Seeing the gray-white Three-Eyed Beast fall to the ground, the golden Three-Eyed Beast’s three eyes were filled with anxiety; it let out a hurried low roar and immediately pounced onto the fallen creature.

The golden Three-Eyed Beast at this moment had no time to care how many Great Perfection cultivators had descended below ground; it only wanted the gray-white Three-Eyed Beast to cease any rash movements and suffer as little pain as possible.

For a time, the depths below echoed with the mournful, low roars of the two Three-Eyed Beasts; it seemed they held absolutely no hope for themselves.

“Roar!!”

The golden Three-Eyed Beast suddenly erupted in a furious roar. This time, it could no longer worry about the child within its womb. Since there was no hope of retreating, they might as well perish together with these people!

Down in the earth, not only the Heaven and Earth Energy but also the spiritual essence emanating from that Ten-Thousand-Year Peach Tree condensed before it, forming a ball of power!

It was preparing to use its own life, plus the life of its unborn child, as the price to obliterate this place!

“No!!”

Zhang Yang realized the golden Three-Eyed Beast’s intention with a sudden shock and bellowed, immediately shouting to Wu Ying Shan Dian Zhui Feng, “Quick, stop her!”

Li Jianyi and the others were standing too far away to intercept in time, and Old Man Zhang Pinglu needed to attend to Zhang Yang, making it impossible for him to rush over and restrain the golden Three-Eyed Beast instantly.

At this moment, the only ones who could stop this golden Three-Eyed Beast were the three little fellows who had been locked in confrontation with them!

The three little fellows, in fact, knew what they needed to do without Zhang Yang having to speak.

Stopping the golden Three-Eyed Beast was equivalent to suicide; the three of them could only deploy their full strength to disperse the energy sphere before the golden Three-Eyed Beast could fully condense the Heaven and Earth Energy and spiritual essence here.

“Boom!!”

The golden Three-Eyed Beast, after all, was pregnant, and its strength had plummeted too severely. The condensed energy sphere did not manage to form an explosion, and the three great spirit beasts successfully prevented the golden Three-Eyed Beast from continuing to gather the energy sphere.

However, because the energy sphere lost control, it exploded violently instead.

The three great spirit beasts cried out in agony and were sent flying, severely wounded, with no possibility of immediate recovery.

Ultimately, it was the gray Great Perfection Three-Eyed Beast that, at the last moment, erupted with power exceeding its own limits, throwing itself in front of the golden Three-Eyed Beast, shielding it from the vast majority of the explosion’s residual force.

“Roar, roar!”

After the explosion, the golden Three-Eyed Beast lay atop the gray-white Three-Eyed Beast, now covered in blood, letting out low, mournful cries while licking its wounds; its fighting spirit was entirely gone.

At this point, the two Three-Eyed Beasts posed no further threat, appearing utterly vulnerable, like fish on a chopping block.

“Amitabha!”

Master Shi Ming could not bear to watch any longer, closing his eyes and muttering Buddhist chants.

Meanwhile, Li Jianyi and the others exchanged glances, their hidden joy no longer concealable.

They had all recognized the gray-white Three-Eyed Beast as the spirit beast that had successfully broken through to the Great Perfection realm, but now, it would never pose a threat again.

“Zhang Yang, you have reached this day too!”

While the attention of all the Great Perfection experts was still focused on the Three-Eyed Beasts, Di Wanfang’s gaze remained fixed on Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang’s recent roar had completely exposed the truth of his current weak and powerless state.

Di Wanfang was different from the other Great Perfection experts; he himself was recovering from a severe injury, and even after resting for so long, he had only barely regained a fraction of his strength, making him far weaker than his peers.

Whether regarding the Ten-Thousand-Year Peach or the Three-Eyed Beasts, Di Wanfang knew clearly that he had no chance of obtaining those treasures. Thus, his sole purpose for coming here was to seek revenge against Zhang Yang!

Discovering Zhang Yang’s current weakness—even inferior to his own state—and realizing that the three spirit beasts constantly beside Zhang Yang were now severely injured, Di Wanfang knew his chance had arrived!

After his roar, Di Wanfang could barely suppress his excitement and immediately spoke to the Great Perfection expert of the Zhou family beside him: “Zhou Gu, Zhang Yang is so weak now, it must be the result of his battle with that Great Perfection Three-Eyed Beast. This is the best opportunity to kill him and exact my revenge!”

In his extreme excitement, Di Wanfang lost all caution about concealing his intentions, directly calling out the Zhou family Great Perfection expert by his true name, and a flush of red spread across his pale face due to agitation.

Di Wanfang’s words drew the attention of not only the Zhou family Great Perfection expert towards Zhang Yang but also Li Jianyi, Hua Feitian, and the Wudang Great Perfection expert.

They had previously been distracted by the three great spirit beasts and the two Three-Eyed Beasts and had not paid attention to Zhang Yang. Now, seeing Zhang Yang’s pale complexion and weak, listless limbs, they realized this was certainly not a display of returning to simplicity.

“Benefactor Zhang, you…”

Master Shi Ming of Shaolin focused his gaze on Zhang Yang and was suddenly startled; he too could perceive that Zhang Yang’s current strength was less than one-tenth of what it was before.

Li Jianyi and Hua Feitian looked at Zhang Yang and realized that he was indeed suffering from weakness caused by the battle and the resulting emptiness in his Dantian. At this moment, Zhang Yang appeared as fragile to them as a defenseless child.

