"Damn!"

Liu Su controlled her flying sword and swiftly passed through the dense clouds, closely following behind Qin Gengyun, Ye Xiyue, and Qiu Zhihe. As soon as she pierced the clouds, she saw two bizarre demonic beasts and her eyes widened immediately.

"Those arrows with an attack power comparable to a Golden Core Realm cultivator were shot by this black pig?"

With such an ugly appearance, yet it brazenly named itself "Feiyu" (Flying Feather), does it have no shame?

In the next instant, the black pig snarled, countless black mane transforming into arrows shooting towards Liu Su!

There were at least hundreds of these mane arrows, not only targeting Liu Su but covering everyone within range!

"Mom!"

Liu Su exclaimed in surprise, instinctively maneuvering her flying sword to hide behind Qin Gengyun.

Sure enough, Qin Gengyun, standing on the flying sword with his arms around Ye Xiyue’s waist, suddenly leaped up. With the iron staff in his hand, he whirled it into a circle, blocking some of the mane arrows.

Those he couldn’t block entirely, all struck Qin Gengyun’s body, making a clanging sound.

The black maned pig snorted, its pig eyes widening with a human-like expression of shock.

The black goat supporting it from below bleated, seemingly mocking the black maned pig for its ineffective mane.

Not only these two demonic beasts, even the two Golden Core Realm inner sect disciples were quite surprised, saying to Qin Gengyun:

"Junior Brother He’s body cultivation has truly reached a foundational level, impressive!"

The previous barrage of mane arrows each contained at least the attack power of a Golden Core First-Layer.

Even if they could block it, it would take considerable effort.

And seeing how much mane "Feiyu" has, if it keeps shooting continuously, they’d have to keep depleting their spiritual power to block, and once exhausted, they’d be at the beast’s mercy.

Now with Qin Gengyun as the meat shield, there’s no more hesitation, they can attack freely. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Wei Wan, having witnessed Qin Gengyun’s "meat shield" ability, eyes flashing with excitement, loudly said:

"Everyone get behind Junior Brother He! Junior Brother He, can you get a bit closer?"

At this time, the black maned pig snorted loudly again, its mane suddenly standing upright, shooting out over a hundred mane arrows with a swoosh.

The group hid behind Qin Gengyun, and with a clanging sound, those mane arrows once again returned in vain.

Qin Gengyun laughed heartily, turning back to ask Wei Wan: "Second Senior Sister, how close do you need?"

Wei Wan replied, "Three meters will do."

This is the most effective attack range for most sword cultivators and the distance where her Qingbo Sword can exert its maximum power.

"Alright, everyone stay close to me!"

Qin Gengyun shouted, the black maned pig opposite roared even louder, its arrows pouring like rain, not stopping at all.

Amidst the dense sound of clanging metal, Qin Gengyun covered his eyes with his hands, slowly advancing towards the two demonic beasts.

The other eight people hid behind him, gazing at his broad and muscular frame, feeling an inexplicable sense of relief.

No one expected that He Zhiqiu, with only a First-Layer Golden Core cultivation, could withstand the relentless attacks of a Sixth Grade demonic beast.

Body cultivation, when trained to a certain degree, indeed all monsters!

The two Golden Core disciples, a man named Zhu Zhen and a woman named Chen Yuan, both from Heaven-Reaching Peak, at this moment Chen Yuan’s eyes were fixed on Qin Gengyun’s back.

By now Qin Gengyun’s clothes were tattered from the dense rain of arrows, revealing his well-built muscles underneath.

The beautifully sculpted trapezius muscles, the rock-hard deltoid muscles, every muscle brimming with an unmatched sense of security.

Oh my, Junior Brother He’s muscles look so good!

No wonder they say body cultivators have the most charm!

Chen Yuan couldn’t look away.

Even Wei Wan was momentarily dazed.

Ordinary muscles aren’t much to look at, but Qin Gengyun’s solid muscles could withstand the uninterrupted attacks of a Sixth Grade demonic beast!

This wasn’t Wei Wan’s first time seeing Qin Gengyun in such a ragged state, but at this moment, hiding behind this junior brother, the feeling of being protected felt especially different.

Staring blankly at Qin Gengyun’s broad and sturdy back, Wei Wan suddenly felt a little dazed.

She grew up in that deserted valley, her father only coming to see her every few months, imparting a few cultivation techniques before leaving.

The valley was full of fierce beasts, and Wei Wan had to single-handedly deal with them, many times narrowly escaping death in the valley.

She would often only make it through several close calls until her father came again.

Those were her happiest times, even though her father was always dissatisfied with her cultivation, whipping her, even cutting her with swords, she accepted it willingly.

She was too afraid of being alone.

Later, her father took her out of the valley, and she finally met other people.

But her father forbade her from mentioning the valley to anyone.

Her father told her that her purpose was to protect — protect her younger brother, protect the secret.

So, she always followed her brother, trying her best to protect him.

Even if he occasionally hit and scolded her, she never complained.

Her father had said, her existence’s purpose was to protect.

At this moment, the man in front was shirtless, those arrows imbued with Golden Core power were all blocked by him.

Wei Wan suddenly realized that in her life, she had never been protected by anyone.

Today was the first time, someone stood in front of her, protecting her.

Wei Wan’s eyes welled up, her face soon filled with confusion.

She quickly raised her hand to wipe her eyes, what’s going on with me?

Suddenly a stifled snort could be heard, Qiu Zhihe’s face looked grim.

The clothes Qin Gengyun wore were given by her that night in Narrow Rain Lane, made from Thousand-Resilient Silk, to prevent them from tearing when he exercised his body cultivation techniques, being taken advantage of by other women.

Now, rather than being torn by his muscles, they were shot through by the beast’s mane.

Once again, so many women took advantage of him!

Most irritating was that even that Wei Wan seemed attracted to her husband’s muscles!

Men who practice body cultivation are such trouble!

In hindsight, she would have never allowed him to train in such ridiculous body cultivation!

Qiu Zhihe was justifiably angry, but then saw Ye Xiyue secretly winking at her, transmitting a message:

"My dear wife, it really is you, haha!"

Qiu Zhihe, looking stern, transmitted back: "Senior Sister, what are you talking about?"

"Hee hee, dear wife, stop pretending, you’re so clearly jealous!"

"..."

At this time, Qin Gengyun yelled from the front: "Three meters now!"

Wei Wan suddenly snapped back to reality, her delicate hand waved, and the Qingbo Sword swirled towards the two demonic beasts!

At the same time, the others also attacked, several streams of sword qi slashed forward!

"Baa baa baa!"

"Oink oink!"

The black goat and black maned pig showed expressions of panic, unable to withstand so many Golden Core cultivators attacking together.

The next instant.

Clang clang! A familiar metallic clashing sound echoed.

This time, however, it was their attacks being blocked by a massive figure, completely ineffective.

An exotic beast, with the form of a tiger, a bull’s tail, its body like a mountain, stood imposingly before them.

The third Sixth Grade demonic beast!

"It’s an Ancient Exotic Beast... Tiger Boar?!"