Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

"Damn it!" Zhou Shan was startled when he saw this and quickly leaped to the treetop.

Clearly, he had been careless. This second-tier demonic beast was comparable to the early Foundation Establishment stage, and even with the support of the formation, it was not something he, at the Qi Refining stage, could handle.

boom!

With a muffled thud, the Earth Fire Bull crashed into a tree and snapped it in two. Zhou Shan immediately jumped onto another tree and simultaneously formed a hand seal, quickly releasing several fireballs.

Bang bang bang!

The fireball struck the Earthfire Bull precisely in the eye, temporarily blinding it. Zhou Shan immediately gripped his longsword and descended from the sky, spiraling down to stab the Earthfire Bull in the head.

clang!

With Zhou Shan's powerful strike, a small gash was instantly pierced open in the Earth Fire Bull's head, and scalding blood spurted out. Zhou Shan immediately rolled over and jumped several times to dodge more than ten meters away.

This smooth little combo left Lu Fan, who was watching from afar, completely stunned.

As expected, Zhou Shan is indeed worthy of being an inner disciple. His experience in combat is unparalleled, and his calculations and timing are just right. This is something Lu Fan should learn from.

Because what he lacks is combat experience.

"My turn!" Seeing that Zhou Shan's attack was effective, the female cultivator immediately formed a hand seal, gathered water-attribute spiritual energy, and accurately fired several water bullets.

laugh.

In an instant, the water bullet touched the fire bull, and a burst of white steam immediately rose from its body.

"Idiot! This kind of attack won't hurt it," Zhou Shan said, speechless.

Sure enough, the water bullets were just a tickle to the Earth Fire Bull, which instead took advantage of the misty atmosphere to launch a fierce attack on Zhou Mountain in the distance.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Shan immediately threw out his flying sword and prepared to take off.

Puff puff puff...

The next moment, the Earth Fire Bull's entire body flared up with flames, and jets of fire shot out like fire snakes, attacking Zhou Shan who had risen into the air.

The fire snake was extremely fast, and even with Zhou Shan pushing it to its limit, he was still entangled in the left leg by one of the fire snakes.

laugh!

The intense burning sensation made Zhou Shan grimace.

"Ah! Damn it!" Zhou Shan immediately formed a hand seal and unleashed a burst of spiritual energy from thin air, which dispersed the fire snake. He then staggered and flew into the air.

Seeing that the hunt had failed, the female cultivator turned and flew away on her sword, the two of them disappearing into the distance.

After losing its target, the Earthfire Ox scratched its hooves in frustration, then angrily carried the spirit herb away.

A moment later, Lu Fan emerged from the shadows and with a wave of his hand, he put the six apricot-yellow flags that Zhou Shan had failed to take in his hasty escape into his storage bag.

Then Lu Fan threw out his flying sword and followed at a leisurely pace.

At this moment, Zhou Shan and his companion flew about ten miles away and landed in an open space. Zhou Shan took out a healing pill, put it in his mouth, and sat down under a tree, exhausted.

The female cultivator landed, panting heavily, and took out a spirit stone to replenish her spiritual energy, her forehead covered in sweat.

"These earth fire oxen are too hard to kill. I told you we couldn't do it," the female cultivator complained about Zhou Shan.

"You're useless! If it weren't for your mistake, would I have gotten hurt? Now it's all over," Zhou Shan complained.

"You're blaming me? Even my own formation couldn't trap it," the female cultivator said, clearly still a little unconvinced.

Zhou Shan was completely out of options and said, "Forget it, let's plan properly next time. After all, the chances of winning against Foundation Establishment cultivators are not high. Let's focus on recovering from our injuries first."

After saying that, Zhou Shan sat cross-legged, made a hand seal, and entered a state of meditation.

Since the female cultivator was not injured, she simply absorbed the spirit stones to restore her lost spiritual energy.

