Chapter 479: The Great Battle Begins

"Split it with you?" Upon hearing this, the gloomy face of Master Ji Yin twitched, appearing somewhat tempted.

To Master Ji Yin, as long as he claimed the share belonging to Han Li, his nominal disciple, the total share he received regardless of how the treasure was divided would not be too small.

However, before Master Ji Yin could ponder whether this was feasible, Man Man Huzi, standing at the very front, threw his head back and laughed wildly.

"Split the Heaven Void Cauldron? Wan Wan Tianming, you're dreaming! If you want to snatch food from my mouth, you'd better see if your claws are sharp enough first!"

After saying this, Man Man Huzi didn't waste another word. He gave a signal, and the giant leopard that had been crouching before him suddenly stood up. With a low roar, the third eye on its forehead opened wide, shooting out a beam of earthy yellow light straight toward Wan Wan Tianming opposite him.

"You beast, you're courting death!" Wan Wan Tianming couldn't help but roar in anger.

He hadn't expected Man Man Huzi to ignore his suggestion entirely and start fighting without a word. After all, no matter how one looked at it, his side had the help of the Cold Flood Dragon and the Li Turtle, making them a notch stronger than the opposition.

This left Wan Wan Tianming somewhat flustered as he released a beam of purple light, which happened to meet the yellow light beam and intercepted it.

But the moment the purple light and the yellow light touched, the yellow glow exploded.

Then, with a "clatter," after the purple light vanished without a trace, a white, mushy object fell from mid-air. Before anyone could see clearly what it was, the object shattered into pieces.

Only then did the others look closely, realizing it was just an ordinary piece of gravel. Most of them were stunned, feeling somewhat confused for a moment.

But when Wan Wan Tianming saw this, his expression changed several times in an instant. His eyes narrowed, and he said in disbelief:

"Alienation Technique! Your Three-Eyed Leopard is a mutated spirit beast!"

Upon hearing the words "mutated spirit beast," both the righteous and demonic factions present revealed expressions of shock.

Mutated spirit beasts and ancient wild species sound very similar at first, but in reality, they are worlds apart.

"Ancient wild species" refers to certain rare spirit beasts from the ancient era that, over the passage of time, changed their habits and appearance due to various reasons, forming a new population that possesses certain characteristics of ancient spirit beasts but is entirely different.

It's just that such spirit beasts are mostly extremely rare, and their numbers are not large, making them generally very difficult to find.

Mutated spirit beasts, however, are different; each one is a unique existence.

They are spirit beasts that, for unknown reasons, underwent unpredictable mutations during their advancement process, resulting in a massive change in their abilities.

While such mutations can be good or bad, some of the abilities gained after mutation are unique and extremely powerful, even capable of doing things that ordinary spells cannot.

The ability to turn most magic tools and magic treasures into stone is one of the more famous ones.

This ability is truly formidable; a Core Formation stage cultivator once used this ability of their mutated spirit beast to wipe out three or four Core Formation cultivators of the same stage in one breath, thereby shaking the entire Chaotic Star Sea.

From then on, the cultivation world collectively referred to the strange abilities of mutated spirit beasts as the Alienation Technique to distinguish them from ordinary spells.

Man Man Huzi's Three-Eyed Leopard originally only shot fire-attribute attacks from its third eye. But now, it shot out a beam of light that turned Wan Wan Tianming's unknown magic tool or treasure directly into stone; this must be something that only happened after the spirit beast mutated.

This left the others present stunned.

One must know that the appearance of a mutated spirit beast is a one-in-ten-thousand occurrence, and it only happens to high-tier spirit beasts of Rank 4 or above.

Since the discovery that spirit beasts could mutate, only a dozen or so famous mutated spirit beasts had appeared in the Chaotic Star Sea. And only a small portion of those had useful abilities after mutation.

Because of this, the rarity of mutated spirit beasts became even more apparent.

And it had been over a thousand years since the last mutated spirit beast appeared in the Chaotic Star Sea. This made it so that cultivators who raised spirit beasts basically didn't harbor the daydream that their spirit beasts would mutate during advancement.

Now, both the demonic and righteous factions stared at this Three-Eyed Leopard, their expressions varied!

Only now did Wan Wan Tianming understand why Man Man Huzi had so bluntly rejected the request to split the treasures; it turned out he had this reliance!

Relying solely on this mutated Three-Eyed Leopard was probably enough to offset the existence of the Cold Flood Dragon and the Li Turtle on his side.

Realizing this, Wan Wan Tianming's expression became solemn, and he looked up toward Master Ji Yin and the old man in the Confucian robe.

These two wore expressions of surprise and joy, clearly having abandoned the thought of splitting the Heaven Void Cauldron with them.

Wan Wan Tianming's guess was correct; once Master Ji Yin knew that Man Man Huzi's Three-Eyed Leopard was a mutated spirit beast, he naturally threw the thought of yielding to the back of his mind.

