Everyone used their various methods to search for traces of the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom.
The Joyful Union Sect was not far from Zhan Wusi, and they supported each other. With the help of the Treasure Seeking Rat, the Joyful Union Sect didn't need to take action themselves, they only needed to follow along.
Li Chengfeng did the same. He watched as the experts rapidly flew forward.
However, when they had traveled thirty miles, everyone suddenly felt a chill and began to shiver, abruptly turning around to flee.
It turned out that the ground ahead suddenly rose up and exploded with a bang, and a huge demonic beast appeared.
This was a black Ujin Scorpion with a body of deep blue. It let out a deafening roar, and countless small scorpions surged out from the ground like a tide, rushing madly towards the cultivators.
This was clearly their nest, and what the scorpion was guarding was a blue grass.
Zhan Wusi recognized the grass at a glance, and a hint of greed flashed in her eyes.
Although this was not the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom, it was also extremely precious, called Clear Water Grass.
This was a favorite pill refining ingredient for water-attribute cultivators, able to help them break through bottlenecks.
As long as she obtained it, she could exchange it for one hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones.
Originally, Zhan Wusi didn't want to create unnecessary trouble, but faced with such a treasure, she decided to take a gamble.
Li Chengfeng silently calculated in his mind that this was already the twelfth demonic beast they had encountered.
Zhan Wusi's chains rattled, and nine chains fell like a silver river.
The scorpion flapped its wings and flew up, its poisonous tail sweeping across, separating the iron chains one by one.
Although Zhan Wusi had profound cultivation, in this special region, her power was suppressed, and she could only fight evenly with the scorpion.
In the end, the giant poisonous scorpion was no match for Zhan Wusi and was tightly bound by the iron chains, its blood constantly being extracted.
Seeing this, Xue Ming and the others immediately launched an attack, each offering their own magical artifacts and fiercely bombarding the giant scorpion.
However, although the giant scorpion was pierced with wounds all over its body, its defense was still extremely strong and difficult to break through.
Li Chengfeng stood in the distance, using his spatial power to see everything clearly.
His Substitute Death Puppet also played a role in the melee, killing many small scorpions.
However, Li Chengfeng did not show much interest in the Clear Water Grass.
Although it was valuable, it was of little use to him, and he didn't want to cause too much trouble because of it.
The battle lasted for one or two hours, and finally, the giant poisonous scorpion was exhausted and killed by everyone's combined efforts. They did not waste the opportunity and collected the surrounding spiritual herbs.
Li Chengfeng also breathed a sigh of relief and began to pay attention to the surrounding movements.
Next, they frequently encountered various demonic beasts, and the light in the sky appeared from time to time, indicating that someone had used a talisman.
The use of the talisman would cause the rules to tremble. According to these tremors, Li Chengfeng discovered that the talisman had been used nine times to kill these twelve demonic beasts.
Among them, three members of the Corpse Refinement Sect killed the blocking demonic beasts without using talismans, which made Li Chengfeng wary of this corpse armor expert and their techniques.
Although they were scattered in various places, Li Chengfeng controlled their movements through their aura.
He used the Tracking Dormancy Technique on them to ensure that he could grasp their actions at any time.
In this dangerous world, only by acting cautiously could he ensure his own safety.
Zhan Wusi's expression was extremely solemn. The Treasure Seeking Rat in her sight was shivering.
This strange demonic beast not only had the ability to find treasures but also had a keen sense of danger.
Once it sensed a dangerous or unfavorable aura, it would cower and refuse to move forward, indicating that there was a huge crisis lurking ahead.
The Treasure Seeking Rat's squeaks were chaotic, clearly unwilling to explore further, which made Zhan Wusi feel both fear and regret.
This was her last chance to enter this secret realm. It would not open again for a hundred years, and the existence of peak second-tier demonic beasts would make the competition even more fierce.
She used the loopholes in the rules, carrying the hope of obtaining the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom, but she did not expect a bad start, with the Treasure Seeking Rat trembling and refusing to move forward.
Xue Ming's expression was also as heavy as water, but he did not say much, only silently carrying out the orders from above, assisting Zhan Wusi in seizing the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom.
After the matter was completed, he would also reap considerable rewards.
Zhan Wusi had no other choice but to take out a pill and shake it at the Treasure Seeking Rat, saying, "Go and explore quickly. If you find anything, this pill will be your reward and can even help you enter the second-tier Treasure Seeking Rat stage. What do you say?"
As soon as she said this, the Treasure Seeking Rat seemed to understand, gritted its teeth, and finally mustered its courage to dash in one direction, taking each step carefully.
Li Chengfeng witnessed all of this and secretly marveled at how extraordinary this Treasure Seeking Rat was, that even in the face of danger, it was difficult to harm it in the slightest.
However, he also knew the importance of the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom. Whoever obtained this item would become his mortal enemy.
Faced with such an enemy, he had to go all out and rack his brains for a countermeasure.
The Treasure Seeking Rat crossed mountains and ridges, suddenly arriving in front of a deep pool, squeaking and refusing to move forward.
Zhan Wusi scanned with her divine sense, and a look of surprise appeared on her face, which then turned into joy.
When Zhan Wusi sensed the aura of the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom in the deep pool, her expression instantly became solemn and tense.
In addition to the tempting Nine Desires Celestial Bloom, this pool also contained a special power, so powerful that even her divine sense did not dare to touch it easily.
She cautiously delved deeper and discovered that a huge water python was coiled in the depths of the pool, guarding a crystal clear spiritual herb with nine petals.
This spiritual herb exuded a faint spiritual energy, and each of the nine petals shone with nine kinds of light, dazzling and eye-catching.
Seeing this, Zhan Wusi laughed heartily, extremely excited: "Good treasure, this is the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom!"
She immediately ordered the formation to be set up. The disciples did not dare to neglect and quickly set up the Thunder God Ghost Slaying Formation under the guidance of Xue Ming.
This formation was incomparably powerful, even more so than any of the previous ones.
This time, the number of middle-grade spirit stones used in setting up the formation actually reached more than 1,000, and with the disciples in their respective positions, placing their palms on the formation's core, a powerful force was instantly injected into it, and an aura suddenly burst out.
Even though the formation was complete.
Zhan Wusi still felt a trace of unease. She was worried about losing this rare opportunity, so she emphasized again: "This time, everyone must work together wholeheartedly.
As long as we complete the task, we will leave immediately, set up a defensive formation, and no longer participate in the competition for other spiritual herbs."
These words dispelled the doubts in the disciples' hearts, and she also promised that anyone who participated in the successful capture of the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom would receive a Foundation Establishment Pill.
This promise undoubtedly reassured everyone, and they all became energetic, as if they had already seen the moment they entered the Foundation Establishment stage.
Li Chengfeng's Substitute Death Puppet was also extremely excited, his expression exaggerated to the extreme.
Seeing this, Xue Ming nodded and personally directed the formation, suddenly covering the entire deep pool tightly.
However, at the moment the formation was completed, the pool suddenly boiled, and the demonic beast within was extremely sensitive, sensing the dangerous aura.
