Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Just as Zhang Yan had guessed.

Only the upper half of this stone figure remains.

However, it was originally supposed to have four arms.

So, there are still three hairs left on the upper body.

The human flesh and blood that had just been absorbed merged into the stone golem's body, surging towards its damaged parts.

The fourth arm is slowly recovering.

And the aura of the stone figure.

It is also climbing towards the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!
"It really was the half-stone man that my senior brother killed."

"If the two halves of the body were to become one."

"I wonder how terrifying it will be!"

Huang Yun'er understood the cause and effect from the stone man's situation.

The group hovered in the air, filled with fear.

If Zhang Yan hadn't been there, they would have scattered and fled.

This trip to the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.

Having developed to this point, it involves both the demon race and this giant stone man.

This has far exceeded previous experience.

If they don't pass Zhang Yan, these disciples will probably all have to stay here.

"These demons, I don't know when, have all infiltrated this place."

"There's no use saying all this. Let's figure out a way to leave alive."

"I will definitely report this matter when I return to the sect!"

...

The disciples discussed it amongst themselves, but they were willing but unable to do anything about it.

Boom!
The sound of the stone statue's heartbeat spread, causing a surge of spiritual energy that made everyone retreat once again.

"Hahaha!"

"You damned humans."

"Since none of you are leaving, then none of you are leaving today!"

"Killing you all will surely allow Lord Shi Xiao to recover to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!"

"Once we leave this place and Lord Shi Xiao recovers, our demon race will have another eighth-realm expert!"

The snake-headed demon stood on the stone man's shoulder, laughing triumphantly.

This stone noise.

It is an ancient mythical beast with an immortal body.

Long ago, it was the strongest being in the eighth realm.

However, he was besieged by humans and seriously injured, his body was even cut in two.

Stone noise is born and nurtured by nature.

They are creatures born naturally between heaven and earth.

Before falling into a deep sleep, it used its special abilities to find this mysterious realm.

Until now, the demon race has found a clue.

Using a special secret method, they were sent to this mysterious Xuanhuang Realm to search for Shi Xiao.

The snake-headed demon has only found half of its body so far.

After killing these troublesome humans, it will then find a way to find the other half of its body.

"You demons."

"Enter my human territory."

"How dare you speak so shamelessly!"

"Today, I will leave all of you beasts here!"

Zhang Yan gripped his right hand, replacing the Vermilion Bird Fire Sword with the Azure Dragon Tremor Wood Sword, and rebuked.

He killed the half-stone figure.

Killing half of it wouldn't be a problem.

"ridiculous!"

"They're absolutely courting death!"

"Lord Shi Xiao, please kill this brat!"

The snake-headed demon snorted coldly, recalling some unpleasant images, and immediately ordered Shi Xiao to take action.

Although it looks down on humans.

However, it must be admitted that Zhang Yan is indeed a monstrous genius among humans.

After all, it is a royal bloodline among the demon race.

Even though Zhang Yan almost killed him across realms, Zhang Yan's talent is probably only matched by geniuses with royal bloodlines.

However, with Shi Xiao around, even the most powerful genius will perish here!

boom!
Shi Xiao's head resembled a lion's head, and his three arms blasted out simultaneously, causing the world to lose its color for a moment.

Even the void itself could not withstand it; that overwhelming power twisted and contorted.

The air was compressed, and three surging air waves were visible to the naked eye.

This punch alone is enough to shatter a thousand-meter-tall mountain.

Even a typical mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator couldn't withstand it.

"This Shi Xiao is too powerful, and this is only the first time it has been revived."

"That demon said that when Shi Xiao was at his peak, he was a powerful expert of the eighth realm!"

"Even Senior Sister Huang is powerless against this kind of battle. Can Senior Brother withstand it alone?"

The disciples in the sky were all filled with worry.

This demonstrates Shi Xiao's strength.

Within this Xuanhuang Secret Realm, it would be an invincible existence.

"Azure Dragon Tremors Wood Sword!"

Although Zhang Yan was confident, he did not let his guard down and immediately unleashed his swordsmanship.

The boundless power of the shaking wood manifested between heaven and earth, transforming into a hundred-meter-long illusory image of a blue dragon.

Without the support of the Five Elements Heavenly Gang Sword Formation, the Azure Dragon's size was much smaller.

However, the power of the wood-shaking element within it is even more condensed!
Groan!
The illusory image of the Azure Dragon looked up to the sky and roared, its tangible dragon might rippling outwards.

Although both swords in Zhang Yan's hands are Four Spirit Swords.

However, the Vermilion Bird Fire Sword was only a low-grade fourth-order weapon, while the Azure Dragon Tremor Wood Sword absorbed the essence within the Dragon Blood Ancient Tree and reached a mid-grade fourth-order weapon!
It is sufficient to deal with Shi Xiao, who is in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This level of collision was beyond the flying sword's tolerance.

