Both the current and former leaders of the Oro Sect, Ji Changkong’s Demonic Body had also rigorously cultivated the mysteries of the Oro Sect. For years, that Demonic Body had remained deeply concealed within the Tianyuan Pearl, repeatedly comprehending the various profound principles of the sect. His understanding of some of the Oro Sect's secret arts had reached an exceptionally deep level.

The strange figure was clearly the former leader of the Oro Sect, exceptionally skilled in the sect's Soul Splitting Technique. Dealing with him would indeed be difficult for ordinary people, as the souls hidden within the Stone-Gold Insects were extremely faint and securely shielded by the insects' physical forms.

However, the Soul Radiance and Black Hole soul skills from the Oro Sect's Nebula Soul Refining Art could specifically target his Soul Splitting Technique. Once Ji Changkong unleashed these two ultimate soul techniques, the Stone-Gold Insects began spinning wildly and aimlessly in the void, clearly having sustained heavy damage.

When a pitch-black cavern flashed into existence overhead, sucking in the faint souls like a gaping maw, the former leader of the Oro Sect immediately panicked, instantly recognizing Ji Changkong as one of the same origin within the sect.

"Indeed, I am the new leader of the Oro Sect." Ji Changkong smiled serenely, yet showed no mercy. Streams of Soul Radiance shot out, and while those Stone-Gold Insects were dizzy, his "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire" immediately followed up.

One by one, under the searing touch of the "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire," the Stone-Gold Insects transformed back into milky-white droplets. These droplets fell onto Ji Changkong’s body, causing the acupoints within him to overflow rapidly, stabilizing his realm at an astonishing speed and furthering deepening his cultivation.

Although they were both leaders of the Oro Sect, he held no intention of showing leniency, because the doctrine of the Oro Sect allowed for no mercy, advocating for survival of the fittest.

He understood that if he gave the former leader any opportunity, the man would surely show no mercy either, and would undoubtedly extinguish him with the fastest speed.

With the opportunity before him, if he didn't strike before the former leader’s Stone-Gold Insect bodies could reassemble, once those bodies gathered, and the scattered souls reunited, it would become utterly impossible to injure him using the Oro Sect's secret arts again. Only while his soul was dispersed and his power unable to consolidate could he wound him with the Soul Radiance!

Even a moment's hesitation would bring endless trouble. He knew this deeply, so the coordination between the Soul Radiance and the Black Hole secret arts proceeded without any pause. Soul Radiance flew out in a vast array, and under the "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire," the Stone-Gold Insects turned into liquid drops, landing on his body to become a part of his physical essence, stored within his acupoints.

Feeling the substantial surge in power within him, his attacks grew increasingly ruthless.

Soul Radiance flew out, and the Black Hole was also cast into the center of those Stone-Gold Insects, impeding the speed at which they could regroup. Then, the "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire" followed closely, incinerating the Stone-Gold Insects one by one into liquid droplets.

Efficient strikes quickly reduced swaths of Stone-Gold Insects into drops, which became the very source of power for his body.

In just this brief time, the number of Stone-Gold Insects had halved. Many of the remaining insects were immobilized under the assault of the Soul Radiance, subsequently being turned into milky-white droplets by the incoming "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire."

Only a hundred or so Stone-Gold Insects, which had initially fled outwards and accelerated their escape upon sensing danger, managed to avoid disaster. A thousand meters away, those several hundred Stone-Gold Insects coalesced into a single head, seething with rage and shouting madly, "Boy, we are both people of the Oro Sect, why strike so viciously?"

"If I don't kill you, you will destroy me. This is the doctrine of the Oro Sect; as the leader, I know the rules of the Divine Sect well!" Ji Changkong snorted coldly, watching the cluster of Stone-Gold Insects that had formed a head. He sensed that a portion of the soul had gathered within that head, knowing it would be difficult to annihilate the soul inside with just Soul Radiance, so he immediately intensified his speed to incinerate the entire swarm before him.

"A truly vicious boy!" The former leader’s head swayed from afar, then suddenly charged over with boundless resentment, roaring, "Boy, I will surely extinguish your soul and take everything you possess!"

Ji Changkong’s Main Body and Demonic Body attacked in unison, swiftly burning up those Stone-Gold Insects. Seeing the head pursuing him, he shouted loudly, "Huo Feng, Xiao Han, why haven't you acted yet! I have destroyed most of his body; his power is greatly diminished now. Hold him off for a while!" He needed to buy time to annihilate the remaining thousand-plus Stone-Gold Insects before him!

Huo Feng and Xiao Han had ceased resisting the Stone-Gold Insects since his attack began. When they saw his second body suddenly emerge, they were momentarily stunned, their faces filled with astonishment, feeling increasingly that he was impossibly mysterious.

