A massive creature, three zhang long, crashed to the ground. This Earth Dragon Beast was essentially a giant four-legged lizard adept at tunneling underground.

However, at this moment, the Tier Two early-stage Spirit Pet, the Earth Dragon Beast, whimpered sadly, and as it looked at its owner, Huang Shaohai, a trace of fear and evil energy emerged.

As the owner of this Spirit Pet, Huang Shaohai could naturally sense it clearly and sneered coldly:

“A beast is indeed a beast. If I didn’t still need you, I’d have skinned you and sucked you dry of your essence blood.”

At the same time, a Spirit Bird emitting a fiery light flew onto the Earth Dragon Beast, seeming to sense its companion’s wails, chirping to comfort it.

Yet seeing this Phoenix Cry Bird made Huang Shaohai even more greedy as he snarled:

“And you, you wretched creature, once you fatten up a bit, you’ll find that liking poisonous creatures, you are also a great supplement.”

The two nearby junior disciples broke out in a cold sweat from fright, having heard that ever since this senior brother practiced the Secret Technique of the Sect, he had turned into this state.

His temperament had drastically changed, becoming extremely vicious, reveling in killing and blood-sucking.

“What are you two standing around for? Lead this beast and set up the array for me. I can hardly wait to drink the blood of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.”

“Yes, we’re on it.” The two Li Huo Palace disciples, feeling relieved, quickly led the two Spirit Pets to set up the array trap.

Meanwhile, Huang Shaohai, looking at his current appearance through a silver Magical Artifact nearby, couldn’t help but show anger.

“Damn it, what Ancient Cultivation Technique, what refining a Lifebound Spirit Plant, why have I turned into this!”

When the Wang Family obtained the Ancient Cultivation Technique in the Secret Realm, many were captured by Li Huo Palace, which naturally soul-searched to acquire the technique.

Initially, Huang Shaohai cultivated the technique with excitement, refining a Bloodthirsty Poison Vine into a Lifebound Spirit Plant.

At first, it was indeed mighty, his body brimming with toxic mana, but over time, things went wrong.

His appearance began to change, turning into a monster feared by all.

This infuriated him, yet it was too late to switch to another technique.

“It’s okay; this is, after all, an Ancient Cultivation Technique. As long as I keep cultivating, I will recover someday, and there will be a chance for Core Formation!”

Despite the significant drawbacks, Huang Shaohai greedily thought about his Lifebound Spirit Plant being a Bloodthirsty Poison Vine.

He could enhance his cultivation by consuming the blood of cultivators, and in less than twenty years, he had become a mid-stage Foundation Establishment powerhouse.

“And this Bloodthirsty Poison Vine also needs the essence blood of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. One day, I will become a Core Formation Cultivator, and then there’s Huang Tianxiao!”

Thinking of the young master of the Huang Family, Huang Shaohai couldn’t help but show a hideous smile.

In the future, he might well become the Huang Family’s second young master.

At the next moment, a hoarse, horrible laugh from Huang Shaohai echoed, and around him, all plants and insects perished from poison.

In the distance, two Li Huo Palace disciples shuddered internally.

Had it not been for this lucrative task, they indeed did not want to be involved with this monster.

…

At that moment, deep in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, when the Cyan-Horned Bull carrying Lin Chang’an was heading out.

Suddenly, Lin Chang’an’s heart leaped, and he slowly raised his head, frowning at the surroundings.

“This feeling, something seems off!”

Although he hadn’t discovered anything, he still trusted the intuition of a cultivator.

“Niu’Er, let’s take a different path.”

Deciding to change the route, Lin Chang’an lightly patted the bull beneath him, and the Cyan-Horned Bull lowed in response, shifting its path right away.

This change of route by Lin Chang’an also angered the two Li Huo Palace disciples setting traps in the distance.

“This loose cultivator is quite cautious, having changed paths three times in a row.”

“Never mind, junior brother, this bunch of loose cultivators is the most cowardly, and it’s not the first time we’ve encountered them before.”

The senior brother of Li Huo Palace sneered as the gigantic Earth Dragon Beast behind him let out mournful cries, sensing its calf’s presence.

One day later.

The Cyan-Horned Bull blinked its eyes in confusion, warily watching its surroundings.

After changing routes several times, Lin Chang’an let out a sigh of relief.

Whether it was an illusion or not didn’t matter; what mattered was that after changing paths several times, they shouldn’t have been followed, right?

As Lin Chang’an walked forward with a relaxed smile, his pupils suddenly contracted, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

“This is! An Array Disc!”

Lin Chang’an’s facial expression froze, his pupils reflecting the quietly hidden Array Disc and Array Flag three feet under the distant earth.

