It was not until this time that Mu Hanyan realized how great the benefits the simultaneous advancement of her swordsmanship and divine arts had brought her. Whether it was her meridians, physique or divine consciousness, they had all undergone qualitative changes and improvements. The energy and spiritual power in her body far exceeded those of masters of the same level. After their mutual fusion, the divine power generated was far greater than before.
With this divine power, not to mention that Dou Changping has not yet reached the state of nourishing the spirit and concentrating the soul, even if she has reached it, she is still confident that she will not be at a disadvantage.
The only thing that disappointed Mu Hanyan was that she was not able to control this divine power to the point where she could do whatever she wanted. She had originally just wanted to teach Dou Changping a lesson and make him give up, but who knew that she accidentally injured him so badly that his cultivation was wasted.
This was clearly related to the Ancient Life Tree's inability to recover. She believed that if the Ancient Life Tree fully recovered, she would not only be able to freely control divine power, but would also be able to directly absorb and refine the divine power contained within the Lesser God Heaven without any restrictions, increasing her cultivation speed a hundredfold.
Of course, her current strength is enough to make her proud. After entering the ranks of the Soul Priests, every bottleneck is like a chasm for the priests. When she first entered the Soul, she easily defeated Dou Changping, who had reached the peak of rebirth. No matter who looks at it, it should be considered a miracle.
Mu Hanyan took her eyes off Dou Changping and looked at Du Tiancheng again.
Du Tiancheng was also completely stunned. He suddenly felt a pair of eyes cast at him, as cold as the edge of a sword. The chill instantly rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Without a second thought, Du Tiancheng suddenly leaped up, using the Wind Control Technique to flee. What a joke! Even Dou Changping couldn't withstand Mu Hanyan's powerful sword strike. Wouldn't he be dead if he stayed?
Everyone was still in shock. They had no idea that he would run away without caring about Dou Changping's life or death. They had no time to stop him. Of course, no one could stop him except Mu Hanyan. Judging from Mu Hanyan's appearance, she didn't seem to have any intention of taking action. She just glanced at him and left it at that.
Du Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and at least his life was saved.
Unfortunately, he was happy a little too early.
He flew into the air unhindered, preparing to flee far away, when suddenly the light in front of him dimmed. Du Tiancheng subconsciously raised his head and saw a huge shadow appear above his head, blocking out the sun.
"Oh, how could I forget it!" Du Tiancheng was so annoyed that he just wanted to slap himself hard, but before he could do anything, a slap had already landed on his face.
Taotie transformed into his true form, raised his front paw as big as a millstone, and slapped it.
"Snap!" With a crisp sound, Du Tiancheng swung horizontally in the air, and then flew far away as if hit by a meteor, and at the same time, several bloody teeth spurted out.
At the same time, powerful force surged into his meridians, and the meridians and qi sea that had just been healed by the elixir suffered severe damage again.
Before he landed, Taotie followed closely behind him and slapped him in the face again.
"Puff!" Du Tiancheng spat out a few more bloody teeth.
"Pa pa pa pa..." A series of slaps fell on his face like raindrops, and teeth flew out with blood foam.
"How dare you call me a bastard? You are the bastard. Your father is a bastard, your mother is a bastard, and your ancestors for eighteen generations are all bastards!" Taotie beat him hard and cursed at the same time.
Although Ye Congyun also misunderstood his identity, mistakenly thinking that he was the offspring of Taotie and other beasts, it was Mu Hanyan who said that first, and no one else said the word "hybrid" openly. For Mu Hanyan's sake, he endured it.
This Du Tiancheng is so good, calling him a bastard left and right, it is obvious that he does not take the majesty of the Great Taotie seriously. If he is not taught a lesson, how can he still have the nerve to call himself a divine beast in the future?
Seeing Taotie speaking human language, no one was too surprised. After all, it was a powerful beast that could even beat the Soul Priest to a pulp, so it was not surprising that it learned human language.
After being slapped dozens of times, Du Tiancheng's face was already red and swollen like a pig's head. All his front teeth, big teeth, small teeth and front teeth had fallen out, and there were two deep sunken spots on both sides of his cheeks, like two big dimples, which looked both pitiful and funny.
As Taotie slapped out his last slap, Du Tiancheng slammed heavily to the ground like a meteorite.
"Bang!" The quiet room, already reduced to ruins, collapsed into a hail of debris, sending boulders and rocks flying. Dust billowed as the magic faded, revealing Du Tiancheng sprawled amidst a pile of rubble, blood pouring from his mouth, his limbs twitching.
"It's my life, it's my death, stop hitting me, it's my death!" Du Tiancheng's eyes were dull and he muttered.
"You still dare to be so stubborn. Since you want me to kill you so much, I will grant your wish." Taotie shouted angrily in a deep voice and walked towards Du Tiancheng with heavy steps.
Taotie hadn't expected Du Tiancheng to be so stubborn, refusing to yield even at the cost of his own life. But after all, he was an old monster who had lived for millions of years, and he'd seen plenty of stubborn people. There was no way he was going to give Du Tiancheng a pass just because of that. As the Great Taotie, he could cure anything but all forms of disobedience!
"No, I want my life, my life." Du Tiancheng shuddered, came to his senses suddenly, and shouted to Taotie.
"You still dare to be stubborn!" Feeling that his dignity was greatly challenged, Taotie's ferocity erupted instantly, and he raised his front paw to step towards Du Tiancheng's chest.
Given Du Tiancheng's injuries, it would be strange if this kick didn't crush him into a pulp.
"Stop!" At this moment, Mu Hanyan suddenly shouted.
Taotie stopped and looked at her in confusion.
"He seems to be asking for mercy, not for life." Mu Hanyan said.
"Yes, yes, I mean to kill you, not to kill you." Du Tiancheng nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, tears streaming down his face. He wasn't as tough as Taotie said. He said, "Spare my life, spare my life!" But with all his teeth gone, he couldn't hold back the wind. If he wasn't careful, sparing my life would turn into killing me. Fortunately, Mu Hanyan heard it, otherwise he would have died with his eyes wide open.
"Spare his life." Mu Hanyan said to Taotie.
It’s not because Du Tiancheng surrendered and begged for mercy that she was merciful, but because this is the Ye family.
According to the unwritten rules of the major families in Xiaoshentian, the children of each family can fight, even if it means destroying the other party's cultivation with a blind sword, but they must never hurt anyone's life. She doesn't want to implicate the Ye family in committing a taboo and become the public enemy of the wealthy families in Xiaoshentian.
Besides, Du Tiancheng has been seriously injured twice in a row. Even if he recovers, his cultivation level will definitely drop sharply. If nothing unexpected happens, he will never be able to recover to the level of a soul priest in this lifetime.
Such punishment is actually more cruel than killing him.
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