Chapter 437

Cross-Striped Snow Owl, a type of low-grade flying demonic beast.

They often live in flocks, inhabiting exposed environments such as tundra and ice slopes.

Of course, they also build nests.

And the nests they build are a type of material most liked by demon hunters among cultivators.

These nests, because they have been managed by Cross-Striped Snow Owls for a long time, are a natural type of casting material that is soft, durable, and highly applicable.

Therefore, in the human immortal cultivation world, large-scale Cross-Striped Snow Owls are no longer seen.

Once discovered, they are easily wiped out by demon hunters.

At this moment, blocking Luo Chen and the others, it was indeed a flock of Cross-Striped Snow Owls that had naturally multiplied in an isolated environment.

With a sweep of spiritual sense, the overall scale was around a thousand or so.

It was considered a medium-scale Cross-Striped Snow Owl flock.

And in such a snow owl flock, a Tier 2 Snow Owl King would often be born.

This kind of demonic beast has keen spiritual perception, especially excellent eyesight!

No matter how well a cultivator restrains their aura, it is impossible to easily pass through where their tribe is located.

Therefore.

To pass through this place, one must start a massacre!

"Do it!"

Elder Fu Jiusheng waved his big sleeve, and the other three attacked immediately.

When the four of them flew out, Luo Chen stood quietly in the back, without any intention of attacking at all.

This was something that had been agreed upon beforehand.

In order to ensure Luo Chen's most perfect state when refining pills, he could stand by and watch unless it was absolutely necessary.

And this also gave Luo Chen an excellent opportunity to observe their combat methods.

Under Luo Chen's gaze.

The four attacked simultaneously.

Madam Yousha held an amber vermilion silk ribbon in her hand; as the long ribbon unfolded, it suddenly turned into a curtain, directly shrouding the world.

In an instant, a hundred feet in radius became a cage.

Those panicked Cross-Striped Snow Owls, having just fluttered up, collided with the fiery red amber long ribbon, and in an instant, their snow-white feathers with spotted patterns turned charred black.

"Water-type magic treasure?"

"But why are there traces similar to scorching?"

"Could it be that it was also forged by adding Sha energy?"

Luo Chen muttered in his heart, his pair of spiritual eyes watching quietly.

Madam Yousha and her former Daoist partner were known as the Netherworld Two Sha.

This was not a Daoist title, but more like a name given by others out of fear, which actually showed the other party's style of conduct or methods.

Two Sha refers to both the ruthlessness of the two in their actions and their good use of Sha energy methods.

The Nether Sha used Sha energy to refine his body, forging a fierce physical body, and had once taken a punch from Luo Chen's ancient Tier 3 physique head-on.

This Madam Yousha, however, used a unique long ribbon magic treasure condensed from Sha energy to deal with enemies.

Currently, it seemed its power had not been fully displayed.

But Luo Chen just thought about it: if a cultivator were to encounter it, I fear their spiritual light would sway and tremble, being worn away by more than half.

"It's fortunate that the Nether Sha died; otherwise, cooperating with this woman's methods, one soft and one hard, the two of them joining forces would be unstoppable among their peers."

In reality, in this attack, only Madam Yousha exposed a bit of her true methods.

The other three.

Helian Yun drove a top-grade magic tool flying sword, constantly shuttling through the bird flock that filled the sky.

Wherever it passed, blood rained down, and there were no survivors.

Elder Fu Jiusheng didn't use any weapons, merely casting fireballs one after another, frantically slaughtering the snow owl flock.

But in a moment.

As the three attacked, this flock of Cross-Striped Snow Owls had no way to the sky and no path to the ground, and were almost wiped out amidst the wailing.

The reason it was "almost."

Was because there was still a Snow Owl King flying out from the giant nest, shrieking as it flew toward the sky.

"Vile beast, want to run!"

"Die!"

Madam Yousha gave a low shout, and the amber vermilion silk ribbon that shrouded the surroundings instantly retracted.

It directly bound the Snow Owl King, which had nowhere to escape, in the center.

As Madam Yousha clenched her palm, the amber vermilion silk ribbon tightened.

Crack, crack, crack...

