The End

The yellow sand filled the sky, and the setting sun was like blood.

The battle between the Zhou Family cultivators and the Poison Fire Scorpion swarm had stained the yellow sand on the battlefield a reddish-brown. Most of this was the blood of the Poison Fire Scorpions, but some also spilled from the wounds of the Zhou Family cultivators.

The Zhou Family had prepared for this battle for two years. Not only had Zhou Xuanhao, a Tier 2 High-grade Alchemist, been refining large quantities of Tier 2 Detoxifying Spirit Pills for the past two years, but Zhou Dan and Zhou Xuanyu, both Tier 2 High-grade Talisman Masters, had also used the family's stored talisman spirit materials to create a large number of Tier 2 spirit talismans and distributed them to the participating cultivators.

Now, with these prepared spirit talismans and spirit pills, although the Zhou Family cultivators still inevitably suffered injuries during the demonic beast attacks, they were always able to take spirit pills to detoxify and heal with the help of others, thus avoiding casualties.

After the battle had lasted for about half an hour, more than half of the hundreds of Tier 1 Poison Fire Scorpions were dead, leaving only a few Tier 2 Poison Fire Scorpions with a small number of Tier 1 Poison Fire Scorpions still putting up a desperate resistance.

"Mother, your son is here to help you."

On the eastern battlefield, after clearing away most of the Tier 1 Poison Fire Scorpions, Zhou Yang did not pursue the remaining stragglers. Instead, he quickly went to assist his mother, Lin Yuting.

Lin Yuting's cultivation was only at Qi Refining Layer Seven. Although her mana was considerably stronger than Zhou Yang's, who had just entered Qi Refining Layer Seven, because her cultivation technique was not suited for combat, her actual combat strength might not even match Zhou Yang's.

Zhou Xuanhao and Zhou Xuanyu knew this, so the two Tier 2 Low-grade Poison Fire Scorpions they had assigned to Lin Yuting were both Tier 2 Low-grade. With her cultivation level, it was not a problem for her to contain these two demonic beasts.

However, fighting two at once, and having to deal with the close-range attacks of the Tier 1 Poison Fire Scorpions, Lin Yuting's mana was quickly depleted. In less than half an hour, more than half of her mana was consumed, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, indicating she was struggling.

Therefore, when she saw Zhou Yang coming to support her, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bit her tongue to invigorate herself, shouting, "Good son, help Mother tie down that beast for a moment. Once Mother kills this beast, I'll come help you."

After speaking, she moved her divine sense, recalled the flying sword attacking the other Tier 2 Poison Fire Scorpion, and sent both a green and a blue flying sword to slash at the other Tier 2 Poison Fire Scorpion.

"Hehehe, Mother, don't underestimate your son. Let's see who kills a demonic beast first!"

Zhou Yang laughed heartily and directly controlled four "Armor Piercing Daggers" to attack the Tier 2 Poison Fire Scorpion that his mother had yielded.

This Poison Fire Scorpion had already been weakened by Lin Yuting. The "Poison Fire Bullets" it spat from its mouth were much less powerful than before, posing no threat to Zhou Yang, who was protected by the "Silver Gang Shield" artifact.

Zhou Yang's four "Armor Piercing Daggers" were all Tier 2 High-grade artifacts, even sharper than ordinary Tier 2 High-grade flying swords. Each attack could carve a wound on its hardest scorpion pincers. After only a few exchanges, the Poison Fire Scorpion's trump card was forced out.

Whoosh!

With a flash of red light in mid-air, the poisonous needle on the Poison Fire Scorpion's tail pierced through the air and struck towards Zhou Yang's chest.

The poisonous needle flew extremely fast, much faster than Zhou Yang's Tier 2 High-grade artifacts, exceeding the speed of sound.

However, the Poison Fire Scorpion clearly did not know that Zhou Yang's Silver Gang Shield artifact had an automatic self-protection function, and he himself had been guarding against this move.

Therefore, as soon as the poisonous needle shot towards him, it was blocked by a silver shield. Seizing the moment when the Poison Fire Scorpion was weakened after shooting the poisonous needle, he decisively controlled the four "Armor Piercing Daggers" and stabbed them into its body from behind.

Hiss—

After a shrill cry, the Poison Fire Scorpion's body was split into four from the inside out by the four "Armor Piercing Daggers," and it died on the spot.

At this moment, Lin Yuting's dual swords had also struck the pincers of the other Tier 2 Poison Fire Scorpion, severing its head along with its pincers and sending them to the ground.

Seeing that Zhou Yang had killed a demonic beast before her, Lin Yuting smiled with relief and sighed happily, "My son has truly grown up!"

Hearing his mother's words, Zhou Yang felt an indescribable joy and shouted loudly, "Mother, please rest for a while. I'll go help Father and my adoptive mother."

Before his voice faded, he spiritedly controlled his artifact and went to help his father, Zhou Xuanhao.

Seeing this, Lin Yuting smiled again. With such an understanding son, she, as his mother, could not be outdone.

She immediately mustered her spirits, lifted her dual swords, and went to help Zhou Xuanyu, her good sister.

