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Chapter 271 Battle of Tianyuan Mountain

The crimson flames at the top of the stone pillar flickered and twisted, their light shimmering like the last rays of the setting sun before it completely disappears.

"Spiritual essence!"

"This must be a spirit!"

"After guarding for so long, the spirit has finally emerged!"

"Hurry up!"

"Follow me and charge!"

After such an unusual phenomenon appeared, the major forces guarding Tianyuan Mountain saw it clearly immediately.

In an instant, the area controlled by Huangsheng Sect became the target of everyone's criticism!
A large number of cultivators arrived on the wind, filling the mountains, forests, and void around the stone pillar!
"Step aside!"

"Leave far away!"

As these Qi Refining and Nascent Soul cultivators set out, the Golden Core elders from several factions also rushed over!

These powerful Golden Core cultivators forcefully pushed aside the surrounding cultivators and went directly to the spot closest to the stone pillar.

At the same time, Huang Shengzong had already made preparations ahead of them.

The entire towering stone pillar was now protected by more than a dozen array light shields, three layers inside and one outside.

Not only that, the disciples of Huangsheng Sect also followed Qu Yunhe's instructions and flew around the stone pillar, intending to use their own bodies as the last line of defense.

At the very top of the stone pillar, closest to the crimson glow, Qu Yunhe and his two companions stood with their hands behind their backs, hovering outside the array's light barrier, scanning the dozen or so Golden Core cultivators from various factions who had surrounded them.

"Everyone, the spirit is a spiritual being of heaven and earth. Now that it has manifested within the control of my Huangsheng Sect, this is the will of heaven."

"It is Heaven's tacit approval that this item belongs to my Huangsheng Sect."

"It would be best for everyone to follow the will of Heaven and not force things."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Crane Demon from Tian Tan Mountain, one of the dozen or so Golden Core cultivators in the void, sneered, "Fellow Daoist Qu's words are somewhat absurd."

“We cultivators are inherently defying the heavens. If we are to follow the will of heaven, all of you from the Huangsheng Sect should abandon your cultivation and restore the spirit of heaven and earth.”

After the Golden Core Crane Demon finished speaking, Monk Hongjing from Canaan Temple also spoke up with a smile.

"Although I have always disliked this flat-feathered bird, I agree with what he said today."

"The virtuous shall dwell among the precious creatures of heaven and earth."

"But how to judge this 'virtue' ultimately depends on fists and feet."

"If Huang Shengzong truly believes he possesses 'virtue,' then he should test his skills against us and convince us before making any further statements."

"Fellow Daoist Hongjing is absolutely right!"

"Show me your 'virtue'!"

"Fellow Daoists, let's stop wasting words with them. Let's join forces and kick the Huangsheng Sect out first, and then we'll see what happens next!"

As a hoarse-voiced old man in black robes from the Yin Corpse Sect chuckled sinisterly, the dozen or so Golden Core cultivators in the void seemed to have reached a consensus: they were truly prepared to join forces and deal with the Huangsheng Sect first.

Upon seeing this, the old man with the goatee and the white-haired, youthful-looking old woman beside Qu Yunhe immediately channeled their true essence and spiritual power, looking at everyone with solemn expressions.

"Senior Brother Qu, where are the Shen family members?"

"If they don't come soon, we won't be able to hold them off!"

A great battle was about to break out. The old man with the goatee held a gleaming black iron fan and secretly transmitted his voice to Qu Yunhe.

Qu Yunhe gripped the gold-inlaid knife in his hand, his gaze passing through the dark mass of cultivators in front of him, looking towards the direction of Yunshui City.

"This phenomenon of spiritual manifestation should be felt throughout the entire Yangnao Land."

"The Shen family made a vow on the fate of the entire family; they shouldn't go back on their word, right?"

Seeing that the Shen family had not made any move for a long time, Qu Yunhe began to have doubts.

Although the dozen or so Golden Core cultivators in the void opposite were shouting loudly, they were all cunning and shrewd. They simply let their true essence and spiritual power surge, making it look like they were about to make a move at any moment.

In reality, they were all waiting for the first person to make a move.

These old fogies know very well that Huang Shengzong is currently like a vicious dog cornered in a dead end.

Although they had no way out, they still maintained their peak strength.

And these people are not a monolithic group.

Each of them had their own ulterior motives.

At this moment, the first one to rush forward will definitely be met with a full-scale counterattack from Huang Shengzong. If things go wrong, they will be caught in a fierce battle and may even be severely injured.

It's hard to say whether the others around will intervene at that point.

Even if they do take action, they might take advantage of the situation when both sides are weakened to eliminate both.

The situation had reached a stalemate.

