Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 197 Instant Kill Foundation Establishment
"I am Lin Xinru, thank you for your help, Senior Brother!"

Upon seeing the familiar sect robes, Lin Xinru showed gratitude, bowed respectfully, and revealed a pitiful expression.

"Go back."

Too lazy to pay attention to the other party's hypocritical act, Chen Beiwu slowly drew back the bowstring.

For him, the most important thing now is to deal with the spiny kingfish to prevent any accidents that could cause it to escape into the sea.

'Ugly Ox - Mountain Collapse!'

As the bowstring was fully drawn and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged, the spiritual energy within a radius of ten feet formed a phantom image of an ugly ox glaring at the sky behind Chen Beiwu, radiating an indescribable sense of oppression.

"boom!"

The moment the arrow was released, a terrifying explosion shattered the waves within a hundred feet into droplets.

The incredibly powerful Arrow of Destruction, trailing a red and black tail flame, pierced the right eye of the Spiny King Fish, shattering its scales, bursting its eyeball, and emitting a shrill cry of pain.

"Gurgle." The golden egg's eyes narrowed as it activated its gilded body.

In a direct confrontation, it would be difficult for it to defeat a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast.

However, when it comes to defense and strength, as a third-tier treasure beast, the Golden Egg is not afraid of the Thornbone King Fish, whose demonic power is sealed by the Demon-Locking Entangling Silk Net, and can even suppress the latter's frantic struggles.

After firing an arrow, Chen Beiwu did not stop. Instead, he swallowed a recovery pill and, under Lin Xinru's shocked gaze, continued to prepare, releasing the most powerful Mountain-Crushing Arrow in succession.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast, with its vigorous vitality and formidable defense, couldn't withstand Chen Beiwu's arrows aimed straight at its vital points.

In particular, the last three arrows tore through the eye sockets of the spiny kingfish and pierced through its heart along its skull.

Seeing the spiny kingfish gradually stop struggling after losing a lot of blood, Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of turbid air, then took out a pill to restore his mana and swallowed it.

Such strong defense and vitality!

No wonder Lin Xinru's blood sacrifice of her natal spirit weapon to attack vulnerable parts only caused minor injuries and was completely ineffective against the Spiny Bone King Fish.

He used the Twelve Yuan Chen Fiend Bow to push the Mountain-Crushing Arrows to their limit. Each arrow was nearly as powerful as a full-force strike from a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, requiring the depletion of three-quarters of the liquid mana in his dantian.

Even so, it took him seven arrows to take the life of the spiny kingfish.

This means that without elixirs to replenish the consumed magical power, without the Demon-Locking Entangling Net to seal the demonic power, divine sense, and physical strength, and without the Golden Egg's physical body to entangle and suppress, in a direct confrontation, even if the Thornb King Fish stood still and did not release any demonic magic, Chen Beiwu would have to turn around and flee with the Golden Egg after shooting two arrows.

"Gurgle?" (Should I let go?)

Jin Dan twisted its body, but was stopped by Chen Beiwu's gaze.

In the late Foundation Establishment stage, the intelligence of demonic beasts is no different from that of humans, or even far exceeds it. Their lack of struggle may be due to them playing dead.

If the golden egg loosens its grip on the flesh, the Demon-Locking Entangling Net alone will not be able to stop the Thornbone King Fish from escaping into the sea.

Once the Spiny Kingfish returns to its home ground, even if it is badly injured and barely clinging to life, the Golden Egg will not be able to kill it even if it is two minor realms above it.

"I am deeply grateful to my senior brother for saving me today. This kindness is like being given a second chance. I swear on my Daoist heart that if my senior brother ever asks me to do something in the future, I will not hesitate to do so."

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Lin Xinru quickly took half a step back and solemnly bowed to Chen Beiwu to express her loyalty.

Chen Beiwu ignored Lin Xinru's words and took out the first-order array [Soul Locking Array] from his storage ring, which was made by modifying the Soul Locking Stone with the Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Devouring Array.

