"I'll kill you!"
Zhu Yan's taunts severely stung Yazi's already fragile pride, shattering its last pretense. It began to fight recklessly, launching crazed, desperate attacks at Zhu Yan.
It's no wonder Yazi was so frenzied.
The Venerables of the Eight Regions in the lower realms, and pure-blooded ferocious beasts of the same level, had only one choice if they wanted to survive and not be captured and eaten as great medicine, becoming a delicacy on the tables of the Deities above.
Either ascend to godhood and fly up, becoming a mount.
Or become a dog for the upper realms, eking out a miserable existence.
Yazi didn't want to be a mount. It chose the latter: to be a dog. Perhaps in its eyes, being a dog was slightly more acceptable than being a mount.
After all, even a dog can bite back, but a mount, whether in body or soul, is bound by an inescapable shackle.
In reality, it's not just Yazi.
Even the two ancient countries of the Wildlands are under the dominion of the upper realm's Daoist traditions.
However, compared to pure-blooded ferocious beasts and ancient descendants, the nutritional value of humans is far inferior, and the individual differences are also very significant.
In short.
The living beings of the lower realms are, in the eyes of the upper realm, nothing more than great medicine and mounts, either to be eaten or enslaved, with almost no chance of having their own freedom.
This naked darkness has shrouded the Eight Regions of the lower realms for an unknown amount of time, so long that the living beings of the lower realms have become accustomed to it.
Boom!
The Vermilion Bird and Bi An were trading blows, while Zhu Yan and Yazi were locked in a battle that threatened to tear the sky and split the earth, creating two separate battlefields deep within the Wildlands.
The Emperors of the two ancient countries next door were also giving a beating to the adult Pixiu. Whenever the adult Pixiu tried to escape, it was either blocked by the Fire Country Emperor or the Stone Country Emperor.
This scene.
Made Shi Hao's blood boil. He glanced at Shi Yi beside him, hesitating to speak.
"Go ahead if you want to. As long as you don't die, I can forcibly save you."
Shi Yi covered his face in exasperation. He was truly speechless. How could someone be so fond of fighting? He was told to watch from the side, and yet he got excited watching, and now he couldn't resist wanting to join in.
"Brother, keep an eye on me. On a battlefield of that level, even a moment's carelessness could mean I'm wiped out."
Shi Hao earnestly cautioned Shi Yi, then, unable to restrain the boiling blood in his chest any longer, he manifested his nine Celestial Apertures, stomped his right foot on the ground, and lunged towards the adult Pixiu.
"Where did that mosquito come from?"
Noticing the small black dot flying towards him, the adult Pixiu instinctively swatted at it, and the black dot was instantly sent flying by an irresistible force.
Boom! The ground shattered.
Looking at the human-shaped crater, at Shi Hao, whose chest was caved in, who was coughing up blood and clinging to life, Shi Yi calmly wiped the dirt and dust from his face, which had been inadvertently splattered by Shi Hao's fall.
"Brother, save me!" Shi Hao struggled to shout.
"You're too much!"
Shi Yi didn't waste words, skillfully activating the Willow God Technique, concentrating a ball of jade-green light in the palm of his hand.
The jade-green light, brimming with life, resembled specks of starlight, and after merging into Shi Hao's body, it immediately took root and sprouted.
In mere breaths.
Shi Hao, who was left with only half a life, was instantly restored to full health. This was the Everlasting principle of the Willow God Technique, the fundamental law of the Willow God.
As long as one mastered the Willow God Technique and grasped the essence of Everlasting, it would be difficult to die, let alone be injured. One could be restored to full health in an instant.
This didn't mean that mastering the Willow God Technique made one invincible. If it did, the Willow God wouldn't have fallen to this state, with even her original willow tree withering, nearly perishing entirely.
However, it was certain that unless one exhausted everything, truly reaching the point of utter exhaustion, they couldn't be injured or die as long as they still possessed a shred of power.
"Bi An, I'm going to beat you up!"
