It could be said that Song Yan’s knowledge of the Cultivation World was already quite extensive.

However, this ’Immortal Master Jiang’ in front of him, who had no Spiritual Qi whatsoever, yet relied purely on his refined blood Qi to contend with Senior Sister Qin, a paragon of the Foundation Establishment Realm, still made him sigh.

The Cultivation World truly had all sorts of wonders!

"You two, go save Qingqing!"

Qin Ying’s gaze was fixed on Jiang Xiao; previous probes had given her a general understanding of the terrifying nature of these contaminated blood.

"Contaminates spiritual objects..."

It was indeed a bit tricky, but... how could Qin Ying be an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

The Spiritual Qi within her body began to surge, and this battlefield was immediately enveloped in a blizzard. Her Flying Sword hung by her side, and she flew forward, engaging Jiang Xiao in battle.

The sky above Peach Blossom Dock was left with only two colors: blood red and icy blue.

Song Yan and Li Qingfeng had no time to observe the great battle and headed straight for the blood-colored cocoon.

"Whoosh—"

A streak of Geng Metal Sword Qi swiftly cut across the front of the blood cocoon, forcing Song Yan and Li Qingfeng to halt their steps.

"Little Junior Brothers..."

Bai Yu Lu smiled charmingly: "This Blood Refinement Grand Array, which integrates attack, confinement, and Soul disturbance, has been accumulating for three years."

"The blood Qi and vengeful Souls within it could even consume three Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators."

"However, the pressure of this grand array is currently on that woman. Once she dies, you will turn into contaminated blood, just like those Mortal pigs."

"Why struggle? Just wait for death obediently and save your energy."

Song Yan admitted that this was the most alluring and captivating voice he had ever heard.

Beside Bai Yu Lu stood a Cultivator in a dark blue Daoist robe; that streak of Sword Qi just now was emitted by him.

Li Qingfeng’s heart tightened, and he reminded, "Senior Brother Song, that looks like a Disciple of Hanging Sword Mountain."

However, this Fellow Daoist from Hanging Sword Mountain seemed to be quite unconscious at the moment.

His eyes were dull, like a Puppet.

"If you two find waiting a bit boring..."

"Then don’t resist this feeling..."

A soft, alluring voice echoed in their ears, and a pink mist diffused in Song Yan’s vision.

He felt his consciousness, along with his body, begin to sink.

"How about we do something happy together~"

"Illusion!"

Among the Divine Abilities of Demon Beasts, such illusions were common, capable of making people unknowingly sink into an illusionary Realm.

By the time Song Yan reacted, he already felt as if his Soul had separated from his body.

The light in Song Yan’s eyes gradually began to fade.

"Yan Yan! Yan Yan!"

"Oh no, oh no, you didn’t listen to anything Grandpa said!"

The little snake was sweating profusely: "Be careful of pretty girls!"

Bai Yu Lu frowned: "Where did this little snake come from..."

A sweep of her Divine Sense slightly relaxed her; it was merely a small snake that hadn’t even begun to Cultivate, only having opened its spiritual intelligence due to its extraordinary talent.

"You’re a demon, why are you mixing with humans? Come, come to big sister..."

"Hiss—"

Snake Babe flicked its tongue at her, expressing dissatisfaction, then its small eyes rolled, and it bit Song Yan’s shoulder with a grunt.

Song Yan felt a sharp pain, followed by a cool sensation that flowed from the painful spot on his shoulder into his body.

The sense of control over his body seemed to be slowly returning.

"Ugh..."

His eyes regained their luster, but his limbs were still a bit numb.

"Hmm?"

Bai Yu Lu was a little surprised.

Indeed, there were many ways to dispel her illusion, such as certain Medicinal Pills or spiritual objects, special methods of Spiritual Qi circulation, etc... But she had never heard of any type of Demon Beast saliva that could dispel her illusion.

"Whoosh—"

Bai Yu Lu didn’t hesitate. With a flash of charm, she repeated her trick.

A fragrant breeze wafted over, and that heavy feeling seemed to drag him down again.

Xiao He grew anxious, blocking Song Yan’s front, her snake eyes glowing with a cyan-gold light.

"You... you, you, you! Don’t look at her anymore!"

In an instant, Song Yan felt his mind clear, and that heavy sensation suddenly dissipated.

"Oh?"

Xiao He hadn’t Cultivated any demonic arts; what kind of Divine Ability was this?

The opponent’s illusion should be a natural Divine Ability of a Demon Beast, otherwise, with his extraordinary Divine Sense, he wouldn’t have been so defenseless.

He hadn’t expected Xiao He’s snake eyes to have something special about them.

Song Yan was puzzled, and although he hadn’t figured out the reason, it was clear that there were more important things to do right now.

He grabbed Li Qingfeng’s plump hand.

"Xiao He, bite him!"

Another grunt and a bite.

"Junior Brother Li, less talk, you go deal with that person, I’ll go slay this demon!"

"Ugh..."

Li Qingfeng was still dizzy and his arm was throbbing, but he still kept Song Yan’s words in mind.

"Alright..."

"You truly have guts..."

Bai Yu Lu’s brows were tinged with a hint of coldness, and she knew in her heart that with this little snake present, illusions were just a waste of effort.

She couldn’t help but feel annoyed: "If only your cultivation strength was half as strong as your words!"

She conjured a long whip from her hand and attacked Song Yan directly.

