The Nine Palaces Demon Trapping Array

He had originally planned to leave the marketplace in a few days, but after encountering Nascent Soul Cultivators fighting within it, he changed his mind and decided to slip away amid the chaos.

Once he was beyond the marketplace's no-fly zone, Shi Yue took out an Earth Escape Talisman and slapped it against himself. Yellow light immediately enveloped his body, and he sank into the ground.

He had barely left when a Middle-aged Beautiful Woman followed after him using the Earth Evasion Technique.

In a secluded mountain valley, the ground heaved and buckled. Yellow light flashed, and Shi Yue burst out of the earth.

As soon as he emerged, he slapped the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, and the Elk Beast flew out.

"Boom!"

A Middle-aged Beautiful Woman emerged from underground, her body enveloped in yellow light.

The powerful Spiritual Pressure radiating from her made it clear that she was a Core Formation Cultivator.

"Kill her," Shi Yue said coldly.

"Roar!"

The Elk Beast let out a strange roar, then charged toward the Middle-aged Beautiful Woman, its four legs pounding the ground.

"A Level Five Spirit Beast? How is that possible!" The Middle-aged Beautiful Woman exclaimed, her face changing.

With no time to think, she flipped her hand and produced a small red mirror, which she aimed at the Elk Beast.

A flash of red light, and a broad swath of red radiance shot out, enveloping the Elk Beast.

The Elk Beast seemed to have been frozen in place, unable to move.

The next instant, Five-Colored Spirit Light glimmered from its antlers, and it broke free. Its third eye shot out a swath of yellow radiance that engulfed the Middle-aged Beautiful Woman.

The Middle-aged Beautiful Woman never imagined the Elk Beast could break free. Caught off guard, she was