Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Three months later, at the edge of the spiritual land named Xiaodan Ridge by Zhao Yu, more than a dozen demon apes, each standing nine feet tall and covered in crimson fur, had a glint of ferocity in their eyes as they lunged towards the direction of Xiaodan Ridge.

A white figure flashed, and the White Ghost Emperor appeared in front of the demon apes, his claw directly extracting the heart of one ape.

The dozen or so demon apes roared and lunged at the White Ghost Emperor.

Shadows flickered, and the White Ghost Emperor easily plucked out the hearts of the demon apes.

With a wave of his hand, the White Ghost Emperor sent a talisman flying into the sky, blooming with a rainbow light, and then his figure shook and he vanished.

Wei Tianyi, leading twenty members of the Demon Hunting Team, quickly arrived at the site.

Looking at the dozen demon apes on the ground, Wei Tianyi thought to himself, "Those are First-Order Superior Demon Beasts, the Crimson-Furred Fierce Apes! To think they were dispatched so easily! The one who did this must be a Foundation Establishment Expert hidden by the sanctuary master. How fortunate we are to have two Foundation Establishment Cultivators protecting Xiaodan Ridge.

However, it seems the sanctuary master favors the Tuoba family even more!"

Wei Tianyi was from the Wei family, which was well-informed. Through the intelligence channels of his family, he learned that the beast tide had officially begun, and the other six families had suffered extensive attacks from demon beasts.

The Demon Hunting Teams formed by those families faced casualties almost every day, while Xiaodan Ridge remained tranquil, with their Demon Hunting Team members turning into janitors of the battlefield, mainly responsible for transporting the corpses of the demon beasts.

Suddenly, a pitch-black evil wind blew from afar. Looking in the direction of the wind, Wei Tianyi saw a giant snake, over thirty feet long and covered in earthy yellow scales, slithering their way.

"A Second-Order Demon Beast!!"

Upon seeing the giant snake, the faces of Wei Tianyi and the twenty Demon Hunting Team members changed drastically, fear unmistakably flashing in their eyes as their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

A Second-Order Demon Beast was a terrifying creature with a life level comparable to Foundation Establishment Cultivators, capable of overwhelming ordinary Qi Refinement cultivators with fear, rendering them unable to perform at their full strength.

The giant snake could kill Wei Tianyi and the twenty Demon Hunting Team members on the spot.

An escape light flew from afar, appearing above Wei Tianyi and his group in an instant, revealing its form to be Zhao Yu.

"The sanctuary master has arrived!!"

Excitement flickered in the eyes of the Demon Hunting Team members.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators were the guardian deities of such pioneering spiritual lands in Canglong Mountain Range. As long as a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator remained alive, the morale of the people expanding the spiritual lands would not collapse.

"Go!"

Zhao Yu directly invoked a low-grade spiritual tool level earthy yellow magic sword, which transformed into a beam of earthy yellow light and shot towards the giant snake.

The giant snake's eyes showed a trace of seriousness as it opened its gaping maw and spewed a yellow gust of wind, sweeping towards the earthy yellow magic sword.

The earthy yellow magic sword pierced through the gust, its spiritual light dimming amidst the wind before penetrating it and encircling the neck of the giant snake.

The giant snake's huge head was instantly severed, its headless body thudding heavily to the ground.

Looking at the corpse of the giant snake, Zhao Yu thought to himself, "With the beast tide upon us, the price of demon beast flesh and materials is bound to plummet!"

Wei Tianyi, leading the twenty members of the Demon Hunting Team, stepped forward and performed a grand bow: "We've met the sanctuary master! We thank the sanctuary master for lending a hand in our rescue!"

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, approached the giant snake's body, cut it open, and extracted an inner core. Then he allowed the Demon Hunting Team members to come forward and disassemble the corpse of the Second-Order giant snake.

At the summit of a mountain twenty miles northwest of Little Dan Ridge, there stood a demonic fox, eight feet tall and furry black, standing on its hind legs; a demonic ape, ten feet tall, covered with a layer of pitch-black armor; and a gigantic wolf, also ten feet tall, covered with a layer of yellow-brown fur.

These three demon beasts were all Second-Order Demon Beasts, coldly overlooking Zhao Yu from afar.

The demonic fox called out a few times.

The demonic ape and the giant wolf each let out a mighty howl and then, with a leap, sped toward the direction of Little Dan Ridge.

Under the command of a Second-Order Mid-grade demonic ape and a Second-Order Mid-grade giant wolf, hundreds of eight-feet-tall pitch-black demonic apes and yellow-furred demonic wolves swarmed toward Little Dan Ridge.

"This is the minor beast tide! Thank goodness I was well-prepared!!"

Zhao Yu, standing on clouds mid-air, watched the hundreds of demon beasts with a solemn flash in his eyes.

The number of human cultivators in the entire Little Dan Ridge was far fewer than those pitch-black demonic apes.

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"Retreat!"

Upon Zhao Yu's command, the many cultivators from the Demon Hunting Team hastily retreated from the edge of Little Dan Ridge, drawing back to the core area of the ridge.

As the demon beasts entered Little Dan Ridge, Zhao Yu took out a jade card with restrictions and activated the Spirit Wood Grand Formation.

A faint spiritual light surged, and all the Second-Order Spirit Wood in Little Dan Ridge instantly emitted spiritual light, forming a strong barrier that blocked half of the demon beasts outside the formation.

Within the Grand Formation, the spirit woods transformed into wooden dragons under the power of the formation, pouncing towards the invading demon beasts.

The demonic apes roared angrily, swinging their fists at the wooden dragons.

Many demonic apes were torn apart by the wooden dragons, but an even greater number of wooden dragons were smashed to pieces by the fist of the Second-Order Mid-grade demonic ape.

The giant wolves, led by the Second-Order Mid-grade giant wolf, also destroyed the wooden dragons transformed by the spirit wood.

Seated at the heart of the command, Zhao Yu constantly urged his mana, manipulating the Spirit Wood Grand Formation to produce various changes to attack the demon beasts within and resist the attack from those outside, consuming a massive amount of Spirit Stones every moment.

A white shadow appeared like a ghost over the battlefield, pouncing toward the Second-Order Mid-grade demonic ape. It was none other than the White Ghost Emperor.

The demonic ape's eyes flashed with ferocity, it sneered, and with a bound, it appeared in front of the White Ghost Emperor. Its fist, enveloped in dark demonic light, mercilessly struck at the White Ghost Emperor.

The White Ghost Emperor's eyes suddenly displayed two mysterious curse seals, glanced at the demonic ape, and its fist hit the Emperor directly, shattering it.

In the next moment, a pitch-black ghost claw pierced the steel back of the demonic ape, forcibly penetrating through and gouging out its heart.

Disbelief flashed in the eyes of the Second-Order Mid-grade demonic ape. Its body trembled slightly before it collapsed heavily to the ground, turning into a corpse.

Many demonic apes roared and pounced towards the White Ghost Emperor but were blocked by the mass of wooden dragons.

The White Ghost Emperor's figure flickered, charging toward the Second-Order Mid-grade yellow-furred demonic wolf.

The yellow-furred wolf's eyes gleamed fiercely, and from its gaping mouth shot a yellow-brown light that struck the White Ghost Emperor's body head-on.