Slaying the Two Demons, Three Kings Mountain, the Battleground of Three Great Clans!
"Boom!"
The cave exploded with a deafening roar, sending debris flying through the air.
The Mosuo Venomous Snake darted out first, its back tearing apart to reveal a pair of fleshy wings covered in blue scales; its Immortal Foundation surged into operation, surprisingly not through the Poison Dao, but through the Immortal Foundation of Dao of Wind [Yin Xuanfeng].
"Call--!"
A sudden gust of wind arose, not fierce at all, but chilling and piercing to the bone; countless dark blades of energy attacked, mixed with poisonous gas, transforming into thousands of streams of light, sweeping across the sky and slashing towards Shi Jian.
At the same moment, the mountain wall behind Shi Jian suddenly rose up.
The Demon King Shihu's imposing body burst forth from the earth, enveloped in a thick, earthy-yellow halo; his Immortal Foundation [Proclaimed Earth Rock] was activated and manifested.
With his feet firmly planted on the ground, he actually stirred up the earth's energy veins throughout the entire main peak.
"Go to hell!"
The Demon King Shihu roared, his fists shooting out like two Shan Yue, creating a muffled sonic boom as they slammed into Shi Jian's back.
From the front and the back, attacked from both sides by the local climate and environment, their murderous intent was fully revealed.
Shi Jian stood still, raised an eyebrow slightly, and with a backhand motion, summoned the Thunder Firmament Dragon-Slaying Spear, sweeping it backward with thousands of lightning arcs!
"Clang--!"
The gun barrel and the heavy fist collided with a deafening clang.
The violent recoil force spread out, and the bluestone within a hundred feet cracked inch by inch; Shi Jian swayed slightly, feeling a continuous and heavy force surging into his body along the shaft of the spear.
He couldn't help but marvel, "This tiger Immortal Foundation technique is so advanced that it's connected to the earth's veins, its power endlessly regenerating."
Before he could dissipate the immense force, the Yin Xuanfeng was already upon him.
Shi Jian stomped his foot hard, and his body shone with a brilliant purple-gold lightning, transforming into a layer of Lightning Gang.
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
The wind blade struck the Lightning Gang, but instead of shattering directly, it burrowed inward through the gaps in the lightning like a bone-deep infection, its chilling energy attempting to freeze Shi Jian's meridians.
"What exquisite Daoist magic!"
Shi Jian narrowed his eyes slightly. This Nascent Soul Demon King from the outside world was indeed different from those bumpkins on Profound Spirit Island who only knew how to recklessly squander their essence.
They have a deeper understanding of the Immortal Foundation, and can perfectly integrate their own Dao techniques with the Heaven and Earth Qi Dynamic, possessing the power to change the world with every move they make.
If Shi Jian's divine soul hadn't far surpassed that of others of the same level, he would have suffered a great loss from that pincer attack.
In mid-air, the Mosuo Venomous Snake, seeing that the wind blades had failed to break through its defenses, felt a chill in its heart.
"How can this bear demon's protective magic be so resilient!" He flapped his wings violently, his body merging into the raging wind, darting left and right, trying to find an opening, shouting fiercely:
"Brother Tiger, sever its earth energy!"
"Know!"
The Demon King Shihu plunged his arms into the ground, Immortal Foundation [Proclaimed Earth Rock] began to operate wildly.
"Boom--"
The wasteland, spanning dozens of miles, trembled violently, causing the earth to shake.
The rock strata of the main peak churned as if alive, and at Shi Jian's feet, they transformed into a huge swamp vortex.
An endless force of gravity pulled at Shi Jian's legs, trying to drag him deep into the earth and crush him, applying pressure with the power of heaven and earth!
Shi Jian was stuck in the mud, half of his body already swallowed by rocks and soil.
Above, the Mosuo Venomous Snake manipulated the Yin Xuanfeng, which poured down like a torrential rain.
"That's interesting."
"However, that's all for now."
Shi Jian no longer held back his nascent Nascent Soul. The little bear suddenly opened its eyes and let out a silent roar; he activated his Immortal Foundation [Purple Pivot Lightning] to its limit!
"Boom!"
A thick pillar of purple-gold lightning shot into the sky from Shi Jian's body, piercing the Yunxiao; the violent yang lightning instantly shattered the surrounding swamp, and the countless Yin Xuanfeng were annihilated like ashes in the lightning.
Shi Jian rose abruptly from the deep pit, resembling a thunderous demon god.
He held the gun in one hand, his gaze fixed intently on the Demon King Shihu below.
"Purple Pivot, Break Through the Heavens!"
The Thunder Firmament Dragon-Slaying Spear flew out of his hand, and the dragon souls roared in unison, transforming into a purple-gold thunder dragon hundreds of feet long, carrying Violent Thunder capable of destroying everything, and rushing straight towards the Demon King Shihu.
The Demon King Shihu was terrified, a chill running down his spine.
He continuously mobilized the surrounding rock and soil to block the attack.
