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Deep within this stretch of desert, there was a cave dwelling in which the Sand Scorpion Tribe resided. This cave, known as the Scorpion Cave, was forbidden territory for human cultivators.

The entrance to the Scorpion Cave was hidden beneath a massive sand dune, appearing ordinary from the outside but revealing a different world within.

If one ventured into the cave, they\'d be greeted by an icy chill that starkly contrasted the scorching heat outside. The interior of the cave twisted and turned like a vast labyrinth, with luminescent crystals embedded in the walls to provide a faint glow that lit the dark space.

At the deepest part of the cave was a giant stone hall, and in the center of the hall stood a throne assembled from countless white bones. Lying atop the throne was a massive scorpion, its shell faintly radiating a golden halo, resting.

It was none other than Xie Xie, the overlord of tens of thousands of miles around, a Fifth Stage Demon Venerable of the Sand Scorpion Tribe. Xie Xie was the name it had given itself.

Suddenly, Xie Xie\'s eyes burst open as a strong sense of unease surged from within. It hastily scanned its surroundings with Divine Sense yet detected nothing amiss.

Suddenly, five piercingly sharp sword qi appeared from five different directions, rapidly shooting towards Xie Xie. At the same time, an elegant figure holding an umbrella appeared above the desert, in the skies above this dune. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire

It was Yu Qingtan. She had learned about the rough territory of the Sand Scorpion Tribe from Huang Batian, and, with the aid of the Heavenly Mystery Talisman, she easily found the location. Then, using the Trace Concealment Technique, she quietly set up the Five Elements Linked Sword Formation.

Her mastery of the Hongluan Secret Omen had only recently begun, but before acting, she performed a calculation that resulted in a moderately auspicious outcome, making Yu Qingtan proceed with even more confidence.

The first assault of the Five Elements Linked Sword Formation, now incorporating a lifebound middle-grade Dao Artifact, the Five Elements Canglan Sword, along with four inferior Dao Artifact swords, caught Xie Xie off guard.

Xie Xie\'s eyes were filled with gravity as a thick layer of earthy yellow armor appeared over its body, with its pincers and stinger moving to intercept the five streams of sword qi.

"Bang bang bang~" The sand, rocks, and mud of the cave crumbled like tofu under the impact of the sword qi, revealing a huge pit.

At the bottom of the pit lay the Demon Venerable Xie Xie, its body emanating a fierce aura.

True to its nature as a demon venerable with a hard shell at the Fifth Stage, its body\'s terrifying strength meant the sword qi only left white marks on its surface.

However, its scorpion progeny suffered countless deaths and injuries.

Feeling that Yu Qingtan\'s strength was only at the Late Nascent Soul Stage, Xie Xie suppressed the unease in its heart and burst forth from the ground, its massive pincers slashing towards Yu Qingtan.

Yu Qingtan was disdainful, her figure floating lightly as she easily dodged the attacker\'s blows using the Five Elements Qiankun Escape, while the Five Elements Linked Sword Formation continued its assault on Xie Xie.

Seeing Yu Qingtan\'s impressive speed, Xie Xie raised its pincers and hammered down, an invisible fluctuation appearing, creating a dense, unparalleled pressure around it.

At the same time, Xie Xie\'s stinger sprayed out a toxic yellow smoke that enveloped the nearby area.

As a Fifth Stage Demon Venerable, it had already mastered both the Earth Path Origin and Poison Path Origin, so it was now displaying its Innate Divine Ability, the Profound Heavy Poisonous Miasma.

Seeing this, Yu Qingtan summoned the Five Elements Protective Barrier around her. Then, holding the lifebound Dao Artifact Five Elements Canglan Umbrella horizontally, she spun it, shooting out a white beam from the tip of the umbrella, targeting Xie Xie.

This was the upgraded version of the Extinction Divine Light, which Yu Qingtan had named the Five Elements Extinction Cannon. It was the primary attack method since the Five Elements Canglan Umbrella had been upgraded to a middle-grade Dao Artifact.

