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The five Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Martial Arts Battle Hall had attracted the attention of a majority of the Red Exotic Beasts.
Li Fan was able to hide in the [Celestial Spirit Flame Dragon Array], watching the fierce battle on the island without any pressure.
Five foundation establishment strange objects, appearing in the shape of swords, took turns to strike like a sharp drill.
Every exotic beast blocking their path was ground to a pulp.
However, the gigantic Golden Core Exotic Beast seemed indifferent to the rapidly advancing team of the Heavenly Transformation.
Its only response was to speed up its cannibalistic consumption of its own kind.
The Red Exotic Beasts on the way were fearlessly throwing their bodies into the front line, attempting to halt the Heavenly Transformation team at all costs.
All these beasts possess the strength of the Foundation Establishment Phase after all.
Wave after wave of the beast tide made the progress of the Heavenly Transformation team inevitably slower despite their sharp swords.
Their operation was only held together by a shred of determination.
When this momentum was hindered and their advancement slowed down, facing what seemed like an endless swarm of Red Exotic Beasts, their pressure increased sharply.
This led to an even slower assault speed.
The situation was perilous. In a moment of urgency, Huan Sui shouted,
In an instant, the other four team members stood behind Huan Sui, pumping all their spiritual energy into him.
The five swords, bathed in an eye-dazzling light, gradually merged into one.
Once the five swords became one, their power surged.
The sword energy was rampant, effortlessly leaving a deep ravine on the ground.
The Red Exotic Beasts obstructing their way melted under the sword light, as if they were made of paper-mache.
In an instant, the giant sword arrived before the Golden Core Giant Beast.
At this moment, the Golden Core Giant Beast, after devouring a vast amount of its own kind, had already completed the transformation from ethereal to solid in its upper body.
But the sword light was already upon it, leaving it with no chance to bolster its strength further.
With an unwilling thump on its chest, the Golden Core Giant Beast stretched out its hefty arms, firmly trapping the giant sword that was about to slice into its skull.
The giant sword erupted with a blinding white light, attempting to break free.
However, a swirl of black energy was circulating around the claws of the Golden Core Giant Beast.
Like an indestructible string, it firmly ensnared the sword.
The giant beast opened its mouth wide, a blood-curdling, peculiar roar sounded.
The sword light suddenly dimmed down.
It seemed as if it had been crushed by an invisible force; at a distance, one could see the sword distorting.
Again, Huan Sui’s voice sounded.
The sword light was broken down, and one was divided into five.
The Golden Core Giant Beast that was holding onto the sword forcefully was now caught off guard.
The Heavenly Transformation team each appeared at different positions, and their five different swords struck the Golden Core Giant Beast all at once.
The giant beast let out a painful howl. There was no blood spraying out, only its body becoming slightly more ethereal.
With a shake of both arms, it brushed away the five swords.
It sent a punch towards one of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators. But before the shockwave of the punch could reach that member of the Heavenly Transformation team, the array technique changed again.
The five members regrouped, appearing behind the Golden Core Giant Beast.
This time, a different person was in control.
The five swords became one again.
And they struck the back of the giant beast fiercely.
Caught off guard, it staggered and almost fell to the ground.
It then grabbed one of its own kind and threw it into its mouth to recover its wounds.
At the same time, it swung its arm to block the sword light.
However, the Heavenly Transformation team did not try to tackle it head on.
A moment later, the five members diverged again, appearing from different directions.
The Giant Beast was left with five new wounds.
So it was, the Heavenly Transformation Squad continued to chip away at the strength of the Golden Core Giant Beast amidst their coordinated alterations.
Despite the beast’s immense strength, it was unable to land a single hit. Resigned to a defensive posture, it could only suffer, watching helplessly as its wounas grew more serious.
Its rage accumulated, and its breathing became increasingly laboured.
In its ire, the red hair over the beast’s body stood on end.
After taking another heavy hit from the combined Sword Light, its fury finally reached a peak.
In a split second, the red hair seemed to spring to life, growing uncontrollably.
The beast tore a large chunk of its own hair and cast it into the sky.
This twisted ball of red hair, emanating a sense of foreboding, began to elongate like reaching tendrils.
The Golden Core Giant Beast tore off all the hair on its body, continuing to move its hands undeterred.
Surrounding it, those strands of red hair intertwined as if they were clusters of thread, connecting and weaving together.
The strands sometimes trapped the Sword Light, requiring an immense display of force to pull free.
With the continued growth of the red hair, the space available for the five members of the Heavenly Transformation squad to manoeuver steadily decreased.
It often required a long skirmish for them to strike a single blow.
On the contrary, the Golden Core Giant Beast was gradually brimming in confidence, using the red hair as a helpful distraction.
It no longer feared the attack of the Sword Light and increased its own strength by devouring other beasts as they swarmed towards it.
“This situation is quite dire,” Li Fan, who was observing the fight from afar after scorching a sneaking Red Exotic Beast to ash, frowned, contemplating whether he should provide covert assistance.
At that moment, Jiang Zhengji’s voice sounded from above, “Do you know where you all went wrong? You should have launched an all-out attack the moment that giant beast revealed itself, rather than hesitating and only attacking after it has swallowed a large number of Red Exotic Beasts, significantly increasing its power.”
“In a battle of life and death, a moment’s hesitation can lead to defeat.’
“The outcome of your mission was predetermined when it entered the Golden Core Realm.”
“Your Heavenly Transformation Formation may be formidable, but this Golden Core Exotic Beast has a nearly endless supply of beasts as food, and will continue to grow stronger.”
“Meanwhile, your strength will only continue to wane.”
“However, the fact that you are able to provoke the beast into assuming its red hair form through cooperation is beyond my expectations.” “It seems that your daily training has not been in vain.”
“I suppose you barely pass this time.”
Huan Sui’s group of five showed a hint of guilt upon hearing this.
However, when they heard they passed this mission, they couldn’t help but feel relieved.
No sooner than Jiang Zhengji’s voice fell, he appeared atop the Golden Core Giant Beast.
The beast, sensing impending doom, tried to move.
The snow falling through the world, was suddenly drawn towards the beast.
A blizzard, obscuring the sky and blanketing the earth, descended solely on the beast.
In an instant, the beast was thoroughly buried in snow.
Beneath Jiang Zhengji’s feet appeared to be a somewhat comical giant snowman.
In the beginning, the giant beast inside the snowman tried to struggle, but as the snow continued to accumulate, its movements grew weaker.
Eventually, it lost all its ability to resist.
And while the Golden Core Giant Beast was being sealed by the heavy snow, red hairs around it wriggled, trying to come to its rescue.
However, the red plum blossoms all over Wanlai Island rhythmically released their petals in the wind.
The petals, sharp as knives, continuously chopped up the red strands, ceaselessly cutting them into small pieces.
The fragments of red hair, accompanied by a rain of petals, fell beneath the red plum trees.
The petals, along with the red hair, gradually withered.
They turned to dust and were absorbed by the red plum trees.
Only the fragrance remained.
Jiang Zhengji, happily watching the red plum tree that had been reduced to bare branches, stepped forward and placed his foot on top of the snowman.
The huge snowman below began to shrink slowly.
Eventually, it became a palm-sized miniature model, which Jiang Zhengji stored away.
In a blink of an eye, under the shocked eyes of Huan Sui and the others, the Golden Core Giant Beast, which had the Heavenly Transformation squad at a loss, was easily captured.
The huge gap between the Foundation Establishment Phase and the Mid-Stage Golden Core was all too apparent..