The harsh sound of bone friction rang out.

When the amber vermilion silk ribbon unfolded and flew back into Madam Yousha's hand, only a pile of white bones and feathers remained on the ground, and the rest of the blood and corpse meat had already disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen's eyebrows twitched.

"Blood-path method? Or water-type method?"

The other few were also somewhat surprised.

How could this Snow Owl King also be at the Tier 2 level, comparable to a human Foundation Establishment True Person, yet be killed so easily?

Madam Yousha looked at the reaction of the few with satisfaction, and that amber vermilion silk ribbon coiled around her body like a living thing, soon turning into an outfit similar to an ornament.

"The vile beasts blocking the road have been removed, let's continue..."

"Careful!"

As this sound was issued, Madam Yousha's expression changed slightly, and she moved sideways immediately.

Almost at the same time.

An earthy yellow figure shot into the sky, barely brushing past her.

Boom!

The earthy yellow figure fell to the ground, splashing up a large amount of snow, soil, and gravel.

In the haze, everyone caught a glimpse of its true form.

"Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon!" Elder Fu Jiusheng blurted out, and his eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle.

Helian Yun was also a person of wide experience, and immediately explained: "This kind of demonic beast is the purest earth-type demonic beast, most fond of living adjacent to weak bird-type demonic beasts, letting them peck for parasites, and when there is no food, it will also capture the companion bird demons for food. I didn't expect it to be mixed with the Cross-Striped Snow Owls."

Elder Fu Jiusheng frowned: "This kind of demonic beast is the most vengeful and proficient in earth-escape techniques. We killed its companion snow owls; I fear it has already hated us to the bone. If it isn't handled well, I fear it will chase and kill us for thousands of miles."

The conversation between the crowd was fast-paced.

The Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon on the ground now revealed its true form.

It was indeed a giant beast two zhang long, like a dragon or a python, covered in thick, brownish-yellow scales.

Looking from afar, one could see its outstanding defensive power.

At this moment, it was staring fixedly at the few people in the sky with a pair of brownish-yellow beast eyes, its nostrils constantly twitching.

It seemed it wanted to keep the aura of the four people firmly in its mind.

Moreover!

Observing its surging and vigorous vitality.

I fear it was already approaching the edge of Tier 3.

This kind of demonic beast, in its home field environment, I fear it was not easy to kill!

But if it wasn't killed, even if it couldn't pose any threat to them, if it harassed them for thousands of miles, it would definitely be a big trouble.

"Earth-escape technique..." Luo Chen, hidden in the back, silently recited this term.

Just at this moment.

The Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon seemed to have discovered that Elder Fu Jiusheng and the four were not easy to provoke.

The aura of each person was not weaker than it.

Out of the intuition of a demonic beast, it already had the thought of temporarily retreating.

Seeing that a faint yellow light appeared on its body, as if it would drill into the depths of the snow in the next moment.

Xiao Sanren, who had first reminded Madam Yousha to avoid it, suddenly spoke.

"I will restrain this beast, you all use thunderous means to behead it!"

After speaking, he didn't wait for the few to agree.

He lifted his jade flute horizontally.

He didn't play it, but his right hand flicked his finger, tapping lightly on the jade flute.

Ding-dong!

A crisp sound issued, and that earthy yellow figure stiffened instantly, having a moment of stalemate.

Because of this opportunity.

Elder Fu Jiusheng suddenly landed and slapped the ground with one palm.

A large area of yellow light permeated, and the already hard snow ground instantly turned into a harder steel geological structure.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen praised in his heart.

What a spell of condensing earth into steel!

He discovered that this Elder Fu Jiusheng seemed somewhat similar to himself, extremely proficient in spells.

And they were fire-type and earth-type.

This move of his was clearly to cut off the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon's retreat first.

He attacked, and the other two were not idle either.

Helian Yun couldn't care about hiding his methods, flicked his finger, and a black light suddenly flew out.

In the blink of an eye, it pierced into the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon's body.

That brownish-yellow earth armor that seemed to have incomparable defensive power was pierced through a big hole by that black light as if it were splitting bamboo.

