However, its recovery rate was extremely startling. The injury that had just appeared closed up at a visible rate.

After the Illusionary Ancestor’s strength had plummeted, she was still able to suppress the Starflame Demon Lion with her strength as a Fifth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt. She still had various advantages including her bloodline, cultivation method, and so on, but she clearly could not suppress it to the extent where the Master of Profound Secrets and everyone else could continue collecting the essence of its five organs.

In the distance, the Master of Profound Secrets hovered in the sea of stars with the four Fifth Heavenly Layer experts around him, staring at the Illusionary Ancestor in the distance sternly.

“Master of Profound Secrets, what’s wrong with the Illusionary Ancestor? Why has her cultivation suddenly fallen?” the Jade Lotus Master asked in confusion.

When he heard that, the Master of Profound Secrets let out a gentle sigh and said, “I’ve heard about the Illusionary Ancestor’s situation before. It’s said that it’s a result of her cultivation method, which makes her experience a tribulation of decline every once in a while.”

“Once the tribulation of decline occurs, the Illusionary Ancestor’s strength will suffer dramatically and plummet. Both her primary and secondary body will be affected.”

“The situation happening right now closely resembles the tribulation of decline.”

“When will this tribulation of decline be over? If we can’t completely suppress the Starflame Demon Lion, we can’t collect the essence of the five organs.” The Ancient Virtue Immortal Exalt frowned.

The Master of Profound Secrets shook his head. “That I do not know.”

As he said that, the Master of Profound Secrets returned to the high quality god artifact that resembled an asteroid with the other experts.

“Fellow Warring, the Illusionary Ancestor is currently under the influence of a tribulation of decline, so her strength has fallen severely. As a result, I can only shamelessly ask you to take action and assist the Illusionary Ancestor in suppressing the Starflame Demon Lion.” The Master of Profound Secrets arrived before the Warring Old Freak and made his request.

The Warring Old Freak was a peak Sixth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt. Although he was still a step away from the Seventh Heavenly Layer, his battle prowess already paralleled the Seventh Heavenly Layer. He was the only expert present apart from the Illusionary Ancestor that could threaten the Starflame Demon Lion.

However, before the Warring Old Freak could say anything, Jian Chen stepped forward and took out the talisman that the Illusionary Ancestor had bestowed upon him. “Why don’t we use this talisman to deal with the Starflame Demon Lion?”

Jian Chen was basically all too tempted to use up the talisman. He was unable to find any peace keeping it on him.

The Jade Lotus Master, the Rushing Lightning Immortal Exalt, the Blood Butcher Immortal Exalt, and the Ancient Virtue Immortal Exalt were dazed. They were fixated on the talisman in Jian Chen’s hand as their eyes became filled with burning desire and greed, tempted to snatch it immediately.

Very soon, the Illusionary Ancestor used the chains condensed from the power of laws to tie up the Starflame Demon Lion again.

The Starflame Demon Lion produced constant furious roars. It struggled desperately, and the chains showed signs of snapping.

Seeing this, the Warring Old Freak leapt behind the Starflame Demon Lion. His figure that stood thirty thousand metres tall still seemed slightly small compared to the Starflame Demon Lion. With a bellow, he erupted with surging energy. His fingers wove together to form a single hammerfist that he smashed down heavily on the Starflame Demon Lion’s head with devastating force.

Boom! Flesh and blood exploded where the Warring Old Freak’s fist landed. Its skull cracked rapidly.

The Starflame Demon Lion winced in pain and let out a growl. It swayed from the attack, struggling to gather the strength to shake off the restraints.

Under the combined efforts of the Illusionary Ancestor and the Warring Old Freak, the Starflame Demon Lion was finally placed under control. The Master of Profound Secrets also grasped the timing with the four experts, arriving near the Starflame Demon Lion’s liver again. Under the assistance of the Warring Old Freak, he pierced the Starflame Demon Lion’s defences and began to repeat the process, using the cauldron to absorb the essence of the five organs.

“Faster. We can’t keep it suppressed for too long,” the Warring Old Freak said sternly. After saying that, he retreated in a hurry, arriving near the Starflame Demon Lion and swinging his fists. He unleashed a furious barrage of attacks, preventing the Starflame Demon Lion from dealing with anything else.

It had to be mentioned that the Starflame Demon Lion truly possessed very great endurance. Even the Warring Old Freak’s strength that rivalled the Seventh Heavenly Layer could not kill it, only injuring it at most.

On top of this, these wounds did not last long at all. They constantly healed.

As a space beast, the Starflame Demon Lion lacked intelligence. It struggled to develop anything more than instincts, but certain other aspects had instead been magnified.

“We have enough essence of the liver. Let’s go to the next place.” A while later, the Master of Profound Secrets stowed the cauldron away and proceeded to the spleen with the Jade Lotus Master, the Rushing Lightning Immortal Exalt, the Blood Butcher Immortal Exalt, and the Ancient Virtue Immortal Exalt.

They moved in a hurry, clearly in great urgency. They knew they could not keep the Starflame Demon Lion suppressed for long even with the Warring Old Freak’s assistance after the Illusionary Ancestor had been impacted by the tribulation of decline. As a result, they seized every moment.

Just like that, under the efforts of the two experts, the Master of Profound Secrets proceeded to the Starflame Demon Lion’s heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, collecting the essence of the five organs.

In the end, he arrived near the Starflame Demon Lion’s head with the four Immortal Exalts and said, “We already have enough essence of the five organs. Fellow Warring, we just need to collect the soul essence now. Please shatter its skull for us, fellow Warring. Remember to not harm its soul, or it will be very difficult to collect its complete soul essence.”