Taking advantage of Qin Xiao's earlier commotion, many disciples had already successfully escaped the encirclement.
However, more disciples still died under the attacks of the Demon Beasts.
"What's wrong? Seeing these disciples die tragically, you don't dare to move anymore?"
Fan Hongfei looked at Ling Wushuang with a mocking expression.
"Today's grudge, I, Ling Wushuang, swear I will definitely seek you out to settle."
Ling Wushuang naturally wasn't foolish; he had originally come to restrain them, and since the other side wasn't attacking either, and those who could escape had already escaped, he also planned to withdraw.
"Oh? From your tone, you think you can still leave alive?"
Fan Hongfei asked with a smiling face.
"I admit you're strong, but I'm not made of mud either."
After Ling Wushuang finished speaking, he activated the Dharma Treasure on his body, and then his figure slowly became illusory until it disappeared completely.
This was his life-saving trump card, a High Grade Dharma Treasure that could ignore the environment and teleport instantly. Of course, without special positioning, the landing point couldn't be predicted and was entirely random, but it was sufficient for saving one's life.
"Not bad, to have such a Dharma Treasure, no wonder you're so confident."
Fan Hongfei couldn't help but sigh, but he still wasn't panicked.
"Children, the hunt has begun."
He signaled to the giant ape, and then the giant ape roared towards all the Demon Beasts.
All the Demon Beasts instantly went crazy, starting to scatter in all directions, not because they were scared, but to begin hunting separately.
After all the Demon Beasts scattered, Fan Hongfei drove the giant ape to the side of these disciples' corpses, and the giant ape began eating.
Although some disciples weren't dead yet, the giant ape didn't care about that, directly eating them alive. In its eyes, whether alive or dead, they were just its food.
Although Demon Beast cultivation is simple, because they can't cultivate techniques and can only absorb naturally, they need time to accumulate.
The fastest method is to eat these cultivators, turning their Spiritual Qi into their own Spiritual Qi. This is why Demon Beasts always like to attack cultivators.
The giant ape ate over a hundred Golden Core stage corpses in a row before letting out a belch, then sat down to begin digestion.
In less than half an hour, the giant ape finished digesting, its aura becoming even stronger. Fan Hongfei also suddenly felt his cultivation soar, his aura continuously rising until it reached the early stage of Soul Formation.
"Hahaha, I've also reached the Soul Formation stage. Sure enough, one still needs to devour high-cultivation cultivators; this improvement speed is really fast."
Fan Hongfei laughed madly. Originally, with his Yellow Spirit Root talent, he almost couldn't cultivate to the Soul Formation stage in his entire lifetime. He never expected that in just three hundred years, he had also reached the Soul Formation stage.
"Such a technique is practically tailor-made for me."
Fan Hongfei sighed that fate had not treated him poorly. To find such a technique on the second layer was truly heaven's will, giving him hope of being able to take revenge.
After stabilizing his cultivation, the giant ape ate all the remaining corpses, then began walking in one direction.
Within half an hour, many disciples hadn't escaped far before being caught up by the Demon Beasts. The consequence of being caught up was naturally death, but the Demon Beasts didn't dare to eat these disciples' corpses, having to leave them for the giant ape; otherwise, they would be the ones eaten.
Qin Xiao had indeed escaped, but his luck was really bad. The direction he fled in happened to be towards the third layer entrance, where Fan Hongfei had left Nascent Soul stage Demon Beasts guarding.
Just entering the Demon Beasts' range, he was sensed. By the time Qin Xiao discovered it, he was already very close.
"Damn, what kind of wicked deed did I do to run straight into danger like this?"
Discovering two huge Demon Beasts staring at him, Qin Xiao just wanted to curse, but for now he should escape first.
Not giving those two Demon Beasts a chance to react, Qin Xiao turned and ran.
After running for a while, those two Demon Beasts didn't give chase, and Qin Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although those two Nascent Soul stage Demon Beasts didn't chase, those hunting Demon Beasts had already caught up.
At this moment, Qin Xiao was blocked by two Golden Core stage Demon Beasts.
"Two Golden Core late stage, okay, can barely fight."
Qin Xiao now had no way to retreat and could only fight head-on.
These two Demon Beasts-one Dark Night Wind Wolf and one Blazing Flame Savage Bull-exhibited extreme speed and immense power respectively. Qin Xiao actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.
But before Qin Xiao could think more, the Dark Night Wind Wolf took the initiative to attack him first. Its speed was very fast, and even early stage Nascent Soul cultivators might not necessarily dodge it.
