To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

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Fallen Phoenix Valley, in a dark forest.

A cheetah, entirely black with a single horn on its head, roared incessantly, its blood-red eyes fixed on the figure wielding a long spear.

The black panther's smooth fur was scorched black by the flames, revealing dark red flesh.

Li Fengyi, holding a flaming spear, stood leisurely, seemingly not taking the black panther seriously at all.

The Blood Refining Pill was indeed remarkably effective; in just half a day, the injuries inflicted by Wu Chengdao were completely healed.

Black Panther's patience reached its limit. A bolt of lightning flashed from its single horn, and with a leap, it transformed into a shadow and pounced on Li Fengyi.

But just as the black panther pounced into the air, Gu Fan, who was hiding in the shadows, made his move.

The small Earth Flame Wheel shimmered with flames as it swept past beneath the black panther.

Li Fengyi leaped back lightly, and the black panther immediately let out a mournful cry, collapsing to the ground on all fours, bleeding profusely from beneath it, and its breath fading away.

As the black panther slowly breathed its last, Gu Fan began searching the surrounding area.

A moment later he found a domino and threw it to Li Fengyi.

"It's your turn to play this domino, fellow Daoist."

Li Fengyi nodded and accepted it without hesitation.

Previously, she had kept the dominoes in her bosom, but after working together for half a day and slaying more than a dozen monsters, it became inconvenient to keep them in her bosom with so many dominoes. Therefore, she followed Gu Fan's example and strung the dominoes together and hung them on her waist.

Just as she was about to ask Gu Fan if they should look for the next monster, she saw Gu Fan standing in front of the black panther, head bowed in thought.

"Fellow Daoist, have you discovered anything unusual?" Li Fengyi asked.

"That's a bit strange." Gu Fan's eyes darted around as he stroked his chin, pondering.

Li Fengyi gave him a questioning look, and Gu Fan suddenly understood, pointing at the black leopard and explaining.

"Look, this black panther is clearly no match for you, but it hasn't turned and run away. Isn't that strange?"

"In addition, we haven't encountered a mid-tier first-order demonic beast for a long time."

"The black panther isn't running away...maybe it's driven by its ferocity? There are so many late-stage demonic beasts in this valley, it must be quite difficult for mid-stage demonic beasts to survive, right?" Li Fengyi was slightly puzzled.

"That's not the case." Gu Fan slowly shook his head: "Yesterday I could still see early-stage first-tier demonic beasts, but today even mid-stage demonic beasts are fewer. I feel like something is not right."

Li Fengyi helplessly shrugged.

Seeing this, Gu Fan couldn't help but smile. Asking Li Fengyi to think about such a question was indeed a bit difficult for her.

At this moment, the black panther had already breathed its last, so Gu Fan cut off its single horn.

This single horn is the hardest part of the black panther's body; it can even generate lightning, making it a decent spiritual material.

Li Fengyi, out of gratitude for Gu Fan's rescue, did not compete with him for it.

After finishing, Gu Fan took out the gray rat from his pocket and tapped it on the head.

The gray mouse wrinkled its nose and twitched twice, quickly pointed in a direction, and then shrank back into Gu Fan's arms.

The two continued in that direction, and after a quarter of an hour, they saw a cluster of swords.

Gu Fan used his Qi-concealing technique to carefully examine the area. Once he saw it clearly, he felt relieved, gave Li Fengyi a hand gesture, and then walked out of his hiding place.

Jiang Qingque controlled the sword pellet, splitting it into more than ten sword lights, and launched a fierce attack on a monster that looked like a pangolin.

The sword energy struck the scales, producing a crisp, melodious sound.

The pangolin would occasionally kick up a cloud of dust or throw out a few spikes, all of which Jiang Qingque dodged.

After refining the sword pellet, he began to cultivate a secret sword escape technique, which allowed him to merge with the sword light and move with great speed.

Jiang Qingque was startled when she realized someone was behind her.

But when he turned around and saw Gu Fan, he felt relieved and laughed out loud: "Junior brother, please wait a moment while I kill this monster."

After saying that, the sword flashed and pierced several bloody holes in the pangolin's body.

At this moment, Li Fengyi also came over and stood side by side with Gu Fan, supporting Jiang Qingque.

Just when everyone thought Jiang Qingque was bound to win, an unexpected scene unfolded.

Suddenly, a bloody light emanated from the pangolin's body. It raised its head and roared angrily, its voice filled with pain. Its originally dark pupils instantly turned crimson.

What's even more surprising is that the pangolin, which was originally only at the late stage of the first rank, now exudes an aura that makes the three of them tremble.

"Impossible! I've never heard of a demon beast breaking through its limits in the heat of battle!" Jiang Qingque exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Fan could no longer leisurely watch the show; he solemnly said to Li Fengyi, "Let's attack together!"

Without saying a word, Li Fengyi picked up her spear and charged forward.

A flame erupted from the tip of the spear, and with a sharp shout, it struck a wound on the pangolin, instantly turning the small wound into a gaping hole.

Gu Fan wasn't idle either. He combined his Yin and Yang wheels and, taking advantage of the time when the two were suppressing the pangolin, aimed at the pangolin's vulnerable neck and flashed past in a streak of flame.

