"Kongling Island is not only adept at Illusion Techniques, but also has a unique secret skill in refining Magic Treasures. To prevent some important treasures from being stolen, they set Forbidden seals using a special technique called the Heart-lock Seal. If you want to refine this lamp, it's going to take quite some effort," Xi Ying's voice sounded in the Sea of Consciousness.

Yuan Ming nodded slightly and put away the green oil lamp.

He looked around and flew toward the distance, quickly reaching the other side of the Swamp.

Long Chong, Qiong Yun, and Wulu, along with Yun Jiuxiao, were intensely clashing at that location.

Having just escaped the illusion, Long Chong and another had been sent by Yuan Ming to hold off Yun Jiuxiao's group, preventing them from interfering with his confrontation against Huan Ling Zi. He had not immediately pursued Huan Ling Zi because he was concerned about the situation with Long Chong.

It seemed that Yun Jiuxiao's group had not noticed Huan Ling Zi fleeing, and they continued their fierce battle, each summoning their spirit beasts.

Among them, Qiong Yun's spirit beast was a Thunder Flood Dragon, which greatly resembled the Winter Flood Dragon summoned by Long Chong, except its scales were adorned with purple thunder patterns, and its twin horns resembled purple crystals, constantly flickering with electric light.

Yun Jiuxiao's Three-eyed Octopus was also extraordinary; it could spray a large amount of black ink, which possessed strong Sealing capabilities, even capable of sealing the attacks of Qiong Yun's Thunder Flood Dragon.

Compared to them, Mi Luo's Poisonous Toad and Wulu's Blood Crocodile appeared fairly ordinary, with no particular features worth mentioning.

However, from Winter Crystal Island, the Immortal Bing Xin's summoned spirit beast was an Ice Spirit Qishou, covered in Frost Scale Ice Horns, with four jade-like hooves treading on clouds of snow, causing snowflakes to fall around it during battle.

This beast was said to contain the bloodline of the ancient Frost Qi Lin and had reached the Third-level Middle Stage in strength, proving to be an equal match for Long Chong's Winter Flood Dragon.

However, even though the spirit beasts were similarly matched in strength and possessed numerical superiority, Yun Jiuxiao's group did not gain the upper hand.

Long Chong and Qiong Yun were a notch higher in cultivation than the four, and having been tricked by Huan Ling Zi in front of Yuan Ming, they were filled with shame and anger, looking to save face; thus, every move they made was full-hearted, even willing to trade blow for blow.

In contrast, Yun Jiuxiao's group was restrained, unable to fully display their strength, and were forced to keep retreating.

In the battlefield, Wulu was undoubtedly the most leisurely one; although he put on a troubled front, in reality, he was muddling his way through.

His summoned spirit beast, the Blood Crocodile, also appeared to be the most fierce, but whenever the Winter Flood Dragon or Thunder Flood Dragon launched a harsh move, it happened to push others forward, allowing other creatures to bear the brunt.

It can be said, the awkwardness of the other three, in part, owed to Wulu's efforts.

Yuan Ming's arrival quickly caught his attention, yet he remained unsurprised. After noticing Yuan Ming, he simply nodded slightly and then subtly signaled with his eyes, seemingly asking if he should cooperate with Yuan Ming to capture the three from Yun Jiuxiao.

Yuan Ming pondered briefly but gently shook his head and revealed his figure, invoking his Mana and declared loudly, "Huan Ling Zi has been defeated. Yun Jiuxiao, do you wish to follow in his footsteps, or will you surrender now?"

His voice resonated around, causing Yun Jiuxiao's group's hearts to tremble simultaneously, and they all turned their heads to look. Seeing him unharmed and flying in the sky, their faces flashed with shock.

Yun Jiuxiao immediately ceased fighting, recalled his spirit beast Mo Zhang, and, with a forced smile, saluted towards Yuan Ming:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan is astute. We were also compelled by Huan Ling Zi to come here, forced to obey him. Now that you have defeated him, we naturally have no reason to fight. We are willing to surrender; may we ask for a chance to live?"

Immortal Bing Xin and Mi Luo also hurriedly made a salute.

They were not willingly following Huan Ling Zi but were forcibly conscripted in the name of Kongling Island. The four came from Second-level Island, where they would not dare to provoke Kongling Island.

Since only Thousand Dragon Island and Red Rain Island were First-level Islands which they dared not offend, they could only lower their stance as much as possible, hoping to escape the ordeal.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming did not respond but looked towards Long Chong and the other.

"Brother Long, Miss Qiong, what do you think?"

"We can stop fighting, but you assisted Huan Ling Zi in ambushing me and Qiong Yun. I will not forget this. After leaving the Secret Realm, I must personally visit each of your islands for a thorough lesson," Long Chong said, anger burning within him.

Yun Jiuxiao's group's faces instantly turned as unsightly as if they had swallowed excrement. After exchanging glances, hesitating for a long time, Yun Jiuxiao was the first to speak, "Fellow Daoist Long, we were wrong. After leaving the Secret Realm, each of our families will offer up 100,000 Spirit Stones as compensation. Will this satisfy you?"

"Do you think my Thousand Dragon Island lacks those Spirit Stones?" Long Chong scoffed coldly.

Yun Jiuxiao's group's expressions stiffened, and they could only secretly discuss compensation details among themselves.

Long Chong ignored them and flew next to Yuan Ming, asking:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, although Huan Ling Zi was not powerful, that Illusion Technique of his was incredibly difficult to break, almost making him unbeatable. How did you manage to force him to flee?"

