Chapter 3476: Nine-headed Bird

A towering, steep mountain peak had a silver palace on its summit. The plaque above its entrance bore the three characters "Starlight Palace."

Wang Ruyan sat at the entrance of Starlight Palace, the Soul Suppressing Zither placed before her, playing intently.

Urgent zither music emanated from Starlight Palace. In an open area tens of thousands of miles away, two enormous golden toads were attacking each other. A closer look revealed that one of the golden toad's eyes had turned blood red.

"Wake up quickly, don't mistake me for someone else!"

An enormous golden toad spoke in human language, its voice filled with urgency.

The other, slightly smaller golden toad remained unmoved, continuing to attack its companion.

A giant toad's claw materialized out of thin air and swatted at the golden toad.

It quickly opened its gaping maw, and a long golden tongue shot out, shattering the toad's claw.

A hazy black sound wave swept forth, passing over the golden toad's body. The golden toad let out a miserable shriek, its body twitching.

The zither music grew increasingly urgent, and more than a dozen hazy black sound waves shot forth. Wherever they passed, the ground cracked and the void showed numerous fissures.

All dozen black sound waves swept over the golden toads' bodies. Their bodies convulsed, then went still, their internal organs completely shattered.

Two miniature toads had just emerged from their bodies and flown out when they were enveloped by a burst of green light and drawn into a green jade bottle, disappearing from sight.

The zither music ceased. Three streaks of light flew from two hundred thousand miles away, landing on the ground. They were Wang Changsheng, Wang Xiuluo, and Wang Naluo.

An eighth-tier demon beast, even one that had not yet taken human form and possessed soul attacks, was no match for Wang Ruyan, who wielded a damaged Xuantian treasure.

Wang Ruyan put away Starlight Palace and flew over.

Wang Xiuluo and Wang Naluo simultaneously let out a sigh of relief upon seeing the corpses of the two golden toad beasts.

"Mistress's divine might is truly admirable, I am impressed."

Wang Xiuluo was filled with reverence.

They had fought these two golden toad beasts multiple times and suffered heavy losses each time, as the golden toad beasts' soul attacks were too difficult to counter.

"It was all thanks to the power of the treasure," Wang Ruyan said with a smile. "If they hadn't possessed soul attacks, you would have eliminated them long ago."

Wang Changsheng collected the golden toad beasts' corpses, then tapped his right foot on the ground, transforming into a long blue rainbow that streaked through the air. He landed in a valley with pathways in all directions, overgrown with weeds, and at its far end was a massive cave.

He entered the cave, which extended underground. Before long, he emerged into a vast cavern, over a hundred *mu* in size. In the lower right corner of the cavern stood a crystal-clear tree, more than twenty *zhang* tall, emitting a faint spiritual light. From a distance, it appeared to be carved from spirit jade.

This was a Sky Crystal Wood, growing one *zhang* every ten thousand years.

As Wang Changsheng approached within a thousand *zhang* of the Sky Crystal Wood, he could feel a powerful gravitational pull.

He released Wang Liao, took out array flags and a formation plate to set up an array, then conjured the Myriad Spirit Bottle. Working with Wang Liao, he prepared to transplant the Sky Crystal Wood.

If an eighth-tier formation master appeared in their family, both the Sky Crystal Wood and the Golden Crow Wood could be used to refine eighth-tier arrays.

A loud beast roar emanated from Wang Changsheng's embrace. He thought of something, and while taking out his Demon Seeking Mirror, he released Wang Tunian.

A pointer appeared on the surface of the Demon Seeking Mirror, pointing towards the northwest.

Wang Tunian activated his spiritual eyes and gazed in the northwest direction.

"A Nine-Headed Bird! He's chasing two human-faced owls, over four hundred thousand miles from here!"

Wang Tunian said nervously.

"Run!"

Wang Changsheng's expression darkened. He quickly withdrew Wang Tunian and Wang Liao back into his Spirit Beast Bracelet and flew away.

They used earth evasion to leave the area. Not long after, accompanied by a sharp bird cry, a massive ball of green light appeared high in the sky.

The green light dispersed, revealing an enormous red giant bird. The bird had nine massive heads, two of which were each biting a blood-soaked human-faced owl.

The human-faced owls were merely descendants of Seven-Headed Owls, but the Nine-Headed Bird was a genuine true spirit.

The Nine-Headed Bird swallowed the two human-faced owls. With a flash of spiritual light, the Nine-Headed Bird transformed into a short, stout young man in a red shirt. Judging by his aura, he was clearly a mid-stage Mahayana cultivator.

