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"Really?" Lin Yitang was overjoyed.

As a cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage, her spiritual sense range was at most a dozen or so feet. A Golden Core cultivator, on the other hand, had a spiritual sense range of at least several dozen feet, or even a hundred feet! With Jiang Qiushuang's help, her chances of encountering danger would be greatly reduced, and she could detect anomalies in the distance in advance.

Moreover, as a direct disciple of Danfu Peak several years ago, Jiang Qiushuang's knowledge and experience are unmatched by ordinary people.

Jiang Qiushuang smiled and said, "Don't doubt it, we're in the same boat. I would never lie to you in order to avenge Ye Qiuli. I'll let you know immediately if anything happens. You should hurry to the central area."

After saying that, she plunged into the Soul-Nourishing Wood and disappeared. Her aura was completely concealed, as if she had never existed.

Lin Yitang was slightly startled. She put the Soul-Nourishing Wood back into her pocket, picked up the unconscious male cultivator, and stepped into the inner circle.

The inner area is rich in spiritual energy, with ancient trees reaching the sky, and birds and beasts appearing from time to time. First and second-tier demonic beasts can be seen everywhere.

As soon as Lin Yitang stepped into the central area, she felt powerful auras coming from all directions. She could clearly sense that the residual spiritual energy and fighting fluctuations around her were at least at the early Foundation Establishment stage, and there were even terrifying auras approaching the Golden Core stage.

However, she wasn't afraid. She had encountered many auras of Foundation Establishment or higher while walking the streets of the central region, and the same was true in the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm. These auras posed no threat to her.

She simply frowned, searching for the others. She just wanted to know who the disciples guarding the inner and outer entrances were.

Suddenly, she sensed a fighting atmosphere ahead, between humans and demonic beasts, so she immediately carried the male cultivator over there.

Upon arriving at the scene, they saw a male cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment stage engaged in a fierce battle with a fourth-tier demonic beast. The beast was enormous, its body shrouded in black demonic energy, its claws and teeth as sharp as knives, and it spewed corrosive venom from its mouth. The male cultivator, meanwhile, was surging with spiritual energy, locked in a fierce and evenly matched struggle with the beast.

“Li Wuwang!” Lin Yitang blurted out.

She recognized the male cultivator; he was Li Wuwang, an inner disciple of Thousand Peaks, who had defeated Zhao Qianyue, an elite disciple of the Heavenly Profound Sect, with her in the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm.

His strength is comparable to that of a half-step Golden Core cultivator, making him a very reliable water-based magic practitioner. Unexpectedly, he is entangled here by a fourth-tier demon beast.

"Junior Sister!" Upon hearing Lin Yitang's voice, Li Wuwang turned his head and looked at her, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He shouted, and the sword light suddenly burst forth, forcing the demon beast to retreat repeatedly.

"Junior sister, you've arrived just in time. This fourth-tier demonic beast is a bit difficult to deal with, but with your help, it will be much easier!"

While dealing with the demonic beast, Li Wuwang, panting heavily, spoke to Lin Yitang.

Lin Yitang nodded, about to put the unconscious male cultivator aside, when the demonic beast suddenly changed its strategy. Instead of attacking Li Wuwang, it abruptly turned around and pounced towards Lin Yitang.

"not good!"

Lin Yitang thought to herself, "This is bad."

Having killed so many first and second-tier demonic beasts, they'd forgotten that third and fourth-tier demonic beasts already possessed some intelligence and knew to attack the weak. This demonic beast, upon seeing the Qi Refining stage male cultivator being dragged along by Lin Yitang, immediately set its sights on them.

The fourth-tier demonic beast was incredibly fast, leaving Lin Yitang no time to unleash any spells! Gritting her teeth, she summoned a mid-grade spirit blade to defend herself.

With a sharp crack, the blade clashed with the monster's claws, sparks flying. Although it blocked the attack, the spirit blade was now riddled with cracks and completely ruined.

