Preparing to Slay the Demon, Determined to Stake Everything on One Throw

"The power of the Purple Mansion Demon Beast is terrifying; we may not be able to defeat it."

Upon hearing this, the Old Clan Leader pondered for a moment, then cautiously said, "You alone cannot contend with the Purple Mansion Demon Roc, so your primary task on this trip is reconnaissance; you must proceed with utmost care."

"If you encounter the Demon Roc, do not attack. Wait until you return to the Lineage and discuss the matter with us before making any decisions."

"Good."

Chen Nianzhi nodded in agreement and left Peaceful Sun City on her Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword. The Li Huo Gui Xu Sword could travel ten thousand miles a day, and Chen Nianzhi flew for only two days before entering the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness, where she began searching for the Purple Mansion Demon Roc.

The search lasted for more than three months, and the Purple Mansion Demon Roc disappeared into the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness, as if it had sunk into the sea. Even though dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators from Border Province and Heavenly Ruins Mountain searched continuously, they could not find any trace of the demon.

"Could it be that the Demon Roc has already escaped from the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness?"

Chen Nianzhi felt somewhat disappointed. High-level Demon Beast had become extremely difficult to kill, as they possessed both formidable combat prowess and exceptional escape skills.

In its Early Purple Mansion realm Demon Roc can fly 20,000 to 30,000 miles a day. The mere Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness is nothing to it; it can escape in just a few days. The current three months are enough for the Purple Mansion Demon Roc to escape many times over.

The longer the search dragged on, the more disappointed everyone became, realizing that they probably couldn't find the Purple Mansion Demon Roc. As a result, most of the major immortal clans in the Border Province had no choice but to give up the search.

"What a pity, such a tremendous fortuitous opportunity has been missed."

Unable to find the Purple Mansion Demon Roc, Chen Nianzhi could only prepare to fly to Yu Commandery on his sword. Suddenly, his sword light paused slightly and stopped in the void.

"Judging from this location, it's not far from the cave dwelling left behind by Senior Yang."

"More than twenty years have passed, and now the Lineage's strength has greatly increased. Perhaps we can arrange for people to take over that Spirit Vein."

With these thoughts in mind, Chen Nianzhi rode her flying sword towards Yang Yuanqing's cave.

That cave dwelling is, after all, Second-Order Spirit Vein. If an array is set up and one or two Late Stage of Qi Refining cultivators are arranged to cultivate Spirit Field there, it might bring the Lineage another substantial income.

After flying for several thousand miles, his eyes flickered slightly, and he cautiously unleashed his sword light from a distance of over a hundred miles.

He strolled along for about several dozen miles when he frowned slightly, sensing something was amiss. Low-level Demon Beast were not uncommon in the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness, yet there wasn't a single one here, which was quite illogical.

Could it be...?

Chen Nianzhi's eyes widened slightly, and he quickly concealed his aura and moved forward slowly, finally stopping twenty miles away from the Ancient Cultivator Abode.

"Purple Mansion Demon Roc, so you were here."

He suppressed his excitement, his gaze fixed intently on the Ancient Cultivator Abode.

Chen Nianzhi did not approach further to observe, because the Divine Sense of Early Purple Mansion realm Demon Beast could cover a radius of ten miles around it. Once he got within ten miles, he would definitely be discovered by the Purple Mansion Demon Beast, but even so, it was enough.

The Purple Mansion Demon Roc should be healing its injuries in its cave with the help of the Spirit Spring. Its injuries are more serious than expected, so serious that it can no longer completely hide its aura.

Its aura could be felt at least twenty miles away, scaring away even low-level Demon Beast.

"The Purple Mansion Demon Beast are incredibly powerful. We should go back and make thorough preparations before returning to slay them."

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Nianzhi quietly retreated a hundred miles away, then flew back to Peaceful Sun City on his sword. Upon returning to Peaceful Sun City, he immediately informed the Old Clan Leader of the situation.

The Old Clan Leader was extremely excited and immediately summoned Chen Qinghao and Chen Nianfu back, told them about the Demon Roc, and then said:

"It would rather hide in the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness to heal than secretly escape. It seems that the Demon Roc's injuries are very serious, otherwise it probably wouldn't dare to stay in the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness."

"This is an incredible fortuitous opportunity for our Chen Clan. Even if it comes at a great cost, we must slay that Purple Mansion Demon Roc."

Chen Nianfu was also somewhat excited, her face flushed as she asked, "Uncle, how do you plan to deal with that Thunder Roc?"

The Old Clan Leader pondered for a moment, then stroked his beard and said, "Thanks to the help of the Spirit Peach of Thought, I broke through to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer last year."

"Now, with the Soul-Burning Separation Fire Formation and my Law Treasure and Divine Ability, my strength should be comparable to nearly half of Purple Mansion First Layer cultivator. And with the Li Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword in hand, my strength is no less than mine."

"That Thunder Roc is only at the Purple Mansion First Layer, and probably doesn't have any useful magic Law Artifact. Now that it's severely injured, we should have a 60% chance of winning if we join forces."

"However, just in case, we must go all out."

He paused for a moment, then said, "How about this? Over the years, the Lineage has refined three sets of Blazing Sun Heavenly Fire Array Flags. I will remodel them and combine them into one Scorching Sun Divine Flame Formation."

"When the time comes, Qing Hao, you and Nianfu, both Foundation Establishment, will lead the main formation, along with eighteen Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators. The combined power you unleash should be comparable to two or three Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators."

Without hesitation, Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader began urgently refining array flags that very night.

Fortunately, the Blazing Sun Heavenly Flame Formation was originally modeled after the Scorching Sun Divine Flame Formation, so modifying it now is not too difficult.

The two remelted the eighteen Blazing Flame Flag to serve as key secondary array eyes, and also took out two Tier 2 mid-grade magic Law Artifact as key Array Instrument.

The two Tier 2 Array Instrument are the Azure Ape Orb and the Barrier-Breaking Heart-Locking Awl. The Azure Ape Orb is a magic Law Artifact that Chen Nianzhi discarded.

Chen Nianzhi now possesses four Tier 2 high-grade magic Law Artifact, which are no longer of much use to him; it would be better to use them as Array Instrument.

The Barrier-Breaking Heart-Locking Awl was Lin Baixi's signature Law Treasure, considered a top-quality Tier 2 Law Treasure. After Lin Baixi was killed by Chen Nianzhi, the treasure fell into the hands of the Chen Clan.

Now, in order to make this treasure compatible with the Soul-Burning Separation Fire Formation, the Old Clan Leader disregarded the loss of its lifespan and, in just half a day, infused it with a large amount of Lihuo Essence Qi, transforming it into the Separation Fire Heart-Locking Awl.

After this Law Treasure transformed into the Separation Fire Heart-Locking Awl, it could now serve as a killing Array Instrument in the Soul-Burning Separation Fire Formation, and its power had increased even further.

However, because the violent integration of the Five Elements Essence shortened the work that would normally take half a month to half a day, the material of the Separation Fire Heart-Locking Awl was damaged, and it can only be activated ten times from now on.

Once activated ten times, this treasure will be unable to withstand the power of the formation and will shatter into a pile of fragments.

However, for everyone, as long as they could kill the Purple Mansion Demon Roc, let alone a Tier 2 mid-grade magic Law Artifact, even the destruction of several Tier 2 high-grade magic Law Artifact was not unacceptable.

After successfully refining the magical Law Artifact, Chen Qinghao urgently summoned eighteen Ninth Layer of Qi Refining cultivators, and then, without alerting anyone, quietly led them away from Qingyuan Mountain.