Qin Xiao naturally couldn't dodge either; the wolf claw directly grabbed towards his head. Qin Xiao hurriedly activated the Heart-Protecting Turtle Shell, promptly raising a shield. Although it blocked the attack, the enormous impact still sent him flying.
The Dark Night Wind Wolf was somewhat puzzled; although its claw just now hit, it didn't feel the sensation of breaking through, and there was no blood on its claw.
"Damn, Demon Beasts indeed can't be measured by cultivator standards. This wind wolf known for speed actually has such great strength. If I'd known there would be intense fighting, I wouldn't have eaten breakfast this morning."
Qin Xiao struggled to stand up from the ground; the powerful impact almost made him vomit his breakfast.
Seeing Qin Xiao stand up again, the Dark Night Wind Wolf pounced towards him once more. This time it didn't slap him away, but pressed him to the ground with a claw, opening its bloody maw to bite down.
Fortunately, with the Heart-Protecting Turtle Shell's shield, the wind wolf's mouth was forcibly blocked outside.
Qin Xiao hurriedly took out his Top Grade Spirit Weapon, taking advantage of the Dark Night Wind Wolf's momentary daze to stab towards the wolf's mouth. For this stab, he used all his strength.
No matter the Demon Beast, the mouth is always one of its weaknesses. However thick and rough the outer skin is, the defense inside the mouth remains weak.
Qin Xiao's hand felt the sensation of hitting. Regardless of everything, he began stirring madly. Damn, see if I don't cause you pain.
The wind wolf also didn't expect such a mortal to be able to counterattack. Instantly, its mouth was stirred to pieces, and blood sprayed out like a fountain, splashing all over Qin Xiao's body.
Seeing the attack succeed, taking advantage of the wind wolf's moment of relaxation, Qin Xiao hurriedly got up and ran away.
Fortunately, he wore clothes bought from the Heavenly Clothes Pavilion underneath-a Low Grade Spirit Weapon garment. The outer disciple robe was directly corroded by the wind wolf's blood, as the Dark Night Wind Wolf's blood was also poisonous.
Qin Xiao hurriedly took out a Spirit Stone, using its Spiritual Qi to activate the clothes' self-cleaning function. Subsequently, all the bloodstains on his body disappeared without a trace.
Seeing the Dark Night Wind Wolf now going mad with pain, the Blazing Flame Savage Bull finally moved. Although Demon Beasts aren't highly intelligent, at their level, they possess some spiritual awareness. It also saw that Qin Xiao had powerful protective treasures.
But the Blazing Flame Savage Bull didn't believe in evil. If it were ordinary Demon Beasts, perhaps they couldn't do anything about the opponent's shield, but it was known for strength. A mere shield, before absolute strength, ultimately remains just a shield.
The Blazing Flame Savage Bull's charging speed wasn't slow either, but fortunately, after being knocked aside by the Dark Night Wind Wolf, some distance had opened up, allowing Qin Xiao to barely manage to dodge it.
Qin Xiao dodged, but the giant tree he had just been leaning against was directly smashed through. Because the bull couldn't brake in time, it also pulverized the giant rock behind the tree.
"Lucky I dodged."
Looking at the broken giant tree and shattered stones, Qin Xiao secretly sighed. Fortunately he had dodged; otherwise, with that hit, he would have been crippled even if he survived.
The stones in this secret realm were much harder than those outside, and judging by their appearance, they resembled a certain kind of ore, making their hardness even more astonishing-yet they had been directly pulverized.
The Blazing Flame Savage Bull, seeing its attack miss, hurriedly adjusted its posture and charged towards Qin Xiao again. This time the distance was very close, and Qin Xiao wanted to dodge but couldn't.
Still, he did his best to raise both arms to block in front, forced to take it head-on.
Sure enough, under the Blazing Flame Savage Bull's powerful impact, the shield on Qin Xiao's body only lasted a moment before shattering. The bull's remaining force struck solidly against his body.
Fortunately, his luck wasn't entirely terrible; the bull horn directly struck the Heart-Protecting Turtle Shell on his chest. The horn didn't pierce his body, but instead sent him flying to land in a distant pile of shattered stones.
"Going to die."
Even with the shield blocking most of the force, just the remaining power almost cost Qin Xiao his life. Lying on the ground now, he couldn't even move, feeling as though every bone in his body had shattered.
"Sigh, I suppose I can only accept my fate. Lasting this long with a Body Refinement Second Layer foundation can be considered decent."
Qin Xiao helplessly closed his eyes.
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