After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 22: If you don't finish off the enemy, you'll eventually be in tears.
Just then, it heard its master's voice: "Throw out the rest of the explosive talismans."

Upon receiving the order, it wrapped the talismans with its spiritual power and flung them at all the attacking monsters.

A loud "boom" was heard, and the monsters were forced to retreat.

Dust filled the air, and the foggy environment made everything around us blurry, making it impossible to see with the naked eye.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she quickly got up and ran out of the cave. After some manipulation on the array plate, she threw in several high-grade spirit stones to provide energy for the array. As soon as the array plate was activated, all the surrounding demonic beasts were drawn into the array.

This formation is powered by high-grade spirit stones, requiring no expenditure of her spiritual energy. Before, when she was penniless, she wouldn't have been so extravagant as to use high-grade spirit stones as energy for the formation. Now that she's wealthy, she doesn't hesitate to spend spirit stones.

She placed three Thunderstorm Talismans in the center of the formation and stored ten high-grade spirit stones for emergencies.

Within the advanced illusion array, several demonic beasts were separated, and each of them had an avatar of hers appear before it.

The clone was formed from her hair and looked somewhat rough. Most Foundation Establishment cultivators could easily tell that it was a fake.

Unlike cultivators, demonic beasts mostly identify each other by scent. The dummy she created from her hair retained her scent, so the demonic beast mistook the clone for the real person.

The dummy was incredibly fragile, unable to withstand even two attacks from the demonic beast. However, after being knocked down, the dummy would be restored by the formation and continue to stand before the demonic beast. As long as "she" did not die, the demonic beast would continue its attack without noticing anything amiss.

She was right there at the heart of the formation, waiting for the demon beasts to have their physical and spiritual energy depleted by the dummy.

As time passed, the monsters' attacks gradually slowed down, their breathing became less steady than before, they had clearly expended some of their strength, and their concentration had also waned.

Lin Yan chose to start with the saber-toothed tiger. Saber-toothed tigers aren't very bright; they only know how to fight fiercely.

She could trap these demonic beasts in the formation and slowly deplete most of their physical strength and spiritual energy before personally dealing with them.

These monsters are intelligent and have some wisdom. Right now, they can't realize they're attacking a dummy, but if they attack it more often, they might realize it eventually.

This formation is not yet perfect. With these demonic beasts launching a full-scale counterattack, her formation won't hold for long.

She summoned her spirit sword and flew towards the saber-toothed tiger. While the saber-toothed tiger was still attacking the dummy, she directly threw out a third-grade weight-bearing talisman and an explosive talisman.

Two talismans were thrown at the saber-toothed tiger, one after the other. It was hit by the weight-bearing talisman first, which made it move even slower, and it failed to dodge the explosive talisman that followed.

boom!
Lin Yan seized the opportunity and thrust her spirit sword towards the saber-toothed tiger's eyes. The saber-toothed tiger cried out in pain, struggled violently, and roared so loudly it nearly deafened her.

Without hesitation, she drew her sword, nimbly leaped behind the saber-toothed tiger, and unleashed several powerful slashes. As the tiger tried to retaliate, she threw out a weighted talisman and an explosive talisman.

Even the saber-toothed tiger couldn't withstand her expensive fighting style. Because it was under the influence of the weight-bearing talisman, its reaction was slow, and it had one of its eyes blown off by the exploding talisman.

Just then, she channeled her spiritual power into her sword, unleashing a powerful sword technique. Countless sword shadows flew towards the saber-toothed tiger, delivering a fatal blow.

Taking advantage of the saber-toothed tiger's predicament from which she was overwhelmed, she finally unleashed a devastating strike, slicing open its throat.

The saber-toothed tiger crashed to the ground, but she was still not at ease. She unleashed several more sword strikes at the tiger to finish it off, making sure it was dead beyond any doubt before she finally walked over.

Looking at the saber-toothed tiger, its flesh mangled and its skin completely ruined, Lingjian's voice trembled: "Brutal! Too brutal!"

"You won't think that way when you're being chased and bitten by a saber-toothed tiger."

The spirit sword chose to remain silent, staying quietly in her hand. Lin Yan wasn't one to talk much either; after putting the saber-toothed tiger into the bottle, she tossed the bottle into her storage bag.

The bottle has a preservation function; you can put a dead tiger in it and it will last for five years without any problems.

After dealing with the saber-toothed tiger, she flew behind the earth-swallowing serpent and instantly threw out a weight-bearing talisman.

The Earth-Swallowing Serpent writhed, but its limited speed prevented it from dodging the talisman attacks. It primarily relied on venom and constriction to kill its prey; its attack speed was good, but its movement speed was insufficient.

Its cold, sinister eyes were fixed on Lin Yan, who had suddenly appeared. Meanwhile, its clone was completely destroyed in the venom and could not be "revived" using spiritual energy.

With a hiss, it flicked its tongue and launched an attack, spitting venom at Lin Yan, who was standing on the spirit sword.

She dodged it with a flash, then immediately conjured a fireball and hurled it. Fire attacks are surprisingly effective against venomous monsters like snakes.

The Earth-Swallowing Serpent was struck by the fireball, hissing in pain. It twisted its body and lashed its tail at Lin Yan.

She dodged to the side, the spirit sword she was standing on flew into her hand, and she stabbed fiercely at the snake's vital spot. Although the Earth-Swallowing Serpent's scales were incredibly hard, they were still pierced by a Heaven-level spirit sword.

The Earth-Swallowing Serpent writhed violently, its tail slapping erratically at Lin Yan.

It panicked, it panicked, it wanted to beat the female cultivator to death and then swallow her whole.

While dodging the attacks of the Earth-Swallowing Serpent, Lin Yan also attacked with fireballs. She could now instantly unleash three large fireballs, causing the Earth-Swallowing Serpent to hiss and scream.

The Earth-Swallowing Serpent itself is not very fast. Without the cooperation of other demonic beasts and without overwhelming strength, it is easy for it to be kited to death by agile cultivators.

Seizing the opportunity, she hurled her spirit sword at the snake's body. With a whoosh, the sword pierced the Earth-Swallowing Serpent's abdomen. The serpent writhed wildly in agony once more.

Lin Yan seized the opportunity, forming hand seals and conjuring a massive fireball, which she hurled at the Earth-Swallowing Serpent. The fireball struck the serpent. Already at its limit, it collapsed to the ground, motionless, upon being hit by the fireball.

Just like before, fearing that the Earth-Swallowing Serpent wasn't completely dead, she recalled her spirit sword and unleashed several sword energies in succession.

Never forget to finish them off!

At this moment, Lin Yan's spiritual energy was mostly depleted. She directly took out two high-grade spirit stones from her storage bag and absorbed all the spiritual energy stored inside. The high-grade spirit stones, which were originally sparkling brightly, quickly dimmed after the spiritual energy was absorbed, eventually turning into ordinary stones.

She walked over, took out a bottle containing poisonous frogs and scorpions, put the earth-swallowing snake inside, and then threw the bottle into her storage bag.

Now, only the Eagle, Whirlwind Sparrow, and Burrowing Rat remain to be dealt with.

Lingjian helped her deal with two high-level demonic beasts, and seeing that she continued to attack them even after they were completely dead, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

It couldn't keep a secret, so it asked directly, "The earth-devouring serpent was already dead, why did you keep fighting it?"

After listening, she gently admonished it: "If you don't finish off the enemy, you'll be crying your eyes out sooner or later!"

Blade & Soul: ...

Its new owners are all good, but they're overly cautious.

(End of this chapter)