With a flick of the dust whisk in his hand, the hundreds of filaments burst forth, darting towards the barbaric demon.

As the filaments charged out and neared the demon's body, they suddenly expanded, forming a net vast as the heavens itself, descending upon the barbaric demon.

The demon possessed intelligence; seeing the net imbued with spiritual energy approach, it dared not act recklessly and immediately shrank its body.

But it was too late to evade; the net made from the dust whisk's filaments immediately bound it tightly, continuously constricting around it.

The demon promptly unleashed its demonic power, transforming into countless black tendrils, which clashed with the net wrapped around its body.

While the demon was preoccupied with the "Sky-Filling Net," Wang Xiaoqiang and Yans Ruxue decisively made their move.

The fiery red of Wang Xiaoqiang's Holy Flame Sword blazed as it whizzed toward the demon's left eye, while at that moment Yans Ruxue's White Snow Immortal Sword also burst forth with a frosty glow. Following the sweeping gestures of her hand spells, the sword thrust towards the demon's right eye.

Thud~Thud!

Two sounds of rupture rang out.

The Holy Flame Sword, fiery red, and the White Snow Immortal Sword, sequentially stabbed into the demon's basin-sized eyes, spurting out jets of blood.

Woooah!

The demon let out a painful howl as its body struggled violently.

Yans Ruyu also made her move, tossing out the Twin Jade Rings in her hands, targeting the demon's head with her strike.

Bang Bang!

Yans Ruyu, levitating midair, tightly clenched her spell gestures, constantly moving in a dance-like fashion. Accompanied by the swaying of her hand spells, the Twin Jade Rings repeatedly struck the demon's head.

As the Twin Jade Rings struck, they let out a clanging sound, like an enchanting melody gnawing at nerves and soul, stupefying the demon.

Although the Twin Jade Rings could not deal a death blow or even cause severe injury, each strike inflicted a torment upon its soul and spirit.

ROAR~

The demon let out a thunderous roar, struggling desperately like a trapped beast.

Its body shook, emitting black mist; demonic power surged, and with a loud snap, two strands of the Sky-Filling Net snapped.

The dust whisk was the life-bound magic treasure of True Person of Taiyi. As the two strands of the whisk broke, True Person of Taiyi spewed out two mouthfuls of fresh blood.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang's expression changed. He leaped from atop the sea dragon, his hands opening and closing, and a giant five-colored mallet materialized.

This giant mallet was formed from Five-Element Spiritual Qi.

Wang Xiaoqiang raised the giant mallet above his head and then slammed it down onto the demon's head.

With this strike, Wang Xiaoqiang exerted his full strength!

With this strike, clouds from all directions seemed to rip apart.

With this strike, the booming wind roared like thunder exploding.

With this strike, heaven and earth shook.

Boom!

The five-colored giant mallet smashed onto the demon's head, breaking through the demonic power and creating a huge crater where the head had been.

Blood spurted wildly!

The fierce momentum was like a sharp sword, and thankfully, the surrounding companions were protected by their spiritual energy shields, otherwise, they would have been injured.

The demon emitted a whimper and fell listlessly downwards.

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As Wang Xiaoqiang's will stirred, the Sea Dragon pursued and charged, taking advantage of the enemy's peril and fiercely rammed into the Barbaric Demon with its massive body.

Boom!

The collision between these two gigantic creatures was equally spectacular, the blast of air exploding and thundering through the atmosphere.

The Barbaric Demon, already heavily wounded and on the verge of death, was pummeled by Wang Xiaoqiang's colossal hammer and then violently slammed by the Sea Dragon, having nearly eight or nine-tenths of its life force obliterated.

Finally, it fell to the ground in exhaustion, crashing onto a small hill and causing it to collapse.

Its enormous body then lay motionless.

The four descended from the sky.

Seeing that the Barbaric Demon was close to death, True Person of Taiyi's will moved, and the Sky-Filling Net contracted; the Dust Whisk's filaments rewound and ultimately changed back into several hundred filaments, each more than a foot long, and the Dust Whisk reverted to its original form.

"Extract the Demon Crystal," True Person of Taiyi reminded them as he saw the Barbaric Demon had died.

Naturally, the task of excoriating the flesh to retrieve the crystal couldn't be left to the women.

Wang Xiaoqiang waved his hand, and a massive Spiritual Energy Sword appeared, slashing towards the Barbaric Demon's belly.

Just as the Spiritual Energy Sword was about to cut open its stomach, a cloud of black smoke engulfed the demon's body, which was as large as a mountain. The smoke swirled around a shiny object and sped off into the distance.

"Damn, the demon is displaying its dying counterattack, dissolving and fleeing with the crystal. Quick, after it..." True Person of Taiyi yelled in warning, his figure soaring as he pursued the black smoke.

The Yans sisters took to the air in chase after the cloud of black smoke.

Just as Wang Xiaoqiang was about to pursue, the Spiritual Springs within his body vibrated in unison, bursting out and swarming like bees toward the black smoke.

The Five Elements Spirit Spring moved faster than both the Yans sisters and True Person of Taiyi, over a thousand Five Elements Spirit Spring converged, intercepting and trapping the cloud of black smoke. Then they abruptly penetrated the smoke and enclosed the shiny object within.

They clung to the Demon Crystal like a swarm of greedy insects, desperately sucking and gnawing at it.

True Person of Taiyi and the Yans sisters, unable to see the Five Elements Spirit Spring, could only sense powerful surges of Spiritual Power chasing after the Demon Crystal with their Divine Sense, eventually surrounding it.

However, at this moment they had no time to pay attention to this, as the precious Demon Crystal came to a halt right before their eyes, within easy reach. They all lunged for it at once.

But as they made their move to seize the Demon Crystal, they found it continually shrinking,

This peculiar phenomenon left them astounded and heartbroken at the same time.

It was as if someone had discovered a pile of banknotes, only to find the banknotes burning away as they got closer.

What's going on?

The trio halted in their tracks, intensely fixating on the rapidly diminishing Demon Crystal.

Little did they know, at that moment, 1,212 Five Elements Spirit Spring were frantically sucking away the demonic power within the Demon Crystal, continuously transforming it into Spiritual Power.

Of course, not every one of the 1,212 Spirit Springs got a share, as the Demon Crystal was not large, being only the size of a goose egg. With over a thousand Spirit Springs swarming over it, most couldn't even get close.

Only about three hundred Spirit Springs secured the lead, but once they did, they refused to give way, greedily absorbing all the demonic power from the Demon Crystal until it was completely drained. Only then did they reluctantly disperse.

The Spirit Springs that had absorbed the essence of the Demon Crystal changed colors rapidly, resembling the disco lights of a dance hall – red, green, black, white, and yellow flashing in turn as they converted the demonic power into Spiritual Power.

Finally, after rapidly spinning for a while, the 319 Spirit Springs that had sucked the Demon Crystal issued a series of slight cracking sounds.

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop...

The 319 Spirit Springs split in two, transforming into 638 Spirit Springs - a total of 1,531 Spirit Springs - which then entered Wang Xiaoqiang's body. From their original ethereal state, they solidified a bit more.

At the same time, Wang Xiaoqiang's internal power surged, and his Cultivation Base took a big step toward the Solidification Realm. It seemed that another 500 Spirit Springs' division would enable him to reach the Solidification Realm. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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