Perhaps it was Xiao He’s gaze just now, but Song Yan still felt an unprecedented clarity of mind. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

If an ordinary Qi Refining fifth-layer Cultivator encountered a first-stage Middle Stage Demon Beast, even if they were in the same Realm, they would mostly face a grim fate.

However, one of this Demon Beast’s powerful methods was gone, so it was not impossible to fight.

Bai Yu Lu swung her whip fiercely. The inherent strength of a Demon Beast made the whip tear through the air, whistling loudly.

"You don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. When that woman is crushed by the grand array, I’ll let you know what it means to wish you were dead!"

Strangely, Song Yan felt neither fear nor trepidation.

Facing such a Demon Beast of the same Realm, whose true form was unknown, he even felt a trace of... excitement.

The former Song Yan, if not for the Sect’s strict requirement to descend the mountain, would have wished to hide in the Sect every day and Cultivate until death.

When did he start to... enjoy fighting?

Beneath the Zhen Dao Sword Mansion, which he hadn’t noticed, the nascent Dao Heart on the Sword Dao Seed was slowly rippling.

Song Yan conjured his Flying Sword, cutting through the long whip, then leaped back, his toes lightly tapping the body of the Flying Sword.

Three streaks of Sword Qi were unleashed from his fingertips simultaneously.

Bai Yu Lu dodged sideways, but was affected by the sharp edge of one of the Sword Qi, leaving a long, narrow cut above her brows.

"..."

She lightly pinched her fingertip, a trace of crimson: "What sharp Sword Qi..."

The demonic blood within her body boiled, but the Sword Qi remaining on her wound slowed the healing process by a breath.

"..."

Song Yan had no intention of holding back or saving any trump cards; he only wanted to go all out and see how strong he truly was now.

Above, a great battle of Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators was taking place, and the greatest pressure had already been taken by Senior Sister Qin.

Junior Brother Li was helping him restrain the Hanging Sword Mountain Cultivator.

Now, before him was a demon that had massacred common people alongside the demonic Cultivator.

For him, it was also a battle of life and death.

There was no reason not to give his all.

He controlled his Spiritual Qi, activating a body-protecting Spiritual Artifact. Three light green Spiritual Qi shields revolved around him.

His fingertip lightly brushed the body of the Flying Sword.

The Sword Qi within the Zhen Dao Sword Mansion, which pulsed like lotus flowers, now surged out along his fingertip, covering the sword body.

Buzz—

It was almost all of his Sword Qi!

For Song Yan, in a life-and-death struggle, he had no mind to probe his opponent back and forth.

If he was going to kill, he had to observe the wind and seize the opening, to instantly slay the opponent with the force of thunder!

The Flying Sword moved as if an extension of his arm, bringing forth streaks of Sword Qi, actually forcing Bai Yu Lu to retreat step by step!

Since she emerged from the Corpse Bone Abyss, when had she ever suffered such humiliation?

Even Jiang Xiao, a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator, had to be polite to her.

In a fit of anger, she drew a whip, intending to entangle the Flying Sword.

Unfortunately, she underestimated the Sword Qi on the Flying Sword.

Song Yan’s body surged with Spiritual Qi, and Sword Qi burst forth!

"Go!"

With a horizontal swing of the sword, the long whip could not withstand the intense Sword Qi, retreating in defeat, and actually shattered, losing its spiritual light!

"Pfft—"

Bai Yu Lu spat out fresh blood, her mind unstable, and she began to manifest some Demon Beast characteristics. White fur began to cover her face, her eyes turned red, and her ears could no longer be hidden.

"Rabbit Demon Beast..."

To be fair, she was only a first-stage Middle Stage Demon Beast. With her refined Spiritual Artifact damaged, her mind was naturally unstable.

Seizing her weakness to take her life, Song Yan lightly tapped his fingertip, forming a sword incantation.

"I am a Demon Beast from the Corpse Bone Abyss, you..."

One could only say it was a pity.

A greenhorn like Song Yan had no idea what the Corpse Bone Abyss was.

Even if he knew, it would be useless.

Perhaps under the combined blessing of Xiao He’s unknown Divine Ability and the Myriad Manifestations Dao Heart, Song Yan at this moment entered an extremely profound state.

In his eyes, the world—colors, sounds, light—all "redundant" things were stripped away.

Only the Flying Sword and Bai Yu Lu remained; everything became very slow.

By the time Bai Yu Lu reacted, it was too late.

The first white sword shadow pierced her lower abdomen.

"Ugh..."

Her demonic power was chaotic, difficult to sustain.

"You dare..."

The second... the third... a total of seven streaks of Sword Qi poured into Bai Yu Lu’s demonic body.

The surrounding six sword shadows trailed blazing sword light phantoms, rotating rapidly, and above her head, they merged with the Flying Sword.

Cloud Piercing Sword!

The sword light fell.

Boom!!!

"..."

Violent air currents stirred up mist and dust, surging outwards.

A moment later, the Spiritual Qi dissipated, and the Sword Qi vanished.

Song Yan walked slowly, with an indifferent expression, past Bai Yu Lu. For such an evil demon, there was no room for pity.

Only the corpse of a rabbit Demon Beast remained in the field, completely devoid of life, its eyes fixed in a solidified expression of dullness and confusion.

It was like a statue, submerged in ancient Sword Qi.