Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

The final allocation is as follows: the Ye family will receive 50% of the spirit stone mine, Wei Yun will receive 30%, and Master Song will receive 20%.

The leader of the Evergreen Guild took away 50% of the spirit stone output.

Lin Zhao took three pieces of Danqing Spirit Wood.

All are happy.

Although the leader of the Evergreen Guild seemed to have made a great sacrifice, it did not fundamentally damage the situation. He had originally planned to withdraw from Crimson Fire Island, and the resources he could not take with him were exchanged for Core Formation helpers to solve his immediate crisis. This was a worthwhile deal.

The entrance to the Spirit Stone Mine is buried thousands of feet deep beneath the deserted island.

The group walked along a narrow natural crevice, and the space became increasingly cramped as they went down. After walking for a full incense stick's time, the space suddenly opened up in front of them, revealing a huge underground cave.

This area was likely formed by earthquake compression, with ravines crisscrossing the landscape, some stretching for miles, while others are so narrow that only one person can pass sideways.

Lin Zhao finally understood.

Why did the Evergreen Association leader lay everything out in the open?

This underground cave world is far too fragile.

If Core Formation cultivators start fighting, the commotion is so great that the slightest carelessness could cause the entire island to collapse and sink.

While Core Formation cultivators might not die here, they would certainly be severely injured, and the underground spirit stone mine would be completely destroyed.

Therefore, he must gather enough Core Formation experts to crush the demonic beasts with absolute strength, and finish the battle quickly, without getting bogged down in a stalemate.

The group concealed their presence and walked around a corner, where the demonic aura suddenly intensified.

Blackbone Demon Crab.

Hundreds of black-boned demon crabs were densely packed at the bottom of the cave.

The smaller ones were only a few dozen feet in diameter, with dark black shells covered with rough, bony protrusions. The larger ones were tens of feet in diameter, and the entire cave was filled with a putrid odor.

Deepest inside was a three-headed black-boned crab king, a hundred feet in size.

The crab's shell is almost pure black, covered with a layer of bony plates, each about the size of a door panel, with sharp edges.

Due to the fragile underground environment, no one dared to unleash their magical domain.

"A swift and decisive victory."

The Azure Feather Magic Disc in the palm of the Evergreen Master shone with spiritual light, and a layer of light blue light curtain spread out, covering the ten-mile cave, specifically to absorb the leaking spiritual energy and prevent the surrounding rock walls from vibrating.

The Azure Feather Formation was operating at full power, and countless palm-sized, cicada-wing-thin azure feather blades condensed from the void, converging into a torrent that tightly enveloped the crab king in the mid-stage of Core Formation.

Countless feather blades repeatedly cut the same spot, causing fine cracks to continuously appear on the crab king's hard bone armor.

A silver bell floated above the head of the Ye family, its body cascading down in layers of silver light to protect him. Four golden leaf flying knives took to the air, forming a knife array before piercing through the void.

Four throwing knives struck the shell of an early-stage crab king in succession, shattering its outer shell.

Enraged, it swung its giant claw at the magic bell, but was deflected by the protective light shield hanging from the silver magic bell.

Lin Zhao summoned the Azure Pattern Spirit Boat to block in front of him. The patterns on the boat lit up, forming a spiritual barrier, directly facing the third Crab King.

The giant claws pounded the barrier repeatedly with muffled booms as the third-tier spirit boat withstood the head-on impact of the Core Formation demon power.

The Flying Swallow Sword Seal hovered in mid-air, its spiritual power splitting into ten, then a hundred, instantly unleashing a sky full of Flying Swallow Sword Qi, each strand transforming into a foot-long swallow of light with sharp wings.

Thousands of shimmering swallows circled and converged into a torrent of sword energy, bombarding the Crab King wave after wave without giving it a moment to breathe.

On the other side, Wei Yun and Song Zhenren focused on clearing out the small crabs on the periphery. Hundreds of first and second-tier black bone crabs were no match for the two Core Formation cultivators.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all the low-level demonic beasts were eliminated. The two stopped and stood at the edge of the cave, quietly observing the three main battlefields.

Chen Huizhu firmly restrained the mid-stage Crab King, Ye Bai fought a single early-stage Crab King, and Lin Zhao also steadily entangled his opponent. All three of them were in complete control and showed no signs of fatigue.

