Immortality and cultivation begin with drawing talismans.

Chapter 330 Now I am a Hunter
The border of the waters around Wulong Island.

"Moo!"

The third-tier great demon, the Azure Horned Ox, seemed to have discovered something and couldn't help but let out a low roar.

However, the next moment, a group of sea beasts swam by below the water's surface, and the Green Horned Ox lowered its guard, just as it was about to raise its head.

Suddenly, the sea surface in the distance exploded, and a giant turtle, twenty feet in size, appeared. With a roar, it opened its blood-red maw, and a large number of sea beasts panicked but could not escape the abyss of this gaping maw.

"A late-stage Tier 3 demonic beast!"

This giant turtle, which suddenly appeared from the seabed, exuded a terrifying aura.

Lin Chang'an feigned shock, while the five people on the deserted island in the distance smiled upon seeing this.

This familiar tactic has worked for them time and time again.

If a cultivator suddenly encounters a late-stage Tier 3 monster in the Monster Beast Sea Abyss, especially a turtle known for its defense, most cultivators' first choice would be to flee.

"The fish is about to take the bait."

If the other side wants to escape, the only direction they can go towards is their deserted island in the waters off Wulong Island.

However, just as the five of them were all smiles and confident of victory, their smiles suddenly froze.

"You beast, today I, Lin, am destined to obtain another top-grade third-tier demon core."

After Lin Chang'an shouted coldly from afar, array flags suddenly appeared as he raised his hand, piercing straight into the seawater.

"Moo!"

With a roar, the Green Horned Ox grew to a size of ten zhang, its enormous eyes blazing with fervor.

"broken!"

"not good!"

The five people on the deserted island in the distance exclaimed in surprise. They never expected that this Lin would not play by the rules and would choose to hunt a late-stage third-tier demon.

Is this reasonable?

"Formation!"

In that instant, the roar of the third-tier giant tortoise in the distance had disappeared.

This sea area was replaced by a thick, chilling fog.

The seawater surrounding the formation instantly froze into ice, visible to the naked eye.

Third-Tier Formation: Mystic Ice Formation

"My spirit pet!"

Among the five, the leader was furious and shocked, never expecting this person to be so audacious.

"Not good! This person wants to use the formation to hunt down your spirit pet. We must break the formation immediately!"

The Crimson Fire Sect couple appeared furious, but in reality, they were overjoyed.

Whether the other party has discovered it or there is some other reason, now that this third-tier spirit pet is trapped, the other party will definitely fight desperately.

"Good! Good!"

The other three also looked grim, with the leader gritting his teeth.

……

Lin Chang'an was naturally unaware of the sordid affairs among the five.

All he knew at the moment was that his formation had been activated, the surrounding seawater had frozen into ice, and the third-tier great demon giant tortoise had roared as it struggled to break free from the iceberg.

The monsters in the water have lost their greatest advantage of terrain.

As a third-tier array master, Lin Chang'an was naturally aware that his methods against aquatic monsters were somewhat lacking.

Therefore, he had prepared a set of third-order Xuanbing Array long ago, but he never expected to need it today.

"Now I am the hunter!"

Enveloped by array formations on all sides, this place resembled an iceberg world.

With a cold glint in Lin Chang'an's eyes, once the formation was activated, the initiative was in his hands.

"Moo!"

With a roar, the Green Horned Bull unleashed a beam of light from its mouth.

Although this late-stage Tier 3 giant tortoise had lost its advantageous terrain, it still exuded a menacing aura, its body radiating a powerful, azure-blue protective shield.

With its late-stage third-tier strength equivalent to the late-stage Core Formation stage, even though the Green Horned Ox is a mutated spirit beast, it is impossible for it to break through its defenses.

【Mystic Soul Thorn】

Without any probing, Lin Chang'an directly used his trump card.

A solid, invisible spike of divine consciousness pierced through in an instant.

The water-based magic shield of a late-stage Tier 3 demon only rippled slightly under this light.

