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

Outside the array space of the Five Elements Evolution Array, thousands of skeletons of the Blazing Sand Lava Cave Beasts lay on the island.

For some reason, these skeletons began to sway slightly.

watch carefully.

Actually, it's not the skeletons that are moving, but the crimson sand beneath them.

Why is this happening?

The reason is also very simple.

It was because Gu Qing equipped his magic weapon, the Red Sand Gourd, into his equipment slot.

[Equipped Item: Red Sand Gourd]

[Rank: First Rank, Third Tier]

Completeness: 100%

[Equipment Effect: Gain the Sand Lava Beast's talent spell]

[Note: If the item is equipped for more than five days, all its effects will be permanently acquired.]

……

The Sand Fusion Beast's innate spell is called Fire Fusion Sand Control.

This spell can refine fire-attribute energy into crimson sand. The more fire-attribute energy is incorporated, the smaller the sand grains become, but the weight does not decrease.

Therefore, the weight of each grain of crimson sand is equivalent to that of a lead ball.

The sand grains that transform into molten sandstone have doubled in weight.

These are all talents for refining sand grains.

The ability to melt fire and control sand is a technique of refining sand and controlling sand. After Gu Qing equipped the Red Sand Gourd, controlling sand became an instinct, something he could do effortlessly.

The effect is even better when innate spells are combined with powerful mental strength.

Gu Qing's control over sand is so subtle that it has surpassed that of the Sand Fusion Beast race.

Within the Demonic Mist Plane, Gu Qing's mental power could perceive a distance of about 100 meters within the Demonic Blood Mist. Outside the Demonic Blood Mist, his perception ranged to about 500 meters.

As Gu Qing's mental power spread, the crimson sand left behind by the dead Sand Lava Cave Beasts on the island of the Earth's Core Flame Sea responded to Gu Qing's mental power, rolling and converging on the ground.

Countless crimson sands seemed to come alive, coalescing into streams that flowed towards Gu Qing.

Inside the array space.

Countless crimson sands surged from the ground, turning the land into a red, shifting desert.

With the help of the Five Elements Evolution Array, Gu Qing alone can control the crimson sand left behind by the deaths of thousands of Sand Fusion Beasts.

Countless crimson sands converged and formed a sand dune.

Under Gu Qing's control, the sand dune transformed into a sand dune giant thirty to forty meters tall.

Upon seeing this, even Nasus, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage, couldn't help but stop what he was doing.

It stared intently at Gu Qing.

Nasus felt that his three-meter-long giant axe looked like a delicate little toy in front of the Dune Giant.

This time.

Gu Qing chose to take the initiative and attack.

On the back of the dune giant, countless crimson sands rolled, and sand arms grew from its back.

In an instant, it transformed into a thousand-armed giant.

"Hellhound-headed Man"

"Go to hell!"

As soon as Gu Qing finished speaking, the dune giant immediately unleashed countless sand palms.

Boom—

The first sand palm strike landed.

Feeling the terrifying power above his head, the hellhound broke out in a cold sweat, his scalp tingling. He quickly rolled away to dodge the first blow from the dune giant.

The giant sand palm landed on the ground, and the ground immediately trembled violently like a drumhead.

This scene made the hellhound's eyelids twitch.

"impossible!!"

"How could an ant in the Qi Refining stage possibly wield such powerful magic?"

The hellhounds killed a large number of Sand Cavern Beasts on the island, using the flesh as fertilizer for the Spiritwood, leaving behind a vast amount of crimson heavy sand.

Gu Qingcai had the opportunity to assemble the Dune Giants.

This is all thanks to the hellish kobolds themselves.

……

Before it could even get up from the ground, the dune giant followed up with a second and a third palm strike...

Countless sand palms, carrying immense force, relentlessly slammed into the hellhound-headed man.

Each impact produced a thunderous roar that made people's eardrums ache.

The ground shattered inch by inch under the heavy blows of the dune giants, cracks spreading wildly like a spider web. The gravel and sand were bounced high into the air, only to be reduced to dust in the next wave of impact.

Smoke and dust billowed up, obscuring the sky and the sun.

The island in the center of the fiery sea at the Earth's core groaned in pain under the combined bombardment of a thousand hands, as if it were about to collapse completely at any moment.

Wait until the smoke and dust dissipate.

Gu Qing stood on the hill giant's shoulder and arrived at the edge of the giant crater created by the dune giant's bombardment.

"Ant, how...how did you do that?"

"Ants?!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing immediately controlled the Dune Giant to extend an arm and grab the Hellhound.

The crimson sand-sculpted palm clenched tightly.

The cracking sound of bones breaking came from the hellhound's body.

"Tell me, who is the ant?"

"hiss--"

The hellhound-headed man grimaced in pain.

But it's impossible for it to bow down, given that it's only a second-grade Foundation Establishment realm demon.

It would rather die than submit to Gu Qing, who was at the Qi Refining Realm.

"Kid, don't get cocky."

"That ancient herb is not something you can touch; it belongs to the Demon King."

"You're just a lowly mercenary. Once you step onto the dimensional battlefield, you'll understand that offending a Demon King will... lead to a fate worse than death!!"

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Gu Qing's eyes.

"You dare threaten me?"

"He really doesn't understand his own position."

"Die!"

The dune giant exerted tremendous force, and the hellhound's entire body twisted and broke as if being strangled by a giant python, its blood soaking into the crimson sand, making the sand grains even more vibrant.

Gu Qing didn't notice that while crushing the hellhound, the hellhound was constantly muttering in pain.

As the final note fell from the Dune Giant's palm, all the blood in his body instantly converged towards his heart, condensing into a beam of blood-red light.

"Blood Curse - Karmic Fire Burning Curse!!"

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, a burst of blood-red light broke through the blockade of the dune giant's hand.

Before Gu Qing and the four Meng brothers could react, the blood-red light had already entered Gu Qing's body.

"It seems like a red light just entered Brother Gu's body."

Meng Hong was skilled in swordsmanship and had good eyesight, and he vaguely saw the tail of the blood-red light flash by.

"right!"

"I think I saw a red shadow too."

"Could it be that the hellhound isn't completely dead, and its soul has escaped?"

Meng Hu echoed this sentiment.

"It's possible..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing was about to open the Dune Giant's palm to check if the Hellhound was truly dead.

only!!

Gu Qing had just prepared to move when she felt a strange restlessness within her body.

Even the fifth level of martial arts mental state, which he had condensed with spiritual power, seemed to be invaded by an unknown force, causing the images of the beings he had killed to flash continuously in Gu Qing's mind.

The beings that Gu Qing killed seemed to be cursing him with hellish demonic language.

Gradually.

A faint red flame appeared on Gu Qing's body.

"It's hellfire!!"

"That red light is a demonic blood curse, which can ignite the karma carried by living beings."

"This is a terrifying curse that can only be activated by the demon race by sacrificing their own bloodline, their true spirit, and their soul."

Watching the hellfire gradually rise from Gu Qing's body, Meng Jing suddenly thought of some knowledge that was only available in universities.

"What do we do now?"

Seeing this, Meng Yan asked impatiently.