Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!

"Golden Snake Dance!"

-1200!

"Heaven-Burning Flame!"

-3500!

"Devouring Technique!"

......

As his first contract pet, Bai Yunqi had a high level of tacit understanding with Jiang Yuan. Seeing him take action, he immediately followed up with a spell.

So while Xie Chenyuan was still pondering how to outwit the opponent, the chaotic bombardment had already begun over there.

"Senior, you all are really..." How had he ever seen such a scene?

They had just faced the target, and without even having formulated a basic strategy, spells were being cast as if they consumed no spiritual power at all.

He was still expressing his astonishment when he turned to find that no one was by his side.

Jiang Yuan hit a critical strike, marking down the health bar a bit, and noticed the demon beast only grunted without waking up. Instantly, he teleported behind it, placing his right palm on its hide as tough as iron and launched an upgraded Soul-Devouring Demon Skill!

[Lifespan +1 year]

[Lifespan +8 months]

Despite the potential to fall into a frenzy, and having to strike at close range to be effective, it incidentally added lifespan directly. Who needed anything more?

Might as well absorb it, since it was all free lifespan!

Bai Yunqi, aware he could not clash with this tank head-to-head, withdrew to the depths of the cave, creating the furthest distance to use spells for auxiliary attacks;

Hu Zhile, draped in colorful ribbons, flew in the air, casting the Fox Demon's inherent confusing spell to keep the gigantic creature from fully awakening.

Even if it couldn't be trapped for long, buying a little time would greatly ease things for everyone.

"You're all so fierce!" Xie Chenyuan found the drastic contrast in Senior Jiang difficult to believe for a moment.

Usually appearing graceful and scholarly, both in speech and demeanor, how did he become so straightforward and violent once he took action?

Amidst shock, others had already cast two or three rounds of spells, yet he stood there foolishly contributing nothing. Thinking of dividing the golden horn after defeating the demon beast for refining a magical treasure, as a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, he couldn't be left behind.

With a thought, he flew forward on his sword, unleashing a burst of golden light directly toward the demon beast's face.

As the saying goes, strike a snake at its seven inches, dealing with such a thick-skinned high tier demon beast required finding the weakest spot.

Xie Chenyuan held up a compass with his left hand, deducing its weak points. Looking up, he saw the senior tossing Vast Mountains and Rivers while keeping his palm on the massive beast, executing the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill.

However, due to the powerful, almost cooldown-free output of Vast Mountains and Rivers, along with the sweeping bombardment support from Bai Yunqi and Hu Zhile, numerous spell effects somewhat obstructed his view. He mistakenly believed Jiang Yuan was engaged in close-quarters combat with the beast, unleashing powerfully impactful punches.

"Senior actually dual cultivates body and spirit?!" Xie Chenyuan was shocked once more.

In today's cultivation realm, even demon cultivators naturally possessing robust bodies rarely took the body refinement path, and he, a mere human, dared to engage in close quarters. This exhibits enormous confidence in his strength!

"Huff~ Huff~"

Shen Laoliu had a dream where it was cornered in a banquet hall by a group of cultivators shouting for its demise, yet inexplicably couldn't move and just gritted its teeth enduring a beating.

"Ouch!"

It let out a murmur, its foggy head unable to comprehend why it was in such pain.

"Venerable family, I can hardly control it now!" Hu Zhile increased the confusing magical power seeing the situation, but ultimately, it was a high tier demon beast. As it endured the beating, watching its health bar shrink, baring its teeth in pain, its survival instincts helped it slowly awake from the spell control.

Jiang Yuan, his head absorbed in freely gained lifespan, heard his contract pet's warning and without hesitation, teleported away, continuing to slam with Vast Mountains and Rivers, trying to leave the opponent powerless against resistance.

However, his skill level was still a bit low. The coverage was insufficient, and the plundering and devouring ability was not strong enough. The Golden-Horned Thunder Avoiding Beast struggled with its four limbs, but eventually, it rose furiously with a roar!

