The two continued their journey deeper into Yinshan, leaving the demonic spirits and controlled wild beasts they encountered with Rong Jiaojiao to deal with.
If Rong Jiaojiao, who is at least at the Earth Master level, cannot solve a problem, then Li Li will handle it.
Half a month later, Rong Jiaojiao and her friends obtained a lot of monster hides from the monsters, which made Rong Jiaojiao very happy. The monster hides could be used to make top-grade talismans.
As they approached the central area that day, Rong Jiaojiao felt a longing emanating from the secret realm, a feeling she hadn't experienced in a long time.
Zi Ling, who had been perched on Rong Jiaojiao's shoulder, kept twitching her little nose and chirped twice, "Master! I smell the scent of spirit herbs! It's on that little hill over there!"
Zi Ling didn't hide her voice from Li Li, whose eyes lit up: "I heard there's Blood Spirit Grass here. I wonder if Zi Ling sensed it? If it is Blood Spirit Grass, it's a rare spiritual herb, the main ingredient for refining the Breakthrough Pill!"
Rong Jiaojiao said, "Let's go take a look."
Li Li nodded and reminded her, "Blood Spirit Grass usually grows in places with abundant blood and evil energy, where there may be powerful demonic beasts or spirits. Be careful."
Rong Jiaojiao nodded, gripping her longsword tightly.
Sure enough, as they drew near, Zi Ling warned, "Master, there is the aura of a demonic seed."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than three enormous, blood-red pythons suddenly sprang out of the cave not far away. Each one was as thick as a water bucket, and their scarlet tongues flickered, releasing a foul-smelling venomous mist.
"Black Venomous Pythons!" Li Li drew his longsword. "All three are at the early stage of Earth Master Realm. I'll deal with two of them. Rong, you and Zi Ling will take on the other one!"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded, and the Lingyuan Sword instantly transformed into nine sword shadows: "Sword Transformation into a Wandering Dragon!"
The sword light flashed like a rainbow, aiming straight for the vital spot of one of the blood pythons.
Despite its large size, the venomous python was exceptionally agile. With a twist of its body, it avoided vital points and instead opened its mouth to spew out a cloud of poisonous mist.
Rong Jiaojiao quickly held her breath and simultaneously channeled her spiritual energy to form a protective shield in front of her. The poisonous mist corroded the shield with a hissing sound, and she was shocked: "This poison is incredibly potent!"
Upon seeing this, Zi Ling immediately leaped off her shoulder, transforming into a streak of purple lightning that hurtled straight at the venomous python's eyes.
The venomous python, in pain, writhed wildly, its thick tail sweeping towards Zi Ling.
"Watch out!" Rong Jiaojiao seized the opportunity and precisely placed a calming talisman on the venomous python's forehead in mid-air.
The venomous python paused abruptly, and she immediately activated the Spirit Abyss Sword: "Sword Pierces the Sky!"
The sword flashed like lightning, cleaving the venomous python in two.
Strangely, the two severed snake bodies began to wriggle and grow new heads and tails, turning into two smaller venomous pythons!
"This..." Rong Jiaojiao's expression changed slightly, "They can split and regenerate?"
Li Li encountered the same situation; four venomous pythons had completely surrounded him. He said in a deep voice, "Use fire! Black venomous pythons are most afraid of pure yang fire!"
Upon hearing this, Rong Jiaojiao immediately took out two Blazing Sun Talismans: "Heaven and Earth Without Limits, Blazing Sun True Fire!"
The talisman burned, transforming into two fire dragons that lunged at the venomous python.
The venomous python let out a shrill hiss and writhed violently in the flames.
Rong Jiaojiao's sword energy split into a thousand strands, piercing the venomous python's body with countless holes.
Ignoring the pain, the two venomous pythons swung their tails at Rong Jiaojiao. Zi Ling swiftly swooped down, grabbed Rong Jiaojiao's clothes on both shoulders with her claws, and lifted her off the ground.
Rong Jiaojiao...
She could easily teleport herself...