Shi Hao glanced at the adult Pixiu, feeling that the adult Pixiu wasn't a match for him. He turned and charged towards Bi An.
The next instant.
"Boom!" A heavy object hit the ground.
This time, Shi Hao's injuries were even worse than the last time. His hands and feet were broken, and all his limbs were useless. It could be said that with injuries of this level, it could almost be determined that he was completely crippled.
"You didn't even have the qualifications to fight back. Why did you bother joining in the fun? Wouldn't it have been better to just stand aside and watch?"
Shi Yi quipped, but he still didn't forget to use the Willow God Technique's endless vitality on Shi Hao. He casually sent out a ball of shimmering green light, which merged into Shi Hao's nearly ruined body.
The shimmering green light carried powerful vitality, like a spring breeze and rain, nurturing all things. Shi Hao's crippled body, under the influence of the Willow God Technique's endless vitality, recovered to its most perfect state.
"I want revenge!"
Shi Hao struggled to his feet. He would never forget the pain of his loved ones leaving, even if his power was weak, even if he didn't even have the strength to fight back, he still had to force himself to take a bite out of his enemy.
The next moment.
The bones in Shi Hao's chest trembled constantly, and the entire sky trembled at the same time.
Not long after.
A light, impossible to clearly discern, descended from the heavens. It began to coalesce, forming a hand that came into view, containing the profound mysteries of all the heavens.
This hand was as smooth and lustrous as jade, covered in intricate runes, and brimming with a terrifying power. It seemed capable of destroying everything as it slowly reached towards Yazi.
It appeared slow, but it was incredibly fast, capable of blotting out the sky.
"This treasure technique... Could this Supreme Treasure Technique possibly be the legendary Supreme Bone?" the Stone Country Emperor mused.
Although Shi Hao wasn't using the Supreme Treasure Technique for the first time—he had used it at the Martial King Manor in Stone Country—it had always been blocked by the manor's inherent barrier.
Both the Martial King Manor and the Stone Country's Imperial City had their own barriers. When a treasure technique was used within these barriers, the outside world couldn't observe what happened unless the barrier was broken.
"It seems little Shi is quite something!" the Fire Country Emperor stroked his chin, sighing in admiration.
He didn't recognize the Supreme Bone. The Supreme Bone wasn't as obvious as the Double Pupils. Not everyone knew about the Supreme Bone, and the Stone Country Emperor only had fragmented knowledge of it.
However, this didn't mean the Supreme Bone was weaker than the Double Pupils. If the Supreme Bone was rare, then the Double Pupils were even rarer. Plus, the Double Pupils' characteristics were simply too noticeable.
When Shi Yi was a child, around three or four years old, he wouldn't hide his Double Pupils. With those eyes, it was impossible not to be noticed.
But Shi Hao was different. Unless Shi Yi revealed it, even Qin Yining, his own mother, wouldn't know that her son, Shi Hao, possessed the Supreme Bone.
Time seemed to slow.
The hand, as white as jade, descended from the heavens, fiercely grabbing at Yazi. At the same time, this hand, also white as jade, carried a terrifying aura of destruction.
"This treasure technique's power is not bad. It can already wound me. It's just a pity that the person driving the technique is too trash. It's not even as painful as a blow from Zhu Yan."
After Yazi took a heavy blow from Zhu Yan, he looked at the hand, as white as jade, with disdain. He opened his maw and bit down.
"Crack!" The sound of shattering glass.
Under Yazi's gaping maw, that hand, as white and translucent as jade, almost instantly cracked, just like glass, shattering into nothingness in mid-air.
On the other side.
With his Supreme Treasure Technique broken, Shi Hao coughed up blood again, his spirit and energy almost collapsing. Shi Yi was frightened and quickly pressed on his head, releasing the Willow God Technique to nourish his soul and body with endless vitality.
He was afraid that if he was a second late, he would die, and he wouldn't be able to face his aunt, Qin Yining, when he returned.
"Little brother, you shouldn't make a move. You're not suited for this kind of battlefield right now!" Shi Yi patiently persuaded him.
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