A ruthless glint flashed in Feng Chang's right eye in the void.

He immediately focused his voice into a line and transmitted it to Old Man Jin and Hua Qing behind him: "You two go around and attack the large array light barrier below."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Jin and Hua Qing's expressions changed slightly.

There were nearly twenty Golden Core cultivators present!
They were only at the half-step Golden Core stage. If they made a move at this moment, any wave of the hand or a strike from the Golden Core experts present would be enough to kill them.

However, both demons understood that someone needed to ignite the current situation.

Otherwise, the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them.

Once the spirit has fully materialized, Huangsheng Sect will have an absolute advantage and will be able to abduct it directly.

If a Golden Core cultivator is determined to run away, it would be quite difficult for the many powerful beings of the same realm present to stop him.

"Sister, I, Rat Master, can handle this matter alone."

After a moment's thought, Old Man Jin suddenly turned around and said something to Hua Qing. Then, he transformed into a giant rat over ten feet tall!

After the giant rat transformed into its true form, it let out a strange cry and charged directly at the layers of protective array light shields surrounding the stone pillar!
"careful!"

"presumptuous!"

"How dare you, you beast!?"

The members of Huangsheng Sect suddenly saw Old Man Jin's true form charging towards them, and they all roared in fury!
However, Old Man Jin was, after all, a great demon at the half-step Golden Core stage, and after transforming into his true form, his speed was extremely fast!

His figure transformed into a streak of gray light and crashed heavily into the light shield of the first layer of the great formation!
boom!
The outermost protective array of light was struck with all its might, and the entire array of light instantly flickered violently!

"You mere half-step Golden Core beast, you're courting death!"

The old man with the goatee was closest to the old man Jin who made the move.

But seeing that Old Man Jin dared to make a move right under his nose, he suddenly swung his Xuan Tie Treasure Fan!
A dark blue hurricane swept towards Old Man Jin's body in an instant!

Old Man Jin was terrified and suddenly transformed into a streak of gray light, trying to escape.

However, a half-step Golden Core is not a Golden Core after all, and there is still an insurmountable gap between it and a true immortal Golden Core!

With a Golden Core cultivator taking action, even with Old Man Jin's incredible speed, his body was swept into the azure hurricane in the blink of an eye!

Before he could even let out a scream, Old Man Jin's body, which was over ten feet long, was torn apart by the hurricane. His bones and flesh turned into a cloud of blood mist and dissipated into the air.

"kill!"

"Let's do it together!"

As Old Man Jin died, the extremely oppressive atmosphere in the room exploded like a powder keg that had been ignited in an instant.

More than ten Golden Core cultivators assumed that someone had made the first move, and immediately and instinctively unleashed streaks of light towards Qu Yunhe and his two companions!
Qu Yunhe and the other two had solemn expressions as they each summoned protective spiritual energy shields to try and withstand these terrifying attacks!

boom!
boom!
A deafening explosion resounded, and the energy ripples from the clash between the Golden Core cultivators instantly formed crisscrossing strands of energy that nearly tore the void apart!
Fortunately, their battle took place high in the void, and the energy from their clash did not have a significant impact on the cultivators below the Golden Core stage.

"How could such a grand event be complete without me, Xu!?"

The first clash between the two sides had just ended when a loud voice rang out from the distant jungle.

Immediately afterwards, many ancient trees in the jungle were brutally smashed by a figure whose body was covered in blood flames!

As Xu Zhan ran through the jungle, he suddenly stomped his right leg, and his body instantly sprang into the void.

Unlike last time, Xu Zhan's aura was noticeably more domineering and flamboyant this time, and he was wearing an ancient and majestic suit of armor.

The weapon he held in his hand was also changed to a more exaggerated dark gold spear.

The armor and spear he wore were magical artifacts crafted by Zhang Qingjing, a master craftsman from Tianjun Mountain in Danzhou, using the remains of a Golden Core Poisonous Dragon.

The dark gold spear is called the Ink Horn Poison Dragon Spear. The spear body was made by Zhang Qingjing using the spiritual essence of the poisonous dragon's corpse bones mixed with various high-grade spirit iron ores, while the spearhead was made from the dragon's single horn. Its quality reached the peak of the mid-grade level.

As for the armor he wore, it had reached the highest grade.

Zhang Qingjing forged two high-grade armors in total. Huang Lingshan used the other one to exchange for a wisp of the Seed of Departing Fire.

After these two magical artifacts were brought back, Shen Wen'an originally intended for them to be used by Shen Chongming or other important direct descendants of the Shen family.

In the last great battle, the white bone spear in Xu Zhan's hand clearly limited his strength.

Now, both of these magical artifacts have been handed over to him.

