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

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, brothers. I'll accept this without hesitation."

If it has value, it can be exchanged for spirit coins.

Having come from humble beginnings, Gu Qing lacked resources and wouldn't be polite to the four of them.

The five continued deeper into the lair of the Sandstorm Beasts.

As they ventured deeper into the main cave, the five occasionally encountered groups of about ten Sandstorm Cave Beasts. To avoid alerting them, Gu Qing and the others tried to avoid direct confrontation.

Explore cautiously.

Along the way, they hunted down five more lone Sand Lava Cave Beasts, significantly improving the combat abilities of the four Meng brothers.

As the five continued to descend deeper into the earth, the air became increasingly scorching, and even the strength of the Sand Lava Beasts grew stronger. These lower-level Sand Lava Beasts were spraying increasingly powerful crimson sand, and when they unleashed their full power, the area covered was enough to fill the entire passage, leaving the five with no way to escape.

Fortunately, the four Meng brothers were there to protect them. As students of Dan Ding Academy, they were quite wealthy.

Therefore, everyone has several ritual implements.

With four people clearing the way ahead, Gu Qing was unharmed.

Until five days later.

The terrain before them began to change dramatically once again.

The entire lair of the Sand Lava Beast resembled an olive-shaped bottle inserted diagonally into the ground, narrow at both ends and wide in the middle, causing the path in front of the five people to narrow again.

Crimson liquid flowed from the cracks throughout the cave, emitting a dark red glow like strips of light.

The five remained on edge as they continued their search for the treasure deep underground.

When the five arrived at a pass, a cloud of crimson sand suddenly attacked from their flank; the sand was so red it was almost black.

The crimson sand turned into billowing dust, instantly spreading throughout the entire cave.

Fortunately, the Meng brothers were alright. They all had protective magical artifacts that emitted protective spiritual light. Although the spiritual light around their bodies flickered, it remained unbroken.

But Gu Qing was in a bad situation; he didn't have any protective magic artifacts.

This attack, which was almost like a map attack, was impossible to dodge no matter how skillful one was. Gu Qing's robes were torn and burned by the crimson sand, instantly turning into dust.

"Magic Crystal Armor"

With a slight thought, Gu Qing activated the bloodline ability of the Taiyin Crystal Armor Beast to its maximum, covering his entire body with blue crystal armor to protect him.

Use the magic crystal armor to resist the crimson sand.

Gu Qing looked ahead and saw a monster that was 30% larger than a normal Sand Furnace Beast, blocking the main road. If they didn't deal with it, their adventure would basically be over.

Gu Qing gritted her teeth!

The ten fingers extended several centimeters, transforming into blue short swords.

Using fingers to represent swords.

Gu Qing's spiritual energy transformed into sword energy, condensing at his fingertips, its sharpness piercing the air.

With a whoosh, it approached the extraordinary Sand Lava Cave Beast.

Put an eye in!

Gu Qing unleashed sword energy from his ten fingers. The extremely condensed sword pierced through the eyelids of the Sand Furnace Beast. The sword energy flooded its brain, and even though the Sand Furnace Beast was extraordinary, it was caught off guard by Gu Qing's close-range surprise attack.

The sudden loss of sight left the monster stunned for a full five or six seconds.

Gu Qing pressed close to the monster's head, approaching its side, before Gu Qing could make another move.

Once they realized what was happening, the four Meng brothers all unleashed their magical artifacts.

Meng Hu's attack weapon was a golden-red brick, which he infused with spiritual power and threw at the head of the Sand Fusion Beast.

This golden-red brick grows taller as it faces the wind.

In the blink of an eye.

It transformed into a giant object the size of a small car and slammed down on the head of the Sand Cavern Beast.

Meng Hu's extremely brutal blow slammed into its forehead.

This unusual Sand Cavern Beast went from losing its sight to experiencing dizziness and vertigo.

He was once again firmly restrained and unable to move.

Just then.

Meng Hong's magical artifact flew out of his hand; it was a first-grade flying sword.

The flying sword emitted a Daoist technique called Gengjin Sword Qi, which transformed into a golden light in mid-air and appeared at various vital points around the Blazing Sand Lava Cave Beast.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the flying sword circled the Sand Lava Beast once.

Before the other two Meng brothers could make a move, the unusually tall Sand Fusion Beast in front of them had already fallen to the ground, its body covered with tiny sword wounds, from which blood seeped.

For cultivators, the difference between having magical artifacts and not having them is like that between two different creatures, with a huge gap in combat power.

Meng Hong arrived at the side of the monster's corpse, skillfully cut open the belly of the Sand Fusion Beast, and took out an energy core. This energy core was larger and more rounded and regular than the previous ones.

"Second Brother Meng!"

"This energy core seems different from the previous ones!"

Playing with the energy core, Gu Qing asked with a smile.

"hehe."

"That's natural. The Sand Lava Beast we just killed was a Rank 10 demon beast. If it continues to cultivate for several decades or even a hundred years, it might actually transform into a Rank 2 Foundation Establishment demon beast."

"Not only that, it also has something good inside it..."

"besides?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing immediately looked towards the corpse of the Sandstorm Cave Beast.

Meng Hong then rummaged around inside the belly of the Sand Fusion Beast, and soon pulled out a reddish-brown object about the size of a washbasin from the beast's body.

Seeing that Gu Qing seemed very interested, Meng Hong put the item on the ground and teased with a smile, "Brother Gu, you also put in a lot of effort in killing this tenth-tier Sand Furnace Beast."

"so!"

"If you can move this, we'll give it to you, how about it?"

"Well……"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing's eyes immediately lit up.

He didn't know what was inside the basin-sized object.

However, judging from the behavior of the four Meng brothers, this item is probably quite valuable.

After all, they had only collected the energy cores from the bodies of the Sand Furnace Beasts before.

No matter how bad this thing is, it can't be worse than an energy core.

Arriving at the basin-sized object, Gu Qing placed his hands slightly below it and firmly planted his feet on the ground.

"Overlord's Mountain-Supporting Strength!!"

next moment.

Gu Qing activated the Daoist Immortal Technique within his body, in conjunction with the Immortal Martial Secret Technique.

With the spine as the axis and the limbs as the pillars, Gu Qing coordinated the power of all his muscles, and his spiritual energy was also activated in his body, stimulating his muscles to unleash their maximum power.

clack clack...

Suddenly, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the crimson soil beneath Gu Qing's feet, and his feet sank abruptly.

But Gu Qing remained steady.

Take a deep breath, engage your dantian (lower abdomen), lift your arms upwards like pillars supporting the sky, extend your spine, and push off the ground with your legs...

When Gu Qing unleashed his physical strength, he slowly lifted the basin-sized object.

Is this for real?

The four people's expressions froze slightly.

In the blink of an eye, it was the four Meng brothers who were dumbfounded.

Immediately, Meng Hu was the first to react and immediately advised, "Brother Gu, you, quickly, put it down, don't strain your back."

"This thing is yours now, hurry up, stop holding it up."

"Bang!!"

Gu Qing put the things down, and the ground trembled slightly.

"Four brothers, what exactly is this thing?"

"Why is it so heavy?"

Gu Qing rubbed her slightly trembling arms and asked curiously.