Just as Yuan Ming was about to answer, he suddenly heard a thunderous booming sound coming from above.

"Moo"

Before the sound ended, several similar deep tones followed, emerging from the toxic clouds above everyone's heads.

The thick toxic cloud churned like ocean waves, with bursts of pale blue spirit light lighting up like lightning intermittently, revealing the silhouettes of a group of giant beasts.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming's eyes twitched, and he immediately had a bad feeling. He quickly said:

"This place is not suitable to stay long; we should first..."

But before he could finish, another even louder moo, like muffled thunder, exploded above their heads.

Through the rolling poisonous clouds, two five-foot-long blue ox horns broke through, full of cracks with a pale blue spirit light emerging from within, resembling patterns.

Following the horns, a huge ox head, pieced together from blue Crystal Stone, emerged, its eyes like copper bells without pupils but flickering with pale blue ghostly light.

"Intruders!"

The ox head, seeing Yuan Ming and the others, actually spoke human language and let out a thunderous roar that echoed through the heavens.

Immediately after, one after another, tall blue monstrous oxen charged out of the poisonous clouds, each one ten yards in length, far outnumbering Yuan Ming and the others, without mention.

Although these monstrous oxen had no fluctuations in demonic power, they were huge in stature and possessed startling strength; they were clearly not to be trifled with. The rumbling sound of their hooves, like thunder and ocean waves, made even the ground beneath the people tremble.

Seeing this, everyone's countenance changed simultaneously. Without a word, they all turned and fled.

These blue monstrous oxen were extremely large yet their speed was not slow, relentlessly chasing behind Yuan Ming and the others.

"These monstrous oxen are flickering with starlight; could they be Starry Sky Beasts?" Yuan Ming thought to himself.

"No, what is happening here! Quick, save me!" Just then, Mi Luo, who was lagging behind everyone else, shouted in terror.

Everyone looked back and saw Mi Luo's face vein-popped, he frantically formed spell signs, trying to summon tunneling light to escape from the blue monstrous oxen. Though his body moved forward, he slowly retreated inch by inch as if being dragged backward by something, flying towards the monstrous oxen.

At the same time, Yuan Ming suddenly glimpsed one of the blue monstrous oxen opening its mouth wide and inhaling sharply towards Mi Luo; its mouth was pitch black, like a void, void of teeth, lips, or even a throat.

And at that moment, the other blue monstrous oxen also began to open their mouths.

Yuan Ming immediately felt a bizarre sucking force coming from behind, similar but lighter to the force he felt while flying across the continent, without the massive weight pressing on his shoulders.

Yuan Ming grabbed the Thunder God Hammer and struck backward.

A blade-shaped thunder surged backward, striking one blue monstrous ox on the head.

A burst of dazzling thunder exploded, and the blue monstrous ox was repelled, the bizarre sucking force disappearing with it.

Seeing this, the others turned around and began manipulating their Magic Treasures, releasing spells at the blue monstrous oxen behind them.

Mi Luo, in particular, exerted himself greatly; he was next to the blue monstrous oxen and it was a critical moment.

His Magical Treasure was a green poisoned fork, from which he immediately spewed a four-colored poisonous mist, rolling towards the Meteorite Iron beasts. His spirit pet, the Poisonous Toad, suddenly exploded its fist-sized poison cysts on its back, spraying out a foul-smelling Poisonous Slime that mixed with the poison mist and attacked.

However, the poison mist and slime, which could corrode iron and dissolve gold, merely left a small dent when they hit the blue monstrous oxen.

The green poisoned fork did leave three feet-long gashes on the monstrous oxen, but a blue light flashed from the wound, and strands of starlight fell from the torn poisonous clouds.

The wounds of the blue monstrous oxen healed instantly as if they had never been hurt, showing no effect on their movements as they snapped one of Mi Luo's arms in their vast mouths.

Mi Luo's expression turned ashen. However, he remained calm, his body shimmering in golden light as he donned a full set of golden armor that appeared indestructible.

Yet, with one snap, the blue monstrous ox bit down, breaking off the golden armor and Mi Luo's right arm in one go, blood spraying everywhere.

"Ah!" Mi Luo screamed, quickly retracting the golden armor and dashing forward to escape.

Yuan Ming's expression was grave; these blue monstrous oxen were not only amazingly resilient but also immensely strong, making them difficult to handle.

The group fled for a while longer, but gradually they were caught up due to the disturbing sucking force of the monstrous oxen.

With his injuries, Mi Luo was the first to falter. He was pulled to the side of a monstrous ox, which suddenly closed its mouth and lowered its head, aiming its dual horns at Mi Luo and charging fiercely.

Panicking, Mi Luo quickly took out a Jade Ring Magical Treasure and fiercely activated it, hurling it at the monstrous ox to block the attack, but then he heard a "crack!" The Jade Ring shattered on impact with the horn, not even managing to block for an instant.

His body was instantly pierced by the ox's horns, but this strike was not fatal. He wailed as the ox lifted him over its head with its horns, and the nearby oxen squeezed in, opening their mouths wide to bite.

In the blink of an eye, Mi Luo was swallowed up by the herd, only to re-emerge as a blur of blood and flesh.

Seeing Mi Luo devoured, everyone trembled in their hearts, hurriedly deploying more techniques to fend off the monstrous oxen and buying time for their escape.

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