Before such a divine gift from heaven, even in death, they could not retreat a step.
"To hear the Dao in the morning and die in the evening would be enough!"
This phrase was not only used to describe human cultivators, but was applicable to all seekers of the Dao in the world.
As such, nearly a quarter of an hour had passed when, accompanied by a fierce hissing sound, Baibai, which had lost its snake form, suddenly shot up into the sky like an arrow, forcefully smashing through a bolt of heavenly thunder and lightning with its single-horned head and aggressively charging into the dark clouds.
That snake hiss also became the last snake hiss Baibai left in the human world!
Suddenly, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth began to surge violently, rushing toward the dark clouds in the sky like a tide.
That scene was about eighty percent similar to the Nascent Soul Heavenly Phenomenon that occurred when Lin Hongyu had formed her core.
If Zhou Chun had not witnessed everything from beginning to end, he might have mistakenly thought that a Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivator had successfully formed their core here.
Seeing this scene, he also felt immensely relieved.
"Thank goodness, thankfully I had the foresight not to let Baibai transform into a Flood Dragon in Tianyuan Immortal City. Otherwise, even if this 'Fish Leaping Through Dragon's Gate' phenomenon could be triggered, such a huge commotion would likely alarm half of the Immortal City!"
By then, if people knew he possessed such a miraculous Third-Order Thunder Jiao as a spirit pet, he would probably dare not leave Tianyuan Immortal City.
Nevertheless, Zhou Chun still did not dare to relax at all.
The anomaly in the spiritual energy was bound to draw the attention of demon beasts and cultivators nearby.
Baibai, having just successfully transformed into a Flood Dragon, could become a target for some demon beasts.
After all, compared to human cultivators who must search for various Spiritual Medicines and refine them into elixirs, the simplest method for demon beasts to quickly improve their cultivation level was to devour other demon beasts' Demon Cores.
Though Thunder attribute demon beasts were rare, Zhou Chun could not guarantee there were no Third Order demon beasts in Black Mist Marsh.
He quickly instructed Wood Charm to stay on guard and to scout the entire island, and stealthily released the "Skyfrost Cold Bee," concealing it within an ancient puppet body.
Looking at the sky, a large amount of nature's spiritual energy gathered and flowed into the dark clouds, which had now transformed into a Seven-Colored Spirit Pool. Baibai, having successfully completed the 'Fish Leaping Through Dragon's Gate,' was undergoing its final transformation within it.
In Zhou Chun's view, this transformation would certainly not be brief, and he might have to protect Baibai for a while.
As expected by Zhou Chun, the phenomenon in the sky indeed quickly attracted some of the demon beasts from Black Mist Marsh.
Towards these demon beasts, he was not the least bit courteous, directly instructing Wood Charm to either chase them off or bury them on the spot as fertilizer.
When a group of cultivators forming an adventure team entered the island, Zhou Chun immediately had Wood Charm capture them after receiving a transmission.
Not knowing how much time Baibai needed to complete its transformation, even if he didn't kill the cultivators attracted by the phenomenon, Zhou Chun definitely would not easily let them leave.
Otherwise, if the news leaked, who knows if it might just attract some interested Golden Core Stage cultivators.
As it turned out, Zhou Chun had made the right decision.
Because even after a good half day had passed, the Seven-Colored Spirit Pool in the sky had not dispersed and was still continuously gathering the spiritual energy from the surroundings.
By then, the number of cultivators captured by Wood Charm on the island had already reached more than a dozen, and the dead demon beasts were no less than a hundred.
Just then, Wood Charm once again sent a message to Zhou Chun, informing him that two Purple Mansion Phase human cultivators had entered the island!
"Two Purple Mansion Phase cultivators have come?"
Zhou Chun frowned slightly, his expression instantly becoming solemn.
With his methods, ordinary Purple Mansion Phase cultivators naturally posed no threat.
However, Great Zhou was considered a holy land in the surrounding Cultivation World, and the cultivators of the Purple Mansion Phase there generally had more powerful techniques than those from Jingguo Country. Those who dared to venture into Black Mist Marsh were likely to be even stronger.
More importantly, it was rare for Loose Cultivators to have cultivated up to the Purple Mansion Phase.
If these people had some significant background or origins, whether Zhou Chun chose to drive them off or kill them, he would be making an enemy for himself.
In that moment, Zhou Chun thought through a lot.
But soon, he became resolute, having made up his mind.
At that, he moved swiftly in the direction of the two Purple Mansion Phase cultivators.
Soon, Zhou Chun met the two Purple Mansion Phase cultivators who had rushed over.
The two were, one a Middle Stage Purple Mansion cultivator and the other an Initial Stage Purple Mansion cultivator.
The one with higher cultivation was a middle-aged man in blue robes, and the one with lower cultivation was a green-robed swordsman, carrying a long sword on his back.
The two obviously did not expect to encounter another Purple Mansion Phase cultivator on the island and were visibly startled upon seeing Zhou Chun, consequently slowing down their flight.
Instead of attacking immediately, Zhou Chun halted and gave a bow with his hands clasped in front of him, saying, "Greetings to the two fellow Taoists. This humble one is Zhang Liang, and I have had the honor of meeting both respected Taoists."
Seeing his gesture, the two also stopped their flight, and then the blue-robed middle-aged man looked at him and spoke solemnly, "Fellow Taoist Zhang, since you are from the island, do you know what exactly is the situation with that Seven-Colored Spirit Pool above?"
"Fellow Taoist, I will not conceal the truth. The appearance of that Seven-Colored Spirit Pool is related to a spirit pet of Zhang's. It is currently at a critical juncture, and Zhang is here to protect it!"