As a demonic giant, he was no saint; if he could monopolize this treasure, he would naturally be unwilling to split it with the righteous path.

Thus, after he and the old man in the Confucian shirt exchanged a look of profound meaning, he no longer hesitated and his figure spun around in a blur. Countless strands of Profound Yin black Qi emerged from his entire body, and the dozen or so Heavenly Capital Corpses beside him simultaneously twisted their figures, disappearing without a trace within the black light.

The old man in the Confucian robe then sent a voice transmission to Han Li's ear:

"Stand a bit further back and just keep your own life safe. You won't be able to intervene in this battle."

After saying this, the flock of Green Thorn Birds above the old man's head seemed to receive an order. With a shrill cry, they transformed into green arrows and charged toward the righteous path cultivators opposite them. The old man himself flicked his sleeves, and countless green threads shot out from his cuffs, densely following the flock of birds as they streaked away.

Seeing the demonic cultivators strike first, Wan Wan Tianming didn't hold back either.

Even if Man Man Huzi's mutated spirit beast was somewhat troublesome, he wasn't truly afraid. After all, no matter how powerful a mutated spirit beast was, it was still just a beast.

Moreover, he knew very well that this Alienation Technique, which turned objects into stone, was useless against cultivators themselves. As long as he was careful not to let his magic treasures be hit by that yellow light, it wasn't impossible to deal with this spirit beast.

Thinking of this, Wan Wan Tianming let out a cold snort, and two short words escaped his lips.

"Attack!"

After saying this, he released the white Cold Flood Dragon and then struck his palms together in front of his chest. Purple flames burned fiercely on his body, and in an instant, he transformed into a purple flame fire-man, flying into the sky and charging toward Man Man Huzi.

Seeing this, Tian Tian Wu Zi on the side quickly summoned the Li Turtle and didn't hesitate to strike the turtle shell hard.

Immediately, the giant turtle's pair of small green eyes flashed with a fierce light. Its mouth slowly opened, and white, hazy cold air poured out, transforming into a white, surging giant wave that rolled toward the flock of green birds charging from the opposite side.

The flock of Green Thorn Birds didn't show weakness either; they opened their sharp beaks simultaneously, and thin beams of green flame shot out one after another, quickly merging into a giant green fire pillar that collided and intertwined with the white cold air. Green fire and white air splashed everywhere, and it seemed difficult to determine the winner for a moment.

As for the thin, dark-skinned old man who looked like a farmer, his attack was much more bizarre.

He suddenly flipped his palm blankly, and a willow branch, dripping with emerald green, appeared between his two fingers.

After waving this willow branch slightly, countless green illusions flew out from his body in circles, and within a range of over ten zhang, it immediately became lush and green, as if it had turned into a green ocean.

But within the green light and shadows, two beams of black light flashed, and three Iron-Armored Demon Corpses were suddenly exposed.

The countless green threads around them immediately came alive, shooting toward them one after another. In the blink of an eye, countless threads tightly bound several of the Heavenly Demon Corpses.

These demon corpses were originally monsters with immense strength, but under the binding of those seemingly weak green threads, they were unable to break free. The two monsters were so anxious they roared wildly.

When Master Ji Yin saw this, his face turned cold, and he transformed into a large mass of black clouds, shooting toward this place at high speed.

Each of these Heavenly Corpses was not easy to refine, and he was unwilling to let the opponent destroy them easily.

Moreover, since the opponent was using such an obvious wood-attribute cultivation technique, his Heavenly Corpse fire would be twice as effective against them!

Seeing the battle between the Nascent Soul stage old monsters begin, Han Li didn't need to be told and hurriedly retreated another dozen steps.

Although he knew that even if he hid a hundred steps away, it would be a futile effort, Han Li still subconsciously wanted to run further away.

If the righteous path fellows suddenly had a change of heart and decided that even if they didn't want the Heaven Void Cauldron, they would still wipe out the owner of this Blood Jade Spider, wouldn't he be dead for sure!

He dared not be certain that Man Man Huzi and the others would definitely have time to protect him. After all, this high platform, which was a hundred zhang in size, was a narrow space that could be reached in an instant even for him.

At this moment, Master Ji Yin was entangled by another Nascent Soul stage cultivator; it was a good opportunity for Xuan Gu to launch a sneak attack. It was just unknown whether this old demon would risk letting the righteous path gain the upper hand just to settle his own deep grudge first?

Thinking of this, Han Li couldn't help but look at Xuan Gu, who was watching the battle from below the altar.

At this time, the other party was staring blankly at the fierce battle, with no emotional fluctuations visible on his face, and it was impossible to guess what the other party was thinking.

"Old fox!" Han Li couldn't help but secretly grumble to himself.

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