Half an hour later, on the eastern front, except for a few Poison Fire Scorpions that had luckily escaped, the rest were all killed by Zhou Yang and his family.

After dealing with their own Poison Fire Scorpion swarm, they rested for a short while before immediately heading to other sides to help their clansmen.

With the help of Zhou Yang and the other three, the Zhou Family cultivators on the other sides also quickly gained the advantage, and soon, they jointly eliminated most of the Poison Fire Scorpion swarm.

At this point, except for a small number of Poison Fire Scorpions that did not participate in the battle or had luckily escaped, all the hundreds of Poison Fire Scorpions in the swarm perished on this sandy land.

"The Poison Fire Scorpion swarm has been annihilated. Everyone rest here for a moment. Elders at Qi Refining Layer Nine and Xuantai, gather at my location. We will go together to help the Old Clan Leader eliminate the Poison Fire Scorpion King!"

The battle ended, but the old man Zhou Quan could not rest. He immediately summoned the other six family elders and the family's only formation master, Zhou Xuantai, to another battlefield.

The battle between Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Third-Rank Demonic Beasts was extremely dangerous. Only cultivators at Qi Refining Layer Nine like them could barely help.

However, even cultivators at Qi Refining Layer Nine had a significant risk of falling if they rashly intervened in a life-and-death battle between Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Third-Rank Demonic Beasts. Therefore, Old Man Zhou Quan specifically brought Zhou Xuantai, the family's only formation master.

Zhou Xuantai ranked second among the "Xuan" generation. As the Zhou Family's only formation master, although his cultivation was only at Qi Refining Layer Eight, he possessed a set of Tier 2 High-grade formations, the "Eight Gates Golden Light Formation," refined by the Zhou Family's Great Elder, Zhou Qian.

The "Eight Gates Golden Light Formation" was a confinement formation among formations. As long as eight cultivators at Qi Refining Layer Nine held formation flags and jointly set up this formation, with a formation master adjusting it in the center, even early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators could be trapped for a short time.

In fact, Zhou Minghan, a cultivator at Foundation Establishment Layer Seven, could slowly kill the Poison Fire Scorpion King even in a one-on-one fight.

However, if the Poison Fire Scorpion King was determined to escape, in this vast sea of sand, Zhou Minghan would not have much confidence in keeping it.

And if the Poison Fire Scorpion King were allowed to escape, it would surely retaliate fiercely against the Zhou Family cultivators and mortals stationed at the Crimson Flame Iron Ore Vein in the future.

Therefore, to ensure success, Zhou Minghan needed helpers to trap the Poison Fire Scorpion King for a period of time, and then use swift means to completely blast it to death.

Because Zhou Minghan had intentionally led the Poison Fire Scorpion King far away during the battle, preventing it from keeping track of the scorpion swarm in a timely manner.

It was not until it saw the eight humans, including Old Man Zhou Quan, appear that it realized that the scorpion swarm might have met with misfortune.

This discovery enraged it beyond measure. It immediately abandoned the troublesome opponent, Zhou Minghan, and lunged towards the dust-covered Zhou Quan and the other eight people.

"Well done!"

Seeing the Third-Rank Demonic Beast, the Poison Fire Scorpion King, charging directly at their eight people, Old Man Zhou Quan and the others were not surprised but delighted. They quickly held the formation flags of the "Eight Gates Golden Light Formation" and activated the formation.

As the formation activated, eight thick beams of golden light instantly shot up into the sky from the eight formation flags, forming a giant golden light cage that trapped the Poison Fire Scorpion King in the middle. No matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the golden light's coverage.

"Good, you all hold on. Just give me half an hour!"

The Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan in the sky showed joy on his face. He quickly stopped his sword light, preparing a decisive ultimate move.

Half an hour later, as Elder Zhou Quan and the others were soaked in sweat and the golden light cage began to shake violently and unstably, the Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan's killing move, which he had meticulously prepared for half an hour, was finally unleashed.

"Vile beast, die!"

With a furious roar, his beard and hair bristling, the Old Clan Leader pushed his hands forward. A pale purple fireball, flickering with faint silver lightning, flew from his hands in a parabolic arc, directly shooting towards the Poison Fire Scorpion King within the golden light cage.

Hiss hiss hiss!

As if sensing something, the Poison Fire Scorpion King's eyes instantly flashed with extreme fear, and its hissing cry became sharper than ever before.

This hissing alone caused Elder Zhou Quan and the other eight people's heads to ache, with blood trickling from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

However, the eight knew that success or failure hinged on this moment. They endured the discomfort and desperately injected their remaining mana into the formation flags to maintain the formation's power. No matter how the Poison Fire Scorpion King struggled, it couldn't take a single step out of the golden light cage.

Finally, the pale purple fireball, flickering with silver lightning, landed on the Poison Fire Scorpion King.

Boom—

In the vast sea of sand, a thunderous roar, as if the sky and earth were collapsing, suddenly erupted. Even from dozens of miles away, Zhou Yang felt the ground vibrate intensely.

"Is it over?"

He looked towards the source of the roar with vacant eyes, his gaze filled with shock.

Is this the power of a full-force attack from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

It truly is terrifying!

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