Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

"My name is Zou Qingfa. May I ask the name of this fellow Daoist from Teng Hua Valley? Can you sense the Yin Phosphorus Shadow Bats here?" asked the Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivator from the Four Pillars Sect.

"Song Chuan. I'm just guessing based on the corpses on the ground."

"Logically, with the presence of Dark Star Moss, the demonic bats shouldn't be able to enter. However, there is a mutated demonic bat here, at the peak of the late stage of the first tier. It comes and goes without a trace and has already killed two people," Zou Qingfa slowly revealed the truth.

No wonder, it's a mutated demon bat!

Once a demonic beast mutates, its habits and abilities become vastly different from its original species. If it is powerful enough, killing someone at the ninth level of Qi Refining is as easy as taking candy from a baby.

Song Chuan glanced at the two men lying down; they had clearly been reaching out to grab the cave salamander before they died.

"It seems that if we don't eliminate this demonic bat, no one will be able to obtain the cave salamander," Song Chuan said calmly.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Song is absolutely right. However, there is another method, which is for one person to capture the cave salamander while the others stand guard." The old man surnamed Tian said with a smile.

Although he was cunning, what he said made perfect sense.

However, aside from the possibility of the Four Pillars Sect working together, who among these people should capture the cave salamander first, and how should they be ordered?

Even if the four pillars work together, others who are envious may still try to sabotage them.

Besides, Song Chuan had just glanced around and saw that there were only eight cave salamanders in the shallow pool. Master Kuzhuo had insisted that he take at least two back, but who knew how many the others would need.

Just as Song Chuan was about to say something, his expression suddenly changed drastically. He patted his storage bag, and the mermaid net turned into a layer of mist, covering his body.

A shadow appeared before him like lightning, then veered away and headed straight for the two rogue cultivators who were standing there.

"Snap!"

The sound of a magical artifact shattering rang out, followed by a scream of agony. The rogue cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining had a large hole ripped out of his chest.

He swayed and then collapsed headfirst into the pool.

Everyone was horrified!

Song Chuan narrowed his eyes; he had just seen the mutated bat up close!

Its size was similar to the late-stage first-tier demon bat we had seen in the cave before, but its aura was much stronger. Moreover, it had six barbs on the back of its ears, not three.

The person who just died had his defensive magic weapon broken by these barbs, and then his flesh was torn apart by its claw.

This creature is highly intelligent. It was clearly heading straight for me, but it must have realized that my top-tier defensive magic weapon was quite formidable and might not be able to break through in one strike, so it immediately turned around and attacked the weakest one.

There are now six people left in the arena: the old man surnamed Tian, ​​Zou Qingfa, and the rogue cultivator, all of whom are at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Song Chuan and the other two disciples of the Four Pillars Sect will undoubtedly be the next targets of the demon bat's attack.

However, when the three members of the Four Pillars Sect banded together, the Demon Bat's first choice was Song Chuan.

"Fellow Daoist Zou, why not use your Four Pillars Sect's Celestial Star Positioning Technique to pinpoint the location of this demonic bat?" said the old man surnamed Tian.

"We already discussed this matter before Fellow Daoist Song arrived. If we pinpoint the location of this demonic bat and kill it, we must take half of the cave salamander," Zou Qingfa said with a smile.

"Hmph! Your Four Pillars Sect is all four-person formations, yet you're still so greedy with only one leg crippled. Or are you just waiting for the demon bat to kill everyone else so the three of you can deal with it and devour the cave salamander all to yourself?" the old man surnamed Tian sneered.

"Fellow Daoist Tian is already in his eighties; he must be very experienced and knowledgeable. He should also have a way to deal with this demonic bat, right?" Zou Qingfa retorted sarcastically.

"Fellow Daoist Tian, ​​how about we join forces?" the rogue cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining suddenly said.

"Fellow Daoist Ni, I just told you to join forces with me, but you wouldn't listen. Now that everyone's dead, you finally realize the danger. Come here."

The old man surnamed Tian said angrily, then beckoned to the cultivator surnamed Ni. The cultivator surnamed Ni smiled awkwardly and stood next to the old man surnamed Tian.

Song Chuan glanced sideways at the scene, realizing that these people had already had some dealings before he came in.

Faced with the powerful demon bats, they should have united against the common enemy, but disagreements arose over the distribution of the cave salamanders.

Heh heh! Even a small family can't be united, let alone them! It's human nature, I'm used to it.

Everyone glanced at Song Chuan, some with expressions of anticipation for a good show.

"What are you doing?" the cultivator surnamed Ni suddenly shouted.

Behind Zou Qingfa, a man was seen quietly reaching his hand into the pool.

"Of course we should take the cave salamander and leave this godforsaken place as soon as possible. Fellow Daoist Ni can take it too," Zou Qingfa said calmly.

The cultivator surnamed Ni glanced at the old man surnamed Tian, ​​but the old man seemed indifferent.

But then a dark shadow flashed, and the demon bat instantly appeared in front of the three people from the Four Pillars Sect, seemingly not wanting anyone to capture the cave salamander!

Song Chuan had already guessed that the fragrant scent emitted by the cave salamander should be able to spread all the way to the cave where the demon bat was located, and that the demon bat probably benefited from absorbing this scent.

They may very well have a symbiotic relationship!

The demonic bats outside won't come in, but this mutated demonic bat inside won't let anyone get away with it easily.

The people from the Four Pillars Sect seem to be overconfident in their abilities and want to strike first.

Hmph, but that's a bit too hasty.

Upon seeing this, Zou Qingfa and another person made a hand seal and summoned two pillar-shaped magical artifacts, which struck the demonic bat.

The Four Pillars of Destiny consist of a year pillar and a day pillar. Song Chuan squinted and examined it closely, recognizing it.

This thing has the ability to stabilize the soul and seize the vital essence of human cultivators, but it's unknown what effect it will have on this demonic bat.

The demonic bat spread its wings, which were over ten feet long, and with a flap, a foul gust of wind swept by, stopping the pillar.

The two changed their spells, and a flash of white light appeared on the pillar, directly absorbing a lot of the foul wind fanned out by the demon bat.

Then the two pillars went straight for the head of the demon bat.

The demon bat opened its mouth, and the wrinkled skin around it unfolded, causing waves of sound to rapidly emanate from its mouth.

Song Chuan immediately sealed off his hearing, one of his five senses, so that he could not hear this sonic supernatural power.

The others were no pushovers either; like Song Chuan, they all shut down their hearing.

The sound waves spread to the pillar, as if they were a tangible object, surrounding the pillar and greatly reducing its speed until it finally stopped in mid-air, where it remained still.

Zou Qingfa snorted coldly: "Has Junior Brother Yu been caught yet?"

There was no sound from Junior Brother Yu behind him. He glanced at Song Chuan and the others and saw that they had different expressions.

He frowned deeply, turned around, and saw that Junior Brother Yu was lying by the pool, dead beyond any doubt!

"What's going on?" he shouted.

At that moment, another dark figure flashed out from the side, and several anti-tank missiles were fired at the two of them.

"There's another one!" His expression changed drastically. He had thought that he could just focus on dealing with this demonic bat and buy time for his junior brother.

I didn't expect there to be more than one demon bat here!

He waved his hand and took out a bamboo stick, on which was engraved a divination symbol.

As soon as he struck the bamboo stick with his magic, the symbols on it were instantly activated, forming a protective shield.

"Bang bang bang!"

The barb struck it, but didn't break it, and flew back.

Another mutated bat stood a few feet away from them, its ears twitching as the barbs returned to their heads.