Within half a stick of incense's time, the Patterned Beast had carried its master to the mountain summit, and the Corpse Demon had also climbed to within five meters of the summit.

At the moment of realizing significant achievement, Wang Xiaoqiang dared not be careless.

Jumping down from the Patterned Beast, he immediately took out six Demon Crystals from the Sumeru Ring and threw them all at once to the Patterned Beast, who excitedly swallowed them. While the beast was distracted, Wang Xiaoqiang took the dried corpse's head from the Sumeru Ring, then grabbed the head in one hand and the neck of the dried corpse in the other, and swung them fiercely towards the Corpse Demon that was still crawling upwards, laughing loudly and whistling provocatively.

Seeing this, the Corpse Demon below, enraged, emitted a weird red light from its eyes and, despite the expense of its cultivation base, desperately infused more Corpse Qi into its hands, accelerating its climb by more than twice the speed.

In just a moment, it had reached the summit and leaped onto it.

Wang Xiaoqiang, who had already shifted his position, moved to the center of the summit as much as possible. He assembled the dried corpse's head and lower body, ignoring the stench of decay, and tightly bound it in front of him using Spiritual Energy Threads, standing quietly, waiting for the Corpse Demon.

The Patterned Beast, having swallowed six Demon Crystals and gained strength, appeared particularly majestic as it guarded beside its master and furiously roared at the Corpse Demon approaching head-on.

The Corpse Demon, which steadily approached Wang Xiaoqiang step by step, exhibited confusion on top of its anger. The boy was young yet had reached the First Transformation of the Immortal, his body surfacing with surging Spiritual Energy and his internal breath profoundly unfathomable, indicating that his strength likely surpassed that of the First Transformation. Noticing Wang Xiaoqiang binding his thousand-year-old cousin's corpse to himself, it felt both fury and an admiration for the young man's intelligence and determination but was clueless about how such a young person could commit such a dark act.

However, this thought quickly dissipated from its mind. In its fury, it had no time to ponder such questions; all it wanted was to tear the young man before it to shreds and devour him!

"Roar!"

The Corpse Demon let out an angry howl, its eyes shining with a strange red light, and its hands, loaded with Corpse Qi, lunged at Wang Xiaoqiang.

"Roar!" The Patterned Beast roared loudly, positioning itself in front of its master.

The advancing Corpse Demon was blocked. Its Corpse Qi-filled hands reached for the large head of the beast before it.

Ignoring the consequences, the Patterned Beast pounced towards the Corpse Demon.

"Boom!"

As they collided, both let out cries of pain. The head of the Patterned Beast, where the Corpse Demon had grabbed it, immediately turned a different color due to the invasion of the Corpse Qi.

In contrast, the Corpse Demon was knocked backward by the great body of the beast pet.

Having expended over half of its Corpse Qi in the climb, the Corpse Demon saw its power severely diminished, leading to its defeat.

In a situation where both parties were severely wounded, Wang Xiaoqiang flashed from behind the Patterned Beast, unfolding his body and stepping right in front of the fallen Corpse Demon before it could rise, and delivered a full-powered palm strike from above.

Rolling Spiritual Energy surged, condensing into three huge, unrivaled bolts of lightning in his palm.

Boom, boom, boom!

Spiritual Energy roared, and thunder exploded. All three bolts of lightning blasted onto the chest of the Corpse Demon.

The Corpse Demon's body shook violently, and at once, it was hit by the Thunderclap Annihilation Palm's Thunder Jade Shatter Strike, turning the impacted area pitch-black. A crisp cracking sound followed, and fragments of shattered bone splintered off.

The Corpse Demon, showing a painful expression, roared furiously and, disregarding its injuries, charged its hands with Corpse Qi and swiftly clawed towards Wang Xiaoqiang's chest.

The intense aura locked him in, making his body freeze, almost unable to move an inch.

Wang Xiaoqiang was greatly alarmed, able only to watch as the sharp claws came at him.

If this claw were to strike true, severe injury was inevitable. Wang Xiaoqiang's face showed fright.

Suddenly, the attacking claw froze mid-way.

Turns out, the Corpse Demon hesitated out of fear of injuring its junior sister's corpse, retracting its hand halfway through the attack.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang didn't retreat but went on the offensive, gathering all his strength for another palm strike.

This palm struck directly on the face of the Corpse Demon.

