While fleeing, Liu Changxu also discovered an upper-grade second-tier Blue Crystal Fruit Tree on an upper-grade second-tier Spirit Mountain.
Coveting this Spirit Fruit Tree, Liu Changxu fought the blue fox clan that guarded the mountain.
These blue foxes were quite formidable. There were twenty-two of them, large and small, and their fox Prince, the leader of the pack, was an upper-grade second-tier demon fox.
Besides the fox Prince, the pack also contained two second-tier lower-grade blue foxes.
Since the fox pack was no weak opponent, Liu Changxu released all four of his Spirit Beasts-the Yellow Mountain Lion, Green Fox, Azure Cloud Eagle, and Silver-Eared Macaque-from his Storage Bag.
Liu Changxu himself took on the fox Prince, while the Green Fox and Silver-Eared Macaque faced the other two second-tier lower-grade Spirit Foxes. The Azure Cloud Eagle and Yellow Mountain Lion dealt with the first-tier blue foxes.
However, while fighting the fox Prince, he discovered that its spirit-eye Divine Ability was remarkably powerful, somewhat resembling Xiao Qing's Eye of Samsara. Liu Changxu was nearly drawn into an illusion himself.
Fortunately, Liu Changxu's powerful Divine Sense kept him from falling into its trap. In the end, relying on his formidable strength, he slew the blue fox with a single sword strike.
After slaying the blue fox, he helped his Spirit Beasts kill the other two second-tier lower-grade blue foxes and the remaining first-tier blue foxes.
However, the battle drew other Demon Beasts to pursue him. Liu Changxu hurriedly picked the nine ripe Blue Crystal Fruits remaining on the tree, placed the Spirit Fruit Tree inside his Wood Spirit Bottle, then rushed into the fox Prince's cave abode to search it.
Inside the fox Prince's cave abode, he found two newborn fox cubs and five second-tier Spirit Medicinal Herbs, voidlight orchids. After placing the