Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Meanwhile, the beast had continuously flickered its form, shifting its shape instantaneously as if trying to escape from life itself.

But once, twice, three times,

each time it had barely escaped a hundred yards when, "coincidentally", a blazing white Fire Lotus appeared in front of it, blocking its path.

Sensing the terrifying fiery intention hidden within the Fire Lotus, the Quenching Sky Eagle had no choice but to fold its wings and fly back.

Repeatedly hitting the barrier and returning, it became immensely enraged, thus unleashing its beastly nature.

Li li li!

In its agitation, the Quenching Sky Eagle's frantic eagles' cries rang out, as streaks of cloud patterns fell from its wings, followed by continuous "explosions" of cloud-white light waves.

Zhao Sheng bore the hidden pain in his organs as the True Yuan within his body surged out wildly, consecutively forming nine thick barriers of fire enveloping his entire body.

Blocking the sonic attack, he spread his five fingers, and suddenly a beam of golden light burst from his palm, piercing through the void and instantaneously entering the eagle's eyes of the Quenching Sky Eagle.

At this moment, Huang Sha Daoist had just succeeded in casting his spell, seeing the ground surge like a curtain, rolling up in the flashing yellow light as the Yellow Sand Heavenly Curtain tumultuously swept towards the Quenching Sky Eagle.

At this time, Jian Er pinched his sword formula, and the Unrivaled Sword immediately soared into the sky; the Sword Light flashed and merged into the sky filled with invisible sword threads, ready to launch a lethal blow at any moment.

Bang!

The Fire Lotus suddenly expanded in size, instantly sealing off an area with a radius of ten yards,

As the Quenching Sky Eagle stabilized its form, two terrifying green light beams shot out from its enraged eagle eyes.

Even an ordinary Fifth Rank Demon would find it hard to withstand the combined force of three Golden Core Masters, let alone the severely wounded Quenching Sky Eagle.

As the black light under its belly spread out largely, panic flashed in the eyes of the Quenching Sky Eagle, its crystalline green eyes looking around uncertainly.

Although it relied on its speed to remain unharmed for the time being, the longer the delay, the more certain its death became.

However, the Quenching Sky Eagle soon noticed a "gap".

A layer of green light suddenly flowed over its wings, and the Quenching Sky Eagle vanished from the sky in an instant; the next moment, it was dozens of yards away.

Its speed was so fast that even under forty times the observation of the Immortal Spirit Realm, it could leave behind an afterimage.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng's heart tightened, and he thought to himself, "Here it comes!"

This time, he did not make a move to intercept.

The Quenching Sky Eagle was overjoyed and hurriedly flashed with green light, instantly "teleporting" dozens of yards away again.

Indeed, at the same time, he heard Huang Sha Daoist's suppressed voice of surprise, "Form the array!"

At this moment, Huang Sha Daoist had already appeared on the mountaintop, his hands fluttering like a butterfly through flowers, forming a strange Seal Mantra.

In an instant, the ground within a ten-yard radius suddenly burst forth with bright yellow light, a yellow light curtain appeared, and the eighteen Array Flags shone brightly, wildly pouring out fist-sized spirit light runes, emitting an enormously heavy oppressive force.

At the same time, nearly a hundred thick yellow light pythons suddenly burst from the ground nearby.

The light pythons intertwined and merged with each other, turning into a yellow light net in an instant, with spirit light rippling, densely woven without gaps.

The Quenching Sky Eagle felt a tremendous pressure surging from all directions, panic flickered in its eyes, and as its body's cloud patterns flashed wildly, its form abruptly disappeared from the spot.

"Puff,"

The yellow light exploded, and the form of the Quenching Sky Eagle reappeared.

But under the restraints of gravity and the No-fly Formation, the beast's "Breaking Void" Divine Skill was greatly diminished in power; it could only move less than fifteen yards before being abruptly interrupted.

Seeing this, Huang Sha Taoist was overjoyed and also dashed forward, pinching the mantra with both hands.

The yellow light net on the perimeter of the formation suddenly shrank at high speed, rapidly layering over the demon body of the Quenching Sky Eagle and quickly invading its body, binding the Demon Core and abruptly stalling its movement.

"Brother Jian, make your move now!" Huang Sha Daoist shouted loudly.

Before the words fell, a sharp Sword Light suddenly swept through the depths of Zhao Sheng's eyes.

This beam of Sword Light, at an unimaginable speed, pierced through the void, instantly entering through the eagle's eyes of the Quenching Sky Eagle and vanishing in a flash.

The next instant, streams of sword light burst forth from all the orifices of the Quenching Sky Eagle.

With a loud bang, the eagle's skull of the Quenching Sky Eagle instantly shattered into pieces, and at that moment, countless green lights burst forth from its demon body.

Alas, it was already too late!

