After the shadows of five cultivators appeared, they simultaneously raised their hands, using the power of the Blood River to cast the spells that Wan Qi Hong and his group had just released.

For a moment, Sword Shadows, Light Pillars, Thunder, Black Needles, and Blood Words—all five attacks surged towards Wan Qi Hong and his group, causing their expressions to subtly change as they again employed their methods to respond.

Meanwhile, as they engaged the blood skeletons, the Core Formation cultivators they had brought along were also entangled in combat with two faceless Green Stone statues nearby.

Both statues were three Zhang tall, entirely sculpted from some type of greenish giant rock, resembling a massive bear in appearance, moving with great force and heaviness, while the other appeared similar to a cheetah, moving as swiftly as a startled swan.

The Core Formation cultivators unleashed their techniques, sending a flurry of blade lights and sword shadows, along with Magical Treasure Talismans, bombarding the Green Stone statues.

However, the bodies of these two Green Stone statues were extremely hard; even when hit simultaneously by four or five Magic Treasures, they only chipped a slight crack, which could barely be considered a notch.

As for the spells cast upon them, they only kicked up a ring of dust upon impact. Neither fire attacks nor water assaults left any mark on the statues.

Seeing this, the cultivators realized that these statues seemed to be immune to magic, so they mostly used Magic Treasures against them, occasionally employing spells primarily to obstruct and entangle the enemy.

After all, they believed the critical part of this battle lay with Wan Qi Hong and others; they just needed to tie down these two statues so Wan Qi Hong and his group could focus on the peculiar skeleton.

In the crowd, Yan Sijing was also fully engaged in combat with a Green Stone Puppet.

Her Magic Treasure was an all-white Jade Ruyi, which under her control, shot out faint white light towards the other few Core Formation cultivators, landing on them and healing some of their minor injuries while seemingly also restoring some Mana and spirit.

The Core Formation cultivators, sensing Yan Sijing's supportive capabilities, kept her implicitly protected behind them, simultaneously manipulating the battleground to ensure the statues' attention didn't settle on her.

"Miss Yan, I've encountered some troubles here and need to ask the Nether Moon God for help. Please pray to the Nether Moon God just like me, quickly!"

While Yan Sijing was casting her spell, Yuan Ming's voice suddenly echoed in her Sea of Consciousness, causing her a slight shock. Fortunately, others were not paying attention to her at the moment, so they did not notice her reaction.

Hearing the urgency in Yuan Ming's words and sensing his dire situation, she hesitated just for a moment and didn't ask further, instead silently praying in her mind.

As she was distracted with her prayer, Yuan Ming, who was seated on the Lotus Platform, had to exert much effort to latch onto a faint trace of her Desire Power.

Following this trace of Desire Power, Yuan Ming identified the anchor point and immediately projected his Divine Sense downwards, not bothering to inspect the surroundings of the City Lord Mansion but adjusting his view towards the East City garden.

Due to the earlier delay, the situation in the garden had grown even more dire.

The Blood-colored Roots extending from the Blood Willow's main body had tightly entangled Hua Zhi, and now, like a leech, they were crazily draining the Spiritual Power and vitality from Hua Zhi's body.

Meanwhile, for Vajra, the spear shadows produced by the Purple Star Nine Dragons Spear were thinning; although a defensive strategy prevented an increase in the Blood Roots, Vajra still caught opportunities to breach its defense lines and whip its body from time to time.

Though Vajra was tough-skinned and generally impervious to normal Magic Treasures, under the attack of the higher-Cultivation Blood Willow, streaks of blood began to show on its body.

As for the Ghost Slaves released by Yuan Ming, most were struggling just like Vajra under the attacks of the Blood Willow; however, the leading Heavenly Ghost Wanderer had been entangled by a new opponent.

A Ground-drilling Boar had unexpectedly emerged, standing atop a small island in the lake and surrounded by a pile of rocks from unknown origins. As the demon swung its arms, a yellowish Spiritual Light surged out from its body, wrapping around the rocks and shooting them towards the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer.

The Heavenly Ghost Wanderer immediately dodged, but the stones wrapped in the yellowish Spiritual Light seemed to have eyes, turning mid-air and continuing to chase after him.

At the same time, countless more rocks, wrapped in the same yellowish Spiritual Light by the Ground-drilling Boar, swept towards the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer like a sandstorm stirred by a fierce wind.

Seeing this, the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer had to seize the moment a stone grazed past, quickly manipulating his spell to cast a magic technique.

However, just then, from the water beneath him, an unnoticeable yellow-light rock suddenly shot out, hitting him directly between the legs.

As a soul body, he naturally had no weak spots there, nor would he be affected by mere rocks, but the yellow Spiritual Light on the rock seemed to contain some mysterious power; it exploded upon hitting the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer.

The Heavenly Ghost Wanderer suddenly felt a heaviness in his legs. Looking down, he saw his thighs had turned to solid stone, dragging him towards the lake's bottom.

On the shore, the Ground-drilling Boar excitedly clapped its paws, as if mocking the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer, emitting a strange cry.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Ming immediately mobilized his Divine Soul, releasing a soul crow and casting the Crow Caw Illusion Technique on the Ground-drilling Boar.

The Ground-drilling Boar paused abruptly, blinked its eyes, and then, somewhat confused, looked towards the Blood Willow.

