The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 52 Another Cage

The peach wood hairpin was driven into the flower fairy's body, and the red thread captured the flower fairy's soul.

The five people gathered around the flower spirit to examine it. It turned out to be a flower they had never seen before, with slender branches and shrubs for cover.

Jiang Yuan said to Qing He, "No matter what kind of flower it is, it's already at level seven, so its essence must be something good. It'll be beneficial to wood-type cultivation techniques. Let's dig it up and take it with us."

Qinghe did as instructed, plucking the flower demon's branches and putting them into the jade box.

Shen Wangzhi couldn't help but feel a lingering fear, "If there were any more powerful demons that could transform into human form here, those with Foundation Establishment cultivation would probably never return!"

Jiang Yuan continued to activate the array plate, saying, "No matter what, do not break the array; our chances of survival will be greater."

Liu Caiwei was eager to know what magical artifact Guan Canghai used to subdue the flower demon. He had completely subdued a level seven flower demon with a single strike—something even a Golden Core cultivator probably couldn't do. But she dared not ask at this moment. These two were simply too powerful; no wonder Cui Qinghe looked down on the inner sect of Luofu Mountain.

Zhang Chi was increasingly worried about his senior brother Li Shouzhong. If he encountered a level seven flower demon alone, he would certainly not be able to escape his fate. Fortunately, the connection on the talisman was still there, and they were no more than a hundred miles apart.

Jiang Yuan didn't dare linger on the grassland either, and continued to pour spirit stones into the formation to maintain it. The five of them set up a flying magic weapon and headed towards the direction from which Li Shouzhong had come.

With both sides accelerating, they soon met. Zhang Chi discovered that Li Shouzhong seemed to be fleeing for his life, his escape speed approaching that of a Golden Core cultivator.

Jiang Yuan quickly realized that Li Shouzhong seemed to be injured, and three demonic beasts were chasing after him.

Zhang Chi released his flying sword, heading straight for the demonic beast behind Li Shouzhong. Shen Wangzhi and Liu Caiwei attacked together, one with a fireball and the other with a water ball, heading straight for the other two demonic beasts.

After blocking the attack, Li Shouzhong fled back into the formation, and Jiang Yuan quickly activated the formation plate to form a light screen again.

Li Shouzhong was indeed in a sorry state, with three claw wounds on his back, his skin torn and bleeding, clearly from being scratched by one of the demonic beasts.

Qinghe let Li Shouzhong board her lotus flying boat, took out a Great Rejuvenation Pill for him to swallow, and then had him sit in front of her, using her Rejuvenation Technique to treat his external injuries.

A monster in front opened its mouth and spat out a huge fireball, causing the array's light barrier to tremble uncontrollably.

It was actually a level six demonic beast with the strength of the late Foundation Establishment stage. No wonder Li Shouzhong almost perished.

Looking around, Jiang Yuan saw that even more monsters were coming from behind. These monsters looked like mandrills, with sharp teeth and claws that gleamed coldly. They also had a tail twice the length of their bodies, which he had never seen before.

If they all attack with fireballs together, the formation will really have a hard time holding on, but it will be too late to escape.

When Jiang Yuan looked again, he felt a little relieved. Only the three demonic beasts chasing Li Shouzhong were level six, while the ones that came later seemed to be weaker, around level four or five.

With the light barrier blocking the way, Zhang Chi's flying sword could not attack freely. Only Shen Wangzhi's talismans and Liu Caiwei's water magic could attack through the light barrier, but it was only scratching the surface and could not do anything to the monster.

Li Shouzhong slowly caught his breath and said, "Thank you for saving me, Fellow Daoist Cui!"

"You are Welcome."

Shen Wangzhi transmitted his voice, "Fellow Daoist Guan, do you have a way to defeat the enemy?"

Jiang Yuan had already assessed the situation: there were a total of seventeen demonic beasts, three of which were level six, and the rest were level four or five. "Once Fellow Daoist Li recovers from his injuries, I will remove the light barrier and give them something powerful."

In about the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn, Li Shouzhong's external injuries were healed, and he swallowed a Gathering Yuan Pill to restore his magical power.

Jiang Yuan had already planned the tactics and suddenly removed the light screen.

