Chapter 678: Wang Qingshan Forms a Core

Over twenty second-order puppet beasts released spells, attacking the Liu family cultivators. The Liu family cultivators did not show weakness, summoning their own puppet beasts to counterattack. Indeed, the Liu family cultivators also possessed many second-order puppet beasts; after all, they had eliminated five previous owners of Red Lotus Island, seizing a large number of puppet beasts.

The Liu family's heritage spanned over five hundred years, longer than the history of the Thousand Puppets Sect.

Liu Ruorong was the highest-cultivated Liu family member on the island, at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

She controlled three second-order puppet beasts, attacking the Wang family cultivators.

A series of roars echoed as spiritual lights of various spells intertwined, and a powerful wave of air swept in all directions.

A crimson flying fork, enveloped in flames, struck, fiercely attacking Liu Ruorong.

Liu Ruorong remained calm. She summoned a blue shield, which instantly expanded, blocking in front of her.

With a dull thud, the crimson flying fork shattered, transforming into hundreds of gold-spotted flame insects. They swirled, turning into dozens of crimson fire blades, which fiercely struck Liu Ruorong's protective spiritual light.

With successive thuds, a large expanse of crimson flames rapidly spread. Even through her protective spiritual light, Liu Ruorong could feel an intense heat.

A clear bird cry rang out as a gigantic green eagle swooped down from high altitude, its target precisely Liu Ruorong.

Liu Ruorong remained calm. She released a massive crimson giant eagle, which flapped its wings and pounced towards the green giant eagle.

The Scarlet Sun Eagle, the Liu family's protective spiritual bird, was already a top-grade second-order spirit.

The green giant eagle was merely a mid-grade second-order spirit and was no match for the Scarlet Sun Eagle. However, the green giant eagle's flight speed was extremely fast, and the Scarlet Sun Eagle couldn't kill it instantly.

With two whooshing sounds, two thick golden light pillars struck Liu Ruorong's protective spiritual light, emitting a dull thud, and her protective spiritual light significantly dimmed.

A gleaming golden giant hammer descended from the sky, smashing towards Liu Ruorong.

Liu Ruorong dared not be slow. She quickly summoned a blue handkerchief, which instantly expanded, supporting the golden giant hammer.

Boom!

The ground suddenly burst open, and two gigantic yellow Corroding Bone Alligators suddenly emerged from underground, opening their bloody mouths and biting at Liu Ruorong like lightning.

Liu Ruorong's protective spiritual light could not withstand the bites of the two mid-grade second-order Corroding Bone Alligators. A shrill female scream rang out as the two Corroding Bone Alligators each bit one of Liu Ruorong's legs, tearing her body into two halves. The scene was extremely bloody.

Upon Liu Ruorong's death, the Scarlet Sun Eagle, without a commander, was struck by over a dozen thick spiritual lights from spells. Several spiritual lights hit the Scarlet Sun Eagle, breaking its left wing, and a house-sized giant fireball hurtled towards it.

Boom!

A massive crimson mushroom cloud appeared in mid-air, with rolling airwaves.

The green giant eagle flapped its wings, sending out a dense swarm of green wind blades, which struck the crimson mushroom cloud in the void.

The Scarlet Sun Eagle's corpse fell from the mushroom cloud, completely lifeless.

The Corroding Bone Alligators did not devour but continued to attack others.

With Liu Ruorong's death, the Liu family's morale plummeted. They rushed towards the location of the teleportation array. Wang Qingling and others seized the opportunity to pursue, controlling puppet beasts to release spells and attack the Liu family cultivators.

A series of screams rang out, and over twenty Liu family cultivators fell in pools of blood.

Some lucky survivors reached the teleportation array, only to their surprise, find it unusable. Its other end had been destroyed.

Liu Ruoyun was the only remaining Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Liu family. He knew the enemies had come prepared; if he could survive, he would have a chance for revenge.

He took out a golden talisman. Its spiritual energy was overwhelming; it was a third-order escape talisman.

Just then, a faint, almost imperceptible sound of something breaking through the air was heard. He felt a sharp pain in his head and closed his eyes.

Ye Lin crouched down, picked up the golden talisman, and put it into his storage bag.

With the death of the three Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Liu family's Qi Refinement cultivators were even less a match for Wang Qingling and her group.

After about a quarter of an hour, there were no more living Liu family cultivators on the island.

Wang Qingling ordered her clansmen to collect treasures. She headed straight for a courtyard spanning several acres. A sign hung at the entrance, bearing the large characters "Spirit Beast Garden."

