As the evening breeze swept through, the desolate desert unexpectedly felt chilly in the summer.

The Earth Dragon Demon King's expression remained unchanged, indifferent like a cold stone statue, seemingly dissatisfied with Ye Jingcheng's rhetoric, releasing an increasingly powerful beastly might.

Yet, Ye Jingcheng, staring at the Earth Dragon Demon King, still appeared calm and composed on the surface.

In his heart, he knew what the Earth Dragon Demon King needed, and beside him, Ye Haicheng also showed no other expression.

He understood perfectly well in his heart.

And for the Ye Family, if at this time, they disgraced the name of the Ye Family Patriarch, it would likewise cause the spirit beasts to take the upper hand, which is not a good phenomenon.

But the might of the Earth Dragon Demon King grew increasingly stronger, as if a bit embarrassed.

Being called Earth Dragon itself was enough to show how much the Earth Dragon Demon King valued its reputation.

Ye Jingcheng's legs began to tremble, so he immediately activated the Stone Skin Skill, though the ordinary Stone Skin Skill was naturally ineffective against such pressure.

However, Ye Jingcheng's Stone Skin Skill came from the Golden Scale Beast's Beast Taming and was supplemented with Golden Light, which proved very effective against this pressure.

In fact, with the strong oppressing the weak in the Cultivation Realm, the pressure often largely comes from Spiritual Energy.

If Ye Jingcheng's True Essence was sand, then the Earth Dragon Demon King's Demon Essence was a great rock; once the rock moved, the wind it stirred could easily blow away the sand.

But Ye Jingcheng's Golden Light was extremely refined; besides having formidable defense, it also greatly relieved the pressure from the Earth Dragon Demon King.

Thus, Ye Jingcheng could still persist.

This scene also made the Earth Dragon Demon King somewhat surprised.

"Indeed not bad! Your mind is good, your courage is good, but as the Patriarch of a Beast Taming Clan, the most important is strength. If you can defeat one more of my Earth Puppets, I can let you freely choose a Beast in the Earth Dragon Valley!" the Earth Dragon Demon King did not dwell on previous formalities.

Instead, it spoke temptingly.

And just as these words were spoken, the Earth Dragon Demon King directly conjured a Spirit Puppet.

This Spirit Puppet also took the form of a Golden Giant Lizard, except it was only half a zhang long, naturally incomparable to the giant lizard figures Ye Jingcheng saw at Chixia Ridge.

But it was fully armored, extremely imposing, obviously not an ordinary Spirit Puppet.

A Puppetry Skill reaching this level sufficiently indicated the Earth Dragon Demon King's mastery of magic, which ordinary Demon Kings could not compare to.

With the appearance of the puppet, the pressure on Ye Jingcheng instantly dissipated.

Ye Jingcheng glanced at the Spirit Puppet, then at the Earth Dragon Demon King, with a slight smile on his lips.

Now, he was even more certain in his heart that besides the feelings for the Ye Family, the Earth Dragon Demon King indeed wanted to continue Soul Injection.

After all, this reward was exceptionally generous.

Ye Jingcheng could even choose a spirit beast at the late stage of the Purple Mansion, or even delay the Beast Taming time, choosing the Earth Dragon Demon King was also possible.

Ordinary cultivators might not choose a Beast Taming partner with cultivation too high, as it could temporarily stimulate a breakthrough, but in the long term, the cultivator's body could not bear the strong Spiritual Power and True Essence, leading to the collapse of the physical body.

Ye Jingcheng's physical body already bore the Four Phase Celestial Essence; Taming a beast at the late stage of the Purple Mansion was still not much pressure.

However, wanting to tame the Earth Dragon Demon King was still impossible.

So he was pondering the feasibility of delaying.

Of course, as his mind swiftly churned, Ye Jingcheng still nodded in agreement.

"Then please excuse me!" Ye Jingcheng did not choose to act after the fact.

He wouldn't defer just because his opponent was merely a Spirit Puppet.

To cultivators, many magic skills require Finger Formulas; striking earlier might crush and win.

He immediately released the Cyan Hong Sword, transforming it into a Cyan Hong streak.

The speed of the Magical Treasure Flying Sword was much faster compared to an artifact, and it could be nurtured and refined within the Purple Mansion. Though it wasn't a Lifebound Magical Treasure, it was more handy.

The Cyan Hong Sword instantly triggered a massive Sword Aura, slashing onto the giant lizard Spirit Puppet.

A boom was heard.

The Sword Aura and Earth Armor shattered simultaneously.

Shattered into faint interwoven cyan and yellow light scattered away.

Amidst the light, the spirit lizard charged again.

Its forepaw pressed down, performing a familiar Earth Spike Skill action.

It instantly made Ye Jingcheng alertly leap up.

Yet, numerous earth attribute Spiritual Power gathered and bizarrely formed an earth prison trapping toward Ye Jingcheng.

This secret technique Ye Jingcheng had seen at Chixia Ridge; the Earth Dragon Demon King alone trapped all the True Masters, which could be described as unrivaled.

