I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2388 - 1075: Slaying the Golden Flame Manticore (Part 4)

The cave walls are reinforced to stop them from caving in amid the fierce clash raging within.

Once Dustless True Monarch shattered the Dragon Scale Formation, Chen Mobai gained a clear view of the three formidable auras pulsing inside.

Among them, one resembled a blazing crystal, bursting with intense heat and volatility, yet short on vitality.

Clearly, it belonged to the wounded Golden Flame Manticore.

Meanwhile, Da Kong True Monarch and Dustless True Monarch remained composed, steadily draining the Golden Flame Manticore's core strength.

Still, this clash between Divinity Transformation experts grew more intense over time, and Chen Mobai noticed wide fissures spreading across the nearby stone walls. The entire underground cavern teetered on the edge of total ruin.

Noticing the danger, Chen Mobai moved in to brace the fractured stone walls, all while positioning his Second Primeval Spirit near the Teleportation Array that Da Kong True Monarch had set up.

To guard against any surprises, Chen Mobai pushed the Taiyi Luo Heaven Formation to its utmost limits.

Through this array, he seized command over the spirit vein.

In addition to the spirit vein, he pulled out a handful of spirit stones, which quickly made the glow of the Taiyi Luo Heaven Formation intensify, blending seamlessly with the environment and even beginning to supplant the Dragon Scale Formation.

Right then, the array flags and array plates that Dustless True Monarch had scattered along the spirit vein were detected by Chen Mobai, who merged them into the Taiyi Luo Heaven Formation using his Earth Spirit Realm prowess.

Spiritual energy swirled swiftly around Chen Mobai, as the array nodes buried deep in the cavern ignited one after another. Dustless True Monarch observed how the chilling spiritual energy that had been blocking them now faded away, aiding their efforts against the Golden Flame Manticore's Lifebond True Flame.

"His mastery of formations is terrifyingly beyond Fifth Rank!"

This realization struck Dustless True Monarch with inner astonishment. At that instant, the Golden Flame Manticore also grasped that its end might have come. In its eyes, glowing like crimson orbs, a scarlet gleam sparked, and with a thunderous bellow, it ejected a sun-like golden pearl.

"This beast is going all out!"

Spotting this, Dustless True Monarch's face grew a bit grim.

Should a Fifth Rank inner core explode unchecked, even he could suffer grave wounds.

"Hahaha, I've awaited this very instant."

Da Kong True Monarch burst into laughter. The golden ring on his left hand shot forth abruptly, whirling toward the inner core the Golden Flame Manticore had released.

Within that golden ring, a dark void seemed to form, linking to an enigmatic realm, devouring the immensely potent inner core.

...

Shetuoling!

The Burning Heaven Meridians cultivators gathered in a circle around the array, channeling their spiritual power into the Cleansing World Pot as directed by Hong Yun.

During their assault on the Golden Flame Manticore, Hong Yun had gotten word from Da Kong True Monarch.

He sought no details, simply keeping the Cleansing World Pot activated per the Divinity Transformation's orders.

This effort had dragged on for half a day, leaving many Burning Heaven Meridians cultivators weary and loosening their focus.

Hong Yun himself felt a twinge of confusion deep down.

But suddenly, his face shifted in alarm.

Hong Yun and the other Nascent Soul cultivators detected an immense, unfathomable true force surging into the Cleansing World Pot.

They recognized it as the essence of boundless true fire.

Its potency and magnitude dwarfed anything from those assembled.

With a sharp "puff!"

The sheer force overwhelmed the Core Formation cultivators below Nascent Soul level, forcing them to cough up blood. Foundation Establishment and Qi practitioners bled from every orifice, their faces ashen, with numerous ones collapsing unconscious on the spot.

Hong Yun and the Nascent Soul experts alone clenched their jaws and endured.

They understood that failing to seal this force with the Cleansing World Pot would not only threaten the Holy Land's vital affairs but also rebound with devastating harm to their life force.

"Great Elder, it's becoming impossible to maintain!"

