As a general rule, those at the Extraordinary Extreme who have mastered fewer than nine types of Sixth Level True Intent are called Ordinary Extraordinary Extreme.

Those who have mastered between nine and thirty-six types are called Elite Extraordinary Extreme.

Those who have mastered between thirty-seven and seventy-two types are called Great Success Extraordinary Extreme.

Lastly, those at the Extraordinary Extreme who can master all one hundred and eight types of Sixth Level True Intent are called Ultimate Extraordinary Extreme.

This meant that while the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate, the Branch Apostle of the Blood Demon Sect, the Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Forms Demon Sect, and the Weird People Palace Master were powerful and held high statuses, they were not as formidable as one might think.

In reality, they could only be considered Elite Extraordinary Extreme, and even among that rank, they were at the lowest tier.

BOOM!

Another explosion rang out.

"PFFT!"

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate coughed up blood. Just moments ago, the Branch Apostle of the Blood Demon Sect had seized an opportunity, rapidly closing in and blasting him with a palm strike. Unable to dodge in time, the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate took the blow head-on, suffering a serious injury that sent him flying.

"Now!" Xu Qing shouted.

ROAR!

Almost simultaneously, on the battlefield, the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake received Xu Qing’s command. Its massive, three-thousand-meter-long body was like a mountain range rising from the earth.

The power of space erupted.

BZZZT!

The Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake unhesitatingly unleashed one of its three great Divine Techniques, the Hand of Space. It mobilized the power of space, forming an invisible, giant hand that seized the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate just as he regained his footing.

"!!!"

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate’s face turned pale with shock.

Clearly, this sudden turn of events was beyond his wildest expectations. Utterly stunned, his gaze shot toward the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake, which was now soaring into the sky.

After all, the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate had held high hopes for the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake, even personally taking it on as his Direct Disciple. He never could have imagined that the Cabbage Flower Snake would suddenly try to kill him.

What the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate found even more unbelievable was that he had always believed the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake was merely a Level 12 Ferocious Beast. He never expected that in such a short time, it had already grown into a Level 15 Ferocious Beast.

He was utterly shocked.

"You..." The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate’s eyes widened.

ROAR!!!

The next moment, a sound like a dragon’s cry rang out.

BOOM!

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate roared and reverted to his original form: a towering, mountain-sized beast with the head of a dragon and the body of an eagle. He unleashed an incredibly terrifying power.

"Boundless Power!"

BAM!

The Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake erupted with immense power, creating a deafening roar. Its three-thousand-meter-long body coiled in the sky. Its massive tail, like divine punishment descending from the heavens, whipped toward the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate as if it could tear the sky asunder.

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate let out a sorrowful roar, "No!!!"

RUMBLE!

A massive explosion erupted.

"AH!!!"

PFFT!

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate’s body was trapped by the Hand of Space, making it impossible for him to escape. He couldn’t dodge the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake’s attack, and its giant tail struck his massive body.

He screamed again and again.

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate was sent flying backward, spitting blood. The single blow from the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake nearly caused his body to explode. He crashed through one mountain peak after another.

As it happened, his enormous body landed not far from Xu Qing.

Evidently, this attack from the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake had been planned in advance.

’Now’s my chance.’

SWISH!

A glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He took a single step and his figure vanished, reappearing in front of the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate almost instantly, having moved at a terrifying speed.

It had to be said, the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate was a dragon-headed, eagle-bodied beast. Although he hadn’t followed the Fierce Beast Path, his body was still immense, like a collapsed mountain.

CLANG!

A sword hummed.

The Level 20 Wandering Dragon Sword appeared in Xu Qing’s hand. Its blade was long and slender, like a roaming dragon. With a flash in his eyes, he locked onto the wrist of the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate’s eagle talon.

Sure enough, Xu Qing saw a large black ring on the massive eagle wrist. This was the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate’s Storage Dharma Artifact, the Black Ring Storage Ring. It possessed a considerable amount of storage space, almost on par with Xu Qing’s own Level 10 Broken Storage Ring.

The black box containing the Inheritance Stone Plate Fragment was inside this Black Ring Storage Ring. ’And besides the fragment,’ Xu Qing thought, ’there must be other treasures in here too.’

In fact, Xu Qing knew about this Black Ring Storage Ring because the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake had told him. And the snake knew because the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate himself had told it.

SPURT!

Blood splattered.

Xu Qing swung his right hand. The Level 20 Wandering Dragon Sword cut through the night sky, unleashing a powerful and dazzling Sword Qi that resembled a roaming dragon as blood flew through the air.

With just one strike, Xu Qing severed the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate’s eagle wrist. The huge Black Ring Storage Ring, slick with viscous blood, fell free.

"Collect!"

BZZZT!

