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228: The fisherman reaps the benefitsThe Shadow Skeletons monster had a hideous and terrifying appearance. Its main body was like a spider magnified a thousand times, yet its entire frame was pieced together from countless pale, pitch-black bones, some even streaked with dark golden patterns. Its massive body was comparable to a moving hut.

Its eight bone claws, resembling giant scythes, were covered in ferocious barbs. As they swung, they created whistling sounds that tore through the air, easily crushing hard rocks into powder.

Its massive mouthparts opened to spew out not spider silk, but sheets of thick, viscous, ghostly-green glowing toxic webs that emitted a strongly corrosive, foul stench.

Upon colliding with the protective Devilish Qi condensed by the Demonic Cultivators, it emitted a terrifying sizzling sound, and the Devilish Qi dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The aura radiating from this Bone Spider was fierce and violent, filled with the oppressive sensation of death, and it had clearly reached the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage.

The Evil Qi surrounding it had almost solidified, making the air in the entire valley thick and heavy, hindering movement.

Although the Demonic Cultivators had the advantage in numbers and their Formation was quite exquisite and vicious, they appeared exceptionally strained and were struggling to cope in the face of such an absolute disparity in strength.

Two broken, mangled corpses of Demonic Cultivators already lay on the ground, clearly killed by the Bone Spider’s sharp claws or toxic webs.

The remaining few were all wounded, their clothes tattered, their Devilish Qi heavily depleted, and their faces pale; they had clearly been engaged in a fierce battle with this terrifying Bone Spider for quite some time and were now at the end of their tether.

What caught Lin Jingyu’s attention was not this incredibly tragic battle, but rather, not far behind the Bone Spider, in a crevice of a steep, sheer cliff wall, several Spiritual Plants were growing tenaciously.

In the gray and deathly silent Secret Realm, those plants were like pearls in the darkness, emitting a soft and pure seven-colored radiance. They were brimming with Spiritual Qi, standing in stark contrast to the surrounding evil environment.

Especially one Spiritual Plant, shaped like a lingzhi but entirely crimson red like burning flames, with shimmering radiance on its surface as if it were breathing with life, was particularly striking and dazzling.

”The crimson flame lingzhi! And... the Ice Heart Orchid and Earth Vein Purple Vine!”

Lin Jingyu’s heart shook violently as he instantly recognized the origins of these Spiritual Plants.

Among them, the crimson flame lingzhi was the main ingredient for refining the ”Foundation Establishment Pill,” a top-grade Medicinal Pill used to assist in breaking through the Bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Stage!

If it were to surface in the outside world, it would be enough to incite a frenzied slaughter among Cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining; it was a rare treasure of heaven and earth that one could only hope to encounter, not seek out!

The other types of Spiritual Plants were also extremely precious and could be used to refine second-tier Medicinal Pills.

It seemed that this powerful Bone Spider, possessing the strength of the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, was guarding these incredibly rare Spiritual Plants.

The Demonic Cultivators clearly knew the value of these Spiritual Plants, which was why they were willing to spare no cost, suffering such tragic casualties, to fight this terrifying Bone Spider to the end.

The battle had entered its most tragic phase.

The Demonic Cultivator Leader was a burly man with a hideous scar on his face, his cultivation at the Middle Stage of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared repeatedly, his voice hoarse from overexertion: ”Hold the Formation! Attack its rear-left joint! It has an old injury there!”

He directed the changes in the Formation, and the remaining four Demonic Cultivators desperately urged their dwindling Demonic Essence, causing the black light of the Formation to flare up.

It condensed into a massive black demonic spear entwined with countless phantoms of vengeful spirits, tearing through the air with a shrill, ear-piercing ghostly howl. It struck fiercely at a slightly lighter-colored joint on the Bone Spider’s rear-left leg that seemed to have been broken before!

”Puchi!” The demonic spear pierced in precisely!

