A Bright Pearl Entrusted to the Worthy

"Cultivator, prepare to die!" E Yuan's power was now far greater than before. The Serrated Teeth Grand Formation was unleashed again, and the sparse, broken teeth were enough to make the previously ferocious Slaughter and Extermination Bao Guang lose its luster.

"What is the origin of this stone chamber? How come there's Demon Beast's inner core inside? If there is Demon Beast's inner core, how could the cultivators outside possibly restrain themselves?"

This beast is only Second-Tier Upper-Grade, not even at the stage of Core Formation yet. Even if it swallowed a demon Demon Beast's inner core, how come it didn't explode and die?!

Yuan Feng had a bellyful of questions but no one could answer them. E Yuan was furious about the successive deaths of his three brothers who had been by his side for many years, so he would never tell Yuan Feng that the inner core of the Demon Beast was left Exalted Cultivator Guanyu the Purple-Scaled Mountain-Subduing Turtle that Guan Yu Shang Xiu had left behind!

Young Master Yuan Household's halberd skills were indeed remarkable. He evaded the Broken Teeth Grand Formation and landed heavily on E Yuan's neck.

To Yuan Feng's great surprise, this usually invincible treasure had lost its edge this time.

The inner core that E Yuan had swallowed was rapidly dissolving at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, and the abundant inner core was quickly nourishing its body to an astonishing degree.

With a clang, the halberd's light only left a shallow mark on E Yuan's thick leather armor. It was blocked as soon as blood was drawn and returned to Yuan Feng's hand.

The latter looked surprised, thinking to himself, "In such a short time, this beast is probably close to being able to defeat False Core cultivator."

"Boom!" Before the young master of the Yuan Household could think any further, a Green-Glazed Water Arrow, much thicker than before, shot out from the E Yuan's mouth. The water vapor was fierce and extremely fast!

Yuan Feng dared not be careless, and even with his footwork at its peak, he could only barely widen the distance between himself and the water arrow, which was as thick as a child's arm, before it caught up with him.

"Bang!" Slaughter and Extermination was blasted away by the water arrow.

In an instant, the air was filled with steam, as if spring rain were falling, drenching the fallen petals.

Yuan Feng, whose hair was soaked, felt a tightness in his chest from the shock. The injuries he had been suppressing could no longer be endured, causing his vision to go black. His outstretched hand barely managed to catch the life-saving magical Spirit Artifact that had been reversed.

"Oh no! We're doomed!" Yuan Feng swallowed back the blood, his heart filled with anxiety.

He was indeed one of the most outstanding figures among his peers in Shannan Circuit. In just a short while, the tide of battle turned, and the young master of the Yuan Household immediately realized that he could not possibly fight against E Yuan in his current state, given his severely injured body.

A man like Yuan Feng is certainly decisive; he can take things on and let them go.

The beautiful girl who was squatting in the corner, engrossed in studying the array plate, had once made him drool with desire, but the young master of the Yuan Household didn't care at all. He didn't even bother to give her a concerned look and left in a flash!

"Once I return to the Ice-Drinking Chamber and enter an empty room, I'll have a way to escape."

Yuan Feng's idea wasn't wrong, but he still needed to see if E Yuan was willing to let it go. When the beast saw Yuan Feng's actions, it stopped forming a defensive array with its broken teeth and instead sprayed them out in a chaotic manner, each one carrying considerable power, which the young master of the Yuan Household could not afford to underestimate.

Even though Yuan Feng's study of "The Art of War by the Halberd Bearer of the Wood Star Lord" was exquisite and difficult to describe, he ultimately failed to grasp even a fraction of its essence. Now, facing one or two hundred broken teeth that were comparable to Spirit Artifact, he still made a mistake despite his meticulous planning and suffered a great loss!

The series of crisp sounds of the Slaughter and Extermination clashing with the sharp teeth suddenly stopped, interrupted by a muffled thud coming from Yuan Feng's broad shoulder.

One of E Yuan's broken teeth struck the young master of the Yuan Household on the right shoulder, piercing through the latter's domineering cloak and easily tearing the robes underneath, leaving a horrific wound on Yuan Feng's shoulder.

With a "thud," the broken tooth pierced through the spiral-shaped hole in the flesh and slammed heavily into Yuan Feng's right shoulder blade, shattering into pieces.

At the same time, Yuan Feng could clearly sense that the bone that had been struck by the broken tooth had cracked open, and the flying bone fragments and broken tooth debris were trapped inside his body.

The sudden injury caused the young master of the Yuan Household to suddenly go limp, and a look of pain appeared on his handsome face.

