Chapter 4173: Murong Family's Purpose

If a Chaos Beast's corpse reanimates, it will be even more difficult to handle.

"Reanimation isn't the main concern; it's the fear of them developing sentience," Lei Tiantian said. "During the last opening of the Qiankun Ruins, the Tiandan Sect encountered an intelligent reanimated corpse at the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage. Its powers were formidable, and their Yellow-grade immortal ship was severely damaged."

A corpse that doesn't decay for a long time can easily undergo reanimation and become a reanimated corpse. Most reanimated corpses lack sentience, driven only by killing, brutality, and bloodlust. However, after prolonged cultivation and as their cultivation level increases, some reanimated corpses may develop sentience. They become more powerful and much harder to deal with.

Nangong Yueshan's expression was grave. "These are not reanimated corpses that have been artificially refined. Innately formed ones like these don't easily develop sentience. Furthermore, the remnant souls of powerful individuals should not be underestimated."

Some powerful individuals, after their physical bodies are destroyed and they cannot find suitable new ones, their souls gradually dissipate. A few strong individuals manage to retain remnant souls, which attach themselves to treasures and possess treasure seekers.

During the last opening of the Qiankun Ruins, a Taiyi Golden Immortal from the Nangong Immortal Clan was possessed by the remnant soul of a powerful entity. In addition, some formidable restrictions should not be overlooked.

They collected the Chaos Beast's corpse and left the area.

In a dense black bamboo forest, a six-colored Chaos Beast, resembling an elephant, was battling a golden Roc. Two identical-looking cultivators from the Murong family were cooperatively attacking the six-colored Chaos Beast.

With a gentle flap of its wings, the golden Roc unleashed countless thick golden electrical arcs, which struck the six-colored Chaos Beast one after another, seeming to have no more effect than a tickle.

The six-colored Chaos Beast swung its massive trunk, striking at the golden Roc.

The golden Roc flapped its wings lightly, transforming into a streak of golden lightning and vanishing. The next moment, it reappeared above the six-colored Chaos Beast's head.

The golden Roc transformed into a colossal golden giant ape, which then slammed its fists down hard onto the six-colored Chaos Beast.

With a loud crash, the six-colored Chaos Beast was slammed heavily onto the ground, its head bleeding, but it was not yet dead.

A black light burst from the golden giant ape's body as it transformed into an enlarged Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada. The cicada sprayed a golden light ring, which swept over the six-colored Chaos Beast's body, causing the beast to tremble.

The two Murong family cultivators intensified their attacks; their main role was to restrain the six-colored Chaos Beast.

As time passed, the six-colored Chaos Beast's reactions grew slower and slower, and its soul sustained increasingly severe damage.

Half an incense stick later, the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada transformed back into a massive golden ape. The golden ape swung its fists and smashed them onto the six-colored Chaos Beast's head, causing its head to bleed profusely until it stopped breathing.

With a flash of golden light, the golden giant ape transformed into Murong Tianbao.

"It's finally done," Murong Tianbao said, letting out a sigh of relief.

They had encountered three mutated seven-colored Chaos Beasts. Murong Yilong stayed behind to cover their retreat while they scattered and fled. During their escape, Murong Tianbao and his two companions encountered the six-colored Chaos Beast blocking their path and proceeded to kill it.

"It would be great if we could get that senior's treasures," a tall, slender man in a golden robe said with a smile. Their objective for entering the Qiankun Ruins this time was to seek treasures in a Taiyi Golden Immortal's cave dwelling.

"Yuxin, be careful what you say! It's best if only we know," Murong Tianbao cautioned.

He put away the six-colored Chaos Beast's corpse and led his two clansmen forward.

A quarter of an hour later, a mound rose from the ground, and Wang Yingjie emerged from beneath it, a thoughtful expression on his face.

He had been responsible for picking the Purple Pear Immortal Fruits. After successfully acquiring them, he used an escape technique to flee. He couldn't reach Wang Qingling and Wang Qingfeng using his communication mirror, likely because they had encountered Chaos Beasts and were too busy to reply.

Wang Yingjie had been drawn by the fluctuations of battle and was surprised to find Murong family cultivators killing a Chaos Beast.

"A senior! A Taiyi Golden Immortal!" Wang Yingjie felt a stir of excitement. With his current strength, he wasn't afraid of Murong Tianbao, but he wasn't very confident against Murong Yilong, as Murong Yilong had already cultivated his laws to great perfection.

He took out his communication mirror to contact Wang Changsheng and the others, but the mirror showed no response. While one person might be busy, it was impossible for all five of them to be unavailable. Perhaps there was a special restriction here preventing the use of communication mirrors.

Wang Yingjie put away his communication mirror, burrowed into the ground, and followed them.

In a colossal valley encircled by mountains on three sides, a white mist enveloped the interior, obscuring visibility. A beast-humanoid seven-colored Chaos Beast wielded a black spiked club, attacking a yellow giant with indistinct features. Simultaneously, surging flames erupted from the ground, heading directly towards the giant valley.

The black spiked club struck the yellow giant, causing its body to instantly explode into countless dust particles. A yellow light then flared on the ground, and another yellow giant emerged from beneath it. The seven-colored Chaos Beast swung its club again, smashing this yellow giant to pieces, but soon, another yellow giant reappeared, clearly formed by a magical array.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast opened its mouth and spewed a thick stream of crimson flames, which plunged into the giant valley. A muffled thud echoed, and then it strode purposefully towards the valley. The yellow giant attempted to block it but was smashed to smithereens with a single swing of the club.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast swung its black spiked club, striking the giant valley. With a tremendous roar, the ground tore open, revealing a long, wide crevice, and much of the white mist dissipated.

It opened its mouth and spewed an incredibly thick stream of crimson flames into the valley. More than half of the mist within the valley dissipated, and the yellow giants vanished as well.

Ripples spread through the void above its head, and a massive void appeared. A colossal blue fist and a colossal blue palm flew out from it, continuously striking the seven-colored Chaos Beast's body.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast was sent flying backward, crashing heavily onto the ground.

"Soul Law!" the seven-colored Chaos Beast exclaimed, spitting out a thick stream of crimson flames directly towards the void.

With a thunderous roar, the void exploded, but quickly healed itself.

As the void fluctuated, multiple large voids appeared within it. Immediately afterward, a rapid zither melody began to play.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast felt dizzy, its soul sea swayed violently, as if stones were being thrown into it.

The sound of crashing waves arose, and a vast ocean surged forward. Before it even reached the beast, the ocean churned and swelled, raising a sky-high gigantic wave, like a towering blue mountain of water, which crashed towards the seven-colored Chaos Beast.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast showed no fear. It opened its mouth and spewed rolling flames while simultaneously swinging its black spiked club, smashing it towards the sky-high gigantic wave.

With a thunderous roar, white mist billowed. The sky-high gigantic wave was shattered by the black spiked club, and seawater splashed everywhere.

The world's colors changed, the sky darkened, and three massive blue orbs came crashing down.

The seven-colored Chaos Beast swung its black spiked club, striking at the blue orbs.

With a metallic clang, the seven-colored Chaos Beast recoiled a step, and one blue orb flew backward.

Two more blue orbs slammed towards it, but they too were sent flying by the seven-colored Chaos Beast's black spiked club.