"This big tiger is a bit fierce," Yang Hong frowned. The fourth-tier tiger demon, lying on the ground, was not dead yet and its aura had not weakened much. He was sure that if it were given a little time to pull out the spear, it could fight again.
"Crack~"
Just as Yang Hong predicted, with a crisp sound, the fallen tiger demon stood up again. From its posture, Yang Hong knew this cub was truly fearless, having actually broken the second-grade Dharma artifact spear within its body.
"Holy crap, it can be this crazy?" Yang Hong just marveled, and without hesitation, he took out a long sword and slashed at it. He needed to kill this tiger demon first, because other demonic beasts were also swarming in.
"Roar~"
However, Yang Hong's sword did not hit the tiger demon. It was blocked by a giant wolf that was easily thirty feet tall.
"Clang~"
Another clash of metal. The demon wolf's head was incredibly hard. Although this second-tier flying sword did not shatter, a crack had appeared on it.
"Swish~"
Before Yang Hong could continue his attack, the demon wolf's right claw lunged directly at Yang Hong's waist.
"Clang~"
Yang Hong pointed his sword and his body floated back several zhang.
"Whoosh whoosh~"
Before Yang Hong could land, a hedgehog demon beast acted like a cannon, shooting its needles at Yang Hong like projectiles.
Ting-a-ling~
With a rapid barrage of sounds, Yang Hong's flying sword danced like an impenetrable wall, successfully blocking all the flying needles in front of him. However, his body was once again sent flying several zhang uncontrollably.
"Crack, crack~"
Upon landing, Yang Hong even took two steps back before steadying himself.
"So, this is the true Fourth-Tier Golden Core realm. The ones I killed before were probably fakes." Although pushed back, Yang Hong was not angry. Instead, it ignited his fighting spirit even more. He flipped his hands again, and two third-tier flying swords appeared in his hands.
"Roar~"
The 34 Golden Core demonic beasts seemed unwilling to let Yang Hong rest, nor would they rest themselves, and all of them attacked again. Demonic beasts could not use Dharma treasures, but they could use spells. Seeing that Yang Hong had moved away from the sixth-grade spirit plant, the demonic beasts did not engage in close combat immediately. Instead, they unleashed their innate spells, beginning to attack Yang Hong from a distance.
"That's more like it. I knew demonic beasts wouldn't be without spells." Yang Hong had already activated the "Brave and Fearless" fist intent, and there was no fear in his heart. The long sword in his hand began to unleash various sword techniques, and streaks of sword qi flew towards the incoming fireballs, ice cones, earth spikes, and other spells.
"Pa, pa, pa~"
Yang Hong's sword qi was still slightly superior. All the spells were blocked within a zhang of him! However, the demonic beasts seemed to have received orders, their spells were relentless, and the power of the spells was growing stronger. Furthermore, the demonic beasts began to cooperate slowly, and their spells even showed signs of fusion. The power of fused spells increased by more than just a little.
After a world-shaking tremor, Yang Hong was once again pushed back hundreds of zhang.
"Hahaha~ Joyful, truly joyful." Yang Hong took another three hundred zhang step back before stopping, laughing heartily with excitement. In just a quarter of an hour of fighting, the true qi within Yang Hong's body had been consumed by more than half. This was the fastest consumption he had experienced since his cultivation. Leaning against a fruit tree he had previously identified, Yang Hong placed one hand on the trunk and laughed heartily.
The group of Golden Core demonic beasts watched Yang Hong laughing heartily and did not continue their attack, seemingly worried that Yang Hong might play some dirty trick. In reality...
"Ding~ You infused the Yellow Cherry Tree with 480 days of true qi and gained a 10x cultivation return, receiving 4800 days of true qi cultivation." In reality, Yang Hong was replenishing his consumed true qi. Before arriving at Spirit Monkey Mountain, Yang Hong had already consumed a considerable amount of true qi for travel. He had consumed some more during the rapid advance earlier, and faced with the frantic attacks of 34 Golden Core demonic beasts, he had consumed even more. His true qi was less than one percent. It was important to remember that Yang Hong was facing 34 Golden Core realm demonic beasts, while Yang Hong himself was only a "minor cultivator" at the Fusion realm. Although the multiplier for this return was not high, only 10x, 4800 days of true qi was more than enough to fully restore Yang Hong's true qi.
"Heh heh, let's go again! Wind rise~" Taking advantage of the distance created, Yang Hong unleashed the "Clear Wind" sword intent again. This time, there were no beasts among the demonic beasts that could roar at him. The tiger demon had not yet spat out the spear from its mouth.
"Roar roar~ Woo woo~" As if sensing the sword intent, the 34 demonic beasts simultaneously spat out their demon cores, and multicolored light enveloped them.
"Eh~" Under the illumination of the demon cores' light, Yang Hong found that he could no longer lock onto these demonic beasts. It seemed the light from the demon cores had the function of interfering with intent.
"Wind Rise~" However, Yang Hong did not stop. All his true qi and primal essence were injected into the "Clear Wind" sword intent. The gentle breeze in the world became sharp. Pale green semi-transparent flying swords appeared in front of Yang Hong.
"Go!" Yang Hong guided the semi-transparent flying swords in front of him with a sword gesture, and they shot out, crazily attacking the Golden Core demonic beasts.
"Chirp, chirp~ Chirp, chirp~" The light of the demon cores could indeed interfere with intent. A large portion of the semi-transparent flying swords did not hit the demonic beasts, but instead curved and struck nearby spirit plants, or the ground.
"Humph~" Yang Hong snorted coldly and continued to increase his true qi output. However, it was only a large portion that missed, not all of it. Some of the semi-transparent flying swords still hit the demonic beasts.
"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~" The fur of these 34 demonic beasts was as hard as fine iron. Sword qi that could instantly kill cultivators in the Golden Core realm could not break through the defenses of these demonic beasts! If such defensive power appeared outside the Hongtong Secret Realm, even Nascent Soul cultivators might be helpless. But these demonic beasts were unlucky, as they encountered Yang Hong. He maintained the "Clear Wind" sword intent and the "Wind Rise" sword posture, moving his steps slowly. Then...
"Ding~ You infused the Spring Peach Tree with 480 days of true qi and gained a 20x cultivation return, receiving 9600 days of true qi cultivation." The true qi that was about to be depleted due to full output was replenished again, with quite a surplus. This surplus true qi did not return to Yang Hong's dantian but directly erupted through the "Clear Wind" sword intent.
"Sizzle~ Sizzle~" This time, it wasn't the sound of sword qi missing, but the sound of 34 Golden Core demonic beasts being successively riddled with holes. The sword qi continued to attack for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before stopping. It was truly because these 34 demonic beasts were a bit too tough.
"Heh heh, I have a system, so restoring true qi is too easy." Yang Hong smiled and dropped the sword hilt in his hand. That third-tier flying sword had once again been reduced to fragments. The "Clear Wind" sword intent was indeed a bit hard on swords.
"What a shame, all 34 demonic beasts turned into sieves, not even worth collecting. Fortunately, I deliberately avoided their demon cores, otherwise the most valuable demon cores would have been shattered." Looking at the tattered bodies of the 34 demonic beasts, Yang Hong still felt a sense of regret. After all, such sturdy demonic beasts would have been very valuable if sold. Fortunately, the demon cores were intact, otherwise Yang Hong would have been heartbroken.
"This sixth-grade spirit fruit is probably not simple, otherwise why would it be guarded by 34 Golden Core demonic beasts?" After collecting the 34 demon cores, Yang Hong approached the sixth-grade spirit plant again. However, he did not know that the demonic beasts in the entire secret realm had once again become agitated.