With a powerful strike from its two tails, the snakes' already riddled bodies exploded, rendering them incapable of fighting. They were then consumed by the flames, and the demonic seed was eaten by Zi Ling.
Rong Jiaojiao said regretfully, "What a fine leather, what a waste."
After Elder Li finished dealing with his own affairs, he gave both demon seeds to Zi Ling, nodded in agreement with Rong Jiaojiao's words, and acknowledged that it was indeed a pity to find usable demon beast hides.
After dealing with the venomous python, the two cautiously approached the hillside.
On the other side of the hillside, there is a hidden cave with blood-red vines crawling all over its entrance. The vines are shiny and have black veins.
Deep within the cave, six blood-red spiritual herbs grew quietly, with golden patterns faintly visible on their leaves.
"It really is a mature Blood Spirit Grass!" Li Li exclaimed in delight. "And it has already developed golden veins, making its medicinal effects even better!"
Just as Rong Jiaojiao was about to pick the fruit, Zi Ling suddenly bristled: "Master, be careful! There's something on the ground!"
Before they could even pick the fruit, the ground suddenly cracked open, and the two people and the beast immediately fled. A monster covered in blood scabs emerged from the ground.
It had a humanoid outline but six arms, each holding a bone knife, radiating a suffocating aura. It made a hole in the cave roof and then came to chase after them.
"Another demon spirit that has turned itself into a disgusting thing!" Li Li's expression changed drastically. "At least at the early stage of the Celestial Master realm! Retreat!"
The demon spirit swung its six arms simultaneously, and six blood-red sword energies instantly blocked all escape routes.
Li Li hurriedly summoned the Celestial Master Seal to defend himself, but was forced to retreat repeatedly by the shock.
After stabilizing his stance, Li Li drew his spirit sword. "Break the Demon!" Li Li roared, and the long sword in his hand emitted a dazzling golden light. The sword body instantly grew several times larger, transforming into a giant sword that slashed straight at the top of the demon spirit's head.
The demon spirit crossed its six arms to block, and the six bone knives clashed with the golden greatsword, producing a piercing metallic clang.
As the air surged, the surrounding rocks shattered.
"Young friend Rong, quickly gather the Blood Spirit Grass!" Li Li instructed Rong Jiaojiao as he brandished his sword again, "I'll handle things here. Don't let the battle affect the spirit grass and destroy it."
Rong Jiaojiao understood and dashed into the depths of the cave.
Upon seeing this, the demon roared in anger and stretched out two arms to grab at her.
Li Li seized the opportunity and changed his sword stance: "Lock!"
Four golden chains shot out from the sword tip, firmly binding the demon's remaining four arms.
"Zi Ling, cover me!" Rong Jiaojiao shouted, and Zi Ling immediately transformed into a thunder beast, spewing out purple lightning to block the incoming bone blade.
The Lingyuan Sword in Rong Jiaojiao's hand shone brightly: "Nine Revolutions of Subduing Demons - Fourth Form - Sword Sweep Across the Eight Desolations!"
Eight sword beams unfurled in a fan shape, precisely severing the two arms that reached out to grab her.
The demon spirit let out a shrill scream, and its body immediately shrunk a bit.
These are two sword moves that Rong Jiaojiao developed after a long battle, having mastered the previous three sword techniques. This is the fourth sword move – Sword Sweep Across the Eight Desolations, which is indeed powerful.
However, it also consumes more spiritual energy, and at this moment, her spiritual energy is almost exhausted.
"Well done!" Li Li seized the opportunity and tightened the golden chains, crushing the demon spirit's four arms.
Enraged, the demon spirit suddenly detached two ribs from its body, transforming them into two blood pythons that attacked the two of them!
At the critical moment, Rong Jiaojiao connected her divine sense with the spatial node and teleported to the top of the demon spirit's head in a flash, causing the demon spirit's attack to miss.
Just as it was about to retaliate, Rong Jiaojiao had already drawn a Soul Fusion Talisman in the air in just a few seconds and slammed it over the demon spirit's head.
The eerie blue flames immediately spread out, enveloping the demon's head.
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