Xu Zhan's sudden appearance calmed the two sides who had just started fighting down a bit.

All the Golden Core cultivators in the arena turned their gazes toward this.

Many of them had a barely concealed greed in their eyes.

At this time, Xu Zhan still had not yet cultivated the flawless golden body.

For some Golden Core cultivators, if it weren't for the power behind them, such a perfect and powerful physical body would be more attractive than their spiritual essence.

Just as everyone was plotting in their hearts that if they couldn't snatch the spirit, they could find a way to kidnap Xu Zhan.

In the distance, a streak of cyan sword light and a streak of azure lightning pierced through the void and flew rapidly towards us!
After the two beams of light arrived beside Xu Zhan, they transformed into the figures of Shen Wen'an and Shen Chongming.

The three people who were happiest when they saw this scene were Qu Yunhe and the other two from Huang Shengzong.

"Fellow Daoist Shen has finally arrived!"

Qu Yunhe smiled and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards the three of them.

Up until now, he was unaware that the Shen family already knew about the "borrowing of fortune" incident, and believed that he had done everything perfectly.

Little did they know that if it weren't for the oath, Shen Wen'an and the other two would have already joined the five major forces and besieged his Huangsheng Sect.

"Hehe, we'll settle our score later."

Shen Chongming sneered, then turned his gaze to Feng Changyou, the third demon of Tiantan Mountain.

"I heard that Tian Tan Mountain previously wanted to use members of my Shen family as sacrifices?"

As soon as Shen Chongming finished speaking, Feng Changyou Sanyao's expression changed instantly.

Under other circumstances, the three demons would not be so worried.

But now is a crucial moment for spiritual beings.

The fact that the Shen family chose to cause trouble for them at this time means that Tian Tan Mountain is almost completely cut off from this spiritual entity!
"Does the Shen family really intend to completely break ties with my Tianjing Mountain?"

Feng Changyou said coldly, "If you cause my Tian Tan Mountain to be deprived of this spiritual essence, what consequences will there be? Is the Shen family sure they can bear them?"

At this critical juncture, Feng Changyou had absolutely no desire to get entangled with the Shen family.

In dire circumstances, they have no choice but to issue threats.

The Shen family knew that there was a Purple Mansion Ancestor behind their Tian Tan Mountain, and Feng Changyou only hoped that this would make the Shen family somewhat wary.

"I almost forgot, there is still a dying old demon in the Purple Mansion on Tian Tan Mountain."

Shen Chongming feigned surprise and laughed.

His smile quickly faded, and he said dismissively, "So what?"

"Now that my uncle, nephew, and I have come here, it is to let you know that the spirit of Tianyuan Mountain can belong to anyone, but it will never belong to your Tiantan Mountain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and he directly took out the Silent Guest Great Bow!
This low-grade magic weapon has been with him for nearly a hundred years. Since he achieved the fetal breathing technique, this large bow has been nurtured in his dantian, absorbing a large amount of lightning-attribute spiritual power.

It has now been transformed into a mid-grade magic weapon.

The surface of the Great White Bone Bow is covered with mysterious and complex lightning patterns, and tiny sparks of electricity dance across these patterns from time to time.

Seeing that Shen Chongming was about to make a move, Feng Changyou immediately looked at Wu Shi Kui of Fushan Kingdom and transmitted his voice.

"King of Wu, if our two families join forces and deal with these three members of the Shen family as soon as possible, we will still have a chance to continue the struggle for the Spirit."

"I, Feng, promise the King that regardless of whether I obtain the spirit essence this time, my Tian Tan Mountain will give two spirit crystal mines to the Fu Mountain Kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shikui pondered for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

He is not a fool.

Although an agreement had already been reached with Tian Tan Mountain, and the two parties formed an alliance.

But now that the chaos has begun, without Tian Tan Mountain, he feels that he has a greater chance of obtaining spiritual essence.

"you!"

Upon seeing this, Feng Changyou's face instantly turned angry.

But at this point, Wu Shi Kui had already decided to completely abandon Tian Tan Mountain and had no intention of paying any attention to it.

He was even afraid that the Shen family would misunderstand the relationship between Fushan Kingdom and Tiantan Mountain, and that they would include him in the blame as well.

Feng Changyou's face turned ugly, and his gaze swept towards Dawushan, which had a grudge against the Shen family.

"Fellow Daoist Heavenly Fox, we are both demon cultivators..."

He had barely opened his mouth when the Fox Demon King covered his mouth and chuckled, "I have no desire to get involved in this mess. Fellow Daoist Feng, please refrain from further discussion, lest the Shen family misunderstand."

Before coming here, the Heavenly Fox Demon King had already made up his mind not to clash with the Shen family again.

