Chapter 141: Jietian Technique

"Awoo..."

After a brief silence, Heizi suddenly roared toward the sky, his hair standing on end as his body swelled, revealing his true form as a Jiuyou Ao.

Although Mengchen, Xiyao, and the Tianhu girl all knew that Heizi was one of the Ten Fiends, the Jiuyou Ao, witnessing this scene still left them feeling somewhat heart-stricken.

Because the aura of ferocity leaking out was truly too terrifying; it was unbelievable, as if he intended to slaughter all living things.

Heizi had revealed his true form before, but it had never been as astonishing as it was now.

At this moment, he was so fierce it made one tremble, his aura surging to the heavens! His head resembled that of a wolf, topped with a pair of huge, ancient-looking grey bovine horns, and a vertical eye sat in the center of his forehead, looking incomparably cruel.

His body was covered in black scales, hard and cold, shimmering like black gold, and between the gaps in the scales grew long, blood-red hairs half a foot in length.

On his back were nine tails, each tipped with a small, ferocious beast head resembling a dragon's, hideous and frightening.

"Heizi has been with me for three years, yet he really hasn't shown his true colors until now!" Mengchen said with some surprise.

"A Jiuyou Ao, one of the legendary Ten Fiends! Truly extraordinary! This growth rate is simply..." Xiyao exclaimed, her heart deeply shaken.

She had met Heizi together with Mengchen over three years ago, and compared to three years ago, the Heizi of now was incomparably stronger.

At this moment, the Tianhu girl looked at the fierce Jiuyou Ao before her, her heart inexplicably pounding, her gaze becoming exceptionally grave.

"Awoo..."

With a roar from Heizi, the aura of ferocity he emitted was bone-chilling; he leaped into the air and pounced toward the Tianhu girl, his speed blindingly fast.

The Tianhu girl was startled; she spread all ten fingers, unleashing ten heaven-shaking rays of Divine Power, concentrating them in a blast toward the incoming, ferociously aura-filled beast. This was her full-force strike, filling the sky with pink divine light.

"Bang..."

The terrifying Jiuyou Ao, his half-foot-long red hairs standing on end, actually brushed aside the heaven-shaking pink divine light, dispersing it in an instant.

This left Xiyao and Mengchen greatly alarmed; they could sense that the Tianhu girl's strike was very powerful and should have been difficult to deal with, yet he had easily neutralized it.

"Roar..."

A single roar, as if the mountains and rivers were trembling, and the stars in the sky were about to fall.

Having revealed his true form, Heizi was simply too savage; as he bared his teeth and roared, his snow-white fangs shimmered with a cold, icy luster like rows of daggers, and he charged with his mouth agape.

In an instant, the Tianhu girl leaped up, her Divine Power overwhelming; light rained down from the sky as if a celestial being were ascending. With nimble and graceful movements, like a dancing butterfly, she formed a strange hand seal and struck head-on at the Jiuyou Ao.

Divine light surged from her palms like two stars, emitting the most brilliant glow as she unleashed her massive Divine Power! The Jiuyou Ao let out a long howl, his red hair standing up like steel needles, and the pair of huge grey bovine horns on his head emitted a hazy radiance as he leaped up, colliding head-on with Mengchen.

"Clang...!"

The Tianhu girl's palms collided with the bovine horns; the sound seemed as if it would tear the universe apart, it was so deafening. Sparks flew everywhere, like meteor after meteor streaking across the sky.

At this moment, the Tianhu girl felt a stinging pain in her palms; the horns were too hard, and even with her palms covered in massive Divine Power, she could hardly contend with them. Before long, blood began to drip from her hands as she resisted.

The Jiuyou Ao roared, shaking his body, and the horns began to radiate light.

Seeing this, the Tianhu girl felt a chill in her heart; she knew he was gathering strength to unleash his strongest attack, so she hurriedly circulated the divine art within her, and massive Divine Power surged out through her hands.

"Boom..."

A deafening roar, two great forces collided, causing a massive explosion, and both retreated violently.

