"Roar!"
Though the roar came from some distance away, it was no less thunderous than mystic lightning from the nine heavens exploding overhead, startling the Purple Pole Sect cultivators who had just boarded their spirit boat to make a swift departure.
Even True Person Linghu, a false core cultivator, darkened his expression. Yet his composure and strength of character kept him from panicking. He decisively halted the spirit boat's ascent and sent it plunging instead, hurtling toward the forest floor like a meteor.
Just before it struck the ground, the flying boat was withdrawn, turning into a streak of light that slipped into True Person Linghu's sleeve, leaving the foundation establishment cultivators to float down.
Their faces visibly paled. They exchanged glances, each seeing a trace of fear in the others' eyes.
Such might, such a disturbance-at the very least, it had to be a [pure core demon beast]!
A turbid core corresponded to a human cultivator's false core!
A pure core corresponded to a human cultivator's true core!
A heavenly core corresponded to a golden core!
If a pure core demon beast set its sights on them, even True Person Linghu would likely end up as food in its jaws.
Even without wings, second-tier demon beasts could break free of their terrestrial limitations and lift themselves into flight with demon power, though they were not necessarily fast.
In that regard, they fell short of human cultivators.
Third-tier demon beasts were different. They could even be called demon cultivators, capable of escaping directly through the air. With their powerful physiques and violent demon power, they were faster than ordinary core formation cultivators who had not specifically practiced an escape art.
If one happened upon them and became determined to hunt them down, even a core formation cultivator would find it