Chapter 484: Nine-Tailed Fox Demon? Tu Siyuan?

"You demoness, you're utterly reckless!"

The old beggar was also enraged. His magical power flared, bursts of radiant light erupted around him, and a halo of auspicious light formed behind his back.

This magical radiance permeated the entire area of Pozi Mountain, subtly forming illusory great mountains in the sky that slowly pressed downwards. Countless shattered rocks and surrounding peaks, which had been broken before, defying gravity, began to rise and converge at the site of the descending mountain illusions, showing a strong tendency to form a new mountain.

"See if I can suppress you! Not only will I suppress this mountain, but I'll also suppress you with it. You won't be able to turn over for a hundred years! Won't be able to turn over... turn over..."

The old beggar rarely uttered such harsh words, and his voice resonated like thunder from the nine heavens, stirring up echoing roars. The flying sand and swirling stones in the sky could not conceal the dazzling magical light, and the pressure from the Mountain Suppression spell grew increasingly intense.

Ji Yuan stood in the sky, hidden behind the Tai Xu Jade Talisman, but the old beggar's methods astonished him.

'This is practically... the Five-Finger Mountain!?'

Ji Yuan had read *Journey to the West* countless times, so the passage where the Buddha suppressed Sun Wukong was naturally fresh in his memory. As a child, he felt anger and pity for the Monkey King, but now he delved deeper into the profound mystique of the spell's principles.

Witnessing the old beggar's technique and his thunderous words, the shock Ji Yuan felt was immense. Originally, Ji Yuan's deepest impression was of the Mountain Suppression Demonic Seal used by the Seated Bright King's avatar against Lu Shanjun, but compared to the Mountain Suppression spell currently cast by the old beggar, that earlier technique was utterly overshadowed.

In Pozi Mountain, the villagers, who had felt the ground shake violently, rushed out of their homes in a panic.

"Run, run! The earth dragon is turning over!"

"Ah... Father!" "Mother!"

"Get out of the house quickly!"

"Bring your bows, bring your bows!"

"Wuwuwu... Mom, I'm scared..."

Besides the tremors around them, the mountain village was filled with the panicked shouts and cries of villagers. Adults, leading children and elders, rushed out of their homes.

The hunters, moreover, did not forget to bring their bows, arrows, and spears. It was almost dark, and without these items, they might be attacked by wild beasts if they fled outside.

"Rumble..." "Bang..."

Some old mud and tile houses in the village collapsed, but this disturbance was insignificant compared to the current situation. After fleeing the village, most of the villagers stood dumbfounded in open spaces, gazing towards the distant depths of Pozi Mountain.

Mountains were collapsing there, and ten thousand beams of brilliant light were rising. Amidst the dust-filled sky, a gigantic ethereal mountain range appeared, and the old beggar's booming thunderous voice truly sounded like heavenly thunder.

"Won't be able to turn over for a hundred years..."

An elder in the village trembled, pointing into the distance.

"The mountain god is subduing the demon! The mountain god is subduing the demon! Quickly, worship! Quickly, worship!"

"Worship, worship, worship!" "Yes, yes, quickly worship!"

Faced with an incomprehensible, mighty power, the villagers of the mountain village chose to worship. Coupled with the visible manifestation of the mountain's power, it was easy for them to associate it with a mountain god.

What the villagers didn't know, however, was that the mountain spirit of Pozi Mountain, which sought to connect with the earth's ley lines and become a mountain god, was currently hiding underground, trembling.

'Great immortals and mighty demons, please finish your battle and leave quickly! Spare this humble spirit; I haven't done anything!'

However, even though this mountain spirit, aspiring to be a mountain god, was terrified, it still allocated some power to subtly protect the small mountain village within Pozi Mountain. If for no other reason, it had to provide some cover for these villagers who kept bowing and chanting "mountain god."

With the old beggar genuinely enraged and unleashing his full power, Tu Siyan, despite being an eight-tailed fox demon, was unable to resist. The illusory great mountains in the sky became increasingly distinct and prominent.

"Ah... Immortal Elder, must you truly treat me this way? I, Tu Siyan, am an eight-tailed spiritual fox from Jade Fox Grotto-Heaven. I have never committed any heinous acts. This time, it was simply because I happened to stumble upon a situation where a junior of my fox clan was being cruelly slaughtered by humans, and I couldn't bear to stand by, so I intervened to help. Can this truly be considered a demonic evil harming the mortal realm?"

Tu Siyan knelt on one knee, her eight tails having returned to their normal length, swaying behind her. At the same time, a desperate expression appeared on her face as she accused and questioned the sky.

"Immortal Elder! If I promise not to recklessly harm anyone again, could you please spare me? If not for my sake, then for the sake of my venerable ancestor?"

"Vile creature, your silver tongue is useless! Even if a nine-tailed fox were present, this matter cannot simply be overlooked!"

Had Tu Siyan said this from the beginning, the old beggar might indeed have hesitated. But earlier, this demoness had actually tried to collapse the entire Pozi Mountain, completely disregarding the people and animals within it. Now, such words were useless.