The three attacked together, instantly interrupting the pangolin's upward momentum. It let out a mournful cry and collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Qingque retracted the sword pellet and said seriously, "What kind of rare treasure did this monster eat? If we hadn't intervened in time, it might have evolved to the second tier."

"Did you eat some rare and precious herbs?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan's heart stirred. He stepped forward, turned the pangolin over, and then used his Earth Flame Wheel to slide along the scales on its belly, pulling out the foul-smelling internal organs.

After searching with his short spear, Gu Fan found the monster's stomach and cut it open, his expression changing.

Inside the stomach pouch, filled with bits of meat and grass roots, lay a dark brown pill that was about to completely dissolve.

"Pills?" Li Fengyi stepped forward and asked with a frown.

Gu Fan didn't answer immediately, but instead said, "Let's go back first."

Jiang Qingque also sensed something was wrong, so she followed Gu Fan back the way they came and arrived at the black panther again.

After another search, they found a dark brown pill in the black panther's stomach.

"I think... I probably know why we haven't encountered any more mid-tier first-order demonic beasts."

Gu Fan raised his head and said with a gloomy expression.

"Junior brother, you mean... someone is feeding pills to demonic beasts? But these demonic beasts were all released by the Spirit Transformation Sect." Jiang Qingque also realized what was going on and asked, "What benefit does the Spirit Transformation Sect gain from doing this?"

"Raising a demonic beast to the second tier in such a short time is clearly no ordinary feat. Even if the disciples of the three sects can't defeat it, they can use dominoes to teleport out of the valley..."

At this point, Jiang Qingque suddenly stopped and took out a domino from her pocket.

"Senior brother is right." Gu Fan nodded and said, "If it's just that the demonic beasts have become stronger, it won't do much good except get the disciples eliminated faster."

"The martial arts competition is meant to test the combat skills of the disciples of the three sects. If the disciples of the three sects are all forced back by the demonic beasts, it will become a joke. Therefore... the dominoes may also be problematic."

"How should we try it? Should we choose someone to use dominoes?" Li Fengyi asked.

Using dominoes meant elimination, which made her hesitate.

Gu Fan sighed helplessly and said, "Our top priority is to inform the others about the strange changes in the demonic beasts. Otherwise, we might suffer casualties if we are caught off guard."

"At the same time, it would be best if someone went out and informed the sect elders about this matter."

At this point, Gu Fan looked at Jiang Qingque.

"Speaking of which, we were tracking down disciples of the Spirit Transformation Sect, so how did we end up encountering Senior Brother Jiang instead?"

Jiang Qingque was taken aback: "Tracking?"

So Gu Fan revealed the news that the disciples of the Spirit Transformation Sect had used gray rats to gather.

Jiang Qingque suddenly realized.

"So that's why I ran into two Spirit Transformation Sect members as soon as I came in."

He then smiled and said, "Those two couldn't catch me. I launched a surprise attack and seriously injured one of them, while the other managed to escape."

As she spoke, Jiang Qingque handed over the dominoes in her hand: "Here, these are his dominoes."

Gu Fan summoned the gray rat and let it sniff around. Sure enough, the gray rat pointed to the dominoes.

"It seems that the disciples of the Spirit Transformation Sect have also applied Soul-Tracking Incense to the dominoes. If the dominoes are stolen, they can be tracked down and retrieved."

Just then, a series of beast roars suddenly came from afar, echoing through the valley.

A blood-red membrane appeared in the sky, and sunlight passing through it was also tinged with blood, creating a sense of desolation.

"Oh no, it's too late."

Gu Fan's expression changed. He immediately disregarded the need to reveal his identity, rode his magical artifact into the air, and used his Myriad Manifestations Eye to scan the four directions of the valley.

At some unknown time, an island appeared in the lake in the center of the canyon. A beam of spiritual light shot up from the island, and the original Heavenly Net Array merged with the spiritual light, causing the array's core to change.

At the same time, plumes of dust rose in the valley, the result of waves stirred up by a demonic beast about to break through to the second tier.

Gu Fan landed on the ground and, under the watchful eyes of the two, took out a domino and infused it with magical power.

The dominoes, which should have glowed, did not react at all.

"Now... we really can't get out," Li Fengyi murmured.

Jiang Qingque said in a deep voice, "We need to find other fellow disciples quickly, otherwise if the second-tier demonic beasts go berserk, we may suffer heavy casualties."

Gu Fan shook his head and said, "Going to them one by one is too slow. We need to make them come to us."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flame rose from Gu Fan's palm, soaring higher and higher until it exploded upon colliding with the blood-red sky, like fireworks bursting open.

Then came the second and third rounds.

Throughout Falling Phoenix Valley, the disciples of the three sects, who were horrified by the strange changes in the demonic beasts, realized what was happening as soon as they saw the flames rising and rushed towards Gu Fan's location.

"Are we just going to wait here?" Li Fengyi asked.

"Of course not." Gu Fan took out a few array flags and array plates from his storage bag and waved them at the two of them: "We also need to make some preparations."