"Pfft!"
The Shadowless Ape King's towering body crashed to the ground, and the smell of blood spread through the mountain cave.
Its screeching ape offspring lunged at Li Ping with murderous eyes, but in the blink of an eye, Mysterious One controlled the Essence-Devouring Sword to kill dozens in succession, skewering them like candied hawthorns on a stick.
The remaining apes let out mournful cries and no longer dared approach. They merely watched from afar, pairs of bright eyes flickering like ghostly flames in the dark mountain cave.
Li Ping spared the low-tier ape demons a glance before turning his full attention to processing his spoils.
A third-tier demon beast was a treasure from head to toe.
With a flick of his sleeve, a small green bottle flew from his hand. He formed hand seals and chanted, sending a streak of blue light onto the hideous head. Under its glow, a ball of yellow fire was slowly drawn out and floated toward the bottle's mouth, eventually being sucked inside.
Li Ping raised his head and drew the green bottle back, a smile appearing in his eyes.
A third-tier demon beast's soul essence was worth a considerable sum and could be used to refine third-tier lower-grade puppets. Naturally, he would not let it go to waste.
He put the green bottle into his storage bag, then took out a jade box and a jade vial.
Into them, he placed an ocher demon core and a large mass of blood essence radiating astonishing spiritual qi.
Despite this third-tier demon beast's enormous size and the blood that had gushed out like a pillar, once Li Ping refined it with his core flame and removed all impurities from its flesh and blood, fewer than five hundred drops of blood essence remained.
The demon core