Refining Ruins Cauldron

The wounds on the beast king's body were merely superficial pain, far from causing serious injury.

Once one's cultivation reaches the late stage of Foundation Establishment, both physical strength and defense have reached a new level.

Moreover, these spirit beasts are inherently powerful in terms of physical strength.

After enduring so many exploding talismans, it still showed no sign of collapsing.

"roar!"

Roaring once more, the bear-like spirit beast looked up at the sky in fury. It wasn't just the beast's combination that had ignited its anger; Gu Qingyun's actions had also provoked it!

dong dong dong...

Each step the bear-shaped spirit beast took landed produced a muffled thud.

The footsteps grew louder, and the bear-shaped spirit beast drew closer to Gu Qingyun.

He roared furiously at Gu Qingyun, his sonic waves locking onto him!

"not good!"

Gu Qingyun could clearly feel that the sonic attack, which was wrapped in violent spiritual power, had formed a force field-like control, firmly locking his movements.

With no way to avoid it, Gu Qingyun had no choice but to take action!

With a flick of his right hand, the Azure Serpent Spirit Sword appeared!

Facing a bear-shaped spirit beast in the late Foundation Establishment stage, Gu Qingyun dared not underestimate it.

They go all out from the start!

Seven Star Sword Technique, Burn the Heavens!

He unleashed his sword while simultaneously employing the stealth step, moving with lightning speed.

The bear-shaped spirit beast didn't even have time to react before the sword light had already slashed past its eyes!

However, the threat of death made the bear-type spirit beast instinctively dodge, abruptly turning its head away!

The longsword almost grazed his eye socket, leaving a trail of sparks on his rock armor!

The defense of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is terrifying!

Even the invincible Burning Heaven only managed to leave a shallow cut on the Rock and Earth Armor!

They couldn't even break through the defenses!

"roar!"

As if enraged, the bear-shaped spirit beast suddenly raised its two front paws.

Without any martial arts techniques, the simplest and purest form of power crushed down with a thunderous crash!

At that distance, Gu Qingyun had absolutely no chance to react!

They had no choice but to take the hit head-on!

A longsword was held horizontally in front of him, spiritual energy gathered, and his whole body tensed up!

With a muffled thud, he was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

boom!

He smashed precisely into a giant tree, embedding himself inside and sending up a cloud of wood chips!

puff!

Gu Qingyun vomited blood violently, his face turning deathly pale.

Ultimately, he underestimated the power of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Such a simple attack severely injured him!

A head-on confrontation is definitely not a good strategy!

In an instant, Gu Qingyun had an idea!

The chances of defeating this beast in terms of cultivation are slim.

The only thing that can be used is spiritual awareness!

Most spirit beasts lack intelligence, and even less so spiritual awareness!

Even though the beast king in front of him was quite intelligent, Gu Qingyun was almost certain that it would not be able to withstand his spiritual attack!

Without a single wasted word, the needle was formed in an instant!

"go!"

An invisible silver needle shot out and accurately struck the head of the bear-shaped spirit beast.

Undetectable, with no blood hole, the bear-shaped spirit beast immediately screamed and roared in agony, its eyes turning even redder!

That body, which had intended to press its advantage and was like a small mountain, was abruptly stopped in place!

Seizing the opportunity, Gu Qingyun drew his sword and charged forward at full speed!

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The sword flashed, drawing blood, and instantly pierced the bear-shaped spirit beast's head, following its gaze!

The sword tip stirred, accompanied by a powerful infusion of spiritual energy, instantly severing the bear-like spirit beast's life force!

The saying goes, "Even a centipede with a hundred legs does not fall down when dead," and this applies to mythical beasts as well!

Even in its dying moments, the bear-like spirit beast struggled desperately, as if trying to grasp at the last vestige of life.

The lingering power of the late Foundation Establishment stage crushed everything around it into dust!

If Gu Qingyun hadn't retreated quickly enough, I probably would have been the one to fall to the ground first!

After struggling for a full quarter of an hour, the beast king finally breathed its last as its massive body crashed to the ground.

Gu Qingyun stood leaning on his sword, breathing heavily, his face deathly pale.

Sweat dripped down his cheeks.

The spiritual energy in his body was almost completely depleted, and even his spiritual consciousness was mostly exhausted, leading to a feeling of weakness.

But he couldn't care less about that. He quickly crushed a Rejuvenation Pill and turned around abruptly!

His eyes were fixed on the depths of the dense forest: "What kind of skill is this, sneaking around like that? Get out here!"

Just now, there was only a brief moment of spiritual energy fluctuation there, less than a third of a breath, yet he still managed to detect it.

This person is extremely good at hiding. If it weren't for that momentary lapse, Gu Qingyun would never have been able to discover him at all!

Then, an extremely thin figure emerged from the woods.

Even though he was wearing a long robe, it couldn't hide his skeletal body.

That face was extremely unfamiliar; Gu Qingyun was certain he had never seen it before.

But this chilling aura...

The man chuckled a few times, then tore off the human skin mask from his face, revealing a skull-like face.

"It's you! Bai Feng!"

Gu Qingyun's pupils contracted slightly. Who would have thought that Bai Feng, who had fled in panic using the Blood Escape Technique, would actually reappear in front of him, and in the Taiyi Secret Realm no less!

Wasn't he wanted by the Enforcement Hall and had gone into hiding?

But the clothes this guy is wearing clearly indicate that he came in under the guise of being a disciple of the Longevity Sect!

That's not an illusion!

Gu Qingyun suddenly remembered the chill he felt when he first stepped into the stone gate passage of the Taiyi Secret Realm!

The source of everything points to one person: Wei Qianbo!

Apart from him, Gu Qingyun really couldn't think of anyone else who could lend Bai Feng a hand!

"Very well! It is an honor that a Golden Core expert would go to such lengths to remember me."

Gu Qingyun's eyes grew increasingly cold.

Wei Qianbo, I've remembered this debt!

"I never expected that the sect leader's personal disciple would fall to you!"

"Fifty explosive talismans in total, this is quite a display... Just how many more treasures do you have on you?!"

The more Bai Feng looked at Gu Qingyun, the more ferocious his expression became, filled with jealousy and resentment!

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you today! Everything you have is mine! All of it is mine!"

"If I kill you, Elder Wei promises to return everything to me! You must die today!"

Bai Feng was on the verge of madness.

He was neither human nor ghost at this moment, and was no longer like before.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Feng waved his hand, and a black corpse puppet appeared out of thin air, standing behind him.

This aura... it's from the late Foundation Establishment stage again!

Gu Qingyun's expression changed drastically, and his eyes became serious.

I remember back then, the corpse puppet that Ziyan controlled was close to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Although this one is slightly inferior, it is still just as troublesome!

With a late-stage Foundation Establishment corpse puppet and Bai Feng in the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, Gu Qingyun had no chance of escaping this lineup.

Let alone his current crippled state, even in his prime, he wasn't confident.

Furthermore, with most of his consciousness depleted, things are even more difficult now!

"Hmph! You want to kill me? You can try!"

Even in defeat, one must not lose face. He crushed another Rejuvenation Pill and seized the time to recover his spiritual power.

With spiritual energy within his body, Gu Qingyun felt much more confident.

However, such a simple delaying tactic obviously couldn't escape Bai Feng's notice.

"Go! Kill him!"

Without giving them any chance, the corpse puppet made its move!

Even though the corpse puppet doesn't understand martial arts, its overwhelming cultivation level is still terrifying!

In the blink of an eye, the dark figure was right in front of him!