North of Taihang Market lay rolling green mountains.
Within an uninhabited hill, an Azure Scale Python clad in Thorn Armor swiftly twisted across the grass.
Behind the Azure Scale Python, earth spikes suddenly erupted one after another, stabbing toward it! Some formed dense, continuous rows, like a low Earth Spike Array, while others towered high like five-foot Stone Swords! Agile though the Azure Scale Python was, it still could not escape the densely packed Earth Spike Array.
And whenever the Earth Spike Array struck, the towering, massive earth spikes immediately followed.
They crashed against the Azure Scale Python's Thorn Armor and scales.
The Azure Scale Python opened its jaws and wailed as its body began to thrash across the grass.
The earth spikes finally stopped. A young man strode out, and seeing several cracks appear in the Azure Scale Python's Thorn Armor, his eyes held no regret—only delight.
"Jingcheng, your training method really works!" Ye Jingli turned and said.
Ye Jingcheng emerged beside him, along with the imposing Golden Scale Beast. Its entire body now gleamed even more brightly, every scale a dazzling gold.
Under the sunlight, it was almost impossible to look directly at it.
Its eyes brimmed with confidence. Now, it felt that even against that old Crimson Flame Fox acquaintance, it could fight.
"You've indeed improved quite a bit!" Ye Jingcheng nodded as well and stroked the scales on the Golden Scale Beast's forehead.
The Golden Scale Beast excitedly stomped the ground twice, then let out a low roar, as if responding to Ye Jingcheng's praise.
After all that suffering, it had now mastered the Earth Spike Array and Triple Earth Spike.
The Earth Spike Array filled a small area with two-foot-long earth spikes. Against Spirit Beasts or cultivators on the ground, it could provide indiscriminate coverage.