Eternal Life from Talisman Painting

The sword servant of the Celestial Spirit Sword Body, having just stepped into the Core Golden Early Stage, possesses sword aura powerful enough to rival the Core Formation Middle Stage.

The power of this Giant Sword Technique has further doubled.

This explains why top-tier spirit bodies are so sought after in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

When cultivating the corresponding Cultivation Technique, one not only advances quickly but also unleashes combat strength greater than the sum of its parts.

The Tier Three Profound Water Turtle resentfully glared at these two human cultivators; for three whole days, it could not understand why these two human cultivators, not to mention this bird,

possessed mana that was even more terrifying than its own or that of the Thunder Jiao.

It’s known that among demon beasts, turtles and jiaos are renowned for their abundant mana and rapid recovery.

Yet, after three whole days, its mana was nearly depleted, while these two human cultivators had mana even more abundant and swiftly replenishing. Even the bird was the same.

"Roar..."

With a weak, unwilling growl resounding, the eyes of the Tier Three Profound Water Turtle lost their color at last.

"Finally, it’s over."

As the dust settled, Lin Chang’an secretly exhaled a sigh of relief.

The cunning of this Thunder Jiao was no less than that of humans.

Even with nearly all his cards revealed, and with the assistance of the Phoenix Cry Bird, he could only break even with the Thunder Jiao.

The reason they could manage to kill the Thunder Jiao entirely depended on unequal information between the sides.

First, they launched a sneak attack, severely wounding the Thunder Jiao, then sucked lightning beads to break its Water Gang Divine Thunder, taking the opportunity to seize its Demon Core.

In the end, both sides thought of their mana as abundant and their recovery formidable.

Both planned to exhaust the other, seizing the chance for a critical strike.

But with Lin Chang’an owning the Profound Celestial Immortal Vine, enduring combat was simply his forte.

Not only for himself, his use of Profound Celestial Mana enabled the Phoenix Cry Bird and the sword servant to recover just fine from injuries and mana exhaustion.

Thus, Lin Chang’an’s victory in this battle came from standing on all sorts of advantages.

"Master, quite a few cultivators have arrived outside."

After the battle ended, the sword servant gravely observed the area beyond the Array Barrier where quite a few cultivators were watching from distant barren islands and reefs.

"Clean up the battlefield."

For taking a full three days, even Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but admire the strength of this Thunder Jiao.

Of course, the reason for the three-day grind was mainly his reluctance to take risks.

But now, it’s harvest time.

Besides the demon core and essence of the Thunder Jiao, there was an abundance of dragon blood, dragon scales, dragon sinews, dragon meat, dragon bones—almost every part of its body was a treasure.

Moreover, inside the belly of the Thunder Jiao, Lin Chang’an discovered a spatial pouch, causing his expression to become very serious.

"This Thunder Jiao is probably not as simple as it seems."

With a heavy expression, Lin Chang’an stretched out his palm to explore the Thunder Jiao’s memories.

With his Divine Sense at the Core Formation Late Stage, probing the Thunder Jiao’s memory posed no major issue.

Fragments of incomplete memories flashed by—a myriad terrors of jiaos illuminated in the deep, dark sea.

The legendary Myriad Feet Deep Sea Dragon Palace appeared briefly in the distance before vanishing, followed by my Tier Four Nascent Soul Jiao father and a host of siblings.

These scenes had Lin Chang’an breaking out in a cold sweat; he had stirred up a major crisis.

Yet, the next scene was a twist.

It turned out this Jiao’s Tier Four Jiao father had committed many transgressions in the deep sea, including daring to abduct a female jiao from the Myriad Feet Dragon Palace.

This resulted in catastrophe, which saw him slain by a dragon descendant of the Myriad Feet Dragon Palace, leading to the scattering of his progeny, who fled to the human cultivator domains to lay low.

"So it turns out, it was a minor figure with no background."

Opening his eyes, Lin Chang’an gave a displeased snort, having been initially startled.

He thought he had created a big problem.

Who would expect that in the human cultivator lands, a jiao could have connections to the Myriad Feet Deep Sea Dragon Palace.

Jiaos from the Myriad Feet Dragon Palace reside in the deep sea, hardly even seen by human cultivators, with rumors of an agreement between humans and the Dragon Palace.

The jiaos in the Outer Sea mostly have thin bloodlines and bear no relation to the Myriad Feet Dragon Palace.

Killing it poses no significant threat; at most, one should avoid meeting other jiaos or demon beasts when venturing into the Outer Sea later.

"No wonder this jiao was so cunning, using the Tier Three Profound Water Turtle to set traps and consume human cultivators to enhance its cultivation, even pretending to be dead multiple times in battle."

Such high intelligence is only possessed by high-level jiaos with rich bloodlines.

"This Thunder Jiao had some luck, having seized quite a few good items, but alas, caution is no substitute for luck."

If it hadn’t been exposed, given the Thunder Jiao’s cunning, it would have hunted some human cultivators here and then moved on.

Such activities were not unusual in the Outer Sea, where demon hunting or cultivator deaths often went unnoticed.

This Thunder Jiao had survived on such a strategy for over twenty years, but its recent arrogance led to its exposure, discovered by Yun Yao.

And Yun Yao gave the intelligence to him.

The subsequent battlefield cleanup was somewhat troublesome, given the widespread area of combat.

Yet after erasing traces of the Phoenix Cry Bird and his numerous battle marks, Lin Chang’an thoughtfully eyed the cultivators watching beyond the Array Barrier.

And also, the desolate island.

"Master!"

Once the sword servant finished cleaning up the battlefield, he returned respectfully, and Lin Chang’an smiled.

"In that case, we ought to prepare well before heading out."

He retrieved some items from the storage bag, things that once couldn’t see the light of day, especially many from his time on Li Huo Island.