It's even less likely that we'd provoke the Shen family at such a crucial moment.

Feng Changyou paused for a moment, then clenched his fist and swept it towards the Canaan Temple on the other side.

He stared at Hongjing, his mouth opening and closing for a long time, but in the end he did not say anything about joining forces with them.

Canaan Temple has a grudge against the Shen family, but it also has a long-standing feud with Tian Tan Mountain.

Even with his thick skin, Feng Changyou couldn't bring himself to say anything about trying to win over Canaan Temple.

"It's a real pity that Tian Tan Mountain seems to have no allies."

Shen Chongming looked at him with a mocking expression, then slowly raised the Silent Guest Great Bow in his hand.

"Don't waste your time. If you three demons are truly powerful, you can defeat my uncle and nephew and perhaps still manage to seize their spiritual essence."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Chongming drew the great bow in his hand to its full extent.

The next moment, a large amount of lightning-attribute spiritual energy quickly gathered into a lightning arrow, aimed at the three demons of Tian Tan Mountain!
Xu Zhan, standing beside her, raised the Ink Horn Poison Dragon Spear in his hand, grinned, and looked at the bamboo-skinned woman.

"I wasn't satisfied last time. This time, without that tiger demon around, I, Xu, will have a good go at you, you green snake demon!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly darted out!

The air behind them was compressed into ripples by this sudden burst of energy.

Seeing that the two sides had already clashed, the Golden Core cultivators from other forces around them quickly made way for them.

At this moment, everyone is happy to see Tian Tan Mountain and the Shen family fight.

The match is three against three.

Shen Chongming faced off against Feng Changyou, Xu Zhan chose the skinny green snake demon, and the crane demon was naturally handed over to Shen Wen'an.

Feng Changyou's strength was not strong to begin with; he was the weakest among the three demons of Tian Tan Mountain.

Even Shen Chongming, who possessed a strong alloy nature and had achieved the early stage of the Golden Core realm, couldn't defeat him.

This is partly due to Shen Chongming's possession of a mutated lightning-attribute spiritual root.

After several bolts of lightning arrows forced Feng Changyou into a rather disheveled state, Shen Chongming suddenly put away the Silent Guest Great Bow, his body crackling with destructive electric light, and charged forward.

With a flick of his fingers, streaks of lightning shot out from behind him, transforming into long whips of thunder that lashed out at Feng Changyou, who was dodging and weaving.

Seeing that several lightning whips had sealed off his escape route, Feng Changyou's face turned ugly. As he looked around, he suddenly flashed and rushed towards Qu Yunhe and the many Golden Core cultivators who were confronting each other in the distance.

Clearly, he intended to blend in with the crowd and prevent Shen Chongming from using his skills effectively.

If we could drag one or two Golden Core cultivators from other forces into our schemes, that would be ideal.

Upon seeing this, Shen Chongming instantly understood his thoughts.

"What a cunning beast."

"However, you've miscalculated."

Shen Chongming's thunderous whip swayed behind him as he calmly looked at the Golden Core cultivators from other forces in the distance and spoke.

“If you all don’t stop him, I’ll rush in and accidentally hurt you all, and I’ll be sorry.”

As soon as he said this, the expressions of more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators in the distant void changed instantly.

Everyone present knew that the Shen family was now the biggest variable, an entity they couldn't afford to offend.

It wasn't that the Shen family was particularly powerful; it was simply because the spirit was about to take shape, and the Shen family clearly wasn't interested in the spirit.

At such a critical juncture, if you get entangled with them, you will immediately lose the qualification to compete for spirituality.

The logic was so simple that everyone present immediately understood it.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, you should stay away from my Great Wushan."

The white, fluffy tail behind the Heavenly Fox Demon King suddenly grew longer and lashed out at Feng Changyou, who was fleeing towards it!

Feng Changyou was greatly alarmed!
The Heavenly Fox Demon King was a genuine late-stage Golden Core cultivator, so he was naturally no match for him. While dodging the attack in a disheveled manner, he moved a little closer to the Canaan Temple.

Seeing this, Hongjing was displeased with Shen Chongming's threat, but he also knew that it was not the right time to fight the Shen family.

Moreover, he also disliked the demon cultivators of Tian Tan Mountain.

Seeing that Feng Changyou was actually moving closer to them in order to avoid the attack of the Heavenly Fox Demon King.

The golden light on Hongjing's body intensified instantly, and then a huge golden fist slammed towards Feng Changyou!

Feng Chang was already in a sorry state when he dodged the attack of the Heavenly Fox Demon King. He had not yet fully adjusted his posture when he was suddenly attacked by Hong Jing. He had no time to dodge.

boom!
Its transformed body was directly struck by that golden fist!
In an instant, the body covered in white fur, resembling a monkey, was sent flying by that fist!