"Just descendants of Seven-Headed Owls, and they dared to challenge me? They're looking for death."

The red-shirted young man muttered to himself, then transformed into a streak of light and left the area.

Four hundred thousand miles was far beyond his spiritual sense's detection range. He had no idea Wang Changsheng and the others were there, which highlighted the great advantage of having powerful spiritual sense.

In a rolling, verdant mountain range, loud explosions, faintly mixed with dragon roars, echoed from deep within.

Deep within the mountains, the ground for a hundred thousand miles around was covered in ice. An enormous white flood dragon was pinning a giant golden rhinoceros to the ground. The white flood dragon's head bore a ferocious male face—it was a Human-Faced Flood Dragon.

The golden rhinoceros struggled violently, but the dragon's claw held it firmly to the ground.

The Human-Faced Flood Dragon opened its gaping maw and spewed out a vast white mist, which enveloped the golden rhinoceros. The rhinoceros instantly transformed into a giant ice sculpture, which the Human-Faced Flood Dragon then swallowed in one gulp.

The ground suddenly shook violently, splitting apart to reveal a chasm ten thousand miles long and a thousand *zhang* deep. A hazy blue, sky-reaching axe blade shot out, heading directly for the Human-Faced Flood Dragon.

The Human-Faced Flood Dragon quickly spewed out a thick white beam of light to meet it. The white beam was sliced in half by the sky-reaching axe blade, which then struck the Human-Faced Flood Dragon's right claw, leaving a terrifying bloody gash through which bone was faintly visible.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Xiuluo, and Wang Naluo flew out from the chasm, their faces filled with killing intent.

They had used earth evasion to hide from the Nine-Headed Bird and unexpectedly discovered a low-grade eighth-tier Human-Faced Flood Dragon. Wang Changsheng naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip away.

The Human-Faced Flood Dragon, seeing the four of them, turned pale with fright. Just as it was about to flee, urgent zither music rang out, and a hazy black sound wave shot from the Soul Suppressing Zither directly towards the Human-Faced Flood Dragon.

Before the Human-Faced Flood Dragon could evade, a massive golden spider web descended from the sky, shrouding it.

Countless white cold currents surged from its body, transforming into a massive block of ice.

The black sound wave swept past the white ice block, shattering it into pieces.

A white light flashed tens of thousands of miles away, revealing the Human-Faced Flood Dragon's figure, its eyes filled with terror.

As soon as it reappeared, the void above its head rippled, and the Qilin Immortal-Slaying Hand materialized. Accompanied by the sound of crashing waves, the Qilin Immortal-Slaying Hand slammed onto the Human-Faced Flood Dragon's body.

The Human-Faced Flood Dragon plunged rapidly from high in the sky like a kite with a broken string. Before it could even hit the ground, countless slender golden spider threads shot forth and entangled its body.

A hazy black sound wave swept forth. The Human-Faced Flood Dragon let out a loud dragon roar, and a vast white phantom of a true dragon appeared above its head.

The true dragon phantom spewed out a vast white mist, which enveloped the void for a thousand miles around, creating a multitude of ice shards. The ground also began to freeze. The black sound wave collided with the white mist, instantly freezing and then dissipating.

Before the Human-Faced Flood Dragon could even catch its breath, a blue-glowing, sky-reaching axe descended from the heavens, slashing towards it.

The true dragon phantom shook its head and tail, simultaneously spewing a thick white beam of light and swinging its dragon claws to meet the attack.

With a dull thud, the white beam and the dragon claws were shattered by the sky-reaching giant axe. Even the true dragon phantom was cleaved to pieces. Without a condensed Dharmic Form, how could it possibly withstand a physical attack from a damaged Xuantian treasure?

The sky-reaching giant axe struck the Human-Faced Flood Dragon's head. The flood dragon's head instantly split open and bled profusely, the giant axe lodged in its neck.

Wang Changsheng was somewhat surprised. As expected of an eighth-tier flood dragon, to be able to withstand a blow from a damaged Xuantian treasure. Any ordinary eighth-tier demon beast would have been cleaved in half long ago.

Wang Changsheng formed a hand seal, and the Dragon Subduing Axe burst forth with dazzling blue light. The miniature flood dragon on its handle seemed to come alive, moving around on the handle.

A mournful dragon roar resounded, and the Human-Faced Flood Dragon's head rolled off, its blood spilling on the ground.