As more and more demon beasts surged from the sea, Lu Xiaotian's heart sank. The speed at which that supreme-grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill fled was actually no slower than the Misty Flying Sword. Just as he was about to summon the Bat King's Dharma Wings, a strange, cackling laugh suddenly rang out.
"Not bad, not bad. It seems this old man has truly struck it rich this time. Not only did I run into a supreme-grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill, I even picked up a grandmaster alchemist. How richly Heaven has favored me!" Amid the hoarse, bizarre laughter, a long, narrow black shadow seemed to emerge from the distant horizon over the sea.
A middle-aged man with a black, pointed felt hat on his head and a frail body wrapped in thick fur strolled out at a leisurely pace. His features were feminine, and he held a pure-silver staff in his hand. He seemed like an evil emissary who had emerged from the Netherworld, the narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes on his face glaring like needles.
With only a few steps, he arrived before the supreme-grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill.
At that moment, large numbers of demon beasts flew toward the Nascent Soul Formation Pill. The feminine man with the hoarse voice let out a cold snort and waved the silver staff in his hand. A sheet of silver-gray radiance spilled down, illuminating more than a dozen Golden Core-grade demon beasts. Their eyes instantly turned crimson, while their bodies swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Boom, boom...
The bodies of those Golden Core-grade demon beasts swelled to their limits before exploding one after another, turning into clouds of blood mist.
More than a dozen Golden Core-grade demon beasts had been annihilated in both body and soul in the