Its power, speed, and impact were far beyond that of the Extinction Divine Light, and Yu Qingtan estimated it had reached the level of an Origin Dao Technique.

Under the Five Elements Extinction Cannon, the Profound Heavy Poisonous Miasma melted away like snow in hot soup, doing nothing to hinder it.

The impact of the Five Elements Extinction Cannon created a half-zhang deep crater in Xie Xie\'s body, and that was the result of it narrowly dodging in time.

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Under the barrage of both the Five Elements Linked Sword Formation and the Five Elements Extinction Cannon, Thank You Demon Venerable had no power to fight back.

Its earthy yellow armor kept peeling off under the sharp sword qi of the Five Elements Canglan Sword, and the Profound Heavy Poisonous Miasma dissipated without a trace under the bombardment of the Five Elements Extinction Cannon.

A hint of panic flashed through the eyes of Thank You Demon Venerable, and that little bit of hope in its heart had vanished.

It realized that the opponent this time was not an ordinary Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, but a freak with a middle-grade lifebound Daoist Instrument, and it was no match for him.

Thank You Demon Venerable immediately received a blow from the Five Elements Extinction Cannon on its back armor and then burrowed underground, escaping deep into a desert using the Earth Escape Skill.

It had abandoned the pride of a Fifth Stage Demon Venerable and its own tribe, choosing to flee.

Yu Qingtan sneered, took out the Hundred Beasts Mountain, and let Xiao Qing lead her Spiritual Beast army to wipe out the Sand Scorpion Tribe; she herself gave chase.

In terms of escape speed, Yu Qingtan was still somewhat inferior to a Fifth Stage being. Moreover, Fifth Stage beings usually had escape means similar to Escape Talismans and Bleeding Thousand Miles, which made them very hard to kill.

Yu Qingtan could defeat Thank You Demon Venerable, but if it truly wanted to flee, she had no good way of stopping it; her Mind Immobilizing Spell was ineffective against a Fifth Stage being.

However, she still had Demon Venerable Bai Chen.

As Thank You Demon Venerable was frantically fleeing underground, it was horrified to discover that the gloom in its heart still had not dissipated, and it did not hesitate to consume the essence of its Demon Core to use its desperate escape technique.

But all of its efforts were in vain.

Having just escaped tens of thousands of miles, Thank You Demon Venerable found a huge ship appearing ahead, a middle-grade Daoist Artifact ship, hurtling rapidly towards itself.

At the same time, a great peak, also a middle-grade Daoist Artifact, descended from the skies to suppress it.

These were exactly the World\'s Best Ship and Thousand Beasts Mountain controlled by Demon Venerable Bai Chen.

Thank You Demon Venerable was filled with sheer terror, attempting to continue using its escape technique to flee, but it found the space around it unusually thick and viscous. This was because Yu Qingtan had embedded the Daoist Instrument, Space Locking Pearl, into the World\'s Best Ship.

Together with the oppressive force of Thousand Beasts Mountain, the space around Thank You Demon Venerable had been locked down.

"Bang~" The World\'s Best Ship and Thank You Demon Venerable were both extremely fast; upon collision, Thank You Demon Venerable\'s huge body flew backward, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Then, it was ruthlessly smashed by Thousand Beasts Mountain, forced to drill back into the ground.

Its carapace was already tattered, and one of its giant claws was broken.

Before it could even catch its breath, a Five Elements Extinction Cannon had already hit it squarely, and it was too weak to dodge.

"Pfft~" A hole of blood blew open directly in the body of Thank You Demon Venerable.

"You have pushed the scorpion too far, I\'ll fight you with my dying breath!" Thank You Demon Venerable shouted. At the same time, it emitted violent spiritual power fluctuations.

Yu Qingtan and Demon Venerable Bai Chen hastily put away their middle-grade Daoist Instruments and fled backwards.

However, the anticipated self-destruction of the Demon Core did not happen. After a flash of yellow light, the Demon Core vanished from the body of Thank You Demon Venerable, its destination unknown.

It had used a kind of Demon Core space transfer escape technique.

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