The light blades, condensed from green light, seemed like petals scattered at a funeral, signifying the fall of a Fifth Rank Great Demon right here.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Three figures flashed by, as Zhao Sheng and two others used their spells to suppress the sky full of wind blades, flying to the edge of the Array.

Huang Sha Taoist, with a single gesture, prompted the eighteen Array Flags to rise from the ground and fly back into his sleeve.

Looking at the corpse of the Quenching Sky Eagle, Huang Sha Taoist, with a joyous smile, exclaimed, "Haha, we've accomplished a great feat! All our efforts have not been wasted."

Actually, the three of them teaming up to kill a Fifth Rank Quenching Sky Eagle wasn't something impossible.
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The reason they went to such great lengths was because after killing the Quenching Sky Eagle, they had to ensure that its wings were intact and prevent it from blowing up its Demon Core just before death.

Demon beasts often detonate their Demon Cores right before death, partly out of a desire for mutual destruction and partly to prevent hunters from gaining an easy prize.

This is also the main reason why Demon Cores are so rare in the Cultivation World.

Pleased with the demon corpse, Huang Sha Taoist looked back at Zhao Sheng and said with a cupped fist, "Taoist Zhao, your Golden Crow True Fire is indeed incredibly sharp. If it weren't for your repeated efforts to intercept the beast, we might have barely been able to contain it."

"Now that the demon corpse is here, perhaps Taoist Jian should take a turn to dissect it?"

"It's a minor matter, Brother Jian, please," Zhao Sheng said with a smile, waving his hand as a gesture.

Jian Er, with a calm expression, nodded, and his Unrivaled Sword morphed into a swimming dragon, clinging onto the demon corpse, while sword light circulated around it.

In the blink of an eye, a pair of crystalline wings fell down, and a large patch of decaying flesh under the belly also spiraled down following it, then a fist-sized Demon Core, emitting a green light, swiftly flew out from the inside and landed in the palm of Jian Er, who then stored it away.

Meanwhile, Huang Sha Taoist flew back to the mountainside, casting a spell to force the Nine Seed Ginseng King out of the soil layer, thereafter collecting it into the Jade Box.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Sheng's gaze flickered before he stepped forward and stored the remaining demon corpse into the Storage Bag as well.

Huang Sha Taoist flew back to the mountaintop, and upon seeing the wings on the ground, joyfully extended his hand emitting True Yuan, rolled up the wings, and easily collected them into his Storage Bag.

After finishing this, he turned to Zhao Sheng and another, cupping his hands and said, "Fellow Taoists, with this task completed, do we part ways here, or leave the mountain together?"

With his arms wrapped around the Unrivaled Sword, Jian Er spoke, "Jian requires a place to go into seclusion immediately, to refine the Demon Core, and will not be accompanying the two of you."

"Given that, I'll leave the mountain with Mr. Huang," Zhao Sheng replied upon hearing this.

Jian Er nodded, hugged his sword, and said, "Then, we part ways here."

With those words, he transformed into a sword rainbow and soared up into the sky, flying far into the depths of the mountains.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng and Huang Sha Taoist exchanged a smile, then both turned into tunneling lights and left.

...

Two days later, gold and yellow tunneling lights swiftly traversed the boundless Cloud Sea, with unending mountains faintly visible beneath.

At that moment, the golden tunneling light abruptly came to a sudden stop, revealing Zhao Sheng's figure.

At this time, his face was grave, as he looked around with unease and hesitation in his eyes.

Then, the yellow tunneling light caught up, and Huang Sha Taoist dispelled his light, asking Zhao Sheng in surprise, "Taoist Zhao, what's wrong?"

Sweat appeared on Zhao Sheng's forehead as he transmitted his voice, "Don't you feel like we've just been circling the same spot?"

"Haha, stop joking. With the vast expanse of the Cloud Sea before us, how could we possibly be... be..."

The moment Huang Sha Taoist chuckled and was about to finish his sentence, he suddenly saw the surrounding Cloud Sea rapidly solidify, the strong winds ceased abruptly, and everything seemed to be locked in place.

At the same time, a terrifying and powerful pressure surged skyward from beneath, spreading recklessly in all directions.

"This is..." Zhao Sheng's complexion drastically changed, an alarm sounded in his mind, and he immediately tried to gather his True Yuan to escape.

However...

"Hee hee!"

Accompanied by an extremely enchanting laugh suddenly ringing in his ear, Zhao Sheng felt his heart skip a beat, and right after, an oddly powerful yet insidious Mana swiftly invaded his Core Energy Sea, effortlessly bypassing the layers of True Yuan and easily sealing his Golden Core.

He, a Golden Core Master, was instantly immobilized without any power to fight back.

"No good. We must escape, it's a Nascent Soul... not just Seventh Rank above—Puh!"

Huang Sha Daoist, standing beside him, suddenly cried out in terror; however, before he could finish speaking, his face suddenly turned pale, and as his mouth opened, a mouthful of essence blood sprayed forth, instantly weakening him.