Chapter 608: 斩斩斩

**Pure Nine-Lamp Lotus**

This was the first time Chen Mobai unleashed the full power of the Seven Scorching Sun Slashes since mastering it. He hadn't expected it to be so formidable.

However, the spiritual energy consumption was also immense.

After successively suppressing the demon turtle, slaying the Black Plague Bird, and then knocking down the demon turtle again, the golden flames burned intensely, continuously drawing his spiritual energy and evaporating the vast Cloud Dream Lake.

As the water level rapidly dropped, Chen Mobai's spiritual energy in his Dantian Qi Sea was completely depleted.

He immediately severed his connection with the golden flames, no longer allowing them to scorch and evaporate everything they touched.

Without Chen Mobai's spiritual energy supply, the demon turtle finally escaped disaster.

The boundless water elemental energy of Cloud Dream Lake surged towards its entire body, extinguishing the rootless golden flames while slowly calming the demon turtle's boiling, scorching vital energy.

"Where did this boy come from? Thankfully, it wasn't the Extreme Sun Slash, or my shell would definitely have been split open." The demon turtle hid in the waters of Cloud Dream Lake, secretly observing Chen Mobai from across the water.

It recalled the past, when it followed the Poison Dragon King out of the Yellow Dragon Cave to fight human cultivators. At that time, it was merely a low-level (second-tier) turtle and had personally witnessed its own ancestor foolishly block the path of Patriarch Hunyuan, only to be split in half by a single Extreme Sun Slash in a bloody scene. That had caused a profound psychological trauma to the extremely young turtle at the time.

Boom! Sizzle!

At the same time, we both felt a magnificent water energy, like a four-day waterfall, erupt nearby. But simultaneously, two other terrifying demonic auras expanded alongside it.

But just as the demon turtle charged towards Chen Mobai, it heard the young man before it utter a slightly sarcastic remark.

And beneath the surface, streaks of spiritual light flickered, hunting various demonic beasts.

However, it was the same situation on Nu Jiang's side.

After slaying two eighth-tier demonic beasts, Chen Mobai amiably placed the low-grade spirit stone he held onto the blade of the Violet Lightning Sword, as it was the agreed-upon reward for its assistance.

In contrast, Wang Xuanming and others from established families were in a somewhat disheveled state.

It controlled mountain-like waves surging skyward, its head, limbs, and tail all retracted into its shell, becoming like a turtle shell cannonball. Flashing with successive bolts of Kui Water Yin Lightning, it spun with the roar of massive waves, heavily smashing towards Chen Mobai in mid-air.

After slaying the strange fish, Ling Li's spiritual energy seemed to have been enlightened. But he immediately realized that the Black Plague Bird was a wind-element demonic beast, and the interaction of wind and lightning was indeed greatly beneficial to the Violet Lightning Sword.

Just then, an earth-shattering dragon's roar suddenly echoed above a nearby small island.

As the demon turtle was bewildered, the void opened, and a long sword wreathed in violet lightning was drawn by Chen Mobai. With a nimble wrist, the sword blade sliced through the air, striking the roaring, spinning turtle shell head-on.

Chen Mobai expressionlessly took out the Golden Jade Axe from his storage bag. Infusing it with spiritual energy, he skillfully chopped off the entire fish head.

Chen Mobai spoke indifferently. The Violet Lightning Sword in his palm swung again heavily, and amidst the thunderous roar, the demon turtle's head flew directly off.

Among the demonic beasts of the Yellow Dragon Cave, the demon turtle was famously intelligent. After being sent out of the seal by the Poison Dragon, it had been causing trouble, but also captured many human cultivators, interrogating them for their writing and knowledge. It prided itself on having the best understanding of human cultivators.

Chen Mobai still had a good impression of Nu Jiang. He rapidly drained the first Shining Pool, then drew some from the second, and after replenishing the Pure Yang Shining energy in his Dantian Qi Sea, he intended to rush to the rescue.

Subsequently, two earth-shattering forces collided in the heavens, unleashing a terrifying might that even caused Chen Mobai's expression to subtly change.

