Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 85 - 84: The Battle to Exterminate Demons (Part 1)

Cultivators in the Purple Mansion Stage have profound magical power. Without an overwhelming advantage, it’s common for a bout of magical combat to last several hours or even one or two days.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators don’t have this luxury.

The battles between Zhouyang and these Foundation Establishment Cultivators were aimed at a quick resolution right from the start.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators gathered by the Zhou Family and the Yellow Sand Sect didn’t engage in much discussion but tacitly chose opponents with similar levels of cultivation as themselves to fight.

Even with over a dozen Blood Evil Demon Corpses, refined by Blood Mo Luo, joining in, Zhouyang’s side still had more people when it came to Foundation Establishment Stage combat strength.

This resulted in Zhouyang and Zhou Xuanhao, who had just recently reached the First-Layer Foundation Establishment, being allocated a single Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Blood Evil Demon Corpse.

Zhouyang didn’t really care about competing for opponents.

Although he did covet the rewards offered by Zhang Yunpeng, he cared more about the safety of his family.

Who knows if any of those sand bandits following Blood Mo Luo had mastered demonic techniques like the "Bloodthirsty Demon Saber"?

Zhouyang certainly didn’t want to risk his and his family’s lives to test this.

Thus, while everyone else was eager to engage the over a dozen sand bandits, he instead transmitted a message to the old clan leader Zhou Minghan and his father Zhou Xuanhao, instructing them to choose the Blood Evil Demon Corpses as opponents.

Though these Blood Evil Demon Corpses were like reinforced iron, difficult for magical artifacts to harm, their weaknesses were apparent. They couldn’t fly, and besides casting Corpse Evil Qi into arrows and missiles, they lacked other long-range attack methods.

Facing such opponents who couldn’t fly and had few long-range attack methods, Foundation Establishment Cultivators simply needed to be cautious not to be caught off guard, and they wouldn’t be in much danger.

Zhouyang and his father Zhou Xuanhao dealing with a single Early-Stage Blood Evil Demon Corpse was more than just easy—it was having an absolute upper hand.

Both he and his father, Zhou Xuanhao, each had at least one offensive and one defensive Tier Three Spiritual Artifact on them.

A mere Early-Stage Blood Evil Demon Corpse, without Blood Mo Luo able to personally control it, couldn’t threaten the two of them with its simple intelligence.

Thus, while Zhouyang released a red flying fork spiritual artifact to suppress the demon corpse alongside his father’s flying sword, most of his attention was on observing the battlefield.

On the battlefield, apart from the battles involving the three Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, the fiercest battle was between the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment sand bandit leader and Chen Ping’an.

These two individuals—one wielding a Tier Four Flying Sword, "White Rainbow Sword," and the other granted a Tier Four Demon Artifact, "Blood Flame Demon Gourd," by the Purple Mansion Demon Cultivator Blood Mo Luo—had their clashes creating shockwaves that could injure Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators like Zhouyang.

However, the sand bandit leader wasn’t a demon cultivator and couldn’t unleash the full power of the "Blood Flame Demon Gourd," whereas Chen Ping’an’s mastery of the sword technique had reached the second layer, allowing him to exert eighty percent of the power of the Tier Four Lower Grade Flying Sword, "White Rainbow Sword."

As a result, shortly after the beginning of their confrontation, Chen Ping’an gained the upper hand.

Zhouyang watched a silver-white sword light like a rainbow dance through the sky, cutting down all the blood flames released by the bandit leader’s controlled demon gourd. One man, one sword, pressed the opponent into a precarious state, looking quite embarrassed.

Flying Sword Rainbow—this is a phenomenon unique to achieving the second layer of the sword technique. The next step is the legendary Flying Sword Silk, which transforms a three-foot flying sword into a hair-thin sword silk, and thrusts at opponents with unstoppable piercing and slicing power.

However, the Flying Sword Silk technique is extremely difficult, and even Golden Core Stage cultivators dare not claim they can master it. Those Golden Core Stage cultivators who can master this move are without exception among the top in their tier, capable of fighting across minor realm differences.

Despite witnessing Chen Ping’an’s impressive prowess, Zhouyang didn’t assume victory was certain. Instead, he looked at the seemingly beleaguered sand bandit leader and fell into contemplation.

"Should I remind Chen Ping’an to beware of the opponent’s demonic techniques?"

Chen Ping’an is undoubtedly someone worth befriending. With his cultivation level, whether he ultimately succeeds in opening the Purple Mansion or not, the Zhou Family, except for the Chen Family Ancestor, would consider his words paramount.

Were the Zhou Family to establish a relationship with him, it would surely bring benefits without drawbacks in the future.

Originally, if Chen Pingzhi hadn’t died, forging a connection with Chen Ping’an through him would have been the safest route.

Sadly, he’s dead now.

Due to Chen Pingzhi’s death, all the goodwill investment the Zhou Family placed in him vanished, and Chen Ping’an might even hold a grudge against them, truly a case of losing a bet and breaking the bank, an unfortunate situation.

As the current clan leader of the Zhou Family and the "culprit" responsible for Chen Ping’an’s grudge against the Zhou Family, Zhouyang feels the need to find a way to resolve this enmity both emotionally and rationally.

To resolve the enmity with Chen Ping’an, there seem to be only two ways. One is to let him die at the hands of sand bandits, eliminating a hidden danger for the Zhou Family. The other is to continue showing goodwill, making him understand that the Zhou Family is the most reliable ally to the Chen Family, and thus entirely forgetting the unpleasantness caused by Chen Pingzhi’s death.