When the giant tortoise sensed danger, its enormous pupils contracted sharply, reflecting an invisible spike.

"Roar!"

Driven by instinct, the tortoise shell unleashed terrifying magical energy fluctuations, pushing its defenses to their limit.

This invisible attack of divine sense would cause some ripples when facing magical defenses, but under the tortoise shell, it was as if it were entering an empty space.

The first half of this roar was filled with shock and rage, while the second half of the beastly roar had turned from rage into a painful scream.

This sudden change caused the water-based defensive shield in front of him to collapse out of control.

"Moo!"

With a roar of fury from the Green Horned Bull, the beam of light struck directly in front of the giant tortoise's body.

"It would be impolite of me to refuse a third-tier demon that has been delivered to my door."

The attack of spiritual senses is so sharp.

Seeing this, Lin Chang'an sneered and raised his hand, sending out nine sword beams carrying terrifying sharpness.

At the same time, driven by the formation, one after another hard and huge ice pillars rose up, overturning the giant tortoise.

At this moment, the third-tier great demon giant tortoise was no longer as imposing as before. Instead, its divine sense was severely damaged, and it was howling and screaming in pain.

His spirits were low, and his magical energy was in complete disarray.

At the same time, a phoenix cry echoed, and the phoenix bird had already transformed into a golden light and attacked. With one bite, hot blood spurted from the giant tortoise's skull.

"Moo!"

The green-horned bull charged down with great momentum, its four hooves thundering across the ice, its sharp horns charging straight through.

"Roar!"

As expected of a late-stage Tier 3 demon, although its attack power is not strong, its defense is extremely powerful.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, the giant tortoise roared wildly with bloodshot eyes, and its terrifying magical power leaked out, forming a powerful defensive shield.

It even retracts into its shell, forming a powerful defense.

"What a strong defense!"

At this moment, Lin Chang'an also felt the pressure. These turtles were indeed known for their defense, and his series of unexpected attacks were a challenge.

In addition, there was the combination of formations, the Phoenix Bird, and the Green Horned Ox. If it were any other late-stage third-tier demon, it would probably have already met its end.

【Mystic Soul Thorn】

Lin Chang'an used this supernatural power again, and in an instant, his eyes became bloodshot.

While divine sense-based supernatural abilities are powerful, they also consume a significant amount of divine sense.

"Roar!"

The giant tortoise inside the shell let out another painful howl, its soul suffering another severe blow, and it completely lost its mind.

A soul attack is impossible to defend against; the hard tortoise shell defense has become transparent at this moment.

Driven by the fear of death, the third-tier great demon tortoise frantically crawled out of its shell, disregarding the damage to its body, and crashed directly towards the edge of the formation.

Instinct told it that as long as it broke through the formation and escaped into the sea, it could survive.

……

Just as Lin Chang'an was putting all his effort into hunting down the giant tortoise, the five people on the deserted island had already flown to the front of the formation.

"My spirit pet!"

As a spirit pet nurtured with essence and blood, this slight change in its life force greatly alarmed and enraged the leader.

"Breaking the Formation"

However, just as the five of them were working together to break the formation, they suddenly saw bright lights flashing all around them on the sea surface, indicating that there was another hidden formation.

Third-Order Mysterious Five Elements Array
In an instant, shrouded in sea mist, the five of them were trapped inside the formation.

The couple from the Crimson Fire Sect were even more shocked:
"There's even a formation here. This person lured us here."

Such formations within formations require a high level of skill from the formation master; a single misstep can cause the two formations to interfere with each other.

All of this turned around in the blink of an eye.

From the initial ambush by the five, to Lin Chang'an using the pretense of hunting monsters to set up an array as bait to lure them into the trap. "Stop hiding yourselves, we've met our match today."

Although the five were shocked and furious, even the Crimson Fire Sect couple had considered retreating, since their identities had not yet been exposed.

But right now, all five of them are trapped in the formation, so breaking the formation is the key.

