The demon clearly noticed their movements, but showed no signs of panic. He cast an indifferent glance at Xiao Mu, and then returned his gaze back with a flash of disdain across his face.

Then, the demon continued to pray and worship the altar, seemingly unconcerned about Xiao Mu and the others.

As expected, the demon was prepared, otherwise, he wouldn't be so composed.

Suppress!

Xiao Mu tentatively threw out the Suppressing Evil Talisman.

The golden light scattered, and a pagoda appeared in the air.

The pagoda rapidly enlarged, becoming the size of a small hill in an instant.

Strange musical notes overflowed from the pagoda, a special sound of suppressing all evil.

Next, the pagoda directly pressed against the altar, as if intending to destroy it all at once.

Unexpectedly...

As soon as the pagoda fell, the altar seemed to be activated.

A black brilliance was released, forming an invisible black protective barrier, akin to a pot lid, directly protecting the altar.

The pagoda transformed by Xiao Mu's Suppressing Evil Talisman fell on it, only causing the black protective barrier to quiver slightly, without harming the altar at all.

Despite this, Xiao Mu didn't panic, everything was as he expected. The demon had indeed prepared and set up protective measures around the altar.

"Charge together!"

Perfected Yao immediately led people to charge over, calling everyone to attack together, while releasing the Flying Sword Fragment first to slash towards the black protective shield around the altar.

"Buzz!"

The black protective shield quivered again, obstructing the Flying Sword Fragment.

However, the black protective shield was not invincible, even though it blocked the Flying Sword Fragment, it was somewhat damaged itself.

"Everyone, attack together, give it your all! If anyone dares to slack off, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Seeing this, Perfected Yao was overjoyed.

For a moment, Wood Spirit, Stone Soul, Shi Weiyuan, and others all executed their strongest attacks, coordinating with Perfected Yao to attack the black protective shield.

Sigh!

Xiao Mu breathed a silent sigh.

He knew that advising them not to do so right now was useless, so he reached out, threw out the Taichi Thunder Gang Diagram, and also slashed towards the black protective shield.

"Hehe!"

The late-stage demon of the Fourth Realm suddenly lifted his head, glanced over, and finally just sneered, then bowed his head again to continue praying and worshiping the altar.

Perfected Yao felt insulted and roared, "Demon, I hope you will still be able to laugh later."

The demon remained calm and indifferent, seemingly unafraid, "Mutated beings from the human world, you're overly confident, it's laughable really, because you have no idea what I'm summoning. Once the powerful being descends, you will all die here, without any chance of survival."

Perfected Yao sneered, "The problem is you won't get to complete the summoning."

"Your summoning ritual is too slow. Judging by the current pace, we will break the altar and kill you before the ritual is complete."

"Just with your current level of attack? What nonsense!"

The demon glanced at the attacks outside the black protective barrier and dismissed them with a sneer.

He clearly didn't agree with Perfected Yao's words, and looking at their current method of attack, it didn't seem like they could break through the protective shield before the completion of the summoning ritual.

"You think the current attack is my strongest means?"

Perfected Yao sneered again.

Then, he stretched out his hand, and with a palm open, an object suddenly appeared in his palm.

It was an object that looked like a dart, surprisingly made of stone, but this stone was radiating a five-color light spectrum, creating a rainbow in the air.

Hum, hum, hum!

The stone dart trembled rapidly in Perfected Yao's hand, as if it might fly out at any moment.

"What...what is this?"

The demon showed a shocked expression when he saw the stone dart.

A terrifying aura radiated from the stone dart, making him shudder.

Even Xiao Mu, when he saw the stone dart, couldn't help but fixate on it, and took a few more glances at the stone dart.

What a treasure!

Xiao Mu silently sighed in admiration. The stone dart was one thing, but the material that crafted the stone dart was what intrigued him. With his discerning eyes, he couldn't identify the type of stone used, only sensing endless spiritual energy coming from it.

Clearly, the material for the stone dart was the result of some strange stone mutating after the World Mutation.

"Xiao Mu!"

Stone Dart in hand, Perfected Xiang turned to Xiao Mu as soon as possible, yelling, "Bring out your strongest weapon, don't think I can't tell that this Tai Chi Diagram is not your most powerful method. Where is that Strange Needle, why not use it?"

