Desolate Beast-Level Mount, Bloodfiend Azure Dragon!

Li Muwan tucked a strand of hair behind her cheek and smiled. "I can help you stabilize the formation, giving it greater power. It can also be used for attacks."

As a transmigrator, Lin Che naturally understood that Li Muwan not only excelled at pill refining but also possessed profound attainments in formations. Formations laid by someone at the Foundation Establishment stage could even withstand attacks from Core Formation experts.

"Senior Brother, do you have any special beast bones? If you do, they would be extremely useful for creating formations. The stronger the demonic beast was when alive, the more energy it can provide."

Li Muwan clasped her small hands behind her back and smiled sweetly at Lin Che. "I have set up formations before, but they were made with formation flags. The formation Senior Brother just set up uses spirit stones. Those things may seem indestructible, but they can still be broken by cultivators of the same realm."

He did indeed have some demonic beasts here, and he had killed them in the Ancient God's Land. Every one of them had possessed strength above the Spirit Severing Stage.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Che swept his sleeve forward. In an instant, all the demonic beast corpses he had slain and stored in his Storage Ring appeared before them. Among them were several Desolate Beasts, as well as exceptionally precious ancient ferocious beasts.

"This is... a Desolate Beast Thunder Toad... Senior Brother, you actually have the corpse of such a ferocious beast."

Li Muwan stared at the lifeless Thunder Toad in surprise. Moreover, the Thunder Toad before her had reached the level of a Desolate Beast; its cultivation had long been comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Transformation Expert.

Lin Che answered calmly, "I killed this Desolate Beast when I left the Ancient God's Land. But the Thunder Toad was not the strongest. My previous mount was also a Desolate Beast, and it was a Bloodfiend Azure Dragon with an incomparably pure bloodline."

At a thought from Lin Che, an azure dragon filled with Blood Fiend Qi suddenly flew out of his Storage Ring.

Lin Che's mount possessed an enormous body stretching a full thousand meters. Its true form was long and agile, like a nimble river winding and coiling through the air.

Its entire body was covered in gleaming scales, each one like a carefully polished gemstone. Beneath the moonlight, the scales reflected a bloody crimson radiance.

The scales were packed tightly together, forming an impregnable suit of armor. As the dragon moved, its scales rubbed against one another, producing a faint rustling sound like the collision of tiny pieces of metal.

Li Muwan was utterly shocked. This was the first time she had ever come into such close contact with a Desolate Beast-level azure dragon. The pressure it exuded was nearly on par with that of Senior Brother Lin Che.

With another thought from Lin Che, the thousand-meter azure dragon shrank to the size of a palm. It then landed steadily on the table and let out a low hiss at the Desolate Beast corpse on the ground.

"The Thunder Toad's bones should be suitable for the formation you wish to set up. However, your cultivation is still too shallow for you to control the formation's energy. I'll accompany you in making it."

Li Muwan nodded happily. She then took out a dagger and a jade bottle from her Storage Ring, walked up to the Thunder Toad, and said, "Senior Brother may not know this, but demonic beast inner cores are extremely precious. The inner core of a demonic beast at the Desolate Beast realm is even more difficult to come by."

"Furthermore, this Thunder Toad contains lightning-attributed energy. If it can be absorbed, it will greatly benefit future cultivation."

With practiced ease, Li Muwan removed the demonic beast's inner core. She then used a special technique to extract the lightning-attributed energy from the Thunder Toad's body and store it in the jade bottle, which she gave to Lin Che along with the inner core.

Lin Che only took the Thunder Toad's lightning-attributed energy. He had no use for the inner core, so he gave it to Li Muwan as an ingredient for her future pill refining.

Before they knew it, four years passed in the blink of an eye.

Through the joint efforts of Lin Che and Li Muwan, the formations around the area had basically all been completed. With the bones of the Thunder Toad and other sub-Desolate Beast demonic beasts, the formations here had become incomparably sturdy.

They could trap Nascent Soul Transformation stage cultivators for several months and withstand even one or two attacks from Peak Stage experts.

To mortals, four years was a long time. But to cultivators, four years were merely the span of a flicked finger, almost too brief to register.

After all, there had been a saying since ancient times, one used by mortals to describe those who cultivated immortality.

A single day in the mountains, a thousand years in the world.

Li Muwan wiped the beads of sweat from her face. Over these two years, her cultivation had advanced from the early Foundation Establishment stage to the middle Foundation Establishment stage. Once she broke through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, she could take a Sky Severance Pill and directly attempt to reach the Core Formation realm.

Lin Che's cultivation, however, had not improved. Spiritual energy within the Zhao Kingdom was simply too thin, and he had already broken through to the Nascent Soul Transformation stage. Reaching the middle stage would still require some time.

"According to the original timeline, there are only a few months left until the Extraterrestrial Battlefield opens."

With one hand behind his back, Lin Che gazed at the green mountains and clear waters before him as he silently pondered.

Now that Teng Li had not appeared, Wang Lin presumably would not be hunted down, nor would the Wang Family Village be slaughtered, right?

"Che'er."

Just then, Huang Long Zhenren, the sect master of the Heng Yue Sect, flew over from the distance. With his Five Signs of Celestial Decay cultivation, he naturally passed safely through the formation that had been established four years ago.

Hearing the movement, Lin Che turned and cupped his hands toward Huang Long Zhenren. "Disciple Lin Che greets Master."

Huang Long Zhenren waved his hand and stroked his pale goatee with a smile. "There is no need for such formality between master and disciple. I never expected that in just four years, the two of you would establish such a formation here. It truly exceeded my expectations."

Lin Che smiled faintly. "May I ask what business brings Master here this time?"

"There are less than a few months left before the Extraterrestrial Battlefield opens. Not long ago, the Tongtian Tower's envoy issued a notice, summoning the Nascent Soul Stage experts within the Zhao Kingdom."

Huang Long Zhenren spoke slowly. "Tongtian Tower's envoy, Lin Yi, has now emerged from seclusion, but he seems unaware that you have returned. Our Heng Yue Sect no longer has a Nascent Soul ancestor, so I will leave this meeting to you."

This time, the Heng Yue Sect was also qualified to take part in the cleansing of the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. Naturally, the sect did not wish to miss such a good opportunity.

Furthermore, magical treasures and pills might appear within the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. If they could obtain them, they would all belong to the sect.

Lin Che nodded and asked, "Who has the Heng Yue Sect arranged to participate in this cleansing of the Extraterrestrial Battlefield?"

"During every cleansing of the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, the disciples are at the Foundation Establishment stage and enter Jue Ming Valley to compete for tokens. Back then, when you broke through to the False Core realm, you were classified as being at the peak of Foundation Establishment, which was why you could enter the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. I simply never expected such an incident to occur."

Huang Long Zhenren sighed, then patted Lin Che on the shoulder.

Fortunately, Lin Che had returned alive and unharmed. Otherwise, his plans could only have been redefined.