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The peak Celestial God expert had half of his body bitten off, and his mangled body fell through the air, spraying blood across the sky. His vigorous life force vanished in an instant and was completely annihilated.

The gruesome and bloody scene instantly silenced all the gods present, leaving them speechless and chilled to the bone; no one dared to make a move.

Just moments ago, everyone held an absolute advantage and seemed to have victory in their grasp, but in the blink of an eye, a peak expert of the same level fell. The speed at which the situation reversed was terrifying.

After a long silence, a celestial being finally spoke, trembling with shock and bewilderment: "A ten-thousand-fold acceleration of time! This is a power of law that only early-stage Saint Realm experts can control! How could a Taotie at the peak of the Celestial Realm be able to activate it?"

According to the ironclad laws of the heavens, even a cultivator at the Heavenly God Realm can only activate a time acceleration of up to five thousand times, a limit that has never been broken throughout countless years.

The crowd couldn't help but feel extremely puzzled: Could it be that this Taotie has already broken through the shackles and entered the Saint Realm, but its cultivation has not been fully transformed and its aura has not changed, which is why the crowd misjudged its realm?

With just a single time acceleration of ten thousand times, Taotie crushed and instantly killed a peak Heavenly God expert. The terrifying combat power displayed by Taotie completely shocked the entire audience.

The group of celestial cultivators stopped in their tracks, their expressions wary. No one dared to step forward and compete for the opportunity, their hearts filled with surprise and fear.

Just as everyone was speculating whether Taotie had broken through to the Saint Realm, Qiao Lang of the Heavenly Saint Pavilion spoke up at the right time, clearing up the confusion and calming everyone down: "There is no need for alarm. This Taotie is indeed only at the peak of the Heavenly God realm and has not broken through to the Saint Realm. The ten-thousand-fold time acceleration just now is an innate divine ability of the Taotie clan, not a power of conventional laws. However, such a divine ability consumes a great deal of energy and cannot be activated many times in a short period of time."

Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

Among the myriad races of the heavens, each possesses distinct bloodlines and unique talents. Many top-tier beast races each have their own innate divine abilities, capable of reversing the course of battle and overturning the outcome in dire situations, making them extremely domineering.

Just like the Fire Phoenix of Tianyuan Star in the past, which, with its heaven-defying talent of rebirth, could break the shackles of lifespan and be reborn from the dead, astonishing all the heavens.

Since it was not a ferocious beast from the Holy Realm, the greed and fervor in everyone's eyes reignited.

However, the deadly power that Taotie had just displayed was too terrifying, and no one was willing to take the lead and risk their lives. They all secretly watched and waited for others to explore the way.

While everyone hesitated and watched, Su Mu had already quietly made his move.

With a slight thought, he secretly manipulated the Apocalypse Puppet, steadily stepping out of the crowd.

"Since fellow Daoists are being so modest and no one is willing to take the lead, then I will take on the task of leading the charge."

The Apocalypse Puppet laughed loudly, its body blurring into countless afterimages. It accelerated to its maximum speed and instantly appeared before the Taotie, its speed unbelievably fast.

The group of celestial cultivators behind them watched coldly, each with their own thoughts, and none of them followed suit and made a move.

The group had a very clever plan in mind: if the Apocalypse Puppet killed the Taotie and seized the treasure, they could join forces to attack the angel and seize another opportunity; if the Taotie could activate time acceleration ten thousand times and kill the Apocalypse Puppet, they could also use this opportunity to find out the beast's trump card, save their own lives, and make a sure profit.

In the blink of an eye, the Apocalypse Puppet had already closed in on Taotie.

The flat-headed, one-eyed Taotie once again shone with a scarlet, ferocious light. The space-time around it instantly distorted, and it ruthlessly activated time acceleration ten thousand times, attempting to replicate its previous deadly attack and instantly kill the enemy.

Seeing this, the twelve-winged angel who was watching from the sidelines secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His gaze toward the Apocalypse Puppet was now tinged with schadenfreude, waiting to witness its demise.

But in the next instant, a scene that defied all expectations suddenly unfolded.

Within a spacetime realm where time is accelerated ten thousand times, the movements of the Apocalypse Puppet appear slow and sluggish, but in reality, they steadily suppress the flow of spacetime. On the other hand, the Taotie, which was activating its divine power, suddenly froze in mid-air, unable to move an inch.

Before Taotie could break free of its restraints, the giant hand of the Apocalypse Puppet firmly gripped its head. A raging holy fire erupted instantly, engulfing Taotie's entire body in scorching flames, with towering flames shooting straight into the sky.

The sacred fire, burning at extreme temperatures, scorched all directions, causing the surrounding space to distort violently and heat waves to surge. The terrifying destructive power permeated the Taotie's entire body, tearing apart its physical defenses.

Enveloped in the sacred fire, the Taotie let out mournful and desperate howls, its body convulsing and on the verge of collapse.

The Apocalypse Puppet swiftly withdrew its hand from the Taotie's head, clenched its iron fist, and, imbued with boundless destructive power, condensed a gigantic fist shadow the size of a millstone, which it precisely blasted towards the Taotie's blood-red single eye.

Without any hindrance or resistance, the fist pierced directly through the single eye and penetrated deep into the skull.

A deafening roar erupted, and the Taotie's enormous head shattered and exploded instantly, its massive body turning to ashes and perishing completely.

