Cultivation: Starting from a Mortal Bone

”Boom!”

The massive body of the Fourth Level Ruins Beast stepped out from the crack in the altar, making the earth tremble, causing every cultivator present to change their expression in alarm.

This Fourth Level Ruins Beast was like a moving mountain. It looked extremely cumbersome, yet from its body countless tentacles akin to an octopus separated and flailed about.

As the tentacles swept and grabbed the corpses of other Ruins Beasts on the ground, stuffing them into its body, a series of chilling chewing sounds echoed, making a nameless terror and chill surge involuntarily in everyone’s heart.

No one knew if it was just an illusion, but as fear arose in the cultivators’ hearts, the beast’s eyes seemed to grow even brighter.

”Focus your mind! Do not be affected by this beast!”

Hall Master Duanmu Hong shouted in a deep voice, a mighty wave of Spiritual Power sweeping out in all directions.

The dazed cultivators finally snapped back to their senses, sweating profusely as if they had just woken from a terrible nightmare, their hearts full of dread. No one dared to be careless any longer, and each stood at attention, highly focused.

”It’s not strengthening itself by devouring those Ruins Beasts; it’s feeding on our fear!”

Yan Yu’s voice echoed in Qin Yu’s ear, cautioning him at every moment.

”I see.”

Qin Yu’s expression grew grave.

It was clear that this Ruins Beast possessed the ability to influence human emotions.

”So strong! I wonder if we can break through its defenses...”

He didn’t act rashly. The terrifying aura radiating from the Fourth Level Ruins Beast made his scalp tingle.

In his mind, he was already considering how to deal with this creature if he faced it alone.

Would the advantage of the Lifebound Divine Sword be enough...?

”Roar!”

The Fourth Level Ruins Beast roared, the sound wave visibly undulating through the air. The suppressive force intensified the heart-pounding tension gripping everyone.

”Wretched beast, do not be insolent!”

Duanmu Hong shouted sternly. With a turn of his wrist, an ancient, austere Great Seal materialized in his palm. Its substance was indistinguishable, but an overwhelming sense of solidity emanated from it as if it could suppress all things.

Many cultivators had never seen the Hall Master wield a Spiritual Treasure before. Clearly, Duanmu Hong was not taking this lightly.

”Go!”

”Boom!”

As his words fell, the Great Seal expanded with the wind. Violent Spiritual Power erupted in the sky, detonating the air in a radius of several hundred zhang.

”Roar!...”

The Fourth Level Ruins Beast below clearly sensed the danger. It roared once again, its tentacles lashing out toward the Great Seal, trying to stop it from descending.

”Bang! Bang! Bang...”

Thunderous crashes resounded endlessly. With each impact, the surrounding space rippled like boiling water, waves of distortion spreading outward.

Where those ripples reached—whether rocks or the low-level Ruins Beasts—they were reduced to dust.

Hall Master Duanmu Hong’s face grew grimmer with every impact. At last, he formed another seal with his hands, and an immense Dao Rhyme radiated from him.

He shouted, ”Fall!”

”Boom!”

The Great Seal came crashing down like a mountain, pulverizing several fast-approaching tentacles before landing on the Fourth Level Ruins Beast’s body, making it let loose an earth-shattering howl.

”Suppress!”

Duanmu Hong barked out. Dao Rhyme cascaded down from the Great Seal, and the gigantic Ruins Beast was pressed forcefully into the earth.

”The Hall Master is formidable!”

Someone cheered aloud.

To witness such means from the Hall Master was a true eye-opener for them all.

Yet before they could celebrate, a sudden black mist tore through the crack, and a shadowy beast, dark as ink, howled as it shot forth, bringing a terrifying, sharp energy as it charged at Duanmu Hong.

”Hall Master, look out!”

Seeing this, all the cultivators’ faces changed dramatically.

No one had expected that there was another Fourth Level Ruins Beast hidden in the crack!

”Hmph! Wretched beast!”

But Duanmu Hong did not panic. With a cold snort, he flipped his palm, and a Talisman howled out.

