I long to return home!

"Damn human cultivators! My Emperor is about to awaken, and I will surely slaughter you until your blood flows like rivers!" The Purple-Winged Thunder Eagle King struggled to break free, its powerful demonic beast body nearly causing the three mountains to crumble.

Just as the magic array was about to collapse and one of the golden ropes was showing signs of loosening, Jiang Xiaodao stepped through the air and rapidly approached, gripping the large sword and gathering all his spiritual power into it. Flames surged, and the blazing flames transformed into a fiery blade tens of meters long, slashing down!

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The attack was so powerful that it even sliced ​​a mountain in half behind it. Although the strike was devastating and seemed capable of cutting through anything, when it actually struck the Purple-Winged Thunder Eagle King, it only left a deep gash.

Purple blood flowed uncontrollably from the sky to the ground, like a small waterfall washing over the lightning-struck forest. After some of the blood had drained, looking into the deep wound, one could see a watermelon-sized crystal inside, gleaming with a faint purple light.

Without a doubt, this is the core of a sixth-tier magical beast.

The Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King let out a miserable cry, losing its vitality, and its massive body plummeted straight down with a dull thud, kicking up dust and creating a large crater in the ground.

This scene brought joy to some and sorrow to others. Although the battle lasted a day and a night and they were victorious, of the original twenty or so cultivators who came and went, only ten remained.

The injured cultivators on the ground sat down without hesitation and began to heal themselves. The journey had been dangerous, and their injuries were quite severe. Fortunately, they would receive a considerable reward upon their return.

At this moment, Xu Tao was squatting on one knee on the ground, with Mu Xiyao in his arms whose shoulder had been scratched. Fortunately, the wound was not deep, but it was still a bit troublesome. Due to the lack of timely treatment, the wound had turned slightly purple, and purple lines were spreading inside the skin. To this day, her entire arm was numb and not very convenient to move.

"It's best not to use your internal energy now, and especially not to move this hand. I'll expel the lightning poison first." After saying that, Xu Tao pointed his finger near Mu Xiyao's wound. As a clump of purplish-red blood was discharged, ice spread from Xu Tao's finger and instantly covered the entire wound to prevent infection.

Mu Xiyao chuckled inappropriately, and Xu Tao, puzzled, asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered that back then a fool used his mouth to help me detox," Mu Xiyao said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xu Tao paused for a moment, glanced at Mu Xiyao indifferently, and then tore off a piece of his robe to use as a bandage.

On the other side, Shen Lingjiao only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King lying motionless on the ground for a long time. The scene just now was too terrifying. She hadn't recovered yet when the huge creature appeared in front of her. Looking at the energy accumulating in its mouth, she felt for a moment that she was going to die.

A short while later, Shen Lingjiao tugged at Huaizhen's clothes, staring intently at the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King, fearing it might take flight again. She asked with some concern, "Sickly fellow, is it dead?"

Huai Zhen responded softly, his hand still unconsciously protecting it behind his back. He probed with his divine sense and couldn't help but marvel at the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King's vitality. Even though it was so badly injured, it still had a breath left. Moreover, he could sense that the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King's injuries were slowly healing themselves.

"Human cultivators, our Emperor is about to be resurrected and will surely rule the world." The Purple-Winged Thunder Eagle King lay dying in a pool of blood, his sharp eyes fixed on Jiang Xiaodao as he approached.

Jiang Xiaodao stopped in front of the pit, a hint of sympathy in her beautiful eyes. She had learned from the battle that this should be a female Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King, and her divine sense had revealed that there were several beast eggs in the nest.

"Cultivators and magical beasts have been irreconcilable enemies since ancient times. Cultivators need materials from magical beasts to refine magical treasures, while magical beasts need to eat cultivators to improve their cultivation level more quickly."

"Although I don't know who this 'Emperor' you speak of is, I'll leave as soon as possible after killing you." Jiang Xiaodao raised his sword high above his head, looking at the silent Purple-Winged Thunder Eagle King, and said this as a final sentence:

"Even so, we cultivators are not indiscriminate killers. The egg in your cave will survive."

After saying this, the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King took one last look at Jiang Xiaodao before slowly closing its eyes. Then, Jiang Xiaodao raised its hand and brought down its blade, severing most of the meridians and organs in the body, thus ending its life completely.

After everything was finished, Jiang Xiaodao, who had made the greatest contribution to the battle, took out the sixth-order magical beast core and put it into his storage bag. Then, he glanced at Mo Xiaohuan, who had been injured in the explosion, and said sarcastically, "Mo family idiots, why don't you hurry up and get the materials?"

Mo Xiaohuan staggered to her feet. This time she hadn't handled it well and was too embarrassed to argue. She could only swallow her anger and take out the materials she needed.

This sixth-tier Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King is a treasure from head to toe. Every feather is as sharp as a sword and extremely hard, making it a powerful weapon imbued with thunder element magic.

Its bones are incredibly hard, so hard that even Jiang Xiaodao's knife has difficulty cutting them, and it can be used to forge excellent magical artifacts.

In addition, some internal organs and claws can be refined into decent magical artifacts or weapons.

However, besides its beast core, the most precious thing about the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King is its blood, especially the purest drops of essence blood near its heart. This blood contains thunder element, which can be used to refine magical artifacts and is also one of the ingredients for refining high-level elixirs.

Thinking of this, Mo Xiaohuan couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister Dao'er! You're so careless! It's one thing to take the beast core, but how come there's not a single drop of blood left!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaodao was startled. Looking over, she saw that the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King's blood was rapidly flowing into the ground. She hurriedly tried to retrieve the few drops of essence blood, but when she touched them, the drops of essence blood mysteriously disappeared into the ground, and the blood pool dried up instantly, as if there had never been any blood to begin with.

Jiang Xiaodao naturally sensed something was wrong with this action, and began to use his divine sense to search for the blood essence that had seeped into the ground.

To everyone's surprise, an underground river existed beneath the entire lightning-struck wood. The river, fed by the lightning element constantly drawn from the lightning-struck wood, flowed in one direction along with the essence blood of the Purple-Winged Thunder Eagle King.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaodao controlled his divine sense as if to find out the truth. After bypassing the various branches, he finally discovered that all these rivers flowed into an inconspicuous mountain not far away.

His divine sense continued to follow, and there was a large cave at the bottom of the mountain, no smaller than the nest of the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King. The moment Jiang Xiaodao saw inside the cave, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. It was a Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King that was trying to break through to the seventh level.

No, to be precise, he should be called the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle Emperor.

Jiang Xiaodao's divine sense was also detected by the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle King. He opened his eyes, exuding the aura of a near-seventh-level being.

Since it has awakened at this time, its cultivation level is temporarily stuck at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. Its true strength is undoubtedly at the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator. It is likely that after sleeping for another month, it will become a true seventh-tier magical beast with a cultivation level reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

However, awakening at this time has a fatal drawback: an unstable foundation makes it impossible to fight for a long time, and if one suffers a serious injury, one's cultivation level may drop.