Boom, boom, boom!

In the midst of loud noises, the head of the Corpse Demon was blasted into a charred mess. It seemed it wouldn't survive, but then, at that moment, from the two dark hollows of its eyes, shot two bizarre red lights, hitting Wang Xiaoqiang's palm.

The chilling air of the corpse infiltrated through the skin into the flesh.

Having reached the stage of Organ Refining, his skin was tough and resilient, resisting the Corpse Qi. Otherwise, the consequences of Corpse Qi penetrating his bone marrow would have been unthinkable.

At this critical moment, he dared not retreat in the slightest. He withdrew his right hand and flipped over his left hand, holding the Penglai Immortal Sword, and thrust it towards the chest of the Corpse Demon.

Lacking the protection of Corpse Qi, the chest of the Corpse Demon was immediately pierced by the Mystic Qi Spear, opening a deep cavity through the rotten flesh.

"Awooo!"

The Corpse Demon let out a mournful howl. Its body began to violently twist on the ground.

Seeing the Corpse Demon twisting like a worm, Wang Xiaoqiang stretched out both hands, and between the opening and closing of his fingers, like spewing silk, sixty threads of Spiritual Energy shot out, wrapping around the twisting body.

The threads of Spiritual Energy entwined it, and the Corpse Demon struggled fiercely, breaking most of the threads. Only a few managed to wrap around it.

Wang Xiaoqiang frowned deeply, desperately condensing the Spiritual Energy Threads, using almost ten breaths' effort and nearly exhausting his Spiritual Energy, to wrap the twisting Corpse Demon into a bundle, immobilizing it completely.

Without any hesitation, Wang Xiaoqiang crouched down, extended two fingers with Spiritual Energy flowing between them, whistling loudly, and with his fingers as a sword, slit open the decayed flesh of the Corpse Demon's abdomen.

A burst of chilling air spread out.

Only when the Corpse Qi had dissipated did Wang Xiaoqiang reach inside the Corpse Demon to extract an object the size of a chicken egg, surrounded by chilling air and swirling Corpse Qi – the essence of this Corpse Demon, the Corpse Crystal.

Having obtained the Corpse Crystal, the weight in his heart lifted, Wang Xiaoqiang felt a wave of excitement and promptly stored it in the Sumeru Ring. It was at this moment that he heard the Patterned Beast let out a fierce roar of warning.

Wang Xiaoqiang was startled and looked around, only to see at the edges of the mountain summit, skull-like black heads popping out – the Corpse Demons had silently crawled out.

In the midst of his shock, a powerful Corpse Demon suddenly leaped to the summit and, with a Teleportation, appeared five meters in front of him.

Now, with his Spiritual Energy more than half depleted, Wang Xiaoqiang had no strength left to fight. Especially since, the Corpse Demon attacking him appeared much more formidable than the previous one.

Instantly, with a thought, the Patterned Beast roared fiercely and dashed forward recklessly to protect its master, colliding with the Corpse Demon.

"Boom!"

As they collided, a massive sound erupted. Although the Corpse Demon was powerful, its small body was at a disadvantage in the collision; it was sent tumbling backward. The Patterned Beast's huge body shuddered from the cold Corpse Qi's assault and let out a pained howl, its body trembling with cold.

Seeing the Patterned Beast knock away the powerful Corpse Demon, Wang Xiaoqiang immediately leaped onto the Patterned Beast.

The Patterned Beast roared loudly and soared up.

Just then, dozens more Corpse Demons pounced towards them.

The Corpse Demons that missed their target, each showing a fierce and angry look, howled in rage and looked up at the man and beast soaring halfway into the sky, their eyes displaying frustration.

Nearly ten powerful Corpse Demons, emitting bizarre red lights from their eyes, aimed at the mid-air Patterned Beast.

The Patterned Beast, struck by nearly twenty red lights, trembled, its flight speed immediately slowed as if locked by a powerful force. Its body maneuvered erratically in the air, swinging uncontrollably, causing Wang Xiaoqiang, who was riding on its back, to nearly fall off.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang's brow furrowed deeply, and he immediately took out six Demon Crystals from the Sumeru Ring, throwing them in front of the Patterned Beast, which opened its huge mouth and sucked all the Demon Cores in, swallowing them. After gaining strength, it roared again, exerting effort to stabilize its body to prevent its master from falling off.(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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