Facing the attacks from both sides, the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion used its three scorpion tails to deal with the five-colored giant peak, while its two huge pincers slammed into the five-colored giant sword, and it also spat out Fiery Sun Heavenly Fire from its mouth.
Even if its intelligence was not high, it knew that this attack was incredibly dangerous for it.
Unfortunately, although the Fiery Sun Heavenly Fire was fierce and powerful, this five-colored giant sword, complete with Five Elements, circulated the Five Elements, which would weaken any Five Elements attribute Divine Ability by three points, rendering it ineffective.
Its pincers, however, had unparalleled attacking power, causing the giant sword to tremble incessantly.
Above, the five-colored giant peak, enhanced by the Five Elements Creation Palm, was even more powerful, and even the combined strength of its three tails could not stop its descent.
Its leftmost scorpion tail suddenly shot out purple-black venom, which landed on the light curtain of the Five Elements Creation Palm, immediately emitting a sizzling sound.
A large section of the Five Elements Creation Palm's surface was corroded, with green smoke constantly rising.
Li Feiyu's eyes were solemn, and he was startled, "This poison scorpion is indeed an ancient beast of extreme toxicity; its corrosive venom can even corrode Divine Abilities. If it were the Sumeru Five Elements Mountain, its power would likely be greatly diminished."
Judging from this, if the corrosive venom was so terrifying, the other two types probably couldn't be underestimated either.
However, the five-colored giant peak ultimately landed on the back of the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion, pressing it firmly into the ground.
Upon receiving this blow, its pincers also trembled violently, and then it was fiercely struck by the five-colored giant sword.
Sparks flew everywhere, and even its incredibly hard armor developed a slight crack.
"Such armor is truly excellent Materials for refining armor; I fear the Great Cultivators of Heavenly South would all be tempted."
"If the qi activation pill fails to activate qi, then we will make the best use of it."
The five-colored giant peak rose, and below, dust and yellow sand covered everything, obscuring vision, but they could not obscure Li Feiyu's Spirit Eye.
In the dust, the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion re-emerged, its three pairs of crimson eyes filled with anger.
Its back armor was deeply dented and cracked, looking utterly miserable.
The sonic boom came again, and the dust was blown to the edge of the Formation.
The Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion's thick scorpion tail stood straight up, like a cannon turret.
A rumbling sound began, followed by countless venomous liquids spraying from the sharp tip of its scorpion tail, with three types of venom mixing and shooting in all directions.
In just an instant, the entire Formation began to be filled with poisonous mist.
Li Feiyu's expression changed, and with a raise of his hand, the five-colored giant sword flew back, reassembled, and formed the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel.
He manipulated the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel and roared, "Fire!"
From the circular opening of the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel, endless flames erupted, sweeping through the entire Formation space like a sea of fire.
The flames seemed inexhaustible; as long as the poisonous mist persisted, the flames would not stop.
As for the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion, it possessed its own Fiery Sun Natal Flame, so the flames released by the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel could not harm it for a time.
The poisonous mist was quite troublesome; even under such a violent sea of fire, it took nearly an incense stick's time to completely burn away.
"Water!"
After the flames, the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel transformed into nine azure Water Dragons, which roared towards the sky before charging at the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion.
Then came Wood Entanglement, Gold Sword Rain, and Earth Spikes.
After a series of battles and attacks, the poison scorpion's three pairs of eyes showed signs of fatigue, and even a hint of fear.
This was an instinctive reaction of a beast to a powerful creature.
The strong prey on the weak!
"It seems its spirit is still quite good, so let's have another round!"
This was the terrifying aspect of the Great Five Elements Sword Formation; the Five Elements attacks were continuous, absorbing Spiritual Qi from the outside world as part of the Divine Ability's consumption.
Coupled with the user's own Magic Power, as long as his mind was sufficient, he could control it for a long time.
According to Li Feiyu's current state, persisting for another two or three days was not a problem.