It wasn't until his sharp command that Huo Feng and Xiao Han seemed to snap back to attention. They responded in agreement and immediately met the charging head, condensing their five-colored flames and extremely cold aura into layers of barriers before the former leader's head. "Get lost!" the head roared angrily. He was desperate to reach Ji Changkong and reclaim the remaining thousand Stone-Gold Insects, wanting to minimize his losses. He opened his mouth and spat out a ribbon of sharp golden light, shooting out from the enormous mouth of what was now just a head.

That golden light seemed indestructible. It first pierced through the ice barrier condensed by Xiao Han, then continued undeterred, piercing through the wall of fire condensed by Huo Feng, flying toward Ji Changkong as if possessed by life itself.

Ji Changkong did not look back. With a mere thought, the Demonic Body swiftly shifted position, standing behind his Main Body. "Chik!"

The golden light struck, slamming directly into the Demonic Body's chest, blasting a fist-sized hole in its breast. "Hah!" the Demonic Body let out a low cry. The exposed, crystalline bone within the large wound began to emanate a dazzling, dark-black luster.

Wisps of dense demonic energy suddenly poured out of the wound. Under the astonished gaze of Huo Feng and Xiao Han, the hole healed rapidly, and the Demonic Body instantly returned to its original state. "Done!" Ji Changkong’s Main Body laughed heartily. All seven hundred and twenty of his acupoints were now brimming with essence. He sensed that the essence stored within him was hundreds of times denser than before!

With a thought, a wisp of "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire" flew from his palm, rapidly darting toward the former leader's head, which had already arrived right before him.

Huo Feng and Xiao Han also attacked together, shooting out five-colored flames and ice spikes desperately, bombarding the former leader's pale-white head like a torrential storm.

In his prime, this leader existed in the Ruyi Realm, but now only a head remained, causing his power to naturally plummet. Most of his split souls had been annihilated along with the Stone-Gold Insects by the "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire," leaving his spirit incomplete. His overall strength was far inferior to when they first fought. Under the combined assault of the three, this single head used various strange lights to defend itself but gradually began to falter.

What Huo Feng and Xiao Han feared most was the attack launched by the former leader in his soul-split Stone-Gold Insect form. They knew that under such an offensive, even just a few hundred Stone-Gold Insects would be too much for them to handle.

However, because Ji Changkong was present, the former leader of the Oro Sect dared not use that method to attack the three of them, or he would die trying. He was forced to fight using his standard array of powers, and because his power had drastically diminished, Huo Feng and Xiao Han were not afraid of this conventional offensive. Consequently, he could not gain the upper hand.

The coalesced Stone-Gold Insects, though possessing a fragmented soul, emitted a vast aura that Ji Changkong’s Soul Radiance struggled to deal with; he could only use the "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire" to protect himself while dedicating a strand of flame to deal with the enemy.

Fortunately, Huo Feng and Xiao Han absorbed most of the attacks launched by the former leader, allowing him to operate safely.

"Bone Skeleton, move!" Midway through the battle, Ji Changkong slapped his forehead, suddenly remembering the Bone Skeleton, and pointed sharply at the head condensed by the former leader of the Oro Sect.

Upon receiving his mental command, the Bone Skeleton moved without hesitation, ghosting next to the head. Its eerie white bone claws lunged fiercely toward the head.

Rays of sharp metallic light shot out from the former leader’s large mouth, striking the Bone Skeleton, but only leaving behind snowy-white spots, completely failing to affect the skeleton’s speed. "Crack!"

As expected, the Bone Skeleton reached the large head. Its bone-white claw plunged fiercely into the head. The head immediately split apart again, reforming into a sky full of Stone-Gold Insects that desperately fled in all directions. "Don't rush off!" Ji Changkong chuckled slyly and resumed his familiar tactic.

First, Soul Radiance was used to confuse the Stone-Gold Insects, making them lose all sense of direction, then the "Blazing Thunder Sacred Fire" flew over, turning the insects one by one into milky-white droplets. Bathing in those milky-white droplets, his mood was incomparably joyful, and his smile grew ever brighter.

Except for a hundred of the insects that fled and vanished into the vast starry expanse, the hundreds of Stone-Gold Insects that had formed the large head once again turned into liquid drops, becoming essence to nourish the acupoints within his body. "Don't let them escape!" Huo Feng and Xiao Han cried out.

Alas, by the time they shrieked, the final hundred Stone-Gold Insects had already disappeared into the boundless starry region.

Ji Changkong’s sole target was the milky-white essence formed by the Stone-Gold Insects. At this moment, he was fully focused on absorbing those strange droplets and had no time to pursue them.

By the time every last drop of that essence had flowed into the acupoints within his body, the aura of the former leader of the Oro Sect had completely vanished. Silently sensing the result, his face gradually revealed satisfied joy.

Seven hundred and nine of his seven hundred and twenty acupoints were now filled with essence. Once the essence in the remaining eleven acupoints was filled, he would directly achieve the cultivation of the pinnacle of the Microscopic Realm.