Song Shuhang admired this overlord from the Netherworld Realm.

As such, he used the Embryonic Gaze as a form of expressing his respect for the other party.

His right eye lit up, and the Embryonic Gaze landed on the demonic bear who had half of its body sticking out of the spatial passage.

A root-like pattern emerged on the bear’s body, and on the top of its head, a colorful little flower popped out, swaying along with the wind.

“Pfft~” Sister White Dragon could not help but laugh out loud.

When the wind blew, the colorful flower fell down, and under the pull of Shuhang’s psychic energy, it floated into his palm.

“What have you done to my body?” The demonic bear stared at Song Shuhang. It felt that something was missing from its body, but it could not place its fingers on what exactly it was.

Song Shuhang caught the colorful little flower, which then condensed into a seed.

“This is the second stage of the Expert’s Appraisal.” Song Shuhang said slowly, “The Embryonic Gaze.”

Although he did not know what kind of secret technique the Embryonic Gaze was, the demonic bear felt that it was nothing good for it.

It struggled vigorously to force its way through the spatial channel. Its mind was now only set on taking back whatever it was that it had lost to Profound Sage Tyrannical Song.

“It’s a Ninth Stage evil demon, the overlord of an area in the Netherworld. We have been unable to acquire its real name, but we know that it has some of the characteristics of a bear god and a demon god—powerful regeneration, which makes it nearly unkillable, coupled with an extremely strong body.” True Monarch Eternal Fire recognized the demonic bear and immediately disclosed the information the scholarly faction had on it.

Senior White stepped forward, standing in front of all the fellow daoists.

In the distance, among the crowd of scholarly disciples, a middle-aged man calmly looked at the demonic bear.

This middle-aged man was the driver uncle.

He could see at a glance that this demonic bear was at the Ninth Stage Realm and had an especially tough body, which made it difficult to deal with it.

Moreover, it had a terrifying demonic parasite inside it. This demonic parasite was so powerful that it was worthy of the title of “demon god.”

This demon god lurked in the body of the demonic bear, with the two having formed a symbiotic relationship. Once this demon god broke out of the demonic bear, its combat power would likely be close to the Immortal Realm.

[It was the right choice to return to the scholarly faction.] The driving uncle thought to himself.

The current scholarly faction was no longer the same as the one during the era of the Scholarly Sage, when it could suppress the entire universe.

The scholarly faction had gone through numerous calamities. Most of the scholarly faction’s 13 Tribulation Transcenders had been killed or were severely injured, and many of its elite disciples had died prematurely, resulting in the emergence of a serious level of power disparity among different generations.

At present, the scholarly faction did not even have the strength to confront this demonic bear. At most, they could resort to using one of the treasures left behind by the Scholarly Sage to resist it.

The driver uncle clenched his fists and took a deep breath.

He had received news from his companions that the survivors of the Ancient Heavenly City were eyeing the fragments in the hands of the scholarly faction and wanted to retrieve them.

As such, he rushed over and prepared to defend against any of those survivors of the Heavenly City. Besides that, he wanted to stop the Heavenly Emperor from taking back the fragments the scholarly faction had, and thereby prevent the current Wielder of the Will from recovering further.

Unexpectedly, he stumbled upon an evil demon of the Netherworld during his stay in the scholarly faction.

Do you really think that my scholarly faction is so weak that it can be bullied by the likes of you? Do you really think that anybody can just step on the scholarly faction?

The driver uncle could not hold back from releasing his killing intent. His aura began to rise, and he got ready to take action.

Senior White said, “Shuhang, lend me a sword.”

Song Shuhang asked, “Would Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword be fine?”

Without waiting for Senior White’s reply, the black Scarlet Heaven Sword happily flew into his hands.

Senior White grabbed the black Scarlet Heaven Sword, and his hands shone with a faint light. He used three instances of the ❮Saber-Nurturing Technique❯ on the sword.

The black Scarlet Heaven Sword laughed and said, “Ohhhh~ That’s it. That’s the feeling. Fellow Daoist White, it’s a pleasure to work with you!”

Song Shuhang: “…”

“The sixth Sage in a thousand years, Sage White.” The demonic bear lowered its head and said, “You are not my oppo… Ahhh!”

The bear was sent flying, falling to the ground with a loud thud.

This wasn’t the speed or strength of an Eighth Stage Profound Sage at all!

The demonic bear agilely rolled and stabilized its body. “I underestimated you, Sage White.”

Senior White’s clone said calmly, “Hm, that’s fine. I don’t mind.”

Sword light flashed, and he directly used his spatial powers to appear beside the demonic bear and attack.

Senior White’s spatial ability was the result of an innate skill, and it did not have the same characteristic strong spatial fluctuations of Ninth Stage Tribulation Transcenders, making it a lot more difficult to guard against.

With the help of Senior White’s spatial talent, Senior White and the black Scarlet Heaven Sword were able to block all of the attacks of the demonic bear for some time.

True Monarch Eternal Fire began to contact the other leaders of the scholarly faction, asking them to rush over with treasures left by the Scholarly Sage as quickly as possible.

Song Shuhang twisted his neck slightly. “Pavilion Master Chu, let’s fight too.”

Pavilion Master Chu replied softly, “With my current energy, I can only send out three strikes at most.”

Song Shuhang asked in his mind, “Fairy Waiting for a Promise, how much energy has the flat imperial hat recovered?”

The virtuous lamia came out and shook her head. The last bit of energy that had been in the flat imperial hat was consumed during the Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation. While the energy in the flat imperial hat did recover automatically, it did not recover that quickly.

Song Shuhang said, “Then, I’ll make the most use of the three strikes that Senior Chu can dish out.”

He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the spot over his dantian. Then, his two sets of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Combined Magical Treasure flew out from his Spirit Lake.

Senior White Two had lent his combined magical treasure to Song Shuhang and had yet to take it back, so it was still in Song Shuhang’s possession.

“Impregnable Holy City, Holy Sword of the End… Combine! All-Destroying Giant!” Song Shuhang activated the strongest form of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Combined Magical Treasure immediately.

Rumble~

Pain, madness, despair, and unwillingness emerged from the steel giant as it roared toward the sky.

Under Song Shuhang’s control, the two sets of magical treasures transformed into a 20-meter-tall giant. The strongest form of the giant was 60 meters, but that form consumed too much energy and placed a heavy burden on Song Shuhang’s body.

On the top of the giant’s head, seven-meter-long hair came down like a cloak… It was Pavilion Master Chu’s long hair, ready to attack at any moment.

“Senior White, I’ve come to help you.” Song Shuhang’s voice came from the giant’s right fist.

The steel giant raised its arm, using its right fist to slam the demonic bear.

Song Shuhang, who was in the right fist, was stunned.

Is this a new move learned by the steel giant?

He had never seen it attack like this before.

“Fwoosh!”

Pavilion Master Chu’s long hair gathered into a bundle, forming something that resembled a long spear. Then, it stabbed right at the giant demonic bear, breaking through its physical defense and making a hole in its body.

“Three versus one? Heh.” The giant demonic bear was not afraid in the slightest. It roared loudly and let out a signal.

It also had a helper.

Moreover, this time it had directly broken into the heart of the scholarly faction in order to test the loyalty of this new helper.

As soon as it sent the signal, a spatial gate opened.

Small feet that were as white as snow stepped out of the spatial gate. The feet had graceful curves and looked stunning, the toes painted with pink nail polish.

Immediately afterward, a girl in a black dress stepped out of the spatial gate. “Huh… Did I just hear someone say they want to eat me?”