Even the spiritual incantation he was using to control the Slaughter and Extermination was almost broken, nearly allowing another Green-Glazed Water Arrow coming from the opposite direction to gain an advantage and easily shatter his head!

"This ferocious beast is too dangerous to fight; we must leave!" After narrowly avoiding E Yuan's fatal blow, Yuan Feng's last shred of hope vanished.

At this moment, neither Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance, nor Sister and Furnace, are of great importance to Yuan Feng. Whether he can survive E Yuan's jaws and leave Mountain-Viewing cave abode alive is what Yuan Feng needs to care about most right now.

With two Second-Tier Supreme-Grade Divine Light Talisman affixed to each side of his legs, the young master of the Yuan Household's speed increased dramatically.

"Cultivator, you cannot leave!" E Yuan's angry shout made Zhang Qingran, who was far away, tremble, and she almost dropped the array plate in her hand.

Even in his fury, the former clearly did not completely lose his composure.

"I'll be back within a quarter of an hour, fellow Daoist, don't make a mistake." After saying this, E Yuan gave Zhang Qingran a rather intriguing look before chasing after Yuan Feng again.

Zhang Qingran sat there motionless for several breaths, two clear tears slowly filling her almond-shaped eyes and overflowing.

The Second Tier Body-Cleansing Formation Plate was not difficult to unravel, and Zhang Qingran had already completed most of it in a short time. However, whether or not to follow E Yuan's advice was a difficult question for this beautiful female cultivator.

"If I had known this earlier, I should have stayed hidden within my great-grandfather's faction and lay low; I wouldn't have ended up like this."

Kang Dabao could not hear Zhang Qingran's quiet sighs from inside the Spirit Turtle Stone Chamber.

However, he and Jiang Qing had only been in the underground river for a short while when they saw Yuan Feng, who was fleeing for his life, wearing two high-quality life-saving talismans, being caught up by the relentless E Yuan.

The beast was much faster in the water than before. Yuan Feng only felt a stench coming from behind him when E Yuan used its huge mouth to tear off his exquisite cloak.

Its few remaining sharp teeth and claws scraped several strips of flesh off Yuan Feng's back and abdomen, turning the water around him into red waves.

"Wait!" Sect Leader Kang Da arrived too late and was unaware that E Yuan had consumed the inner core of Demon Beast, causing his strength to surge.

Although he was also surprised that the balance of power had shifted between the two, he simply held Jiang Qing back and did not make any rash moves.

After all, the situation was changing too quickly, and Kang Dabao didn't know how to get involved.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, the corpses of the Six-Eyed Sage Widower and the Purple-Whiskered King Tuna, which Yuan Feng had previously abandoned, were collected by Sect Leader Kang Da and Jiang Qing along the way.

Therefore, Kang Dabao knew that the ferocious E Yuan in front of him was currently at his most violent moment, and that was the problem.

Previously, his fragile alliance with E Yuan was just empty promises made by both sides, but now that three of the four Spirit Awakening Water Beasts have died, who knows if E Yuan, the only remaining one, will still honor the agreement.

It must be known that Demon Beast are extremely cunning and unpredictable. If he were to help E Yuan slaughter Yuan Feng, then it would be highly likely that this despicable beast would discard him after using him. How could he, the Sect Leader Kang Da, do such a foolish thing?!

As for helping Yuan Feng? Even if Kang Dabao racked his brains, he really couldn't think of any reason why he and Jiang Qing could help Yuan Feng.

Therefore, sitting back and watching the tigers fight, becoming a fisherman who profits from the conflict between the two, would be the best choice for Sect Leader Kang Da at this time. But he did not expect that Yuan Feng was not making a strategic retreat at this moment, but was actually at his wit's end!

However, after only a few breaths, both Jiang Qing and Sect Leader Kang Da realized that something was wrong.

"How did E Yuan suddenly become so powerful?!"

With a "crack," Yuan Feng's right wrist, along with the Spirit Artifact wrist guard, was easily severed by the E Yuan's sharp teeth. Falling into the water along with them was the gleaming Slaughter and Extermination in the hands of the young master of the Yuan Household.

Kang Dabao, who witnessed this scene, felt a chill run down his spine. "We can't be the ones to reap the benefits anymore; we should probably run!"

"You beast!!" Yuan Feng laughed and cursed, knowing he had indeed lost. If he were at his peak, he might have been able to try and escape from this monstrous beast's jaws.