The protective aura around his body flickered violently a few times and shattered on the spot!
In a panic, Feng Changyou could only hastily summon a bone shield to block the golden fist, using the force to dodge further away.

But before he could even steady himself and catch his breath, he heard a terrifying crackling of lightning behind him!

Upon hearing the voice beside him, Feng Changyou felt his soul tremble and dared not delay for a moment!

He directly used his divine sense to activate a bone shield behind him!

Bang!
A long, thunderous whip lashed fiercely at the bone shield, sending out a burst of electric sparks!
Many of them bypassed the bone shield and left scorched marks on Feng Changyou's fluorescent fur.

"what?"

"This bone shield is quite a treasure."

Seeing his attack blocked by the small, exquisite bone shield, and then seeing streaks of electricity flash across its surface, seemingly easily neutralizing the force of his attack, Shen Chongming was slightly surprised, and then a smile appeared on his face.

He now considers everything on Feng Changyou's body as his spoils of war.

The more wondrous the bone shield, the better.

While the Shen family and Tian Tan Mountain were locked in a fierce battle, Huang Sheng Sect and the other forces naturally ceased their standoff.

They divided themselves into two battlefields, fighting fiercely and evenly in the skies above the eight-hundred-mile-long Tianyuan Mountain.

Although the many Golden Core cultivators were fighting in a higher void as much as possible, some of the more powerful spells would still occasionally affect Tianyuan Mountain below.

In addition, various factions in Tianyuan Mountain below are also besieging the area occupied by Huangsheng Sect, wanting to get closer to the stone pillar that supports the spirit.

The entire Tianyuan Mountain was instantly reduced to a chaotic mess of flying rocks.

One mountain after another was shattered by the flashing swords and the shadows of blades, or by the aftershocks emanating from the void.

Centered on Tianyuan Mountain, the land within a radius of a thousand miles trembled violently, and the light of various spells and sword energies shone brightly, with the bursting energy stirring up wind and clouds.

"I possess the bloodline of the ancient beast Changyou; how can I endure such humiliation!?"

Even if I die today, I will drag you down with me!

A furious roar suddenly echoed from the dark, cloud-covered void!

At this moment, Feng Changyou was struck by several thunderous whips from Shen Chongming. His moon-white fur had already been burned off, making him look both disheveled and comical.

The electric sparks penetrated his body through his skin and wandered freely through his meridians, severely affecting the circulation of his demonic energy.

Under these circumstances, Feng Changyou suddenly understood Shen Chongming's thoughts.

The longer the fight between them drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for them.

If this continues, once the lightning and electricity within the body accumulate to a certain amount, they will silently travel along the meridians throughout the body to the vicinity of the golden core, completely blocking the flow of demonic energy.

He probably won't be able to detonate his golden core again.

Thinking of this, Feng Changyou glanced at the Green Snake Demon and Crane Demon, who were also being suppressed badly on the distant clouds, and realized that there was probably no hope of escape today.

In order to avoid being captured alive by the Shen family, skinned alive, and having his core extracted for medicine, Feng Changyou immediately chose to reverse the flow of demonic energy in his meridians, detonating his golden core and perishing together with Shen Chongming.

Despite the excruciating pain caused by the reverse flow of demonic energy tearing through his meridians, Feng Changyou charged toward Shen Chongming like a madman!
Seeing this, Shen Chongming showed a hint of regret.

The reason he abandoned the use of the great bow and instead used the power of thunder to condense several long whips to deal with Feng Changyou was that he wanted to use the thunder power attached to the whips to gradually paralyze him.

I don't want him to self-destruct his golden core.

A Golden Core Demon King's fur, flesh, bones, claws, and teeth are all valuable items.

Whether used in medicine or alchemy, or in crafting weapons and setting up formations, it has considerable value.

Once it self-destructs, all of these things will be gone.

As Feng Changyou charged forward, his body was already oozing a large amount of blood, and he rushed towards them with an extremely subtle yet terrifying aura.

Instead of fleeing immediately, Shen Chongming charged forward at an even faster speed!

Upon seeing this, Feng Changyou, whose eyes were already stained red with blood, was first stunned, then overjoyed!

The self-destruction of the Golden Core within a Golden Core cultivator's body is extremely powerful.

Even someone at the Purple Mansion Realm could be severely injured by an explosion if they're not careful.

He was worried that Shen Chongming would turn around and run away, and that he would not be able to kill him directly, thus wasting his own life.

Who would have thought that he would rush over on his own?

Feng Changyou instantly became even more frenzied, enduring the pain of his meridians being torn apart, and once again accelerated the speed of the reverse flow of demonic energy!

