Plunder!

Half a day later.

In the heart of Black Sha Commandery, in the Yin Wind Valley.

As its name suggests, Yin Wind Valley is built in a huge natural rift valley.

The rift valley is bottomless, constantly spewing out gray, eerie winds. At the valley entrance stand two black stone pillars, each a hundred feet tall, wrapped with thick iron chains and covered with dried corpses.

At this moment, the protective formation of Yin Wind Valley had already been activated.

A semi-transparent gray light curtain, like an inverted bowl, enveloped the entire rift valley.

On the surface of the light screen, countless hideous ghost faces appeared and disappeared, emitting mournful howls.

"Ten Thousand Bones Yin-Locking Formation."

True Person Yun Du, with his vast knowledge, immediately recognized the formation's origin. "A high-grade third-tier formation. It operates by harnessing the earth's yin veins, making its defensive capabilities extremely strong."

"If we launch a direct attack, those eerie winds will corrode the Law Artifact."

Shi Jian's massive body landed at the entrance of the valley, crushing a pile of withered bones beneath his feet. He looked up at the array's light screen, a hint of disdain flashing in his purple-gold thunderous eyes.

Within the formation, a emaciated Devil Cultivator dressed in a gray robe ascended into the air.

This man had deep-set eyes and was surrounded by three Silver-Armored Corpse. He was none other than the Early Golden Core cultivator left behind in Yin Wind Valley: True Person Bone Sha.

"A cultivator from the Wei Kingdom!"

"Our Yin Wind Valley has activated its mountain-sealing formation, which is connected to the Yin veins beneath the earth. If you forcibly break it, the Yin veins will explode, and the area within a hundred miles will become a dead zone."

"At that point, we'll all perish together, and no one will come out unscathed!"

The demonic path is so shameless; if they can't win, they'll fight to the death.

True Person Qingshan frowned slightly and looked at Yun Du:

"What that old ghost Bone Fiend said is true. If the Yin Meridians burst and contaminate those treasure troves of spiritual materials, our trip will have been in vain."

"We need to find a way to sever the connection between the formation and the Yin meridians."

Cutting off contact? Too slow.

Shi Jian stepped forward, and the violent Dao of Lightning Heaven and Earth Qi began to gather around him.

Thunder Method is the most powerful and yang force in the world, naturally restraining yin and evil, and therefore it is not afraid of the so-called backlash from yin wind.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, beware of the backlash from your Yin meridians," Yun Du warned.

"He's just trying to scare people."

Shi Jian scoffed, "If it were truly a fight to the death, he would have run away long ago. Why would he stay here to oversee the formation? He's just trying to buy time for the main force of the Yin Corpse Sect to return."

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Jian opened his blood-red maw.

Within his Dantian, the Nine-Patterned Purple-Gold Lightning Core circulated wildly.

A pillar of purple-gold lightning shot out, but instead of directly striking the light barrier, it precisely struck the hundred-foot-tall black stone pillar on the left side of the valley entrance.

"Snap!"

The stone pillar broke in half.

The iron chains binding it shattered, and countless corpses turned to ashes.

True Person Bone Sha's expression changed drastically. "You dare!"

The array's light barrier shook violently, and the gray mist on the left side instantly thinned out.

That stone pillar is one of the spiritual pivots connecting the formation to the underground Yin veins, and its defense is not strong. If two of the spiritual pivots are breached, the great formation will be weakened.

Shi Jian didn't need to understand formations at all; he only needed to use the most violent means to destroy the nodes of energy transmission.

"Shoot off the one on the right," Shi Jian ordered.

Without further hesitation, Yun Du and Qingshan launched their attacks simultaneously, ultimately shattering the stone pillar on the right and destroying the spiritual pivot on the right as well.

The Ten Thousand Bones Yin-Locking Formation lost the support of the underground Yin veins, and the ghost faces on the light screen quickly dissipated, causing its defensive power to plummet once again.

"Break!"

Shi Jian's figure rose to ten zhang tall, and with a thunderous bear paw comparable to Shan Yue, he slammed it heavily into the center of the gray light screen.

Lightning spread like a spider web.