Honestly, Zhouyang isn’t someone fond of plotting and scheming. For now, the Chen Family has treated the Zhou Family fairly well.

Though the Chen Family Ancestor publicly used the "Heart Inquiry Skill" on him, causing Zhouyang to lose face, he’s not vindictive enough to wish the death of all Chen Family members because of it.

Besides, with the current stature of the Zhou Family, even if the Chen Family declines, the Zhou Family would not benefit much from it.

Especially now, with the demonic cultivators about to invade the Boundless Desert Sea Cultivation Realm in massive numbers, if the Baisha River Oasis loses the protection of a local Purple Mansion Stage cultivator, it will easily become a tempting feast in the eyes of demonic cultivators, devoured in one bite.

Therefore, after much consideration, Zhouyang slightly moved his lips and sent Chen Ping’an a few reminders through sound transmission.

As for whether Chen Ping’an believes his reminder, it is no longer his concern.

Then, thinking that reminding one person was the same as reminding multiple people, he also sent sound transmissions to remind the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Liu Family from Chixia Mountain and the Yang Family from Golden Spring Valley, and even the Ma surnamed cultivator from the Yellow Sand Sect received his reminder.

After receiving his reminders, regardless of what they thought in their hearts, at least they all sent messages of thanks to him through sound transmission, accepting this favor.

Having reminded these people, Zhouyang then started to focus and, together with his father Zhou Xuanhao, launched a full-scale attack on the Blood Evil Demon Corpse, preparing to take down this demon in one go.

However, at this moment, an unexpected event occurred.

Bang!

A loud booming sound was heard from a certain battlefield, instantly drawing the attention of most of the cultivators, including the Zhouyang father and son.

With a fixed gaze, Zhouyang saw that a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Yellow Sand Sect, through some mysterious means, had severed one arm of the Blood Evil Demon Corpse he was fighting against. The demon suddenly burst into blood flames, leaping towards the Yellow Sand Sect cultivator and exploded.

The self-destruction of the demon corpse not only unleashed an explosion formidable enough to rival a Tier Three high-grade technique, but also scattered foul blood everywhere. This foul blood contained intense corrosive power, capable of damaging even Tier Three spiritual artifacts, not to mention a cultivator’s body.

That Yellow Sand Sect cultivator was caught off guard by this unexpected move. Forced to rely on a protective spiritual artifact to barely withstand the explosion’s force, he was instantly contaminated by the splattered foul blood, his artifact defiled, resulting in him being drenched and falling to the ground with a wailing scream, apparently left for dead.

"Everyone be careful! These demon corpses will self-destruct in a suicidal attack when gravely injured, make sure not to let them get close!"

A Foundation Establishment cultivator yelled in terror to alert everyone, only to receive a round of eye rolls from the others.

Isn’t that obvious?

Who hadn’t seen the miserable state of that Yellow Sand Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator?

After witnessing this, who would dare let the demon corpses get close again?

Do you want to die faster?

Zhouyang and his father Zhou Xuanhao exchanged glances, both seeing a look of relief in each other’s eyes, and immediately changed their tactics. Zhouyang would execute the decapitation strike on the Blood Evil Demon Corpse, while Zhou Xuanhao would use the Tier Three technique "Flame Burst Skill" to blast away the demon corpse about to self-destruct.

With the plan set, Zhouyang immediately charged his magical power, activating the "Armor-Breaking Golden Light" bestowed by the "Red Profound Golden Light Sword".

In a flash of red-gold light on the flying sword, it swept across the Blood Evil Demon Corpse’s leg, cleanly severing it on the spot.

Roar—

Injured, the Blood Evil Demon Corpse roared with fury as blood-colored demon flames enveloped its body. It leapt towards Zhouyang despite losing a leg, as if the loss didn’t impair its leaping ability at all.

Now!

Zhou Xuanhao seized the moment as the demon corpse leapt and pushed forward with both hands, sending a massive fireball the size of a washbasin towards the pouncing demon corpse.

Boom boom!

Two successive violent explosions erupted in the air. Under the bombardment of "Flame Burst Skill", the Blood Evil Demon Corpse indeed self-destructed prematurely.

At such a distance of at least a thousand meters, of course the self-destruction could no longer harm the well-prepared Zhouyang father and son. Zhouyang even deliberately used "Qianyang Golden Light" to test the corrosion power of the foul blood dispersed by the demon corpse’s explosion.

The result was to his satisfaction. "Qianyang Golden Light", as a divine technique attached to the Supreme Yang Technique of the "Qianyang Immortal Scripture", indeed possessed a strong restraining effect on demonic and evil things, as expected.

The foul blood capable of contaminating even Tier Three spiritual artifacts would likely have a power less potent than an ordinary Tier Three technique if splashed on him.

And this was just the defensive capability of "Qianyang Golden Light". Should he unleash the supreme yang and firm "Qianyang True Flame", the demon corpse might not even get the chance to self-destruct.

With their successful example set, other cultivators regained their confidence and, employing their own methods, blasted the demon corpses open.

Unfortunately, even with Zhouyang and his group’s successful demonstration, during the process of blasting open those demon corpses, there were still two cultivators who miscalculated for various reasons and were taken down along with the demon corpses in suicidal explosions. Several others lost protective spiritual artifacts or incurred minor injuries, forcing them to retreat temporarily to take spirit pills and circulate their energy to heal.

At this point, seeing Zhouyang and the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had successfully exploded the demon corpses closing in, the sand bandits who were still stubbornly resisting finally couldn’t help but resort to the demonic techniques secretly taught to them by the Blood Mo Luo.

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