Immortality and cultivation begin at age forty, starting with Foundation Establishment.

"Why do you think that Wang Rulong leading the team will definitely be able to rescue Uncle Chen?"

Yu Peiyao didn't know Wang Rulong, and she had never seen him perform well on the battlefield.

She had no objection to Chen An's suggestion that Wang Rulong lead the team, but she couldn't help but wonder why Wang Rulong's leadership gave Chen An such confidence.

Chen An's answer was straightforward: "Among those Foundation Establishment cultivators, Junior Brother Wang has undertaken the most dangerous missions. If anyone else had the same experience as Wang Rulong, they would have died countless times by now, but Wang Rulong is still alive."

Yu Peiyao paused for a moment and asked, "Senior Brother, do you believe in luck?"

Chen An shook his head and said, "No, it's because Junior Brother Wang has a strong enough heart and extraordinary courage. He can remain calm in the face of any danger and make the best possible arrangements."

"Back then, I followed Junior Brother Wang on a mission. If my movement technique hadn't been faster than his, I probably would have died during the mission."

Yu Peiyao frowned and said, "Wang Rulong once tried to kill Senior Brother? Could it be that the rumors about Wang Rulong frequently killing sect disciples are true?"

Chen An said, "If Junior Brother Wang really intended to kill so many sect disciples, why would the other disciples continue to be willing to follow Junior Brother Wang on missions?"

"It's just that Junior Brother Wang's mission was more dangerous than ordinary missions. If the people who followed Junior Brother Wang died, it can't be blamed on Junior Brother Wang."

Yu Peiyao said, "So Wang Rulong recruited team members at high prices, and after batches of people who teamed up with him died, Wang Rulong took their storage bags?"

Chen An did not refute this, because Wang Rulong had indeed done so. When he followed Wang Rulong, he also collected many storage bags from fellow disciples.

Yu Peiyao is a family cultivator and doesn't understand the difficulty ordinary disciples face in earning resources. Buying resources, purchasing magical artifacts, and breaking through cultivation levels all require spirit stones.

Ordinary cultivators cannot earn spirit stones by doing menial tasks in the sect. Even if they cultivate for a lifetime, they will have no future and will be stuck in the Qi Refining stage forever, working like beasts of burden.

To improve and become stronger, cultivators must participate in dangerous missions to earn more spirit stones, while also honing their combat experience and participating in the sect's trial grounds.

For most cultivators, only those who have entered the Trial Grounds, obtained enough spiritual herbs, and survived are qualified to even think about Foundation Establishment.

On the battlefield near the Demon Mountain.

The battle between Chen Ying and the third-tier canine beast has reached a critical and intense moment.

Wang Rulong seized the opportunity, unleashed his ultimate trump card, and charged toward the location of the third-tier demon beast.

None of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the team would have had the courage of Wang Rulong, because they would usually choose to save their trump cards for last to ensure their own survival.

Wang Rulong knew that if they couldn't inflict damage on the third-tier demonic beast at the crucial moment, none of them would even be qualified to approach the third-tier dog beast.

As the one-time use magic weapon was activated, Wang Rulong's body emitted the purest white light, and a powerful water elemental energy overflowed, forming a combat power comparable to the third rank in a short time.

The third-tier canine beast roared, sensing the threatening aura, and its power towards Chen Ying weakened slightly.

At the critical moment, Chen Ying also took out a treasure fan engraved with Dao patterns. This was also a one-time use magic weapon, a weapon used to attack the opponent at crucial moments.

It's now used to smash third-tier monsters.

The third-tier canine beast is not very intelligent, although its physical injuries appear to have healed.

In fact, its frenzied state did not diminish; its primary target remained Chen Ying, and it only diverted a small portion of its power to deal with Wang Rulong.

The demonic beast swept up a patch of rocks with its tail, and dark flames burned on the rocks, carrying a strong chill as it attacked Wang Rulong's location.

Wang Rulong was waiting for the moment when the third-tier demon beast would lose focus.

He suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence, and a strong soul fluctuation was released from his body.

Wang Rulong's speed increased even further.

He stepped onto the one-time use magic sword, his whole body enveloped in a layer of flowing, transparent water elemental power.

The protective shield formed by the water elemental power instantly bypassed the incoming rock fire.

At the critical moment, the one-time magic sword struck the base of the third-tier hound's tail.

"Bang!"

The power of water spirit fiercely attacked the third-tier demon beast.

Wang Rulong had already ascended to a height of 500 meters, holding a transparent thread in his hand, gripping it tightly to prevent himself from falling.