This glance was careless, and in the next instant, the Ground-drilling Boar's face immediately showed an extremely terrified expression. It didn't know what it had seen, but its two claws swung fiercely, wrapping the yellow light that surged from its body around the rubble, and struck at the true body of the Blood Willow.

When the yellow light and rubble hit the trunk of the Blood Willow, it exploded and, just like when dealing with the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer, quickly petrified the surface bark of the Blood Willow.

However, the petrified trunk of the Blood Willow was much smaller than that of the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer. Sensing the attack from the Ground-drilling Boar, the branches of the Blood Willow shook, making a rustling sound as if questioning.

The Ground-drilling Boar, caught in an illusion, naturally couldn't answer the Blood Willow's questions, and with a swing of its claws, two more yellow light rubble shot forth.

The Blood Willow was clearly provoked as its drooping branches rolled back up again, sending a dozen blood-colored seeds toward the Ground-drilling Boar.

As the Blood Willow released more Blood Seeds, on Vajra's side, several blood-colored seeds suddenly dimmed and vanished, greatly reducing the pressure on it and giving it a moment to breathe.

Yuan Ming, using his Divine Sense, noticed this scene and immediately realized there was a limit to the number of Blood Seeds. Next, he summoned the soul crows again, taking the opportunity to cast the Crow Caw Illusion Technique on the Blood Willow.

His Divine Soul, bolstered by Desire Power, had already reached the realm of the Sleeping Witch. Although the Blood Willow had the strength of a Level 4 Demon Beast, its Divine Soul was significantly weaker than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Now, caught in a rage, it was even more susceptible to manipulation.

Thus, the illusion cast by Yuan Ming easily shielded the Blood Willow's perception, plunging it into a deep illusion.

In its perception, suddenly five cultivators of comparable strength flew into the garden from outside.

A flash of fear crossed its mind, but for some reason, the anger in its heart instantly burned away this trace of fear.

Faced with formidable enemies, it could not afford to deal with minor "insects" like Vajra and also retracted the Blood Roots sucking on the Hua Zhi, its branches rolling upwards and pouring all its Blood Seeds toward the five cultivators in the sky, while its blood-colored roots covered in thorns also broke through the ground at the same time, wildly whipping at the airborne enemies.

With the full outburst of the Blood Willow, the ground of the entire garden trembled, and countless blood-colored roots filled the sky, resembling blood-colored long worms that covered the heavens, gruesome and terrifying.

Even Yuan Ming was taken back by such a spectacle, the power of a Level 4 Demon Beast far exceeding his expectations. Without the aid of the Stealing Heaven Tripod and relying solely on Soul Cultivation Illusion Technique, he might be able to escape this battle, but he certainly had no chance of winning.

He composed his mind and, to be safe, cast another Crow Caw Illusion Technique on the Blood Willow. He was just about to contact Vajra through Divine Sense when he suddenly felt a slight fatigue, not from his body but from his Divine Soul.

Yuan Ming paused, realizing that even though his Divine Soul was amplified by Desire Power, it was still not his true strength. Combat with a Level 4 Demon Beast was already tiring, and facing a true Nascent Soul cultivator might drain more resources than he anticipated.

Yuan Ming took a short break to alleviate his fatigue, then messaged Vajra to take advantage of the Blood Willow being caught in an illusion and step forward to kill it completely.

Upon hearing this, Vajra immediately took up the Purple Star Nine Dragons Spear and stepped forward, his body sinking as his arms suddenly exerted force, sending out countless spear shadows that splashed across the sky and struck the trunk of the Blood Willow, but only chiseled out several small cuts, unable to truly harm it.

Yuan Ming frowned slightly, realizing that dealing with this kind of physically robust Level 4 Demon Beast was probably still difficult with just Core Formation techniques.

Just as he was thinking about paying a price to exert the Soul Collision Divine Ability to utterly shatter the Divine Soul of the Blood Willow, he suddenly saw the weak Hua Zhi, supporting itself and staggeringly moved to the side of the Blood Willow.

"Master, let me try," it said.

Hearing Hua Zhi's somewhat weak telepathy, Yuan Ming was silent for a moment, then consented to its request, watching as Hua Zhi turned its hands and feet into vines and pierced into the Blood Willow.

At the same time, a surge of Blood Light suddenly rose from within it, the power of the Blood-colored Orb, entwining around the purple-black vines.

The tree body that the Purple Star Nine Dragons Spear had difficulty damaging, the purple-black vines easily pierced through, heading straight for the core of the willow tree.

Streams of visibly blood-colored demon energy transmitted over, and the originally weak aura of Hua Zhi started to rapidly increase.

The body of the Blood-colored Willow Tree trembled greatly, seemingly in pain, and its consciousness began to rapidly recover.

Yuan Ming would not let it recover, he waved his hand, and eight soul crows dived down, hovering around the Blood Willow, simultaneously emitting caws, it was the Crow Formation Divine Power.

The Divine Soul of the Blood Willow shook violently, sinking into the illusion, its consciousness sinking once again.

Hua Zhi quickly controlled the purple-black vines to continue probing deep into the Blood Willow, soon touching a blood-red crystal the size of a bowl, bursting with astonishing demonic power.

It was indeed the heart of the Blood Willow, similar to a Demon Core.

Without any hesitation, a purple-black vine penetrated the blood-red crystal.

Streams of exceptionally profound demonic power transferred through the vine, rapidly advancing Hua Zhi's aura.

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