Strange Needle?

Xiao Mu instantly realized that Perfected Xiang's so-called Strange Needle referred to his Xuanfeng Needle.

Not long ago, he had used it during the demon killing.

The Xuanfeng Needle, after another power boost, indeed vastly surpasses the Taichi Thunder Gang Diagram.

However, before Perfected Xiang brought out the Stone Dart, knowing he couldn't break the Black Protective Barrier in time, Xiao Mu didn't use the Xuanfeng Needle.

The Xuanfeng Needle is a spirit art, purely formed from energy, unlike magic treasures, its use causes a degree of consumption each time.

Xiao Mu kept it for a decisive moment.

Perfected Xiang said, "Bring out your Strange needle, work with me, together we will break the Protective Shield outside."

"Once the demon is killed, I will account for forty percent of the merit, you will have forty percent, and the remaining twenty percent will be divided equally among the others."

"Okay."

Perfected Xiang's proposal was fair, Xiao Mu pondered for a moment upon hearing it, then brought out the Xuanfeng Needle.

With a palm upturned, the Xuanfeng Needle automatically appeared in his hand.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

This needle has wings, it never actually lay in Xiao Mu's hand, but as soon as it appeared, it spread its wings at high speed.

Simultaneously, the Xuanfeng Needle emitted a dazzling light. Ordinary mutated beings couldn't clearly see the needle, they could only perceive a sharp glint.

"This is the needle."

Seeing Xiao Mu bring out the Xuanfeng Needle, Perfected Xiang rejoiced and shouted, "You and I will strike together, break the Protective Shield, kill the Demon."

Just with his Stone Dart alone, he did not have much confidence.

But with the cooperation of Xiao Mu's Xuanfeng Needle, Perfected Xiang instantly gained full confidence that they could break the Protective Shield, smash the altar, and kill the demon inside in an extremely short time.

So this was Perfected Xiang's hidden card.

No wonder he was so confident, he knew the demon was summoning a formidable existence, but still insisted on breaking the altar and killing the Demon.

Indeed, with Perfected Xiang who had taken out the Stone Dart, in cooperation with Xiao Mu's Xuanfeng Needle, and the attack of the others at the same time, it was indeed possible to break the Black Protective Barrier, smash the Altar, and kill the demon before the demon completed the summoning ceremony.

Seeing the Stone Dart in Perfected Xiang's hand and the Xuanfeng Needle in Xiao Mu's hand, the demon finally changed color, his expression grew solemn, no longer as calm as before.

"Attack!"

Perfected Xiang yelled in joy, loudly giving the command.

He launched the Stone Dart in his hand at the Black Protective Barrier in the first instance.

Hum!

The Black Protective Barrier was shaken relentlessly by the black dart, showing its frailty.

Then...

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Xiao Mu's Xuanfeng Needle arrived, under the dazzling light, it fiercely stabbed at the Black Protective Barrier.

Slit!

The Black Protective Barrier was like a piece of cloth, making the sound of being torn open by a knife.

Xiao Mu's Xuanfeng Needle, its power was not weaker than the Black Dart in Perfected Xiang's hand, the two in combination, the Black Protective Barrier instantly showed the trend of being unable to resist.

"Haha!"

"Hahaha!"

...

Shi Weiyuan and the beasts, as well as Stone Soul and Wood Spirit, all burst into uncontrollable laughter. All their worries vanished, they all launched their strongest attack, cooperating with Perfected Xiang and Xiao Mu to attack the Black Protective Barrier.

The demon's face changed again.

Under everyone's furious attack, the Black Protective Barrier quickly showed signs of failing, and it would be destroyed soon.

"Haha!"

Perfected Xiang, Shi Weiyuan and the others, even including Stone Soul and Wood Spirit, were all rejoicing and laughing.

Only Xiao Mu's expression wasn't that relaxed, he was always watching the demon's expression closely.

As the Black Protective Barrier was destroyed, the demon seemed distressed, but there was no panic, instead, a tragic determination showed.

This made Xiao Mu uneasy.

Since Perfected Xiang has a hidden card, couldn't Demon have a second plan?

And judging from the demon's performance, this second plan may very well exist.

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