He did not directly activate the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel for attack but rather transformed it into Divine Abilities, the reason being that he did not want to kill it directly.
He knew the power of the Five Elements Heavenly Wheel; if he activated it regardless of the cost, his mind would naturally be greatly consumed, but its attacking power was absolutely top-tier among Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivators.
Merely transforming it into Divine Abilities did not consume much mental effort; he only needed to focus on manipulating the Divine Abilities.
Li Feiyu tormented the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion for three full days, exhausting its mind and leaving it utterly miserable. Now it could only lie in the Formation, weak and helpless, looking as if it could be slaughtered at will.
Li Feiyu formed a hand seal and sent a ray of Aura onto the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion.
This was a secret technique of the Spirit Control Sect, specifically used to control ancient savage beasts, but if the ancient savage beast struggled violently, the success rate of this secret technique was very low.
Therefore, Li Feiyu tormented it to this state.
The Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion barely reacted, and a Restriction was planted within its spirit.
Li Feiyu gave it several high-grade healing Medicinal Pills, and then used the rare healing and recovery Spell from the Azure Wood Green Thunder Art to heal it.
At this point, Li Feiyu finally put away the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.
At this time, the aura of the Crimson Crow in the high sky became increasingly intense, as if it had reached its peak.
"Break for me!"
As the Crimson Crow spoke human words, he opened his mouth and suddenly inhaled a breath of Spiritual Qi, and a crimson Aura erupted from his body.
Li Feiyu's face lit up with joy, "It succeeded!"
Demon Beasts only encounter the Transformation Lightning Tribulation when they reach the eighth level; they do not need it later.
However, after a successful Breakthrough, there will be a period of weakness.
The Crimson Crow successfully broke through, consuming a lot of solar essence, so he made up for it well before shrinking his body and flying towards Li Feiyu, finally landing on his shoulder.
"Master, have you taken it as a Spirit Beast?"
"Such a foolish creature, how can it compare to me? Isn't one of me enough?"
Li Feiyu tapped his head, "What are you jealous of? I'm just using it for an experiment to see if the qi activation pill has any effect on this type of ancient savage beast and what kind of effect it will have."
"If it can greatly open its intelligence and embark on the path of a Yao Cultivator, then the Five Elements Sect might gain a good Sect-protecting Spirit Beast. Do you want to stay in the Lower Realm in the future to guard the Sect for me?"
The Crimson Crow said, "That's definitely not possible. Of course, I want to Ascend to the Spirit Realm, and even the Immortal Realm, with Master!"
"Good, you have ambition. First, go back to the Void Garden Pearl to stabilize yourself."
Li Feiyu sent him back to the Void Garden Pearl.
Afterward, he put the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion into an empty Spirit Beast Bag, allowing it to slowly recover from its injuries.
If the Spirit Control Sect knew that Li Feiyu had subdued such an ancient savage beast, they would be incredibly envious.
They had the secret techniques but lacked the strength to capture them, and such ancient beasts are now almost extinct in Heavenly South; without some Opportunity and luck, one simply cannot encounter them.
Simply cultivating a Spirit Beast to the Transformation Stage would probably not be accomplished by one or two generations of people.
The cost involved was enormous, and the Spirit Control Sect itself had countless Disciples, requiring a lot of resources, making it impossible to sustain.
Compared to Spirit Beast cultivation, their Spirit Control Sect focused more on cultivating Five Elements Spirit Nascent Souls, allowing outstanding Disciples to inherit them through secret methods, which could enable them to reach the pinnacle in one step, possessing formidable Nascent Soul battle power.
Of course, this method was merely a shortcut, and there would be no possibility of further advancement in the future.
But if there was such an Opportunity, countless members of the Spirit Control Sect would probably fight desperately for it.
After all, this was an Opportunity to gain Nascent Soul battle power.
