In a lush green valley, towering trees filled the land, while mist billowed above the vast forest.
In one corner, blood qi surged into the sky. Several figures surrounded a three-eyed crimson crystal wyrm in fierce battle. Sword Qi crisscrossed the air, and dozens of wounds of varying sizes already marked the giant wyrm's body, which stretched for dozens of li.
Its scales, usually impervious to attacks from ordinary demons, had now fallen to the ground in quite a few places.
The figures darting around it like lightning suddenly merged into one, forming a striking woman clad in crimson armor. She was Xiao Yu, a powerful general under the Lotus Avatar.
Compared with the astonishing progress made by the Lotus Avatar, the Lotus Avatar's own faction had not enjoyed the Green Fruit Barrier that the main body possessed. Still, the Lotus Avatar had put considerable effort into building it up, and the faction's strength was far from weak. Its progress had likewise been rapid.
Yet apart from the Lotus Avatar, even the exceptionally gifted Xiao Yu, Guan Yuehe, and Xun Yangzi had only just reached the Daluo Golden Immortal level.
They still fell far short of powers like Nan Yun Cave Master's. This could hardly be blamed on the Lotus Avatar's lack of effort, or on Xiao Yu and the others not working hard enough at cultivation. They had simply had too little time to build up their foundations, especially compared with the long-established powers of the Immortal Realm.
It had taken the Lotus Avatar tremendous effort to raise Xiao Yu, Xun Yangzi, Guan Yuehe, and the others to their current level.
They had also made continuous breakthroughs in their cultivation arts, taught several of them the path of cultivation, and led them into fierce battles across the Immortal-Demon Battlefield,