No matter how powerful a person is, there is always a limit. Facing the pursuit of more than two thousand cultivators, Wang Xiaoqiang naturally didn't dare to confront them directly. He could only hide his cultivation base to avoid pursuit and ensure his survival.

However...

The Patterned Beast, Ge Laoda, and Little Yin were not so lucky. Pursued relentlessly by a group of powerful opponents, they would eventually exhaust their strength, and that would mean their demise. Ge Laoda and Little Yin, being vicious criminals turned into Fierce Ghosts, were not worth lamenting over.

But the Patterned Beast was Wang Xiaoqiang's Pet Beast, who had followed him through many battles, loyally protecting its master and achieving great merits.

The bond between master and pet was deep, and if the Patterned Beast were to die, Wang Xiaoqiang's overall strength would be significantly weakened.

It could be said that the Patterned Beast held more weight in Wang Xiaoqiang's heart than Zuo Dao or even Ding Chunqiu.

For the sake of the Patterned Beast, he devised a plan: to make the participants clash with the criminals, letting them fight each other, and then seizing the chaos to rescue the Patterned Beast.

Over two thousand participants gave chase, becoming frantic and frustrated when their target suddenly vanished, and increasingly irritable. Suddenly, they noticed a large wave of spiritual energy, indicating that hundreds of cultivators were gathered in one place, causing suspicion. Besides them, only the criminals were left in the Beast Corpse Mountain Range, and they couldn't believe the criminals were bold enough to gather in one place.

Immediately, they rushed over to investigate, and what they saw surprised them. The criminals they had been hunting were actually gathered together, holding a bonfire banquet without the slightest heed to danger.

It was not until the participants approached that the criminals suddenly realized their presence.

The criminals, in the midst of their revelry, were utterly unprepared for an organized arrival of participants, and their faces turned pale with fear, scattering in all directions.

"Kill them, don't let a single one escape!!"

Someone shouted, and suddenly over two thousand participants shifted all their pent-up hatred for Wang Xiaoqiang onto these criminals. Moreover, their purpose for being here was to kill the criminals and achieve a score, so for both emotional and rational reasons, they wouldn't let the more than three hundred criminals escape.

With a thunderous roar, over two thousand participants charged forward, surrounding the fleeing criminals.

The number of participants was nearly ten times that of the criminals. With such overwhelming numbers, only a few dozen criminals managed to break through and escape, while the rest were surrounded. Naturally, those surrounded weren't willing to be slaughtered and fought desperately, using every trick and lethal move as they attempted to break through.

A brutal battle immediately ensued, and because it was a fight to the death, the scene was extremely tragic.

The brilliance of Magic Treasures lit up the night sky, the multicolored glows of the Immortal Swords dazzled vividly. Amidst the dance of swords, blood burst forth, and cries and shouts rose and fell, mingling with continuous screams of agony.

The dead included not only criminals but also cultivators.

This battle was almost an exchange of lives, draining both sides.

Under the cover of darkness, blood sparkled, amidst the bloody winds and rain. With deaths mounting, the numbers on both sides rapidly dwindled...

This battle could be said to be the last battle of the Territory City elimination tournament,

This battle was unprecedented in the history of the Golden Immortal Ranking competition,

All because of a small Heavenly Eye Fruit that caused so many criminals to gather, and likewise drew so many participants, leading both sides to launch into such a massive war.

Wang Xiaoqiang, having released his Spiritual Spring and dispersed his cultivation, hid in a tree hollow, quietly observing the battle with his Heavenly Eye.

When both sides fought their hardest, Wang Xiaoqiang sent a thought to summon the Patterned Beast, Ge Laoda, and Little Yin,

The Patterned Beast, Ge Laoda, and Little Yin flew quietly toward Wang Xiaoqiang.

Upon reaching Wang Xiaoqiang, the Patterned Beast carried him and flew away, followed immediately by the two Fierce Ghost Puppets.

As Wang Xiaoqiang and his pet took the opportunity to slip away quietly, the mysterious "Elder Tiann" behind the King of Eastern Mountain suddenly noticed the Patterned Beast. Ultimately, his divine sense locked onto Wang Xiaoqiang on the Patterned Beast's back, and waves of shock surged in his heart, "Hmm, who is that person?"

"Is it Wang Xiaoqiang? ... No, Wang Xiaoqiang is at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Third Liquid Realm, his spiritual energy fluctuations should be strong enough to sense, not just by me, but even by an Immortal Emperor level, yet this person shows not a trace of spiritual energy waves..."

"But that is clearly Wang Xiaoqiang's Pet Beast, and those two puppets can only be controlled by Wang Xiaoqiang..."

"Could it be that Wang Xiaoqiang possesses a method to hide spiritual energy...? No no, in the Biluo Realm, throughout millions of years of history, there's never been heard of such a cultivation technique..."

Elder Tiann was uncertain and suspicious, seeing that the master and pet were about to escape, he immediately reminded King of Eastern Mountain.

King of Eastern Mountain turned his gaze, and upon seeing Wang Xiaoqiang's figure, he shouted, "That's the kid, don't let him escape."

Without hesitation, he dragged his injured body and was the first to fly towards Wang Xiaoqiang. Elder Tiann followed suit and flew up.

With that shout from King of Eastern Mountain, half of the contestants who were fighting with criminals turned and looked over. Upon discovering Wang Xiaoqiang's figure, they immediately started pursuing him.

In their view, capturing a criminal's head was far less rewarding than acquiring the Heavenly Eye Fruit.

