Pretending To Be A Boss

"I probably can use it twice more… I must hit all the targets."

On guard against the Gold-Breaking Beast, Yuanwu began to focus his mind.

Only Bai Mansheng noticed that the Xuan Bird seemed to be condensing something.

Suddenly alert, just as the Gold-Breaking Beast circled to Yuanwu's back and in the moment Yuanwu turned to defend, the Xuan Bird's wings flapped and a grey beam shot towards Yuanwu.

"Be careful!"

Bai Mansheng, in a moment of urgency, shielded Yuanwu, while Taowu, which had been restraining Bai Mansheng, did not make a move at this time.

Tang transformed into an armor capable of withstanding any damage. Both Taowu and the Gold-Breaking Beast felt this was exceptionally troublesome.

No attack seemed to threaten Bai Mansheng, all thanks to Tang's formidable resilience.

However, at this moment, Bai Mansheng suddenly felt outmaneuvered.

[Do you think I am dealing with that human? I am dealing with you, Nuwa Emperor!]

The grey beam seemed to carry no lethality, but Bai Mansheng abruptly felt a wave of decaying and dead quiet spreading.

Tang immediately peeled away from Bai Mansheng's body.

In an exceedingly short time, the irregularly shaped Tang gradually reverted to his original form.

"Tang Mang!"

Bai Mansheng exclaimed in shock.

But he could not feel the slightest trace of Tang's presence.

[This way, the defense of the Nuwa Emperor has been dismantled.]

Nether River's ferrying pulled the opponent forcefully into the entrapment of the Spiritual Purgatory.

When the Gold-Breaking Beast was nearly sliced by the Mirror's Eye, the Xuan Bird had used this method to pull the beast into the Spiritual Purgatory.

Tang was indeed overpowering; Taowu, as a ferocious beast, along with a magical creature like the Gold-Breaking Beast—both with strong offensive capabilities, able to inflict severe damage instantly—yet they could never harm Bai Mansheng.

The Xuan Bird had been waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Within the Spiritual Purgatory, Tang realized that his life regeneration speed had drastically decreased. The mining area in winter was already cold, and although Northwest lands had no snow, the wind cut like knives against the bones.

But inside the Spiritual Purgatory, it was even colder.

Tang observed countless wandering spirits and fragmentary souls aimlessly walking around.

Life and death are absolute opposites.

This world might indeed have a Netherworld, but that is merely a space that fits human description, the dead cannot be revived from the Netherworld. Once dead, it is truly the end.

And the Xuan Bird was not truly immortal, it was just that each time it was on the brink of death, it would slowly recover in this space.

The Xuan Bird thought it had completely trapped Tang. In the Spiritual Purgatory, the life force of every creature would be slowly devoured. Except for itself—it was the ruler of this space. Wandering spirits consumed the living, and it consumed the wandering spirits.

These spirits seemed harmless, yet they could devour a person's life force.

The Xuan Bird thought, as long as it trapped this troublesome creature in the Spiritual Purgatory, it could gradually erode this monstrous youth using the unique characteristics of the Purgatory.

Tang did indeed enter the Spiritual Purgatory and truly felt his life force rapidly draining away.

But no matter how much it drained, it could not surpass the speed of life force recovery.

Even the Netherworld could not contend with this monster inadvertently created by the Long-Eared Ancient Ape.

And Tang, though he might seem blunt and slow-witted in speech on ordinary days, was actually not stupid at all.

He silently observed the scenes within this space, vaguely feeling… perhaps the Xuan Bird could be killed.