The Gathering Flowing Sand device was refined twice. Its appearance resembles an incense burner, about the size of a teapot, and has a bronze color throughout.
As a weapon to defeat enemies, its power is inferior to the Profound Iron Flying Sword, so it’s only used to attract sandstorm beasts—its value mainly lies here.
One of the Gathering Flowing Sand devices was given to Song Minghui to take to the Yanhuang Desert.
The other one, Lu Zhiwei decided to keep in the sect.
Not to say not to use it, but it’s better not to be without it. After all, with those refining materials, it’s just enough to refine two of them, so they must not be wasted.
Because of being located in Cyan Lotus Mountain, within a hundred-mile range, sandstorm beasts could not possibly be born, nor is it certain if it can actually attract sandstorm beasts. It can only be tested in the Yanhuang Desert.
Once Song Minghui got the Gathering Flowing Sand, he familiarized himself with its basic operation. After mastering it, he bid farewell to Lu Zhiwei and set off again with Zhang Nianchuan and the others, heading to the Hu Lu Trade Route from East Sand Town.
Having traveled this route once back and forth, their pace was much faster this ti, reaching East Sand Town in just twenty days.
Setting foot on the Hu Lu Trade Route, the four of them discussed and decided to start from the beginning of the trade route, taking turns to activate the Gathering Flowing Sand until they reached the end of the route.
Lu Ping’s mission of clearing sandstorm beasts, the target is the ones appearing near the Hu Lu Trade Route, and they just need to eliminate the sandstorm beasts along this trade route.
Upon activation, the spiritual artifact emits a sandstorm beast kinship aura, with an effective range maintained within a hundred-mile radius, and the duration of one activation can last for several days.
This kinship aura only affects sandstorm beasts and won’t attract other demon beasts, so there’s no need to worry about danger.
Taking turns to wield the Gathering Flowing Sand can effectively replenish magical power in ti to fight against the sandstorm beasts.
After operating in this way for two days, at noon on the third day, they finally successfully attracted sandstorm beasts.
There were three sandstorm beasts, two at the third-layer Qi Cultivation, and one at the first layer. Once engaged in battle, they were sure to win.
However, their current goal wasn’t just to eliminate these three sandstorm beasts.
Their plan was to cast a long line to catch a big fish, and once they found the sandstorm beast’s lair, they’d take action and wipe them out in one go.
So, they directly left the Gathering Flowing Sand behind, allowing one of the sandstorm beasts to carry it away back to its nest.
The sandstorm beast’s speed wasn’t fast, far slower than the three of them using the Light Body Technique to track it.
But these demon beasts are extrely elusive and know how to hide. Even while carrying the Gathering Flowing Sand, it wound its way back, cautiously avoiding detection.
If it weren’t certain that the Gathering Flowing Sand would be brought into the nest, Song Minghui might have thought the sandstorm beast was just wandering and had no intention of returning to its nest.
Luckily, after stealthily tracking for more than two hours and entering an unnad sand dune, they finally found the sandstorm beast’s nest.
Upon returning to the lair, the sandstorm beast carrying the Gathering Flowing Sand placed it in the nest, waiting for the cubs to absorb the kinship aura for advancent.
This kinship aura is extrely beneficial for sandstorm beast cubs.
Behind a nearby dark stone, having found the nest, Song Minghui and the others had no more hesitations.
Zhang Nianchuan first observed the situation of the sandstorm beasts in the nest for ease of action.
"There are a total of twelve sandstorm beasts in this group, including five cubs, which are not a concern. The rest are adult sandstorm beasts ranging from the second to the fourth layer of Qi Cultivation, except for that sandstorm beast king with strength at the peak of the fifth-layer Qi Cultivation..."
"Except for Senior Brother Chu, whose cultivation is still at the fifth layer, the rest of us are at the sixth layer of Qi Cultivation."
"In this battle, Senior Brother Chu, try to avoid direct confrontation with the sandstorm beast king and focus on clearing the other sandstorm beasts."
Zhang Nianchuan proposed.
"Let’s follow Junior Brother Zhang’s plan."
Song Minghui nodded in agreent.
Aside from the beast king, this group of sandstorm beasts in the lair isn’t too difficult to clear, it just takes so effort.