Wei Yun's gaze swept across the three battlefields one by one. Beside him, Master Song's lips moved slightly, as if he had the idea of ​​making a move, but Wei Yun gently shook his head and suppressed it.

They were just rogue cultivators who had reached the Core Formation stage, with weak foundations. Even if it were two against one, they might not be able to defeat any of the people present.

President Changqing wields a powerful array, while the Ye family patriarch possesses a complete set of Golden Leaf Blade magic weapons.

Lin Zhao also possesses a Tier 3 spirit boat that is both offensive and defensive, none of which are easy to deal with.

Moreover, who knows what other cards they might be hiding?

The leader of the Evergreen Guild gathered his forces this time with the intention of relying on absolute strength to achieve a swift victory and avoid impacting the spirit stone mine.

Turning against them now would bring them no benefit whatsoever.

Wei Yun said in a deep voice, "We will protect the rock wall to prevent the cave from collapsing."

The two simultaneously channeled their spiritual energy to reinforce the cave walls, isolating them from the aftershocks of the battle.

Yu Guang, the leader of the Evergreen Association, kept a close eye on the two men's movements. Seeing that they chose to behave themselves, he relaxed a little.

He also had seven Xuan Shui Thunderbolts hidden in his sleeve, each of which was comparable to a full-force attack from the early stage of Core Formation. These were his last trump cards, and he would never use them unless absolutely necessary.

He only wanted to play it safe on this mission; what he feared most was not the monsters, but the betrayal of his own people.

Inside the formation, the mid-stage crab king was continuously strangled by the Azure Feather Blade for a quarter of an hour, and its carapace was covered with cracks.

Without waiting any longer, Master Chen raised his hand and tossed out a fist-sized, dark blue sphere.

Mysterious Water Thunder.

There was no blinding light, only a muffled thud. A dark blue shockwave exploded inside the formation, causing all the cracks on the Crab King's body to burst open, and its armor plates to fly everywhere.

The second Xuan Shui Thunder followed closely behind. After a muffled thud, the enormous demonic body stopped struggling abruptly and crashed heavily to the ground, raising countless fragments of stone.

Almost simultaneously, the battle on the Ye family patriarch's side also ended.

The four golden leaf blades merged into one in mid-air, transforming into a golden leaf longsword several meters long.

The patterns on each gold leaf on the blade are clearly visible.

The Ye family patriarch gripped his sword with both hands and slashed out with all his might; a hundred-foot-long blade of light sliced ​​into the cracks in the carapace.

A single slash pierced through the crab king's entire body, its corpse cleanly severed, and dark green fluid slowly gushed out.

Lin Zhao no longer held back, and all the flying swallow sword energy in the sky was transformed into five elements sword energy, which condensed into a sword wheel several feet long in front of him. The power of the five elements circulated and generated each other, as if a five-colored sun broke through the sky.

The Five Elements Sword Wheel crashed into the thick armor, and after a dull crushing sound, the Five Elements Sword Wheel easily pierced through the black armor shell, and finally exploded inside the demon's body.

The five-colored sword light tore the entire body apart from the inside out, splattering broken armor and blood all over the rock wall.

The three battlefields ended simultaneously.

The group exchanged glances, each understanding the strength displayed.

The three present were all top-tier combatants in the early stage of Core Formation. Even if a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator came, it would be no easy task to defeat them.

The cave was completely silent.

The Ye family patriarch was the first to conceal his aura, sitting cross-legged to regulate his breathing. The Changqing Guild Master put away the Azure Feather Dharma Disc, and the azure light barrier slowly dissipated.

Lin Zhao retrieved the spirit boat and sword seal, and leaned against the stone pillar.

They are all smart people.

A True Immortal who has reached the Core Formation stage lives a long life, and at least their emotional intelligence is mostly intact.

If we turn against each other at this time, and the place collapses, all our efforts will be in vain, and no one will benefit.

Although Lin Zhao possessed strength, he was not some kind of demonic sorcerer.

These people aren't exactly vicious, so a peaceful transaction would be best.

Having just arrived in the Endless Demon Sea, it's better to avoid trouble.