This implied that the Great Perfection spirit beast had been severely injured precisely because of its fight with Zhang Yang—and Zhang Yang had clearly won.

Zhang Yang had actually become this powerful, even defeating a Great Perfection spirit beast? Li Jianyi and Hua Feitian were shocked, yet a hint of worry subtly surfaced in their eyes.

The more powerful Zhang Yang became, the more it fueled their apprehension. If everyone possessed similar strength, a balance could be maintained, but when someone shattered that equilibrium by surpassing others too greatly, the balance ceased to exist.

Seeing the gazes of the Great Perfection experts focused on him, Old Man Zhang Pinglu’s heart suddenly lurched with a bad feeling, and he immediately stepped in front of Zhang Yang.

As a towering tree invites the wind, Zhang Pinglu naturally understood this principle.

Zhang Yang was truly too outstanding. In thousands of years of the cultivation world, was there anyone else who could achieve Zhang Yang’s level of strength in their early twenties? Who else could break through successively in less than two years of cultivation, rising from the first layer of Internal Strength directly to Great Perfection?

“Zhou Gu, this is the best time, what are you waiting for? If the two of us join forces, we can absolutely slay Zhang Yang and eliminate future trouble!”

Seeing that the Zhou family Great Perfection expert hadn’t moved, Di Wanfang coughed angrily, unwilling to let this opportunity slip away. Baring his teeth, he continued shouting, “Zhou Gu, if you just help me tie up Zhang Pinglu, that counts as helping me. I promise I won’t go back on my word regarding the Zhou family’s affairs! Zhang Yang is so weak now; without Zhang Pinglu, I can kill him myself!”

Although Zhou Gu had not moved, he was engaged in a fierce internal struggle. He could clearly see that given Zhang Yang’s current weakness, even Di Wanfang could easily slay him. But the problem was that other Great Perfection experts were present besides Zhang Pinglu.

However, Li Jianyi, Hua Feitian, and the Wudang Great Perfection expert exchanged glances; their expressions now were also somewhat strange.

Di Wanfang’s assessment was entirely correct: Zhang Yang was incredibly weak now, making it a perfect moment to kill him. Currently, only Zhang Pinglu from the Medical Saint Zhang Family retained complete fighting capability; the three spirit beasts accompanying Zhang Yang were negligible due to their injuries.

A killing intent surged in Li Jianyi and Hua Feitian’s hearts, seemingly spontaneously.

Even the Wudang Great Perfection expert could not entirely conceal the murderous intent in his gaze when looking at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Pinglu cursed inwardly, realizing the danger, and immediately blocked Zhang Yang, guarding vigilantly not only against Zhou Gu, the Zhou family Great Perfection expert, and Di Wanfang of the Demonic Sect but also showing no relaxation toward Li Jianyi and the others.

Di Wanfang did not miss the killing intent rising from Li Jianyi and the others; he was overjoyed, and the shadow of the Zhou family Great Perfection expert’s hesitation to act vanished.

Di Wan Gu roared with sinister laughter, turning to face Li Jianyi, Hua Feitian, and the Wudang Great Perfection expert, shouting loudly, “Li Jianyi, Hua Feitian, Zhang Hefeng, Shi Ming, do the four of you not see the situation before you! Even if you seize these two Three-Eyed Beasts while Zhang Yang is weak today, who can guarantee that you won’t face retaliation from the Medical Saint Zhang Family after Zhang Yang recovers?”

Zhang Hefeng, of course, was the Wudang Great Perfection expert. Di Wanfang was clearly trying to incite the killing intent of everyone present towards Zhang Yang.

That wasn't enough. Di Wanfang looked up at the golden, inverted peach tree above his head, burst into loud laughter, and then shouted, “Look, there is only one Ten-Thousand-Year Peach. These two Three-Eyed Beasts can only produce two batches of Three-Eyed Pills. At the very least, I, Di Wanfang, guarantee that after killing Zhang Yang, I will absolutely not participate in your division of these rare treasures. I, Di Wanfang, only want Zhang Yang’s life!”

In truth, even if Di Wanfang hadn't said so, Li Jianyi and Hua Feitian had already been moved.

If the two Great Perfection experts of the Medical Saint Zhang Family hadn't been so powerful back then, why would they have needed to stoop so low and apologize to the Medical Saint Zhang Family? Now, this was the best opportunity to weaken the Medical Saint Zhang Family!

“Brother Hua, Brother Zhou, how about we join forces and simply slay the people of the Medical Saint Zhang Family right here!”

The Zhou family Great Perfection expert, Zhou Gu, seeing the thoughts of Li Jianyi, Hua Feitian, and the others, immediately stepped forward and said to the other two. His intention was not just to kill Zhang Yang but to kill Zhang Pinglu as well!

Although the Medical Saint Zhang Family was currently famous in the cultivation world, it had a critical flaw: if Zhang Yang and Zhang Pinglu, two Great Perfection experts, died simultaneously, the sparsely populated Medical Saint Zhang Family, the higher it stood, the harder it would fall!

At that point, Zhou Gu would no longer need to fear retaliation from the Medical Saint Zhang Family.

“This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!”

Hua Feitian looked at Zhang Yang and spoke directly, no longer concealing his killing intent, stating it baldly.

He understood best the fate of a family when its Great Perfection guardians had a break in succession; the Hua family itself had been the clearest example of this.