With a crisp sound like shattering glass, the third-tier superior-grade protective array collapsed, and the gates of Yin Wind Valley were completely opened.

The moment the formation shattered, the violent aftershocks of thunder poured into the valley.

Inside the rift valley, hundreds of low-level disciples of Yin Wind Valley were unable to dodge in time and were struck by the Purple Firmament Golden Lightning; many died on the spot.

Some disciples fared even worse.

The lightning ignited the Yin energy within them, causing screams to rise and fall as their bodies burned like torches, turning into charred remains in the blink of an eye.

They are slowly tortured or killed in the agony of being burned alive.

Seeing that the situation was not good, True Person Bone Sha had no intention of fighting to the death at all.

He bit his tongue, spitting Essence Blood onto the three Silver-Armored Corpse beside him.

Runes lit up on the Silver-Armored Corpse corpse, and its body suddenly expanded, transforming into three physical shields that blocked the way. True Person Bone Sha himself transformed into a streak of gray light, clinging to the rocky wall of the rift valley, and frantically fled into the depths of the valley.

"Trying to run away?"

Shi Jian snorted coldly. Dao of Lightning Heaven and Earth Qi swirled, and his massive body instantly vanished from the spot, leaving only a sonic boom.

Lightning Evasion Technique.

When he reappeared, Shi Jian had already bypassed the blockade of the three Silver-Armored Corpse and was directly blocking the escape route of True Person Bone Sha.

The ten-zhang-tall thunder bear cast a large shadow, completely enveloping the gray light on the rock wall.

True Person Bone Sha had nowhere to run, and madness flashed in his eyes.

"This is outrageous! Do you really think I'm made of clay?!"

He formed a Dao seal with both hands, his Golden Core core trembled wildly, and a destructive aura began to brew. He intended to self-destruct his Golden Core and take Shi Jian down with him.

However, Shi Jian's combat experience was extremely rich.

Its right claw was raised, its five fingers spread open.

Five exquisitely refined purple-gold lightning lines, like sharp blades cutting through space, crisscrossed and slashed across the body of True Person Bone Sha.

The speed at which the lightning bolts cut far exceeds the energy circulation speed of Golden Core self-destructing.

True Person Bone Sha's movements froze.

He looked down and saw that his body had been neatly cut into six pieces. No blood flowed from the cuts; the pieces had been instantly carbonized by the high temperature of the lightning.

"Bang."

The fragments fell to the bottom of the valley. A dull Golden Core rolled to the side, which Shi Jian scooped up with his claw, threw into his mouth, and crunched it to pieces.

Although the flavor of the demonic Golden Core is mixed, it at least contains pure energy, which is better than nothing.

A gray storage ring fell into Shi Jian's palm.

The battle ended too quickly.

From breaking the formation to killing True Person Bone Sha, it took only a dozen or so breaths.

Yun Du and Qingshan had just dealt with the three out-of-control Silver-Armored Corpse when they saw Shi Jian already counting the spoils of war.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the apprehension in each other's eyes.

This bear demon's combat strength is already among the top in the Golden Core Realm.

"Move out with the entire army and wipe out the remaining enemy forces."

Yun Du his message to the entire army, and the cultivators from White Cloud Temple and Azure Light Gate, who were guarding outside the valley, rushed into Yin Wind Valley like wolves and tigers.

Without the formation and the protection of the Golden Core Ancestor, the numerous Devil Cultivator became lambs to the slaughter. Swords flashed, Law Technique roared, and one-sided massacres unfolded throughout the rift valley.

Shi Jian did not participate in this low-level sweep.

He returned to his original size of five zhang and strode into the depths of Yin Wind Valley. The Lord Rat burrowed out from the ground and followed at Shi Jian's feet, its slender nose twitching constantly.

"Ancestor, there's something underground."

The Lord Rat lowered his voice. "Although the Yin meridian has been severed from the array's connection, the main meridian is still intact."

"Following the main vein downwards, there is a place with extremely dense Spiritual Qi; it is most likely their treasure trove and Blessed Land."

"Lead the way."

A bear and a rat followed the winding path at the bottom of the rift valley, venturing deep underground.

Yun Du and True Person Qingshan followed.

No one can be absent from dividing up the spoils.