"Swish!" The Tianhu girl stroked her wounds with both hands, causing the flowing blood to flow back, and the wounds healed in an instant; it had only been a skin injury, not damaging the bones.

Heizi's eyes glinted with ferocity; seeing that he could not take her down after so long, he became even more savage, roaring at the sky until it felt as if his lungs would burst, and he charged at the Tianhu girl once more.

"Shhh..."

The nine fox tails behind the Tianhu girl danced, and divine light surged instantly; hundreds of thick, tough fox tails shot out from them, attacking the Jiuyou Ao, intending to bind him tightly.

The Jiuyou Ao was covered and wrapped by the sky-filling fox tails; the black scales on his body shimmered, erupting with astonishing black light, infecting and disintegrating the fox tails.

"Awoo..."

And at this moment, all nine of the Jiuyou Ao's tails stabbed forward like scorpion stingers, swift and vicious. But they were far more terrifying than scorpion tails, for each tail was tipped with a dragon head, hideous and frightening.

At this time, all nine dragon heads opened their mouths, revealing cold, shimmering fangs, and bit toward the Tianhu girl's body from different directions.

"Heavens, the dragon heads on his nine tails aren't just for show!" Xiyao cried out; the scene of those nine tails attacking was truly too shocking.

"Legend has it that the nine tails of the Jiuyou Ao possess the strength of nine dragons, capable of swallowing stars, eating supreme experts alive, and tearing apart immortals," Mengchen said calmly; this was what he had seen in ancient texts.

In truth, he was also secretly particularly astonished at this moment.

Heizi's strength was still weak now, and this divine ability could not yet be displayed in its full form; once he truly matured, if he were to unleash it, it would likely be heaven-defying.

This scene caused the Tianhu girl's expression to change; she had not expected that this seemingly unremarkable little puppy was already so powerful—truly worthy of being a supreme expert among the Ten Fiends!

It was too fast, and with the two so close, it was simply unavoidable! The Tianhu girl was alarmed and immediately formed a seal, shouting, "Jietian Technique!"

As the shout fell, this patch of heaven and earth suddenly stilled for an instant, and the nine hideous tails with which the Jiuyou Ao was attacking retracted in an instant, as if he had never unleashed this divine ability at all.

Not far away, Mengchen and Xiyao saw this scene, and their expressions both changed; the nine tails that were about to bite her had actually returned and dissipated their Divine Power in an instant.

"This is the Jietian Technique of the Jietian Sect!" Mengchen sighed.

"This is too heaven-defying! An attack that was already right before her eyes was actually intercepted and returned?" Xiyao said with a face full of astonishment, simply unable to believe what she was seeing.

"Hum...!"

At this time, the Vajra Pestle on Mengchen's chest trembled slightly and then appeared; by now, everyone here knew of its existence, so there was no need for the Vajra Pestle to avoid being seen.

The Vajra Pestle hovered in mid-air, its entire body flashing with golden light as it spoke: "The Jietian Technique! It was also created by an ancient great power; at its smallest, it can intercept another's intent to perceive enemies and resolve doubts, and at its greatest, it can intercept time, returning things to their origin."

Upon hearing this, Mengchen and Xiyao were so shocked their mouths hung open.

Having seen the Butian Technique last time, they had already felt it was a world-class Divine Art; they had not expected to see the Jietian Technique now as well.

The two of them: one has the power to turn the world around, the other can return things to their origin; both can be called heaven-defying Divine Arts! "No! I absolutely cannot let this little fox go; the Jietian Technique must be obtained. And that Yuechan who went missing must also be found; the Butian Technique, the Jietian Technique—I cannot let either of them go," Mengchen whispered.

Xiyao, standing to the side, heard these words and cast a glance over; her eyelids twitched, her expression was very colorful, and while she was shocked, she also found it amusing.

Yet, faintly, a thought arose in her heart to support this idea of Mengchen's.

She thought that if Mengchen could obtain both heaven-defying Divine Arts, his strength would certainly rise to another level.

When that time came, he would have two more means of saving his life in times of crisis while walking the world.

Today's chapter is split into two parts; this is the first chapter, and the second chapter will be updated tomorrow night.

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