"Unexpectedly... you've chased me here, just in time, I'm hungry again. I'll use you all to fill my stomach..." Shen Laoliu staggered to its feet, fury boiling within.

So it wasn't a dream! I really got beaten for so long!

Only now did Jiang Yuan clearly see the true appearance of the gigantic creature—it seemed like a rhinoceros at a glance, yet boasting a pair of grand golden horns atop its head with an overwhelmingly fierce demeanor emanating from its massive face.

Its still-dazed but raging bulbous eyes rolled around, fixing straight on Xie Chenyuan, who was flying on his sword.

Its head lowered slightly, a roar emanated from its throat, and sparks of an electric arc danced on the golden horns!

"Not good!" Xie Chenyuan saw the situation and retreated hurriedly, shouting bitterly in his heart. Disciples of the Cloud Concealment Sect cultivated techniques favoring cleverness, lacking in hard combat prowess. As allies, each displayed ferocity, leaving him without room for laziness, compelled to launch a relentless barrage while it slept.

Unexpectedly, Hu Zhile couldn't contain the demon beast and turned away without delay after the reminder, leaving him shadow-tagged because he hadn't kept up.

"Zzz~"

The hefty lightning made one's scalp tingle. Xie Chenyuan flipped his hand to summon a Silver Shield, positioning it in front of him, and shouted, "Attack its eyes! The demon beast has an old wound on its belly near the right hind leg, also a weak point!"

The belly?

Jiang Yuan gazed at the enormous-bodied demon beast, considering whether to slide underneath it?

Although the cave was relatively spacious, the space was ultimately limited. If Shen Laoliu unleashed lightning to fill the entire cavern, everyone would have to withstand a direct hit.

His health bar regenerated slowly every day, and with damage reduction, he could endure a few hits, but his two contract pets, being of somewhat lower realms, probably couldn't.

Thinking of this, he rushed forward and hurled a Vast Mountains and Rivers at the charging golden horns.

"Thump!"

The lightning had just launched when more than half was swallowed, interrupting the charge buildup, further enraging Shen Laoliu!

"Snake Coagulation!"

Bai Yunqi, upon hearing the eyes were weak spots, unhesitatingly launched a Spiritual Strike.

An enormous phantom of a white snake, larger than the demon beast itself, suddenly appeared, its scarlet snake eyes delivering a precise strike, causing the opponent's entire body to momentarily halt;

Hu Zhile sent forth colorful ribbons like blades and swords, attempting to assault the demon beast's eyes.

However, the opponent's physical body was immensely strong; despite the spiritual strike causing its head to buzz, its most vulnerable eyes instinctively shut tight.

Those lids were exceptionally tough, the colorful ribbons failing to break through, instantly turning soft as water, spreading open and wrapping over the demon beast's eyes, gluing them down to block its vision.

Xie Chenyuan's shield was altogether wasted. Seeing the demon beast's spellcasting interrupted repeatedly, he stored it away, continuing to lend supportive spell attacks.

"Get off! Get away!" Shen Laoliu finally felt the buzzing gone from its head, trying to open its eyes only to find something smeared over them.

It shook its head trying to shake it off, then clawed at it with thick claws, but the thin-as-paper magical treasure ribbons clung tightly to the eyelids. Either peeling them slowly and gently; or in a hasty, crude way, risking the sharp claws potentially scratching the eyelids.

The body ached severely from the beatings, Shen Laoliu's anger surged, the yet-to-be-refined power of Flood Dragon bloodline within started to stir.

Blindly it charged around, making the cave rumble with falling rocks, yet it never found the whereabouts of its adversaries, infuriated by the blinding hindrance. Shen Laoliu bellowed angrily, standing up, frantically clawing with both forepaws to regain its sight.

"Splat!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan spotted the exposed old wound on the lower abdomen and used Instant Teleportation Technique to thrust the blade deep in!