It seemed that reaching the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment was not as useless as he had imagined. Lu Xiaotian could only give a bitter smile at that. At the very least, with the addition of the Ice Soul Profound Note, below the Golden Core stage, he estimated that only False Core cultivators could contend with him to some extent. But False Core cultivators were even rarer than Golden Core cultivators. It was not so easy to run into one.
The Black Abyss Elephant was not only astonishingly powerful physically—far beyond what even he, a sixth-tier peak body cultivator, could match—but its recovery was also terrifying. Even wounds inflicted by the wooden-hairpin woman's Dan Origin magic sword could heal on their own. Most late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators were utterly helpless against it. However, the Black Abyss Elephant's spiritual sense was defenseless after Lu Xiaotian's attack, allowing the saber intent of the Earthsplitter Saber to slash smoothly into its body and strike its vital point. With no chance to defend itself, even the Black Abyss Elephant's formidable body could not withstand the Earthsplitter Saber's attack.
A great spray of blood burst forth, and the Black Abyss Elephant's enormous, ten-odd-zhang-tall body crashed to the ground. Lu Xiaotian knitted his brows slightly. A demonic beast like the Black Abyss Elephant was exceedingly rare, and its Primordial Spirit essence was worth an extraordinary sum. He reached out into the air, and the net formed from Soul-Binding Gray Threads happened to catch the Black Abyss Elephant's essence, drawing it into the bottle.
Even without cultivating the Devouring Soul Art, this rare Primordial Spirit essence was still immensely valuable. He would collect it first and worry about the rest later.
The black-furred giant elephant that had still been swaggering and showing off moments earlier, leaving tens