I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 207 Stone Lion Warrior (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
According to the information in the Demon Spirit Mirror, these two stone lions are a pair. Although there are two of them, they are considered as a whole and belong to the category of objects transformed into demons.

The Demon Spirit Mirror obtained from the Qin siblings is the latest model developed in the cultivation world. It can reveal a lot of key information, but it is not a system after all. Some information still needs to be analyzed by oneself in combination with knowledge of demon control.

Based on the information in the Demon Spirit Compendium and incorporating his own understanding, Jiang Yi compiled the information about the two stone lions as follows:
[Stone Lion Warrior (Left - Fiery-Eyed Lion): High-level Yellow Rank]

[Attributes: Earth, Fire]

[Cultivation: Late stage of foundation building]

[Spell:]
Mid-tier Lava Armor: The body is covered with lava armor that can absorb flames and repair itself.

Intermediate Rank - Quicksand Trap: Slam your fist into the ground, turning a ten-foot radius area into a quicksand vortex, restricting the enemy's movement.

Advanced Earthly Fiend Mountain-Shaking Fist: During combat, the claws are wrapped in crimson chains, and the fist wind carries earthly fiery poison. Upon hitting the enemy, it causes the ground to crack and explode, which can damage the soul.

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[Stone Lion Warrior (Right - Golden-Eyed Lioness): High-level Yellow Rank]

【Attributes: Earth, Gold】

[Cultivation: Late stage of foundation building]

[Spell:]
Intermediate-level Soul-Stealing Eyes: A flash of golden light in the eyes briefly stuns the enemy.

Intermediate-level Sand Shadow Escape: The body transforms into quicksand and teleports instantly, up to three times in a row, used for surprise attacks or evasion.

Advanced Golden Claw: During combat, golden bone spurs cover the joints, and three-foot-long claws grow from the ten fingers. The claws are as sharp as knives, capable of tearing through magical artifact shields, and have an armor-piercing effect.

【special】

Earth Flame Twin Fiends Formation: Guarded by two lions, the formation can trigger a raging sea of ​​fire, forming a fiery storm.

Shared Fate: If one stone lion is seriously injured, the other will enter a berserk state and fight to the death, doubling its attack power but reducing its defense to zero.

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Jiang Yi's fingers traced the Yin-Yang pendant.
“Hua Gu Hong Li, what do you think about me taking them in to guard the gate of Youxian Ferry? These kinds of demon spirits that lean towards martial arts are quite rare. They are also earth-type, which is compatible with my spiritual root. They can also balance my earth and wood Dao platform a little.”

"Well... since you've all acquiesced, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Jiang Yi made up his mind and turned to the four people on the other side of the Fire River, saying, "Fellow Daoists, I quite like these two stone lions at the entrance and would like to take them. What do you all think? I can give up one of the spoils of war later."

Among the four, Wu Kun possesses dual spiritual roots of earth and fire, and the sand lizard he rides is of the earth element.

Upon hearing Jiang Yi say that the two stone lions were demons, Wu Kun's eyes lit up, while the other three didn't seem to have any particular thoughts.

Zhu Mingqian's limited spirit stones were all spent on his traveling merchant business, leaving him unable to support too many demon spirits. He was now more concerned about the Candle Moth Pure Fire behind the stone gate and the treasures hidden in the forbidden area by the Earth Flame Sect.

Ji Honglian has a single fire spiritual root. Although fire can generate earth, the cultivation technique she practices is passed down from her family and requires the use of the Burning Heaven Fire Wheel. She has no intention of acquiring a second demon spirit for the time being.

Lin Xiyue has dual spiritual roots of water and metal, with water as her main element. She also cares a lot about the interaction of the five elements, so she shook her head to indicate that she had no interest in earth-type demon spirits.

Wu Kun quickly stood up. "Fellow Daoist Yi, how about we each take one of these two stone lions?"

Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow. "But these two stone lions are one piece and must be subdued together. Since you are interested, why don't we have a fair competition, each relying on our own abilities, and each of us can take one lion once, with the order determined by drawing lots?"

Wu Kun thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

After the draw, Jiang Yi was unlucky and drew the second option.

She shrugged, indicating that she didn't care. If Wu Kun really took them away, it would mean that she was not destined to have these two stone lions, and she was too lazy to force it.

If these two stone lions weren't artifacts that had transformed into demons and didn't need to eat, drink, or relieve themselves, making them easier to raise, and if they weren't also primarily of the earth element, she wouldn't have made this sudden decision.

Wu Kun took a deep breath, gripped the Sand-Cracking Mace, and strode toward the two stone lions in front of the stone gate. A sand scorpion the size of a millstone lay beside him, its stinger raised high, ready to pounce.

"Wu Kun, be careful," Zhu Mingqian warned from behind, "These two stone lions don't look simple."

When Wu Kun was still three zhang away from the stone lion, a strange change suddenly occurred.

The lion on the left suddenly lit up its eyes with a crimson light, and the dark red cracks on its stone body bulged like blood vessels.

With a cracking sound of rocks breaking, its massive body stretched out as if it were alive, and slowly stood upright.

He was nine feet tall, with bulging, stone-like muscles, and his fists were wrapped in chains of crimson flames.

The lioness on the right also awoke at the same time, her amber eyes shining brightly, and she gracefully arched her back, standing upright like a human, with sharp bone spurs gradually protruding from her joints.

