Chapter 3467: Gains Come with Losses

After a short while, the ground began to shake violently. Some gravel fell from the cave's ceiling, landing on the Fiery Tiger.

The Fiery Tiger opened its eyes. Cracks appeared in the cave's ceiling, which then shattered into pieces, sending a deluge of rocks falling down.

It let out an angry roar, and countless red flames surged from the void, meeting and pulverizing the falling debris.

Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed high above. A massive bolt of silver lightning sliced through the sky, striking towards the Fiery Tiger.

Hearing the thunder, a hint of fear appeared in the Fiery Tiger's eyes.

It opened its mouth and spewed out a hazy red flame, which dispersed the silver lightning bolt.

The ground shook violently, as if an earthquake was occurring.

The Fiery Tiger rushed out, surprised to find a vast yellow desert thousands of miles away. The desert, which was over ten thousand miles from its lair, spewed out countless yellow sand particles. These particles spun and transformed into ten yellow giants, each over a thousand zhang tall, with indistinct features.

They strode towards the Fiery Tiger. The Fiery Tiger let out an enraged roar, and thousands of house-sized crimson fireballs appeared in the void, hurtling towards the yellow giants. With a deafening roar, the multitude of crimson fireballs struck the yellow giants, causing their bodies to instantly explode, filling the air with dust and smoke.

However, countless yellow sand particles soon rose with the wind again, transforming once more into ten enormous yellow giants that charged straight at the Fiery Tiger.

Tens of thousands of miles away, in an underground cave, the stone walls glowed yellow. Wang Yong'an and five others each held a yellow formation plate, chanting incantations into them. Not far away, a teleportation array was visible.

The Fiery Tiger had just completed its great heavenly tribulation, and its vitality had not yet recovered. This was the best time to seize the Violet Jade Primordial Soul Fruit. Facing it directly, they were no match for it; even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Even with its vitality severely depleted, the Fiery Tiger could still easily eliminate them.

Wang Yong'an had set up a seventh-tier formation called the Earth Transformation Spirit Formation. This formation's offensive power was not strong; its primary purpose was to deplete the enemy's magical energy.

If the Fiery Tiger had been at its peak, they would have been discovered before its demonic energy was exhausted. But now, with the Fiery Tiger's demonic energy running low, they had no such worries.

To be cautious, Wang Yong'an had also set up a teleportation array and a seventh-tier defensive formation, ready to teleport away immediately if the Fiery Tiger attacked.

In positional warfare, formation masters could fully utilize their abilities.

The Fiery Tiger destroyed the ten yellow giants, but they quickly reappeared. Formed by the array, they were essentially unkillable.

Enraged, the Fiery Tiger was about to cast spells to attack the ten yellow giants again when a deafening roar of thunder echoed from high above. A massive silver lightning pillar descended from the sky, striking towards the Fiery Tiger.

The Fiery Tiger quickly spewed out a thick column of crimson flames, which shattered the silver lightning pillar.

The void above its head rippled, and a golden, glittering net instantly appeared, descending over it and trapping it.

The Fiery Tiger struggled violently but to no avail; it couldn't break free.

The ten yellow giants strode rapidly towards the Fiery Tiger.

Inside the cave, a silver flash of lightning illuminated, revealing Murong Yushuang. She was wearing a pair of golden gloves.

She quickly stepped forward, plucked the Violet Jade Primordial Soul Fruit, and placed it into several jade boxes.

At that moment, the Fiery Tiger also noticed Murong Yushuang. Ten thousand crimson fireballs surged from the void, hurtling towards the cave.

Countless yellow sand particles flew up with the wind, forming a massive yellow wall that blocked the cave's entrance. With a thunderous roar, the yellow wall shattered into pieces, and dust filled the air.

When the dust cleared, Murong Yushuang was gone. The Yellow Turban warriors appeared before the Fiery Tiger and began casting spells to attack it.

Deep underground, Wang Chuanming and Murong Yushuang were enveloped in a yellow light barrier, moving swiftly. A yellow, shimmering cloak covered them.

It was the Top-Grade Heavenly Spirit Treasure, the Dragon Cloak, which provided excellent concealment. Without this treasure, the Fiery Tiger would have discovered them much earlier. Additionally, the Golden Crow Pouch also played a significant role.

The ground shook violently, followed by a loud bang.

To obtain the Violet Jade Primordial Soul Fruit, the loss of one Top-Grade Heavenly Spirit Treasure and one Fusion Stage Talisman Soldier was well worth it.

In less than fifteen minutes, they regrouped with Wang Yong'an and teleported away.

In the desolate wilderness, a nine-colored light gate floated high in the sky, from which the ethereal forms of True Dragons and Heavenly Phoenixes could be seen.

Several streaks of light flew in from a distance. Soon after, they stopped, revealing three shimmering flying treasures. Gongsun Yang, Sun Tianhu, Zheng Qiuyue, Li Qingyue, Lin Ziqi, and over twenty other human cultivators at the Fusion Stage stood upon these flying artifacts.

They gazed at the nine-colored light gate in the sky, their expressions filled with excitement.

"The True Lord Xuanling's Dao field! It has actually appeared on the Xuanling Continent." Gongsun Yang muttered to himself, his face alight with excitement.

The Wang family had sent someone to notify Gongsun Yang. Wang Changsheng and others had already departed on the Ice Lion, and upon receiving the news, Gongsun Yang and his group had rushed over immediately.

Li Qingyue, on the other hand, had only arrived after receiving a report from her disciples.

"Logically, the Dao field should have closed by now! Why hasn't it closed? Has something changed within the Dao field? Could it possibly remain permanently on the Xuanling Continent?" Lin Ziqi questioned, puzzled.

"Who cares!" Li Qingyue said. "Since the Dao field has appeared, let's go in and search for treasures. Whether we find any depends on our individual strength and luck."

After saying this, Li Qingyue was the first to fly into the nine-colored light gate, with Gongsun Yang and the others following closely behind.

A crimson volcanic cluster, with volcanoes erupting periodically.

On a mountain peak that soared into the clouds, a large booming sound occasionally echoed from a cave halfway up, and a large amount of debris rolled down the mountainside.

Inside the cave, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Tunian, and others were attacking the stone wall, mining Qianjin Yan Crystals.

The stone wall was pitted and uneven, revealing numerous golden-red specks of light.

They had been mining for nearly half a month and had obtained some raw Qianjin Yan Crystal ore.

"It would be great if we had a remnant Heaven-Tier treasure," Wang Changsheng said with a frown. The difficulty of mining an eighth-tier ore vein was indeed very high, and their efficiency was not great.

He had tried to take the entire mountain peak away but failed. He had carefully scouted the area and confirmed there was a large Qianjin Yan Crystal ore vein here. If they could get their hands on it, the Wang family could mine it for hundreds of thousands of years without issue.

Both Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan wanted to acquire it, but the difficulty was too high; with their current abilities, it was simply impossible.

"Forget it," Wang Changsheng said in a deep voice. "We've mined enough for now. Let's mark this location and come back to mine more if we get another chance to enter the Dao field in the future!" The Qianjin Yan Crystals they had already extracted were enough to refine a set of fire-attributed treasures, and there were still many other good things in the Dao field.

Wang Ruyan nodded and stopped mining.

After resting for a short while, their condition was optimized.

Wang Changsheng put Wang Lin and the others back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet, leaving Wang Tunian outside.

Leaving the cave, Wang Changsheng summoned the Azure Luan Boat. It carried the three of them towards the sky, disappearing into the horizon.