His essence, energy, and spirit had all recovered. Lin Xuan reached out and patted his waist. Spiritual light flashed, and a fist-sized Crystal Core appeared before his eyes.
The Crystal Core was fiery red, and inside it was a hazy Demonic Bird about an inch long. Its appearance was so lifelike a Yangzhi Bird that it went without saying—this was the demon bird's crystal soul.
The moment the object appeared, fierce light immediately flared, and its whole body was wrapped in fiery-red radiance. With speed like thunder leaving no time to cover one's ears, it flew toward the outside.
"Run? Even at a time like this, do you think you still have a chance to escape from Lin's palm?"
Lin Xuan's face was full of mockery. Without any extra movement from him, his right hand lifted lightly, and a streak of Azure Glow swept out of thin air, wrapping the Crystal Core inside it.
Back then, when Lin Xuan had merely been a cultivator of the Dongxuan Realm, he had already been able to easily exterminate the Yangzhi Bird. Now, one side had only a crystal soul left, while the other had advanced into a mighty cultivator of the Spirit Division Stage. The gap between them could no longer be measured by reason.
Wrapped in that Azure Glow, the Crystal Core charged left and dashed right, yet it was like a mayfly shaking a tree, without the slightest effect.
"Still not going to behave?"
Lin Xuan sighed. He raised his right hand and pointed forward with an extraordinarily gentle motion.
In an instant, a streak of lightning emerged and lasted for several breaths. The soul was shocked until it was dizzy and disoriented, and finally quieted down.
Pulled by an invisible force, the Crystal Core spun in place, then fell