Chapter 79: The Desolate Beast Mysterious Turtle

"Huh?!"

Such a disturbance naturally drew the attention of the two, and their flowing light could not help but dim slightly as they halted in the void.

With their current cultivation and magic power, even without deliberately releasing their divine sense, any movement within a radius of a thousand miles could absolutely not be hidden from their supernatural powers.

Hum! The next instant, as Su Changqing raised both hands, flowing light shimmered incessantly around his body, and he released his incomparably powerful divine sense.

Ruyue Xianzi raised her jade hand, and within her beautiful eyes, five-colored flowing light shimmered incessantly.

After only a few breaths of time, expressions of realization appeared on their faces, and they immediately transformed into two streaks of flowing light, flying off toward a location in the east.

After less than a short moment, Su Changqing and his companion had flown about a hundred miles.

The gale and giant waves here were clearly even more violent than where they had stood before, and whirlpools of varying sizes had formed on the sea surface.

In the sky, purple-red lightning flashed incessantly across the void, and the culprit causing all of this was not far ahead; a giant Desolate Beast mysterious turtle had appeared on the surface of the sea.

This fellow's size was truly too massive; at a single glance, it looked like a small mountain, easily over a hundred zhang in size.

The giant turtle shell was entirely pitch-black, with black talisman patterns shimmering upon it; the markings on the surface were profound and complex, and even with Su Changqing's knowledge, he could not make them out at all.

Such a behemoth had four limbs like pillars supporting the sky, and with the slightest movement, it could stir up columns of water.

"Roar..."

Just at this moment, a sound of beastly roaring rolled through the surrounding water waves and soared into the sky; its momentum was so terrifying it was hard to describe in words, yet there was not the slightest trace of demonic Qi surging from the giant turtle's body—this giant turtle was not of the demon race.

"A Desolate Beast!"

Su Changqing swept his gaze over and could not help but exclaim in surprise.

So-called Desolate Beasts are demonic beasts without intelligence; they are fundamentally different from the demon race, and such existences cultivate solely by instinct.

Ruyue Xianzi's expression was much the same; this Desolate Beast was truly too terrifying. Although its cultivation had not reached the late Golden Core stage, the strength of its might was far beyond what an ordinary Golden Core could compare to. This was not even the most surprising part to the two; they saw that around the Desolate Beast's body, there was a water-blue light barrier that completely enveloped the giant turtle's entire body.

On the light barrier, water-blue radiance shimmered, runes flickered, and a strange demonic power surged outward into the surroundings.

Needless to say, this Desolate Beast had stumbled into a formation, and if they were not mistaken, it should have been set up by the demon race.

Desolate Beasts are different from the demon race; they have no intelligence and rely entirely on instinct. A Desolate Beast is a treasure from head to toe; their bodies are exceptionally hard and can be crafted into various Dharma Treasures and spirit pills. Whether encountered by the demon race or the human race, there is no reason to let one go.

It seemed there were demon cultivators who had specifically set up this formation here to hunt the giant turtle, so the two immediately employed their concealment powers and were in no hurry to reveal themselves.

This place was already no more than fifty or sixty thousand miles from Shenguang Peak, and if they were not mistaken, the demon race capturing the Desolate Beast was likely under the command of Shenguang Xianzi.

Boom! Bursts of explosive sounds continuously entered their ears. Now trapped by the formation, the Desolate Beast was both shocked and angry; it raised its massive turtle head, opened its wide mouth, and spat out a water-blue water column that shot outward.

For a time, spiritual light shot in all directions. The Desolate Beast's attack was no small matter, but this formation was clearly not that simple; unless an existence at the late Golden Core level took action, it would be impossible to break the formation in a short time.

"Roar..."

Seeing this, the giant turtle was naturally incomparably furious, its four limbs dancing incessantly as it used its massive body to slam into the light screen. The sound alone was enough to make one's eardrums ache; those with slightly lower cultivation would likely have perished on the spot.

Of course, Su Changqing and Ruyue naturally did not take such attacks to heart; such sound-based supernatural powers were still far from threatening the two. This continued until half an hour later.

Above the void, several dazzling, eye-piercing streaks of light appeared. Unlike the escape light of human cultivators, Su Changqing swept his gaze and saw that they were several members of the demon race.

Leading them was a young woman in her prime, wearing green robes, looking to be only about twenty years old. Her appearance was incomparably beautiful, yet her eyes were like rubies, shimmering with red light, indicating that this woman was not a human cultivator but a demon of the early Golden Core stage.

As for those behind the woman, they were several demonic beasts at the Foundation Establishment stage, with various appearances, their bodies wrapped in strange black mist.

In the blink of an eye, those streaks of light arrived before them. After the flowing light faded, a look of surprise appeared on the woman's face.

"Impossible, how can this Desolate Beast's strength be so great? Could it be that the intelligence was wrong? The strength of the Desolate Beast before me is enough to contend with an average late Golden Core."

The green-robed girl spoke to herself.

"Young Mistress, what should we do?"

The one speaking was a bull-headed demon, looking incomparably fierce. Generally speaking, demonic beasts only gain intelligence after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, there are many types of demonic beasts; some demon races are gifted or have experienced mutations during their cultivation, gaining intelligence very early. The bull demon before them belonged to this category.

The green-robed girl's brows furrowed. The enemy was far more powerful than she had imagined, but her mentor's orders could not be disobeyed. She had gone through great hardships to become a disciple of Shenguang Xianzi, and now she was only a nominal Disciple. If she did not handle the first task her mentor had given her well, even if her mentor said nothing, what face would she have among her fellow disciples? Her gaze swept across the front, and a look of determination gradually appeared in her eyes: "Do it!"

"But, Young Mistress..."

The bull-headed demonic beast wanted to say something more, but a look of impatience had already appeared on the girl's face.

"Enough nonsense, do as I say. Success is the only option, failure is not permitted!"

Following this, the green-robed girl waved her jade hand, and several colorful formation flags flew out from her Storage Bag.

As she raised both hands, the flags were sacrificed by her. In an instant, accompanied by rolling demonic wind, mist gradually rose in the surroundings and then seeped into the formation.

The demon race members behind the girl also stood in their positions according to the formation, their bodies surging with waves of black demonic Qi.

"How truly foolish. They think they can kill this Desolate Beast with just the few of them? Even if it were a late Golden Core demonic beast, without three people joining forces, it would absolutely not be a match for this Desolate Beast."

A look of disdain appeared on Ruyue Xianzi's face.

"Fellow Daoist is right. Then what are your plans? Will you step in to save them in a moment?"

"I will certainly step in, but saving them is out of the question. This Desolate Beast is an incomparably rare exotic beast; if it is killed, the benefits gained will not be small."

"Oh, is Fellow Daoist not intending to form an alliance with Shenguang Xianzi on this trip? Do you not intend to show her some favor?"

Su Changqing's expression flickered slightly, but a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

"This Desolate Beast is a treasure from head to toe. If its demonic core is refined, one can save decades of bitter cultivation. Not to mention other parts of its body, this turtle shell is a first-class defensive Spirit Material. If refined into a defensive Dharma Treasure, it could even block the attacks of a late Golden Core cultivator."

(End of chapter)