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A deathly silence.
Before, the lively Fubo Pond had now fallen into absolute silence.
Thousands of large and small monster tribe members had their eyes wide open, dazedly taking in the scene before them.
During the standoff between Fubo Dragon Monarch and Shen Yuan, they had realized that Shen Yuan was not an enemy to be dealt with lightly, but they were not overly concerned.
Fubo Dragon Sovereign’s ability to block the sneak attack had proven his formidable strength. Coupled with the dozens of Qi Transformation Stage members of the Aquatic Tribe and monster tribe present, and thousands of small monsters at the Essence Refining Stage, they could have worn Shen Yuan down by sheer numbers.
However, in just a short moment, Shen Yuan had broken through to the Qi Transformation Stage with the help of the Natural Spirit Pool, and was finally able to unsheathe the Bronze Ancient Sword around his waist due to the replenishment of Mana.
Just one stroke of the sword caused the Fubo Dragon Monarch to lose his head, rendering the Divine Arts of the Qi Training Stage Great Demon useless.
The moment the flood dragon’s head hit the water of the pond, all courage within the monster tribes was utterly crushed.
“Run!”
After a roar from an unknown monster, thousands of monsters from the platforms surrounding the Fubo Pond, like a swarm of locusts, rushed into the forest.
These monsters transformed into forms most suitable for running and used their full strength to rush into the forest.
As for the Aquatic Tribe members, they jumped into the pond from the platform one after another, attempting to escape through the underground water system of the pond.
In the process, weak small monsters were constantly knocked to death or trampled to death by powerful monsters during their escape, and the provocation of fresh blood drove the monsters into greater madness.
The flood dragon’s body, which had been supporting its flight in the sky, finally crashed into the pond due to the loss of demonic power, and its huge body crushed dozens of the Aquatic Tribe members from a height of hundreds of meters.
Despite this, none of the monsters or members of the Aquatic Tribe dared to pause, they just desperately rushed toward the direction they thought was safe.
Shen Yuan paid no attention to those fleeing monsters. Even though he had stepped into the Qi Transformation Stage and the Mana and Primordial Spirit power of his pseudo Primordial Spirit were ultimately limited, it was impossible for him to lull all these numerous small monsters in one go.
Anyway, these small monsters pose no threat at all. What Shen Yuan was really concerned about were the dozen or so monster tribe members who were at the Qi Transformation Stage, and the few Aquatic Tribe local deities who had assisted the Fubo Dragon Monarch before.
His gaze swept casually over the platforms at the front, and those monster tribe members and Aquatic Tribe members who were eager to flee froze instantly.
As monster tribe members at the Qi Transformation Stage, they were already extraordinary amid the early resurgence of Spirit Energy Tidal Surge.
If they fled into the forest, they could dominate and enjoy offerings from smaller monsters.
Even Fubo Dragon Monarch, a Great Demon at the Qi Training Stage, would need to consider their influence and treat them courteously. They were free to come and go as they pleased in the Fubo Pond.
But in the face of Shen Yuan, they dared not be disrespectful. A simple look was enough to extinguish all of their schemes.
That was because, while Fubo Dragon Monarch was powerful, he was also a local deity of the watery domain and needed to consider the influence within the Aquatic Tribe and monster tribe. He could not casually kill members of the Qi Transformation Stage monster tribe.
But Shen Yuan was a human, and he didn’t need to consider the relationship between the Aquatic Tribe and the monster tribe.
If he could kill a flood dragon at the Qi Transformation Stage, why would he care if he killed a few more monster tribe members at the same stage?
The rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, but the hearts of the Qi Transformation Stage monster tribe members felt icy cold as they quietly waited for Shen Yuan’s judgment.
However, Shen Yuan didn’t bother with these monsters but turned his gaze to the platform where he was standing.
More precisely, he was looking at the Natural Spirit Pool in front of the platform.
Although the Natural Spirit Pool was not large compared to real ponds and pools, in terms of the object itself, the Natural Spirit Pool in front of him, which was shaped like a lotus platform, was substantial. It was too large for Shen Yuan’s storage ring to contain.
But after Shen Yuan forcibly seized the Natural Spirit Pool using the Sect Master’s authority, he realized that not only was the Spirit Pool inside the lotus platform a treasured object, but the lotus platform accommodating the Natural Spirit Pool was also a remarkable object. Upon successfully seizing it, the method to refine it had been transmitted to his mind.
Mana surged from his fingertips, drawing a profound pattern in mid-air which was lightly imprinted onto this side of the Lotus Platform.
“Collect!”
As his voice fell, the giant Lotus Platform began to shrink dramatically, the platform, which originally looked like a stone statue carving, began to show a gem-like lustrous sheen.
In no more than a moment, the Lotus Platform transformed into palm-sized and fell into Shen Yuan’s hand.
With a flash of light, the Natural Spirit Pool was collected into his Storage Ring by Shen Yuan.
Only after securing this critically important treasure did Shen Yuan have the mood to look around the platform he was standing on.
Just before, Fubo Dragon Monarch was misled by Shen Yuan into thinking that Liu Yao had taken away the Natural Spirit Pool, tearing up all pretense in his fury and attacked Liu Yao without warning.
These little monsters below naturally followed suit, attacking the human cultivators from the Liu Family.
Among them, the first ones to be heavily attacked were naturally Liu Yao’s several servants and that Master Ge.
Several servants were at the Essence Refining Stage and were quickly killed, Master Ge also suffered attacks from several Qi Transformation Stage monster tribes.
However, Master Ge did not have as good a background as Liu Yao, having a large number of talismans and magical treasures protecting him, he quickly died under the attack from several Qi Transformation Stage monster tribe members.
With the death of Master Ge, the rest of the human cultivators could not escape either. Even though they desperately claimed they were not from the Liu Family, already bloodthirsty, the monster tribe did not believe them.
Shen Yuan had been watching with cold eyes all along, with no intention to intervene, until a monster tribe member attacked Ho Yao. Only then did Shen Yuan make his move and exterminate all the monster tribe members on the platform.
The chaotic killing on the platform did not catch the attention of Fubo Dragon Monarch, this provided Shen Yuan an opportunity to make his first attack.
Originally there were over thirty human cultivators, now, only about ten remained, almost everyone was injured and pale-faced.
Among them, a female cultivator was in disheveled hair and looking frantic, she constantly shook her head and murmured:
“I’m really not from the Liu Family, I’m really not from the Liu Family.”
Shen Yuan was indifferent to this, he just said to Hoe Yao, who had been staring dumbfounded:
“There are still some spirit objects left in this Fubo Pond, you can pick some to take back, can also exchange them for some cultivation provisions.
The legendary opportunities are too elusive, if not careful, you might fall into someone else’s trap.
With your talents, you can be pragmatic and may go further.”
While saying this, Shen Yuan patted Hoe Yao’s shoulder and took a step to walk away.
At this moment, a survivor named Xu Yi finally couldn’t hold back and said:
“Since you can kill Fubo Dragon Monarch, why didn’t you take a move earlier?
In that case, Young Master Liu and others would not have died.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone’s eyes instantly turned to Shen Yuan.
Although they were saved by Shen Yuan, at this moment, their eyes began to flash with the light of doubt.
“Them?”
Shen Yuan paused slightly, his gaze swept indifferently over Xu Yi, who had questioned him.
‘What does their life or death have to do with me?”