Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

These dozen or so Earth Immortals didn't even have time to scream, nor did their Divine Souls have time to transfer to their Golden Cores. Their Immortal Bodies were instantly annihilated, and their Divine Souls utterly obliterated!

The aftermath of the explosion sent the hundreds of other Earth Immortals retreating in horror.

Even Grand Elder Five Elements Wanderer of the Five Elements Immortal Sect and Grand Elder Duan Qianchou of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect showed slight changes in expression. They hastily activated their Immortal Artifacts, holding them defensively as they retreated tens of thousands of feet.

In the next moment, the entire sky suddenly turned blood-red.

Eerie wails emanated from high above, as if the heavens themselves mourned the simultaneous fall of over a dozen Earth Immortals.

"Immortal fall! This is a true immortal fall! They died without even having time to transfer their Divine Souls! So what if they're Earth Immortals, hailed as nearly unkillable? How could Second- and Third-Grade Earth Immortals possibly withstand the might of our Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array!"

Sect Leader Li of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect activated his Immortal Artifact, a proud gleam in his eyes.

A flicker of caution arose in Lin Xuankong's heart.

That scene had unfolded too quickly. The Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array had summoned a Sixth-Grade Spirit Crane whose attack speed and method were utterly terrifying. If I had been where those dozen or so Earth Immortals were, I likely couldn't have withstood that kind of assault!

However, part of the reason was the excessive greed of those Earth Immortals; they had directly ejected their Golden Cores from their bodies. Otherwise, even if their Immortal Bodies couldn't withstand the force of the Sixth-Grade Spirit Crane's self-destruction and they suffered grievous injuries, they should have been able to survive by immersing their Divine Souls into their nearly indestructible Golden Cores. At worst, their Immortal Bodies would have been destroyed, and they would merely have had to start their cultivation anew as Initial Tier Earth Immortals!

If I become an Initial Tier Earth Immortal in the future, I absolutely must not recklessly eject my Golden Core like those Earth Immortals did. While an externalized Golden Core might possess offensive power and speed comparable to an Immortal Artifact, the danger during combat increases dramatically once it leaves the body!

Watching this battle between the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect and hundreds of Earth Immortals has provided me with some valuable experience for my own future confrontations with Earth Immortals...

While Lin Xuankong was lost in thought, the hundreds of Earth Immortals had already regrouped.

However, these hundreds of Earth Immortals now looked at the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array with expressions of unease, clearly still shaken by the terrifying self-destructive attack of the Sixth-Grade Spirit Crane moments before.

The Earth Immortals, who had been brimming with confidence just a few dozen breaths prior, had now lost all trace of their earlier arrogance.

Just then, Five Elements Wanderer of the Five Elements Immortal Sect suddenly sneered,

"Hmph, truly worthy of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, which rampages across the Central Divine Dynasty Western Region. The attack from that Sixth-Grade Spirit Crane, part of this Sect Protection Array, was nearly as powerful as a full-strength strike from a Sixth-Grade Earth Immortal!

That kind of Sixth-Grade Spirit Crane attack can only be unleashed once... Now, even the Immortal Yuan fluctuations from this Sect Protection Array have diminished by a full half. It will be exceedingly difficult for them to defend against the attacks of our several hundred comrades next!"

Nearby, Grand Elder Duan Qianchou of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect listened, then carefully extended his senses. A moment later, his eyes lit up, and a joyful expression spread across his face.

He clearly felt no sorrow over the deaths of more than ten of his fellow Earth Immortals. Instead, he was ecstatic that the power of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array had diminished!

The hundreds of Earth Immortals, whose faces had been etched with dread just moments before, now showed expressions of joy after hearing Five Elements Wanderer's words and mulling them over.

Five Elements Wanderer of the Five Elements Immortal Sect then turned his head eastward, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

"Beimang Immortal Sect, West Star Immortal Sect, Western Nether Immortal Sect, Wine Immortal Sect! Since you four sects intend to aid the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, why not dispatch several dozen Earth Immortals? Why send merely these ten-odd individuals for a sneak attack? Are you planning one wave of attacks before offering up your heads?"