However, he had already been injured by Chu Yanran, and then aggravated his injuries in his attempt to kill the Purple-Whiskered King Tuna quickly. In a moment of carelessness, he was overtaken by the Crocodile E Yuan, whose strength had greatly increased. Now that he had lost his powerful Spirit Artifact, he had no chance of turning the tide.

The sharp teeth still held a large amount of Sha Qi in the wound left on Yuan Feng's severed wrist. This energy was rampaging into the Yuan Household's young master's eight extraordinary meridians, which he was powerless to resist. In just a moment, it caused his qi circulation to become unstable, his meridians to break, and even his Ice Leaf Dao Foundation showed signs of collapse.

Such injuries were beyond the ability to heal even if the patriarch of the Yuan Household, Yuan Buwen, came in person.

Even in his dying moments, the young master of the Yuan Household remained remarkably composed.

He glanced meaningfully at Kang and Jiang, who were watching from the side, a slight, disdainful smile appearing on his lips. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but the next second, E Yuan opened its mouth and bit him hard!

The new teeth that had just grown in the latter's mouth, nourished by the elixir, had just broken through Yuan Feng's robes and cut his tender organs into pieces. Then, a dozen or so beast fingers, each as thick as an iron pestle, easily pierced into the already crippled body of the young master of the Yuan Household, dividing it into several pieces.

This renowned young talent of Jingnan Prefecture, a handsome and dashing man of the Liang family lineage, with the potential to achieve the Golden Core stage and the foundation of the Ice Leaf Dao Foundation, met his untimely end at the hands of Demon Beast.

Its death was far more gruesome than that of the previous two beasts.

Having avenged his brother, E Yuan devoured the delicious blood of his enemy, filling him with a sense of satisfaction. At that moment, amidst this thick sea of blood, two figures were frantically rushing toward the Spirit Turtle Stone Chamber.

"Ha, human cultivators are most blinded by greed. At a time like this, instead of turning their backs to escape with their lives, they dare to covet the secret treasures of the stone chamber. How utterly despicable." E Yuan's contemptuous words were cut short.

"No, we have to chase them!" A sharp glint suddenly appeared in the beast's vertical pupils, and then it swung its limbs and chased after the two figures.

"If this wretched beast dares to fight us, it can forget about using that Body-Cleansing Formation Plate!! It can just obediently die of old age in this Mountain-Viewing Cave!"

Kang Dabao cultivated the "Long Breath Art" and the "Green Goat Pine Discourse Scripture," and his spiritual power was comparable to that of ordinary late-stage cultivators. However, when he and Jiang Qing fled, Kang Dabao was trailing behind the latter, ready to face the beast's counterattack at any moment.

But the Double Brightness Sword Immortal was walking at the front, suddenly stopped, holding his sword with one arm, and turned back.

Unsurprisingly, this action drew a reprimand from Sect Leader Kang Da: "Little Sanzi, have you lost your mind? What are you doing?!"

"Senior Brother, that beast is too fast in the water. We're afraid we won't be able to escape. I'll go back now and try to stop him!" Jiang Qing's face was stern, clearly unwilling to listen to advice.

Kang Dabao was unwilling to do so! Of course he wouldn't allow it! But he also knew that this was not the time to struggle; if they were too slow, the two brothers might both perish here.

So, Sect Leader Kang Da simply shouted, "Third, if you really want to stop this vile beast, it's not your turn!!"

"Senior brother, hurry up! I can't be worse than two beasts!" Jiang Qing said with great nonchalance, brandishing his sword and leaving without looking back.

The three sharp, fiery sword beams were easily blocked by E Yuan raising his palms, but a look of surprise appeared in the beast's eyes. He was not only surprised that Jiang Qing's Three Yang Sword Scripture had not diminished much in the water, but also moved by the familiar scene before him.

"Second, Third, you've suffered!" Even though the scene was very familiar, E Yuan felt no pity whatsoever.

"My brothers are all dead, how can you, a human cultivator, not die!" The beast roared, unleashing Green-Glazed Water Arrow first, followed by a serrated array.

Even if Jiang Qing on the other side has some talent in swordsmanship, he only has one arm and a broken sword, and has no other means of fighting. He will definitely not be able to escape death!

Facing the two powerful blows, Jiang Qing showed no sign of retreat. He held his breath and silently recited in his mind. "The true swordsman is one who is fearless and Wuwei; without Wuwei, there is no enemy."

At the same time, the Sword-Sharpening Stone given by Chu Yanran, which hadn't even warmed up in Jiang Qing, began to hum rhythmically, causing the handsome swordsman's sword intent to surge!