Only Zhang Yan, who personally wields the Azure Dragon Tremor-Slaying Sword, can rival him!
Wielding a heavy sword, Zhang Yan cleaved down with a powerful strike!
when!
Zhang Yan's figure merged with the Azure Dragon's head, and his heavy sword struck Shi Xiao's three fists, the sound of the impact deafening.

Shi Xiao was indeed powerful.

However, its power belongs to the earth element, and it is destined to be suppressed by the wood element.

Zhang Yan's sword strike, imbued with a massive amount of wood-shaking power, cleaved cracks into the massive fist surface!
It was just a hair's breadth away from severing one of his arms.

Shi Xiao froze and quickly withdrew his arm.

Zhang Yan remained standing in the sky, his magical power greatly depleted, and his face was somewhat pale.

He immediately took a pill to restore his mana, and his breathing finally stabilized.

After a series of fierce battles, even with his incredibly powerful magic, he couldn't withstand the onslaught.

"The power of the wood-shaking technique!"

"That damned power of the shaking wood again!"

The snake-headed demon was filled with horror and cursed through gritted teeth.

It knew that the power of Zhenmu could restrain Shixiao.

But Shi Xiao was originally an eighth-realm being.

Therefore, it believed that, relying on the absolute difference in strength, Shi Xiao could suppress and subdue Zhang Yan despite the power difference.

Never thought about it.

Zhang Yan didn't use his full strength when he was in the cave!

Otherwise, if it had used this sword technique earlier, even if it joined forces with those demons, it wouldn't have been a match for Zhang Yan.

"The eldest brother's skills are divine; he has mastered the power of both the Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon."

"For ordinary people, it is already extremely difficult to comprehend even one of the five elements, but the eldest brother not only comprehended the five elements, but also grasped the more powerful Li Fire and Zhen Wood."

"Luckily, we had our senior brother, otherwise these demons would have really succeeded!"

The many disciples watching admired Zhang Yan immensely.

Zhang Yan's achievement of attaining the Golden Elixir through his Thirty-Six Divine Powers is already a living legend.

Even more so now.

He wields the power of the Five Elements and comprehends the true meaning of two kinds of evolution, far surpassing ordinary people.

"These people don't know yet."

"Senior brother has already killed half of the stone golem."

"If they knew, they would be absolutely shocked."

Song Qizhen stood next to Huang Yun'er and said disdainfully.

He was invited by Huang Lian.

At first he was a little reluctant, but now that he's out there, he'll have to thank Huang Lian properly.

If it weren't for Huang Lian, how could he have had such a tremendous opportunity?
"That half-stone man."

"No head."

"This half-stone man has a heart and a head."

"It's definitely better than that half-head, but we can't be too happy yet."

Huang Yun'er wasn't so frivolous; she said something softly.

"Stop him for a moment!"

After his initial shock, the snake-headed demon gave a solemn command.

The two surviving spider demons and five porcupine demons once again used their innate abilities to block Zhang Yan.

However, they were running out of spider silk, and the hedgehog demon's back was already bare.

Zhang Yan's Azure Dragon Tremor Sword trembled. All the spider silk and spikes were shaken off.

But at this time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the snake-headed demon took out a stone disc the size of a human head, which was completely black.

The stone disc is engraved with patterns resembling the stars in the heavens.

The stone slab itself is unremarkable.

But after it appeared.

As the earth shook, the two wisps of primordial energy buried underground were drawn together by a force.

It gathered from the cracks in the ground around the snake-headed demon, condensing and not dissipating.

"what is that?"

"Can it attract the primordial energy?"

Everyone was immediately taken aback by what they saw.

They searched here painstakingly for five years.

Not a single wisp of primordial energy could be found.

If we had this stone disc, everyone would probably have obtained the primordial energy long ago.

"So it was leaning against this stone slab."

Zhang Yan suddenly realized.

These demons must have all advanced to the Nascent Soul stage within the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.

All the demons Zhang Yan annihilated, and the demon souls he left behind, all contained traces of Xuanhuang Qi.

this means.

These demons were able to afford such extravagance only because they obtained a large amount of Xuanhuang Qi.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

However, these demons were not lucky; they possessed a special treasure called the stone disc.

"Human race."

"You forced me to do this!"

The snake-headed demon grinned maliciously and waved its hand to isolate the Xuanhuang Qi.

Then, standing on Shi Xiao's shoulder, he placed the stone plate in his hand on Shi Xiao's forehead.

There appeared, a dark hole.

The stone slab fell into it and merged with the stone.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Shi Xiao's heart began to pound violently, like a war drum pounding through the clouds and splitting rocks.

The original Shi Xiao possessed great strength, but was extremely stupid.

But now, those huge stone eyes flashed with a spiritual light and became noticeably more lively, as if they had been brought back to life.

"This is the soul of Shi Xiao!"

"Originally, we should have left with Lord Shi Xiao."

"That's what will allow it to merge, but because of you, we can only merge it now."

The snake-headed demon pointed at Zhang Yan and said sternly.

After Shi Xiao fell into a deep sleep.