It sank straight into the depths of the skull.

Receiving this blow, the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon, whose demon soul was shaken, instantly woke up.

"Roar!"

It roared, swept its long tail, and slapped away a flying sword Elder Fu Jiusheng had sent out casually.

Then, it was about to drill into the depths of the snow.

However, as soon as its head went down.

Clang!

It actually failed!

This was something that had never happened in its life.

In a moment of astonishment, Madam Yousha's amber vermilion silk ribbon flew out again, turning into a soft long ribbon that wrapped it layer by layer.

Tightening, squeezing, scorching.

Chi, chi, chi...

Visible blood sprayed out from the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon's body, and was then swallowed by the vermilion long ribbon.

In an instant, red light burst forth on the long ribbon.

With the severe pain coming, the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon became fierce and kept rolling on the ground.

Just at this moment.

Ding-dong!

Another crisp flute sound came.

Its body stiffened again, and Elder Fu Jiusheng opened his hand, and the magic treasure flying sword that had been slapped away before descended from the sky, piercing straight into its waist and abdomen at the seven-inch spot.

Pfft!

The sound of a bubble bursting came.

Receiving this blow, the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon no longer had any power to resist.

It lay limp on the ground, letting the amber vermilion silk ribbon on its body tighten more and more, finally swallowing it completely into a pile of white bones.

This move again!

The crowd looked at Madam Yousha, and a look of vigilance couldn't help but appear on their faces.

Seeing this, Madam Yousha smiled slightly: "This concubine's move is no demonic path method, it's just an alternative application of the Water-Drawing Dragon-Transformation Technique; you all won't report me to the Yuding Sword Sect, will you!"

Water-Drawing Dragon-Transformation Technique?

Only a ghost would believe you!

Helian Yun snorted coldly in his heart, summoned with his hand, and the black light returned to his hand.

In the distance, Luo Chen didn't see clearly what that black light was until this moment.

Although it was just a flash, it was collected into Helian Yun's storage bag.

But that familiar style made Luo Chen see it clearly.

"Soul-Breaking Nail!"

"It's actually this thing!"

For a moment, Luo Chen was shocked in his heart.

When he was weak, he had obtained a pair of Soul-Breaking Nails, which he still kept in his storage bag to this day.

It was just that that pair of Soul-Breaking Nails had huge flaws.

They could only be fired, not retrieved, and the formation engraved was extremely simple, having only an armor-breaking effect.

Called Soul-Breaking Nails, in reality, they were just armor-breaking nails.

But the move Helian Yun just showed, manipulating them freely, retrieving and firing as he pleased.

Clearly, they were true Soul-Breaking Nails that had reached the low-grade magic treasure level!

And the armor-breaking effect was even more outstanding, so much so that even the natural scales of a Tier 2 late-stage earth-type demonic beast couldn't block them for a moment.

I don't know if, relying on my own ancient Tier 3 physique and the Qi armor derived from blood energy, I can block this treasure?

Unknowingly, Luo Chen had already begun to be vigilant against Helian Yun.

While Luo Chen was thinking.

After Helian Yun put away the magic treasure, he didn't mention his own merit at all, but instead complimented Elder Fu Jiusheng.

"This beast is worthy of being a Tier 3 demonic beast; its vitality is so strong that even after receiving my blow, it could still struggle to death. If it weren't for the Fellow Daoist's wide experience, piercing its demon core with one sword, who knows what kind of trouble it would have caused."

Elder Fu Jiusheng didn't take the credit either: "It doesn't have much to do with me; it's mainly Fellow Daoist Xiao deterring the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon's demon soul, and Madam Yousha binding its demon body, so I could act calmly."

"In my opinion, the first merit of this battle must be Fellow Daoist Xiao." Madam Yousha leaned over, the vermilion long ribbon on her body having a bit more of a bloody smell. "If he hadn't first spoken to remind this concubine, and later given us the opportunity to encircle and attack, how could we have instantly killed such an existence of the same rank as us."

Instant kill!

It was indeed an instant kill!

This battle, although it was the first time the crowd had cooperated, the coordination between them could be considered tacit.

