Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

Faced with this question, the Evil Bone Taoist neither nodded in agreement nor denied it.

He simply said, "Our cultivation levels are similar. If we were to fight with all our might, we would only end up both of us severely injured. There's really no need for that."

"Anyway, these troublesome monsters have already been dealt with. I'll give you spirit stones, and you hand over the hostages. We can each get what we want."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Evil Bone Taoist flipped his wrist and produced a bulging storage bag out of thin air, which he held in his palm, surrounded by spiritual light.

"There are 1.5 million spirit stones here. Consider the extra 500,000 as compensation for the rudeness these monsters showed you earlier."

Upon hearing this, the Overlord Saint Lord burst into laughter, then said, "Fine! Since you don't want to fight, then we won't. After all, I'm not an unreasonable person."

"However, you must hand over the spirit stones to me first, and I will release them to you later."

"Catch!" Evil Bone Daoist shouted, raising his hand and throwing the storage bag directly at Overlord Saint Lord.

The Overlord Saint Lord reached out and caught it steadily, and immediately began to use his divine sense to explore the contents of the bag.

But just as his divine sense probed into the storage bag, the bag suddenly exploded, sending up towering flames and smoke.

The violent shockwave from the explosion instantly swept in all directions, engulfing the entire Overlord Saint Lord within it.

The Evil Bone Taoist, holding a folding fan, sneered loudly, "What a fool! I offered you something, and you actually dared to accept it!"

call!

The next instant, amidst the aftershocks of the explosion, a gust of wind swept through, directly dispersing the smoke and light from the explosion.

The figure of the Overlord Saint Lord reappeared, but this time, his magnificent robe was ripped to shreds, his hair was disheveled, his face was covered in dust, and he looked extremely disheveled.

Even most of his eyebrows were singed off by the explosion, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he had suffered a serious injury.

"You are truly shameless!" the Overlord Saint Lord cursed through gritted teeth. "No wonder you can hang out with those monsters; you are birds of a feather."

The Evil Bone Taoist gently waved his folding fan, a smug smile playing on his lips: "You really think my spirit stones are so easy to take?"

"Capturing you and escorting you back to the Locking Heaven Tower will earn us a hefty bounty. Such a good deal, why not?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the evil Taoist's body surged with spiritual energy, and he prepared to make a move.

But the Overlord Saint Lord laughed cruelly and said, "I'll remember you. Just you wait!"

Before he finished speaking, he pushed forward with both hands.

At the same time, the huge talisman array behind him completely broke free of control, and countless talismans flew everywhere, transforming into wind blades, lightning, fire, ice spikes and other elements, bombarding the Evil Bone Taoist all over the sky.

The offensive was several times stronger than when they had just dealt with the demon general.

The evil Taoist priest hurriedly waved his folding fan, creating layers of fierce wind to block the attack.

Once the attacks were all neutralized and the dust settled, the Heavenly Lord of Tyrants was nowhere to be seen in mid-air, clearly having taken the opportunity to escape.

"You ran pretty fast." The Evil Bone Daoist sneered, focusing his senses on his surroundings. After confirming that the aura of the Overlord Saint Lord had completely disappeared, he closed his paper fan and his gaze fell on the cave gate in the distance.

Just as he was about to go into the cave to investigate, his relaxed brows furrowed again as he sensed something was wrong and abruptly turned to look back.

In the distance, the enormous black sphere formed by the convergence of countless ghost tides was being continuously absorbed by an invisible force, its volume slowly collapsing and shrinking.

The Evil Bone Taoist immediately turned around, held his folding fan horizontally in front of him, focused his mind on guard, and frowned deeply.

The next moment, the countless evil spirits were pulled inward by an invisible vortex, collapsing completely and being absorbed into the void.

When the black mist dissipated, Gou An was revealed, protected by layers of demonic energy robes.

He gripped a bone staff tightly in his hand, absorbing the last few wisps of ghostly energy into it. The entire staff was now radiating a bright crimson light, eerily dazzling.

"How could this be?" The Evil Bone Taoist narrowed his eyes slightly upon seeing the scene before him, his heart filled with surprise.

"Oh my god, that scared me to death!" Gou An exclaimed first, then looked at the bone staff in his hand that was glowing red with surprise.

Once he had recovered, he looked up at the Evil Bone Daoist in the distance, then glanced at the empty sky around him, and asked curiously, "Where is the Overlord Saint Lord?"

The Evil Bone Taoist, waving his fan, replied, "Naturally, I chased them away."

"Oh?" Gou An was even more surprised upon hearing this: "It hasn't been long? You're already finished?"

Xie Gu chuckled, waving his fan, "Of course, it only takes a little effort to resolve."

Gou An glanced at the ground, looking at the barely alive demon generals with a pained expression, then questioned, "Since you're so powerful, why didn't you act sooner? Look at the state they've been in!"

Xie Gu, however, remained unconcerned, laughing as he said, "What does this have to do with me? These people were all borrowed by you; their fates are none of my concern."

At this point, he looked at the bone staff in Gou An's hand and said, "This magical artifact you have looks quite interesting. Why don't you let me take a look?"

"That won't do!" Gou An immediately refused, then said, "This is my only magic weapon. Without it, I'm useless."

"How about this!" The Evil Bone Daoist smiled and said, "I'll pay with spirit stones, how about that?"

"Buy?" Gou An frowned slightly. "How many spirit stones are you prepared to offer?"

"How about three million spirit stones?" Xie Gu asked slowly, waving his fan.

"Too little!" Gou An shook his head and immediately quoted a price: "At least five million!"

"Hahaha!" The Evil Bone Taoist couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing this: "You really dare to ask for that!"

"Fine, don't buy it then!" Gou An pretended to put the bone staff away.

As he spoke, the Evil Bone Daoist flipped his hand and took out a storage bag, weighing it in his hand a couple of times: "As a token of sincerity, I'll give you the spirit stones first!"

As he spoke, he tossed the storage bag toward Gou An.

The storage bag traced a perfect arc in the air before landing steadily in Gou An's hands.

"You should count them!" The Evil Bone Daoist smiled slightly. "After all, five million spirit stones is no small sum; you need to make sure you count them carefully."