Chapter 29: Safe Escape

The four demon cultivators from Hundred Beasts Peak—Golden-Horned Azure Dragon, Sky-Diving Falcon, Tree-Scaled Ape, and Golden-Stone Rat—suddenly heard the terrified cry of the Snake-Body Poison Demon.
Immediately afterward, the mournful screams of the Poison Demon beasts across the Inner Eight Stars echoed from every direction, as if the entire region was about to face a great calamity. These Poison Demon beasts attacked even more frantically, and more of them arrived, stronger and more fierce.
Undoubtedly, sensing these sudden changes, the four demon cultivators could no longer remain calm. They immediately used their spiritual senses to communicate and decided to launch a surprise attack. After seizing the Poison Soul Beast, they would flee into space and leave the Demon Poison Star Region.
Suddenly, Golden-Horned Azure Dragon rushed to Xiao Long’s side and delivered a powerful punch, carrying a gust of wind, straight at Xiao Long, who had just cast a spell.
Sky-Diving Falcon, Tree-Scaled Ape, and Golden-Stone Rat also joined Golden-Horned Azure Dragon to defend against the attacks from Tan Xiu and the other three members of the Xiao family.
“Ah!” Xiao Long had just finished casting a spell to eliminate two thousand Howling Poison Demons ahead. He didn’t have time to summon his vital energy to resist and could only rely on his physical body to block the attack.
Golden-Horned Azure Dragon was a demon cultivator in the late stage of fusion, a power-type cultivator by nature. His surprise punch, prepared for a long time, was especially fierce, breaking Xiao Long’s waist in one strike.
The Spirit-Collecting Bag hanging on Xiao Long was instantly seized by Golden-Horned Azure Dragon.
But before the four cultivators from Hundred Beasts Peak could rejoice, the four from Green Flame Peak also took action.
Yan Guan, Yan Zhen, Yan Chen, and Yan Hong each suddenly produced a fire thunderbolt the size of a red egg. These were Heavenly Fire Rock Core Thunderbolts, which, once exploded, possessed the power of a cultivator in the late stage of fusion. Their origin was unique—these thunderbolts formed when heavenly fire descended into volcanic lava and was encased by stones as it sank into the earth’s core. Craftsmen who obtained these stones could inscribe special spiritual energy arrays on them to trigger the explosion of the heavenly fire within.
At that moment, each of the four from Green Flame Peak threw two of these Heavenly Fire Rock Core Thunderbolts into the swarm of Poison Demon beasts, while the other two were fired at the group of five from the Xiao family and around the four demon cultivators from Hundred Beasts Peak.
While fighting the Poison Demon beasts together, the four from Green Flame Peak had been communicating through their spiritual senses. They shared the same plan as the four from Hundred Beasts Peak: to blow up the Xiao family and seize the Spirit-Collecting Bag before fleeing through space and leaving the Demon Poison Star Region.
Bang! Bang! Bang!

A thunderous roar that shook the heavens and earth quickly spread across the battlefield. Along with this sound came various poisonous beasts that covered the sky and ground, all completely destroyed by the four flames resembling fire planets. Within a hundred miles, every poisonous beast that had once been densely packed was gone.

Tan Xiu and the four members of the Xiao family, along with the four demon cultivators from Bai Shou Peak, were too slow to react. They had assumed the four people from Bi Yan Peak must possess powerful treasures, but they never expected it to be such a formidable Heavenly Fire Rock Core Thunder.

Tan Xiu suffered minor injuries, while the four members of the Xiao family—Xiao Long, who was already injured, died immediately, and the other three were also severely wounded and collapsed on the ground. Among the four demon cultivators, the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon, being a beast with extremely strong defense, was only covered in blood but unharmed internally. As for the Sky Soaring Falcon, Tree-Scaled Ape, and Golden Stone Rat, they were wailing in agony.

“Bi Yan Peak, you’re insane! I’ll fight you to the death!” Tan Xiu was furious, already holding a spirit talisman in his hand. This talisman glowed with yellow light, emitting earth energy fluctuations on par with those of a late-stage merged cultivator. Indeed, this talisman was Tan Xiu’s greatest reliance for this mission, given to him by Tian Pai—it was called the Earth Demon Hidden Sky Talisman.

“Bi Yan Peak, you’re cruel! Don’t think this will work for you,” the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon said, his eyes glowing viciously as he took out a strange black fruit. This black fruit was the Ten-Thousand Poisons Fruit, transformed from the Poison Devouring Fruit. It was the size of a fist, with what seemed like ten thousand human mouths on its skin, all open as if absorbing poison.

Just as Tan Xiu and the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon revealed their strengths, a huge cloud of darkness descended. When the cloud dispersed, Wu Yuan’s massive figure appeared. At the same time, Qu Yi, Golden Qilin, and Illusion Dancing Butterfly also showed up. Qu Yi created an invisible energy shield with both hands to protect Golden Qilin and Illusion Dancing Butterfly from the poison. Both Golden Qilin and Illusion Dancing Butterfly held Eight-Directions Swords in their hands.

The moment they appeared, Golden Qilin and Illusion Dancing Butterfly didn’t give the six people from Bi Yan Peak, the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon, and Tan Xiu any chance. They swiftly swung their Eight-Directions Swords, releasing three streams of light each.

Ah…

Six agonized screams rang out simultaneously, and all six of them—the four from Bi Yan Peak, the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon, and Tan Xiu—collapsed to the ground.

The Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dance Butterfly were quickly sent back into the Tiny Realm Ball by Qu Yi, who then soared over to the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon and stored the Soul-Collecting Bag and the Thousand Poisons Fruit inside the Tiny Realm Ball. After that, Qu Yi went to Tan Xiu and took away his Earth Demon Concealing Talisman. Undoubtedly, Qu Yi, whose body was like a phantom, did not overlook the space rings of the thirteen people in the field nor the magical artifacts in their hands. After dealing with these, Qu Yi immediately wrapped Xiao Hu, Xiao Bao, and Xiao Lang in his true energy and entered the Tiny Realm Ball along with Wu Yuan. The Tiny Realm Ball turned into a speck of dust and fell to the ground, its presence undetectable by anyone. At that moment, the Snake-Body Poison Demon arrived, followed by a swarm of Poison Demon Beasts like rolling currents. It spotted Tan Xiu, Yan Guan, Yan Zhen, Yan Chen, Yan Hong, as well as the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon, the Sky Soaring Falcon, the Tree-Scaled Ape, and the Golden Stone Rat, all unconscious on the ground. Tsk tsk! The Snake-Body Poison Demon used its spiritual sense to scan the surroundings and found that within a hundred miles, there was only the lingering scent of pain from dead Poison Demon Beasts. Seeing that these few were still alive, it immediately gave orders for the Poison Demon Beasts to slaughter them mercilessly. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Thousands of Poison Demon Beasts rushed at the people on the ground, opening their mouths and extending their claws to devour them completely. While these Poison Demon Beasts were attacking, five figures appeared in the sky above the Inner Eight Stars—five human-shaped Poison Demon Beasts in the early stages of the Tribulation. The man with golden eyes, the man with green eyes, the woman with blue eyes, the man with red eyes, and the man with yellow eyes all glanced at the ground, where not even a trace of blood could be seen. They all snorted and then fixed their eyes on the Snake-Body Poison Demon. “Black Snake, what exactly happened in your ruled Inner Eight Stars? Explain in detail,” the man with golden eyes said coldly. These five Poison Demon Beasts in the early stages of the Tribulation referred to the Snake-Body Poison Demon as Black Snake. “Golden-Eyed Poison King, Green-Eyed Poison King, Blue-Eyed Poison King, Red-Eyed Poison King, Yellow-Eyed Poison King, these human cultivators sneaked into my planet and entered the Poison Gas Caves. I never expected them to be so vicious. They lured me away while even more powerful ones sneaked deep into the caves and cut down the Black Tree, preventing us from breeding new demon beasts anymore,” the Snake-Body Poison Demon, Black Snake, said miserably. At this point, Black Snake had no idea that Qu Yi was not part of the Xiao family, the Biyan Peak, or the Hundred Beasts Peak. He had simply taken advantage of the situation, using these three groups to distract Black Snake while he himself cut down the Black Tree and obtained the Soul-Nurturing Crystal. “What…?”

From the eyes of the five Poison Kings, beams of light shot out—gold, cyan, blue, red, and yellow—clearly signifying their intense anger. The reason the Demon Poison Star Region could persist was because there were five planets in its inner zone that continuously bred new Poison Beasts. Now, with one of these planets lost, it was a huge blow to the region. These five Poison Kings, who were in the early stages of transcending, were actually the strongest defenders of the Demon Poison Star Region. With such a major upheaval, they surely would take action. “Human cultivators rely on their numerical advantage and those at the Great Perfection stage to act arrogantly, treating our Demon Poison Star Region as a testing ground. Now they’re even more brazen, sending people to sever the life force of our region. We must counter them. From now on, even the combined-form beasts can go to the border planets—kill any human cultivators they encounter,” declared the Golden-Eyed Poison King angrily. “Black Snake, when we arrived, we sensed the presence of seven more human cultivators. Their auras just disappeared. I think they must be hiding somewhere nearby. Immediately order all Poison Beasts to search the entire area. We must eliminate all human cultivators in the Demon Poison Star Region,” ordered the Cyan-Eyed Poison King right away. The auras of Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, Illusory Dance Butterfly, Xiao Hu, Xiao Bao, and Xiao Lang, though present for only a short time, were still detected. Naturally, the five Poison Kings wanted to find them and take revenge thoroughly. Soon, all the Poison Beasts in the eight inner planets gathered at the site of the battle and spread out everywhere—sky and ground—covering the area in a dense search. Undoubtedly, these Poison Beasts had no chance of finding the Dust Ball that had turned to dust. Meanwhile, the five Poison Kings suddenly disappeared and sent orders for all the combined-form Poison Beasts in the Demon Poison Star Region to head to the border planets immediately to eliminate any human cultivators there. As for Pi Du Star, the life planet near the Demon Poison Star Region, the five Poison Kings dared not disturb it, as they also didn’t want to provoke those human cultivators at the Great Perfection stage. In the eight inner planets, the dust from the Dust Ball had settled on a five-tailed snake, which was carrying it in a certain direction across the planet.

It turned out that Qu Yi had captured Xiao Hu, Xiao Bao, and Xiao Lang in order to force them to reveal the location of the spatial teleportation array set up by the Xiao family on the Inner Eight Stars. The direction in which that five-tailed venomous snake ran was precisely the direction of the spatial teleportation array.

Inside a large, dark cave, the Inch Realm Ball flew on its own and entered the cave, after which Qu Yi emerged. By using the “Silent Art,” Qu Yi emitted no trace of aura, so naturally, those venomous beasts could not sense him. He then easily entered the spatial teleportation array and supplied his vital energy to activate it.

The next moment, Qu Yi appeared on a border planet in the Demon Venom Star Region—the same planet he had used to enter that region from the Poison-Extinguishing Star.

Qu Yi stepped out of the spatial teleportation array, smirked coldly, and immediately used the Planet Great Migration technique to head straight for the Poison-Extinguishing Star, escaping the Demon Venom Star Region.