Ten-Ox-Strength Pill!

Before the three of them could react, the sound of collapsing trees rose through the rain, as if something were tearing through the downpour, racing toward them. *Boom—!* The massive creature in the rain didn't slow in the slightest, slamming straight through one of the Mountain God Temple's walls. The temple seemed ready to collapse at any moment! A striped tigress, slightly smaller in stature than the first tiger demon, stood blocking their path. Though smaller in frame, she gave off an even more ferocious aura! There were two tigers in this mountain—a male and a female! This was an outcome no one could have anticipated. Information regarding the demon beasts of Mount Song was simply too scarce. Prior to this, it was uncertain whether any demons were lurking here at all, let alone two. "Wife, let's take them on together," the male tiger demon said. The tigress's strength was only slightly inferior to his own, standing at late Foundation Establishment. Facing three humans together, victory was well within their grasp. "Useless trash," the tigress muttered in a low voice, leaving the male tiger deeply ashamed. As both demons attacked at once, the pressure on the three disciples surged dramatically. "Go for the one with the sword—he's the hardest to deal with!" the male tiger demon roared. Meng Jingzhou grew displeased at once, charging right to the front to assert his presence. "What's that supposed to mean? Are you saying I'm worse than him?" "I thought a monster like you would have some discernment. Who would've guessed you're not just henpecked, but can't even tell who's stronger and who's weaker? You're a total disgrace to demonkind! With this kind of pathetic judgment, you actually dared claim this mountain as your territory? Look at this golden body of mine—hard as rock, with unrivaled defense among my peers! As if you could even scratch my defense..." The male tiger demon fell silent for a moment. "Attack the glowing gold one. He talks too much." Exerting their full strength, the two tigers swatted Meng Jingzhou straight into the wall, plastering him there with limbs splayed wide in the shape of the character *大*. The two tiger demons furrowed their brows, sensing that the impact hadn't felt quite right just now. Shattered pieces of flatbread were exposed at Meng Jingzhou's chest. If pieced back into a whole, a quarter seemed to be missing—the part Meng Jingzhou had eaten earlier. Honestly speaking, it tasted pretty good. Just as Meng Jingzhou was about to retaliate, a graceful figure in green dashed into the temple. Clutching the old hunter by the throat, she rapidly chanted the Rebirth Mantra, obliterating the monster who had harmed countless mortals. It was none other than the green-robed young woman who had sought shelter from the rain earlier. Seeing the two sides locked in confrontation, along with Meng Jingzhou embedded in the wall, the young woman was slightly taken aback. She had heard sounds of fighting from this direction and rushed over to investigate, only to run right into the old hunter revealing his true form. Without a second thought, she had grabbed him by the neck and bolted straight here, never expecting it to be so lively. *Acting as a jackal for the tiger—a chang ghost.* Seeing the tiger demons and the chang ghost, she easily deduced what had transpired. "Lu Yang of the Dao Seeking Sect," Lu Yang stated his identity briskly. "Lan Ting of the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace." The green-robed girl exchanged a glance with Lu Yang. Having announced her name, she quickly adjusted her state of mind and threw herself into battle. As fellow members of the Five Great Immortal Sects, aiding one another was only natural. Lan Ting formed a hand seal, and a pair of supple white silk ribbons looped around her arms and drifted behind her. Her movements were light and graceful, resembling a fairy dancing within the moon, breathtaking to behold. "All flash, no substance!" The tigress scoffed at Lan Ting's techniques, lunging forward with every intention of ripping this deceitful human to shreds. Without a word, Lan Ting tapped the ground with the tip of her foot. Pressing two fingers together, she pointed straight at the tigress. The white ribbon went taut as a sword, thrusting directly between the beast's brows. The tigress suffered a harsh blow right from the start. Unintimidated, she sneered, "Nothing more than early Foundation Establishment." Even so, she didn't dare lower her guard. Battling human cultivators from such great sects meant that a single misstep could easily lead to death. Though Lan Ting couldn't defeat the