Unlike the Immortal Alliance's first-tier forbidden formation, the Soul Refining Formation, his mastery of formations was limited. The Soul Locking Formation he created, imitating the Myriad Ghosts Devouring Soul Formation, only had the effect of collecting remnant souls and spirits, making it completely unusable for combat, let alone for enhancing the formation's power by using remnant souls and spirits.

"Buzz!" As the Soul-Locking Array shone brightly and displayed its power, a blurry and illusory second-realm spiritual soul suddenly rose from within the body of the Spiny Bone King Fish.

Under the suppression of the Soul-Locking Stone, this second-realm spiritual soul had no room to struggle and was swallowed up by the former as a wisp of black light.

Upon seeing this, Lin Xinru's pupils contracted slightly.

They had just escaped one wolf's den only to fall into another.

Including her, all the junior sisters and brothers in the sect actually practiced demonic cultivation techniques.

Damn it, isn't the Mirror Moon Sect a righteous sect?
When did it become a heretical sect where demonic cultivators gathered?

Just then, she noticed Chen Beiwu's gaze and her heart skipped a beat, revealing a pure and innocent smile.

“Killing a fellow disciple is a serious crime!” Chen Beiwu said in a deep voice.

Only after completely eliminating the spiny kingfish did he have time to deal with his venomous junior sister.

As for whether the outcome will be killing or releasing, that will depend on the other party's response.

"Senior brother, what are you talking about?" Lin Xinru asked, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Junior sister, there's no need to play dumb. I saw everything." Chen Beiwu looked at her indifferently. "According to the sect's laws, anyone who kills a fellow disciple, even if the crime is minor, must have their cultivation abolished and be expelled from the sect."

Those with serious crimes must be killed on the spot as a warning to others. Junior sister, do you have anything to explain?

Lin Xinru barely managed to remain calm as she said, "I did not kill any fellow disciples. Junior Sister Zhao Jing died at the hands of the Thorn Bone King Fish."

After speaking, noticing Chen Beiwu's cold expression and glancing at the golden dragon in the distance that seemed both divine and demonic, she swallowed hard, stopped arguing, knelt down, and banged her head on the ground.

"Please spare my life, senior brother. I am willing to serve you as a slave or maid and do whatever you please."

At this point, she took out a spirit beast pouch from her waist and presented it with both hands: "Xinru has a black gauze fish that she is willing to offer to her senior brother."

Chen Beiwu shook his head.

"Senior brother, I can offer up all the spirit stones I have just to survive and preserve my cultivation." Lin Xinru gritted her teeth and presented two more storage bags.

But Chen Beiwu's expression remained unchanged.

"Senior brother, can't you be merciful?" Lin Xinru pleaded, her body oozing magical power as she formed the Foundation Shattering Seal. "If I were to self-destruct my foundation, senior brother would gain nothing!"

The three stages of Foundation Shattering, Core Condensation, and Gold Tempering are life-or-death hurdles that Foundation Establishment cultivators must overcome to advance to the Golden Core stage.

Those who lack a solid foundation and fail to pass all three trials at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage will face certain death if they are not careful.

However, as many cultivators break through to the Golden Core stage, there are always a few fortunate Foundation Establishment peak cultivators who manage to survive.

Some exceptionally talented and insightful Foundation Establishment peak cultivators even created a powerful Foundation Establishment self-destruction secret technique through their understanding of the Foundation Shattering stage.

This secret technique was improved by a Golden Core cultivator from a sect, allowing early Foundation Establishment cultivators to shatter their Dao foundation and self-destruct at crucial moments, exchanging one for one and taking away an opponent far stronger than themselves.

Lin Xinru's self-destruction attack failed to severely injure the Spiny Bone King Fish, and she was not confident that she could kill it under the protection of the Golden Flood Dragon. However, she was confident that she could take away the storage artifact on her body, leaving Chen Beiwu with nothing.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu smiled calmly: "What is it that has given you the delusion that you can threaten me?"

Lin Xinru's pupils contracted, and Chen Beiwu in front of her disappeared like a bubble.

"When?!" Lin Xinru's eyes widened.

The next instant, she saw a sword as black as ink and gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light fly past, and she also saw a familiar headless corpse gushing blood and crashing to the ground.

So I'm already dead!
This was Lin Xinru's last thought before she died.

(End of this chapter)