Xu Qing raised his hand, and vast Demonic Qi surged forth, quickly enveloping the large Black Ring Storage Ring. The ring rapidly shrank, transforming into an ordinary black band like a bracelet, and landed in Xu Qing’s hand.

"Huuu..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath, a smile spreading across his face. "Got it."

"AH!!!"

Having essentially had his hand lopped off by Xu Qing’s sword, the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate let out a bloodcurdling scream. He had now suffered two devastating blows in a row.

"What?"

"This..."

"How could this be?"

"..."

Shock, disbelief, and utter incredulity.

All around, the members of the four major powers stared with wide eyes, their faces filled with astonishment. None of them could have imagined such a sudden shift in the situation.

"No!!!"

"Sect Leader!!"

"AHHH!!!"

"You traitor!"

"I’ll kill you!"

"The Sect Leader treated you so well! Why would you betray him!!!"

"..."

The many Demon Race Elders and Fierce Beast Elders of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect finally reacted, their furious gazes and roars all directed at the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake.

"This..."

"How could..."

Similarly, the members of the Blood Demon Sect Branch, the Ten Thousand Forms Demon Sect, and the various Deceitful People of the Deceitful Palace were also filled with disbelief.

High above the center of the basin, the Branch Apostle of the Blood Demon Sect, the Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Forms Demon Sect, and the Weird People Palace Master—the three of them hadn’t even fully processed what had happened. It had all unfolded too suddenly, too quickly.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

Fighting erupted.

The Demon Race Elders and several Fierce Beast Elders of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect roared, their killing intent surging. Two Demon Race Elders and one Fierce Beast Elder charged toward the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake.

Devouring Stomach!

ROAR!

However, the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake was fearless. Facing the combined attack of two Demon Race Elders and one Fierce Beast Elder, it let out a roar. Its three-thousand-meter-long, coiling body, like that of a True Dragon, opened its cavernous mouth and activated its Divine Power: Devouring Stomach.

BZZZT! BZZZT! BZZZT!!!

A terrifying Devouring Power enveloped the Fierce Beast Elder charging at the forefront. The mouth of the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake seemed to have become a black hole.

"No!!!"

ROAR!!

The Fierce Beast Elder at the front of the charge wore a look of utter terror. He never imagined that the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake was this powerful.

His entire body was enveloped by the terrifying Devouring Power, immobilizing him completely. All he could do was stare with wide eyes as the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake swallowed him whole.

That’s right!

In a single gulp!

"!!!"

Instantly, the other two Demon Race Elders stared with wide, terrified eyes and hastily retreated, escaping the range of the Divine Power: Devouring Stomach.

"This... this..."

"How is this possible? How can this be?!"

"..."

Horror, terror, and absolute fear washed over them.

The Elders of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect could never have imagined that the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake was so terrifying that it could swallow a Fierce Beast Elder in a single gulp.

It was too strong.

Simply too strong.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

An extremely terrifying aura surged around the Level 25 Cabbage Flower Snake. In the short time since it had revealed its true power, it had ambushed and grievously wounded the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate, then swallowed a Fierce Beast Elder whole.

It could be said that it had truly stunned everyone present.

"Just now... was that..."

"A Divine Technique!"

"That terrifying giant python, a Fierce Beast, has actually mastered a Divine Technique."

"..."

The Branch Apostle of the Blood Demon Sect, the Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Forms Demon Sect, the Weird People Palace Master, and the other powerful experts present all vaguely discerned the truth.

Divine Techniques.

Generally speaking, these were powers and methods that could typically only be mastered after entering the Third Realm. Anyone in the Second Realm who had mastered a Divine Technique was a candidate qualified to become a Third Realm Venerable.

Furthermore, some powerful Extraordinary inheritances allowed a Cultivator to master Divine Techniques while still in the Second Realm: Extraordinary. However, such inheritances were exceedingly rare, almost never seen.

In the entire Moon River Prefecture City, you could count the number of Extraordinary inheritances that included Divine Techniques on one hand.

From this, it was clear that the Devouring Demon Technique that Ye Langtian had obtained was definitely an incredible Demon Technique.

"You deserve to die!"

BOOM!

The Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate roared. One of his eagle talons had been chopped off by Xu Qing. With killing intent surging, he opened his mouth and bellowed a blast of red and black dragon’s breath at Xu Qing.

"Geng Metal, Yi Wood, Gui Water, Ding Fire Dao Domain!"

BZZZT!

Xu Qing’s number one Tier Sixteen Daoist Soldier swiftly rushed in front of him. With a thought from its master, it unleashed the Sixth Level of Geng Metal, Yi Wood, Gui Water, and Ding Fire Dao Domain. The domain spread out rapidly, transforming into a four-colored mist imbued with the Power of the Four Elements, and blocked the dragon’s breath.

"Extraordinary Extreme!"

The pupils of the Master of Ten Thousand Demons Gate constricted. "And it has mastered four types of Sixth Level True Intent!"