Even if their lifespan remained unchanged, they could still be superior to others, looking down on most Cultivators in Heavenly South.
After subduing the Three-Tailed Scorching Sun Poison Scorpion, Li Feiyu flew all the way, and within a few days, he had crossed the thousands of miles of desert.
The Far West was quite barren, its resources far from comparable to Heavenly South, and its scope was only the size of two medium-sized countries in Heavenly South.
The only Dominator here was the Thousand Bamboo Sect.
With Li Feiyu's current strength and status, he naturally wouldn't engage in petty thievery.
Ten thousand years later, the Thousand Bamboo Sect in the Far West was no longer the lineage established by Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord, but had been usurped by others.
However, for some unknown reason, the Thousand Bamboo Sect, which occupied such a vast territory, had not produced a single Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator to this day.
Not only that, even the original main altar had moved to a different location.
The original main altar was now only guarded by some Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation Cultivators.
Li Feiyu had thought he would have to kill many people this time, but after easily dealing with seven or eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators and more than twenty Qi Condensation Cultivators, he swaggered into the main altar palace of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.
The palace was entirely built of huge gray stones, looking weathered by wind and time, with mottled marks covering the walls.
The main hall was very spacious, with a large area.
Li Feiyu released his powerful Divine Sense to sweep through the entire palace. Some Restrictions were already damaged and could not resist Li Feiyu's Divine Sense.
Some weaker Restrictions were also like this.
The remaining Restrictions were quite formidable, and Li Feiyu could not directly investigate them.
"Fortunately, some have been eliminated. I'll search slowly."
Li Feiyu only knew that Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord was residing within a Puppet, and the Puppet was in a secret chamber, along with hundreds of other Puppets like it, and guarded by a very powerful Formation.
Even an ordinary Nascent Soul might not be able to pass through safely.
Li Feiyu did not have Han Li's luck. He searched inch by inch, spending half a month before finally discovering a secret chamber, guarded by a large Formation, which matched the description.
Li Feiyu's Formation attainments were not bad. After careful study, he spent half a day breaking the Formation.
Opening the secret chamber, inside was a corridor three zhang wide and ten zhang high. Li Feiyu activated the Geomagnetic Limitless, walking into it casually.
Not long after entering, in the depths of the corridor, all the Puppets that had been dormant for tens of thousands of years awakened and rushed towards Li Feiyu.
Each of them was at least comparable to a Late Foundation Establishment stage Cultivator, and their bodies were so hard that even a Core Formation Cultivator activating a Magic Treasure would find it difficult to smash them in a short time.
Coupled with their hundreds in number, and a few of them being Core Formation Puppets.
Therefore, this was not a place a Core Formation Cultivator could pass through.
Li Feiyu strolled leisurely, and anyone who came within three zhang of him was repelled.
Whether it was a physical attack or a Spell, all were the same.
"When I find Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord and learn the control methods for these Puppets, I can take them back to hone Disciples or use them as rewards, and so on."
At the end of the corridor, there was also a stone door with Restrictions on it.
Li Feiyu expanded his Geomagnetic Limitless Domain, blocking all the Puppets behind him, and the Domain was filled with Xuanhuang mist, serving as a second layer of defense.
After all, when the Geomagnetic Domain was expanded, the repulsive Divine Ability would weaken.
Then, he began to concentrate on breaking the Restrictions.
A large number of Spirit Devouring Golden Cicadas flew out, densely covering the entire stone door. With the help of the Restriction's loopholes, Li Feiyu took the initiative to completely break the stone door's Restriction.
With a rumble, the stone door was pushed open, and a long-sealed scent wafted out.
Li Feiyu flicked his hand, casting several freshness Spells to purify the air inside.
Then, he stepped inside.
The secret chamber was not large, only about a dozen zhang in circumference. Inside were various Materials and a large number of Spirit Stones, but most of the Spirit Stones had exhausted their Spiritual Qi and were useless.