When the demonic energy within its body travels along its meridians and crashes against the golden core!

A terrifying energy burst forth instantly!

"Die!"

"To exchange my life for a highly talented mutated lightning-attribute Golden Core cultivator from your Shen family, my life would be worth it!"

Before his soul was torn apart by that terrifying power, Feng Changyou thought to himself, a crazed smile on his face.

But the smile froze instantly as soon as it appeared!
"No!"

"I am not reconciled..."

boom!
The power generated by the self-destruction of the Golden Core instantly stirred up the dark clouds that stretched for hundreds of miles around!

The scattered streams of spiritual energy flew thousands of miles away, shattering everything in all directions!

But before these energy streaks could burst forth, a bolt of lightning had already vanished within the blast radius at an extremely fast speed.

This bolt of lightning was naturally transformed from Shen Chongming.

He had clearly noticed that Feng Changyou was planning to self-destruct, but he still rushed up because of the bone shield and Feng Changyou's storage bag.

The reason Feng Changyou cried out in despair before his soul was torn apart by the energy of the self-destruction was because he watched as a ray of lightning swept away his bone shield and storage bag, then flashed a few times and disappeared from sight.

Although he didn't witness Shen Chongming survive the explosion, seeing his incredible escape technique, Feng Changyou's last thought was that he might have really died in vain.

"This lightning escape technique is really useful."

"It's just that the consumption is a bit high."

In the void, Shen Chongming held a small, exquisite bone shield in one hand and a dark red brocade pouch in the other, muttering to himself as he looked at the chaotic spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the distance.

The Lightning Escape Technique is an escape technique he comprehended from the "Secret Record of the Five Thunder True Method of the Divine Firmament Jade Palace" after breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.

This escape technique allows the user to transform into lightning and travel thousands of miles in an instant.

However, such a powerful escape technique was quite taxing for someone who was only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Just now, I only used it once, and 70% of the spiritual power in my body was evaporated!

"It's alright, it's alright. You can cultivate back your spiritual power if you lose it."

"If the baby is gone, it's really gone."

Playing with the bone shield in his hand, Shen Chongming grinned, then put the bone shield into his storage bag, and then put Feng Changyou's storage bag into his bosom.

A flash of light appeared in his hand, and he directly took out the Silent Guest Great Bow.

His battle was over, but Xu Zhan and Shen Wenan's battle was still ongoing.

This doesn't mean that he's stronger than the two.

It can only be said that Feng Changyou was too weak. With the help of the Heavenly Fox Demon King and the monk Hongjing, Feng Changyou felt that he had no hope of escaping and chose to self-destruct.

Otherwise, the battle between them would probably continue for a while longer.

Holding the Silent Bow in his hand, Shen Chongming's gaze pierced through the blasted clouds, looking down at the spirit on the stone pillar of Tianyuan Mountain, which was still condensing and estimated to be some time away from being fully formed.

He didn't rush to inform Huang Lingshan and the other sword immortals of Qingluo Sword Pavilion.

On another battlefield, the various factions were still fighting to the death.

If the sword immortals of Qingluo Sword Pavilion were to suddenly appear at this moment, it would likely cause these forces in the Southern Frontier to immediately put aside their grudges and unite to attack Qingluo Sword Pavilion.

Taking out a bottle of spiritual energy-replenishing pills from his storage bag and pouring them into his mouth, Shen Chongming slowly turned around and stared at the giant green snake that was constantly weaving through the clouds in the distance.

That green snake was over a hundred feet long and as thick as a water bucket!
Its scales gleamed with a cold, metallic sheen under the sunlight.

These creatures with scales and armor, after cultivating into demons, will naturally have their scales and armor evolve into their strongest armor.

After the Green Serpent Demon transforms into its true form, the scales on its body can usually withstand the magical attacks of cultivators of the same realm.

But this time she was facing a fifth-realm body cultivator.

The Ink Horn Poison Dragon Spear in Xu Zhan's hand was forged from the hardest single horn of a Golden Core Flood Dragon. Snakes belong to the dragon family, and flood dragons have some natural advantages over her.

So far in the battle, the green snake demon has been tormented by Xu Zhan to the point of losing its temper.

After transforming into its true form, it only dared to rely on its agility to constantly move around Xu Zhan's body, looking for opportunities to occasionally spit out a mouthful of Yinsha poisonous miasma to counterattack.

After observing for a while, Shen Chongming suddenly flashed and disappeared into a thick cloud in the distance.

With a flash of light, he took out the Crimson Flame Arrow, which was entirely covered in flames, and nocked it onto the Silent Guest's Great Bow.

