Xiao Fei watched a huge dark shadow pounce towards him. This time, he did not retreat. Enemies meeting, their eyes burned with hatred.
Just as the figure lunged, he unleashed a Soul Stabilizing Rune, instantly freezing the dark shadow in mid-air.
However, facing this incorporeal shadow, Xiao Fei was troubled.
How should he deal with this?
Perhaps he could only try the Primordial Divine Thunder.
A ball of Primordial Divine Thunder formed in his hand and blasted towards the floating dark shadow.
"Boom!"
Golden lightning snakes writhed within the shadow. After a moment, the shadow shrank slightly and became more dim and transparent.
"It's working!"
Following this, several more bolts of golden lightning struck. The dark shadow reduced to a fist-sized, semi-transparent object.
Xiao Fei did not have time to deal with it for the moment, so he collected the object into his space for imprisonment.
After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, his connection with the space deepened. For now, it served as a rather good prison. Within the space, no one could stir up trouble.
Xiao Fei re-issued the Soul Stabilizing Rune. After using it only twice, he found it had already dimmed considerably.
Its residual power was estimated to last for another dozen breaths. It seemed he still needed to use it sparingly.
He put away the rune and was about to go support other battlefields when he saw Ancestor Jiang flying towards him in a disheveled state.
Ancestor Jiang's hair was scorched in large patches, he was bare-chested, wearing only a pair of brightly patterned shorts, with tattered pieces of his Daoist robe fluttering in the wind.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, lend me a hand?"
Elder Jiang saw Xiao Fei and, as if seeing a savior, quickly flew towards him.
Xiao Fei moved past Elder Jiang's figure and looked behind him. In the distance, five demonic creatures were chasing them, baring their teeth and brandishing their claws.
"Elder Jiang! You were forced to this state by these five early Nascent Soul cultivators?"
Elder Jiang, having received a batch of pills from Xiao Fei, had entered seclusion for several years and successfully broken through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
The demonic creatures chasing him were all only at the early Nascent Soul stage.
Xiao Fei looked at Elder Jiang with a puzzled gaze. This was too weak.
Elder Jiang's old face flushed with rare embarrassment. "Demonic creatures have strange methods and powerful individual combat strength. They are truly difficult to deal with."
"Is that so? Let me see!"
As Xiao Fei spoke, a pair of great hammers appeared in his hands.
After this advancement, his physical strength had also increased significantly. Now, he could easily lift a hundred-thousand-jin great hammer in each hand.
Seeing Xiao Fei coming to his aid, Elder Jiang no longer fled. Instead, he quickly took a pill and put on a set of brand-new robes.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, be careful. That short, stout demonic creature is skilled in using a type of demonic flame, which is extremely malicious!"
Elder Jiang pointed to a demonic creature in front of him that looked the most arrogant, reminding Xiao Fei.
"Thank you! I am aware!"
At this moment, Xiao Fei had already made his move. A Soul Stabilizing Rune flew out and landed on the short, stout demonic creature.
The short, stout demonic creature had just conjured a ball of demonic flame and had not yet had a chance to unleash it. It was already immobilized, and the demonic flame in its hand lost control, instantly exploding on its own hand, engulfing the short, stout demonic creature in a sea of fire.
Xiao Fei brushed past this short, stout demonic creature. As he retrieved the Soul Stabilizing Rune, the great hammer in his hand smashed down with a "bang," causing the short, stout demonic creature's body to shatter and scatter.
Elder Jiang was preparing to offer assistance when he saw that the one who had scorched his hair and eyebrows was already reduced to dust by Xiao Fei's single strike.
Immediately after, he saw Xiao Fei charging into the demonic horde, carrying his heavy hammers, a profound rune dancing with his figure.
Wherever the rune fell, a demonic creature would be instantly restrained. The giant hammer in Xiao Fei's hand would then smash down, followed by a splash of blood.
Under his hundred-thousand-jin heavy hammers, no demonic creature could withstand a blow to the head. It was almost one hit per demon, two hits per pair.
While Elder Jiang watched in astonishment, before he could even offer assistance, in just about ten breaths, the five demonic creatures before them had all turned to dust, leaving only scattered remains on the ground.
Xiao Fei retrieved a dimming Soul Stabilizing Rune back into his body. This time, to conserve the rune's consumption, he had compressed the entire duration of the battle to an extremely short period.
Even when his body suffered several heavy blows from other demonic creatures, he did not dodge. He endured them directly with his robust physique.
After slaying the five demonic creatures, Xiao Fei carefully collected the corpses on the ground one by one, not leaving a single piece of flesh.
These demonic creature corpses were of great use to him. He could place them on the Jade Altar for sacrifice to exchange for treasures from the immortal realm.
This time, he obtained several demonic creature corpses, and coupled with the demonic creatures that died in the battle, his haul should be even greater than last time.
Elder Jiang also walked over to help Xiao Fei collect the remains on the ground.
"Thank you for your assistance, Fellow Daoist Xiao. Your combat prowess is immense, making this old man ashamed!"
He expressed his sincere gratitude and admiration, feeling as though his past thousand years had been lived in vain.
Perhaps he was even insulting dogs, for if a dog lived for over a thousand years, it would also become a powerful dog spirit.
The two quickly cleaned up the battlefield. All the spoils of war belonged to Xiao Fei, and Elder Jiang had no grounds for complaint, as Xiao Fei was the one who killed them.
However, Xiao Fei still took out a bottle of spiritual wine to give to Elder Jiang, helping him to quickly recover his mana.
"Let's go, we'll check out other areas."
Following the fluctuations of energy caused by the battles, the two quickly found Ancestor Shangguan.
Facing the Nascent Soul demonic creatures, Ancestor Shangguan's performance was also mediocre.
She could only gain the upper hand in her fight with the black-scaled demonic creature, but she could not defeat it in a short time.
This black-scaled demonic creature was fast and possessed great strength. A single hammer blow could shatter a mortal body.
He had fought many battles with the people of the Lu Sect. If not for the poison Ancestor Shangguan administered last time, which ultimately destroyed his physical body, he would have already broken through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
The two great hammers Xiao Fei now held were the weapons of this demonic creature.
The black-scaled demonic creature's entanglement with Ancestor Shangguan tied down the human powerhouses, allowing the other demonic creatures to seize the opportunity to annihilate the Lu Sect humans.
Especially the cultivator named Xiao Fei, who was a definite target for elimination.
But heavenly calculations are not as good as human plans. Something unexpected happened in the middle. Just as he was waiting for good news from the other demonic creatures, he saw the two who should have appeared the least.
Upon seeing Xiao Fei walking towards them with his pair of great hammers and Elder Jiang, he knew the tide had turned.
Although he still didn't know the reason for the failure, if not now, then when should he leave?
The black-scaled demonic creature immediately let out a howl, its figure transforming into a streak of black light and fleeing into the distance.
Before Xiao Fei and Elder Jiang could intercept, it had already vanished into the horizon.
The numerous demonic creatures and evil cultivators on Lu Sect Mountain, upon hearing the black-scaled demonic creature's howl, also turned and fled.
"All fellow disciples, counterattack immediately and pursue the demonic creatures and evil cultivators."
At this moment, Elder Jiang shouted loudly, his powerful mana carrying the sound to every corner of the Lu Sect mountain range.
The cultivators of the Lu Sect had been suppressed by the demonic creatures for so long, enduring endless hardship, and many of their loved ones and friends had died.
Now, seeing the demonic creatures fleeing in defeat, it was the perfect time to strike while the iron was hot. How could they let such an opportunity pass? They all roared and charged forward.