"Arrogant fool!"
The Demon Sect branch leader, along with his two protectors, were infuriated when they saw Lin Li charging toward them without fear, his fighting spirit burning even stronger. In response, their attacks became even more ferocious.
At the same time, Lin Li also charged toward them!
Seeing Lin Li not retreating but instead advancing, the three were shocked and quickly launched their attacks toward him.
The branch leader of the Demon Sect swung his claws, sending out fierce purple-blue claw strikes directly toward Lin Li!
Meanwhile, the two protectors flanking him—one wielding a sword and the other a saber—also launched their powerful strikes toward Lin Li.
But Lin Li, now in his slaughter mode, with extreme explosiveness and agility, left behind a mere afterimage. In the blink of an eye, he shifted, moving to the rear of the three.
"What?!"
The three were startled, realizing their full-strength attacks had missed, shattering Lin Li's afterimage and causing the ground to crack into pieces.
At the same time, the four Hall Masters and eight Incense Masters, who were still reeling from the loss of their beloved beasts and zombies, also felt a wave of fear and shock.
"Why is he coming toward us?!"
"The branch leader couldn't even stop him!"
"Oh no! Could it be...?!"
A horrifying thought flashed through their minds—the terrifying sword cultivator, who resembled a blood-soaked demon, might be aiming to avoid direct combat with the branch leader and protectors, who specialized in personal combat, and instead, wipe out them— the Hall Masters and Incense Masters who had lost their biggest aids, the beasts and zombies!
"We can't care about anything else!"
"Run!"
The Hall Masters and Incense Masters of the Demon Sect panicked and scattered in all directions, desperately trying to flee from Lin Li's deadly aura.
...
Boom!!!
The giant toad slammed into the ground, causing the earth beneath to ripple like waves, throwing up dirt in all directions.
The surviving members of the Three Great Daoist Gates were knocked off balance by the shockwave, stumbling about.
Even though the giant toad had not yet reached the Core Formation stage, it was still a Foundation Establishment stage beast. But as the protector deity of the Demon Sect's branch, how could it be just an ordinary Foundation Establishment beast?
With traces of the ancient Golden Toad in its bloodline, it was considered a rare and precious creature.
Moreover, demon beasts were naturally more powerful than human cultivators in battle. Its massive size alone made it formidable even among demon beasts, let alone now when facing human cultivators.
Although it hadn't yet reached the Core Formation stage, its strength was equivalent to that of a False Core cultivator. In full force, it could unleash attacks as strong as those of a Core Formation stage cultivator!
Aside from the three captains in the Three Great Daoist Gates' team, who were close to the later stages of Foundation Establishment, the rest of the survivors were only at the middle stages. Facing such a powerful protector beast, they were immediately put on the defensive.
"Be careful!"
"Don't let this damn beast touch you!"
"Especially its tongue! If it hits you, you're either dead or gravely injured!"
The three captains shouted warnings, commanding the remaining members to form a formation, surrounding the giant toad.
However, the giant toad's eyes were filled with arrogance and disdain as it looked at the cultivators surrounding it.
Simply moving its enormous body was enough to exert tremendous pressure on the surrounding cultivators. How could it possibly fear a group of mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators?
At this moment, the captain of Tianjue Mountain caught a glimpse of something in the distance—
In their minds, Lin Li was still just a lowly Foundation Establishment stage one cultivator, but now, as he faced the entire upper echelon of the Demon Sect's branch, he wasn't being overwhelmed. In fact...
He was forcing the four Incense Masters and eight Hall Masters to scatter and flee!
"This...?"
The Tianjue Mountain captain's eyes widened in disbelief as he watched the scene unfold.
Lin Li moved like a streak of crimson lightning, effortlessly catching up to the fleeing Incense Masters and Hall Masters.
With a swing of his sword...
He easily slaughtered the very same Incense Masters and Hall Masters who had been relentlessly hunting them down.
[Killed Foundation Establishment Stage 3 Beast Control Incense Master of the Hongjiang Branch, gained 3123 evolution points]
[Killed Foundation Establishment Stage 5 Beast Control Hall Master of the Hongjiang Branch, gained 5467 evolution points]
[Killed Foundation Establishment Stage 4 Corpse Control Hall Master of the Hongjiang Branch, gained 4789 evolution points]
[Killed Foundation Establishment Stage 1 Corpse Control Incense Master of the Hongjiang Branch, gained 1988 evolution points]
...
Ye Fan was equally ecstatic!
"Evolution points have reached 280,000!"
"I'm almost at the 400,000 evolution points needed to become a superior-grade magic weapon!"
...
Meanwhile, Lin Li's cultivation continued to soar amidst the relentless slaughter.
"Foundation Establishment Stage 5, mid-stage..."
Lin Li's eyes glowed blood-red, and a satisfied grin spread across his face. "Foundation Establishment Stage 5, late stage!"
By now...
Lin Li had already slain ten of the four Hall Masters and eight Incense Masters!
Only two Hall Masters remained, having fled in the opposite direction. By the time Lin Li had realized this, they were too far away to chase down, leaving them as the sole survivors.
The branch leader of the Demon Sect and his two protectors, however, stood helpless, watching as Lin Li methodically hunted down and killed their trusted subordinates one by one. They were seething with rage, their eyes filled with murderous intent, wishing they could tear Lin Li to pieces!
They had pursued Lin Li relentlessly, but each time they tried to intervene, they arrived just moments too late, unable to save any of their subordinates from being cut down by Lin Li's sword.
Now...
Lin Li, unable to catch the two surviving Incense Masters, turned his gaze toward the Demon Sect branch leader and the two protectors, whose eyes were filled with seething hatred.
The branch leader of the Demon Sect had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, almost at the False Core level.
The two protectors were also at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
If not for Ye Fan's slaughter mode skill, even with Elder Zou's famed Jinghong Sword technique, Lin Li would have stood no chance against them.
But now...
With slaughter mode activated, Lin Li's speed, strength, attack power, and explosive potential were all drastically amplified, thanks to external forces. The threat he posed was immense!
Every breath Lin Li took was accompanied by a massive expenditure of spiritual energy to maintain the slaughter mode.
However...
The numerous beasts, skeletons, corpses, zombies, and even the Demon Sect members he had slain had already provided Ye Fan with more than 200,000 evolution points!
Thus, Ye Fan continued to return vast amounts of energy to Lin Li, allowing him to sustain the slaughter mode far longer than he ordinarily could.
Moreover, Lin Li's cultivation continued to rise!
"Foundation Establishment Stage 5... peak stage!"
Lin Li's pupils contracted as he thought, "I'm about to break through to Foundation Establishment Stage 6!"