Seemingly effortlessly resolving a Rank 7 wild beast was largely due to the earthworm monster's lack of strong defenses compared to other wild beasts; flying sword attacks were most effective against it.
Spiritual power attacks like water or fire would have been significantly less effective.
Another reason was that the Heavy Yuan Mysterious Light he cultivated perfectly countered the beast's earth-burrowing ability, leaving it with nowhere to escape.
After dealing with the earthworm wild beast, Zhang Ling glanced around and couldn't help but smile wryly. Many of the surrounding spiritual herbs were destroyed.
It was a bit of a pity, but he was already very satisfied to find a Spirit Earth Fruit tree in this place.
Subsequently, he lingered in the medicine garden for a while, collecting all the intact spiritual herbs. At the same time, he didn't let go of the earthworm's ruined body, directly releasing the Corpse Bear to devour the monster's flesh.
The flesh and blood of a Rank 7 wild beast was a great tonic for the Corpse Bear. Only after dealing with these things did Zhang Ling leave the valley.
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Not long after, a great battle was erupting in a canyon between two mountains.
A fat, middle-aged man had three identical black orbs floating in front of him. Rapidly rotating, they released a large cloud of black mist, covering an area of more than twenty zhang nearby.
Within the black cloud, cyan spiritual light flickered constantly, revealing streams of cyan sword light fighting a monster with two heads.
This monster was two zhang tall, covered in a layer of dark green mist. One head was a black wolf's head, and the other was a human head. Upon closer inspection, the human's appearance was identical to the middle-aged man outside controlling the three orbs.
Zhang Ling was the opponent of this wolf-headed monster. At this time, his face was gloomy as he released numerous sword lights to attack the monster.
However, the monster was covered in dark green, stiff fur. When the sword light struck it, crisp clanging sounds rang out, and all the attacks were deflected.
The wolf-headed monster's aura was extremely alarming. The reason for this person's bizarre appearance was due to cultivating a Beast Refiner's technique. His spiritual pressure had already reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.
This person and the man outside who was using the orbs to release the black mist to trap him looked exactly alike, seemingly twins.
As for why he was fighting these two...
It was out of helplessness. Not long ago, Zhang Ling had just finished picking the Spirit Earth Fruit and flew out of the valley when he ran into these two.
At that time, he was naturally wearing the Spirit Concealing Veil, but this monster who cultivated the Beast Refiner technique, whose fused black demon wolf soul had a strong perception of spiritual herbs...
Actually sensed that he had a rich medicinal fragrance on him, which led to these two attacking him.
This could only be considered bad luck.
He had just picked a large number of spiritual herbs from there, and his body was stained with a lot of medicinal fragrance. If he had encountered these two half an hour later, the medicinal fragrance on his body would have dissipated, and even if this person's demon soul had a strong perception of spiritual herbs, it would not have discovered his踪迹.
Zhang Ling knew that now was not the time to think about these causes and effects.
These two were not weak. The male cultivator outside controlling the seven orbs was not worth worrying about; he only had a mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.
But the wolf-headed monster he was fighting now was originally a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. After using the Demon Transformation secret technique, his strength had reached the peak of the Golden Core realm, so he naturally couldn't be careless when facing him.
Six spirit light shields shimmering with spiritual light surrounded Zhang Ling. This was the Mysterious Spirit Shield he cultivated. After entering the late-stage Golden Core realm, the number of Mysterious Spirit Shields had also increased to six, and the defense was much stronger.
At the same time, he also sacrificed the Yellow Luo Umbrella above his head, casting down a thick yellow light to protect his whole body. With these two layers of protection, he was safe and sound.
Zhang Ling also constantly moved his speed to prevent the wolf-headed monster from getting close. High-level Beast Refiners' physical bodies were also extremely strong, and if he was approached, there would be no small amount of trouble.
Just now, he had suffered a great loss, and the other party had broken through the protection of the Mysterious Spirit Shield, almost injuring him.
At this time, loud bangs continued as the Corpse Bear clone was entangled by the wolf-headed monster, unable to break free for a while.
At the same time, a bright light ignited beside Zhang Ling, and the Twin-Tailed Cat also transformed into the size of a tiger, spitting out a large amount of fire, fighting with more than a dozen black strange snakes.
Each of these black snakes was seventy to eighty zhang long, their bodies hazy. These were attacks transformed from the black mist that trapped him. It was the method of the cultivator outside.
However, these black snakes did not suppress the Twin-Tailed Cat. Instead, they were constantly torn apart by the Twin-Tailed Cat, so these attacks naturally did not fall on Zhang Ling.
The Twin-Tailed Cat had devoured Profound Yang Fire and also fused with another kind of demon fire. The crimson flame condensed in its body was even more terrifying than a cultivator's core fire, and it had a strong restraining effect on these black mist-transformed attacks.
With the help of the Twin-Tailed Cat, Zhang Ling himself was not in much danger.
Although the Corpse Bear was suppressed by the wolf-headed monster, the three flying swords in front of Zhang Ling were constantly flying, transforming into a large expanse of sword light, assisting the Corpse Bear in entangling the wolf-headed monster.
At this moment, Zhang Ling gathered all the spiritual power in his body, and his hands flicked repeatedly. A large expanse of Heavenly Star Sand tassels flowed, quickly transforming into thick spears, shooting out with whooshing sounds.
These attacks landed on the wolf-headed monster, sending out loud bangs. The damage caused to the wolf-headed monster was effective in a short time, but large amounts of Heavenly Star Sand scattered around the person, quickly rotating and flowing, restricting the range of the person's movement.
Although the wolf-headed monster was powerful, the wolf head that grew out of his neck was even more ferocious, occasionally spitting out black light pillars, which were powerful.
Every attack could break through the Heavenly Star Sand, and it was difficult to trap this person to death.
Zhang Ling calmly watched all of this. Naturally, he was not idle. He released four more flying swords.
A total of seven deep cyan flying swords flew around him. As the magic incantation pushed forward, they quickly gathered together, gradually transforming into a huge cyan light more than ten zhang long.
After a moment, the sword light took shape, and a flash of killing intent flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes as the cyan sword light slashed out. At the same time, a green light and a black light flashed out of his sleeves and disappeared.
The wolf-headed monster naturally also discovered the alarming spiritual power fluctuations that came from his side, sensed the danger, and roared. The wolf head on his neck, with a whimper, actually wrapped around the Corpse Bear that was harassing him like a giant snake.
After a loud bang, the Corpse Bear was directly knocked out more than ten zhang away.
At the same time, the wolf head opened its mouth wide, and a suction force was released from its mouth, actually devouring large swaths of black mist around it.
Its size rapidly swelled, and in an instant, it transformed into a giant demon wolf more than ten zhang in size.
Then, with a strange flash, it merged into the monster's body, and the person also let out a huge wolf howl, his eyes turning into strange black pupils as black as ink.
Dense black stiff fur also grew on the person's originally intact human head, making him look like a wolf-headed man.
