Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Subduing the Nine-headed Lion and Making Ji Xuan the Treasure-Seeking Rat—Everything Within My Grasp
Roar!
The Nine-headed Lion let out a wretched howl as four of its heads were severed, causing it to suffer a severe injury.
At this moment, its remaining five heads all showed signs of panic in their eyes.
This human is too terrifying!
If it weren’t known that Jun Xiaoyao is the Divine Son of a Desolate Ancient Family, the Nine-headed Lion would truly believe he was an Ancient True Dragon in human form.
This kind of terrifying physical power is simply stronger than even those of the Ancient Races creatures.
"Even if you’re a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, you shouldn’t be this powerful!"
The Nine-headed Lion roared angrily as divine radiance surged from its body.
At the stump of its four severed heads, divine rays twined around as if new heads were about to grow.
"The life force of the Nine-headed Lion lineage is too vigorous!"
Witnessing the state of the Nine-headed Lion, many Human Race cultivators exclaimed in amazement.
But even so, this kind of method was still not enough in front of Jun Xiaoyao.
"Don’t use your limited imagination to guess the abilities of I, the Divine Son."
Jun Xiaoyao naturally wouldn’t give the Nine-headed Lion a chance to recover, striking out again without using any divine techniques, merely punching down with pure brute force.
Every punch was as heavy as a thousand pounds, breaking the bones and tendons of the Nine-headed Lion.
This kind of brutal melee combat left everyone astonished.
"As expected of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, unbeatable in close combat..." an elder of the Jiang Family sighed in the void.
"Now, do you willingly become my mount?" Jun Xiaoyao said indifferently.
"Humph, I am a descendant of the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint, even if it means death, I will never suffer such humiliation!"
The remaining five heads of the Nine-headed Lion all let out a defiant roar.
"Oh? Is that so?" Jun Xiaoyao struck again.
A few breaths later, the Nine-headed Lion had only four heads left.
"Don’t think I’ll submit!" the Nine-headed Lion continued to shout.
After half a moment, the Nine-headed Lion had just three heads left, and it began to panic.
"Jun Family’s Divine Son, we shall fight again in the future!" The fear crossed the eyes of the Nine-headed Lion, its tone fierce but lacking substance.
After a few more breaths, it had only two heads remaining.
For the Nine-headed Lion, although its heads could regenerate, if all nine heads were severed, it would be completely incapable of recovery, beyond even the salvation of immortals.
Finally, the Nine-headed Lion let out a pitiful cry for mercy.
"Divine Son, stop, don’t chop off another head, there’s only one left, any more and I’ll be bald!"
The Nine-headed Lion, battered and wailing, lay down begging for mercy.
It was covered in blood and left with one head, its face in an expression of crying without tears.
The once proud Nine-headed Lion had been reduced to a single-headed lion by Jun Xiaoyao.
Many cultivators witnessing this were speechless.
Moments ago it was determined to die rather than submit, but now it was like a chubby orange cat lying on the ground wagging its tail in supplication, the contrast was too stark.
"Have you given in?"
Jun Xiaoyao planted a foot on the last remaining head of the Nine-headed Lion.
"I’ve given in, I’ve given in, Divine Son please don’t kill me!" the Nine-headed Lion trembled, its former majesty as an Ancient Royal Family vanished.
It knew that Jun Xiaoyao truly dared to kill it.
With the Jun Family’s background, even the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint would likely find it hard to retaliate.
"Hmm, reluctantly be my mount then," Jun Xiaoyao said calmly.
The Nine-headed Lion was extremely powerful, its current sorry state was because its opponent was him.
Against any other celestial pride, it would have been incredibly difficult to subdue the Nine-headed Lion to this extent.
"Yes..." the Nine-headed Lion lowered its head.
Many cultivators seeing this scene felt a tempestuous upheaval in their hearts.
Ripping the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow apart with bare hands, subduing the Nine-headed Lion.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this was an impossible feat.
Yet Jun Xiaoyao did it with ease.
Long Jade Pool took a deep breath, her chest heaving.
