Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Stepping through the stone gate, what comes into view is a vast sea of ​​sand with yellow winds blowing all around.

"This..." Lin Miaoyin's eyes couldn't hide her astonishment.

The wind and sand rustled softly along the edge of her silver mask.

Chen Xu was also extremely surprised to see this scene.

With such a scale, this site must be quite a small world in itself...

The danger involved is certainly not simple...

Just then, Chen Xu and Lin Miaoyin felt something was strange.

The two subconsciously circulated their spiritual energy and discovered that their cultivation level had been suppressed to the third level of Qi Refining.

Seeing this, Chen Xu remained calm, but had already taken out a dark-colored longsword.

Lin Miaoyin subconsciously took a half step back, her hand already quietly resting on the storage bag.

"Haha, no need to panic," Li Yuan's voice rang out, explaining:

"I've already scouted this place. There's a restriction here that suppresses the cultivation level of anyone who enters, reducing them to the early Qi Refining stage."

"But rest assured, there is almost no danger around the perimeter of these ruins."

He pointed to the undulating sand dunes in the distance:

"They are mainly sand worms lurking in the dunes, and most of them are at the mid-to-late stage of Qi Refining."

"Even if our cultivation is suppressed, we can still easily kill them with the help of talismans and magic weapons."

At this point, Li Yuan lowered his voice slightly, tinged with excitement:

"Moreover... every single sandworm here contains a demon core!"

Yellow sand swirled, turning the world into a hazy yellow.

As Li Yuan finished speaking, both Chen Xu and Lin Miaoyin were deeply shaken.

Chen Xu's pupils contracted slightly, and his divine sense swept across the distant sand dunes in an instant, quickly locking onto dozens of sand worms lurking beneath them.

Although the number is not large, each sandworm can produce a first-tier demon core, which is quite a windfall.

If I were lucky enough to trigger the [Pirate Style]... that would be even better.

Having made up his mind, Chen Xu remained expressionless and turned to Li Yuan and Lin Miaoyin, his voice calm: "Fellow Daoist Li, Fellow Daoist Lin, if you encounter any sand worms, leave them all to me."

"How about we split the demon core we obtained equally among the three of us?"

Li Yuan was naturally delighted to receive a share of the benefits without having to lift a finger, and a smile immediately spread across his face: "Brother Chen's strength is outstanding, so I have no objection to this distribution."

However, Lin Miaoyin shook her head slightly and said softly, "Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist. I only came here to find the way and did not contribute any effort, so there is no need to give me the demon core. You two can deal with it yourselves."

She adopted a humble attitude, clearly unwilling to owe anyone favors, and even less willing to get involved in any potential disputes arising from the allocation of resources.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan glanced at Lin Miaoyin with considerable surprise and nodded to himself.

This female cultivator was quite sensible; she voluntarily gave up her share, saving herself trouble.

"Alright." Chen Xu had no objection to this.

Since Lin Miaoyin gave up on it herself, he was naturally happy to go along with it and save that portion of the demon core.

Li Yuan then took the lead, guiding the two towards the undulating sand dunes.

Sure enough, as the three approached, the surface of the sand dune began to move unnaturally.

With a rustling sound, dozens of half-body sandworms burst out of the sand.

Their carapaces were menacing, their mouths opened and closed, and they charged forward with a ferocious aura.

Its terrifying appearance alone is enough to make ordinary Qi Refining cultivators' scalps tingle.

However, Chen Xu's eyes narrowed, and instead of retreating, he advanced.

He took a step forward, and his right hand drew his dark-colored longsword, unleashing ten dark sword shadows that instantly slashed out from its blade.

The sword's trajectory was cunning, precisely piercing through the gaps in the shells of each sandworm.

The ten sandworms at the forefront came to an abrupt halt, their bodies convulsing violently before stiffening and becoming lifeless.

Then came several more precise shots from the swords, and the remaining sandworms were all killed.

The whole process was clean and efficient, without any unnecessary delays.

Li Yuan stood to the side, his eyelids twitching as he watched.

Although he knew that Chen Xu was quite strong, he had personally witnessed the other party's cultivation being suppressed to the third level of Qi Refining.

The fact that he could so casually kill dozens of sandworms in the mid-to-late stages of Qi Refining still secretly shocked him.

This Chen Xu is indeed a man of great hidden talent...

Lin Miaoyin, who was standing to the side, did not speak, but she was secretly assessing Chen Xu's strength, her gaze heavy.

However, what they didn't know was that the ten sword shadows that seemed so easy just now were not even a warm-up for Chen Xu.

If he were to unleash the full power of the Thousand Swords Technique, he could instantly control over a hundred sword shadows to simultaneously annihilate the enemy.

If combined with the amplification from the "Qingyuan Jue"... this is one of his true trump cards.

After the battle ended, Chen Xu glanced at the sandworm corpses and felt a slight regret upon seeing that there were no spoils of war.

Then, Chen Xu stepped forward to collect the demon cores, exactly thirty in total.

Although demonic beasts do not possess spiritual roots, their demonic cores do have attributes. For example, the demonic core of this sandworm is of the earth attribute and is yellowish-brown in color.

Chen Xu didn't even look at them. With a casual wave of his hand, fifteen demon cores transformed into a stream of light and flew towards Li Yuan: "Fellow Daoist Li, this is your share."

Li Yuan quickly accepted it, his face beaming with joy: "Haha, thank you so much, Brother Chen!"

As for Lin Miaoyin's share... she herself said she didn't want it, so Chen Xu couldn't force her to give it to her...

……

The three continued on their way under Li Yuan's guidance.

Chen Xu spread his divine sense, locking onto each wave of sand worms that suddenly attacked from under the dunes, while the number of ink-black sword shadows remained at ten.

Throughout the journey, Li Yuan's smile never faded.

He followed behind, without having to lift a finger. In just a few hours, the two had split no less than two hundred demon cores, a harvest far exceeding their expectations.

"Brother Chen, your sword technique is truly amazing! Even when suppressed to the third level of Qi Refining, it still possesses such power. I, Li, am truly impressed!"

Li Yuan accepted the demon core again and couldn't help but admire it.

Chen Xu appeared calm, but inwardly he was overjoyed.

Just now, a phantom image of a treasure chest had appeared before his eyes...

But at that moment, something unexpected happened.

The sky suddenly darkened further, and then a fierce wind rose from the ground, whipping up billions of yellow sands.

A terrifying sandstorm, stretching from the sky to the earth, was sweeping towards the three of them with devastating force.

The sand beneath our feet was like a boiling swamp, collapsing violently.

"This...how is this possible?" Li Yuan's smile froze, filled with disbelief.

"This didn't happen last time I came!"

He quickly activated several protective talismans, but they proved to be extremely weak under the raging power of heaven and earth.

"Damn it..." Chen Xu's pupils shrank suddenly, cursing inwardly.

This sandstorm seems to contain spatial fluctuations and is definitely not formed naturally. This is a big problem!

In the nick of time, Lin Miaoyin took out the love ribbon again, quickly wrapped one end tightly around her wrist, and swung the other end at Chen Xu:

"Fellow Daoists, quickly grab this item to prevent us from getting separated!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Xu gripped the middle of the love ribbon tightly and handed the other end to Li Yuan...