This scene was also observed by Lu Fan, who was hiding in the shadows, even though he was at the 30th level of Qi Refining and he was fighting against two people at the 11th level of Qi Refining.

However, Lu Fan, who was always cautious, was unwilling to take any risks. Instead, he used his divine sense advantage to summon a low-grade magic weapon, a longsword, without Zhou Shan noticing.

"At this distance, I should be able to kill him with a single sword strike when he's off guard," Lu Fan calculated the distance and immediately raised his hand to form a hand seal.

The longsword hovered, and the terrifying spiritual energy reserves of the 30th level of Qi Refining unleashed their power, instantly filling the magical longsword with spiritual energy.

"go!"

Lu Fan raised his hand and pointed. With a whoosh, the longsword shot out like an arrow, hurtling towards Zhou Shan's throat, which was several hundred meters away.

Boom!

However, the longsword did not kill Zhou Shan's throat as Lu Fan had expected. Instead, it was blocked by something when it was about three inches from Zhou Shan's throat!

"Who goes there!" Zhou Shan was startled and immediately reached for the jade pendant he wore at his waist, only to find that it was broken.

The female cultivator immediately became alert and stood up.

"Damn it, who ambushed me and broke my Jade Spirit Armor?" Zhou Shan felt a pang of pain.

This jade spirit armor seems to be some kind of one-time defensive magic weapon, which blocked Lu Fan's fatal blow, showing that its defensive power is quite strong.

"Senior brother, it's a magic weapon! There are other cultivators!" The female cultivator exclaimed in surprise when she saw the magic weapon sword that had been deflected.

Lu Fan, watching from afar, was also surprised to find that Zhou Shan possessed such a defensive magic artifact. No wonder he dared to meditate on the spot.

"Who are you, and why are you attacking me?" Zhou Shan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, clearly indicating that he had activated his divine sense to scan the area.

However, his spiritual sense was far inferior to Lu Fan's, so after scanning the area, he could only vaguely sense powerful spiritual energy fluctuations in the darkness, but could not pinpoint their exact location.

"Senior brother, I can't find the location!" The female cultivator was also frantically scanning the area, but found nothing as well.

"Your divine sense is above mine, you Foundation Establishment cultivator!" Zhou Shan was clearly flustered and immediately cupped his hands, saying, "Senior, I am an inner disciple of the Dao Sect, here on a mission. Please forgive me if I have disturbed you."

Unable to locate Lu Fan, Zhou Shan resorted to invoking his sect in an attempt to intimidate him.

Lu Fan smiled slightly, his playful mood rising. He wanted to test the strength of his divine sense, so he went all out and exposed it.

hum!

The next moment, Zhou Shan and the female cultivator clearly felt an immense pressure coming down on them, and they were instantly covered in sweat.

"No, mid-Foundation Establishment?!" Zhou Shan was clearly panicked at this moment, his face turning ashen.

After all, if a Qi Refining cultivator were to face a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he would have virtually no chance of fighting back. In addition, if he were injured, he could simply wait to die.

"Senior! Could you please come out and see me? We have offended each other, and I apologize in person," the female cultivator said, her hands trembling.

"Senior, are you a cultivator passing by here? Or perhaps a senior uncle from one of the four sects?" Zhou Shan panicked, even more so than the female cultivator, and immediately called out.

At this moment, Lu Fan leisurely flew over on his sword, calling out, "Senior Brother Zhou, so even you have moments of fear."

Upon suddenly hearing that familiar voice, Zhou Shan's pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately looked into the distance, where he saw Lu Fan calmly hovering in mid-air on his flying sword.

"You cripple! It's you!" Zhou Shan's face darkened instantly, and he immediately flew into a rage: "You dare to follow me!"

"Senior Brother Zhou, isn't this something I learned from you? You must know better than I how Junior Brother Li died, right?" Lu Fan squinted and smiled.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shan's heart skipped a beat, seemingly not expecting that Lu Fan actually knew.