The Bone Spider let out an earth-shattering screech filled with extreme pain and rage. Its massive body trembled violently, and one bone claw swept wildly around, plowing deep trenches into the ground.

But its ferocity was completely ignited. Its other intact bone claw lunged out with lightning speed, so fast that only an afterimage remained. In an instant, it pierced through the chest of a Demonic Cultivator who was unable to dodge due to exhausted Demonic Essence! The Demonic Cultivator didn’t even have time to scream before he was torn in two by the terrifying force!

”Now is the time! Attack its abdominal core with everything you have! That is the source of its energy!”

The Demonic Cultivator Leader’s eyes were splitting, and he roared hoarsely, black blood spilling from the corners of his mouth. He and the last two Demonic Cultivators, looking like madmen, poured their last bit of Demonic Essence into the Formation without reservation. The black demonic spear’s light surged again, becoming even more solid.

It changed direction, like a poisonous dragon, stabbing straight at the Bone Spider’s relatively soft abdomen, which was covered in dark bone armor!

”Boom!!!” A dull, thunderous roar echoed in the valley. The demonic spear was completely submerged into the Bone Spider’s abdomen!

The Bone Spider let out a wail filled with unwillingness and despair. Its massive body stiffened suddenly, and the ghostly blue soul fire burning in its eye sockets flickered violently like a candle in the wind a few times before finally extinguishing completely.

Its mountain-like body collapsed with a crash, kicking up dust that filled the sky, and the Evil Qi surrounding it receded like a tide.

The only three remaining Demonic Cultivators, including the leader, were also completely exhausted, collapsing to the ground one by one, gasping heavily for air.

Covered in wounds, with not a drop of Demonic Essence left, they didn’t even have the strength to stand up. A look of relief at surviving the catastrophe appeared on the Demonic Cultivator Leader’s face, along with an unconcealable greed as he looked at the Spiritual Plants.

”When the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman benefits! Attack!”

A cold light flashed in Lin Jingyu’s eyes, and he gave a low shout, as if giving the order to attack.

The four of them had long been ready, and at this moment, they shot out like four arrows released from the bowstring, erupting from the shadows where they had been hiding. They transformed into four streaks of light in different colors, carrying sharp killing intent, and charged straight at the three exhausted Demonic Cultivators at the bottom of the valley!

The surprise attack by Lin Jingyu and the others was like a thunderbolt, and the timing was grasped to perfection!

The Demonic Cultivators had just finished their life-and-death struggle with the Foundation Establishment Stage Bone Spider; their minds were completely relaxed, their Spiritual Qi was thoroughly exhausted, and their physical strength was stretched to the limit. They were in their weakest and most defenseless state.

They could never have dreamed that in the depths of this valley, filled with toxic miasma and hidden dangers, such a deadly oriole was still hiding.

”Who is it? You’re courting death!”

The Demonic Cultivator Leader was horrified, a strong sense of crisis making his scalp tingle, and in his haste, he could only rely on instinct.

He raised the bone shield, which was already covered in cracks and engraved with a hideous ghost head from the battle with the Bone Spider, and barely managed to block it in front of him.

His eyes were filled with unbelievable fear and a trace of despair.

Lin Jingyu took the lead, his Qi Refining Seventh Layer Spiritual Qi no longer held back, erupting completely!

It was no longer the subtle restraint of before, but like a long-dormant volcano suddenly erupting. Surging and magnificent Spiritual Qi fluctuations spread outward from him as the center, even causing the surrounding light purple toxic miasma to ripple slightly.

The water-dividing sword in his hand let out a clear and impassioned sword hum, its blade glowing with a brilliant water-blue light as a highly condensed, almost tangible blue Sword Qi shot out from the blade.

This strike, while not containing the profound mysteries of some Heaven and Earth Law like Xu Li’s Sword Intent, triumphed in its vast and pure Spiritual Qi, its heavy and powerful momentum, and was filled with an unyielding determination to crush everything, slashing straight down at their heads.