"Damn it, we're done for!"
The purple-gold thunder dragon swept through hundreds of layers of rock walls with overwhelming force; even the body of the Demon King Shihu was nailed to the cliff face along with it.
The raging lightning flowed through the gun and into his body, wreaking havoc.
"Roar--!!"
The Demon King Shihu let out a shrill scream, his flesh and blood charred black inch by inch in the thunder and fire.
In less than three breaths, his nascent Nascent Soul was shattered by the Purple Pivot Lightning, and he Death Dao completely, his life vanishing into nothingness.
The Mosuo Venomous Snake, upon seeing the Demon King Shihu, was slain in a single blow, and was immediately shaken to its core.
"What the hell is that monster?!"
He dared not linger any longer. With a fierce flap of his wings, a whirlwind arose around him, and he transformed into a streak of blue light as he fled toward the horizon.
Can they escape?
Shi Jian snorted coldly and made a Method Formula seal with one hand.
In the void, purple-gold lightning suddenly exploded; the entire world was engulfed in turmoil, with Frenzied Thunder rumbling endlessly. The next moment, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky without warning!
"Bang!"
The Mosuo Venomous Snake out a miserable cry as its fleshy wings were shattered and half of its body was charred black; it crashed heavily onto the wasteland like a kite with a broken string, creating a deep square crater.
Shi Jian flashed and instantly appeared at the edge of the deep pit.
He strode forward and stomped hard on the Mosuo Venomous Snake's head.
"My lord, spare my life! I surrender! I know the secret of Three Kings Mountain..."
The Mosuo Venomous Snake spurted blood as it rubbed its mouth, its eyes filled with terror and pleading; Shi Jian's face was cold and stern, and he couldn't be bothered to listen to its nonsense.
"No need for words, let's begin the soul search."
Shi Jian knew the methods of the Human Race, so he naturally knew the Human Race's Secret Method of searching souls; he formed his five fingers into claws, purple-gold lightning flickered at his fingertips, and fiercely dug into the crown of the Mosuo Venomous Snake.
No, no!
The Mosuo Venomous Snake writhed violently, its shrill screams echoing across the wasteland.
The pain of soul-searching and spirit-refining far surpasses that of slow slicing; in just a moment, the Mosuo Venomous Snake's eyes rolled back, and its life force was extinguished.
Shi Jian quickly processed the vast and complex fragments of memory in his sea of consciousness.
After a long while, Shi Jian opened his eyes, his gaze deep and unfathomable.
"I see... Three Kings Mountain."
Through soul searching, he finally uncovered the details of this 80,000-mile-long fiefdom.
This place is called Three Kings Mountain. It is not the absolute territory of the Giant Bear Clan, but rather a buffer zone where the territories of the three great Spirit Transformation clans—the Giant Bear, the Heavenly Snake, and the Frenzied Lion— converge.
Beneath this desolate land lies an extremely rare, large Spirit Vein.
It is rich in a third-tier spirit medicine called Blood Marrow Grass, and the three major clans have been fighting here for many years to seize this resource.
However, since Nascent Spirit Transformation and demon immortals could not easily participate, a rule was established that each sect would send Nascent Soul to guard the area, and each would compete based on their own abilities.
These Mosuo Venomous Snake and Demon King Shihu are not some Rogue Cultivator or wild demons; rather, they are spies planted here by the Heavenly Serpent Race and the Frenzied Lion Clan.
They occupy the main peak, specifically to intercept and kill newly promoted Nascent Soul sent by the Giant Bear Clan.
The two previous Nascent Soul Nascent Soul of the Bear Race who were sent here both died from their insidious ambush and were occupied by them for hundreds of years.
"The old Xiong Sha, who has transformed into Spirit Transformation, bestowed this fiefdom upon me; is this meant to cultivate me, or to have me guard the borders for the Giant Bear Clan?"
Shi Jian sighed. The Giant Bear Clan demanded that he hand over a thousand third-tier spirit medicine every hundred years, but most of the Blood Marrow Grass in this wasteland was controlled by the vassal Demon Beast of the Heavenly Snake and Frenzied Lion Clans.
To meet the quota, they had to take food from these two major tribes.
If they cannot win the battle and cannot deliver the spirit medicine a hundred years later, they will have to use their own flesh and blood to fill the void. In the end, they will still have to rely on fighting and killing each other.
"What a Beast Realm where survival of the fittest prevails."
Shi Jian showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he licked his lips, a fervent fighting spirit igniting in his eyes, the battle unleashing his potential.
Perhaps this could be an opportunity for him.
Cultivating immortality is inherently a path of great contention!
He could fight his way through even a small pond like Profound Spirit Island; now that he's in the Nine Realms of the Outside World, he's naturally going to fight to his heart's content.
Shi Jian raised his hand and waved it, storing the corpses of Shihu and the poisonous snake into his storage Law Treasure.
These two bodies of flesh and blood at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage are highly nourishing; keeping them to devour later would be enough to further improve his cultivation.