[Spiritual Eye (Grandmaster 4685/5000)]

Had he not practiced Spiritual Eye over the years, he might not have discovered the hidden array disc and array flag.

“A Tier Two array disc and flag, with the effect of shielding Divine Sense detection, ordinary cultivators’ Divine Sense cannot detect it.”

With his late-stage Foundation Establishment Divine Sense, Lin Chang’an scanned and found no reaction.

However, his eyes saw everything clearly.

“I’m being watched! When did this start!?”

He had changed his route several times, yet the opponents had set up an ambush in advance.

At this moment, Lin Chang’an’s brows were tightly furrowed, but the array’s range was not far away, and he had no time to think more.

Two Li Huo Palace cultivators hidden in the distance revealed smiles as if looking at prey.

“A Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Brother Huang will consume his flesh and blood later, and we’ll split the spoils evenly.”

“Be ready, Brother Huang is watching this time, don’t mess it up.”

Just as the two exchanged secretive messages, Lin Chang’an in the distance also sensed a familiar aura.

These two concealed mana auras were from the tribulation cultivators who attacked Old Hu last time.

“I really am being watched!”

Thinking of this, Lin Chang’an cursed silently, and the next moment, the two Li Huo Palace cultivators were suddenly startled and enraged.

It turns out that as Lin Chang’an approached the array, he suddenly put the array disc and array flags buried underground into his storage bag, then patted his spirit pet.

The Cyan-Horned Bull roared with rage, the sound echoing through the mountain forest, and the next moment it dashed madly toward the depths of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range without looking back.

“Not good, we’ve been discovered!”

“Don’t let him escape!”

“Damn it, he dared to take our array disc!”

Amidst the thundering, lightning-fast rush, Lin Chang’an was amazed.

This was his first time experiencing the full-speed gallop of the Cyan-Horned Bull.

The speed was incredibly fast, and more importantly, the stability filled him with a sense of security.

“Niu’Er, don’t look back, head into the depths of the miasma.”

To the pursuers behind, Lin Chang’an coldly commanded while using the Profound Iron Flying Heaven Shield to protect his back and instantly summoned several Firebird Talismans.

In an instant, the firebirds cried out, releasing terrifying heat as they crazily attacked the pursuing cultivators behind.

Under the barrage of spells, the two tribulation cultivators behind were in a sorry state.

“Brother!”

“Don’t worry, Brother Huang will let this loose cultivator know what it means to live worse than death!”

However, as he sped through the miasma zone, Lin Chang’an’s pupils reflected an object rapidly approaching from within the earth.

“Not good, there’s another tribulation cultivator underground.”

The next moment, Lin Chang’an pasted five Tier Two Middle Grade Vajra Talismans onto the Cyan-Horned Bull, turning them into layers of golden shield light.

There were also four Tier Two Middle Grade Divine Speed Talismans, and in an instant, the speed of the Cyan-Horned Bull increased another notch.

“Charge through for me!”

At this moment, Lin Chang’an’s expression was cold as ice. He didn’t want trouble, but he wasn’t afraid of it either; he wanted to see how capable this ambushing tribulation cultivator was.

To withstand the full-speed charge, a full-strength strike from the Tier Two Demon Beast Carmine Bull.

At least in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, even a thick-skinned Tier Two Middle Stage Demon Beast hadn’t encountered such an opponent.

“Moo!”

Under his master’s command, the Cyan-Horned Bull’s eyes turned blood-red, white mist spewed from its nostrils, and with a terrifying bellow, it charged straight ahead with an unwavering momentum.

The towering ancient trees and massive rocks were shattered like paper scraps wherever it passed.

“Courting death!”

With a loud crash, a silver Land Traveling Boat emerged from the earth, and sitting inside was Huang Shaohai, whose face bore a ferocious, bloodthirsty smile.

However, the next moment, his smile froze on his face.

“Shameless!”

Nine Tier Two Middle Grade Ice Talismans rained down with a thunderous crash.

Although they couldn’t damage his spiritual artifact, the Ice Talismans’ restraining power nullified his momentum.

In Huang Shaohai’s furious gaze, a Cyan-Horned Bull with blood-red eyes and white steam snorting from its nostrils charged with unstoppable force.

Especially those sharp horns!

At this moment, their eyes met!

Lin Chang’an, charging fearlessly atop the Cyan-Horned Bull, and Huang Shaohai sitting in the burrowing Land Traveling Boat.

“It’s you!”

Seeing Lin Chang’an’s unchanged appearance again filled Huang Shaohai with twisted jealousy and anger in his eyes.

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