Only the blood-red spear in his hand and a storage magic item slowly fell from the void.

With a wave of its hand, the Apocalypse Puppet precisely snatched the two treasures into its pocket in mid-air, its movements swift, clean, and fluid.

The entire process took only a few breaths, reaching an extreme speed.

The twelve-winged angels, who were originally prepared to provide assistance and observe the battle from the sidelines, were stunned and completely bewildered, not realizing what had happened.

In its understanding, the Taotie, possessing the supernatural power of accelerating time ten thousand times, would have an absolute advantage against a peak Heavenly God cultivator, and could kill its opponent in an instant, making defeat impossible.

It was this fatal misjudgment that caused it to miss the only opportunity to rescue its companion, and it watched helplessly as the companion perished on the spot.

Having witnessed the complete demise of the Taotie, the twelve-winged angel lost all will to fight and flapped its wings to escape into the sky and leave this place.

However, more than ten celestial cultivators had already surrounded and blocked all escape routes. Seeing that the angel was trying to escape, the crowd rushed forward and attacked him with all their might.

Su Mu skillfully manipulated the Apocalypse Puppet to retreat back to his own camp, no longer participating in the struggle.

Having already gained a significant advantage and reaped substantial rewards by monopolizing all of the Taotie's treasures, continuing to compete for the angel's opportunity would inevitably expose the true combat power of the Apocalypse Puppet, resulting in more harm than good.

Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was attacking the angel, Su Mu focused his mind on the puppet's body and carefully tallied his gains.

The Turbid Flame Spear left behind by the Taotie is a low-grade Saint-level weapon with mediocre power. It is no longer of much use to Su Mu, who now has a wealth of trump cards.

Among the storage magic treasures, there were numerous divine treasures of various kinds, but Su Mu ignored them and focused his attention on two rare holy items.

One is the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, a low-grade Saint-level pearl. It can enhance one's offensive power, imbuing all spells with the destructive power of thunder. It can also be detonated actively, unleashing a large-scale thunderous bombardment. When this pearl is detonated at full power, no one below the Saint realm can withstand it. Even Saint-level experts without Saint armor will suffer severe injuries.

Secondly, there is the Immobilization Talisman, a mid-grade Saint-level item, whose value far surpasses that of the Heavenly Thunder Pearl. It can release a binding force within a hundred-zhang radius, forcibly binding early-stage Saint-level experts for three seconds. Even mid-stage Saint-level experts can be briefly immobilized for one second, making it an extremely rare treasure for controlling the battlefield.

Su Mu secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, the Apocalypse Puppet acted swiftly and decisively, giving the Taotie no chance to use its immobilization talisman. If the opponent had activated the talisman to bind its body, it would have been uncertain whether they could have successfully killed the ferocious beast and seized the treasure.

After taking stock of the spoils, Su Mu controlled the Apocalypse Puppet to walk towards Yu Sheng, handing over the Turbid Flame Spear and all the divine treasures, and said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Yu Sheng, as agreed before the exploration of the secret realm, all these treasures obtained from killing the Taotie this time are yours."

Having witnessed the entire battle, Yu Sheng naturally knew that the core treasure had already been secretly intercepted by Su Mu. However, having not contributed anything throughout the entire battle, he was able to obtain a low-grade Saint-level divine weapon and numerous divine-grade resources for free, which was already an incredible stroke of luck. He immediately stopped being polite, and with a smile on his face, readily accepted all the treasures.

Meanwhile, the angel on the other side was on the verge of despair.

Even though he was wearing a mid-grade Saint-level defensive armor, under the relentless and ferocious attacks of more than ten peak Heavenly God cultivators, the armor's spiritual light completely dimmed, its energy was exhausted, and the defensive shield shattered.

Without the protection of its armor, the angel was powerless to resist. Seeing this, the celestial cultivators launched an even more frenzied attack, unleashing a barrage of deadly moves.

In just a second or two, the angel's body was pierced and shattered by the violent attack, and his soul was completely annihilated, causing him to perish on the spot.

The holy sword and storage artifact in the angel's hand fell from the sky, instantly igniting the entire scene.

The celestial cultivators who had just joined forces to fight the enemy instantly turned against each other, clashing and fighting fiercely, prepared to fight to the death for the last remaining opportunity to obtain a sacred item.

Just as the fighting was about to begin and a chaotic battle was about to erupt, three powerful and vast holy realm auras suddenly suppressed the entire scene!

When the three Saint Realm experts, Dor, Xiu Dun, and Qiao Lang, attacked simultaneously, their Saintly might swept in all directions, instantly shocking the entire scene.

The restless, fighting Celestial cultivators froze in place, not daring to move, and all looked up at the three Saint Realm experts, their eyes filled with apprehension and fear.

The three Saint Realm experts looked down at the crowd with cold eyes, each with their own calculations.

They weren't concerned about the lives of these celestial cultivators; it was simply that the deeper parts of the secret realm were fraught with danger and riddled with traps, and these cultivators would be needed as cannon fodder to scout and clear the way. If they were all killed or wounded now, there would be no one left to use in the subsequent exploration of the secret realm and the competition for the source of opportunity.

The next instant, the three of them raised their hands in mid-air and directly took the two treasures left behind by the angel into their hands.

After a brief discussion, the three of them, based on everyone's previous contributions, dismantled the treasure layer by layer and distributed it to the participating Celestial Cultivators, thus completely quelling the impending internal strife.