"Spirit Beasts, also known as Spirit Yao Beasts, possess a relatively complete sentience, placing them a whole Rank above Yao Beasts, comparable to Dongtian cultivators among humans! However, they are currently also suppressed to the Rank of first-tier Yao Beasts."
At the same time, Bai Ze's reminder sounded in Jiang Yun's mind.
Although Jiang Yun also sensed the power of this Centipede, his charging figure did not stop in the slightest, and his eyes held a strong sense of determination as he slowly raised his right hand.
"Go!"
At Wan Hongbo's command, the Spirit Beast Centipede swayed its thousand sharp legs and slowly crawled towards Jiang Yun.
Clearly, just like its master, this Centipede also did not take Jiang Yun seriously.
However, although its speed seemed slow, as it moved, trails of emerald green mist appeared in the air. This was the innate poison within its body, which, as its figure swayed, continuously filled the space between heaven and earth, even gradually submerging its form.
It must be said that this Centipede was indeed extremely powerful. When encountering an enemy, it first released a poisonous mist, so that anyone who wanted to attack it would first encounter the poisonous mist.
As an Alchemist, how could Jiang Yun not know the potency of the poisonous mist before him? However, he was unwilling to retreat, so he gritted his teeth and advanced instead, instantly disappearing into the poisonous mist.
"Demon Subduing!"
Accompanied by a loud roar from within the poisonous mist, Jiang Yun's right hand quickly formed a Demon Subduing Seal with his five fingers and struck it through the air towards the Centipede's head.
Although the Centipede was a Spirit Beast, when it sensed a trace of Heavenly Yao's Qi contained within the Demon Subduing Seal, a look of fear immediately appeared in its eyes, which had originally held a playful expression. Its body slowed down, and it seemed to subtly want to retreat.
However, that Heavenly Yao Qi made it dare not retreat at all; it could only stay in place, allowing the Demon Subduing Seal to strike its head, causing its body to stiffen slightly and completely halt in the air.
At the same time, Jiang Yun's left hand suddenly pointed at his glabella. A vague imprint could be faintly seen emerging above his glabella, and immediately afterward, streaks of golden Thunder Power shot out from within it, all converging in Jiang Yun's left palm, forming a palm-sized sphere of Thunder Power.
This was the Thunder Power from Jiang Yun breaking through his eleventh Meridians. Although he had not yet fully cultivated his Dao Body, he could still borrow a little of this Thunder Power.
Raising the sphere of Thunder Power in his hand, Jiang Yun fiercely struck it down towards the Centipede's head, which had already stopped moving.
Looking at the sphere of Thunder Power, the fear in the Centipede's eyes deepened. Possessing Divine Sense far more acute than a human's, it clearly told itself that this seemingly insignificant sphere contained power that could definitely threaten it.
However, under the control of the Demon Subduing Seal, it was completely unable to escape. It could only watch helplessly as the sphere of Thunder Power slammed heavily into its glabella.
"Crack!"
The sphere of Thunder Power exploded, transforming into countless golden Thunder Power, instantly covering the Centipede's ten-foot-long body.
Along with trails of scorched smoke rising into the air, the Centipede suddenly let out a shrill shriek in mid-air, its entire body trembling as it heavily plummeted from the air towards the ground.
"Pfft!"
Just as the Centipede was struck down, Wan Hongbo suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body also trembling violently. He instantly became somewhat listless, and his eyes revealed a look of horror.
Cultivators who practice the Dao of Beast Taming are one with their pet beasts, so he also felt the same pain as the Centipede was engulfed by Thunder Power.
"It's your turn, Peak Master Wan!"
At this moment, Jiang Yun, having inhaled some poisonous mist, had a pale face, and blood was profusely flowing from his facial features. However, he suddenly turned his head and charged towards Wan Hongbo again.
Behind him, the dozens-of-feet-tall Flesh Dao Body, and the Han Ming Winged Bat, and even all the beasts within the Illusory Beast Diagram, all soared into the sky, charging towards Wan Hongbo.
...
For the people waiting outside, since they couldn't see the battle between Jiang Yun and Wan Hongbo inside the Illusory Beast Diagram, they could only focus their gaze on Gu Bu Lao and Dao Tianyou, hoping to guess the battle's progress from their facial reactions.
As nearly a quarter of an hour passed, Gu Bu Lao, who was sitting cross-legged above the Illusory Beast Diagram, suddenly stood up. This caused everyone's spirits to lift, clearly indicating that the battle inside had reached a conclusion.
"The result is so quick, Jiang Yun must have lost!"
"Yes, although Jiang Yun's strength is indeed very strong, how could he possibly win against a Dongtian cultivator!"
"However, being able to last this long is also extremely rare!"
Amidst the discussions of the crowd, countless rays of light suddenly shot out from within the Illusory Beast Diagram, forming a shimmering large door in the air.
Everyone was well aware of this, knowing that it was released by the Vicious Beast within the diagram that contained a Transmission Formation.
Amidst everyone's anticipation and waiting, a figure walked out from the light door. Although he was covered in blood and looked extremely disheveled, everyone felt their breathing stop as they looked at this figure.
The one who walked out was none other than Jiang Yun!
This meant that in his battle with Wan Hongbo, he had actually won!
This result, even for Dongfang Bo and Lan Huazhao, who had always been optimistic about Jiang Yun, was unacceptable and unbelievable. But just then...
"Roar!"
The countless Vicious Beasts within the Illusory Beast Diagram, led by the Han Ming Winged Bat, suddenly roared in unison, their voices echoing through the sky and penetrating the Illusory Beast Diagram.
The celebration of ten thousand beasts symbolized Jiang Yun's successful passage through Hundred Beast Peak!
Jiang Yun, who had appeared, bowed deeply to Gu Bu Lao and said, "Thank you, Peak Master Gu!"
"Hahaha!"
Amidst loud laughter, Gu Bu Lao's figure appeared beside Jiang Yun, directly stuffing the mutated Yao Beast egg in his hand to Jiang Yun, then with a flick of his sleeve, he enveloped Jiang Yun and instantly returned to Hidden Peak.
Immediately after, Dao Tianyou appeared above the Illusory Beast Diagram, and with a flick of his sleeve, a figure was swept out from within. A sharp-eyed Disciple immediately recognized this figure as none other than Wan Hongbo, the Peak Master of Hundred Beast Peak.
At this moment, he was also covered in wounds, and there were even clear fist marks around his eyes. His eyes were tightly shut, and it was unknown whether he was truly unconscious or deliberately feigning it because he was too ashamed to face anyone.
Only at this moment did everyone have to believe that Jiang Yun had truly defeated Wan Hongbo!
A Tongmai Realm Cultivator battling a Dongtian cultivator was already like a fantasy, and for a Tongmai Realm Cultivator to actually defeat a Dongtian cultivator left everyone's minds completely blank. There were no words, no thoughts that could describe their feelings at that moment.
Dao Tianyou lightly coughed and said, "I will personally send Wan Hongbo to the Enforcement Hall to have him explain today's events clearly! All Disciples can rest assured that regarding the matter of challenging the Five Peaks, this Sect Master will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation!"