First, confuse the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon with flute sounds, then Elder Fu Jiusheng blocked its retreat, and afterwards, the three attacked simultaneously, either trapping or striking.

Everything said was long, but it was only between one or two breaths.

If the cultivation realm of immortal cultivators is similar, a strong kill might be possible, but an instant kill is extremely difficult.

Especially demonic beasts that are known for lacking wisdom but having strong vitality.

The four joined forces for the first time and achieved such results, which was truly pleasing.

Elder Fu Jiusheng looked at the pile of white bones on the ground and shook his head: "What a pity, the Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon has always had the reputation of a treasure-seeking beast. Although vengeful, once tamed, it is extremely loyal. If it could be subdued, with its earth-escape ability, I don't know how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures it could find for us."

"A treasure-seeking beast of this size? Fellow Daoist Fu, are you joking?"

"Hehe..."

While the few were talking.

Luo Chen had already approached.

Xiao Sanren, who hadn't spoken much before, suddenly said: "It is rumored that Fellow Daoist Danchenzi has instantly killed late-stage Foundation Establishment great cultivators several times, and even Zheng Xian, who was at the Foundation Establishment perfection stage, was not a match for you in one round. With the four of us joining forces, we only managed to kill a Tier 2 late-stage demonic beast with no wisdom. By comparison, I fear it makes you laugh."

Luo Chen frowned, faintly discovering that the atmosphere was wrong.

Just now, the few seemed to be chatting happily and sharing the credit.

But they were clearly flattering others.

And in the end, they attributed the credit to Xiao Sanren.

However, the more outstanding one performs, the easier it is to attract vigilance.

Xiao Sanren clearly knew this principle, so he directly mentioned Luo Chen's past battle achievements as if unintentionally.

It was as if he were saying, stop paying attention to me, pay attention to Luo Chen first! He is the most powerful one.

The other three, under his reminder, also stared at Luo Chen intentionally or unintentionally.

Luo Chen smiled, glanced at the ground, and did not refute anything.

"Let's go!"

"If we delay any longer, I fear other demonic beasts nearby will follow the sound and arrive."

His attitude of neither refusing nor denying made the others feel a bit awkward.

The team had to set off again.

Protected in the center by the four, Luo Chen sneered in his heart.

This team, from the moment it was initially formed, was not united in heart.

Even if it couldn't be said that everyone had ulterior motives, there were definitely those with malicious intentions.

It would be fine if they didn't succeed!

If they successfully refined the Mingyuan Pill, I fear that would be when the contradictions would explode.

"Fine!"

"If we part on good terms, I will naturally abide by my principles and share a portion of the Mingyuan Pill."

"But if someone has designs on me, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

After the abrupt relocation of the snow owl flock and that Drilling Mountain Earth Dragon.

The subsequent journey was not as calm as imagined.

Unexpected events occurred frequently on the safe route in Elder Fu Jiusheng's words.

From time to time, wandering demonic beasts would appear on the route.

Once, on the road, a Tier 3 Ice-Ridge Mad Lion even occupied the path.

For this, they had to detour and spend two extra days.

Finally, counting from the time they entered the Great Snow Mountain, it took two months to finally reach the destination.

Under a towering snow peak.

Five snow-white figures crawled by the mountain rocks, looking at the valley below the mountain.

"Ten Thousand Python Cave? I think it's more appropriate to call it Ten Thousand Python Valley!"

In the valley surrounded by mountains, one snow python after another with strange black rings coiled in the valley.

The snow-white python bodies, because of those circles of black rings, made one feel scalp-numbing and cold in the heart just by looking at them.

Elder Fu Jiusheng heard Madam Yousha's words, and he moved his lips to explain: "The black-ringed snow pythons in the valley are just the lowest-grade demonic beasts; the true Seven-Ring Snow Pythons are still underground in the valley. Because of the passage of countless giant pythons, they have constructed a complex underground cave terrain. That is our destination!"

"Everyone, follow me!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

But he didn't go toward the snow valley, but instead moved toward the outside of the snow valley.

Seeing this scene, the few felt confused, but their footsteps didn't slow down, instead following quickly.

(End of chapter)