After striking repeatedly with her sword, Ling Xueyao felt a tearing pain in her abdominal meridians again, slowing her movements by half a beat.
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast seized the opportunity, its thick iron tail sweeping across the ground.
Bang bang bang!
All the rubble along the way was blasted away.
Ling Xueyao leaped into the air, the iron tail brushing against her skirt.
Before she even landed, the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast opened its massive maw, and a dark red light condensed in its throat.
"Right side!"
Chu Yunfei's voice came from afar.
Ling Xueyao did not hesitate for a moment.
She forcefully twisted her waist and moved several feet to the right.
boom!
A dark red beam of light grazed past the hem of her clothes and slammed heavily into the rock wall behind her.
The entire stone wall suddenly trembled, and a crater several meters deep was punched into its center.
A chill ran down Ling Xueyao's spine after she landed.
If Chu Yunfei had been even half a breath slower, she would have been severely injured again, even if she hadn't died.
But how did he determine that the ferocious beast would attack his hiding place?
Before she could think it through, Chu Yunfei's voice rang out again.
"Retreat seven zhang to the east, forcing it to raise its left forepaw."
" Little Purple, right eye!"
Little Purple opened its mouth and spat out a bolt of purple-gold lightning.
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast instinctively closed its right eye and turned its head to the left.
Ling Xueyao seized the opportunity and slashed at the joint of its left forepaw with her sword.
The Sword Qi precisely penetrated the gaps in the armor plates.
puff!
Dark red blood splattered from the joints.
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast winced in pain, raised its left forepaw high, and then slammed it down hard on Ling Xueyao.
Ling Xueyao used the oncoming blast of air to retreat backward.
As she landed, she glanced at her feet.
There was a depression on the left and a protruding stone edge on the right; only the spot she stepped on could provide leverage.
Chu Yunfei not only accurately predicted the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast's attack, but he also foresaw where she should land.
boom!
The ferocious beast slammed down with its front paws.
Taking advantage of the situation, Ling Xueyao continued to retreat, leading it step by step towards the area of rubble on the east side.
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast was blinded by pain and rage, completely unaware of the stone pillars gradually approaching from both sides.
Ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).
Five zhang (approximately 10 meters).
Three zhang (approximately 10 meters).
When its massive body completely entered between the two stone pillars, Chu Yunfei's eyes turned cold.
"Now!"
Ling Xueyao stopped abruptly.
She turned and drew her sword, the golden light slashing straight at the nose of the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast.
The ferocious beast instinctively raised its right claw to block.
However, the stone pillars on both sides restricted its size.
Unable to turn completely, its massive belly was exposed as it raised its claws, revealing a narrow gap between its overlapping plastrons.
Chu Yunfei was already waiting on the side.
The Abyss-Devouring Sword emitted a deep, resonant sound.
The Boundless Creation Scripture full power, and dark attribute spiritual energy gathered wildly along the sword's body, causing dark gold patterns to light up one by one.
" Heaven-Severing Slash!"
Chu Yunfei shattered the ground with a single step, and the heavy blade slashed into the seam of the abdominal armor.
Pfft!
The sword avoided the hardest outer armor, tearing open the abdominal flesh, and blood gushed out.
The Abyss-Devouring Sword had only cut half a foot in when the two sides of the abdominal armor suddenly clamped down, trapping the sword firmly.
roar!
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast let out a painful roar.
It raised its right claw and slammed it at Chu Yunfei with ferocious force.
"Retreat!"
Ling Xueyao's expression changed.
Chu Yunfei was too close to the ferocious beast, and his Abyss-Devouring Sword was stuck. Even if he abandoned the sword now, he might not have enough time to dodge.
Xiaoxiao Dragon's voice rang out in Chu Yunfei's mind.
"Don't back down."
"Its abdominal muscles are tightening, and the armor plates gripping the sword's edge are beginning to shift."
"Wait just a moment longer, and the gap will be completely forced open!"
Chu Yunfei gripped the sword hilt tightly with both hands and stood still.
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast's claws drew ever closer.
Three feet.
Two feet!
Just as the claws were about to fall, Little Purple pounced down from above and bit the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast's right eye.
Sizzle!
The Purple-Gold Lightning Poison flowed into the skull along the eye sockets.
