And the strength Chen Xiao was now displaying meant that he was clearly not a child…