Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

As the Nine Heavens Jade Bottle was slowly activated, a terrifying and unparalleled suction force suddenly erupted from its mouth.

As if they had caught the scent of a supreme treasure, those winged monsters rushed madly toward the bottle.

Countless winged fiery beasts swirled in mid-air, forming a violent vortex of flames, which were then completely swallowed by the Nine Heavens Jade Bottle. The supreme yang energy flowed within the bottle, and the purest essence of the flames was refined on the spot and then completely absorbed by the jade bottle.

Witnessing this extraordinary sight, everyone was speechless, marveling at the Xuan Yu Bottle. No one had expected that such a magical artifact would have such a natural effect in restraining this strange and winged monster.

The jade bottle devoured the winged evil spirits that were continuously growing in the Three Yang Land of the formation for half a day, leaving the entire restriction without any support. It collapsed with a bang and dissipated into a sky full of spiritual light.

Just then, Su Mu's divine sense stirred slightly, and he sensed a figure entering his perception range. A short while later, everyone also saw a streak of azure light piercing through the air at an extremely fast speed.

After the light dissipated, a strange cultivator appeared, with two swords strapped to his back and a bamboo basket hanging from his waist.

This person was emaciated and withered, with messy white hair cascading over his shoulders, a face covered in ferocious red spots, and a pair of triangular eyes that were sinister and menacing. His aura revealed that he was a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Upon seeing the great formation destroyed, the strange man's expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted and cursed at the crowd below.

"Are you all courting death?! How dare you steal my things while I'm away! Get off this island now!"

Recalling the strict orders of the Yin Ancestor and seeing the completely destroyed formation before him, he was both shocked and furious. Overwhelmed by fear and anger, he unleashed a sharp sword light, slashing directly at Su Mu.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, be careful!"

A golden-green light flashed and instantly appeared in front of Su Mu. He hurriedly summoned a golden magic seal and forcefully blocked the sword light.

Seeing that the strange man had taken the initiative, the crowd was surprised but did not hesitate. They all unleashed their magical weapons and attacked the strange man together.

Even Han Li calmly summoned the Green Radiance Sword and casually made a move, seemingly exerting his strength but actually concealing his true abilities.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please step back for now. This man has gone mad; he dares to attack us all!"

Jin Qing turned to Su Mu and gave him a deep instruction, then fully activated the golden seal in his hand, transforming it into a mountain-like phantom that crashed down directly onto the flower basket monster.

Seeing the crowd's fierce attack, the Flower Basket Monster's face darkened. Not daring to be careless, he flung the flower basket at his waist into the air.

The moment the flower basket ascended into the air, wisps of chilling white mist billowed out, coiling like serpents towards the various magical artifacts in the arena.

Although the white mist was instantly dispersed by the magical artifact's spiritual light, it strangely condensed again, transforming back into a complete flower basket. The magical artifacts that had been tainted by the white mist were all pulled by a strange force, slowly being drawn into the flower basket.

"Beware! This is an ancient treasure from the primordial era!"

Su Mu reminded everyone in a deep voice, then activated his clone. Without borrowing any magic weapon, relying solely on his powerful physical body, he flashed above the strange man and stomped down with a kick as heavy as Mount Tai.

Seeing that his clone was unarmed, the Flower Basket Monster assumed that the other party was wary of the ancient treasure in his hand, and immediately slashed upwards with two sword lights to meet the enemy.

But to everyone's surprise, the sword light struck the clone, producing only a dull metallic clang, and was actually shattered by its own flesh. The kick, undiminished in momentum, continued its downward stomp towards the monster's head!

The strange man was shocked and furious. In his haste, he could only erect a thin layer of protective spiritual light, which was completely shattered by the clone's foot.

He couldn't dodge in time and was solidly stepped on in the chest. He was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing straight into a mountain and sending dust billowing up.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, his bones almost shattered, and hurriedly took out a pill and swallowed it. His eyes were fixed on Su Mu's clone, and his tone was full of gritted teeth.

"A body-refining cultivator!"

Now that things had come to this, he dared not hold back any longer. He opened his mouth and spat out a black blood bead, causing it to explode violently. The violent shockwave instantly blasted away the crowd that had been attacking him.

Immediately afterwards, he ripped his clothes off, and two fist-sized, jet-black skulls flew out from his emaciated chest.

The skull opened its mouth and bit off two of the monster's fingers, then let out a mournful wail and pounced on the group.

The two skulls did not engage in close combat with the group; instead, they continuously spewed out emerald green phosphorescent flames from their eye sockets, mouths, and noses.

All of their magical treasures were restrained by the flower basket, and they could only hastily activate their spells to resist. For a time, they were suppressed and unable to fight back.

Han Li, who had been observing quietly for a long time, narrowed his eyes and was ready to make a move. He wanted to take this opportunity to test the true power of the Gold-Eating Insect.

With a thought, he manipulated Qu Hun to hold the Soul Gathering Bowl and charge head-on at the strange man with the flower basket. He then silently circled behind the strange man, flipped his hand, and took out a bulging spirit beast bag.

"go!"

He gave a low shout, and a series of ear-piercing buzzing sounds suddenly resounded through the sky.

In mid-air, a huge cloud of insects, tens of feet long, appeared, its gold and silver colors shining brightly, almost obscuring half of the sky.

Under Han Li's command, swarms of gold-devouring insects surged toward the flower basket monster like a tidal wave.

Enraged, the strange man hastily fired the two swords he was carrying at the swarm of insects, but in the blink of an eye, the two swords were devoured by the insects, leaving not a trace behind.

He was horrified and quickly recalled the Flower Basket Treasure and the two skulls, ordering them to frantically spew out emerald green phosphorescent fire, but it still had no effect on the swarm of insects.

At this moment, the strange man finally realized that something was wrong and turned to flee without hesitation.

Before he could even move, he heard the sound of countless wings fluttering behind him. When he turned around, he was nearly scared out of his wits.

Behind him, there was a huge, colorful cloud of insects, dozens of feet long, with countless ghostly faces floating in it, making half of the sky look eerie and sinister.

The ghostly face flickered with light and shadow, and poisonous powder rained down from the sky, simultaneously triggering layers of illusions that shook his mind and nearly caused him to fall from mid-air.

The strange man was terrified. He spat out a mouthful of his life essence blood, cut off all the remaining fingers and fed them to the skull, and forcibly activated his escape light, attempting to break through at the cost of his life.

However, at this moment, the two clouds of insects had completely surrounded and sealed him off, leaving him with no way out in any direction.

Within the encirclement, only the Flower Basket Monster, Su Mu, and Han Li remained; the other cultivators were kept outside the insect cloud.

"Fellow Daoist Han is truly a master of disguise!"

Su Mu withdrew his gaze from the Gold-Eating Insect and turned to look at Han Li, offering a faint smile of praise.

Upon hearing this, Han Li's expression became slightly strange.

He could see clearly that Su Mu had released ghost moths. These insects were not good at direct combat, but the number of ghost moths in front of him was terrifying, and they even had six ghost faces on their wings, making them extremely fierce in battle.

This alchemist, Xiao Danshi, was so well hidden that he felt a deep sense of apprehension towards him.

"Brother Xiao, you flatter me. We're even."