Chapter 3444: Golden Crow Burning Sky Formation

A vast red bamboo forest stretched out, with fallen leaves several feet thick on the ground.

A loud boom echoed from deep within the dense forest, as a large number of red bamboo stalks were swept high into the air, then disintegrated into countless wood chips.

Deep within the bamboo forest, Wang Yingjie, Wang Qingfeng, Dong Xueli, and Liu Hongxue stood in a clearing, their faces slightly pale. Not far away, seven gigantic, entirely red spiders lay, their bodies torn apart and lifeless.

They had encountered a swarm of millions of Dragon-Devouring Ants and stayed behind to cover the retreat. The ants scattered to pursue the other members of the Wang family, leading to the deaths of over a dozen family members, including Wang Shiming.

Dong Xueli and Liu Hongxue had used up their life-saving treasures and fought desperately to break through the encirclement. A seventh-tier puppet beast was destroyed, and they became separated from their family members.

"It's finally resolved," Dong Xueli said with a sigh of relief, smiling. "Thanks to Yingjie's mastery of the Qianyang Illusionary Eyes, otherwise, we wouldn't have defeated them so easily."

"Ancestor Xueli, you flatter me," Wang Yingjie humbly replied. "The Qianyang Illusionary Eyes only temporarily trap them in an illusion. Without the treasures refined by Ancestor Qingfeng, it would still be difficult to kill these demonic insects."

"Let's rest for a bit, then continue forward!" Wang Qingfeng said gravely. "Hopefully, we can find some good treasures."

Since being separated from their family members, they had only found a dozen stalks of Qianyang Grass, the oldest being no more than thirty thousand years old. The returns were minimal.

They collected the corpses of the red spiders, rested for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, and then continued forward.

A day later, they emerged from the bamboo forest. A narrow, elongated valley appeared before them, its stone walls on both sides rugged and covered in moss.

Wang Qingfeng held the Scarlet-Eyed Orb in one hand, infused it with spiritual power, and the orb glowed brightly.

"A seventh-tier Five-Thunder Beast!"

Wang Qingfeng's eyes lit up. "Ancestor Qingfeng, where is it?" Liu Hongxue eagerly asked.

"It's in a cave 150,000 miles to the northwest," Wang Qingfeng stated gravely. "Let's go eliminate it. With its beast core, we can refine the Five-Thunder Spirit Transformation Elixir." The four of them then headed northwest.

They stopped behind a patch of bushes, looking gravely at a majestic peak in the distance. At the foot of the mountain was a huge cave.

"Set up the formation to lure and kill this beast," Wang Qingfeng commanded.

Liu Hongxue took out formation flags and an array disc and began setting up the formation.

Once the formation was set, Dong Xueli raised her right hand, and a yellow glowing talisman flew out. She cast a spell into it, and the talisman flared with blinding yellow light, transforming into a graceful maiden in a yellow dress, with runes flickering across her body. This was a Body Integration stage talisman soldier, skilled in earth-elemental abilities.

A white light flew from Dong Xueli's glabella, disappearing into the yellow-dressed maiden's head. The maiden's eyes moved, and she flew towards the cave.

Wang Qingfeng and the other three cast spells to conceal themselves, waiting for the Five-Thunder Beast to appear.

The talisman soldier flew into the cave, and a deafening roar erupted from within. Not long after, a thunderous roar echoed through the heavens and earth, and the ground trembled slightly.

A rumbling boom emanated from the cave. Immediately after, a huge mound of earth swelled up from the ground and rapidly moved towards the bushes.

A mass of five-colored lightning lit up in mid-air, revealing a gigantic Five-Thunder Beast, its entire body enveloped by countless five-colored electrical arcs.

The moment the Five-Thunder Beast appeared, it opened its maw, and a thick five-colored lightning bolt shot out, heading straight for the earthen mound.

With a loud bang, the earthen mound was struck by the five-colored lightning.

Just as the Five-Thunder Beast was about to unleash other abilities, a powerful gravitational force emanated from the ground, causing its body to fall uncontrollably downwards. At the same time, a vast expanse of golden flames erupted from the ground, their temperature terrifyingly high.