Liu Caiwei unleashed a full-force Rainstorm Technique, covering an area of ​​about a mile, containing over a dozen demonic beasts. Jiang Yuan followed up with an Ice Soul Divine Ability, transforming all the rain into ice spikes, extremely powerful and leaving no place for the beasts to hide.

Several level four or five demonic beasts were instantly killed by the ice spikes.

The three level-six demonic beasts charged furiously towards them. Zhang Chi and Li Shouzhong unleashed their swords simultaneously, forcing two of them back. Shen Wangzhi's fireball repelled one of them, and the light barrier instantly reappeared.

Even if the ice spikes didn't hit the monsters, they made the ground extremely slippery after landing, greatly affecting the monsters' speed.

Jiang Yuan would occasionally release a bit of icy cold air to keep the ice spikes on the ground from melting, thus wearing down the monster's patience.

When the light curtain was removed again, Qinghe used a move called "Rain of Flowers" to hide five red lotuses among the flowers, which then drifted down.

Shen Wangzhi scattered dozens of talismans, all of which were large fireballs.

The monsters were all focused on dodging the talisman fireballs, but they didn't expect that there was lightning hidden in the flowers. After a series of explosions, three more monsters were killed.

The leading monster finally realized that these guys were not to be trifled with, and roared away, leaving behind nine monster corpses.

Zhang Chi and Li Shouzhong acted quickly, retrieving the demon cores in no time: six level four cores and three level five cores, all of fire attribute.

Shen Wangzhi was secretly delighted. He only needed a level 5 fire-type demon core to have a chance to form a golden core.

Li Shouzhong took out another level-five demon core from his body. "I just killed a level-five demon. If I hadn't been trying to steal this demon core, I wouldn't have been injured. I really shouldn't be greedy!"

Jiang Yuan gained a new understanding of Li Shouzhong's wind escape technique; he was only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage but already possessed the escape speed of a Golden Core cultivator.

If I'm not mistaken, the level seven flower fairy I killed earlier was also of the wind attribute. After Qinghe absorbs its essence, she has a good chance of obtaining wind-type divine abilities, which will greatly benefit her wood-type attack power and escape techniques.

Li Shouzhong said that he saw three cultivator corpses along the way, none of which had storage bags, so they were probably killed by cultivators.

It's not surprising; humans are always more ferocious than monsters!

The danger level of this secret realm was increasing rapidly. Before even reaching the core, Shen Wangzhi and his companions were already considering turning back. After all, they had already obtained over ten demon cores and a level seven flower demon, so it wasn't a complete loss. However, they had no idea where the teleportation portal was, so they could only grit their teeth and continue forward.

Jiang Yuan maintained the formation, while Li Shouzhong remained behind, which was the original strategy.

Having been ambushed by the flower demon, Jiang Yuan dared not advance too quickly and it took him two more hours to reach the middle of the secret realm, where there was a large lake with a small island in the center.

Unexpectedly, their group was the first to arrive, and there were no other cultivators around.

This surprised Jiang Yuan quite a bit. Their journey had not been peaceful; they had encountered several fierce battles and had even taken a detour to meet up with Li Shouzhong. How did they arrive first?

After observing the lake for a while, Jiang Yuan became increasingly certain that this was the center of the secret realm. However, apart from the demonic beasts, there were currently no other opportunities in this secret realm.

Li Shouzhong also said that the location where he was teleported was a bamboo forest. He guessed that the secret realm was surrounded by bamboo forests, with grasslands in the middle and this big lake at its core. If there were any opportunities, they would definitely be on the island in the middle of the lake.

This lake is about a hundred miles wide, and no matter which direction you take to reach the island, you must fly fifty miles. Based on Jiang Yuan's experience, if there is a great demon in the water, a few people can only fly a few feet high before becoming easy targets. The methods of aquatic demons are more difficult to deal with than ordinary land demons.

Just as they were hesitating whether to take the risk, colorful light suddenly shot out from the island in the middle of the lake and reached high into the sky, where golden runes appeared.

Jiang Yuan was shocked. The runes looked like some kind of locking formation. Could there be something powerful being suppressed on the island?

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