Well, not entirely useless; they could still be crushed and used as nutrients for the many Spiritual Plants in the Void Garden Pearl.
He looked around. There were only a few Puppets inside. He slowly walked over.
"It should be one of them, but which one?"
Just then, a very strong Divine Sense fluctuation suddenly erupted from the Puppet in the middle.
A Divine Sense Divine Ability invaded Li Feiyu's Sea of Consciousness, stirring his seven emotions and six desires.
Li Feiyu smiled faintly, then activated the Spiritual Soul Strike, gathering all his Divine Sense, embracing unity, and his entire Sea of Consciousness was as solid as a fortress, without even a ripple.
All emotions were perfectly controlled.
"Which Fellow Daoist is hiding in the Puppet and ambushing me?!" Li Feiyu's eyes flashed with brilliance, acting very convincingly.
"Your Excellency, what brings you here?" The Puppet person's Divine Sense transmitted.
"It is rumored that the Thousand Bamboo Sect possesses the later layers of the Great Development Art, so I specifically came here. If Fellow Daoist knows, please hand it over to me, and I will surely reward you handsomely."
"Great Development Art? I do know the later parts, but why should I give it to you?"
"Then what does Fellow Daoist wish?"
"This secret chamber has not been opened for countless years, and Fellow Daoist has not yet perished. I wonder what method you used."
"Furthermore, looking at your appearance, you cannot leave the Puppet's body on your own, nor can you use any Magic Power."
"I don't know if you can exist forever, but without my help, I'm afraid you can only stay in this small secret chamber for the rest of your life."
The Puppet person fell silent.
Li Feiyu paused, a slight smile on his lips, "Let me guess Your Excellency's identity. This secret chamber is so secret and has not been opened for many years, so few people would know about it."
"But one person definitely knows, and that is the founder of the Thousand Bamboo Sect, Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord."
"Senior Monarch Soul Divergence, am I right?"
Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord was silent for a moment before saying, "Your Excellency's wisdom is extraordinary, and you are quite familiar with the history of my Thousand Bamboo Sect. May I ask who you are?"
"This one is Li Feiyu, from the Five Elements Sect of Heavenly South!"
"Never heard of it, but it doesn't matter. Since you've guessed my identity, you should know that the Great Development Art was created by me, and I've never passed down the latter three layers of the Great Development Art. Therefore, only I in this world know the subsequent content."
"Your Divine Sense is very powerful, even stronger than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator. At your Realm, simply cultivating the fourth layer of the Great Development Art cannot achieve this level. You must have obtained some Opportunity to enhance your Divine Sense."
Li Feiyu chuckled, "Senior's discerning eye is like a torch."
"So, Senior, what do you wish to exchange for the Great Development Art?"
Monarch Soul Divergence Divine Lord pondered for a long while before saying, "First, help me escape from this Puppet. Second, help me find soul-nourishing items. Although I have lived long enough, I still have things unfinished. I only researched half of the last Puppet, and I dislike leaving things halfway."
"Third, help me find Materials for refining Puppets."
"Fourth, help me find a Disciple with good talent to inherit my knowledge and rebuild the Thousand Bamboo Sect!"
"Of course, if you agree, I will tell you everything I have learned in my life, including the Great Development Art. You can learn the useful parts, and also the refining methods for some ancient Core Formation Puppets and several ancient Nascent Soul Puppets that I master."
"Agree to me, and you won't lose out!"
Li Feiyu thought for a moment, "The first two are simple, but the latter two will take time, and perhaps not a short time. The Materials you need are surely precious, and as for a Disciple with good talent, what kind of talent does Senior consider good?"
"Dual Spiritual Root, Variant Spiritual Root, or Heavenly Spiritual Root?!"
"At least a Dual Spiritual Root, with Comprehension Ability not too low, and perseverance."
Li Feiyu rolled his eyes and muttered, "So many requirements."
"Alright, although I'm at a bit of a disadvantage, I agree."