Within the Zhengyao Realm, the Stone Monkey Saint, frantically pacing like an ant on a hot pan, suddenly felt an inexplicable pang rise in his heart.
This inexplicable pang made the Stone Monkey Saint’s face turn suddenly pale, as if he had realized something.
He hurriedly took out an exquisitely crafted small jade carving from his own Mustard Seed Space.
The small jade carving that once sparkled with Spirit Light had now become dull, covered in numerous fine cracks.
His knees gave way, and the Stone Monkey Saint collapsed to the ground, crying out in despair, "Qing Yan!"
In the Demon Race’s cultivation, although before reaching the Dao Realm, the process naturally follows the innate bloodline, it becomes extremely difficult when awakening spiritual wisdom.
The Stone Monkey and Qing Yan were both mountain monkeys from the beginning, companions since they were clueless and lacked spiritual awareness, and they became deeply bonded as demon cultivators after awakening their wisdom.
Having journeyed together through cultivation to this day, although each had their own fortunes, the depth of their bond was beyond description.
The small jade carving in his hand was crafted by the Green-eyed Great Saint thousands of years ago as a decorative piece during their vow to enter closed-door life-and-death seclusion to break through to the Dao Realm.
But it contained the Green-eyed Great Saint’s Primordial Spirit Imprint; should the seclusion fail and he died, the imprint would shatter, and this item would naturally break apart.
In that death-defying seclusion thousands of years ago, they both emerged unscathed, and the pair of jade carving gifts remained intact, but now, the jade carving of the Green-eyed Great Saint had been destroyed!
Still waiting were the Qingqiu Fox Clan Great Clan Leader Tu Zheng, legendary strategist Tu Che, and several Dao Realm cultivators who saw the Stone Monkey Saint’s demeanor and understood what had happened.
Shocked, they were filled with sighs.
The Great Saint!
The Green-eyed Great Saint, an illustrious Great Saint of the Demon Race, had perished just like that inside the Little World where Ye Zhen had fled.
In other words, legendary strategist Tu Che’s deduction was correct.
Realizing this, the Dao Realm members of the Fox Clan felt the chills; the Green-eyed Great Saint had fallen, what if they had pursued in there...
Even the Great Clan Leader Tu Zheng was incredibly shocked at this time, and in his astonishment, he couldn’t help but look at the legendary strategist Tu Che, "Could it be that even the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits..."
"Hard to say..." Tu Che’s face was heavy.
The death of the Green-eyed Great Saint confirmed that Ye Zhen must have a Realm-Control Spirit Treasure, and once a Realm-Control Spirit Treasure is involved, the variables become immense, meaning anything is possible.
Inside the Demon Soul Realm, Ye Zhen stood in the void, watching the raging and furious Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng with coldness in his eyes.
The Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng, who had been furious and incessantly bombarding the void barrier of the Demon Soul Realm in his inability to find Ye Zhen, instantly realized something as soon as Ye Zhen appeared.
With a roar, he unleashed various killing moves, frantically attacking Ye Zhen.
Every attack, as it passed, caused space to collapse entirely, with an incredibly great power.
Each attack seemed almost able to strike Ye Zhen.
However, every time, it was just a little bit short of being able to hit Ye Zhen.
This slight shortfall each time rendered the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits’ powerful killing moves ineffectual each time.
This is the strength of the Realm-Control Spirit Treasure.
With just a thought, Ye Zhen could move out of the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits’ attack range, especially when the Great Saint does not possess space-constraining Divine Skills or Spirit Treasures.
And even if he does, in front of Ye Zhen with a Realm-Control Spirit Treasure, its power would be greatly reduced.
After going berserk, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits possesses a destructive power nearly equivalent to a Creation God, which is truly astonishing.
With a casual punch, he could shatter the spatial wall of the Demon Soul Realm, the reinforcement of the War Soul Blood Flag notwithstanding.
The deadly aspect is that after going berserk, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits not only increases his destructive power multiple times over but also enhances his defensive capabilities by several times.
Of course, with the assistance of the Realm-Control Spirit Treasure, Ye Zhen could eliminate the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits no matter what.
However, if he wanted to eliminate the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits in a short time, the cost was too high, likely consuming all the remaining hundreds of drops of All Living Beings’ Will Power in the Dark Palace Will Power Pool to possibly achieve it.
Ye Zhen feels no remorse wasting All Living Beings’ Will Power.
Nonetheless, when it can be saved, try not to waste it, for it can be life-saving in critical moments, and the more, the better!
Ye Zhen understands clearly that although the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits is in the Dao Realm, his berserk mode also requires consuming Origin Essence Blood and Primordial Spirit Power, and it cannot be sustained for long.
Moreover, once the berserk mode disappears, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits’ strength will weaken for a period.
Although a Dao Realm cultivator, this weakness might only cause the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits’ strength to drop by about 20%, but it’s enough.
That is when Ye Zhen can eliminate the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits at the lowest cost.
Furthermore, in Ye Zhen’s view, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits is a treasure trove.
To preserve it intact, as much as possible to keep it intact.
Therefore, Ye Zhen exercised strategic patience, continuously depleting the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits’ strength, waiting for his berserk mode to fade—then it would be time for Ye Zhen to strike.
However, although the Bear Clan has never been known for mental acuity, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits is still an ancient creature alive for tens of thousands of years, seasoned with considerable experience and insight.
After several hundred attacks failed to even touch the hem of Ye Zhen’s garment, and as Ye Zhen continued to maneuver closely, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits realized that Ye Zhen was depleting his power.