The third-tier canine beast possesses a special power that prevents people from walking on air, so Wang Rulong used a rope to suspend himself in mid-air.

This avoids a direct confrontation with a Tier 3 canine beast.

The thunder pearl then exploded.

Unfortunately, the third-tier canine beast defended in advance, and only a patch of its fur was burned.

The third-tier canine beast, in pain, vented its fury on the other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

A mouthful of black flame was spewed out.

In an instant, the more than twenty Foundation Establishment stage ghosts who had not yet had a chance to get close to the third-tier dog beast were melted into soul fire.

Wu Feng held the Myriad Soul Banner in front of him, and all the refined souls formed a soul wall to forcefully resist the soul fire released by the third-tier hound beast.

Seeing that Wang Rulong, who was at the forefront, had disappeared, Zhu Fan spat and cursed, "Damn it! Wang Rulong, you bastard, you tricked us!"

Although Zhu Fan had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he was no pushover. In the critical moment of life and death, many confused memories flooded his mind.

"Soul fusion, soul control, soul devouring..."

"The Myriad Souls Escape Technique"

"I am the Lord of the Illusory God, I am a god!"

"I am Zhu Fan!"

"Give it to me, melt it down!"

The first-order souls controlled by Zhu Fan frantically condensed towards a single point, while Zhu Fan hid behind these souls, resisting the flames from the third-order demonic beast.

The black flames burned ever brighter, but the temperature between heaven and earth grew lower and lower.

Chen Ying finally freed her hands and smashed the one-time use magic weapon in her hand onto the head of the third-tier dog beast, causing the already shattered skull to crack again.

The reason why one-time use magic weapons are so powerful is that they can unleash an attack comparable to the power accumulated by a Golden Core cultivator in an instant.

Foundation Establishment cultivators certainly cannot exert their full strength.

However, Chen Ying was at the Golden Core stage, and under her control, the power of the one-time magic weapon was brought to its maximum.

"You beast, die!"

Hanging high in the air, Wang Rulong threw down the last thunder pearl in his hand. At the same time, his body was exhausted due to the release of too much essence and blood, and he experienced a period of weakness.

"It's done!"

"Senior Brother Chen, I don't owe you anything anymore."

Wang Rulong tied the silk thread to his body and then tugged at the source of the thread.

With a hissing sound.

Wang Rulong was then pulled away by the silk threads and fled far away.

With Foundation Establishment cultivators attracting hatred and acting as meat shields.

The skull of the third-tier hound cracked open again, spurting out corrosive blood.

This time, Chen Ying was prepared. She used the top-grade magic weapon, the Xuan Iron Cube, to smash the third-tier dog beast along with the blood.

In general, cultivators fight by using ranged attacks.

However, Chen Ying is an exception. The spells she cultivates mostly require close combat and have greater explosive power than ranged methods.

She thoroughly enjoyed the thrill of unleashing even greater power while wielding top-tier magical artifacts to severely injure opponents stronger than herself.

Without knowing the situation of a third-tier canine beast, any Golden Core cultivator would find it difficult to deal with it.

Knowing the situation of the third-tier demon beast, and with the cooperation of several Golden Core cultivators, dealing with this third-tier canine beast will be easy.

The third-tier canine beast is a mutated species, and it was further modified by the demonic cultists, so it was impossible for anyone to know about the third-tier canine beast in advance.

Without knowing the situation of the third-tier canine beast, it is not impossible for a cultivator in the late Golden Core stage to be killed by the third-tier canine beast if he is careless.

Because the blood of the canine beast and the flames it spews are extremely effective against cultivators.

Blood can be used to forge any magical artifact and low- to mid-level magical treasures.

The black flames can target the cultivator's soul. If the cultivator cannot dodge the flames, they will die instantly from the damage to their soul.

Without the support of Foundation Establishment cultivators, Chen Ying would have died.

The battle is over.

The third-tier dog-beast is dead; every part of the monster is a treasure.

This includes slightly broken poison pills inside the canine's body.

Only three Foundation Establishment cultivators remained.

Wu Feng, Wang Rulong, and Zhu Fan were among the three killed; the rest of them couldn't even withstand the black flames of the third-tier demonic beasts for a moment.

Zhu Fan was the least injured of the three, and he didn't know why the strange secret technique came to mind.

Without the existence of the secret technique, Zhu Fan would probably have perished like the others.

Zhu Fan found Wu Feng and Wang Rulong.

The three looked at each other, then simply smiled and said nothing.

It's nice to be alive.