Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Just as the corpse puppet picked up the key, the eerie demonic beast skull suddenly emitted bursts of brilliant light. Immediately afterward, it gradually solidified from a phantom, transforming from a mere reflection into a real skull. A faint red glow flickered in its eyes, and a strange "咯咯" sound came from its mouth. It opened its jaws, ready to bite at the two corpse puppets.

Seeing this scene, Chen Tian was immediately stunned. He originally thought that the demonic beast's head was just a phantom, an illusion, but who knew that such a strange change would occur!

Even more shocked than Chen Tian were the two corpse puppets. The instant they saw the demonic beast's head solidify, they immediately grabbed the key and rushed towards the surface of the water.

However, the demonic beast's head was extremely fast. In an instant, it bit onto the foot of one of the corpse puppets. Then, it began to devour it rapidly, starting from the foot. Before long, it had completely eaten its lower body and began to devour its upper body.

Faced with the demonic beast head's devouring, the corpse puppet could only howl incessantly and was powerless to do anything else. Having lost its power, it could only bite onto the other corpse puppet, letting it carry it towards the surface of the water.

At this moment, Chen Tian had also recovered from his shock. With a flick of his finger, he shot a ray of light condensed from spiritual power into the water, extending it to the front of the corpse puppet.

Seeing this scene, Chen Tian's face suddenly turned gloomy. With a flick of his right hand, the ray of light condensed from spiritual power was withdrawn from the corpse puppet's mouth and shot towards the demonic beast's head, binding it tightly.

Although they had escaped, the two corpse puppets were already scarred and battered. After throwing the obtained key to Chen Tian, they rolled up the immortal crystal stones on the ground and flew back into the storage ring in a cloud of blood mist without looking back.

After the corpse puppets left, Jia Yan respectfully bowed to Chen Tian. Immediately afterward, his body was shrouded in mist, turning into a wisp of black gas and flying back into the storage ring.

After the corpse puppets and Jia Yan had all left, Chen Tian then turned his gaze to the demonic beast's head that had been salvaged.

The head was completely corrupted, leaving only the dense white bones exposed, no different from ordinary remains. However, under Chen Tian's careful observation, he discovered that there was a ball of red flame floating inside its head, emitting red light through its eyes.

Furthermore, this demonic beast's head had already lost its original nature, leaving only instinct to support it in eating anything it saw. Sure enough, it had already begun to eat the rays of light condensed from spiritual power that Chen Tian had used to bind it.

"Senior, do you know what kind of demonic beast's remains this is? Why is it so strange?" After taking another look at the eerie demonic beast's skull, Chen Tian asked Duanmu Ya.

"This old man has really never seen this kind of demonic beast before." Duanmu Ya also revealed a very curious expression, saying, "Among the demonic beasts in this world, I wouldn't say I recognize 100% of them, but I recognize 99% of them, but this fellow... I have really never seen it before."

"Hmm?"

Hearing these words, Chen Tian was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that Duanmu Ya would actually recognize so many demonic beasts.

Speaking of which, Chen Tian had asked Duanmu Ya about his identity several times, but this old codger had always glossed over it with perfunctory words, so that Chen Tian still didn't know what this old fellow's background was.

But Chen Tian knew that Duanmu Ya's identity must be extraordinary. After all, even three thousand years ago, cultivators in the late stage of the凝海境 (Ninghai Realm) were very rare, and it was impossible for them to be unknown in the cultivation world.

Chen Tian knew that no matter how he asked Duanmu Ya, he would not reveal his identity, so he simply stopped asking and instead said to him, "Then senior, what do you think should be done with this thing?"

Chen Tian glanced at the demonic beast's head, which was about to devour all the light rays, and felt somewhat helpless.

However, after hearing this, Duanmu Ya revealed a hint of cunning and said with a smile, "Hehe, little brat, although I don't know what this fellow is, I just took a look and found that its bones are very hard, far superior to any kind of heavenly material treasure. It seems to be a good treasure for refining weapons."

Hearing Duanmu Ya's words, Chen Tian was immediately somewhat tempted. It was just a pity that although this demonic beast was dead and only a head remained, it was still extremely ferocious, and Chen Tian couldn't do anything about it.

As if seeing through Chen Tian's concerns, Duanmu Ya smiled again and said, "Little brat, if you want this thing, this old man can help you subdue this demonic beast, but..."

Speaking to this point, Duanmu Ya paused and didn't continue, but instead looked at Chen Tian with a sly smile.

Chen Tian had been with this old fellow for a long time and was already familiar with his temperament, knowing that this fellow would definitely sit on the ground and raise the price. So, he asked unhappily, "Speak, what conditions do you want?"

"Hehe, straightforward!" Duanmu Ya smiled slyly and said, "It's like this, little brat, as long as you can give me 10% of your spiritual power, I will help you subdue this demonic beast, how about it?"

"10%?" Hearing the 'price' that Duanmu Ya quoted, Chen Tian calculated it secretly in his heart.

After a while, Chen Tian nodded and said, "Alright, deal!"

Hearing Chen Tian agree, Duanmu Ya instantly became excited. Immediately afterward, a familiar suction force surged within Chen Tian's body, greedily sucking his spiritual power.

However, after only three breaths of time, Chen Tian's face suddenly darkened, and he immediately cut off the suction force.

"Hey, little brat, what are you doing? Didn't we agree on 10% of your spiritual power? I've only sucked less than half of it, why did you cut it off?"

Duanmu Ya seemed very angry at Chen Tian's actions and cursed.

However, Chen Tian ignored his complaints, curled the corners of his mouth, and said with a sly smile, "Last time, you sucked some extra spiritual power from me, and this time, it's me making up for it."

Chen Tian still remembered that when he first made a deal with Duanmu Ya, he was ignorant and was sucked away some extra spiritual power. Now that Chen Tian had learned his lesson, he would naturally not allow Duanmu Ya to act recklessly again.

Hearing Chen Tian's words, Duanmu Ya knew that he was in the wrong, so he mumbled a few words and stopped speaking.

However, in a place that Chen Tian couldn't see, a strange look of cunning flashed in Duanmu Ya's eyes!