Furthermore, Ji Yuan was watching from the side. He had been tricked by this demoness's cicada-shell escape once before, and then she had almost caused him to miscalculate. If she pulled another trick now, and Ji Yuan had to step in to finish it, where would his dignity be?

Ji Yuan nodded repeatedly from the side. The old beggar was, after all, the old beggar—a true immortal expert. His state of mind, apart from occasionally liking to argue over trivial matters with him, was very reliable in other situations.

Tu Siyan's face now showed features of fine fur and short fox whiskers. Her demonic power converged throughout her body, and her demonic aura surged skyward, but her vital energy had been locked down by the old beggar's Mountain Suppression spell, leaving her feeling powerful yet unable to exert it.

"Old beggar, you're ruthless!"

Tu Siyan let out a low growl, frantically thinking, 'Ancestor, save me!'

One of her eight tails swayed forward, and from deep within the fur at its tip, a long strand of hair, or rather, a white hair, flew out.

The moment this hair appeared, Tu Siyan's demonic power instantly and automatically converged towards it. Almost immediately, a strong white light enveloped her. In the next moment, the hair circled once and flew to her tailbone.

With a whoosh, the white hair transformed within the light, and a ninth tail slowly emerged from Tu Siyan's back.

All these changes occurred in a brief instant. Coupled with the already soaring demonic aura and the pervasive dust across the mountain, even the old beggar, who was in the midst of casting his spell, failed to notice.

"ROAR————"

The moment the new fox tail appeared, Tu Siyan's roar, accompanied by a powerful demonic aura, surged skyward. The magical light of the old beggar's Mountain Suppression spell fluctuated violently, and the previously stable mountain contours began to sway again.

"Rumble..."

Tu Siyan's entire face transformed into a fox's face with a long snout. Her sharp claws were almost as long as her slender fingers, and her entire body was enveloped in a dense white light.

"Old beggar, I'll make you die! Awooooh—"

Amidst the powerful demonic roar, the demonic light now intertwined with the old beggar's magical radiance, even subtly surpassing it. The great mountain of the Mountain Suppression spell also wavered. Such a spell was similar to Ji Yuan's immobilization spell: it required a higher cultivation level than the opponent to be effective, otherwise it would easily become unstable. Although the Mountain Suppression spell was a mature technique, it faced the same problem at this moment.

"A nine-tailed fox demon? Impossible! Even under duress, you couldn't possibly cultivate a ninth tail right now. This is not your own cultivation!"

"So what if it's not? Pozi Mountain and you, old beggar, neither of you will escape today! I'm not made of mud!"

Tu Siyan was truly pushed to her limits today, resorting to her ultimate life-saving technique. Of course, she knew she wasn't a true nine-tailed fox. Even if she could overpower the unfathomable old beggar at this moment, killing him was absolutely impossible. But she still had to make threats; at the very least, she could make him look disgraced or even injure him, and then flee—it wouldn't be too late!

"Perish!"

With a loud roar, nine tails rose towards the sky, shooting out in nine directions. Their length continuously extended, subtly enveloping both the ground and the sky of Pozi Mountain.

Unfortunately, one of the tails grazed Ji Yuan's position, directly knocking him out from behind the Tai Xu Jade Talisman with a "bang..."

Even though it was an extremely critical moment for both parties engaged in the spell battle, Ji Yuan's sudden appearance still drew their attention. Despite the continuous magical light and demonic aura, there was an instantaneous illusion of quiet settling over the scene.

"Uh, hehe... Elder Lu, may I intervene now?"

Ji Yuan's pair of calm, ancient eyes swept towards Tu Siyan. Compared to her captivating and alluring gaze when seducing others, Ji Yuan's eyes were equally mesmerizing. As he spoke, his right hand was already gripping the hilt of the Azure Vine Sword.

"Ji Yuan...!?"

Tu Siyan's voice was less one of astonishment and more a shriek of terror.

So that's it, so that's it! No matter how formidable the Daxi Dynasty was, how could an immortal figure like the old beggar be there? And the claim that he just happened to be passing by was too far-fetched.

Now everything made sense. This was indeed a trap, but not one set by the Daxi Dynasty's Celestial Master Bureau. Instead, it was laid by Ji Yuan. With the old beggar already struggling so much, and now an even more formidable Ji Yuan, it was as if heaven itself sought to cut off the fox's path to survival.

The moment this desperate emotion arose, the aura, which had been akin to a celestial demon, immediately subsided. A slight conflict of incongruity also arose with the ninth and most crucial fox tail.

Since she wasn't a true nine-tailed fox demon to begin with, how could this momentary incongruity escape Ji Yuan, who had been fixedly staring at Tu Siyan? How could it escape his discerning eyes?

'A chance!'

With a shift in his thoughts, the sword was already drawn from his hand.

"Zing————"

As the immortal sword was unsheathed, the world instantly brightened. In the dazzling sword light that illuminated heaven and earth, sword intent and sword energy swept forth in a flash as Ji Yuan wielded his blade.

"Ah..."

Tu Siyan's shriek of agony rang out the next moment, blood gushing from her mouth. Her entire body collapsed to the ground, while a white fox tail flew into the sky.