Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

The next day, the insect swarm had advanced a considerable distance south.

Lin Zhao's cultivation has now reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, surpassing Gao Yuan's peak seventh level of Qi Refining. The team is now stronger, and everyone has gained some confidence.

Lin Zhao then suggested that everyone could venture deeper into the insect swarm together.

Although Gao Yuan had some concerns, he still agreed. He understood that Lin Zhao was not an arrogant person, and it was indeed inappropriate to keep Li Hao and Old Wu around.

He understood the team's current situation, but there was really nothing he could do; they lacked the strength.

Gao Yuan had previously led them into the depths of the beast tide, but unfortunately, they couldn't fly and couldn't withstand the swarm of insects, so they attacked and retreated without gaining much.

He also wanted to know how much Lin Zhao's strength had improved since the Lin family became a Foundation Establishment family.

As long as the team doesn't venture too deep into the area, there shouldn't be any problems.

People began to linger on the outskirts of the insect swarm; even when heading towards the swarm, they needed a destination in mind.

Ordinary black-spotted insects are worthless; they were forcibly created by the beast tide. Even elite-level black-spotted insects and the insect king are not of much value.

Only the other monsters swept up by the insect swarm are valuable.

An hour later, a pack of over two hundred Wind Howling Wolves was surrounded by the insect swarm, and the wolves disappeared into the swarm at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Li Hao asked Lin Zhao if they were going in now. Lin Zhao smiled and then set off into the insect swarm. Seeing Lin Zhao set off, the others followed suit and entered the depths of the insect swarm.

Lin Zhao's gaze swept over the chilling black swarm of insects ahead, but a hint of eager anticipation crept into the corner of his mouth.

Lin Zhao raised his hand and released the Four Elements Pearl, which floated in front of him.

His eyes sharpened, and his hands moved rapidly in front of him, his fingertips guiding the spiritual light of the four precious orbs, outlining countless mysterious trajectories in the air!

"What is he doing?" Gao Yuan unleashed a red sword light, blasting away a swarm of black-spotted insects that were about to approach Lin Zhao, and looked at Lin Zhao in confusion.

The next moment, countless energies began to converge, spiritual power swirling around the Four Elements Pearl, finally transforming into a dragon-shaped energy beam.

Looking at Lin Zhao again, countless runes composed of four-colored spiritual light appeared out of thin air, rapidly combining and connecting with energy. As the spiritual light surged, a "Dragon of Magic" composed entirely of runes suddenly took shape!

"Buzz—!"

A deep, resonant dragon's roar echoed across the battlefield, drowning out the hissing of the insect swarm. Everyone felt the terrifyingly powerful surge of energy!

This dragon is ten meters long, with clearly defined scales and claws. The spiritual energy of the four attributes of earth, fire, water, and wind fluctuates violently around its body, radiating a powerful and terrifying pressure!

Its mere presence, hovering there, caused the surging swarm of insects in front of it to momentarily freeze.

"What...what kind of magic is that?" Li Hao's mouth dropped open. He could feel the destructive energy contained within the "dragon".

"Turn!" Lin Zhao shouted, activating the "Celestial Sword Path".

An invisible Daoist aura enveloped the runic dragon, and its form began to undergo earth-shattering changes!

The harmonious magical structure was forcibly shaped into a slender, sharp form—the dragon's head became the sword's edge, radiating cold light; the dragon's body became the sword's spine, with runes flowing; the dragon's tail became the sword's edge, stabilizing the structure!

In the blink of an eye, the rune dragon transformed into a more refined and dangerous four-colored "sword dragon"!

It was four zhang long, its entire body composed of countless tiny runes. The spiritual power of earth, water, fire, and wind flowed between the gaps in its scales, and the runes on its scales constantly transformed energy into destructive sword energy that swirled around it.

The longan-shaped area emitted a cold and sharp gaze, watching the swarm of insects below.

"go!"