This sobering thought filled the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits with even greater terror when he discovered that the Earth Spiritual Power within this realm had been reduced to an extremely low level.
When he first arrived in the Demon Soul Realm, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits sensed that although this realm was filled with countless negative energies such as slaughter and battle intent, the elements of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire remained normal. The Earth Spiritual Power was not dense, yet it still accounted for a sizable portion, at least fifteen percent.
But now, the Earth Spiritual Power he perceived, which used to take up fifteen percent of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, had diminished to less than half of that, reduced pitifully.
These figures in the Dao Realm could all be considered to wield boundless magic power, but only when ample Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was available.
Otherwise, no matter how great the mana, without timely replenishment, there would be a moment when it is all consumed.
In an instant, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits fully understood Ye Zhen’s intent.
Immediately, the Great Saint ceased the futile attacks, instead clutching a Supreme Spirit Stone in hand to restore some of the depleted power. His Primordial Spirit Divine Thought cautiously spread out, quietly waiting for a shift, attempting to seize any potential opportunity to strike.
Seeing this, Ye Zhen could not help but laugh. This was more like it.
Otherwise, it would have been a miracle if the Great Saint could have survived until now.
The next moment, with a flick of Ye Zhen’s hand, seven bear gallbladders, each as large as a bull’s head and dark green, bloody, appeared in front of Ye Zhen.
"Great Saint, I’ve heard that the bear gallbladders of the Bear Clan’s Dao Realm, in the Four Seas Market of the Human Clan of Great Zhou, can fetch up to tens of thousands of High Grade Spiritual Stones per tael, yet they are of priceless worth. Each of these bear gallbladders weighs over fifty pounds.
It’s said that the gallbladder of a Bear Clan Great Saint is even more valuable. I just wonder how heavy your gallbladder is, Great Saint? I’m curious how much I could bemuse...."
"Scoundrel, damn your ancestors!"
Ye Zhen’s words gave the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits a vague, aching feeling in his abdominal gallbladder area. Just having cooled down, the eyes of the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits turned blood-red in a flash, and in extreme fury, he resumed his reckless attacks on Ye Zhen.
But as before, every attempt came just a tiny bit short.
Each miss rendered the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits laboring in vain.
Infuriated and blood-eyed from the provocation of the bear gallbladders, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng almost wished to tear the entire Demon Soul Realm to pieces.
As for Ye Zhen, he responded with a steady stream of cold laughter.
In Ye Zhen’s perception, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits’ aura was rapidly declining.
Maintaining this rate, it wouldn’t be long before the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits would meet his end.
This state persisted for merely half a quarter-hour, before the blood-eyed Great Saint of the Giant Spirits regained his composure once more.
Looking at Ye Zhen, who remained untouched, a sudden chill ran through him, a nameless dread springing from deep within his heart.
Even delayed, he realized the crux of the problem.
As long as they remained in this Little World, Ye Zhen was indeed a god-like existence.
While he was in Berserk Mode, Ye Zhen might still hold some fear of him, but once the Berserk Mode faded, his demise was likely sealed.
For someone in possession of a Realm-Control Spirit Treasure, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits had no doubt that Ye Zhen could eliminate him.
Even if unable to eliminate him directly, the wear would eventually do the job.
Simultaneously, observing the sudden terror surfacing in the eyes of Great Saint Xiong Cheng, Ye Zhen instantly understood that this adversary had finally grasped the situation entirely.
The next moment, at Ye Zhen’s gesture of thought, countless thunderclouds gathered from all directions, unleashing a multitude of thunderclaps upon the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits.
Half of these thunderclaps were powered by Ye Zhen’s own strength.
In the preceding ten months within the Mirage Dragon Pearl, besides routine cultivation and contemplation, Ye Zhen dedicated half his time to comprehending the Thunder Element Dao Patterns and Laws within the Kui Niu Spirit Essence Pearl as outlined in the Secret Technique left by his mentor, Lud Li, yielding powerful gains.
The previously mastered Small Five Elements Mixed Yuan Divine Thunder marked a significant achievement from this comprehension.
Nevertheless, the Kui Niu Spirit Essence Pearl, a repository of the Heaven and Earth Thunder Beast, contained a plethora of Thunder Element Law Powers, vastly surpassing the Geomagnetic Field Laws within the Spirit Pearl of the Silver Rhinoceros King by ten thousandfold.
Even with ten months in the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s Sequential Space, equivalent to over eight years outside, Ye Zhen’s comprehension of the Thunder Element Laws hadn’t reached a tenth of the Kui Niu Spirit Essence Pearl’s contained powers.
But even so, these gains served Ye Zhen remarkably well.
He could channel a greater abundance of Heaven and Earth Thunder Power, amassing thunder more rapidly, with the Dao Patterns within same-sized thunderclaps doubling, enhancing their destructive force.
Moreover, among the countless thunderclaps cascading, half were summoned by Ye Zhen’s manipulation of the War Soul Blood Flag to influence the Demon Soul Realm’s Heaven and Earth Laws, amassing thunderclap power.
In a single moment, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits found himself situated within a Thunderclap Ocean, each moment, thousands of thunderclaps cascading down upon him.
Attempting to evade, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits found the Void once again sticky, much like before under Ye Zhen’s manipulation, significantly reducing his speed.
The thunderclouds above shifted to follow the Great Saint’s movements.
All these contributed to the ever-growing horror in the eyes of the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng, whose furious roars now resonated with a hint of despair!

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