tigress, she was more than capable of keeping her tied down for now. Meanwhile, on the other side, the three Dao Seeking Sect disciples once again faced off against the male tiger demon. Lu Yang's sword technique was extraordinarily tricky, leaving the tiger demon hard-pressed to defend. Man Gu plucked the handy Meng Jingzhou right off the wall and swung him around, battering the tiger demon backward step by step. As for Meng Jingzhou... as a weapon, he had no thoughts on the matter. Seeing this, the tiger demon's glowing "King" character shone even brighter on its forehead. The vicious Qiongqi bloodline buried deep within its body ignited; its fangs and claws elongated, and its aura turned increasingly savage. "What kind of rotten luck is this? It actually possesses a Qiongqi bloodline?" Lu Yang was somewhat at a loss for words. Did this demon have an endless supply of trump cards? Was it just their awful luck, or was every demon this capable? Lu Yang couldn't help recalling what Eldest Senior Sister had said about the arrival of the Golden Age. With the Golden Age upon them, all manner of monsters, demons, and ghosts would emerge to carve up the Central Continent. Although the tiger demon was nowhere near strong enough to partake in the struggles of the Golden Age, its presence was nonetheless a minuscule reflection of that very arrival. Having awakened its Qiongqi blood, the tiger demon completely lost all sanity, fighting purely on feral instinct. Its eyes turned bloodshot as it fell into a manic frenzy, yet its combat prowess soared. As if provoked, the barbarian blood within Man Gu began to awaken as well, and he swung Meng Jingzhou with ever-increasing force. *We can't drag this out,* Lu Yang thought to himself. Who knew if this tiger demon had yet another trump card up its sleeve? It was better to resolve this swiftly. With that in mind, Lu Yang flipped his palm and produced a golden medicinal pill. It was precisely the Ten-Ox-Strength Pill he had redeemed at the Mission Hall after completing the painted-skin ghost mission. Consuming this pill granted the strength of ten oxen! While the crowd at Pill Cauldron Peak brewed poisons just as often as pills and were thoroughly unreliable, they never skimped on a pill's potency. This pill stood at the absolute pinnacle among burst-type elixirs! With his own attainments in the sword dao bolstered by the strength of ten oxen, let alone a tiger demon bearing a mere sliver of Qiongqi blood, Lu Yang would dare grapple with a pureblood Qiongqi itself! Seizing the window while Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou worked together to tie down the male tiger demon, Lu Yang hesitated no longer and swallowed the pill in one gulp. *So hot! Scorching!* Swallowing the pill felt like ingesting a ball of flame; his stomach burned fiercely. Lu Yang closed his eyes, sensing his dantian turn searing hot as an unending stream of power surged outward, forming lines that surfaced along his skin. Man Gu noticed the sudden change in Lu Yang. Red lines now traced across Lu Yang's body, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the barbarian warriors Man Gu had read about in books—warriors who dared fight heaven and earth itself. "So strong!" Even a rough fellow like Man Gu could feel the raw power pouring from Lu Yang's body. This force was unquestionably an invincible presence at the Foundation Establishment stage. The male tiger demon lunged to interrupt Lu Yang's transformation, only to be held back by Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou's joint efforts. Lu Yang opened his eyes, a flicker of confusion crossing his gaze. Power had indeed surged forth, but it seemed to have spilled entirely outside of his body, leaving precious little within him. The red lines crept down his limbs onto the ground, forming a bizarre circular pattern. A cloud of thick smoke billowed up from the earth, obscuring everyone's vision. The smoke came quickly and dissipated just as fast. Once it cleared, ten water buffaloes stood before the crowd. These ten water buffaloes were astonishingly all at the Foundation Establishment stage! Lu Yang: "?" The male tiger demon: "?" Everyone present was momentarily stunned by this sudden turn of events, completely unable to fathom what had just occurred. "To hell with this Ten-Ox-Strength Pill!" This wasn't a pill to enhance one's own strength at all—it was a pill embedded with a summoning array! As if knowing exactly why Lu Yang had summoned them, the ten water buffaloes scraped their hooves against the ground, let out a collective, bloodshot-eyed *moo*, and charged headlong toward the tiger demon!