Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

Seeing the human-faced thunder vulture under control, Fu Qing, who had been sweating profusely, slapped his thigh in delight and exclaimed, "Excellent! As expected of a formation master, he's trapped it just like that!"

Rumble!

However, the joy lasted only two seconds. The layers of vines that were wrapped around the body were mostly torn apart by the lightning as they contracted and expanded, leaving only a few dozen vines still tightly wrapped around the body.

"Two Elements Formation! Activate!" Red Eyebrows pressed his advantage and activated the third formation.

The two small flags stuck in the tree immediately activated, and two black and white fish suddenly appeared in the sky. The fish then intertwined and spun, transforming into a huge yin-yang fish formation.

Buzz!

The yin-yang fish continuously released waves of impact downwards, carrying a strong suppressive force.

Under the control of the triple array, the human-faced thunder vulture was finally suppressed, but it was still impossible to fix it in place.

The Thunder Vulture was still struggling desperately, and it was unleashing lightning without restraint, with bursts of thunder and lightning!

"Fairy Yueyao, is the Spirit-Locking Talisman ready yet?!" Chi Mei was covered in cold sweat, and his hands, which were controlling the array, were trembling, clearly under immense pressure.

"Almost done! Please hold on a little longer, fellow Daoist!" Yueyao changed her hand seals and exerted all her strength to activate the Spirit-Locking Talisman.

The three spirit-locking talismans began to emit a glow, but they remained unactivated.

"Fellow Daoist Fu, Fellow Daoist Li! Help me quickly, I can't suppress it for long!" At this moment, Chi Mei was using all his strength, and his face was visibly pale.

"I'm here to help you!" Fu Qing patted his storage bag, and an iron golem made of iron stone shot out.

The iron golem, like a gorilla, pounced into the formation and landed directly on the back of the thunder vulture, locking its neck tightly.

"Boo!"

At this moment, Leijiu was clearly furious, struggling and flapping its wings desperately, as if it would break free of control at any moment.

Seeing this, Lu Fan no longer held back and immediately activated the Six Armor Thunder Formation.

Boom!

The grand formation was activated, unleashing countless bolts of lightning that clashed with the lightning of the Thunder Vulture, but only provided a slight obstruction.

Then Lu Fan threw out the Radiant Treasure Box again. The moment he formed the hand seal, the box opened, and a seven-colored radiance shone down on Lei Jiu.

Illuminated by the seven-colored glow, it felt as if countless poisonous needles were constantly piercing it, forcing the Thunder Vulture to spread its wings to protect its head.

After exhausting all their methods, the three of them—Red Eyebrows, Lu Fan, and Fu Qing—finally managed to suppress Lei Jiu in place.

At this moment, Chi Mei's pressure was greatly reduced, and his pale old face regained some color. He hurriedly took out a few spirit stones and quickly absorbed them to recover.

"A top-grade magic artifact?" Yueyao, who had activated the spirit-locking talisman, also noticed the treasure box floating above Lu Fan's head and was immediately startled.

"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Li to even have top-grade magic artifacts! You're even richer than some sect disciples," Fu Qing said, his eyes shining.

"Focus on the enemy and don't get distracted," Lu Fan said solemnly.

At this moment, Yueyao, who had been activating the Spirit-Locking Talisman, finally opened it, saying, "The Spirit-Locking Talisman is open, it's ready!"

hum!

In an instant, the three spirit-locking talismans burst forth with dazzling light, causing the spiritual energy in the great formation to stagnate abruptly, and the lightning around the human-faced thunder vulture was reduced by a third.

It's easy to imagine how difficult this battle was; the four Foundation Establishment cultivators, in their late stages, used almost all of their best skills.

It only imprisoned a fifth-tier demonic beast, but still couldn't kill it on the spot.

"I will enter the formation to slay it. I ask the three of you for your great assistance," Lu Fan said, gripping the Tungsten Heart Sword and raising his hand to retrieve the Glowing Light Treasure Box.