Only Shi Xiao's soul escaped and fell into the hands of the demon race.

And within this half-body lies the heart of Shi Xiao.

Now, only the soul of Shi Xiao is needed for Shi Xiao's body to be fully restored.

As Shi Xiao's soul merged into Shi Xiao's head.

Its cultivation level was slowly increasing, rapidly advancing towards the late Nascent Soul stage.

It only takes less than fifteen minutes.

If one truly reaches that level, it will be the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Zhang Yan defies the heavens once again.

These people, too, will remain here and be devoured by the stone.

"What should we do now?"

The disciples panicked again.

"It's all Zhang Yan's fault! If he had led us away earlier, we would have escaped to safety by now!"

Among the crowd, some people began to blame Zhang Yan.

"What did you say?"

Song Qizhen was the first to be unable to stand it and stood up to question him.

"Am I wrong? In this situation, who can possibly deal with that stone man?"

The speaker was a Nascent Soul cultivator who had broken through in the past year, and like Huang Yun'er, he was a sixth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

But Song Qizhen saw it at a glance.

This person, who had once followed Dongfang Weibai, suddenly became even more disgusted with him.

"Is this all you see now?"

"If it weren't for my senior brother."

"You were already dead when we were surrounded by the demons!"

Song Qizhen felt utterly heartbroken and cursed angrily.

He felt sorry for Zhang Yan.

These scoundrels, having received training from the Divine Weapon Pavilion, are plotting to join the Human Race Alliance, betraying their own side!
"So what?"

"Isn't dying sooner or later the same thing?"

"Moreover, Zhang Yan clearly had the strength, yet he watched as Dongfang Weibai died at the hands of the demon race."

"He's using his position to settle personal scores; he doesn't deserve to be the senior disciple at all!"

That Nascent Soul cultivator, thinking he was doomed, decided to give up entirely.

"Bloody mouth!"

"It was clearly Dongfang Weibai's own greed that made him this way."

"He died at the hands of the demon race. Do you think our senior brother is an immortal who could foresee it?"

Song Qi was so angry he almost spat out blood.

The debate here even caught Zhang Yan's attention.

"What these people are thinking."

"They can no longer be called human beings."

Zhang Yan shook his head in disappointment.

Shi Xiao's aura surged again, and his fourth arm quickly regenerated.

But that doesn't mean Zhang Yan had no other options.

"All directions, utter silence!"

Zhang Yan regained enough mana, wielding both swords simultaneously, his glistening hair fluttering in the breeze.

The phantom images of the Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon appeared simultaneously, one on the left and one on the right!

Two phantom images of divine beasts hovered around, and a mighty force even stronger than the power of Zhenmu and the power of Lihuo descended upon this world!

boom!
The world lost its color; the sky within the mystical realm was divided into two parts, with white and blue light rain each occupying one of them.

"Do you have any more cards?"

Looking up at Zhang Yan, the snake-headed demon's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

This aura is even more terrifying than the previous Azure Dragon Tremor Sword Technique!
"It's too early for you to be happy."

Zhang Yan wielded two swords, surrounded by the power of heaven and earth, appearing like a god or an immortal.

However, Shi Xiao had regained some of his intelligence and naturally would not stand idly by.

"Human race."

"Your strength is not enough."

Shi Xiao spoke in a deep, booming voice, and even the heavens and earth trembled with his voice.

The words fell.

With its three hands, it grabbed at the ground and pulled out a huge stone knife that was flowing with lava.

Wow!
The stone knife cleaved through the air, defying the heavens, and slashed towards Zhang Yan!

At this moment, the powers of the Azure Dragon and the Vermilion Bird intertwined.

As Zhang Yan's body pierced through the heavens, it was like a giant star falling from the sky.

boom!
The two collided, and the bluish-white light and endless red glow filled the entire world, boundless and vast.

Even with Song Qizhen's peak Golden Core cultivation, he couldn't even open his eyes.

"Can Senior Brother stop it?"

Hwang Yoon-ah could see a corner of the battlefield clearly, and her heart was filled with concern.

"Such a prodigy has been born among the human race!"

"If we don't eliminate them today, they will surely become a major threat in the future!"

On the other side, the snake-headed demon was plotting to get rid of Zhang Yan.

However, none of them knew.

The situation within the battle.

At the center of the light, it resembled a great sun radiating three colors, its light intense.

"Almost!"

Zhang Yan and Shi Xiao reached a stalemate.

He used this move to kill the half-headed stone man.

However, this half of the head, having absorbed the soul of Shi Xiao, is significantly stronger.

hum!
At this moment, Zhang Yan suddenly discovered that the ancient Xuanhuang soil in his storage bag seemed to be alive.

It struggled frantically, trying to escape the storage bag.

"Could this be the ancient, mysterious soil?"

"You want to return to Shi Xiao's body?"

As Zhang Yan pondered this, a plan to deal with Shi Xiao simultaneously appeared in his mind. (End of Chapter)