His figure moved deftly over the lake surface. Demonic beasts had their heads split open; the moment they saw him, their world went white, their heads exploded, and they fell to the bottom of the water. Now, Ling Li's style of slaying demonic beasts was as quick as a blink, already possessing some of the splendor Chen Mobai displayed when he swept across the battlefield on Qingguang Island during his Qi Refining period.

Just as the demon turtle was wondering whether to retreat, it suddenly saw, through the water surface, the handsome young man in mid-air slightly pale. The golden flames that had been revolving around him began to shrink and extinguish.

"Then I'll trouble Senior Sister to look after the people I brought. I'll go by myself."

At least he wasn't soft-handed like me.

Soon, some demonic beasts began to retreat, but others, conversely, charged ashore even more furiously.

Chen Mobai lightly waved his sleeve, and a seven-colored cloud aura flew out, like a stern little hand. It suppressed and neutralized the surrounding Kui Water Yin Lightning while grasping the inner core and tucking it into his robe sleeve.

Others like Yu Lian, Tan Rong, and Ding Ying also demonstrated their strength as true disciples of major sects at the Foundation Establishment stage. Some single-handedly held back groups of beasts, while others confronted powerful seventh-tier demonic beasts.

Chen Mobai spoke earnestly. At that moment, without the leadership of the two eighth-tier demonic beasts, the demonic beasts that had been orderly, launching a combined attack on Wind and Rain Dock with their water, land, and air forces, began to engage in stampede conflicts among themselves.

Amidst the surging, crashing waves, the colossal, ferocious demon turtle once again surfaced.

In total, seven eighth-tier demonic beasts surrounded the island. As he had approached from a closer direction, he happened to resolve the crisis for Erjie Xi.

She held the Golden Jade Axe, with the Myriad Virtue Cauldron suspended above her head. One by one, she chopped up all the demonic beasts rushing towards her. These demonic beasts were nothing special; just treat them as ingredients!

At this moment, she vaguely began to understand.

Chen Mobai dared not delay any longer. He immediately transformed into a flaming rainbow, burning hundreds of demonic beasts to ashes along the way, and flew towards the island where Nu Jiang was located.

However, some people had a different approach.

"You've worked hard."

Dozens of water arrows struck the earth-element spiritual light. Two powerful ones breached the defense, but Ling Li blocked them with the back of her left hand. As a consequence, Ling Li's left sleeve was torn, and two marks appeared on the back of her hand. It seemed the demonic beasts couldn't break through her defense.

With this thought, its mung bean-sized eyes began to dart around, and it hesitated in its heart whether to engage in battle again.

Yun Long's body, agile as a startled swan, flew towards the sky. For the Divine Wood Sect, gaining another combatant of this caliber would allow them to dominate the Eastern Wilderness ten years earlier.

This was a situation of rapid Shining energy consumption within a short period. It wasn't the kind of slow, steady flow. Therefore, given Chen Mobai's cultivation level, it was impossible for him to perfectly control and drain all twenty-eight Shining Pools without limit. In fact, when drawing from the seventh Shining Pool and beyond, he even found it somewhat difficult to control.

It (the demon turtle) concluded that even if Chen Mobai wasn't severely wounded in vitality, his spiritual energy must have been exhausted after performing one Scorching Sun Slash.

After all, that Black Plague Bird had already been slain, and now only it (the turtle) remained.

It opened its mouth, and the inner core was about to shoot out, but it wasn't as fast as the Violet Lightning Sword.

Bai Zhixi's expression changed dramatically upon seeing this scene.

Compared to Ling Li, Jiang Zongheng's battle achievements were slightly inferior. He cultivated the Everlasting Immortality Scripture, which gave him unique offensive capabilities. Moreover, with the Path-Walking Ruler, his nascent vital artifact embryo, and having mastered the first level of the Longevity Dao Body, he was most skilled at prolonged battles.

A dazzlingly bright violet lightning sword radiance flashed behind Chen Mobai, forming a fan-shaped trajectory. It effortlessly sliced the turtle shell into two halves, top and bottom, as if cutting tofu.

The Cloud Mist True Dragon, which had been operating according to the Heavenly Waterfall Wind and Rain Three-Essence Grand Formation, suddenly released its massive single-hued cloud dragon claw.