With a clang, a dazzling light suddenly appeared on the broken blade of the White Dew Sword, so bright that even E Yuan in the distance squinted. This made the beast suspicious, and he muttered to himself, "Impossible, he's only an early-stage cultivator after all, he can't withstand it."

Despite this, E Yuan spoke again.

Even after consuming the Purple-Scaled Mountain-Subduing Turtle Beast Pill, this Green-Glazed Water Arrow was not something it could easily use. However, it was willing to fire another arrow at this moment, and at the same time, it had already made up its mind to nail Jiang Qing to this spot.

Seeing the Green-Glazed Water Arrow getting closer and closer, Jiang Qing had no time to dodge. The White Dew Sword slashed down from mid-air, and a terrifying Sword Qi violently struck the tip of the Green-Glazed Water Arrow.

The sharp water arrows scattered into droplets and re-entered the underground river. The Sword Qi continued unabated, and the Serrated Teeth Grand Formation also tasted its power, collapsing in the process. At this moment, the Sword Qi still did not spread outwards, annihilating simultaneously with the last Green-Glazed Water Arrow.

The water flows into the underground river, but the sword's essence remains.

"Excellent swordsmanship!!" E Yuan couldn't help but exclaim in praise. Although he was surprised, there was no panic in his eyes.

With a "clang," the White Dew Sword in Jiang Qing's hand broke into two pieces. His previous sword strike was so powerful that even Foundation Establishment like Yue Lan, who had cultivated for over a hundred years, would find it extremely difficult to unleash. It was only natural that he had to pay a price for it.

"The saying 'a fine sword is given to a hero, and a beautiful woman to a beauty' must be true, right? I never knew beforehand that this object would suit me so well. It must not be just a Sword-Sharpening Stone as Madam Qi said before. It's just a pity that I haven't had the chance to study it properly."

"Hmph, Madam Qi is indeed generous. If I had known this would happen, I should have been more sincere when I thanked her earlier." Feeling the Sword-Sharpening Stone still pulsating excitedly, Jiang Qing's lips curled up slightly, and he silently recited a few words in his heart.

Even in the face of such a dead end, Jiang Qing did not feel any fear. Instead, he was still savoring the most brilliant sword strike he had ever made.

"I once heard my senior brother say during a sermon, 'If one seeks the Dao in the morning, one may die content in the evening.' At the time, I thought it was just something written by an ancient person and not to be believed lightly. Only today, having been fortunate enough to grasp half of the true essence of the Dao of the Sword, do I realize it is indeed true! Having experienced such a gratifying thing, what is there to fear in death?!"

The story is long, but from the moment Jiang Qing turned around to intercept the sword, to the moment when E Yuan's three layers of Dao techniques were completely annihilated by the Sword Qi, it all happened in the blink of an eye.

E Yuan remained calm and composed. What enemy in this world could be weaker than a sword cultivator without a flying sword in hand?!

Opposite him, Jiang Qing held a broken sword, his expression neither arrogant nor haughty, his posture still as upright as a pine tree. This transcendent and extraordinary demeanor alone would make even a minor sect leader admit his inferiority.

E Yuan withdrew his magic and charged forward with only his powerful physical body.

At this moment, remnants of Yuan Feng's flesh and blood remained between its sharp teeth, the stench of Blood Qi so intense that Jiang Qing narrowed his eyes. But even without the flying sword, there was no reason for him to surrender without a fight!

"A gentleman of noble character, as pure as gold and tin, as fine as jade and precious stone! How could I, Jiang Qing, a true man, be looked down upon by this lowly beast!"

But the next instant, Jiang Qing felt someone grab her hard from behind and throw her away!

"Walk!"

As soon as Jiang Qing's spot became empty, E Yuan's giant hand slammed down on a burly man, causing a clanging sound of metal striking metal to echo through the arena.

"Clang clang"

"Quickly capture Zhang Qingran and save me!" Even though Sect Leader Kang Da had already pushed his Primordial Ancient Body to its limit, he still couldn't gain the slightest advantage in close combat with E Yuan, who had just consumed Demon Beast's inner core.

"Junior brother me"

"Stop talking nonsense! If it is..." Kang Dabao's hands gripped the four claws, and the spiritual seal on his robe instantly shattered, Higher Vehicle the superior spiritual silk into tattered cloth, revealing his strong body covered in wounds.

"If I leave now, I'll truly become like this beast before me! Go quickly! I still possess the methods given to me by the Earl; I can even kill False Core, I don't believe this lowly beast can do anything to me!"

"Senior Brother"

"Walk!!"