Lin Yitang was struck by the aftershock, spitting out blood, her internal organs trembling. This was a strike from the late Foundation Establishment stage; to have withstood it was already extraordinary. Fortunately, she had used the Sky-Splitting Blade in the emergency; otherwise, she would be one of those pieces of corpse lying on the ground right now.

Unfortunately, the spirit sword that had accompanied her from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage was completely destroyed, which also meant that she could no longer use the sword when fighting demonic beasts.

"Junior sister!"

Li Wuwang was shocked to see this; he hadn't expected Lin Yitang to be injured. He roared, and the water elemental power in his hand shone brightly as he unleashed a massive water sword aimed straight at the demon beast's vitals.

The demonic beast, in pain, let out a deafening roar and turned to continue its attack on Lin Yitang. However, at that moment, golden swords suddenly descended from the sky, piercing the air with a sharp whistling sound, turning the demonic beast into a pincushion.

The oppressive aura of the demonic beast instantly dissipated.

It was Lin Yitang, who had immediately recovered her spiritual energy by eating the Five Ding Tang, who took action and, with the help of the fire spirit, used a mutated version of the 'Fire Refining Golden Needle' fire sword to skewer and burn the demon beast.

The monster cried out in pain, screaming and struggling frantically to break free from the golden sword's restraints. However, no matter how hard it tried, it could not escape the burning pain.

"Well done, Junior Sister!" Li Wuwang shouted upon seeing this, and seized the opportunity to gather spiritual power, conjuring a huge water sword, which he then slashed at the head of the demon beast.

The water sword clashed with the golden sword, producing a crisp, booming explosion. The monster's head fell to the ground, blood and brains gushing out and splattering everywhere.

It struggled for a moment before dying completely, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt animal flesh.

Li Wuwang and Lin Yitang stood side by side, hands on their knees, panting heavily. After a fierce battle, neither of them had much spiritual energy left, and both had suffered minor injuries.

After a while, Li Wuwang finally caught his breath and clasped his hands in thanks to Lin Yitang, saying, "Thank you for your help, Junior Sister! This fourth-tier demon is the strongest demon in this beast tide area. Killing it will bring us closer to driving away the beast tide. It's fortunate that you came, Junior Sister; otherwise, even I wouldn't have been able to eliminate the demon so easily!"

Lin Yitang looked around and found that there was no one else around, only Li Wuwang standing alone. She frowned and asked in confusion, "Where is everyone else in this area? Why is only Senior Brother here?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wuwang's expression darkened, and he sighed, "Junior sister, you don't know, everyone else has gone to provide support elsewhere. It wasn't like this in the past few days; the only time I've been left alone is today."

He paused, his tone tinged with helplessness and exhaustion: "I don't know why, but lately I keep getting orders to go and provide support elsewhere. Originally, there were many people here defending the central and outer borders with me, but one group after another has been called away. Today, another place next door needed support, leaving only me, the strongest defender, behind. Who knew that a fourth-tier demon beast would suddenly appear? Luckily, my junior sister is here, otherwise the outer perimeter would have been doomed."

Lin Yitang nodded thoughtfully. Looking at this familiar scene, she vaguely felt that something was amiss.

Logically speaking, the boundary between the middle and outer perimeters is crucial, and the sect should have deployed heavy troops to guard it. How could they have transferred people away so easily?

"Senior brother," Lin Yitang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "who are the people guarding this place with you?"

Li Wuwang was taken aback, not expecting Lin Yitang to ask this. He counted on his fingers and named a group of Foundation Establishment disciples one by one.

Lin Yitang listened intently, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper. This was because Ye Qiuli was not among the names Li Wuwang had given.

How could this be? She thought Ye Qiuli was also guarding the border of the Central Enclosure, but it turns out she wasn't.

So who exactly put the third-tier demonic beast in the middle?

Considering today's situation, could it be due to Li Wuwang's mistake?

If that's the case, things will get really serious. Ye Qiuli actually used the disciples guarding the border to try and pin the blame for letting the third-tier demonic beast go on Li Wuwang.

In other words, if the sect investigates this matter, the final conclusion will likely be that Li Wuwang released the third-tier demonic beasts out of the defensive line, resulting in heavy losses on the perimeter!