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

What Gou An didn't expect was that the Evil Bone Daoist, who was unleashing his full power, was far too terrifying.

The sharp wind blades crisscrossed the sky, and in no time, the nine demon generals were no match for them. They were all slammed to the ground by the powerful force and crashed heavily into the rubble.

New wounds were inflicted on each of them, and their spirits instantly weakened.

Even though they fought desperately and exhausted a lot of the Evil Bone Daoist's spiritual power, the Evil Bone Daoist's body remained intact and showed no signs of injury.

Gou An watched from afar, sighing inwardly. The Evil Bone Daoist was able to hold the position of Protector of the City of Ten Thousand Demons, which was indeed based on his genuine cultivation.

The nine demon generals had exhausted all their strength to fight to this point.

The power of the Primordial Spirit is indeed terrifying!

Although the Evil Bone Daoist was not Gou An's first opponent with the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage, he had been able to win the previous two times with the help of Xuan Kongzi.

At this moment, Xuan Kongzi was nowhere to be found, and this was the first time he had faced an enemy with such cultivation level.

At this moment, the divine iron hammer in his hand was still short of being fully charged, far from being able to kill with a single blow.

The Evil Bone Taoist glanced at the group of demon generals lying on the ground, and seeing that they had no strength to fight anymore, he turned his gaze back to Gou An, who was alone in mid-air.

He couldn't help but burst into wild laughter: "You bastard, now you're the only one left. Do you have any last words?"

Seeing this, Gou An immediately summoned all the blood-red demons that had been emanating from the bone staff back into it. He forced an awkward smile and said, "How about this, I'll give you this bone staff now, and we'll call it even, okay?"

The most important task now is to buy time, so that the more time we can build up our power, the stronger the Divine Iron Hammer will become.

Upon hearing this, the Evil Bone Taoist immediately scoffed, his killing intent undiminished: "Kill you, and everything you possess will naturally be mine. Why would I need to make a deal with you?"

Gou An's eyes darted around, and he continued, "Alright then, I'll tell you a huge secret, and we'll pretend the conflict never happened, how about that?"

"A secret?" Upon hearing this, the Evil Bone Daoist indeed paused his attack, raising an eyebrow slightly as he asked, "What secret? Tell me first."

"I know the location of the secret realm left behind by the ancient demon king," Gou An replied immediately, then added, "Let's leave it at that for today. Once we return to the City of Ten Thousand Demons, I will tell you the location of the secret realm."

"Hahahaha!" The Evil Bone Daoist threw his head back and laughed, full of sarcasm: "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? The Ancient Demon King's Secret Realm is just a legend circulating in the world. Even the Demon King of Ten Thousand Demon City couldn't find a trace of it. How could a stupid dog like you possibly know about it?"

"I really do know!" Gou An continued to stall, quickly explaining, "I obtained a map by chance before, which contained clues about the secret realm."

"Oh?" The Evil Bone Taoist sneered, spreading his palm forward: "Then let me see it."

Gou An pressed further, "If I take it out, will this matter be resolved?"

The Evil Bone Taoist didn't answer directly, but urged in a deep voice, "Take it out first!"

Gou An said no more, and could only put away the bone staff in his hand, and take out the dragon skin map he had bought from the space in his palm, holding it in his hand: "This is it."

"Give it to me!" The Evil Bone Taoist raised his hand, gathered his spiritual energy, and drew it in from afar.

The dragon-skin map flew out of his hand and landed in the palm of the Evil Bone Taoist in an instant.

Upon receiving the map, he immediately unfolded it and examined it intently, but the markings on the map were blurry, mottled, and dim, making it impossible to discern any mountain routes.

The Evil Bone Taoist's face darkened, and he questioned sharply, "How dare you play me? It's so blurry, what can you possibly make out of this?"

Gou An remained calm and immediately started making things up: "This map is made of a special material. Only on the night of a full moon, when the moonlight shines through, will the hidden patterns become visible, and only then can we see the location of the secret realm."