Now Ye Jingcheng was trapped by the earth prison and could clearly sense the power of this secret technique.

No place to hide!

Ye Jingcheng also cast spells with finger formulas, two Golden Radiance Mountain Shields instantly appeared, spreading around.

Even though the Mountain Shield was golden, it was crushed by the prison in an instant, but Ye Jingcheng at this moment used the Golden Escape of the Beast Taming Golden Falcon to escape directly.

At the same time, he began releasing the Cyan Wood Spirit Seed.

The Vajra Vine, now activated by Tier Three True Essence, was catalyzed to the extreme again.

It almost instantly bound the spirit lizard Spirit Puppet.

The latter, with a furious roar in a dive, emitted golden light, shattering the Vajra Vine into countless fragments.

A golden massive tail also swung toward Ye Jingcheng's face.

This Spirit Puppet's strength was definitely not as simple as the early stage of the Purple Mansion.

But Ye Jingcheng still did not release the Spirit Beast; he also wanted to know his strength exactly.

His body released the Lake Master Bead, forming a sky of mist and water.

Ye Jingcheng's speed abruptly increased, dodging the giant lizard's tail strike.

Yet even so, the giant lizard Spirit Puppet still closed the distance.

Preparing to unleash the Earth Technique Spirit Prison again.

In his hand, he tossed a Spirit Net once again; this time the Spirit Net Artifact was none other than the Spirit-Resolving Net Artifact given by Ye Haicheng.

Ye Jingcheng had already discovered that this Earth Lizard Spirit Puppet, being a puppet, would have a relatively stiff body when casting spells.

As the Spirit-Resolving Net hit, Spiritual Light began to disperse.

Ye Jingcheng also withdrew the Spirit Net.

Then he looked at the Earth Dragon Demon King.

"You won, you can choose freely, I'll give you three days!" The Earth Dragon Demon King waved his hand, and the Spirit Puppet scattered back to yellow earth.

At this moment, Ye Haicheng also looked at Ye Jingcheng, a bit worried that Ye Jingcheng might rashly choose the Earth Dragon Demon King.

After all, the relationship between Earth Dragon Valley and the Ye Family was still somewhat delicate now.

His previous intention was actually for Ye Jingcheng to show his skills, thus making him a reserve candidate.

But definitely not now.

"May I ask the Demon King Elder if I can delay choosing the Beast Taming opportunity?" Ye Jingcheng did not immediately choose nor speak out arrogantly but instead asked.

At this moment, he was still introspecting his body.

Because he discovered that the Earth Dragon Demon King surprisingly had two layers of radiance.

This indicated that the Earth Dragon Demon King had not yet completely eliminated the possibility of bloodline advancement.

Moreover, the Earth Dragon Demon King's two-layer advancement possibility was rarer and more precious than ordinary Demon Beasts' four or five advancement possibilities.

After all, the Earth Dragon Demon King evolved from a lizard to its current state, surely its bloodline had been purified to a great extent due to various opportunities and coincidences.

Now the Earth Dragon Demon King could be considered a Half-Flood Dragon, and another advancement would mean becoming a Flood Dragon and having a purer bloodlined Pure-blooded Flood Dragon.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng was somewhat surprised at this moment too; the Earth Dragon Demon King's age was actually not particularly old, at least not compared to its long life as a demon.

It could be due to the inherent talent of this kind of Spirit Beast, or perhaps it had consumed some powerful Longevity Spirit Fruit.

But regardless, the potential of the Earth Dragon Demon King was indeed significant and could still serve as a guardian.

Besides the Earth Dragon Demon King, he also saw many Golden Scale Beasts, Armor-Piercing Beasts around, some with Treasure Light, some without.

Those young beasts with Treasure Light were slightly more, but till now, Ye Jingcheng hadn't seen any formidable young beasts.

This had two possibilities: one was they were in a nest, and two, young beasts were not qualified to appear here.

In the demon beast community, survival of the fittest is more apparent.

In important occasions, young beasts are not allowed to appear, which is very normal.

Since that's the case, Ye Jingcheng was naturally still eager for the Earth Dragon Demon King.

Delaying the choice wouldn't make a loss for him!

"You can!" The Earth Dragon Demon King did not refuse.

All that appeared on its face was understanding, seemingly recognizing Ye Jingcheng's strength.

It then threw out a scale.

"Since you don't want it now, I'll give you a piece of material; you probably haven't refined your Lifebound Magical Treasure yet!"

As a massive scale flew out, Ye Jingcheng was incredibly surprised.

Because this scale was golden, densely covered with Spirit Patterns, even though it had fallen off countless years ago, it still shone with Spiritual Light.

Clearly, this scale was shed when the Earth Dragon Demon King was still a Great Demon.

Absolutely could be deemed as Tier Three Top-Grade Materials.

Ye Jingcheng's Celestial Sand Seal as his Lifebound Magical Treasure could certainly make use of it.

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