Cultivation Begins with Daily Intelligence Reports

229: The Way to DeathLin Jingyu’s Sword Gang, like the Nine Heavens’ Milky Way pouring down, carrying fierce killing intent and surging spiritual power, heavily struck the bone shield, which was already at its limit.

”Boom—Crack!”

Deafening explosions resounded through the valley!

How could that bone shield, already covered in cracks, withstand a Sword Gang imbued with the full power of a Qi Refining Seventh Layer Cultivator?

The ghost head pattern on the shield let out a mournful wail, instantly dimming, and then...

Cracks spread wildly like a spiderweb, and in the next moment, it completely shattered, turning into countless fragments that scattered in all directions!

The Demonic Cultivator Leader felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer, his chest tightened, and blood gushed from his mouth like a fountain.

He flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily against the hard rock wall behind him with a dull thud.

Then he slid softly to the ground, his aura instantly weakening to the extreme, his eyes filled only with endless fear and disbelief.

At the same time, Qin Yue let out a delicate shout. Her top-grade Magical Artifact, the ’Flowing Cloud Satin,’ like a living blue spiritual snake,

Traced an elegant arc in the air, instantly coiling around another Demonic Cultivator who was trying to struggle to his feet.

That Demonic Cultivator desperately urged the last trace of Demonic Essence within him, and thin black Qi emerged from his body, attempting to resist.

But the supple yet powerful water-attribute spiritual power contained within the Flowing Cloud Satin surged like a tide, easily breaking through his weak defense, firmly binding him, rendering him immobile.

His Spiritual Artifact longsword transformed into a pale blue water Dragon and charged forward, literally splitting the trapped Demonic Cultivator in two, killing him beyond dead.

Although Xu Li’s swordsmanship had reached the Transcendent stage, he didn’t need to use Sword Intent at all.

His eyes were cold, his figure like lightning, his sword light flashed like a sudden cold star, heading straight for the throat of the third Demonic Cultivator.

The Demonic Cultivator hastily raised a broken bone saber to block, but how exquisite was Xu Li’s sword technique? The sword tip trembled slightly, bypassed the bone saber, and struck his wrist.

The Demonic Cultivator felt a numbness in his wrist, the bone saber flew out of his hand, and then his throat felt cold, and his consciousness plunged into eternal darkness.

Xu Shousheng, even more like a fierce tiger descending a mountain, roared and brandished his thick-backed saber, resembling a door panel. The saber wind whistled, heavy and powerful.

He specifically targeted the most heavily injured Demonic Cultivator who was lying on the ground, barely clinging to life. With a raise and fall of his saber, he effortlessly finished off his opponent.

The battle began suddenly and ended with lightning speed.

In just a dozen breaths, these three Demonic Cultivators, who were already at their last gasp, were completely dealt with by Lin Jingyu and the other three with overwhelming force, unable to even put up a decent resistance.

Silence temporarily returned to the valley, leaving only their slightly hurried breathing and the strange mixture of rich blood, burnt smell, and the sweet scent of the pale purple poisonous miasma in the air.

”Quick, clear the battlefield, we can’t stay here long!”

Lin Jingyu suppressed the slightly churning Qi and blood in his body from exerting his full power and ordered in a deep voice. His Divine Thought constantly scanned the surroundings vigilantly; the commotion just now was not small, and it was hard to guarantee that it wouldn’t attract other trouble.

It was also possible that the Demonic Cultivators had some means of communication and had already sent out a distress signal.

If the few of them were surrounded by dozens of Late Stage Qi Refining Demonic Cultivators, they would also be at risk of falling.

Everyone immediately sprang into action.

Lin Jingyu personally walked to the crack in the rock wall and carefully used a jade shovel to dig out rare Spiritual Plants like the crimson flame lingzhi, Ice Heart Orchid, and Earth Vein Purple Vine.

He even extracted a portion of the spiritual soil intact and sealed them in a jade box, already prepared with preservation runes.

These Spiritual Plants were related to his future Foundation Establishment Opportunity and could not be lost.

Next, from the scattered massive skeleton of the Foundation Establishment Stage Bone Spider, he found three soul fiend crystals, each the size of an egg, crystal clear throughout, with milky white liquid energy seemingly flowing slowly within.

They emitted astonishing energy fluctuations.

The quality of these crystals far surpassed any he had obtained before.

Furthermore, within the Bone Spider’s skull, he discovered a fist-sized ’Tranquil Soul Jade Marrow’ that was warm and smooth like jade, emitting a cool and peaceful aura. This was a top-grade treasure for nourishing the Divine Soul.

It was especially precious for someone like Lin Jingyu, who possessed powerful Mental Energy.

The Storage Pouches on the Demonic Cultivators were also collected one by one.

In the Demonic Cultivator Leader’s Storage Pouch, besides many Spirit Stones, Yin Fiend Crystals, and some sinister Demonic Path Materials, there was also a Jade Slip recording a bizarre escape technique called ’Blood Shadow Escape.’

And a black jade token engraved with a complex map. The map pointed to an area marked with a skull deep within the Secret Realm, suspected to be an important stronghold of the Demonic Sect.

The harvest was far richer than expected!

A hint of joy couldn’t help but appear on everyone’s faces. However, just as they were about to quickly leave this dangerous place, another change occurred in the direction of the valley entrance.

More than ten powerful auras, clearly showing fatigue and wounds, suddenly appeared like maggots clinging to bones, firmly locking onto them.

Immediately after, two groups of people, led by Ouyang Ming and Baili Feng, appeared from the poisonous miasma like ghosts, blocking the only exit.

Ouyang Ming had several wounds on his arm, from which cold Qi continuously leaked.

His face was as pale as paper, but his single eye burned with almost frenzied greed and malice.

Baili Feng’s robes were also tattered, and he had several deep, bone-visible wounds on his body, his aura fluctuating erratically.

He had clearly also gone through a bitter battle and suffered heavy losses, with only four Cultivators remaining under his command.

The two teams combined numbered no more than eleven or twelve, but at this moment, like hungry wolves scenting blood, they surrounded Lin Jingyu and the other three.

”Hahaha! Heaven has eyes! It truly is a case of searching high and low only to find it effortlessly!”

Ouyang Ming let out a screeching laugh like a night owl, his single eye fixed on the jade box containing the crimson flame lingzhi that Lin Jingyu had not yet put away.

And the three top-grade soul fiend crystals on the ground, his voice distorted by excitement and injuries.

”Lin Jingyu! You little bastards are really tenacious! I didn’t expect you to still be alive? And you even got damn lucky, picking up such a huge bargain?

Killing Demonic Cultivators and seizing Spiritual Plants, what a clever move!”

Baili Feng also licked his chapped and peeling lips, his eyes revealing a fierce glint as he sneered:

”Brother Ouyang is right! Kid, be smart and hand over all the soul fiend crystals, crimson flame lingzhi, and all the Storage Pouches to your grandpas!

For the sake of our former alliance, we can be merciful and leave you with an intact corpse! Otherwise...”

He glanced around the valley with a cruel expression: ”The scenery in this valley is quite nice, perfect for you to be annihilated in both body and soul, never to reincarnate!”

They couldn’t perceive that Lin Jingyu had already broken through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, only thinking that they had luckily taken advantage of the Demonic Cultivators and the Foundation Establishment Bone Spider both being injured.

Moreover, Xu Li and the other person were heavily injured, and only Qin Yue was in the peak state of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

The jealousy, greed, and resentment in their hearts erupted like a volcano at this moment.