Looking at the still-convulsing, dead Esa on the ground, Fu Yunxuan felt both amused and exasperated.
"Your method of killing a celestial beast is too despicable! And do you know how dangerous it was just now! If its tail had struck you, you would have been seriously injured even if you weren't dead!"
Lin Caogen smiled and said, "I think you have completely suppressed this beast. The moment it is about to shoot out its tail spike is indeed a good opportunity! Don't worry! I'm confident!"
Fu Yunxuan shook her head speechlessly and said, "Don't take such risks next time! Let's take the core and inner core and go!"
Lin Caogen nodded, stabbed Esa in the head with his sword, pulled out the core, and then cut open the abdomen to dig out the inner core!
Lin Caogen had seen the core of a celestial beast before, but he had never seen its inner core.
The inner elixir was round and smooth like jade, resembling a bright pearl.
Fu Yunxuan said, "A third-tier immortal beast has all its immortal essence contained in its inner core, just like a human. Keep this core safe. It contains extremely pure immortal essence, and using it for cultivation will be even more effective than immortal jade!"
Lin Caogen nodded upon hearing this. He also highly agreed with this theory!
While the immortal essence contained within celestial jade is pure, it still contains some impurities. In contrast, the inner core of a celestial beast contains an even purer form of immortal essence, as most impurities have already been filtered out by the beast's body. Therefore, the cultivation world favors hunting celestial beasts and extracting their inner cores for cultivation, which yields twice the results with half the effort.
Lin Caogen handed Esa's inner core to Fu Yunxuan and said, "Here, take this inner core. Next time you kill someone, give it to me! I'll keep the core to exchange for Immortal Yuan Coins at the sect."
Fu Yunxuan waved her hand and said, "Keep it! When you grow up in the future, kill a fourth-tier immortal beast, take its inner core, and give it to me."
Seeing Fu Yunxuan's determined expression, Lin Caogen sighed inwardly and silently put the Evil Sa Inner Core into his spatial ring.
He suddenly laughed and said, "Alright! From now on, we're all one family! Let's go! Let's find the next one!"
Upon hearing Lin Caogen's words, Fu Yunxuan blushed slightly and fell silent.
The two hadn't walked far when they heard rustling sounds coming from the jungle.
Fu Yunxuan held her breath and drew her Obsidian Fire Sword, slashing towards a golden bamboo forest.
The sword energy sliced through dozens of golden bamboos.
Then a hissing sound rang out, and two golden mantises raised their scythes and charged towards Fu Yunxuan and Lin Caogen.
Those two golden mantises, one male and one female, were each two meters tall and weighed over a thousand kilograms!
Fu Yunxuan was on high alert! She wasn't afraid of the praying mantis couple joining forces, but she was afraid that Lin Caogen would be in danger.
These two mantises are the famous Golden Blade Mantises, undoubtedly high-level Tier 3 Celestial Beasts. The Golden Blade Mantises' strength is comparable to that of the hungry monster, Hungry Sa. The only difference is that Hungry Sa can attack from a distance, while the Golden Blade Mantises are masters of close combat.
Fu Yunxuan was about to help Lin Caogen escape when she discovered that Lin Caogen had already squeezed between two golden mantises!
In close combat, he has never been afraid of anyone! What he fears is ranged attacks.
Fu Yunxuan was shocked and mobilized all her true energy to unleash the Blazing Sky Slash at the male mantis. The male mantis directly took Fu Yunxuan's attack head-on and was then flung dozens of meters away by the violent sword energy, smashing dozens of golden bamboos in the process.
When Fu Yunxuan tried to save Lin Caogen again, she found herself at a loss for what to do.
Lin Caogen had already engaged in close combat with the female praying mantis. The two, one human and one insect, fought fiercely and became entangled together.
It was at this very moment that Fu Yunxuan's outlook on life, values, and worldview were completely overturned!
Lin Caogen's strength was less than one percent of that of the female Golden Knife Mantis, yet his movement techniques were incredibly unpredictable, always able to anticipate the female mantis's attacks and dodge them.
Lin Caogen's swordplay had no set moves, yet every strike aimed directly at the mother mantis's vital points.
Something strange happened!
After a fierce battle of thirty-six moves between the man and the praying mantis, Lin Caogen actually managed to sever the ligaments at the joints of the three legs of the female praying mantis by relying on the sharpness of his Autumn Water Sky-Piercing Sword!
The golden-knife female mantis, having lost three legs, could no longer stand steadily!
Blood trickled from the corner of the mantis's mouth. After enduring a blow from Fu Yunxuan with his golden body, he leaped again and charged at her.
Fu Yunxuan was utterly speechless!
He drew upon 40% of his own energy to unleash the Blazing Sky Slash, which only caused the male mantis to bleed from the corner of its mouth. At this moment, the male mantis still had at least 90% of its combat power!
In contrast, Lin Caogen was engaged in close combat with the female mantis using ice blades, and with three legs broken, the female mantis had almost lost its fighting ability.
Despite his own cultivation level of six stars in the Core Formation stage, the destructive power he inflicted was actually less than that of Lin Caogen, a two-star Body Refinement stage cultivator, in close combat.
Fu Yunxuan finally understood!
Ji Chang, the master of divination, performed over a thousand divinations, and not once was he wrong!
She had divined that her husband was a man of great skill appearing as simplicity, profound wisdom appearing as foolishness, and limitless potential! And now, it has all come true!
Lin Caogen's close combat skills, ability to anticipate the enemy's moves, and methods to defeat the enemy are truly unparalleled! To be able to fight the Golden Knife Mantis with only a second-star Body Refinement stage cultivation, not only holding his own but also subduing his opponent, is something that probably only a Celestial Venerable, Celestial Saint, or even Celestial Emperor with countless battles and extremely rich combat experience could accomplish!
Seeing the male mantis pounce on Fu Yunxuan, Lin Caogen knew that Fu Yunxuan's Blazing Sky Slash had consumed a lot of internal energy, and that there would be a delay in mobilizing her immortal energy now. Therefore, he flashed in front of Fu Yunxuan to block her. Just as the male golden-knife mantis was about to pierce through Lin Caogen's chest with its scythe, Lin Caogen suddenly lay down and thrust his sword at the male golden-knife mantis's armpit!
Fu Yunxuan was terrified by Lin Caogen's series of actions! She was really worried that Lin Caogen had just been pierced by that golden scythe!
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