The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

"Lu Yao, how dare you harm us!" Gu Tingmiao roared, his eyes filled with resentment.

Lu Yao sneered and said, "Those who harm others will ultimately harm themselves. You've brought this upon yourselves!"

While Ironback Eagle was engaged in battle with Qinghua and the others, Lu Yao plundered the spiritual objects and resources in the secret realm.

He collected the thousand-year-old spiritual trees and rare spiritual herbs into his Origin Space.

After a long and fierce battle with the Ironback Eagle, the group finally managed to kill it by working together.

However, they were all severely injured, their breathing was disordered, and their magical artifacts were damaged.

Gu Tingmiao's flying sword was broken by the Iron-Backed Eagle, and Qinghua's protective aura had long since dimmed.

"Lu Yao, how dare you scheme against us and steal our spiritual treasures! Today you will pay the price!" Qinghua said through gritted teeth, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

Lu Yao sneered, and with a flick of his hand, streaks of lightning flashed, and a terrifying magic array centered on him quickly enveloped everyone.

"What kind of spell is this!"

Gu Tingmiao's expression changed as he looked at the lightning patterns beneath his feet. He sensed an extremely dangerous fluctuation from the hidden source.

The group quickly retreated, trying to escape the range of the Thunder Prison Barrier.

Unfortunately, Lu Yao wouldn't give them that chance.

With Lu Yao's control, lightning flashed and thunder roared throughout the Thunder Prison Barrier, with countless bolts of lightning blocking Qinghua and the others.

"Damn it! Let's all attack and kill him!"

Qinghua was startled and immediately summoned a magic weapon to attack Lu Yao.

Gu Tingmiao and the others also understood that if they didn't kill Lu Yao, they would be in danger.

Of the five of them, Qinghua and Gu Tingmiao were both in the mid-stage of Core Formation, while the other three were in the early stage. With such a lineup, they were naturally confident in defeating Lu Yao.

"Having more people doesn't necessarily make a difference, Azure Thunder!"

Lu Yao shouted and waved his hands, sending streaks of azure lightning descending from the sky, heading straight for Qinghua and the others. The Azure Heaven Divine Lightning was a type of heavenly lightning, possessing immense power, which even cultivators in the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm would find difficult to withstand.

Seeing this, Gu Tingmiao hurriedly summoned a shield in an attempt to block the lightning.

However, the Azure Sky Divine Lightning was incredibly powerful. The shield was shattered instantly, and Gu Tingmiao was also struck by the lightning, his body flying backward and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Upon seeing this, Qinghua was greatly alarmed and hurriedly summoned a defensive magic weapon in an attempt to block it.

Lightning flashed, and Qinghua's defensive magic treasure shattered, but it had indeed withstood the Azure Sky Divine Lightning.

"This is impossible! This magic weapon of mine can withstand a full-force attack from a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, how could it shatter so easily!"

Qinghua's eyes were filled with relief at surviving the ordeal, but also with some shock at Lu Yao's strength.

"You're not in the mid-stage of Core Formation!"

Qinghua's expression changed, and she immediately saw the clue. Even if Lu Yao's concealment technique was very powerful, Qinghua still managed to detect the fluctuations of his magical power at such close range.

Gu Tingmiao and the others immediately looked at Qinghua, all of them with shocked expressions.

"Only found out now? It's too late!"

Lu Yao chuckled lightly, his magic seals shifting, and a storm of lightning condensed within the entire barrier.

"withdraw!"

Qinghua gritted her teeth and decisively began to retreat, heading towards the exit of the secret realm.

Humans are different from demonic beasts. A level seven demonic beast is equivalent to the strength of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, but it is still possible to kill a demonic beast if several Core Formation cultivators work together to surround and attack it.

After all, the strength of demonic beasts lies only in their innate supernatural abilities and demonic bodies, while human cultivators also possess powerful magical treasures and talismans.