She finally understood why the ancestor had warned her so strongly.
"Long Haotian, his death was not in vain..." Long Jade Pool’s heroic eyes were filled with extreme apprehension.
At the same time, she also recalled that demon still in seclusion, merging with the Dragon Essence.
"I wonder if Long Aotian, after merging seven Dragon Essences and infused with Emperor Dragon’s Blood, can surpass the Jun Family’s Divine Son?"
Meanwhile, Ji Xuan, Xiao Chen, and others raised Jun Xiaoyao’s level of danger to the utmost.
At this moment, an anomaly emerged once more from the earth’s rift, with gray mist swirling and brilliance surging.
"The Supreme Venerable Secret Treasure is finally opening!"
All cultivators, ancient creatures, were gearing up.
Jun Xiaoyao looked on, but there was no check-in prompt from the system in his mind.
"It seems I must truly delve into the depths of the Primordial Heaven Secret Treasure to check in," Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.
"Let’s go!"
Ji Xuan and others, their eyes flickering, mana surging to envelop their bodies, charged directly forward.
A single wave stirred up the entire situation, and the remaining cultivators followed closely behind.
As for Long Jade Pool, after glancing at Jun Xiaoyao, she finally gave up provoking him.
"Originally I came here to deal with Jun Xiaoyao, to bolster the fame of my Ancestral Dragon Nest, but now it seems I oversimplified the matter."
"Keeping the search for the Ancient Dragon Bone as the primary goal is better," Long Jade Pool thought to herself.
Her initial intent was to trouble Jun Xiaoyao, and then to seek the Ancient Dragon Bone.
But now, having witnessed Jun Xiaoyao’s strength, Long Jade Pool wisely prioritized the search for the Ancient Dragon Bone.
Seeing Long Jade Pool obediently entering the earth’s rift, Jun Xiaoyao also chuckled lightly: "Wise choice..."
"Let’s go," Jun Xiaoyao waved a hand, riding the Nine-headed Lion, and took the lead into the earth’s rift.
Jun Zhangjian, Jun Xuehuang, Jun Linglong, Jun Wanjie, and Jiang Shengyi followed closely behind.
Upon entering the rift, dense gray mist rolled in.
Far denser than the outside world.
Many reckless cultivators who rushed in were quickly corroded by the gray mist, losing their sanity, eyes turning red.
This thick gray mist couldn’t be completely isolated even with mana.
Boom!
Jun Xiaoyao casually swept his hand, slapping several maddened cultivators to death.
Soon, he cleared a path and reached the bottom of the rift.
Looking around, a magnificent underground palace lay horizontally beneath, a supreme pressure emanating from its depths.
Jun Xiaoyao released his soul power, roughly probing with divine thought.
The entire underground palace seemed divided into inner and outer layers.
The outer layer should be accessible to most people, while the inner layer might require the Primordial Heaven Venerable Order to enter.
"Seems like to check in, I’ll need to enter the inner layer," Jun Xiaoyao mused.
At this, Ji Xuan had already sped towards the underground palace, a hint of a smile on his lips, a gleam of excitement in his eyes.
"Hmm? Could he possibly?" Jun Xiaoyao noticed Ji Xuan’s expression and pondered.
Judging by Ji Xuan’s look, he seemed to know some secrets about the Supreme Venerable Secret Treasure.
"Ji Xuan, let you be my Treasure-Seeking Rat then," Jun Xiaoyao chuckled.
On another side, he also noticed Xiao Chen darting towards another entrance of the underground palace.
Jun Xiaoyao knew Xiao Chen was a man of destiny, likely to reap substantial rewards within the secret treasure.
Thinking of this, Jun Xiaoyao turned his head: "Wanjie, I have something to instruct you."
"Yes, my lord, please speak," Jun Wanjie cupped his hands.
Jun Xiaoyao transmitted his voice, and Jun Wanjie nodded, flashing away.
"Heh... the entire Primordial Heaven Secret Treasure is under my control."
Jun Xiaoyao stood with his hands behind his back, brimming with confidence.