Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

"Hey!"

The Purple Cloud Eagle let out a sharp cry, tinged with anger and provocation, and flapped its wings.

Dozens of highly compressed wind blades, known as "Wind Slashes," rained down on Lin Zhao like a storm.

The edges of the wind blades flashed with a sharp purple light, tearing through the air and emitting a piercing shriek.

The sword wings behind Lin Zhao, responsible for the attack, instantly disintegrated, transforming into hundreds of fine, four-colored sword energies.

Precisely meeting those wind blades, they exploded in mid-air, creating a series of energy ripples, like blooming fireworks.

At the same time, relying on the extreme speed provided by his sword wings, he performed all sorts of incredible evasive maneuvers in the air, narrowly avoiding the main attack route of the wind blades.

"We can't compete with it in speed or attrition!" After a few tentative encounters, Lin Zhao immediately concluded...

The Purple Cloud Eagle has an absolute advantage in speed and the sustainability of its ranged attacks. Although his own sword wings are fast, their speeds are not much different. In a prolonged chase, he will inevitably fall into a disadvantageous position.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he decided to use his killing move!

"Four-Element Sword Dragon, Condense!"

With a low shout, the four Yuanbao Pearls behind the disintegrated sword wings shone brightly, and countless runes surged out, quickly outlining and condensing in front of him!

In the blink of an eye, a majestic sword dragon, five zhang long and entirely silver-white, gleaming with a cold metallic luster, suddenly appeared!

Unlike the Four-Element Yinglong, this silver-white sword dragon no longer emitted four-colored spiritual light after it appeared.

All the spiritual energy was extremely compressed within the dragon's body, making it look more like a physical divine weapon with the shape of a dragon, exuding an extremely sharp aura that made people tremble with fear!

"roar!"

The sword dragon let out a deafening roar, its massive body surprisingly agile, and with an indomitable momentum, it pounced on the purple cloud eagle!

For the first time, a look of seriousness appeared in the pale golden pupils of the Purple Cloud Eagle. It clearly sensed the deadly threat posed by the silver-white sword dragon.

It let out a sharp cry, no longer arrogant, its wings flashing with purple lightning, increasing its speed by another third.

Attempting to evade the Stegosaurus's direct attack with its incredible speed, it continuously spewed out purple orbs infused with the power of wind and thunder, bombarding the Stegosaurus.

"Boom boom boom!"

The purple orb struck the silver-white dragon's body, exploding into bursts of blinding lightning. However, this only caused the runes on the dragon's surface to ripple slightly, failing to halt its momentum. The sword energy defense covering the dragon far exceeded the Purple Cloud Eagle's expectations!

In an instant, high in the sky, a silver-white dragon shadow and a purple lightning bolt engaged in a thrilling chase and battle.

Every pounce and tail whip of the Stegosaurus was accompanied by terrifying sword energy that tore through the air.

The Purple Cloud Eagle, relying on its speed, constantly maneuvered, searching for the Sword Dragon's weakness. Wind blades, lightning orbs, and sword energy raged, and powerful spiritual energy fluctuations shimmered in the air.

Lin Zhao hovered in the air a little distance away, his face slightly pale, as he exerted all his control over the sword dragon.

Fighting an opponent of the Purple Cloud Eagle's caliber consumes an enormous amount of mental and spiritual energy.

"We can't delay any longer!" Lin Zhao had already used Yinglong today, and her magical power was already insufficient.

Moreover, he sensed that this demonic beast was much stronger than a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining. He felt his spiritual energy rapidly draining away and knew that he had to finish the battle quickly.

He took a deep breath and frantically poured most of his remaining spiritual power into the Four Elements Sword Dragon.

At the same time, prepare to use the Azure Profound Sword Technique.

"Piercing the Sun"

The silver-white sword dragon suddenly stopped its pursuit, its massive body hovering in the air, its head aimed at the Purple Cloud Eagle, which had just completed a dodge and whose old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated!

The dragon opened its mouth wide, not to spew out sword energy, but to gather the sword energy and spiritual power compressed to the extreme at its throat into a point of pure white light so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it!

The light contained a terrifying aura that could destroy everything, causing the cultivators on the battlefield below to involuntarily stop what they were doing and stare in horror at the sky.

The Purple Cloud Eagle sensed a deadly danger; its pale golden pupils suddenly contracted, and it let out a terrified scream, desperately trying to flap its wings and escape.

At the same time, purple lightning gathered around him, attempting to set up the strongest defense in front of him.

However, it was too late!

"Piercing the sun!"

Lin Zhao pointed her fingers like a sword and swung them forward suddenly!

"call out--!"

A pure white beam of light, condensed to its fullest extent and measuring over ten feet in length, shot forth from the sword dragon's mouth like a divine spear of punishment descending from the heavens! It instantly pierced the sky.

Ignoring the wind and thunder barrier hastily erected by the Purple Cloud Eagle, it struck with pinpoint accuracy at the base of its left wing! That was the relatively vulnerable joint of the flying monster!

"Crack!" A sickeningly loud sound of bone breaking could be faintly heard.

"Screech—!!!" A wail more piercing and painful than ever before resounded through the sky!

The once magnificent left wing of the Purple Cloud Eagle was twisted and drooped at an eerie angle. Its tough bones and fascia were almost completely broken by this "Sun Piercing" strike, leaving only a little skin and flesh connecting them!

The purple feathers were mixed with a large amount of blood, like a rain of blood!

Having suffered such a severe blow, the Purple Cloud Eagle's ability to fly was instantly reduced to almost half. It could no longer maintain its balance, and its massive body tumbled and swayed violently in the air like a drunkard, spinning as it plummeted toward the ground.

"Chase it! Once it's dead, this battle for the outpost will be completely over. We can't let it get away!"

The silver-white sword dragon in the air let out a low roar, its massive body suddenly disintegrating into streams of four-colored light that swept back, not returning to the precious pearl.

Instead, it instantly reformed behind Lin Zhao—the Four Elements Sword Wings reappeared! The Wind-Riding Sword Wings on his back flashed with light, instantly boosting his speed to its maximum.

Holding the Green Edge Sword, he transformed into a four-colored rainbow, chasing after the falling Purple Cloud Eagle!

However, the Purple Cloud Eagle, being a leader-level demonic beast, possessed terrifyingly tenacious vitality and willpower.

As it plummeted, its purplish-gold feathers stood on end, igniting a layer of illusory blood flames! A powerful aura emanated from it—it was burning its life essence.

With this burst of energy, its broken body suddenly jolted, its descent slowed abruptly, and it regained some ability to fly, desperately fleeing into the depths of the mountains far from its base!

"A desperate struggle!" Lin Zhao sneered, and the attacking sword wings on his back instantly disintegrated, transforming into hundreds of fine, hair-like, yet incomparably sharp, four-colored sword energies.

Like a sudden storm, it swept over the Purple Cloud Eagle, attempting to disrupt its escape route.

Without turning its head, the Purple Cloud Eagle flapped its right wing, which was burning with blood flames, backward, and an even denser, darker, almost black purple electric net instantly appeared behind it.

The four-colored sword energies collided with the electric grid, and most of them were shredded by the violent lightning power, producing a piercing "sizzling" sound.

Only a few sword energies penetrated and struck its feathers, but they were blocked by the layer of blood flames and the remaining demonic power, making it difficult to cause effective damage.

"After burning its source energy, its wings became even stronger in defense?!" Lin Zhao was startled, gaining a new understanding of how troublesome this demonic beast was.

If it weren't for the decisive use of the Stegosaurus's "Sun Piercer" to severely damage its wings, it would have taken an unknown amount of effort to subdue it.