"lady!"

The couple had been in love for hundreds of years, and they understood each other's meaning with just a glance.

"My lord, it was my greed that led to this terrible mistake. Before my identity is exposed, let us break through the formation and leave quickly."

"it is good!"

These are all cultivators who have lived for hundreds of years. When faced with a difficult or unfavorable situation, their instinct is to choose the option that is most advantageous to them at the moment.

……

While the five people were trapped inside the formation, each lost in their own thoughts, the giant tortoise trapped inside the Xuanbing Formation let out a mournful cry.

Even the resilient giant tortoise trembled with fear after being struck twice by the Xuanhun Piercing Technique, clearly at its last gasp.

Greatsword Technique

Amidst the shattered iceberg, Lin Chang'an uttered a cold shout, and the Sun Piercing Divine Sword before him erupted with dazzling light, followed by a massive convergence of sword energy.

Then, his natal magic weapon transformed into a giant sword several tens of feet long, carrying terrifying power, and went directly towards the head of the giant tortoise that had retracted into its shell.

The Green Horned Ox and the Phoenix Bird also cooperated perfectly.

With a roar, the beam of light from the Green Horned Bull's mouth shot directly at the defensive aura in front of the giant tortoise.

The protective shield began to petrify, and the process gradually spread.

At that moment, the phoenix spread its wings and transformed into a golden light, its sharp beak instantly piercing through the petrified and weakened magical shield.

The moment the protective shield shattered, Lin Chang'an's natal magic weapon, transformed into a giant sword, plunged straight in without any resistance.

It entered from the head and exited from the tail, bypassing the turtle's shell, and pierced the body directly.

"Roar!"

Amidst the giant tortoise's mournful howls, scalding blood rained down onto the ice.

Finally, its body trembled, and its huge eyes lost their luster.

"The breath of life has vanished."

At this moment, Lin Chang'an, standing in the sky, looked solemnly at the late-stage third-tier demon that had been hunted down below, and a smile appeared on his face.

This also proved his ability.

As the light from the giant sword gradually faded, the giant tortoise's pierced head limply slid out of its shell.

"Owner!"

The Phoenix Bird spread its wings and used its sharp beak to peck out the demon core.

With a clear division of labor among a person, a bird, and an ox, a late-stage third-tier demon was dismembered in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

"Recover your mana; the hunt has only just begun."

The bloodstains remaining on the ice were still steaming, and at this moment, Lin Chang'an calmly glanced at the five people outside the formation.

"Moo!"

The Green Horned Ox let out a deep growl, panting heavily, indicating that it had expended considerable energy hunting this third-tier demon.

The successful hunt in such a short time was due not only to the formation trapping the giant tortoise, but more importantly, to Lin Chang'an using his trump card right from the start, giving the tortoise no chance to breathe.

"His self-healing body recovers quickly in terms of magical power, but his spiritual consciousness is clearly lacking."

At this moment, Lin Chang'an, slightly out of breath, took out two pills to restore his mana from his storage bag and gave one to the Phoenix Bird and one to the Green Horned Ox.

He himself took a third-level Spirit Condensation Pill, which helped restore his spiritual consciousness.

This was also the first time he had taken a pill to recover from his exhaustion during a battle after he had reached the Core Formation stage.

At the same time, he did not forget to use Xuan Tian's magic power to help the two beasts restore their magic power.

"Only by cultivating the Profound Heaven Spirit Body can the recovery ability of the divine sense be synchronized with that of the physical body."

Lin Chang'an's expression turned solemn. Although he thought that the self-healing body was not very strong against the recovery of divine consciousness, he had just been attacked by the divine soul twice in a row.

The bloodshot eyes that had been visible in him were beginning to fade.

It is evident that, for an ordinary cultivator, his ability to recover his spiritual consciousness is still exceptionally high.

"One late-stage Core Formation cultivator, two mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, and two early-stage Core Formation cultivators."