Elder Bai Wu, one of the elders nearby, signaled to Hong Yun, blood trickling from his lips.

"Please have Sect Master Ni summon the Nascent Soul cultivators from the Three Veins of Ice Heaven to lend their aid!"

In this crisis, Hong Yun refused to hoard the burden and urgently summoned Ni Yuanzhong, who stood guard close by, for support.

Han Xingzi, poised and ready, felt a surge of delight. He deployed the Jade Shatter Hall's supreme treasure to help suppress the Innate Sun True Fire bursting from the Cleansing World Pot.

...

Roar!

Inside the cavern, the Golden Flame Manticore let out a furious roar, sensing its severed link to the inner core and plunging into sheer terror.

In that moment, it wished it had detonated the inner core right inside itself.

That way, the human Divinity Transformation experts would claim nothing.

"Excellent, excellent, excellent—the Burning Heaven Meridians' Cleansing World Pot truly proves its worth!"

Witnessing this, Dustless True Monarch brimmed with joy.

Da Kong True Monarch's golden ring had the ability to forge passages to distant locales, pulling treasures from afar. Even prior to this hunt, it had linked to the Cleansing World Pot's activation.

This setup was tailored exactly for handling the Golden Flame Manticore's inner core explosion.

Yet, doubts lingered on whether the Cleansing World Pot could fully absorb a Fifth Rank True Spirit's inner core.

For the beast, it meant forfeiting just its inner core at worst.

Should the Cleansing World Pot falter, the Burning Heaven Meridians would bear the fallout.

The moment the Golden Flame Manticore expelled its inner core, Da Kong True Monarch could whisk it elsewhere.

Their sole worry was the Golden Flame Manticore's ferocity leading it to detonate internally, denying Dao Morale Sect its corpse and essence blood for pill refinement.

Thus, to avert that, they held back slightly in their assault, convincing the Golden Flame Manticore that self-detonation might allow its escape.

"Bind!"

Once the golden ring shunted the Fifth Rank inner core into the Cleansing World Pot, Da Kong True Monarch, free of concerns, grinned and invoked his silver ring, slipping it around the Golden Flame Manticore's neck, halting its desperate plunge deeper into the cavern and sending it smashing against the wall.

A deafening crash echoed as the cavern started crumbling.

Yet Dustless True Monarch twirled the Xuanji Instrument in his grip, reversing the falling stones to their prior spots, akin to time flowing backward—save for the Golden Flame Manticore now lodged in the rock face.

"How should we finish it off?"

With the silver ring locking down the Golden Flame Manticore's essence, Da Kong True Monarch turned to Dustless True Monarch at his side.

"Draining its blood while alive yields superior effects for crafting the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill."

Dustless True Monarch replied with an impassive face.

"Fine, where do we start the bleeding?"

Da Kong True Monarch agreed with a nod, his eyes flickering with silver light and his right hand forming a sword sign, unleashing the hidden Taixu True Sword Art.

"I wish to yield, serving as the True Monarchs' slave—please grant me mercy..."

Trapped by the silver ring and facing the Taixu True Sword poised above its skull, the Golden Flame Manticore shattered its defiance and pleaded desperately.

"When you slaughtered Dao Morale Sect's disciples, you sealed your own doom for this day."

Dustless True Monarch drew near the Golden Flame Manticore, indicating its chest area, his gaze steady as he questioned it.

This entire pursuit stemmed from the Golden Flame Manticore slaying former Dao Morale Sect disciples who had been foraging for herbs in the Ruins.

"True Monarch, I regret my actions. As a true spirit with an endless lifespan, I can forge a Life and Death Blood Pact with you, protecting your sect... I hold value for you..."

The Golden Flame Manticore kept begging, but its playful consumption of those pleading Dao Morale Sect disciples had long doomed it to this fate.

The Taixu True Sword plunged deep, and the Golden Flame Manticore sensed its essence blood ebbing away, struggling to resist, yet the silver ring's hold rendered its efforts pointless.

Before long, Chen Mobai outside felt the scorching presence from the cavern's depths vanish entirely.