”Swish!”

Intricate patterns on the Talisman flashed, instantly transforming into a golden net that shrouded the attacking shadow.

Through the gaps of the golden net, everyone saw that it was indeed a Ruins Beast, black and panther-like. The power rippling from it was no less than the other that had been suppressed by the Great Seal!

On the golden net, patterns flowed and flickered. As soon as the leopard-shaped beast made contact, a surge of powerful Dao Rhyme sent it flying, so much so that inky green blood seeped from its claws.

”Swish! Swish!...”

Before anyone could marvel at the Hall Master’s methods, a swarm of Ruins Beasts began pouring out of the crack like an army of ants or bees.

”Quickly, exterminate them!”

Duanmu Hong commanded in a deep voice.

The cultivators of the Immortal Sects all unleashed their full power. At once, Spiritual Power surged throughout the area as thunderous explosions sounded nonstop.

And yet, it seemed the Ruins Beasts in the altar’s black crack were endless, pouring forth inexhaustibly. Besides the Second Level Ruins Beasts, there were many Third Level Ruins Beasts inside, their strength comparable to those in the Golden Core Realm.

”Splat!”

With a muffled sound, a Golden Core Cultivator stared in disbelief at the sharp claw that had pierced through his chest from behind.

”Wretched beast!”

Qin Yu shouted sternly. With a single slash, the head of the Third Level Ruins Beast soared into the sky, blood spraying everywhere.

[Purifying Fear Spirit +100]

”A Third Level Ruins Beast actually gives one hundred Flame Points?”

Qin Yu had no time to mourn the fallen cultivator. His eyes locked onto another Third Level Ruins Beast.

”Leave the Third Level Ruins Beasts to me!”

Qin Yu once again activated his Lifebound Divine Sword, conjuring sword images that locked precisely onto the Third Level Ruins Beasts hidden within the swarm.

These Third Level Ruins Beasts, which were causing such great casualties among the Immortal Sect cultivators, barely survived a single exchange under his Sword Aura. Their armored shells could not withstand at all, being easily pierced through.

[Purifying Fear Spirit +100]

[Purifying Fear Spirit +100]

Streams of numbers floated up continuously. By now, Qin Yu had no time to check how much his Flame Point had increased. The battlefield was at its fiercest; all the cultivators were forced to use their trump cards, and he could only give his all, striving to slay every Ruins Beast near him.

In such a brutal battle, finally, the black mist from the crack began to thin out. The endless tide of Ruins Beasts seemed to have poured out completely.

Hall Master Duanmu Hong’s gaze swept the field. Occasionally, with a wave of his hand, a powerful, bright streak would streak out, suppressing the strongest of the Ruins Beasts.

”Whoosh!”

Suddenly, from the fading fog, a jet-black beam shot out, cutting through the sky straight at Duanmu Hong.

”What is this...?”

Duanmu Hong’s expression changed drastically. Fortunately, he had remained vigilant and dropped downward, barely evading the black beam at the very last moment.

”Boom!”

However, the black beam pierced through the golden net behind him, instantly wiping out the Divine Patterns and boring a massive hole through it. Unabated, it impaled a Golden Core Cultivator before drilling into the ground, leaving behind a bottomless pit.

”Slash!”

Qin Yu had just killed a Third Level Ruins Beast when he saw the panther-shaped Fourth Level Ruins Beast break free, savagely baring its claws at Duanmu Hong below. At once, Qin Yu’s mind flicked, and his Lifebound Divine Sword shot forth.

”Zraaak!”

A terrifying Sword Momentum erupted in an instant. Several Second Level Ruins Beasts in its path were instantly shredded, and the Sword Aura surged forth with unstoppable sharpness, cleaving straight at the Fourth Level Ruins Beast.

”Bang!”

Everyone saw a massive sword shadow crash down. The once-fierce Fourth Level Ruins Beast was slain in one stroke, slammed deep into the earth, its gargantuan body nearly severed in two!

[Purifying Fear Spirit +1000]