While recovering, Lin Chang'an did not forget to sense the strength of the five people trapped inside the formation.

"kill!"

The next moment, Lin Chang'an did not hesitate at all, his eyes flashing with cold light.

With a wave of his hand, the array flags of the Xuanbing Array gradually dimmed.

Formations within formations are extremely difficult to execute; even he can only manage to ensure that they do not interfere with each other at present.

It is still not possible to achieve the legendary effect of yin and yang complementing each other within a formation.

……

Inside the Five Elements Maze.

The moment the third-tier giant tortoise died, the leading late-stage Core Formation man's expression changed drastically, and a look of fear appeared in his eyes.

"My spirit pet!"

He wanted to fly into a rage, but he managed to suppress the fire in his heart.

He knew better than anyone how capable his spirit pet, which he had raised for so many years, was.

A giant tortoise at the late stage of the third tier might be slightly inferior in terms of attack power, but in terms of defense, even he wouldn't be confident of breaking through it.

But in just a short time, less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, his spirit pet's life force was gone.

"We've kicked a hornet's nest; we have to get out of here quickly!"

At this moment, he had no intention of fighting desperately at all. Even if he had a choice, he would break through the formation first and then wait for an opportunity to act.

The five people each had their own ulterior motives, but the strongest aspect of the Five Elements Maze Formation was not its attack, but its ability to trap!
This is a psychedelic trap.

As the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth constantly shifted, several sword beams suddenly appeared in the mist.

"Everyone, be careful!"

With a fierce shout, the burly man at the late stage of Core Formation roared, and in an instant, a surging golden shield appeared in front of his body.

Three golden sword beams appeared in front of him, but were blocked by the powerful defense and burst into intense sparks.

"Who exactly is this person!?"

Upon sensing the terrifying power of the three sword beams, the burly man in the late Core Formation stage retreated rapidly, his mind racing with thoughts.

"This attack power is definitely not that of an ordinary mid-stage Core Formation sword cultivator!"

At this moment, he couldn't help but curse the two from the Crimson Fire Sect in his heart. Weren't they supposed to be ordinary rogue cultivators in the mid-stage of Core Formation?

Who could possibly unleash such powerful attacks from an ordinary, rogue cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation?

"Brother, this person is trying to use the sword's edge to separate us, and then defeat us one by one..."

However, the nine sword beams that suddenly appeared attacked one by one, directly knocking the five people back and separating them. The next moment, they were enveloped in the array's mist.

The five people were almost all separated.

A cultivator was exclaiming in surprise when, a moment later, a deep, resonant mooing sound came from behind him.

"Pfft!"

Amidst splattering blood, the cultivator's face was filled with disbelief. His magical shield had been shattered by the single blow, and when he raised his arm, he was clearly petrified.

"So that's how it is, it's actually a mutated monster."

At this moment, his eyes were glazed over. He never expected that he would encounter a mutated spirit beast that was a rare sight in the cultivation world, one that was only seen once every hundred years.

At this moment, from the pierced wound in his abdomen, a large hand formed from magical power reached out and pulled out the golden core that he had painstakingly cultivated for over a hundred years.

"It seems my death was not unjust."

With a weak voice echoing, he slowly sank into darkness.

"one!"

At this moment, Lin Chang'an's voice echoed in the thick fog, his expression unusually cold and stern.

"Fellow Daoist, my wife and I are cultivators of the Crimson Fire Sect. Do you really intend to do this?"

“We have already reported our whereabouts to the Ancestor. If anything happens to us today, you can expect to be hunted down…”

The roar of battle between Core Formation cultivators could be heard from within the formation.

From the outside, the array's barrier could only be seen flickering.

On the sea, Lin Chang'an's strongest Blood Fiend Crimson Sun Formation could not be set up. Relying solely on this formation, it would indeed be somewhat difficult to trap five Core Formation cultivators.

　Congratulations on the prosperity of our motherland! I thoroughly enjoyed watching the military parade today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)