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“Li Su, he’s deceased,” the sect leader’s voice resounded within the lethal formation. After releasing his grip, Li Su scanned the formation using his divine senses. He repeated this process multiple times, maintaining a vigilant stance to ensure the demonic cultivator was unquestionably eliminated, leaving no room for escape. Even the possibility of the opponent surviving as a lingering soul was unacceptable.

Had they scanned earlier, there would still have been a threat because this individual possessed an exceptionally potent spiritual soul. It would have been a dire situation if they followed his divine sense and took control of him. This person’s spiritual soul surpassed Li Su and the sect leader in power.

At the mid-Gold Core stage, the Purple Lightning Spouting Cloud Beast wielded a Thunder Pill capable of confronting a demonic cultivator’s spiritual soul. However, this didn’t imply that the spiritual soul of this particular cultivator was at the mid-Gold Core level. His spiritual soul lacked the protection of a physical body, and he no longer possessed a Nascent Soul, rendering him highly vulnerable and unnaturally fearful of thunder and lightning.

Thunder and lightning attacks could amplify their power against unprotected spiritual souls several times, making a single strike sufficient to obliterate his spiritual soul. If his spiritual soul had infiltrated the sect leader’s mind via their divine sense, it would have resulted in a fierce battle. Even if the sect leader emerged victorious, his spiritual soul would have incurred significant damage.

Following the Thunder Pill’s assault on his spiritual soul, even if remnants remained, he would no longer pose a threat to the sect leader and Li Su. Thus, they continued their search confidently, confirming that this individual was indeed deceased, with his body and soul completely extinguished.

In this battle, Li Su emerged triumphant. He reappeared within the Great Yang Sword Formation, joined by the sect leader. “Something has been ejected,” he noted, observing items scattered on the ground. These appeared to be the contents of the demonic cultivator’s shattered storage bag. Most of the treasures from the battle three hundred years ago had already been depleted, so there wasn’t much value left.

Among the items were refining materials, a few secret manuals of demonic cultivation, an identity token, and several sets of clothing, but their supplies were now gone. Li Su gathered these items, leaving the Great Yang Sword Formation almost empty. He reached out, and the array of flags soared towards him. He prepared to dismantle the formation.

Li Su’s most significant gain from this encounter was undoubtedly the formation itself. Despite some damage, this set of formation tools remained largely intact and potent enough to confront Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Li Su could relocate and deploy it if necessary.

“Li Su, do you intend to keep this killing formation?” the sect leader inquired. Li Su responded, “Master, rest assured, I can set it up elsewhere.” This statement piqued the sect leader’s interest once again. Mastering a killing formation and being capable of relocating it were two distinct achievements. The sect leader grew increasingly intrigued by Li Su’s remarkable expertise in formations.

She pondered how Li Su had achieved such rapid progress in cultivation and formation mastery after a century of Foundation Establishment. Given her familiarity with him from their occasional meetings over the years, these developments raised questions in her mind. She couldn’t help but wonder if a powerful entity had influenced Li Su.

Soon, Li Su gathered all the formation tools from the Great Yang Sword Formation. There were many of them—over a hundred formation flags, dozens of large Yang swords, several sets of formation bases, some formation markers, and most importantly, the formation disc. Once Li Su had gathered these formation tools, the underground cavern’s lethal formation vanished completely.

Li Su retrieved a specialized storage bag and placed the two bones inside. He marked each set of bones for future identification.

“Master, please accept these remaining spirit stones,” Li Su suggested, extending a respectful gesture.

The sect leader shook her head and replied, “No, Li Su. I’m entrusting them to you. You’ll likely have a significant need for spirit stones in the future.” The decision to give the spirit stones to Li Su surprised him, but he accepted the offer.

In truth, the Flying Immortal Sect’s warehouse wasn’t under the sole control of the sect leader, but her authority within the sect was unquestionable. With the looming threat from the Demon Sect, Li Su’s ability to set up the killing formation elsewhere would be a valuable asset.

Li Su wasted no time and collected all the remaining spirit stones. The Great Yang Sword Formation indeed had a voracious appetite for spirit stones, but its consumption could be significantly reduced with proper placement and terrain selection. A well-arranged Great Yang Sword Formation possessed greater power and lower resource consumption.

The existing formation had been hastily set up by a Golden Core stage formation master and had already shown remarkable endurance. This formation master, approaching nearly nine hundred years of age, possessed impressive expertise in formations. Otherwise, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator wouldn’t have sought cooperation with him.

“Let’s depart, Master,” Li Su suggested.

“Very well.”

After a lengthy endeavor, they re-emerged on the surface, and night had already fallen. Boarding a flying vessel, they began returning to their sect headquarters.

During the journey, Li Su handed a piece of paper to the sect leader and asked, “Master, could you acquire these herbs for me?”

The sect leader examined the paper, which listed the names and included images of various herbs, as herbs could have different names in different regions.

“These are Wuhua Xuanzhi, Yehua Grass, Purple Heart Bamboo Core… raw materials for crafting the Nurture Infant Pill. Why do you need these?” the sect leader inquired.

She must have noticed something. It made sense, considering she was on the verge of breaking through the Nascent Soul stage, likely researching alchemical formulas for the breakthrough. The Nurture Infant Pill was known for aiding this process in the Flying Immortal Sect.