After the battle began, Liu Changxu released Xiao Qing the Green Fox and Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Python from his Spirit Beast Bag. Both demon beasts had their own special abilities.
Xiao Qing the Green Fox in particular was so adept at tracking demon beasts and finding spirit treasures that even Liu Changxu, with his Eye of Myriad Forms, felt inferior. The Green Fox's keen nose could detect demon beasts and spirit treasures buried dozens of zhang underground.
With Xiao Qing the Green Fox's help, the Liu Household Battle Team's ability to locate spirit treasures and demon beasts improved greatly. They had flown only eighty li north when Xiao Qing the Green Fox detected traces of demon beasts hidden in a mountain cave before Liu Changxu did.
The cave was spacious and deep. To avoid casualties among his clansmen, Liu Changxu sent Little Blue in first, followed by Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan and the cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team, who entered one after another.
He and his father, Liu Shihao, chose not to enter. According to Xiao Qing the Green Fox's findings, there were no second-tier demon beasts inside, only a dozen or so lizard-type demon beasts. They trusted the Liu Household Battle Team's cultivators to handle them.
Although Liu Changxu and his father could ensure the Liu Household cultivators' safety by intervening, doing so would defeat the purpose of training them in battle.
Soon, the muffled roar of fierce spell clashes came from inside the cave. Judging by the sounds, the fighting was intense.
In the end, worried that their clansmen might be injured, father and son entered the cave. It stretched extraordinarily deep. Unlike the damp chill of ordinary caves, this one grew hotter and drier the farther they went. They walked several li with Xiao