The waning moon hung in the sky, its dim moonlight casting upon the snow, reflecting an invisible chill. Threads of killing intent mingled with the cold air, making the night wind even icier.

Zong Zheng gazed down from above, his expression gradually changing.

Jiang Li seemed to have anticipated the arrival of a fourth-rank, showing no shock at Zong Zheng's appearance.

He clearly could have continued forward, even possibly sneaking back to the Dinghu Sect, yet he chose to stop and confront his pursuers head-on.

Clues intertwined, an answer began to emerge in Zong Zheng's mind.

"Do you want to kill me?"

Zong Zheng, realizing this, surprisingly showed little anger, only feeling a sense of extreme absurdity.

Zong Zheng indeed came with the determination to risk his life in the pursuit, but his risking of life was to avenge Jiang Li's death. After killing Jiang Li, heaven's punishment would come, making Zong Zheng pay with his life for the betrayal.

As for being killed by Jiang Li, Zong Zheng had never considered it.

This outcome was so absurd, so ridiculous, that upon realization, Zong Zheng's first reaction wasn't anger, but to scoff.

"Ignorant boy, you think a bit of borrowed power gives you the glory to underestimate a fourth-rank."

A sneer flashed across his face, followed by a thick killing intent. Zong Zheng's Qi mechanism burst forth, making the already dark night due to the waning moon even more profound.

"The Jiang family is indeed naturally rebellious. Today, I shall rid the Great Zhou of this disaster."

"Boom!"

As his words fell, a booming sound echoed, Qi force shook the air like muffled thunder, and in an instant, thunder sounds seemed to shatter heaven and earth, a wave of Qi rolling towards him.

Ji Family's ultimate technique: Kui Drum Thunder Sound.

Zong Zheng had mastered this sound technique to perfection, turning his body into a thunder drum, his movements causing his skin to vibrate like a drum, assaulting with thunder sound.

Although he scoffed at Jiang Li's arrogance, Zong Zheng was not careless, indeed harboring the intent to kill Jiang Li, preferring to act decisively to avoid prolonging the night.

With his action, as Qi mechanism drew together, Jiang Li also made his move, the Emperor's Qi Observation Skill insightful to the minute details, a column of Qi soaring into the sky.

"Three Points Return to Primordial Qi."

Utterly pure and overwhelming, Innate Qi surged into the clouds, Qi and strength collided mid-air like two opposing waterfalls, exploding into countless waves.

With Jiang Li's power, he did not fall behind in a head-on collision.

"Qi Tomb" reaching fifth-rank displayed its full power, and in terms of power, perhaps only the newly emerged Nine Heavens Demon Clearing True Technique could match it at the same rank, and Jiang Li was not an ordinary fifth-ranker.

Along his journey, he had absorbed one Uniqueness Dao Fruit after another, even experiencing a completion of Dao Fruit after reaching sixth-rank. With many abilities and Divine Skills enhanced, Jiang Li's foundation was profoundly deep. Grasping the Qi Body Origin, achieving essence and Qi unification, solely in terms of foundation, he could compare with a fourth-rank.

After one clash, while the Qi waves still surged, Jiang Li almost without any pause, leaped upwards, aiming to soar into the sky.

But before he reached mid-air, the thunderous sounds from the sky surged again, runes flashed, gathering and forming into a pillar like Mount Tai suppressing from above.

Thunder exploded, the mass of the heavens seemed to focus above this pillar, its strike shattering the Qi waves mid-air, a heaven-collapsing pressure bearing down on Jiang Li.

'Not only is Kui Drum Thunder Sound perfected, but this Kui Niu Transformation has also been perfected.'

Jiang Li thought like a flash of lightning, a sudden burst of Blood Light at his brow, the Killing Body emerging, a blood-red Divine Evil wrapping a big halberd, striking horizontally at the pillar!

"Boom!"

Thunder exploded in mid-air, countless tiny electric currents racing back and forth, forming an electric net, colliding with the other side's blood-colored Divine Evil, the night sky split into two colors, divided by the two forces into two heavens and earth.

"Godslayer Spear!"

Zong Zheng's voice thundered, shouting fiercely, "Boy, you harmonize so well with the Military God's Five Weapons, truly no good sort. But do you really think a single Godslayer Spear will let you live?"

The Godslayer Spear had only been in existence for a few days, but this was enough time for the Ji Family to receive the message. Especially since Jiang Li had used this spear to injure King Shu and assault the giant ape, Zong Zheng, coming to intercept Jiang Li, naturally was prepared.

Thump!

Thump, thump!

The drum sounds like thunder, resounding up and down, the extremely powerful Qi spreading layers of ripples, the blood-colored Divine Evil touching it, actually began to disperse.

Above in the sky, among the thunderclouds, a large drum was set up, Guan Yushan holding two bone hammers, striking the drum with full force.

The huge drum was massive and rough, appearing to be just a few bone frames covered with a piece of drum skin, bearing a distinctly primitive era feature. But such a rough drum was restraining the blood-colored Divine Evil, greatly reducing the Godslayer Spear's power.

"If the Military God's Five Weapons were to arrive together, even if only two gather, I wouldn't dare claim to suppress the All Heaven Divine Evil. But with just this one Godslayer Spear, this Kui Drum is enough to make you, boy, lose your reliance."

In the midst of the drum sounds that carried words of heart-condemnation, a fierce figure burst forth from within the thunder-lit pillar, it was Zong Zheng, greatly transformed in appearance.

Zong Zheng's body had now swelled, his muscles knotted, stretching his robes tautly; his skin took on a cyanotic hue, thick as cowhide, his long hair and beard flailed wildly, almost like a demon of unmatched evil.