Thousands of golden lights burst out from the ground, flying towards the sky. The Five-Thunder Beast realized the danger and was about to evade, when a man's loud roar echoed, reverberating for tens of thousands of miles around.

The Five-Thunder Beast's body trembled. By the time it recovered, a gigantic golden light screen had appeared, enveloping it. On the surface of the golden light screen was the pattern of a golden fire crow.

The Golden Crow Sky-Burning Formation!

The formation flags were refined from Golden Crow Wood over 100,000 years old, and had the spirit of a seventh-tier Golden Flame Crow incorporated into them.

Wang Qingfeng and the other three immediately appeared. Each held a shimmering golden array disc in their hands and cast several incantations into it.

The golden flames within the golden light screen surged, and golden fire blades emerged from the void, slashing towards the Five-Thunder Beast.

The lightning around the Five-Thunder Beast's body intensified, and countless thick five-colored lightning bolts swept out, shattering the incoming golden fire blades. However, the number of golden fire blades was simply too great; they were ceaseless and continued to rush towards the Five-Thunder Beast.

Wang Qingfeng and the other three controlled the formation to attack the Five-Thunder Beast. After more than half a quarter of an hour, the golden flames engulfed the Five-Thunder Beast, and a series of mournful roars erupted from within.

Wang Qingfeng and the other three changed their incantations, each casting a spell. The golden flames on the ground suddenly condensed, forming a golden fire blade over a thousand feet long, which slashed towards the Five-Thunder Beast.

A mournful beast roar rang out, and the Five-Thunder Beast's head rolled to the ground. A miniature Five-Thunder Beast flew out from its body, enveloped by a red glow, and was drawn into a red jade bottle, disappearing.

"This Golden Crow Sky-Burning Formation is truly incredible!" Liu Hongxue exclaimed. "Even a top-grade seventh-tier Five-Thunder Beast was no match for it."

"Golden Crow Wood is one of the ten divine woods," Wang Qingfeng said with a smile. "Using it to refine formation flags, how could it be comparable to an ordinary seventh-tier formation? It's normal for its power to be greater."

"I heard the Spirit Race has a Blood Moon Immortal Tree," Dong Xueli said curiously, "which can produce divine blood and, when combined with a formation, can continuously create Spirit Race cultivators. I wonder if this sect's training ground might have some unique spiritual wood?"

Wang Yingjie nodded. "There should be," he said. "It just depends on whether we have the luck."

They deactivated the formation. The golden flames dissipated, leaving the ground charred black. The Five-Thunder Beast had become a charred corpse, emitting a burnt smell, its head lying not far away.

Wang Yingjie cut open the Five-Thunder Beast's abdomen and reached his hand inside. After some searching, he pulled out a five-colored lightning orb and a five-colored spherical pearl. The pearl's surface had natural lightning-like patterns.

They tried attacking the pearl with lightning-attribute treasures, confirming it was a Lightning-Absorbing Pearl.

"A top-grade seventh-tier Lightning-Absorbing Pearl, we're rich!" Wang Yingjie exclaimed excitedly. He added that if this Lightning-Absorbing Pearl were incorporated into a formation and used for them to pass their Grand Heavenly Tribulation, its effect would definitely be excellent.

"There must be many more good things here," Wang Qingfeng said gravely. "Let's go explore other areas. It's rare to come here; let's get as many treasures as we can before leaving." They collected the Five-Thunder Beast's corpse and left the area.

In a dense black forest, four members of the Fire Spirit Race—three males and one female—walked slowly, led by Yan Yun'er. Their faces were filled with caution.

They had been separated from their main group and had broken through independently.

Over twenty thousand miles away, in a narrow valley, Wang Chuanming and three others walked slowly. Wang Chuanming held a Spirit-Seeking Orb in one hand.

They had been following behind the Fire Spirit cultivators, taking paths already traversed by the Fire Spirit Race, which made them relatively safe. The Fire Spirit Race originally had seven members, but now only four remained.