Wang Xiaoqiang found himself once again in a situation where he was being pursued, and this time, although only about a thousand were chasing him, these thousand were all powerful, at Great Luo Golden Immortal Fifth Liquid Realm or above, with as many as ten at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Ninth Liquid Realm.

Numerous in number, strong in power!

Completely beyond what Wang Xiaoqiang could contend with.

Wang Xiaoqiang used the Patterned Beast to fly swiftly, yet discovered that the Patterned Beast was gasping urgently, appearing weak and powerless, clearly exhausted from long-term escape, and at this moment, further urgent flight was obviously beyond its strength.

Not only the Patterned Beast, but even Ge Laoda's Little Yin's speed was much slower than before, evidently with too much power exhausted.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang had no choice but to move his will and absorb all the Spiritual Spring outside his body into his inside. Instantly, his internal Spiritual Power surged, transforming him from an ordinary person into a Great Luo Golden Immortal Third Liquid Realm cultivator.

Another movement of his will, the Patterned Beast emerged from under his feet, transformed into a shadow attached to his back, becoming a tattoo.

Another movement of his will, both Ge Laoda and Little Yin then turned into shadows, burrowing into his Ring Space.

After collecting the Pet Beast and Puppet, Wang Xiaoqiang waved his hand, and immediately two red Flying Swords flew out from the Ring, landing at his feet, burning fiercely and dragging his body, whoosh, swiftly shooting forward, trailing a long flame tail behind, resembling a rainbow streaking across the night sky.

"Can't let him escape, tonight it's him or me, me or him!" King of Eastern Mountain said viciously and sinisterly, his right hand grabbed backward, and immediately a follower behind him was caught in his hand.

"Ah, Great King, don't..." The follower cried out in fear. He had followed King of Eastern Mountain for years, knew what King of Eastern Mountain intended to do.

"Rest assured, I'll take care of your family..." Saying this, King of Eastern Mountain chanted incantations, runes on his hand lit up, looking like fireflies, pierced into the follower's body he grabbed, with a boom, his body exploded, blood mist sprayed, condensed into a mass, in a puff sound, flames ignited, and then the burning blood light enveloped Elder Tiann's body.

"Blood Burning Technique!" Elder Tiann exclaimed, staring at the mass of blood light.

"Elder Tiann, no matter what the cost, you must kill Wang Xiaoqiang for me, and help me retrieve the Heavenly Eye Fruit and Divine Maiden's Cauldron..." King of Eastern Mountain said, waving a hand gesture, the burning blood light whoosh rushed towards Elder Tiann, completely enveloping Elder Tiann's body.

Then, with a point of King of Eastern Mountain's right hand, whoosh, Elder Tiann, wrapped in blood light, shot forward like a cannonball, resembling a beam of light in the night, the speed surprisingly twice as fast as Wang Xiaoqiang flying atop a sword.

When Elder Tiann flew away, King of Eastern Mountain spat a mouthful of fresh blood, his face pale, breathing weak, even his burly body seemed deflated.

The Blood Burning Technique, using cultivator's blood as fuel, with mysterious Curse Talisman to ignite, because Spiritual Power resides in the blood, what burns is not only blood but also cultivation base, using the method of burning life and cultivation base to propel the body to achieve extreme speed...

However, this Blood Burning Technique not only burns life and cultivation base but also causes backlash to the Spellcasters, the cost is high... often outweighing the benefits.

"Damn, it's so fast..." Wang Xiaoqiang suddenly felt a mass of scorching light rushing from behind, surprisingly twice as fast as him, making his heart leap. As the light mass neared, he immediately took out a red Flying Sword, pointing at the incoming light mass.

With a puff, the red Flying Sword burned and rushed over.

When the red Flying Sword collided with the red light mass, boom, it exploded, scattering the light mass, revealing a person, the mysterious old man, Elder Tiann.

Elder Tiann's face flashed a mysterious, cunning look, his right hand threw out a golden Storage Bag from his sleeve, hung upside down facing Wang Xiaoqiang, and at the same time the golden Storage Bag inflated and grew larger, from which ferrets poured out in succession.

Although the ferrets were not large, only twice the size of ordinary ferrets, their sheer number was astonishing, seemingly endless, pouring out from the Storage Bag, darting fast like lightning towards Wang Xiaoqiang, in the blink of an eye surrounding Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang launched both palms, the Thunderclap Annihilation Palm activated, fiercely blasting those ferrets, but unexpectedly, the ferret group was fearless of the lightning from Wang Xiaoqiang's palms, moving intensely, collectively pouncing on him, gradually surrounding Wang Xiaoqiang completely in hundreds and thousands of ferrets, obscuring his figure...

At the same time the ferret group bit Wang Xiaoqiang continuously, their mouths emitting lightning to electrocute Wang Xiaoqiang...

"Haha, so what if you're a Body Refining Master? Under my Lightning Ferrets, you'll be crushed to pieces..." Watching Wang Xiaoqiang densely surrounded by the Lightning Ferrets, Elder Tiann's face was filled with pride, while secretly thinking...

"King of Eastern Mountain, despite heavy injuries, unleashed the Blood Burning Technique, the backlash force made it unbearable, now his Daoist Foundation is destroyed, fate is doomed, irreparable... once the Lightning Ferrets finish off this kid, the Heavenly Eye Fruit and Divine Maiden's Cauldron will be mine... hahahaha..." (To Be Continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes, monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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