Having spent too much time at Jade Wave Pool, Liu Changxu and his father, Liu Shihao, had to pick up the pace again.
To save time, the cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team ignored ordinary first-tier Demon Beasts this time, only striking to eliminate those of upper-grade first-tier or above. This naturally sped up their advance.
They flew seven hundred li north from Jade Wave Pool and wiped out the Azure-Horned Rhinoceroses occupying Azure Departure Valley, which possessed a first-tier supreme-grade spirit vein. They killed two first-tier supreme-grade Azure-Horned Rhinoceroses, five upper-grade first-tier ones, and thirteen middle- and lower-grade first-tier ones, harvesting a number of first-tier spirit fruits and spirit medicinal herbs.
Thirteen hundred li north, after a fierce battle, they wiped out the Winged Tigers occupying Flying Tiger Mountain, which possessed a second-tier lower-grade spirit vein. They killed one second-tier lower-grade Winged Tiger, three first-tier supreme-grade ones, nine upper-grade first-tier ones, and twenty-six middle- and lower-grade first-tier ones. They also captured five tiger cubs.
They harvested nineteen second-tier lower-grade spirit medicinal herbs and one second-tier lower-grade spirit fruit tree, a Golden-Winged Apricot Tree. Unfortunately, they obtained no spirit fruits.
Two thousand li north, they fought a major battle against the Black-Feathered Eagles occupying Heavenly Pillar Peak, a second-tier middle-grade spirit mountain.
Although the cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team won this battle, they paid a heavy price.
The Black-Feathered Eagles were so numerous that the Liu Household Battle Team suffered its first death in battle while fighting them. A late Qi Refinement cultivator from the subordinate Liang Household fell in the battle, giving the team's cultivators their first taste of the pain of losing a comrade and leaving everyone somewhat uneasy.
Even more cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team were wounded. Seven were injured in this