The longbow is fully drawn.

After calming his mind, Shen Chongming's lightning power quickly surged into the crimson arrow.

In an instant, the entire Crimson Flame Arrow transformed into a Thunderfire Arrow, which was then covered by the power carried by the Silent Guest Great Bow, losing all its aura.

Just as the hundred-foot-long green snake dodged Xu Zhan's spear and was flicking its tail to retaliate, Shen Chongming made his move!
With a flick of the finger, the lightning arrows on the great bow vanished instantly!

The next moment, the green snake demon, who had just raised her tail to strike Xu Zhan, suddenly felt an extremely strong sense of danger approaching from the shadows. Before she could determine where this dangerous aura came from, her cold vertical pupils suddenly saw something with a restrained spiritual light, like an ordinary tree branch, flash by!

The green snake demon was stunned for a moment, then its expression changed drastically!

hum!
Its enormous body twisted rapidly, shrinking from a hundred feet to just a few feet in an incredibly strange way!
He attempted to use this method of instantly shrinking his body to dodge the attack of the Crimson Flame Arrow.

Shen Chongming had not expected that the other party would have such a method.

The Crimson Flame Arrow was aimed at the Green Serpent Demon's vital spot, intending to incapacitate it with a single blow so that Xu Zhan could seize the opportunity to kill it.

This also avoids the risk of self-destruction.

However, the Green Serpent Demon's figure suddenly shrank from a hundred feet to about ten feet, and the place that the Crimson Flame Arrow was originally aiming at was a full hundred feet different from where she was now.

It was too late to change direction.

Seeing this, Shen Chongming gritted his teeth and directly used his divine sense to detonate the lightning power on the surface of the Crimson Flame Arrow!
boom!
In an instant, countless bolts of lightning burst forth from the crimson arrows!

Streaks of lightning, like wildly dancing thunder serpents, enveloped the surrounding void for hundreds of feet!
Although the Green Snake Demon managed to dodge the fatal blow by shrinking its body in an instant, it was now unable to escape the wide-ranging electric shocks!

Several bolts of lightning struck her body, which was about ten feet long, instantly causing her to scream in pain.

As a body cultivator, Xu Zhan possessed an extremely strong fighting spirit.

But when he saw the green snake demon's body being struck by lightning and momentarily stiffened, he immediately rushed forward!
The dark golden Ink Horned Poison Dragon Spear in his hand was powerful and heavy, and it smashed down on the body of the Green Serpent Demon with the force of ten thousand pounds!
Although the Ink Horn Poison Dragon Spear is a mid-grade peak magic weapon, in Xu Zhan's hands it can only be used like an ordinary weapon, for slashing, thrusting, and striking, and he cannot use its abilities as a magic weapon.

Fortunately, the material used to forge this spear was of excellent quality and could withstand Xu Zhan's immense strength.

Sensing the power of the spear, a hint of panic flashed in the green snake's eyes. It immediately tried to transform its body back to normal and rely on its massive body to withstand the attack.

But several bolts of lightning struck her body again, and the thunderous power that roamed through her flesh and meridians greatly interfered with the circulation of her demonic energy.

puff!
The green snake demon's body, which was only about ten feet long, was hit by Xu Zhan's spear and exploded like a broken rope!
Snake skin, flesh, and internal organs exploded in the air!

The green snake demon screamed and plummeted towards the ground below!

Seeing this, Shen Chongming instantly drew his bow and fired more than ten thunder arrows at the falling green snake demon!
The bolts of lightning transformed from arrows struck the Green Serpent Demon's body one after another, rapidly extinguishing the life force within her!
The Green Snake Demon wanted to self-destruct her golden core like Feng Changyou, but clearly, the continuous attacks gave her no chance to catch her breath.

Her length of about ten feet is not her true form.

After being hit by more than ten lightning arrows in succession, her secret technique of shrinking her body could no longer be maintained, and she instantly returned to her previous size of a hundred feet!
boom!
The mangled body slammed heavily onto the ground below with a dull thud!

The green snake demon struggled and twisted its body, enduring the excruciating pain, trying to seize this brief opportunity to reverse the demonic energy in its meridians and detonate its golden core.

But the next moment, a streak of blood-red light descended directly from the sky!

The crimson light was engulfed in intense blood flames, and the dark golden blade in its hand moved with incredible speed, precisely piercing through the head of the green snake demon!

The Green Snake Demon felt its soul being torn apart by an extremely domineering force.

The remaining fragments of the soul immediately hid inside the golden elixir in the abdomen, hoping to use it to escape and find an opportunity to be reborn by possessing another body.

But Shen Chongming had already anticipated this move.

