My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Looking ahead, the cave was at least twenty or thirty meters high and several tens of meters wide. The deeper you got into the cave, the more spacious it became.

Furthermore, on both sides of this main cave, numerous cave entrances converge at this point.

"Brother Gu."

"We haven't found the Foundation Establishment demon beast yet, but the other Sand Fusion Beasts in this cave shouldn't be underestimated. When we move out later, you stay in the middle of us and conserve your strength."

"Leave the hunting of other lava beasts to us."

Before the operation, Meng Hu first arranged the tactics.

Gu Qing nodded in agreement; now was not the time to show off.

The four Meng brothers formed a diamond formation, with Gu Qing positioned in the middle. Once the formation was complete, Meng Hu used tactical hand signals to indicate that everyone should retreat 100 meters.

Then, Meng Hu took out a scarlet pill and placed it in his palm.

The elixir emitted a distinctive, slightly pungent odor that quickly spread and drifted deeper into the cave.

"This is the Blood Soul Crimson Bait Pill."

"Made primarily from century-old Blood Spirit Mushroom and Spirit Awakening Grass, it has an extremely strong allure for demonic beasts."

"To Gu Qing's right," Meng Jing explained in a low voice.

Not long after.

A roar came from the depths of the cave, growing louder as it approached, and the sound continued to echo from a side passage near the entrance to the main cave entrance.

The Sandstorm Beast stirred up a cloud of crimson sand, like rolling red mist, as it approached from the depths of the cave. When it reached the vicinity of the five people's hiding place, a reddish-brown beast head the size of a millstone emerged from the crimson sand.

The Sandstorm Beast sniffed the ground before turning into a blocked cave passage. Red sand churned, and its massive head opened its maw, dripping hot saliva that turned into puffs of mist on the ground.

"Gurgle..."

Upon seeing the crimson pill, the Sand Furnace Beast lunged at it.

Like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.

however.

Just as it bowed its head to swallow the pill, the four Meng brothers, who were hiding around the cave, acted in unison, using the Four Symbols Mixed Yuan Formation to envelop the Fiery Sand Cave Beast.

However, when streaks of spiritual light appeared on the ground, the Sand Fusion Beast was terrified and instinctively retreated, spitting out a mouthful of crimson flying sand arrows at Meng Hu, who was at the front.

"Brother Gu, lend a hand!!"

"Don't let this beast escape the formation, or all our efforts will be in vain."

"The Four Symbols Primordial Formation will take a while to activate," Meng Hong quickly called out.

A few days ago.

The four set up the Four Symbols Mixed Yuan Formation to surround and kill the Sand Fusion Beast horde. In reality, they used the patrol team from Chicheng as bait to hold back the Sand Fusion Beasts for a period of time, which gave the four of them time to activate the formation.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing knew that the situation was urgent.

"Rock overhang!!"

Gu Qing unleashed a stream of earth-yellow spiritual energy, which disappeared into the ground.

Under the control of his mind, using the Thick Earth Technique, a rock pillar as thick as a water bucket and shimmering with luster suddenly shot out from behind the Sand Lava Cave Beast, blocking its path and pushing it forward.

They felt attacked from both sides, caught in a dilemma.

The Sand Furnace Beast also became enraged. Ignoring Meng Hu in front of it, it turned around and opened its blood-red maw to bite Gu Qing.

A flash of light appeared beneath Gu Qing's feet, and his immortal martial arts lightness skill erupted, shattering the afterimage he left behind.

The real body, however, had already retreated two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) away.

"roar!!"

They realized that Gu Qing was nimble, like an eel, impossible to touch.

The hunter roared in fury.

He spat out a crimson flying sand arrow at Gu Qing.

No sooner said than done.

Gu Qing retreated, his body shifting twice in mid-air to dodge the fatal blow of the flying sand arrows.

buzzing...

Just as Gu Qing was fighting the Sand Fusion Beast, the Meng family's four brothers finally formed the Four Symbols Mixed Yuan Formation.

The array combined the spiritual power of the four people, and the moment the array was formed, Meng Hong waved his hand and shot out two golden blade beams.

click-

The first blade strike severed the four legs.

The second blade of light severed the head of the Sandstorm Cave Beast.

With a thud.

The millstone-sized beast head rolled a few times on the ground and came to Gu Qing's side.

call--

It was a close call, but no real danger.

The four Meng brothers dismantled the Four Symbols Mixed Yuan Formation and thanked Gu Qing, saying, "Fortunately, Brother Gu accompanied us, otherwise we would have returned empty-handed this time."

"Brother Gu's combat skills are outstanding, far surpassing ours."

Meng Hu looked ashamed; the four brothers had just made a mistake and almost failed.

Simultaneously.

The four of them couldn't help but sigh.

The mercenaries trained by the Immortal Company have a higher mortality rate than the Immortal Kingdom's expeditionary force, and their fighting ability is probably far superior to that of these academy students.

After a pause, Meng Hu continued, "Brother Gu, in your opinion, how should we avoid problems during combat?"

"this……"

Gu Qing paused, looking at the four Meng brothers.

Thinking back on my experiences with them, the four brothers fought each other entirely by overwhelming each other with numerical superiority.

Whether it was the previous encirclement and annihilation of the Sand Furnace Beast horde or the recent ambush of a Sand Furnace Beast, the Four Symbols Mixed Origin Formation was used, which was essentially a stationary attack.

Currently, there are five people in the team.

These four seem to be high-damage marksmen or mages, but their weakness is that they lack practical combat experience and can only stand still and deal damage.

He will be playing both the assassin and tank roles.

It's clearly impossible to transform them in a short period of time.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Qing said, "Brothers, since you know the Four Symbols Mixed Yuan Formation, you must also know how to transform spiritual power into the four elements of metal, wood, water, and fire."

If you have the corresponding spells, you can act accordingly when you encounter other Sand Lava Cave Beasts later.

They only encountered one monster.

There's no need to use the Four Symbols Mixed Yuan Formation; you can try using a combination of spells instead.

Brothers Meng Hu and Meng Jing, since you each possess the spiritual powers of wood and water, you can use these two spells to trap the monsters and restrict their movement.

Then my two older brothers, Meng Hong and Meng Yan, used offensive spells to kill the monsters. As for me, I was responsible for dealing with any emergencies.

"Four brothers, what do you think of this plan?"

After Gu Qing finished speaking, he looked at the four people.

The four Meng brothers exchanged glances and agreed that the plan was feasible.

"Okay!"

"Let's do it this way."

The four originally wanted to protect Gu Qing, but unexpectedly, it was Gu Qing who saved the day in the end.

This moment.

The four of them completely relaxed and regarded Gu Qing as a true brother and comrade-in-arms who had gone through life and death together. They felt they could entrust their backs to Gu Qing without worry.

Meng Hong pulled out a golden dagger, cut open the belly of the Sand Fusion Beast, and swiftly pulled out a brownish-red crystal.

He began to explain to Gu Qing:

"Brother Gu, look at this crystal. It is the energy core inside a first-grade Qi Refining Realm demon beast. Although it has not transformed into a demon core, it can still be used to refine first-grade pills."

"It has some value. You'll get a share of the energy core after the adventure ends."