Xie Gu gently stroked the surface of the map with his fingertips and discovered that the map was made of a special material, and was indeed an ancient artifact, not a fake made of ordinary leather.

He was still somewhat doubtful, but slowly said, "Since that's the case, I'll spare your life for now. Tomorrow night is the night of the full moon, and if it's fake then, it won't be too late to kill you."

At this point, he looked at the other demon generals on the ground and said, "As for them, they are no longer of any use. Let's kill them first."

Before he finished speaking, he was about to unleash a deadly attack with his wind blade.

"Wait!" Gou An suddenly shouted.

Xie Gu glanced at him sideways and asked, "What?"

"Let's keep them here too!" Gou An quickly said with a forced smile, continuing to stall for time.

"Keep it?" the Evil Bone Taoist sneered. "Why should I listen to you?"

"I have another secret!" Gou An continued, "How about we exchange it for their lives?"

"Oh?" The Evil Bone Taoist couldn't help but snort coldly, finding it absurd: "Where did you get so many secrets?"

"Yes! Yes!" Gou An nodded repeatedly, but for a moment he didn't know what to say: "That... um... it's just..."

Seeing Gou An stammering, the Evil Bone Taoist lost his patience and no longer believed the map Gou An had just given him, so he threw it on the ground.

He roared, "I can tell you're just playing with me on purpose. I'll kill you first."

The Evil Bone Taoist aimed his wind blade, which he had been gathering power for, at Gou An, and prepared to unleash it.

Seeing this, Gou An could only shout at the sky, calling out to Xuan Kongzi: "You son of a bitch, if you don't come out now, I'm going to die!"

Whoosh whoosh!

Wind blades roared out, slashing towards Gou An from multiple directions.

Gou An stared wide-eyed at the sheer number of wind blades. His protective magic treasures could only withstand seven strikes, clearly insufficient to stop them all.

Therefore, he could only use the technique of stepping on clouds to dodge continuously in the air and create a large number of clones to confuse the evil bone Taoist.

Just when Gou An was about to run out of things to do, a deafening roar like thunder suddenly came from the sky.

Rumble!

The black mist covering their heads split in two, automatically parting to either side.

At the same time, the wind blades that were aimed at Gou An were instantly burned away by bursts of flames that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Gou An gasped for breath and looked up at the sky. To his surprise, Jin Yangshan Jun, who was being controlled by Xuan Kongzi, was making a grand entrance and slowly descending.

As the black mist in the sky closed up again, Xuan Kongzi successfully landed between Gou An and Xie Gu Dao Ren, separating the two sides.

Seeing Xuan Kongzi appear, Gou An finally breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but question, "What are you doing? Why are you only showing up now?"

Xuan Kongzi sighed and explained, "This place is surrounded by a great formation. It took me quite a bit of effort to get in."

When Xie Gu saw Lord Jin Yang appear, he was taken aback, and then asked, "Guardian Jin Yang, what are you doing here?"

Xuan Kongzi turned to look at Xie Gu Dao Ren, smiled slightly, and said, "Naturally, it's Fellow Daoist Gou who's here to rescue me!"

"You've come to save him?" The Evil Bone Taoist looked incredulous. "Don't you, Protector of the Nation, have a blood feud with him for killing your brother?"

Xuan Kongzi blinked the single eye on the tiger's head and asked, "Is that so?"

The Evil Bone Taoist felt increasingly strange and hurriedly asked, "Guardian, what's wrong? He's been acting very strangely ever since he disappeared and returned last time."

Xuan Kongzi simply replied, "It's none of your business."

"Were you deceived by that bastard?" The Evil Bone Taoist immediately emphasized, "I have evidence to prove that he killed your brother."

"Oh?" Xuan Kongzi feigned curiosity and asked, "What evidence?"

The Evil Bone Daoist smiled slightly and said, "I sent someone to the Northern Ancient Tower Secret Realm some time ago, and a few days ago they found the body of your brother, Crimson Flame Mountain Lord, in the snowfield."

"Not only was his arm severed, but his head was also shattered. Most importantly, we found several strands of yellow dog hair on his body!"