"Alright, I’ll follow Senior Brother Zhang’s lead."
Chu Qin nodded heavily, showing no signs of retreat even though he was the weakest, secretly clutching the Green Bamboo Sword in his hand.
"So it’s decided. My realm surpasses that beast king’s, and it doesn’t understand how to wield a spiritual artifact, while I can fight it with the Green Bamboo Sword, giving a very high chance of victory."
"I’ll take on the beast king, and I’ll leave the other sandstorm beasts to you guys."
Zhang Nianchuan and Song Minghui exchanged a glance, and Zhang Nianchuan decided to take on the beast king.
"Brother Zhang, be careful. If you sense anything amiss, we’ll retreat imdiately; we absolutely cannot be caught here."
Song Minghui advised.
Having discussed the plan to take action, the four of them restored their magical power in place until they reached their peak, then launched an assault on the sandstorm beast lair.
Zhang Nianchuan took the lead, attacking the sandstorm beast king first and engaging this formidable enemy.
Song Minghui, Lin Han, and Chu Qin, like tigers among a flock of sheep, wielded their spiritual artifacts to slash at the remaining adult sandstorm beasts.
These sandstorm beasts were not very strong, and without the beast king’s assistance, they had no resistance against this attack and were slaughtered in no more than a dozen rounds.
While clearing the sandstorm beasts, Song Minghui and Lin Han tried to keep them from affecting Zhang Nianchuan’s battle with the beast king.
Compared to ordinary sandstorm beasts, this beast king was much larger, with a body of a deep brass color, and was quite agile.
When moving, it resembled a heavy armored tank, forcing Zhang Nianchuan to avoid head-on collisions and employ a flying sword attack instead.
Using the speed and sharpness of the Green Bamboo Sword, Zhang Nianchuan struck a few tis, leaving several scars on the beast king, but failing to hit any vital points.
Angered by its injuries, the beast king beca increasingly furious and faster, learning how to dodge the flying sword attacks.
This caused Zhang Nianchuan’s subsequent attacks to completely miss their target.
He was forced to change tactics, shortening the distance between himself and the beast king, using close combat to utilize the Green Bamboo Sword’s power, greatly reducing the flying sword’s travel distance in the air, giving the beast king less ti to react and dodge.
This change in battle strategy caught the beast king off guard.
The fast-approaching Green Bamboo Sword added a few more injuries to its body.
One of them landed right on its left foreleg, causing it so montary difficulty in movent, stumbling a few steps and significantly slowing down.
However, in the following combat, having learned from the close combat, the beast king naturally wouldn’t expose itself to being struck again.
Its growing experience made it suddenly stop in its tracks when the flying sword slashed towards it again.
Its whole body tightened, then suddenly burst with force, jumping aside in a way Zhang Nianchuan hadn’t expected, deftly dodging the flying sword attack.
Moreover, after landing with a heavy thud, amidst the flying dust, its muscles tightened once more and then it suddenly erupted with a huge leaping force, rushing towards Zhang Nianchuan.
Being already within close combat range, with limited reaction ti for both, Zhang Nianchuan couldn’t evade in ti, hurriedly summoning back the flying sword while rapidly retreating.
It seed like he could avoid the beast king’s charge, but the next mont a dull thud was heard, accompanied by the Green Bamboo Sword’s hum and clatter as it fell to the ground.
Even with most of the impact buffered by the Green Bamboo Sword, Zhang Nianchuan still took the residual force head-on from the beast king’s charge.
Reeling from the impact, he staggered back several steps, feeling a tightness in his chest as a mouthful of blood surged forth, spilling out.
This blow left his chest in severe pain, instantly injuring him.
"Junior Brother Zhang!"
Nearby, having slain the last sandstorm beast cub, Song Minghui noticed Zhang Nianchuan’s predicant and was deeply concerned.
Zhang Nianchuan had no ti to respond, facing another attack from the beast king.
The move was the sa as before.
Seeing its charge work, injuring its opponent, the beast king naturally sought to pursue victory, repeating the move to make its opponent suffer again.
But this ti, the beast king’s move missed.
"How dare you!"
A streak of red silk swiftly slashed towards the beast king’s head.
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