You're just a single demon beast? I have a whole army of beast tamers!

Shen Liuli was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."

The smile was faint, like a ripple on the surface of a pool.

The next morning, Qin Shou, along with Shui Qingli, Elder Xun, and Elder Liu, left Wucang Immortal City.

At the city gate, Shui Yingyue and her two companions, along with a group of children, came to see them off.

Shuiyao stood at the front, her eyes red-rimmed, but she said firmly, "Come back soon!"

Qin Shou waved to them, then turned and boarded the Shui family's Azure Feather Flying Boat.

As the flying boat ascended into the air, the Five Immortal Cities grew smaller and smaller behind us.

Qin Shou stood at the stern of the boat, gazing at the hazy sky until the city completely disappeared beneath the clouds.

After leaving Wucang Immortal City, the Azure Feather Flying Boat headed east.

Elder Xun piloted the flying boat, while Elder Liu sat cross-legged at the bow, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.

Shui Qingli and Qin Shou sat facing each other in the cabin of the boat.

The flying boat was quite fast, and in two days, it had already left the heartland controlled by Wucang Immortal City and entered a desolate wilderness.

The spiritual energy in the mountains is scarce, and even birds are rarely seen.

Looking down through the cabin window, Qin Shou could only see gray-black cliffs and withered grass.

He instinctively felt that something was wrong with this place.

It's too quiet.

Elder Xun also sensed something, and the flying boat suddenly sank and slid diagonally towards the low sky.

At the same time, behind the three mountain peaks ahead, five beams of light shot into the sky, dividing into five directions and surrounding the flying boat in the center.

All five were true immortals.

The person at the front had disheveled gray hair and a half-copper mask covering his face.

Among the four people on the left and right, one was holding a golden knife, one was walking on a red ribbon, and two others were empty-handed, but their immortal spiritual power was already pressing down on them as if it were a physical force.

Qin Shou had never seen these people before, but they didn't hide their killing intent.

Elder Xun's face paled, and he asked in a deep voice, "Which family are you from?"

"That's none of your business," the gray-haired masked man said in a hoarse voice. "Today, we'll only kill members of the Shui family. If anyone else knows what's good for them, they can still get out of here now."

Elder Xun didn't waste any more words.

He slapped the flying boat with his right hand, and the entire Azure Feather Flying Boat suddenly exploded, with azure waves of energy surging in all directions.

Before the fragments had even dispersed, he had already grabbed Shui Qingli and shot her swiftly to the north.

Elder Liu acted almost simultaneously, pulling Qin Beast along and fleeing south.

"Scatter! Every last one alive counts!"

Elder Xun's voice came from the wind, but was cut off by a golden light the next moment.

The Qin beast did not turn around.

He followed Elder Liu for several miles, when a streak of light came chasing after him.

Elder Liu whispered, "Split up. I'll lure one away, you find a place to hide. See you at Three Immortal Islands."

Qin Shou nodded.

The two parted ways in different directions.

Qin Beast went east, Elder Liu went west.

Among those who were chasing, a streak of red light turned without hesitation and pursued the Qin beast.

Qin Beast kept moving, pushing its speed to the limit.

He did not exert his full strength, but maintained a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

The pursuers behind them were early-stage True Immortals, their auras solid, their fire-attribute immortal spiritual power radiating outwards, directly scorching several withered trees along the way into black ash.

The man held a crimson short ruler in his hand, with fire patterns flowing across its surface, clearly indicating that it was a fire-attribute immortal artifact.

"You think you can escape?" The voice came from behind, tinged with mockery.

Qin Beast did not respond.

He scanned his surroundings with his divine sense. Within a radius of several hundred miles, the spiritual energy was sparse, and there were no cities or cultivators.

He continued eastward, flying for another ten thousand miles until he entered a rocky valley shrouded in black mist, where his speed slowed down.

The pursuers, unsuspecting, raised their short rulers, and a pillar of crimson fire descended from the sky, striking the Qin beast squarely on the back.

The Qin beast did not take the hit head-on, but moved sideways for several feet, and the pillar of fire struck the rocks, blasting out a large crater more than ten feet wide.

