The sinister, sharp teeth in that gaping mouth were as long as tusks, razor-sharp.
If Li Yunjing were bitten, he would undoubtedly die!
"This giant turtle’s head moves so fast!"
Li Yunjing was taken aback, ignoring the water arrows striking him from behind, he continued to retreat. At the same time, a flash of light appeared in his left hand, and a "Sunflower Divine Thunder" suddenly materialized, which he directly threw into the giant turtle’s mouth.
The giant turtle bit down on the "Sunflower Divine Thunder," and with a "boom," half of its head was blown off!
This Tier Two giant turtle stopped moving immediately!
Demon beasts, like cultivators, unless they advance to Tier Three and reach the Golden Core Realm, they cannot escape with their divine souls and avoid calamity.
Tier Two or Foundation Establishment Realm, they cannot expel their divine souls, if their physical bodies perish, so does their consciousness.
Li Yunjing let out a miserable scream. After killing the giant turtle, the water arrows kept hitting him from behind.
Although they couldn’t penetrate his low-grade spiritual artifact daoist robe, the constant impact felt like iron hammers pounding his back, causing him to vomit blood continuously.
And in front of him, the giant turtle’s head exploded from the "Sunflower Divine Thunder," causing skull fragments and flesh to splash everywhere.
The immense force struck Li Yunjing, causing him great pain as well!
Li Yunjing took several steps back, sitting down on the turtle’s back.
With no enemies left, Li Yunjing sat on the turtle’s back and let out a long breath.
Not daring to rest, he consumed some elixirs to stabilize his qi and blood, then quickly stood up again.
"Swish swish swish..."
Seeing the giant turtle dead, Li Yunjing ignored his injuries. His "Jade Sea Listening Wave Sword" flashed repeatedly, targeting the limbs and head exposed outside the turtle shell.
The massive limbs were extremely tough, with skin like armor!
This was all excellent material for crafting spiritual artifacts!
Li Yunjing swung his sword repeatedly, targeting one spot. After ten consecutive strikes, he managed to sever one of the front legs.
A "Hundred Treasures Pouch" was opened by Li Yunjing, and with a sweep of mana, the front leg flew in and was stored.
With the first leg collected, the rest became easier. Li Yunjing vigorously swung his "Jade Sea Listening Wave Sword," gradually cutting down the other front limb, both hind limbs, including the head and neck.
This painstaking effort took Li Yunjing a full quarter of an hour.
The giant turtle’s limbs and head were severed, painting the river red with blood by now.
Taking in the pungent smell, Li Yunjing sighed in relief and did a quick search around, ensuring nothing was overlooked before starting the most arduous task.
That task was to disassemble the giant turtle’s shell!
This turtle shell was too large; if he didn’t break it down, even his "Hundred Treasures Pouch" couldn’t contain it.
At that moment, Li Yunjing felt very fortunate to have five "Hundred Treasures Pouches" and a dozen storage bags with him.
This was a high-quality Tier Two giant turtle; its flesh, shell, bones, teeth, and claws were all precious, perfect for crafting spiritual artifacts!
The turtle shell was extremely difficult to dismantle. The "Jade Sea Listening Wave Sword" was inserted into the crevice between flesh and shell, slowly cutting it apart. He slowly and painstakingly managed to separate the flesh from the shell.
The flesh, bones, and viscera were easy to handle, slowly cut into small pieces and collected.
But the huge turtle shell was troublesome.
It was so hard that Li Yunjing had to use the "Jade Sea Listening Wave Sword" as a saw, slowly grinding it down. It took him three hours to break the shell into small pieces.
The battle with the giant turtle and its disassembly took a full four hours.
Li Yunjing filled two "Hundred Treasures Pouches" with everything from the giant turtle.
This old giant turtle’s entire body was a treasure, and Li Yunjing didn’t waste a bit.
The only regret was the blood, most of which flowed into the river during the battle and disassembly, drifting away with the current.
However, there was no way around it!
Those four hours were not peaceful.
The intense scent of blood attracted numerous demon beasts from the water.
Seeing the giant turtle’s massive corpse, the demon beasts, crazed, launched attacking salvos towards Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing had to use five more "Sunflower Divine Thunders" to scatter these attacks.
In this battle, Li Yunjing killed nearly a thousand demon creatures in the river.
Fortunately, most of these water creatures were newly turned demon beasts.
Many of these demon beasts were low-level, otherwise, it would have been much harder for Li Yunjing to collect the giant turtle’s corpse.
The corpses shattered by the "Sunflower Divine Thunder" were not collected by Li Yunjing; those water demon beasts were too low-level to be of any use.
Usually, these water creatures were caught alive to be cooked into dishes.
Now they were just fragments, worth even less.
Li Yunjing understood why suddenly endless demon beasts attacked him.
A demon beast like the Tier Two giant turtle was surely the ruler of this river.
In its territory, no other powerful creatures could approach.
As such, with the giant turtle dead, other Tier Two demon beasts wouldn’t come around for a while.
Instead, the creatures that had served under the giant turtle saw a chance, hoping to drive out Li Yunjing and feast on the giant turtle’s flesh, hoping to evolve into higher tiers.