Zhou Xun performed a spell with both hands, pointed at himself, and his entire being instantly became ethereal,

then he took out a Tier Three Earth Escape Talisman, activated it, and patted it onto himself,

transforming into a yellow light and merging into the stone wall beside him, then using the Breath Concealment Technique, his presence was reduced to the extreme.

He clenched a High-Grade Golden Sword Talisman in his palm and quietly waited.

...

Soon, two figures quickly arrived at the peak where Zhou Xun was, their bodies flashed with light, and they landed on the ground.

One of them was a thin-faced middle-aged man in a black robe, the other an elderly man with white hair and a round face.

Both were Middle-Stage Core Formation Cultivators!

Aside from the storage bags on their waists, they also had a blood-red bag hanging!

"Blood Demon Bag!"

From a distance, Zhou Xun instantly recognized these two’s background,

"Could it be they are from the Blood Refining Sect!" Zhou Xun’s eyes flashed with an inexplicable light!

As soon as the two landed, the black-robed middle-aged man flipped out a fist-sized black pearl, activated it, and tossed it into the air,

the black pearl instantly exploded, transforming into a mass of black mist that enveloped them, offering protection.

"Junior brother’s Mist Profound Pearl is indeed wondrous, truly a top-notch magical treasure!"

"You’re too kind, senior brother," the middle-aged man said with a satisfied expression, changing the spell in his hands,

sending out a black light that struck the black mist in front of them,

"Roar, roar!"

The black mist surged, emitting a series of roars, with faint shadowy figures flickering inside,

followed by four towering demon corpses, clad in pitch-black battle armor, with bull horns on their heads,

"Go!"

The middle-aged man pointed in the distance,

the four demon corpses flew into the sky, centering around the middle-aged man, searching in the four cardinal directions.

"That seems like the nest of a demon beast, better search it first before taking action!"

"My four demon zombies are agile and possess a hint of indestructibility, let them handle the investigation!" the middle-aged man chuckled, pointing to the Thunder Eagle Nest in the distance,

"Very well!" The elderly man naturally complied,

waiting in place.

Zhou Xun, inside the mountain, watched their actions but did not act!

One of the black demon zombies slowly made its way near Zhou Xun’s hiding spot while searching,

Zhou Xun’s Concealing Technique was extremely high-level, if the two of them came personally, they might detect something,

but since it was just a temporarily manifested demon zombie, it naturally could not,

so Zhou Xun watched as the demon zombie walked past him three feet away, then slowly flew off towards the Thunder Eagle Nest.

About a cup of tea’s time later, the four demon zombies flew back to the black-robed middle-aged man’s side, merging back into a black mist.

"How is it?" the elderly man asked.

"It seems to be a nest of a thunder attribute demon beast, but it’s not there at the moment,"

"I suppose the earlier fight was it in battle!"

"No idea where it went now!"

The middle-aged man appeared pensive, slowly spoke.

"In that case, why not communicate with Senior Brother Yuzhen to hunt this beast together, after all, thunder attribute demon beasts have some restraining effects on us!"

"If it’s a Tier Three High-Grade one, we can handle it, but hunting it might be impossible!"

The elderly man suggested,

"Alright!" The middle-aged man nodded,

then tapped his waist storage bag, taking out a long arrow-shaped object, slowly infused it with mana, and then threw it to the sky,

"Shoo!"

The long cylinder transformed into a streak of light, vanished into the sky, and then turned forward, disappearing from sight

Meanwhile, in a valley several hundred miles away, two figures sat by a campfire,

one wore a blood-red robe, with a wizened face, looking around seventy, bald, possessing Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivation,

the other was a young man in black leather armor, Middle-Stage Core Formation.

Both were in meditation.

Suddenly, a black streak flew from afar, hovering before the elderly man,

The elderly man beckoned, and it landed in his hand,

his fingers radiated mana, lightly touched the black arrow, and a light shot into the sky, revealing a line of text:

"Thunder attribute Great Demon found, come quickly!"

"The goods have arrived!" The elderly man grinned, his voice aged,

The young man instantly awoke, waved his hand, extinguishing the campfire, and then, together with the elderly man,

transformed into two black spirit lights, speeding away!

...

After the black-robed middle-aged man sent out the Communication Command Arrow,

he and the elderly man slowly advanced, flying towards the Thunder Eagle’s nest,

their plan matched Zhou Xun’s previous one, setting an array around the Thunder Eagle’s nest while it was away, laying an ambush there.

Zhou Xun hid within the mountain, secretly clenching the Tier Three High-Grade Golden Sword Talisman,

watching the two Demon Cultivators draw closer.

"One thousand feet!"

"Five hundred feet!"

...

"Thirty feet!"

"Twenty feet!"

At this moment, Zhou Xun’s eyes sharpened, his mind moved, the Golden Core in his dantian swirled,

emitting blue-violet spiritual power, moving through his meridians to his right hand, then slowly entering the Golden Sword Talisman,

The talisman flashed faintly,

Suddenly, an earth-shattering momentum burst forth, followed by a dazzling golden light erupting from the mountain wall,

a thirty-foot-long golden longsword, exuding immense power, broke through the rock, transforming into a golden streak, stabbing towards the black-robed middle-aged man and the elderly man!

The distance between them was only twenty feet,

the two were abruptly attacked, sensing the heavy momentum on the golden sword, their expressions drastically changed, turning deathly pale!

"Tier Three High-Grade Talisman!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

They both quickly performed spells, their bodies flashed with black light, attempting to escape backwards!

However, the Tier Three High-Grade Golden Sword Talisman was no ordinary spell, its speed was astonishing,

"Puchi!"

In the elderly man’s eyes, a golden light flashed by, piercing through the black mist before him,

then he felt a pain in his forehead, and the next moment, fell into endless darkness!

The elderly man, deceased!

Having succeeded in the surprise attack, the golden sword immediately turned and stabbed towards the black-robed middle-aged man!

While the golden sword dealt a fatal blow to the elderly man, the middle-aged man’s escape technique was complete,

black mist formed a giant shield, blocking the golden sword in front,

while his body was enveloped by black light, rapidly retreating backwards,

"Boom!"

Just as the middle-aged man rejoiced in his narrow escape,

he felt a pain in his chest,

a fist emitting blue-violet brilliance with flashing thunder arcs pierced through from behind him, through his chest,

"Who is it!"

The middle-aged man struggled to turn his head, wanting to see who it was!

"Bang!"

The next moment, another fist smashed into his skull, like an iron hammer pounding a watermelon,

the middle-aged man instantly perished!

With a wave of his hand, two large hands manifested from thin air, grabbing the two cultivators’ storage bags, slowly bringing them to Zhou Xun.

After collecting the storage bags and the two corpses, Zhou Xun slowly descended.

Having swiftly dealt with the two Middle-Stage Core Formation Cultivators, Zhou Xun was quite satisfied.

At this moment, sensing the intense spiritual power fluctuations from this side, the elderly man and young man tensed up, accelerating their escape speed.