Scorched earth churned up, and stone chips flew everywhere.

"Not bad."

The man landed at the valley entrance, toying with the short ruler, and approached step by step. "Unfortunately, bad luck. The Shui family shouldn't have brought you out this time."

Qin Shou turned around and glanced at him.

This person was about forty years old, with an ordinary appearance. He wore a red robe, and his immortal spiritual power was several levels greater than that of ordinary pseudo-immortals.

With a flick of his short ruler, three fiery blades slashed from three directions.

Before the fiery blade even arrived, the heat wave had already distorted the air.

The Qin beast did not move.

As the flames approached, he took three quick steps, each step landing precisely in the gap between the flames.

The movements are not flashy, but precise.

Three fiery blades grazed past me, striking the stone wall and leaving three scorch marks.

The red-robed cultivator frowned.

His fire blades may look ordinary, but each one is infused with the laws of fire.

If even a tiny bit of the target comes into contact with it, the power of the law will seep into the meridians through the wound.

But the person in front of him was completely unharmed.

He no longer held back, raising the short ruler high, its crimson light shining brightly.

The temperature in the valley rose sharply, and the bluestone on the ground began to crack.

"Fire Domain!"

With a low shout, a crimson flame rose up within a radius of a hundred feet.

The flames seemed both real and illusory; wherever they passed, the rocks, instead of burning, crumbled on their own.

Qin Shou felt a slight stagnation in his immortal spiritual power, as if he were being scorched by invisible heat.

If it were a cultivator from the lower realms, this single blow would have severely injured them.

But Qin Shou merely narrowed his eyes.

This is the difference between true immortals and cultivators from the spirit world.

Once the laws enter the body, one no longer pursues brute force, but instead uses the laws to suppress the immortal spiritual power within the body.

Having mastered the basics of the Law of Fire, one can already summon external fire to burn the opponent's immortal apertures.

In the lower realms, laws are mostly used for external projection, but in battles at the True Immortal level, laws are more direct and deadly.

"Interesting," Qin Shou said in a low voice.

He no longer backed down.

A knife emerged from his sleeve.

The Void-Slaying Blade is entirely black, and there are no unusual phenomena when it is drawn from its sheath.

The red-robed cultivator thought it was just an ordinary, heaven-reaching spiritual treasure and didn't take it seriously.

Qin Shou's figure blurred, and he was already in front of his opponent.

There were no flashy sword strikes, just a simple diagonal slash.

The red-robed monk raised his ruler to block.

The fire patterns on the ruler suddenly lit up and collided with the blade.

Qin Shou flipped his wrist, and before his blade had fully developed, the chopping motion had changed to a slicing motion, sliding down the short ruler and cutting towards his opponent's wrist.

The red-robed cultivator retreated sharply, pulling back the short ruler, from which three fiery lotuses flew out.

The Qin beast did not dodge, and shattered the three fire lotuses with a single slash.

Amidst the flying sparks, he raised his left hand, and the Law of Water surged forth from his palm.

A thin, blue stream silently wrapped around the short ruler, colliding with the fire patterns and making a hissing sound.

The red-robed cultivator suddenly felt the immortal artifact in his hand become lighter, and the fire patterns were suppressed, causing them to flicker uncertainly.

"The Water Law? You're a direct descendant of the Water Clan?"

His expression changed slightly, he retracted the short ruler, and his figure floated backward.

The Qin beast did not pursue.

He stood still, the Void-Slaying Blade held horizontally beside him.

The red-robed cultivator steadied himself, then took out three more crimson talismans and threw them out.

The talisman exploded, transforming into three fiery dragons that lunged ferociously.

Qin Shou could tell that these three talismans were of high quality, and each of the fire dragons possessed the power of a full-force attack from an early-stage True Immortal.

He sidestepped the first fire dragon and then used the back of his blade to deflect the second one.

The third attack came straight at his face. Qin Shou thrust out with his left palm, and a wall of water appeared out of thin air.

The fire dragon crashed into the water wall, causing water vapor to rise and white mist to spread.

As the white mist dissipated, the red-robed cultivator seized the opportunity to close in, his short ruler aimed straight at Qin Beast's heart.