When the lioness stood up, she was slightly leaner than the male lion. She had a tuft on her head, and her three-foot-long claws extended from her ten fingers, gleaming with a chilling cold light that seemed deadly under the reflection of the lava.

Two stone lion warriors blocked the stone gate from the left and right, their roars like muffled thunder rumbling from their throats. "Those who trespass on this forbidden area shall die!"

Seeing this, the expressions of the group varied, but most were quite solemn.

Only Jiang Yi's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected that these two could still transform into human form and even talk. What high-quality cattle and horses!

Wu Kun's Adam's apple bobbed.

Having spent years roaming the desert, his intuition for danger was ten times sharper than that of ordinary people. At this moment, the hair on the back of his neck stood on end, and cold sweat seeped from his palms. These were two Stone Lion warriors at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

But four pairs of eyes behind him felt like needles pricking his back. He forced out a sentence through gritted teeth, "Shatuo, attack!"

The sand scorpion sprang into action, its carapace scraping against the sand with a piercing screeching sound. It cunningly circled around to the lioness's flank, its stinger aimed straight for her eyes.

At the same time, Wu Kun clashed his two maces, and a surge of earth-yellow spiritual energy erupted, carrying a sandstorm that slammed into the lion's face.

The lion warrior neither dodged nor evaded, his right fist, covered in lava, met the attack head-on.

clang!
Amidst the clanging of metal, Wu Kun's tiger's mouth split open, and the Sand-Splitting Mace nearly slipped from his grasp. His strength was on a completely different level from that of the Lion Warrior.

Even more terrifying was that the aftershocks of the punch cracked the ground, and streams of fiery energy spewed out from the cracks. This was the Lion Warrior's high-level spell, "Earthly Fiend Mountain-Shaking Fist".

Wu Kun hastily borrowed a technique to use the Sand Transformation method, but was still grazed on the left shoulder by a fire elemental, causing his skin to tear open.

Because it's a competition, Jiang Yi won't help him with treatment this time.

On the other side, facing the Sand Scorpion's sneak attack, the lioness's eyes flashed with golden light, and she activated her Soul-Seizing Eye. The Sand Scorpion was suddenly struck as if by lightning, frozen in place. The lioness's sharp claws left afterimages, and her armor-piercing power easily tore three deep gashes through the Sand Scorpion's hard carapace.

The sand scorpion retreated abruptly in pain.

"Fellow martial artist, be careful!" Zhu Mingqian couldn't help but remind him from the sidelines.

Seeing this, Ji Honglian glared at Zhu Mingqian, feeling that he was not being fair enough. Lin Xiyue remained silent when she saw that Jiang Yi didn't care.

Taking advantage of Wu Kun's stagger, the lion slammed its fists, bound with chains of flame, heavily onto the ground.

With a deafening roar, the rocky ground within a radius of ten zhang instantly transformed into a vortex of quicksand.

Intermediate Level: Quicksand Trap!
Caught off guard, Wu Kun's legs sank up to his knees, while the lion, dragging its chains, strode closer, each step causing the quicksand to boil.

Lin Xiyue unconsciously clenched her fists, and Ji Honglian also widened her eyes. The strength of these two stone lion warriors had definitely reached the peak level of the late Foundation Establishment stage, and their combat awareness was also quite remarkable.

Wu Kun's forehead veins bulged, and he suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence at the sand scorpion.

The scorpion in the blood mist swelled in size and forcefully pulled him out of the quicksand.

Before he could even get his footing, the lioness had already transformed into golden quicksand and teleported behind him. The lioness's combo of 'Sand Shadow Escape' followed by 'Golden Claw' was as fast as lightning!

Wu Kun barely managed to block with his horizontal mace, and with a 'clang,' half of the mace head was sliced ​​off from his mace, which had been with him for many years.

"Damn it!"

Wu Kun finally panicked. He suddenly pulled out a bronze demon-controlling ring from his pocket and threw it out without a second thought. The demon-controlling ring expanded in the wind, and the inscriptions on the ring shone with a dazzling blue light, descending down on the lion.

The lion warrior didn't care at all and knocked the demon-controlling copper ring away with a single punch.

"I quit!"

Wu Kun roared and retreated more than ten feet, rolling awkwardly to the side of the crowd. His left shoulder wound was charred and festering. The Sand Scorpion was also on the verge of death and shrank back into its demon spirit bag.

"Fellow Daoist Yi, it's your turn!"

Panting heavily, Wu Kun left the area guarded by the two stone lion warriors, and the two stone lion warriors stopped and did not continue to pursue Wu Kun.

Zhu Linxiyue and Ji Honglian exchanged a solemn look. These two stone lion warriors guarding the forbidden area would probably require all five of them to join forces to have a chance of winning. They were much more difficult to deal with than the Sand Soul Lizard King from before.

The Sand Soul Lizard King is merely a demonic beast; it has no demonic seed within it and its intelligence is not high.

The warriors of the stone lions possess both demonic and spiritual qualities, and their magical abilities and combat awareness are both very strong and clearly complementary.

Even if Jiang Yi is very strong, she is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and the Storm Demon and Crimson Fire Fox she commands have never appeared, which seems to be for another reason.

Can she subdue these two stone lion warriors by herself?

(End of this chapter)