"It's actually a Yin Scale Beast?"
"What? This monster has appeared?"
"We've been stuck at the mid-stage of Core Formation for decades, but we've finally seen hope of breaking through to the late-stage."
"Once you become a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, you can become an elder of the Loose Cultivator Alliance! Right now, we're just ordinary worshippers in the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and we don't have many cultivation resources at all!"
"Fellow Daoist Wudu, you are too optimistic. This Yin Scale Beast is no less powerful than a typical late-stage Core Formation cultivator. How could we possibly kill this beast and obtain its inner core so easily?"
"Besides, our Loose Cultivator Alliance only has a dozen or so late-stage Core Formation elders. Each of them reached the late-stage Core Formation realm by relying on many fortuitous opportunities. Before joining the Loose Cultivator Alliance, we were just ordinary Loose Cultivators and didn't have any powerful inherited magic treasures. Our three low-grade magic treasures are simply not enough to subdue this monster."
"Alright! Let's wait and see. If there's any hope of killing this monster, we'd better act together. Such an opportunity is too rare."
“Well, let’s listen to Fellow Daoist Five Poisons this time,” the other two cultivators agreed.
"Sizzle"
Lu Xuan's flying sword left countless wounds on the skin of the Yinlin Beast.
However, it was still impossible to inflict any fatal damage on the beast.
Lu Xuan had just broken through to the early stage of Core Formation, and his magical power was mostly consumed.
If we were to deploy the Devouring Demon Insects, we would inevitably attract the covetous eyes of those Core Formation cultivators a hundred miles away.
It turned out that Lu Xuan's divine sense had already detected the three Core Formation cultivators in the distance.
Otherwise, if Lu Xuan were to use the Devouring Demonic Insects, combined with his strength, taking down this mid-stage third-tier Yin Scale Beast wouldn't be too difficult.
"Fine, let's drag these three cultivators into this mess! I wonder what their purpose is in coming here?"
So Lu Xuan used his magic to amplify his voice and shouted towards the three cultivators:
"Fellow Daoists, what brings you here? How about we join forces to deal with this Yin Scale Beast? I can give you its inner core as a gift."
Upon hearing this, the three mid-stage Core Formation cultivators in the distance were instantly tempted.
After exchanging glances, the three decided to help: "Very well, Fellow Daoist, you have just undergone tribulation and your magic power must be weak. We will lend you a hand. However, we will give you this Yin Scale Beast inner core. As for the Yin Scale Beast's body material, it can probably be used to refine a decent low-grade peak magic weapon. We will leave it for you to use after you break through to the Core Formation stage."
"I have no objection."
"good."
"Fellow Daoist Wudu, Hermit Xuanji, let's be on the safe side and use that Three-Fire Demon-Slaying Banner!"
"But this item has only been used once, and it's the only mid-grade peak magic weapon we three have left!"
Upon hearing this, Fairy Nanhua shook her head and advised, "Is it more important for us to break through to the late stage of Core Formation, or for this one-time use magic weapon?"
"Yes, let's do as Fairy Nanhua says!"
The three cultivators were Wudu Shangren, Tianji Sanren, and Nanhua Xianzi.
Among them, Fairy Nanhua is a female cultivator.
The three individuals appeared to be righteous cultivators based on their appearance and aura.
Lu Xuan only dared to cooperate with them temporarily. If they were evil cultivators, Lu Xuan would not have joined forces with them to deal with any demonic beasts.
Lu Xuan's divine sense had already overheard their conversation.
In addition to the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Path Alliance, there is indeed a Loose Cultivator Alliance in the Endless Sea.
As the name suggests, the Loose Cultivator Alliance consists of independent cultivators.
The most powerful among them are only a few nominal Nascent Soul stage elders.
Those Nascent Soul stage elders were either in seclusion or traveling around.
Therefore, the strongest members of the Loose Cultivator Alliance are actually the guardian elders of some late-stage Core Formation cultivators.
People like the Five Poisons Master are merely mid-stage Core Formation Realm retainers!
Foundation Establishment cultivators can only serve as stewards or ordinary hall masters.
As far as Lu Xuan knew, the strength of the Loose Cultivator Alliance was only equivalent to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul level sect, and it could not be compared with the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Path Alliance.
"The Three-Fire Demon-Slaying Banner!"
Nan Hua Fairy took the lead and offered up the main banner. The two behind her also offered up a small black banner. From each of the three banners flew out a black firebird, its body covered in a layer of black flames.
"Black Flame Firebird!"
It turns out to be the Black Flame Firebird, one of the ancient divine birds, whose strength is no less than that of ordinary divine beasts.
This is just a wisp of the beast's essence; it's unknown how it was preserved.
It is said that a fully grown Black Flame Firebird is as strong as a cultivator at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage!
The strength of these three black sparrow phantoms is at most at the peak of the mid-stage of Core Formation.
"Taiyi Flying Sword!"
Lu Xuan shouted and flew out of the cave, pointing with one hand.
The low-grade magic weapon Taiyi Sword, suspended in mid-air, instantly increased in power, and together with the attacks of the three rogue cultivators, slashed down towards the Yin Scale Beast.
"A magical flying sword?"
"Such magical treasures are extremely rare! Their value is equivalent to that of a common mid-grade magical treasure!" Fairy Nanhua exclaimed with envy and deep emotion.
The Five Poisons Master and the Heavenly Mystery Hermit beside him also looked at Lu Xuan with new respect.
"The strength of a sword cultivator far surpasses that of an ordinary cultivator!"
"Thank you for your kind name. Would you be willing to join our Loose Cultivator Alliance?" The oldest of the three, Tianji Sanren, invited.
"this?"
After listening to the other person's words, Lu Xuan pondered for a moment and then said:
"My name is Lu Xuan! I am also a rogue cultivator."
“Fellow Daoists, let me think about this matter and consider it before making a decision. Our most urgent task is to leave this Yin Scale Beast here. If we delay for too long and attract other mid-stage or higher-level demonic beasts, it will be very difficult for us to obtain this demon core!”
"Fellow Daoist Lu is absolutely right. Let's deal with this mid-stage third-tier demonic beast first. Its strength is no less than that of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator!"
"Let's go all out! Everyone, there's no need to hold back anymore! Otherwise, this beast will break free and escape, and the spiritual energy of the three phantom firebirds you summoned is almost depleted!" Lu Xuan reminded them.
Now, it's only thanks to the three firebirds of the Three Fire Demon-Slaying Banner that this demon beast has been surrounded and imprisoned; otherwise, it would have already fled when it saw the situation was not good.
Lu Xuan's reminder made the three of them realize the situation instantly.
They unleashed their respective magical treasures and various trump cards, transforming them into powerful attacks that rained down on the massive scales of the Yin Scale Beast in the sea below.
However, after a series of attacks, the results were minimal.
It seems that they were all hiding their true abilities.
This made Lu Xuan even more wary.
"This can't go on!" The three of them protected me! Suddenly, after saying this, Fairy Nanhua took out a golden triangular jade talisman.
"A Nascent Soul Talisman!" Tianji Sanren and Wudu Shangren, who were nearby, exclaimed in surprise.
Fairy Nanhua urged the talisman in her hand while smiling wryly:
"This Yin Scale Beast has astonishing defensive capabilities; we simply can't deal with it. I have no choice but to use this ancestral life-saving treasure, otherwise our efforts will have been in vain. However, I want one more Yin Scale Pill than what's made..."
"That's natural!"
Both Wudu Shangren and Tianji Sanren readily agreed.
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