Although unexpected changes kept occurring on the battlefield from the moment the battle began, this time it truly broke my preconceived notions.

The massive Du Shuo Mountain actually stood up and emitted the mana fluctuations of a character who shouldn't possibly appear here. Because of the shock, I was a beat slow in associating this mana fluctuation with the name in my mind.

This is the mana fluctuation of Huang Quan!

From the moment the space-time storm first arose, I had somewhat noticed Du Shuo Mountain's abnormality. Clearly, the land and building complexes at the foot of the mountain were torn apart like a ripped painting, yet the nearby Du Shuo Mountain remained undamaged, just like us, the Impermanence.

At this moment, Du Shuo Mountain presented an extremely twisted and terrifying form. What appeared to be a mountain peak had its surface soil and rocks shatter and fall off like scabs with its movements, revealing the crimson muscles underneath.

This was actually a flesh-and-blood monster so massive that it was comparable to the mountain peak. The exposed muscles were not covered by skin, nerves and blood vessels lay directly visible, exhaling foul-smelling steam, with thick blood and bodily fluids flowing like small streams. Moreover, the flesh appeared in a dark red, decayed state, with some parts directly necrotic in black and blue. The entire body seemed ready to collapse at any time, like a decayed jelly unable to support its own weight, ready to spill onto the ground.

However, the peach tree at the "mountain top" prevented this flesh-and-blood monster from self-destruction. The branches spread across the mountain densely, binding the entire monster like an exoskeleton, barely maintaining its shape.

From some mesh openings at the base of the branch network, bloody, massive, and twisted arms stretched out, resembling crab legs, supporting the monster's colossal body as it moved towards us.

—Could this thing really be Huang Quan?

What on earth happened to turn the cunning and sly Huang Quan into this?

Or could it be that I'm just mistaken, and the monster before me isn't the resurrected Huang Quan, but rather a "Great Demon Huang Quan" summoned by the Naraku Gospel?

No... this isn't a Great Demon.

My experience in confronting Great Demons is quite rich. At least in Luo Mountain, if I claim to be second in this area, no one can claim to be first. I can differentiate just by feeling the difference between a Great Demon and an Impermanence. The aura emitted by the monster before me feels, in my intuition, more akin to a living Impermanence.

The monsterified Huang Quan—let's call it "Du Shuo Mountain Huang Quan" for now—showed extremely intense aggression after it started moving.

Du Shuo Mountain Huang Quan's entire body split open with valleys-like cracks, which might be its mouth. From the crack came an incredibly muddied, loud roar, and the yellow-black mana erupted like a volcanic explosion, transforming into a destructive meteor shower, attacking me from all directions.

At the same time, the monster itself also moved at high speed. Despite being a gigantic body like a mountain, it lunged towards me at speeds dozens of times faster than a space rocket. Although I could feel that most of this was achieved through the spatial nature of its powers rather than pure physical kinetic acceleration, I dare say its sheer speed alone would be enough to easily obliterate any city upon impact.

I instantly entered the Crown Form, taking Mazao at full speed to evade all the yellow-black mana attacks, and then launched a Flame Light Cannon to bombard the flesh-and-blood monster.

In terms of mana strength, Du Shuo Mountain Huang Quan is even stronger than Ming Zhuo by three points, yet still unable to match me. It reflexively unfolded a force field shield formed by mana, only to have it directly pierced by the Flame Light Cannon.

However, its body was just too enormous. My attack was like a toothpick stabbing into an elephant's body, no matter how powerful the penetration, it couldn't fundamentally harm it. Meanwhile, its gigantic fleshy body visibly regenerated at a perceptible speed after taking damage.

It even had a super-speed regeneration ability.

To ensure my attacks could penetrate Du Shuo Mountain Huang Quan's defenses, I had to concentrate the flame density sufficiently; emphasizing scale in the attack would just scratch the surface, yet it's currently just a drop in the bucket.

I launched a series of large fireballs from different angles, trying to see if this enemy had any critical weak points. But hoping for a creature at the Great Impermanence Level to have simple understandable weaknesses like a brain or heart is purely laughable. After a few attempts, I swiftly concluded that this direction was not viable.

Moreover, I discovered something odd about its regeneration power. It's not that it shouldn't have a super-speed regeneration ability, but given the power density disparity between us, even if it had super-speed regeneration, it shouldn't be this quick.

Even if I can't manifest the aspect of "damage from True Spirit Power being irreparable," if I inject enough intense killing intent and malice into my mana, I can suppress most super-speed regeneration abilities, yet this approach is significantly ineffective against Du Shuo Mountain Huang Quan.

I vaguely sensed that this flesh-and-blood monster, like this space-time storm, was inherently connected to some "even more enormous entity." The other side didn't genuinely possess super-speed regeneration ability, rather an infinitely greater force ensured it wouldn't fall into demise.

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