The three nodded in unison. Lu Fan did not hesitate any longer and immediately put on three layers of spiritual energy shields before leaping into the great formation.

Meanwhile, Chi Mei and Yue Yao, who controlled the grand formation and the spirit-locking talisman, changed their hand seals to open a passage for Lu Fan, preventing him from being affected by the grand formation.

Upon entering the grand formation, Lu Fan held the Tungsten Heart Sword, hovering in mid-air. He then formed a hand seal and immediately unleashed the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique.

In an instant, a hundred sword lights slashed straight at the body of the human-faced thunder vulture.

Ding ding ding...

The sword light struck the Thunder Vulture as if it were striking refined iron, sparking a shower of sparks. However, it was not without effect; feathers were cut off one by one, injuring the skin and causing blood to splatter everywhere.

It was fortunate that a high-grade tungsten steel sword was used to activate the Sword Shadow Splitting Technique; if it had been another low-grade magic weapon, it probably wouldn't have even been able to break through the defense.

"This beast is really tough," Lu Fan said, having already pushed the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique to its limit.

However, it only caused small cuts on the human-faced thunder vulture, and could not damage its core.

This enraged the Thunder Vulture, which struggled even more desperately, even snapping the last chain of the Three Harmony Hunting Formation with a violent head shake.

Even the dozens of vines on its body were breaking off one by one!

"Fellow Daoist Li, let's finish this quickly!" Red Eyebrows cried out in alarm upon seeing this.

Lu Fan also stepped out into the air, channeling his spiritual energy into the Tungsten Heart Sword. In an instant, the sword shone brightly, and the sword went straight for the neck of the human-faced thunder vulture!

The goal is to decapitate the enemy with a single sword strike!

Pfft...

Lu Fan's powerful sword strike landed squarely on the neck of the human-faced thunder vulture, penetrating three inches into its flesh, with the blade even wedged into the vulture's neck bone.

This left Lu Fan momentarily unable to draw his sword. Seeing Lei Jiu enraged and unleashing a torrent of lightning, he had no choice but to abandon the Tungsten Heart Sword, leap back, and retreat three feet.

"Beast, prepare to die!" Lu Fan raised his right hand, activated the Illusionary Demon Finger, and instantly compressed the pure spiritual power in his body into demonic energy.

hum!

A beam of dark light, piercing the heavens and earth, burst forth from his fingertips and shot towards the human-faced thunder vulture.

puff...

lb!

In an instant, the Illusionary Demon Finger pierced through Thunder Vulture's body and exploded inside.

This terrifying penetrating power severely injured Leijiu, who was on the verge of death.

But at that moment, Leijiu suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a demon core wrapped in lightning.

"This beast is trying to fight back before he dies!" Red Eyebrows shouted immediately.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Fan immediately affixed a Moon Chasing Talisman and fled into the distance.

Meanwhile, the three men with red eyebrows also took out their respective talismans and treasures that could enhance their escape speed, and retreated nearly a thousand meters in a flash.

Rumble!

The moment the four retreated, the demon core that had been floating in mid-air suddenly exploded.

Arcs of electricity, like dragons and snakes, spread in all directions, turning everything they touched, whether ground or trees, into charred remains!

If the four of them had been even a fraction slower, they would have been badly injured, if not killed.

Apart from the tungsten heart sword on Lei Jiu's neck, the surrounding array, talismans, and even Fu Qing's puppets were almost all destroyed in one fell swoop.

"Ah! My Iron Golem!" Fu Qing roared as he watched his puppet being shattered by lightning, for it was his trump card.

"It's good enough that we can keep our lives, why should we care about puppets?" Yueyao said.

After clearing away the surrounding obstacles, the human-faced thunder vulture swallowed its own demon core in one gulp, and with its heavily injured body, it flapped its wings and flew away into the distance.

"Trying to run away?" Fu Qing was immediately startled.

"Hehe, don't worry, it can't escape. It's been so badly injured and its essence has been greatly depleted by releasing its demon core. It's already ours," Red Eyebrows said with a smile, stroking his beard.