The Spirit Beast Garden was very large, holding many first-order spirit birds and beasts.

These spirit birds and beasts had been bound to the Liu family through secret methods; only cultivators with Liu family blood could command them. The Wang family could not. So, Wang Qingling let the Corroding Bone Alligators and Ice Wind Pythons eat these spirit beasts and birds, considering it an extra meal for them.

Not long after, Wang Qingling appeared at the entrance of a three-story green stone building. The plaque above the door bore three large golden characters: "Spirit Nurturing Tower."

As the name suggested, this was a place for cultivating spirit beasts.

Wang Qingling pushed open the door and entered.

The main hall was spacious and bright, with only a few tables and chairs, and nothing else.

On the second floor, there were over a dozen stone rooms. Upon opening them, they found spirit insects, spirit beasts, and spirit birds inside. Most were unhatched, and those that had hatched were all common specimens.

The third floor contained six stone rooms. The first room held two Scarlet Sun Eagles, both low-grade second-order. The second room contained two seals with crimson scales covering their bodies, also low-grade second-order. Because the Wang family had suddenly attacked, the defensive formations were useless, and the Liu family cultivators had no time to release their spirit beasts and birds to fight; even if they had, it would have been pointless.

Wang Qingling pushed open the third stone room. Inside, there was a silver spirit egg the size of a watermelon. Fine silver electric arcs pulsed on its surface, making it appear very peculiar. The ground was covered with a pile of mid-grade spirit stones, most of which had turned grayish-white.

"A lightning-attribute spirit beast egg?" Wang Qingling's eyes lit up. She quickly stepped forward, collected the spirit egg, and did not miss the spirit stones on the ground either.

She already had too many spirit beasts and couldn't raise any more. However, it could be submitted to the family. If its potential was good, it could be nurtured as a protective family spirit beast.

The other three stone rooms were empty, containing nothing.

After more than an hour, Wang Qingling led her people away from Donghua Island and headed for Heiyang Island, which was the Yang family's stronghold.

On Red Lotus Island, the cloudless sky suddenly became overcast with dense clouds. Strong winds raged. Spiritual energy from dozens of miles around surged towards Red Lotus Island, forming a massive vortex.

The changes in the world's spiritual energy caught Wang Qiuhong's attention. He rushed out of his residence and was astonished to find a massive vortex appearing above Red Lotus Island.

"Is someone forming a Core? Seventh Uncle, Seventh Uncle is attempting to break through to the Core Formation stage."

Wang Qiuhong's face showed joy. He quickly ordered all his clansmen not to approach Wang Qingshan's residence.

Inside the secret chamber, Wang Qingshan sat cross-legged on a prayer mat, his upper body bare, his body smeared with a reddish-blue liquid, and two empty bottles in front of him.

On Wang Qingshan's chest was a small green lock, emitting astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations. This was a prototype of a defensive magic treasure.

He chanted an incantation, and a dazzling green light glowed on his body. The vortex above Red Lotus Island slowly descended towards Wang Qingshan's residence.

Wang Qiuhong's heart was in his throat, his expression tense.

Once Wang Qingshan advanced to the Core Formation stage, the Wang family would have a third Core Formation cultivator, which would greatly benefit the family's development.

In Wang Qingshan's dantian, there was a pale green vortex, continuously devouring the converging spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The green vortex spun faster and faster, its volume grew smaller and smaller, becoming increasingly solid, finally transforming into an egg-sized green sphere.

The Golden Core was formed; only the minor lightning tribulation remained.

Boom!

A deafening roar sounded, and a black cloud several hundred zhang wide appeared above Wang Qingshan's residence.

A silver light flashed, and a thick silver lightning bolt shot out, striking towards Wang Qingshan's residence.

A vast expanse of crimson flames appeared out of thin air, transforming into a rolling sea of fire, engulfing Wang Qingshan's residence.

Red Lotus Island had an Earth Fire spiritual vein, so arranging a third-order fire-attribute defensive formation would make its defense even stronger.

A thick silver lightning bolt struck into the sea of fire, like a stone thrown into the sea; the flames did not diminish but instead surged.

Time passed bit by bit. One after another, thick silver lightning bolts flew out from the black cloud, striking towards the sea of fire.

After about a quarter of an hour, the flames extinguished. Wang Qingshan's residence lay in ruins. A pale silver light barrier enveloped his entire body, and the small silver lock on his chest emitted bursts of dazzling silver light.

Boom!

Several thick silver lightning bolts flew out from the black cloud, striking precisely on the silver light barrier.