He had already displayed the Kui Niu Dharma Body, the robustness of his body was comparable to that of a Sixth-Rank Devil Cultivator, perhaps even surpassing them. His Qi Force around his body was like a raging storm, never ceasing, his arms burst forth, quick as lightning, and grasped the front end of the Godslayer Spear.

"Hum!"

Upon contact, the Godslayer Spear vibrated intensely. The force transmitted to Jiang Li's arm, nearly making him feel as though the muscles and tendons in his arm were about to explode from the oscillations, and he almost lost his grip on the spear.

The Kui Niu Dharma Body, was itself a thunder drum, constantly vibrating, Qi like thunder; at this moment, Zong Zheng's whole body vibrated with fluctuations, every movement resounded with thunder.

However, Jiang Li had created the Qi Body Origin, already unifying essence and energy, the muscles received the vibrations, but the melded Primordial Qi in his blood immediately stabilized the fluctuations, his eyes emitted a strange light, arrays appeared, transforming strength to retreat the force.

"Life in Desolate Places, Unbeatable."

As Yin advanced, Yang retreated, and as Yang advanced, Yin retreated, deflating its sharpness, and attacking its body; Jiang Li transformed the gathered strength, striking the Godslayer Spear with a palm, and a tremendous force counter-shocked Zong Zheng's arms.

"Thud!"

The cyanotic skin vibrated and billowed like thunder, Zong Zheng found himself almost unable to hold onto the halberd, nearly losing his grip.

'Impossible!'

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, unable to believe that despite having suppressed the Godslayer Spear with the Kui Drum, Jiang Li still had such strength.

'This youth...'

In the midst of intense battle, there was no time for further hesitation; even before Zong Zheng could recover from the shock, Jiang Li had already spun the Godslayer Spear with his right hand, forcing Zong Zheng to let go unwillingly, his left hand waved, passing over the shaft of the spear, his fingers like swords and blades, reached towards Zong Zheng's chest.

The harsh sword light emanated from his fingertips, its sharpness compelling Zong Zheng to hesitate no more; he countered with a backhand, using both arms to block the clawing fingers.

"Hiss!"

The Great Circle Sword Light penetrated the sleeves, piercing into the cyanotic skin. Jiang Li's palm displayed that of a crystal, with scale patterns emerging on it, his fingers dug into the flesh, ready to transform and expel the Five Vile Qi.

But at the same time, a strong surge of blood and Qi burst forth, Zong Zheng's whole body rebounded with great strength.

"Ang-Ao!"

Like a dragon's roar and a bull's bellow, Zong Zheng from the Ji Family swung his arms with great force, shaking Jiang Li away, and his body instantly grew massively; within moments, it spanned more than twenty yards.

"Ang-Ao—"

A giant beast appeared in mid-air, taking Zong Zheng's place; its entire body was shaped like a bull, its color cyan and hornless, flickering with electric light, beneath its immense body, a single thick foot stood like a pillar, remarkably, it was a one-footed bull-shaped giant beast.

"Kui Niu Dharma Body... No, you have contained the Kui Niu Dao Fruit."

Jiang Li was shaken dozens of feet away, his palms and fingers were twisted by that colossal force, but with a single operation of True Qi, his hand automatically reset and restored, wounds healed, all the while he observed the transformed giant beast and said.

With the Qi Body Origin, ordinary injuries were completely disregarded by Jiang Li, compared to these, Zong Zheng's transformation was more noteworthy.

Many knew that Zong Zheng from the Ji Family cultivated the Kui Niu Transformation from the "Form Tomb" and had reached great proficiency, capable of changing into a Kui Niu form, but today, after injuring Zong Zheng and being forced away by the shock, Jiang Li realized that Zong Zheng was not only cultivating the Kui Niu Transformation; he had also contained the Kui Niu Dao Fruit.

He was a Devil Cultivator!

By cultivating the Kui Niu Transformation with a Kui Bull Demon Body, merging Demon Form with the Dharma Body, perfectly exhibiting the physical advantages of Devil Cultivators – the beast from the air landed, stepping into the river, making the flowing river hollow out and momentarily showing signs of interruption.

Its vitality and aura now compared to before, were much stronger by more than just a measure, further causing wild winds, arousing thunder, making dark clouds roll and Heavenly Thunder rumble.

The Heavenly Phenomenon changed accordingly.

And in mid-air, Guan Yushan still pounded on the drum, the Kui Drum struck with thunder, perfectly resonating with Zong Zheng's Kui Bull Demon Form.

"The Inner Record of the Yellow Emperor states: 'When the Yellow Emperor fought Chi You, Xuan transformed eighty Kui Niu Drums for the Emperor, one strike resonated over five hundred miles, continuously resounding over three thousand eight hundred miles.'"

The leather on this great drum was originally Kui Niu hide, the frame inside was also made from Kui Niu bone.

"Claiming the Jiang family to be mad and perverse, yet Sect Master Zong Zheng isn't much better."

Jiang Li stood in midair, looking at this bull-shaped giant beast, mocking: "For all demon kinds, to kill them is no crime, it is clearly written in the 'Law of Great Zhou', it seems today I must remove a cancer for the Ji Family."

"Silence!"

The Kui Bull bellowed like thunder: "Scourge, what right do you have to slander me? I have made sacrifices for the court and the Royal Family, how dare you, a Jiang family rebel, judge me!"

The revealing of the demon form caused Zong Zheng to also lose some control over his temper, he roared, numerous electric snakes surged over his body, bursting forth, striking the river with electric light, melting snow.

Regardless of success or failure today, it was a matter of 'death', Zong Zheng no longer hid his secrets, letting them be exposed.

"Evil-born child of the Jiang family, I shall take your life now and rid you of this scourge."

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