Lin Zhao pointed his sword forward a little!

"roar--!"

The Four Elements Sword Dragon let out a deafening roar, yet its massive body moved with incredible agility.

It transformed into a destructive torrent interwoven with four colors, ruthlessly plunging into the boundless black swarm of insects!

Where the Stegosaurus passed, it was like a hot knife cutting into butter.

The incomparably sharp sword energy around him formed a huge force field, instantly shredding the black-spotted insects within its range into dust!

The four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind circulate and erupt under the control of the "Stegosaurus."

Streaks of sword energy, imbued with four-colored spiritual energy, were drawn together.

At times, raging flames engulf the swarm, reducing it to ashes; at other times, flowing water encircles and penetrates, destroying the insect carapace; at still other times, massive boulders crush and create vacuums; at other times, fierce winds tear through everything in their path.

The black swarm of insects seemed to have been ruthlessly erased by an invisible giant brush, removing a large chunk of it.

A shockingly empty passage was left behind, filled only with countless flying insect corpses and rampant residual energy.

The power of the Stegosaurus is terrifying!

The entire Po Jun squad was so shocked by this scene that they were speechless.

They had never seen such power among Qi Refining stage cultivators!

Excitement burned in Lin Zhao's eyes. He could clearly feel the feedback from each time the Stegosaurus tore through the swarm.

This gave him a deeper understanding of the destructive power of the "Celestial Sword Path".

Under Lin Zhao's skillful control, the Stegosaurus did not simply plunge deeper into the enemy territory, but instead charged and circled back and forth within the swarm of insects.

Each swing carries immense energy, causing tremendous damage.

When the swarm of insects begins to gather, the intention is to overwhelm it with sheer numbers, just as with the previous monsters.

The Four Elements Sword Dragon transformed into pure sword energy, which exploded at the densest point of the insect swarm, clearing out a large area.

The powerful swarm of insects appeared somewhat chaotic and... fragile under the rampage of this four-elemental sword dragon!

"What are you all standing there for! Everyone, follow me!" Gao Yuan was the first to react, suppressing his shock, and quickly gave the order.

The members of the Po Jun Squad suddenly realized what was happening, and their morale soared to its peak. They followed behind the path opened up by the Four Elements Sword Dragon, clearing out the remaining Black Spotted Insects or those swarming in from the flanks.

Lin Zhao's mind was mostly focused on controlling the Four Elements Sword Dragon, while a small part of it was alert to his surroundings.

He felt as if he had transformed into that sword dragon, traversing the endless sea of ​​insects, proving his own "Tao" and "Technique" every moment.

This battle became the best testing ground for him to hone his swordsmanship.

He no longer simply used the Four Elements Sword Dragon as a powerful spell.

Instead, they began to incorporate more of their own understanding of the sword into their control and fine-tune the rune combinations, making the Stegosaurus's attacks more efficient and gradually reducing its energy consumption.

In less than fifteen minutes, the team had penetrated deep into the wolf pack's territory, because they were moving so fast...

The wolf pack even had nearly forty demonic beasts that hadn't been devoured by the insect swarm; the Howling Wolves were also the first demonic beasts Lin Zhao had ever faced.

At this moment, his Four Elements Sword Dragon hovered above the wolf pack, and the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations caused the nearby wolves and insect swarm to cease their movements.

The sword dragon did not stop; its scales absorbed all the spiritual energy and transformed it into silvery-white sword energy.

The dragon's body turned completely silver-white, then suddenly erupted, unleashing countless sword energies that rained down on all the wolves and insects.

After the sword energy disappeared, there was no longer any sign of life from any demonic beasts nearby.

At the same time, the Four Elements Sword Dragon's sword energy precisely avoided the team's location.

Gao Yuan and the others could clearly feel the raging sword energy ahead; any one of it could seriously injure them.

They would have absolutely no chance of survival if they faced a Stegosaurus.