Just as the Green Serpent Demon's golden core burst forth, a massive net of lightning descended swiftly from the sky, precisely capturing the golden core!
With a flash of light, Shen Chongming directly absorbed the lightning net and the golden core within it into his hand.

Do you still need this?

After examining the golden pill in his hand that emitted a faint spiritual aura, Shen Chongming looked at Xu Zhan and asked.

"Keep it for the master."

"However, Senior Brother still needs to find a way to erase the remnant soul of the Green Serpent Demon from this Golden Core."

"Otherwise, once she recovers a little, she might escape with her remnant soul and the metal element."

“Golden cores are easy to capture, but Immortal Golden Nature is not so easy to deal with.”

They are not from the underworld, and have no better way to deal with metal.

The last time I killed the Tiger Demon King was because all his souls were fixed in his sea of ​​consciousness by the Soul Weapon Sword Bone Magic Sword, and he didn't have time to enter his Golden Core to escape.

Shen Chongming nodded, and then with a thought, his hand holding the golden pill immediately emitted a large amount of lightning!
Not long after the lightning bolts enveloped the Golden Core, the two heard a faint scream.

Subsequently, the entire Golden Core ceased to exhibit any further fluctuations in divine soul energy.

Just as Shen Chongming took out a jade box from his storage bag, intending to put away the golden pill first and then help his third uncle Shen Wen'an deal with the crane demon, a flash of light appeared beside them, and Shen Wen'an had already arrived at their side.

"Ok?"

"Did Third Uncle kill that crane demon?"

When Xu Zhan asked curiously, he glanced at Shen Wen'an's hands but didn't see the crane demon's corpse or golden core.

"He got away," Shen Wen'an said with a faint smile.

The crane demon possessed a very strange escape technique, which should be some kind of bloodline secret technique. After the demon severely injured the soul with the Sword Bone Technique Sword, it was still able to transform into a beam of light and escape quickly.

Shen Wen'an guessed that even if he survived this time, his cultivation level would drop drastically, and he would suffer from the torment of his soul being torn apart for a long time, so he simply did not pursue him.

After all, they had more important things to do next and couldn't waste time on that crane demon.

"What about your spirit?"

Shen Chongming first put away the Green Serpent Demon's golden core, and then put away its corpse and storage bag as well. Shen Wen'an spoke up.

Upon hearing his words, Xu Zhan and Shen Chongming both looked up at Tianyuan Mountain in the distance.

At this time, the eight-hundred-mile-long Tianyuan Mountain had been almost completely destroyed, leaving only a small part of the area where the spirit resided still standing.

The reason that area was spared was because both sides carefully avoided it, fearing that they might accidentally shatter the still-developing spiritual essence and ruin everything.

"It should be about time, let's go take a look."

Shen Chongming spoke, and the three of them headed directly towards that area.

"Ok?"

On their way to the location of the spirit, the three suddenly noticed a group of figures fleeing in panic ahead.

"They are those demon cultivators from Tian Tan Mountain."

Shen Chongming looked closely and saw that among the chaotic figures ahead, hundreds of demon cultivators, some in human form and others in semi-human form, were fleeing in panic towards their direction, led by Hua Qing, who was at the half-step Golden Core realm.

Clearly, with two of Feng Changyou's three Golden Core Realm demon kings dead and one escaping, the remaining demon cultivators of Tian Tan Mountain understood that the tide had turned and staying here would only lead to certain death.

"Oh no, it's three Golden Core cultivators from the Shen family!"

Below, on the ravaged land, the demon cultivators who were frantically fleeing suddenly noticed Shen Wen'an and his two companions, and their faces instantly turned ashen.

"Run this way!"

Beside Hua Qing, a burly man in the late stage of fetal breathing immediately tried to turn around and escape in the other direction.

"It's no use, they've already seen us."

Hua Qing's face turned ashen, and she murmured in a trembling voice, "There is absolutely no way we can escape from the hands of a Golden Core cultivator."

Upon hearing this, despair appeared on the faces of all the demon cultivators behind him.

On the other side, upon seeing these demon cultivators from Tian Tan Mountain, Xu Zhan immediately raised his spear.

“Leave these small fry to me. Uncle and Senior Brother, go to the place where the spirit resides first.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming frowned and glanced at the bewildered and desperate demon cultivators in front of him, then turned to Shen Wen'an and said, "Third Uncle, how about... we give them a chance?"

Shen Wen'an pondered for a moment and then lowered his head.

These demon cultivators are quite powerful; killing them all would be a waste.

"Go and give it a try. If they are willing to submit to my Shen family, that would be best. If not, it's better to kill them to prevent future troubles."

Shen Chongming nodded and then rode the wind towards the demons.

(End of this chapter)