The group headed towards the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.
"A fifth-tier demonic beast?"
Both Mu Zihan and Wen Yougui sensed the fifth-tier demonic beast, but they did not intend to take a detour.
Fifth-tier demonic beasts are their prey!
"Keep moving forward."
In the distance, you can see a meadow, and on the meadow, a blood-toothed wild boar is running wildly!
The Bloodfang Boar was wounded and soaking wet, as if it had just run out of a pond, with a thick trail of blood behind it.
Good heavens, whose prey is this?
Mu Zihan and Wen Yougui looked around, but they didn't find any other cultivators. Even the Green Wood Rat and the puppet didn't find any other cultivators nearby.
Does this mean they've already been eliminated?
As the two were thinking, a loud shout came from behind them.
"The opportunity has arrived, everyone charge!"
"Anyone who doesn't charge is a little dog!"
Then, the weak cultivators who had been trailing behind like quails seeking protection all jumped up, raised their longswords, and charged towards the Bloodfang Boar!
ah?
Mu Zihan and Wen Yougui saw these people rush past them, then rush in front of the Bloodfang Boar, brandishing their longswords and hacking wildly.
This is a fifth-tier demonic beast, while this weakling team is so weak that they can't even take on a third-tier demonic beast one-on-one.
The Bloodfanged Boar was already severely injured, its eyes were bloodshot, and it was completely in a frenzied, running rampant state when suddenly someone appeared and blocked its path, poking it repeatedly with a longsword.
It doesn't hurt, but it's so annoying.
"Aww!"
The Bloodfang Boar roared, and then its body suddenly swelled to more than three times its original size, with iron spikes sprouting from its body. Two weak cultivators didn't even have time to react before being pierced through by the iron spikes and teleported away from the Myriad Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map with screams of pain.
"Aaaaaah!"
The screams continued even after they were teleported out, until the people around them burst into laughter. Only then did the two realize, their faces pale, that they had been eliminated.
"You two are ruthless! You dare to provoke a fifth-tier demon beast!" A cultivator nearby teased, giving the two a thumbs up.
What? A fifth-tier demonic beast?
Could it be an injured third-tier monster?
They went there hoping to get a bargain, but...
The two quickly looked up at the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" painting.
Then they witnessed a horrific scene.
The weak cultivators were really no good at fighting. With one charge from the Bloodfang Boar, they killed three more cultivators. Xi Ran was terrified and stood there, her hand holding the longsword trembling uncontrollably.
She was the last to rush up, and seeing the cultivators in front of her being eliminated one by one in a miserable way, she was already terrified.
"Xi Ran!" Liu Xuan rushed forward, trying to pull Xi Ran back, but Xi Ran seemed to be nailed to the spot and couldn't be pulled away.
Just as the Bloodfang Boar was about to charge again and kill the two men.
Mu Zihan had already drawn his bow and aimed, intending to deliver a fatal blow to the Bloodfang Boar, when a sharp whooshing sound rang out.
Then, an arc was seen through the air as a longsword pierced directly into the Bloodfang Boar's eye!
Black blood instantly flowed from the red eyes of the Bloodtooth Boar. Then, the ten-meter-tall Bloodtooth Boar swayed twice, could no longer hold on, and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Everyone looked in the direction from which the longsword had flown, and saw Jiang Cheng standing on the tip of a flying sword with a cold expression, while Bai Xintong stood at the hilt.
Bai Xintong's expression didn't improve much either. She had just used the Qiankun Water Ball to trap the Bloodfang Boar, which almost exhausted her spiritual power, but in the end, the Bloodfang Boar still managed to break free and escape.
The Bloodfang Boar galloped wildly across the grassland, and the two of them caught up with it on their swords.
No wonder Mu Zihan's puppet and Wen Yougui's Green Wood Rat didn't find the two of them. They were flying in the sky on swords, so how could they be found on the ground?
Mu Zihan thought to himself that he needed to get some aerial reconnaissance puppets. Since everyone had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, they could all fly on swords.
Wen Yougui was also thinking that after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the Green Wood Rat would not be enough; he would have to tame some flying reconnaissance spirit beasts.
Jiang Cheng and Bai Xintong watched anxiously as the Bloodfang Boar eliminated their fellow disciples one by one. In the end, Jiang Cheng jumped onto Bai Xintong's sword, while he used a sword technique inherited from the Xuanyuan Sect that he had obtained in the secret realm.
The Sky-Treading Smoke Silk Sword.
Fortunately, they managed to pierce the head of the Bloodfang Boar before it could pounce on Liu Xuan and Xi Ran.
Xi Ran collapsed to the ground, while Liu Xuan struggled to stay upright, though she was also panting heavily.
The two of them had a brush with death.
Xi Ran's eyes were empty, but her heart was in turmoil: Liu Xuan actually risked her life to save her... But she was jealous of Liu Xuan.
Overwhelmed by endless regret, Xi Ran found herself at a loss as to how to face Liu Xuan.
"Xi Ran, are you alright?" Liu Xuan asked hurriedly, looking at Xi Ran's face, which was as pale as paper.
Xi Ran gently shook her head.
"Liu Xuan, I'm sorry, it's my fault." As she spoke, Xi Ran shed tears.
“That’s a fifth-tier demonic beast. It’s normal that we couldn’t beat it, there’s nothing to blame ourselves for,” Liu Xuan said.
Xi Ran smiled sadly and said, "Liu Xuan, you shouldn't have saved me. I should have been eliminated."
"Pah, pah, pah, don't talk nonsense! What do you mean by being eliminated? We finally succeeded in building our foundations, we can't be eliminated so easily." Liu Xuan said, straightening up.
“Although we are just ordinary disciples of the Xuanling Sect and can’t compare to genius disciples like Su Qing, we still need to work hard in our cultivation. Even if our aptitude is only ordinary three spiritual roots, we should still strive. So what if we only have three spiritual roots? Aren’t there precedents of people with three spiritual roots cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage and becoming sect protectors? As long as we work hard enough, we can do it too,” Liu Xuan said.
Looking at Liu Xuan, who was still full of fighting spirit, Xi Ran felt bitter.
She was terrified of the demonic beasts; her legs were so weak she couldn't even stand. What good would it do to cultivate diligently? What use is a cultivator who's scared out of his wits?
"I'm so sorry about earlier." Jiang Cheng and Bai Xintong came over to apologize to Liu Xuan and Xi Ran.
Liu Xuan's eyes widened in surprise. She hadn't expected that they were actually disciples personally taught by the Dharma Protector, and there were two of them at that.
"We can't bring too many pills in the 'Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains' map, so here are all the pills for you." Jiang Cheng and Bai Xintong stuffed all twenty Guiling Pills into Liu Xuan and Xi Ran's hands.
Then, the two walked toward the fallen Bloodfang Boar.
Jiang Cheng pried open the Bloodfang Boar's forehead and took out a fifth-tier demon crystal from it.
Inside the blood-red demon crystal was a shrunken Bloodfang Boar, which looked quite cute.
"How are the demon crystals divided?" Bai Xintong asked with a cold face.
"I'll keep it for now," Jiang Cheng said.
"Why should I! I want to keep it!" Bai Xintong shouted.
"Hmph, I just used the Snow-Treading Smoke Silk Sword to kill it instantly."
"If I hadn't trapped it with the Qiankun Water Ball, could you have killed it instantly? You probably wouldn't have even been able to puncture its eyelids."
"Don't push your luck! Let me tell you, this fifth-tier demon crystal is going to stay with me!"
...
Xi Ran and Liu Xuan were momentarily bewildered as they watched the two arguing.
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