However, cultivators in the late stage of Core Formation are different. With their powerful spells, supernatural abilities, and treasures, they are not someone that can be defeated by simply having more people.

Moreover, Qinghua had already witnessed Lu Yao's magical abilities; he had severely injured Gu Tingmiao, who was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, with a single strike. How could she possibly defeat him?

Inside the Thunder Prison Barrier, lightning flashed and arcs of electricity crisscrossed. Qinghua and the others fled in all directions like trapped beasts, but they could not escape.

"You surnamed Lu, are you determined to kill us all?"

Qinghua roared and drew a long sword, thrusting it towards Lu Yao.

However, his attack was easily blocked by the Thunder Prison Barrier, and the force of the recoil made his arm go numb.

Lu Yao sneered and said, "You tried to harm others but ended up harming yourselves. You'll die here today!"

He clasped his hands together, and the lightning within the Thunder Prison Barrier instantly condensed into a massive pillar of lightning, heading straight for Qinghua and the others.

Qinghua and the others were terrified and tried to use their magical weapons to defend themselves. However, the power of the lightning pillar was immense, and it instantly shattered their magical weapons and sent them flying.

"No!"

Qinghua let out a desperate scream as his body was struck by a bolt of lightning and instantly turned to ashes.

Gu Tingmiao and the others were also killed instantly by the power of the lightning pillar, and even their primordial spirits could not escape.

Standing within the Thunder Prison Barrier, Lu Yao gazed at the mangled corpses of Qinghua and the others, a cold smile creeping across his face.

He plundered all the spiritual objects and resources in the secret realm, and now he has killed Qinghua and the others, so he can be said to have won a great victory.

"Hmph, what a treacherous trick!"

Lu Yao said in a low voice, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

After collecting the storage treasures of the group, Lu Yao scanned them with his divine sense and immediately knew what was inside.

Qinghua's storage artifact contained the most items, including a complete seventh-level demon beast corpse, which was none other than the Ironback Eagle from earlier.

In addition, there are two level-six demon cores, numerous spiritual items and spirit stones. As expected of a Core Formation cultivator from Wanbaolou, his wealth is indeed substantial.

As for the others, their wealth was far inferior to Qinghua's, averaging only seven or eight thousand spirit stones.

Lu Yao turned his head to look at the two level-six ironback eagles not far away.

The spirit ghost and the ice dragon were almost unable to stop these two demonic beasts, after all, they had too few tricks up their sleeves and were under great pressure against level six demonic beasts.

"call out!"

With a thought, Lu Yao unleashed a stream of light that shot into the sky, transforming into a streak of azure light that pierced towards the two level-six ironback eagles.

Having fought the spirit ghost and the ice dragon for a long time, the two demonic beasts were no longer as powerful as before.

Faced with Lu Yao's attack, he was immediately overwhelmed.

A moment later, the demon cores of the two Ironback Eagles appeared in Lu Yao's hands.

Lu Yao glanced at the group of Ironbacked Eagle demon beasts lingering not far away, along with a few level 5 and a dozen level 4 Ironbacked Eagles, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Although these Ironback Eagles are not very valuable, their most valuable part is their demon cores. Fortunately, there are quite a few of them, which are worth a lot of spirit stones, so Lu Yao naturally wouldn't let them go.

When Lu Yao left the secret realm, there was no living creature left in the entire realm.

There were six of them when they arrived, but when they left the secret realm, he was the only one left.

In Lu Yao's view, this secret realm was more like an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling.

The spiritual herbs and trees there only existed because the secret realm had been undiscovered for a long time, allowing the spiritual creatures within to grow.

After leaving the secret realm, Lu Yao fled towards the direction of the Myriad Sounds Sect.

……

After returning to Miaoyin, Lu Yao entrusted the task of finding Han Li to Fan Jingmei.

He was instructed to use his position as an elder to have the disciples of the Miaoyin Sect keep watch over Han Li in Tianxing City.