Zhou Xun’s heart tightened, his hands formed spells, mana surged to his eyes, a faint glimmer flashed,

his vision instantly became clear,

and saw four black shadows a hundred miles away ahead to the left, riding escape light, rushing from left to right, looking extremely disheveled!

A thousand feet behind them, waves of violent energy spread out, chasing swiftly in their direction!

"What hornet’s nest did they poke!"

Zhou Xun opened his mouth wide, greatly astonished!

He sensed clearly, the spiritual power fluctuations of those four figures in front, obviously all belonged to Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivators!

While the twenty or so shadows behind them were all Tier Three Great Demons!

And the five leading the way were at Tier Three High-Grade Level!

That’s equivalent to dozens of cultivators of the same level!

Even though the demon beasts in the Secret Realm may not have intelligence, their overwhelming numbers form a force those four cannot withstand,

even the current Zhou Xun, deploying all his means, would have no choice but to flee from such a fate!

He couldn’t understand how they provoked them!

Witnessing this scene, Zhou Xun called himself lucky!

"It seems my previous approach was right, this swamp isn’t straightforward, acting low-key is the righteous path!"

With that thought, Zhou Xun paused, formed spells with his hands, and pointed at himself!

His already obscure and undetectable aura was further restrained to the extreme, even if that demon beast group were to come close, they wouldn’t be able to detect him,

watching the scene in the distance, Zhou Xun remained motionless, intending to act only after the demon beasts passed by.

Just then, the group of demon beasts pursuing from the back each emitted a streak of white light, then fused it together, transforming into a gigantic light sphere!

"It’s actually a Joint Attack Technique!"

Zhou Xun was greatly surprised!

Then, under the control of the five Tier Three High-Grade demon beasts ahead, the light sphere suddenly accelerated, turning into a shadow,

instantaneously crossing a thousand feet in space, striking directly at the cultivator who was trailing last among the four.

Enveloping him,

then abruptly dispersing, covering several thousand feet of space!

The cultivator shrouded in this white light had his escape speed suddenly stalled,

then visibly caught up by the demon beasts behind, surrounded completely!

A cluster of black shadows stirred, the cultivator was shockingly torn to pieces by the demon beasts and swallowed into their stomachs.

A Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivator perished unbelievably easily!

This made Zhou Xun have a more profound understanding of the dangers in this swamp.

Only then did Zhou Xun spot the true appearance of those demon beasts, clearly demon crocodiles!

"There’s actually a demon beast tribe hidden here!"

This amounted to having dozens of Great Demons, including five at Tier Three High-Grade Level,

who could guarantee none among them were at Tier Four Level?

After all, in the Central Continent Cultivation Realm, a sect possessing twenty to thirty Core Formation Cultivators likely has a Nascent Soul Cultivator in charge,

likewise, it’s the same logic for demon beast tribes!

A Tier Four Secret Realm, possessing Tier Four Spirit Medicine, it’s equally reasonable to have Tier Four demon beasts!

Zhou Xun swiftly organized the methods he possessed!

Firstly, Blood Demon Child, deploying a Joint Attack Technique, at least comparable to a Golden Core Peak Cultivator,

Earth Element Beast equivalent to a Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivator!

Celestial Spirit Talisman Array, Profound Thunder Sword were also Late-Stage Core Formation Level means,

besides, Zhou Xun had an unknown level Golden Claw Jade Talisman!

To know, during the hunt in Accumulation Mountain Range back then of the Tier Three Peak Thunder Flood Dragon with True Spirit Bloodline,

this Golden Claw once injured it severely in a single strike,

very likely a Tier Four level treasure, but the elder Yuan who wielded it back then only had Middle-Stage Core Formation Cultivation!

Along with Zhou Xun’s Tier Four Human Puppet, it amounted to six means beyond Late-Stage Core Formation, such power could still stand a few rounds against Tier Four demon beasts!

Even if not capable, fleeing wouldn’t be a problem!

With his current cultivation, using Thunder Seed to perform Thunder Escape, the speed rivals Nascent Soul Cultivators!

Zhou Xun stayed at the spot for half an hour, waiting until those demon crocodiles went far before proceeding further.

...

Moving deeper inside, Zhou Xun felt the Spiritual Qi concentration in the air rising rapidly!

"Seems the deeper I go, the higher tier demon beasts I encounter!"

And the density of demon beasts here greatly exceeded Zhou Xun’s expectations,

After progressing for an hour, he encountered two Tier Three Great Demons, one at Tier Three Middle-Grade Level!

Moreover, these demon beasts were communal, around each Great Demon were several hundred of their kin!

To not alarm these beast tribes, Zhou Xun’s escape speed was slow, roughly like an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

As Zhou Xun ventured deeper, the demon beast levels he encountered escalated!

Eventually, nearly all encountered were Tier Three High-Grade Level!

By then, he had penetrated the swamp for a full day,

at such a distance, if flying escape at full speed, it would be merely an hour!

More cautiously even, the swamp ahead began to have a subtle white mist appearing,

this mist not only obstructed Zhou Xun’s sight, causing the visible range to severely drop,

it also imposed barriers against Divine Sense!

Within the mist, Zhou Xun’s once over three-thousand-feet wide Divine Sense was compressed to five hundred feet!

Zhou Xun hesitated!

Such mist appearing here is surely an ominous sign, yet that Profound Jade Lotus is just not far ahead,

having reached here, naturally there’s no reason to turn back!

What Zhou Xun didn’t know was, a thousand feet away, suddenly a series of eyes appeared, looking over towards his vicinity!

Meanwhile, a sudden tightness gripped Zhou Xun’s heart,

immediately he patted the storage bag at his waist, black light flashed, morphing into a human figure hovering in front of him, none other than the Tier Four Human Puppet "Kaiyang"!

Looking at this human figure, Zhou Xun couldn’t help but feel a surge of security!

Afterwards, he formed spells with hands, muttering incantations, then pointed at the human puppet,

an instant spirit light struck it!

Immediately, the human puppet flew over to Zhou Xun, transforming into a set of Spirit Armor, enveloping him within!

It was a human puppet, and equally the "Celestial Profound Spirit Armor"!

In the instant of donning the Spirit Armor, Zhou Xun felt an intense power feeding back from the armor, suddenly augmenting his Divine Sense and mana to a degree beyond imagination!

"This is... the Peak of Core Formation Realm, no, should be surpassing, yet slightly less than Nascent Soul Stage!"

This Celestial Profound Spirit Armor could amplify the cultivator’s prowess, truly ingeniously extraordinary!

"With this armor on, what do I fear?"

Zhou Xun couldn’t help but feel a sense of grandeur, promptly deploying spells, his feet lifted two inches from the ground, smoothly flying forward,

as Zhou Xun summoned the Spirit Armor, those eyes a thousand feet away gradually submerged into the swamp.

Zhou Xun concealed his form, proceeding forward, roughly after half an hour, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

A void approximately ten thousand feet wide appeared in the midst of the white mist,

and that Profound Jade Lotus was within this area!