The Great Glazed Light was the foremost protective treasure of the ancient Glazed Palace, and its power was truly formidable. Jiang Chen possessed an extraordinary talent for comprehending such artifacts.
Tens of thousands of Great Glazed Lights descended, solemn and mysterious, with what seemed like the rumble of thunder and the chanting of divine beings echoing within.
The radiant beams lashed down from every direction, immediately locking down Ancestor Dou Hu.
Ancestor Dou Hu was already struggling under the combined assault of the Four Divine Beast True Spirits. The earlier Great Glazed Light had further empowered their attacks, leaving him scrambling to keep up. And the Great Glazed Light that Jiang Chen now channeled had pushed the lamp's power to the absolute limit of what he could currently harness.
The light that emanated now was aimed squarely at Ancestor Dou Hu's sea of consciousness — and at this very moment, his defenses were at their most vulnerable.
Countless beams converged into a single point before Ancestor Dou Hu's Niwan Palace, flashing once before vanishing.
The next instant, Ancestor Dou Hu's enormous manifestation body froze as though seized by some invisible force, his entire frame convulsing with a strange shudder.
The following moment, the attacks from all four Divine Beasts struck him almost simultaneously.
"Success!"
Jiang Chen exhaled in relief, secretly wiping the sweat from his brow. He had already pushed the Great Glazed Lamp to its absolute maximum. If this strike still couldn't reach Ancestor Dou Hu, there truly would have been nothing left to try.
That blow, which exceeded his limits, proved to be the final straw that broke the camel's back. It sent Ancestor Dou Hu's divine consciousness into a brief trance.
And that momentary lapse was all the Four True Spirits needed to seize their opportunity.
A full-power strike from all four True Spirits — forget Ancestor Dou Hu; even Ancestor Jin Xiao would likely have been unable to withstand it.
After all, the Four True Spirits' coordinated combat tactics had grown increasingly refined, and the destructive power of their combined assaults was more terrifying with each passing day.
Ancestor Dou Hu took the full brunt of the Four True Spirits' simultaneous attack. Though he didn't die on the spot, he was gravely injured — blood erupted from his mouth as he crashed to the ground.
At that very moment, the Gold-Munching Mouse King suddenly burrowed up from the earth, baring two rows of gleaming white teeth. His manifestation body swelled rapidly in size, and his massive jaws clamped around Ancestor Dou Hu's dharma body, attempting to drag it away.
When Jiang Chen saw this, he barked: "Old Gold, don't try to scavenge the spoils — that's not your trophy to claim!"
Ancestor Dou Hu's manifestation body was an enormously rich prize, and the divine essence within it was especially suited for the Gold-Munching Mouse race to devour. However, this ancestor hadn't been slain by Old Gold. If the Gold-Munching Mouse King dragged the body away on his own, the Four Divine Beast True Spirits would certainly be displeased.
After all, the divine essence within Ancestor Dou Hu's body was equally important to them.
Jiang Chen had no desire to see his subordinates fall into conflict, so he warned the Gold-Munching Mouse King to keep him from acting out of ignorance and hoarding the prize for himself.
Indeed, the Gold-Munching Mouse King had been entertaining precisely that thought — it was an instinctive impulse for Old Gold. But once Jiang Chen reminded him, Old Gold recalled that this wasn't his trophy to take. If he dragged it away, he would offend all Four Divine Beast True Spirits at once. The Gold-Munching Mouse race had nothing to fear from those four, but they were also valued existences in Chen Shao's eyes. Offending them would not be a wise move.
With an awkward grin, Old Gold dove into the fray: "I'll join in against this old demon monster, then."
With Ancestor Dou Hu already down, the remaining Ancestor Tie Yi was having an even harder time. And the addition of the Gold-Munching Mouse King only made things simpler still.