The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast convulsed violently, and its descending right claw paused for a moment.
Chu Yunfei had been waiting for this moment.
"Open it!"
The Boundless Creation Scripture breakneck speed.
The immense spiritual power within his dantian, far exceeding that of others of the same level, was poured entirely into the Abyss-Devouring Sword.
The dark gold patterns on the sword's blade lit up, and a sharp, devouring power erupted from its edge.
As the beast's abdominal muscles tightened, the two plates on its sides indeed became misaligned.
The Abyss-Devouring Sword pried open the gap, pierced through flesh and blood, and went straight into the beast's belly!
Chu Yunfei exerted force with both arms, and the sword blade spun violently.
boom!
The fierce Sword Qi condensed by the Heaven-Severing Slash erupted completely within the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast.
Flesh and internal organs were instantly torn apart by the Sword Qi.
The roar of the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast abruptly ceased.
Its massive body propelled forward several meters due to inertia, smashing through a stone pillar before crashing heavily into a pile of rubble.
The entire cave shook a few times.
Little Purple detached from the beast's head and landed back on Chu Yunfei's shoulder.
It flicked its tongue triumphantly, and its tail gently tapped Chu Yunfei's neck, as if reminding him not to forget its contribution.
"You'll get your share."
Chu Yunfei raised his hand and flicked its head.
Little Purple then wrapped her arms around his wrist with satisfaction.
Ling Xueyao approached, sword in hand.
She first looked at the fatal wound on the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast's abdomen, then at Chu Yunfei, who was wiping the Abyss-Devouring Sword.
From her first step of stepping down to her final sword strike that forced the ferocious beast to raise its claws, every move she made landed in the position Chu Yunfei had designated beforehand.
The one who truly controls this battle has never been her, the one with the highest cultivation level.
It was this man who was only eighteen years old and whose cultivation was merely at the Ninth Level of the Spirit Martial Realm.
This combat experience is even more precise than that of veteran generals in the royal family who have fought for hundreds of years.
Chu Yunfei didn't pay attention to her scrutiny.
He walked to the corpse of the ferocious beast and placed his hand on the black iron armor.
Such a complete corpse of a ferocious beast at the Seventh Level of the Heavenly Origin Realm is far more valuable than the eight Blood Baleful Intent Tower assassins from before.
If he could refine the essence within the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate, he would have even more energy to break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.
A flash of blue light.
The massive corpse of the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast vanished.
Seeing this, Ling Xueyao assumed that Chu Yunfei possessed a storage artifact with an extremely large internal space.
The imperial treasury of the Great Qian Imperial Family also contains storage rings capable of holding large demonic beasts.
Although it was precious, it wasn't something that surprised her too much.
Moreover, she herself has secrets.
Since Chu Yunfei didn't press her about her Flawless Spirit Physique, she naturally wouldn't casually probe Chu Yunfei's trump cards.
What are your plans regarding this Earth Vein Spirit Spring?
Ling Xueyao sheathed her golden slender sword and turned her gaze to the center of the cave.
Chu Yunfei did not answer immediately.
" The Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast can live here for decades; there are likely nests nearby."
"Search the surrounding area first to make sure there are no other dangers before considering the spirit spring."
Ling Xueyao nodded.
The two split up to explore the cave.
Little Purple once again settled on Chu Yunfei's wrist, lazily inhaling and exhaling the surrounding Spiritual Qi.
Chu Yunfei bypassed the Earth Vein Spirit Spring and arrived at the deepest part of the cave.
There was a large amount of rubble piled up here, and traces of the Scarlet-Pupiled Iron-Armored Beast crawling on the surface remained.
Chu Yunfei swung the Abyss-Devouring Sword, sweeping away the rocks blocking his path.
A faint smell of decay wafted out from behind the rubble.
He stopped moving.
Behind the rubble, a cave entrance was hidden.
Hearing the commotion, Ling Xueyao quickly rushed to Chu Yunfei's side.
The two stood outside the entrance, both gazing into the depths of the cave.
A pale blue fluorescent light fell into the room, illuminating a figure sitting against the rock wall.
It was a skeleton that had been dead for who knows how many years.
Its head hung low, and all the bones in its chest were broken.
In his withered right hand, he still tightly gripped half of a rusty broken sword.
"That's a skeleton!"