This indicated that he had twenty-eight Shining Pools. He had just drawn from one of them to consecutively unleash the combined Scorching Sun Slash and the Violet Lightning Sword! One must know that even Old Devil Hunyuan, from a century ago, didn't possess such a terrifying sword artifact or method.

If this were given to the Violet Lightning Sword, it would at most satisfy the sword; its power might slightly increase, but its grade would definitely not break through the seventh-tier.

At this moment, Bai Zhixi, who had watched Chen Mobai effortlessly slay two eighth-tier demonic beasts, also flew over. With a face full of shock, she bowed and thanked him.

As a true disciple destined to inherit my legacy, he couldn't be unskilled in combat. After all, I, Chen Mobai, am unrivaled across both realms and a glorious victor in combat. If my legacy inheritor were just a farmer, they would probably be bullied in the future.

"Thank you, Master. That blue inner core looks delicious."

"I have other uses for this inner core."

"This boy's Shining energy is exhausted? That makes sense. After all, he's only at the early Core Formation stage. This Scorching Sun Slash can only be wielded effortlessly by cultivators in the late Core Formation stage. He must have used some secret art that consumed his vital essence to boost his Shining energy, or perhaps taken a secret medicine. Now that the side effects are manifesting, it's the best time to take his life!"

It seemed he had been too conservative before; he should have brought his precious disciple Ling Li out to gain experience much earlier.

Chen Mobai's brows furrowed slightly as he was about to act. After so many years in Little South Mountain, he was most unfamiliar with methods of killing fish and chickens.

"The sword that kills him!"

Just as the demon turtle hesitated, it suddenly saw the young man in mid-air take out a spirit stone from his storage bag and begin to absorb the spiritual energy from it.

Chen Mobai didn't know what consequences this would bring, but he soon found out.

"Junior Brother Chen, I'm not sure how much your Shining energy has recovered, but Senior Brother Nu Jiang might also need your assistance."

However, after taking the low-grade spirit stone, the Violet Lightning Sword suddenly said something that surprised Chen Mobai.

What did that mean?

Chen Mobai, who was observing the battlefield, suddenly heard Erjie Xi's warning.

"What kind of sword is this...?"

"Junior Brother Chen, we truly owe you a great deal this time!"

The third level of the Four Ren Dharma Body made her physical strength equivalent to a mid-grade seventh-tier defensive artifact. All of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, and as long as they avoided being encircled by the demonic beast army, they could generally cope with ease.

"As cultivators of the Eastern Wilderness, it is our bounden duty to protect its peace."

Suddenly, a massive shadow appeared beneath the water at Ling Li's feet. A strange fish with sharp, white teeth and a mouth half a person's height burst out of the water, about to swallow her in one gulp. These were the people Chen Mobai had brought.

Although it was very confident in its own defense, believing it could withstand another combined Scorching Sun Slash and escape back into the water, it no longer wanted to endure the sensation of its entire body glowing red hot, feeling as if it was about to be roasted alive.

Amidst the sounds of 'bang, bang, bang'!

*Screech!*

Amidst the sky filled with blood light, the demon turtle, hidden within its shell, emerged with its disbelieving head, accompanied by its shattered defenses.

He then swung his sword again, cleaving open the Taiyi Divine Thunder True Fire still burning fiercely in mid-air. His Void-Piercing Spiritual Eye had long locked onto the Black Plague Bird's inner core within it. He similarly controlled his Crimson Cloud Silk Robe to collect it and store it in another sleeve.

Although Chen Mobai's Shining energy was greatly depleted, he possessed a small void refined by the Return to Origin Secret Art. The twenty-eight vertebrae of his Myriad Law Body were all forged by him using Ethereal Stones.

"He's smart for that, otherwise, I really couldn't have killed him!"

The demon turtle, believing itself to be in an invincible position, finally decided to take a risk.

However, only her clothes were damaged; her jade-like skin radiated spiritual light, without even a single mark left behind. Chen Mobai couldn't help but show a satisfied expression upon seeing this.

Compared to a Core Formation level combat power, this would be too wasteful.