**Chapter 500: Unparalleled Dominance**
Two spirit forms of the White Tiger pounced forward, each biting down on the Black Shadow’s arms, extinguishing the dark flames that enveloped him in an instant.
“White Tiger’s power?”
The Black Shadow’s eyes twitched in surprise.
A mere spirit form stitched together from spiritual energy, and only at the Golden Core level at that, shouldn’t have been able to hurt him. But if it were the power of the four divine beasts, that was a different story altogether.
And to make things worse, the White Tiger was spewing out extreme cold, hardening the Black Shadow’s demonic aura into a solid block of ice! This combo of divine beast power and frigid attributes was something he had never heard of before!
“However, if it’s that woman…” He muttered to himself, his gaze darting towards a silvery figure soaring in from the distance.
Mu Jixue! She made it just in time!
Yun Zhonghe’s speed was too much for her to keep up, but luckily, thanks to Yun Zhonghe’s quick reaction, the Black Shadow’s attempt to siphon off Li Yifeng’s power was interrupted.
The Black Shadow was already strong; letting him get even stronger would be a disaster.
The encounter with the Black Shadow reminded Mu Jixue of her past misfortune back in Tianhai City.
Thinking of how pathetic she was back then, her fighting spirit ignited!
This time, she would reclaim every shred of the humiliation she endured!
Yun Zhonghe: **[Jixue, has Xiaoxiao been safely placed?]**
Mu Jixue: **[Don’t worry, I’ve sent Xiaoyu and Jiu’er to a safe spot. As long as we take him down here, Xiaoxiao will be fine.]**
Yun Zhonghe and Mu Jixue exchanged anxious mental messages.
With the Black Shadow appearing here, his intentions were crystal clear.
From their encounter in Tianhai City, it was clear he was after Xiaoxiao.
Remember how the Su Family had always tried to marry off Su Xiaoxiao for political alliances? After Su Xinghe took over the Su Family, he discovered there was more behind that plot than a simple marriage.
The Black Shadow had a hand in it! The marriage was just his excuse to get his hands on Su Xiaoxiao.
So when the plan to marry Su Xiaoxiao was thwarted, the Black Shadow exterminated the old patriarch of the Su family and attempted to kidnap her right in Tianhai City.
All along, his motives were straightforward: he simply wanted Su Xiaoxiao.
But why, at the last moment in Tianhai City, did he suddenly back off? That deeper reasoning remained a mystery.
Regardless, both Yun Zhonghe and Mu Jixue knew they couldn’t let the Black Shadow succeed again.
They would intercept the Black Shadow here!
“Mu Jixue~ You’ve gotten stronger since our last encounter~” The Black Shadow said while eyeing Mu Jixue’s graceful movements, an uncharacteristic smirk creeping onto his face. “But it’s still nowhere near enough.”
The frozen demonic aura erupted, and the White Tiger spirit forms that had bitten him suddenly expanded, bursting apart!
The shockwave flipped the battlefield upside down, sending Li Yifeng, Zhao Lingxiao, and several disciples flying far away, crashing heavily into the ground. Even Yun Zhonghe had to plant Xue Yunjian into the ground to stabilize himself.
In that moment, the hazy black mist surrounding the Black Shadow completely dissipated, revealing his true form—a sinister-looking man with long black hair.
With a twisted smile and eyes of deep cold, his eerie blood-red pupils radiated a paralyzing terror.
Tall and dressed in red, he walked slowly forward, each step blooming a crimson lotus flower in his wake.
At that instant, Yun Zhonghe felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end.
What on earth is that? That overwhelming aura feels completely dreadful… Is there such a character in the original?
Though he expected this story to spiral out of control, facing an unfamiliar foe made Yun Zhonghe instinctively ten times more alert.
Especially with this guy; he felt completely different from any common villain he’d encountered before.
A behind-the-scenes BOSS? It felt like that!
In which case…
“Jixue, watch out! He might be after you too!”
If he’s a behind-the-scenes BOSS, he’d be the greatest enemy of Huang Aotian!
Concerned for Mu Jixue’s life, Yun Zhonghe couldn’t afford to slack off. As the Six Harmonies Sword Qi surged forth, a golden light exploded from the sword energy.
The dazzling golden flash was so bright it felt like it could snatch away vision. Seizing that moment, Yun Zhonghe unleashed his sword qi, slicing through the air like a tornado, sending a flurry of sharp golden sword qi rocketing towards the Black Shadow.
“Weak!”
The Black Shadow scoffed with a sneer, his fist unleashing a burst of demonic energy that shook the entire Outer Gate!
Not just the Outer Gate; the other eight peaks felt the tremor too!
At that moment, the powerful cultivators battling in the Inner Gate stopped in their tracks, looking up in shock.
Even the mighty ones at the Ascending Immortal Stage were momentarily stunned.
What in the world is this crazy thing popping up in the Outer Gate?
“This is bad, there’s danger in the Outer Gate!”
“The disciples we sent earlier are definitely no match for it!”
“Where can we send reinforcements? We need to dispatch a Transformation God! Only those guys can handle this!”
“No way, they’re all busy! The five leaders of the Demon Sect and thirty elders, along with a hundred masters are all tied up, who can we spare?!”
“Damn it…”
The Black Shadow didn’t bother hiding anymore. With a punch illuminated in black light, he shattered the heavens and earth!
Boom!
One punch shattered Yun Zhonghe’s sword momentum, and the shockwave nearly reached Mu Jixue in the sky.
Fortunately, she flapped her ice wings just in time to dodge the blow; however, that punch connected directly with a distant mountain peak.
Rumble!
The mountain was flattened to the ground.
Li Yifeng, Zhao Lingxiao, and the other dazed prodigy disciples widened their eyes, witnessing this horrifying scene. If anyone had been hit directly by that punch, they would have been turned to gelatinous mush!
Unstoppable might!
“Got the guts to come at me again?”
The Black Shadow’s voice echoed through the air, sounding like the decree of heaven itself, cold and filled with menace.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you; retreat now, and you still have time. I only want to take one thing with me; currently, you are… not my main interest.”
Though Mu Jixue’s growth and Yun Zhonghe’s sword momentum were somewhat unexpected, it only added a tiny bit of amusement to him.
That was all.
In that moment, some among them started to panic; the people backing Li Yifeng were growing desperate, completely unequipped to handle this sudden powerhouse.
And there was no one available in the Inner Gate to help.
It was over!
Truly over!
However, at that moment, Mu Jixue’s face turned cold. Suddenly, she reached out, and a massive ice arrow appeared before her.
With a single point, the giant arrow revealed the silhouette of the White Tiger divine beast.
In just a few days, Mu Jixue had mastered the White Tiger’s power to perfection.
Right now, the White Tiger wove its might into the ice arrow and shot out with lightning speed!
It looked like a common mid-tier spell, but infused with the White Tiger’s prowess, it became exceptionally powerful. The Black Shadow was taken aback.
This wasn’t just an ordinary ice arrow spell; it was a pent-up arrow with power that had exceeded any mid-tier spell!
And that’s not all; the accumulated ice-type spiritual energy under Mu Jixue’s command could erupt at any moment in an icy thunder explosion.
The Black Shadow’s smile faded. The previous air of invincibility melted away completely, as he began to acknowledge he had underestimated Mu Jixue.
Yun Zhonghe couldn’t help but smirk: See? This is the Huang Aotian I raised!
