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The spirit devouring beasts loved to eat spirit energy. It had a docile nature and belonged to the low level demon beasts. Although he was born with the ability to absorb spiritual energy at an extremely fast rate, the growth rate of demonic energy was extremely slow. The meat grew quite quickly and under the constant nourishment of spirit energy, the quality of the meat was incredibly compact and tender.

In the world of cultivation, the Devouring Spirit Beast was an existence similar to the "Tribute Pig". It was a delicacy that came first at a large-scale banquet or sacrificial ceremony. The Spirit Devouring Beasts on the table had also become a symbol of face and strength. Raising a Devouring Spirit Beast was a waste of money, so only sects and cultivation families with solid foundations would be able to raise it.

Humans' intelligence was limitless, there were people who forcefully developed another use for spirit devouring beasts. In the past, when cultivators were at the critical moment of their Aurous Core stage, his enemies suddenly released dozens of spirit devouring beasts. The large amount of spiritual energy that this cultivator gathered to break through his bottleneck was instantly eaten up by the spirit devouring beasts. When this cultivator failed to form his core, his cultivation level also dropped by thousands of feet.

This incident was quite sensational at the time. The "tribute pig" had actually become a weapon for retaliation. People began to capture spirit beasts and the various sects began to raise a large number of them.

Unfortunately, the good news did not last long. In the end, the Devouring Spirit Beast returned to its status of a "tribute pig". This was because they were too edible, and raising a large number of spirit beasts was burning money. Moreover, this technique had many drawbacks. Sometimes, the enemy would be devoured by his own spirit devouring beast before he could reach a bottleneck in his cultivation. At that time, there were many people who raised spirit devouring beasts and were worried for their enemies every day. Hurry up and break through!

The duke of Ying Tian had never thought that his opponent would also have a gigantic spirit devouring beast. Normally, the Devouring Spirit Beast was about the same size as an eagle, but the one in front of them right now was about the size of a house. Let alone the spirit energy formed by Li Tai, even Li Tai himself could be sucked dry from the mouth of this super large spirit beast.

Right now, there was a female puppet in front and a giant spirit devouring beast behind. The duke of Ying Tian fell into a dilemma. After a moment of thought, he made a decision. "All the disciples and elders, attack that devouring spirit beast with all your might!"

He turned around and rushed towards the female puppet. The group of Falling Cloud Sect Elders and disciples charged towards the Spirit Swallowing Beast in the sky. Instantly, sword Qis, talismans and magic treasures were all summoned, and the sky was filled with colorful "crackling" sounds like a large firework party. Unfortunately, the skin of this devouring spirit beast was thick and rough, without any substantial effect.

Bai Xiaochuan could not sit still any longer, "Wan, let's go too! "We're teaming up. We can't let the BOSS off the edge anymore!"

Bai Xiaowang said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, the Falling Cloud Sect is far more powerful than this. We're not the ones who should take action here."

Just as Bai Xiaowang finished his sentence, a huge shadow flashed past the main peak of Cloud's Falling Cloud Mountain and pounced towards the Spirit Swallowing Beast. It was actually a flying centipede that was hundreds of feet long!

The Soaring Centipede opened its bloody mouth and bit the neck of the Devouring Spirit Beast ruthlessly. With a deep breath, all of the blood and flesh of the devouring spirit beast turned into essence energy and was sucked into the Soaring Centipede's stomach. The Devouring Spirit Beast didn't even have the chance to cry out before it turned into a shrivelled up skin and floated down from the sky.

This was the guardian beast of the Falling Cloud Sect! This was the centipede that the citizens of Chu had seen flying through the clouds.

As for the female puppet, she was about to reach the vortex of spiritual energy. The child corpse puppet's stiff face revealed a trace of joy. At this time, Ying Tianhou also became anxious. He took out his life treasure, the Wind Fire Halberd, and roared angrily. He was about to charge forward after swinging his halberd.

Suddenly, a clear 'ding' resounded throughout the entire Falling Cloud Mountain. A sword as sharp as autumn frost emerged from the deepest part of the mountain behind the Falling Cloud Sect. The sword was a deep blue in color and was covered in white stardust.

Those who recognized this sword would definitely exclaim, "Stellar Sand Sword!"

Right! The Sand Star Sword of the greatest cultivator of Chu, Old Demon Li of the Falling Cloud Grandmaster!

The Stardust Sword moved and instantly appeared above the female puppet. The Stardust Sword transformed into a three hundred meter long greatsword. The huge sword ruthlessly slashed at the female puppet!

Before the sword blade arrived, the spiritual pressure arrived first!

The young girl's corpse puppet was locked in the air by the spirit pressure emitted by the Star Sand Sword. She raised her head and looked at the Stardust Sword in fear. The sword's terrifying spiritual pressure poured down, and the young girl's corpse puppet's bones exploded in an indescribable manner. The corpse puppet let out an extremely miserable shriek as it was crushed into a lump of meat and fell to the ground.

One hit kill the enemy! After exterminating the corpse puppet, the Stardust Sword quietly returned to the depths of the back mountain. They flew through the misty path and into a thatched hut. The Stardust Sword landed lightly on the wooden sword rack. It was as if he had never left at all.

Only now did Ying Tianhou relax and let out a long breath. A light flashed in his eyes, "So that's how it is! So this is your final goal! He wanted to test Martial Ancestor by obstructing Junior Brother Li's advancement. "Heh heh, are you all satisfied with this result?"

Although today's enemies seemed to be obstructing Li Tai from advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, their ultimate goal was to use this opportunity to test out Old Monster Li.

Old Freak Li, the number one ranker of Chu, hadn't appeared in front of everyone for over four hundred years. Everyone muttered to themselves from time to time. Is this Old Monster Li still alive? If he was still alive, could he still be worthy of being the number one expert of Chu? If the hero is late, then...

A thousand miles away, on a small, bare hill. A red-clothed youth and a middle-aged scholar with a sword on their backs stood side by side. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

The red-clothed youth looked to be about fifteen to sixteen years old, his facial features were delicate, and his appearance was as handsome as a demon. The middle-aged scholar looked to be travel worn, and he carried a very common looking cyan steel sword on his back.

The red-clothed youth sighed and said, "This old bastard, he doesn't look old at all. It seems he's about to step into the great circle of the Nascent Soul Stage. Half of his foot is already standing on the edge of the Soul Formation stage. "

The middle-aged scholar frowned and said, "Don't even mention Old Freak Li, even that Ying Tianhou has amazing talent." He reckoned that in a few decades, he would be able to enter the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. Then, he would be on equal footing with the two of us. Today, the Falling Cloud Sect received another Nascent Soul cultivator. "Sigh!"

The two stared at each other, speechless for a moment. If anyone else had seen this, they would have definitely cried out in shock, "The Martial Ancestor of the Vault of Flames and the Martial Ancestor of the Heavenly Sword Sect are actually gathered together!"

This red-clothed youth was Old Demon Zang Huan, and the unremarkable middle-aged monk was Lin Jianfeng!