Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book Chapter 981 - 683: Slaying the Golden Core, Entering the Desert Sea

A dazzling spiritual glow erupted across the area, and right then, both Zhang Yongxin and Jia Yun wore faces pale as death.

Countless tier three and tier four spirit talismans had been flung by them, though the exact number was unknown, yet aside from brief flares of spiritual radiance, their resistance couldn't last much longer.

At the start, Zhang Yongxin continuously released a golden flying sword treasure, aiming to blast open a route or destroy the teleportation array.

This tier-four magical treasure of a flying sword, surging with fierce sword intent, possessed tremendous power; even when it slashed the Two-headed Turtle's shell, it carved a huge gash.

However, the Earth Dragon Demon King boasted vast combat experience.

From time to time, its massive golden tail whipped down, slamming the flying sword deep into the mountain wall.

Once the flying sword got sent flying, the pair could only depend on a lone spinning golden hook and a scarcely tier-four black-patterned magic shield.

Their magical treasures soon proved insufficient, compelling them to defend desperately, while Jia Yun kept pulling out tier three spirit puppets to offer up as sacrifices.

With so few tier-four magical treasures at hand and scant techniques available, confronting six Demon Kings plus a Golden Core cultivator—even backed by a formation—proved impossible for the duo; mere stalling was beyond them.

The Earth Dragon Demon King's occasional Mountain Prison Skill that sealed off space, or its enormous golden tail sweep, either one could unleash a fatal strike upon activation.

Ye Jingcheng refused to grant these two any chance to catch their breath now.

"Everyone, give it your all!" Ye Jingcheng roared in fury.

He had no desire to prolong the fight further or take them alive, since that was utterly unfeasible.

Killing them could shatter the Soul Talisman and alert their allies, yet in this critical juncture, time was their enemy; Golden Core cultivators were formidable enough, to say nothing of two armed with tier-four magical treasures!

Without delay, he gripped the Void Profound Bottle in his hand and pushed it to full power.

Blazing void profound magical radiance surged forth, sucking the tier-four spirit puppets straight into the bottle.

The Three-eyed Demon King grasped the moment to spew flames, its devouring black fire that could incinerate even the Divine Soul temporarily overwhelming both the shield treasure and golden hook treasure.

As Divine Sense burned away, control over the two magical treasures slipped entirely.

In certain ways, the Three-eyed Demon King's black flame posed an even deadlier threat to freshly advanced or weakly cultivated Golden Core experts!

Once the magical treasures' glow faded away.

The Mammoth Demon King barreled forward wildly, joined by the Thunder Roc Demon King's lightning feathers, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon's lashing tail and raking claws, and the Double-headed Turtle Demon King's binding assault, all crashing down together.

Right then, Zhang Yongxin's sly nature revealed itself.

He produced a spirit talisman; an escape talisman it was.

While this talisman couldn't break free from the Celestial Secret Cloth ancient treasure's seal, it allowed movement inside its bounds.

Turning into a beam of spiritual light, he appeared behind Jia Yun.

"Brother Jia, you go first!" The spiritual light swallowed Master Jia Yun in an instant.

Even in his final moments, he unleashed hundreds of tier two and tier three spirit talismans.

The display of power was truly spectacular.

Yet they were merely tier two and tier three spirit talismans after all, and having just advanced to Golden Core, his physique and cultivation remained unstable.

In that instant, not a single intact body part survived!

"This Zhang Yongxin intends to self-detonate!" Through Ye Jingcheng's Star Illusion Eye, resembling inverted hanging stars, pure and radiant, the chaotic spiritual blaze was seen through instantly, revealing Zhang Yongxin's swelling form in the rear.

The man was still rushing toward the teleportation array, and despite the Double-headed Turtle blocking the path ahead, a true self-detonation from Zhang Yongxin could genuinely wreck the formation.

Should the teleportation array get destroyed, the Ye Family's scheme would plunge into disarray.

Ye Jingcheng's cry carried utmost urgency at that point!

That's when the Three-eyed Demon King at last unveiled its third eye.

As the third eye parted, a far more horrifying and gruesome black flame morphed into a black fire phoenix and rocketed forth.

The inbound flying sword treasure and shield treasure had their controlling Divine Sense incinerated on contact, returning to inert forms sans True Essence.

Now, these two tier-four magical treasures resembled ones freshly tossed into the Artifact Refining Furnace.

Yet the Black Phoenix's might extended beyond that; it flared with savage fires, hauling Zhang Yongxin into the inferno.

The sinister black flame let out ghostly howls.

Zhang Yongxin’s agonized screams echoed louder as the flames burned fiercer!

This black flame came from the Three-eyed Demon Roc’s Lifebound Spirit Fire, essentially a Divine Soul Fire.

Zhang Yongxin’s Divine Soul was far too feeble.

His self-detonation attempt got completely suppressed.

At the same time, chunks of stone hurtled toward Zhang Yongxin, making it seem like he had abruptly wrapped himself in heavy Earth Armor.

Transforming into a towering golden-yellow mountain.

However, the instant after, it detonated violently, scattering into endless bits of flesh and gore.

Zhang Yongxin managed his self-detonation successfully, yet it only ended his life inside the Earth Dragon Demon King’s Mountain Prison.

It resembled a simple rock shattering, dealing scant damage—a mere few Foundation Establishment cultivators got surprised by the debris and picked up light injuries.

"Wood Head, unleash Divine Light!" Ye Jingcheng ordered right away.

Right now, they dared not slack off, hardly sparing moments to snag all the storage bags and magical treasures.

Getting set to step into the teleportation array.

Ye Haiyan, Ye Haiyu, and Ye Xuefan had rushed forward already, checking over the teleportation array.

"Grandpa, summon Turtle Ancestor here, get ready to transplant the teleportation array!"

Ye Haicheng shared a Blood Contract with Turtle Ancestor, and with it nearby, sensing was effortless.

Ye Jingcheng wrapped up his words and scanned the others.

"Everyone, go into the grotto heaven first!" Ye Jingcheng pulled out the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit, ushering everyone inside once more.

These family members now gripped fresh full stacks of spirit talismans, braced constantly for fight.

Even the Demon Kings showed grim faces now—after all, nobody could foresee what lay beyond the Teleportation Array.

With no way to retreat, they hastily linked with their Spirit Beast Great Demons, pulling out all stops to gear up.

"No problem!" Ye Xuefan called out.

Ye Jingcheng nodded too.

He figured the span since the two Golden Cores perished hadn’t topped five breaths.

And since those Purple Mansion Foundation Establishments fell, not even ten breaths had passed!

Though nobody’s True Essence had recovered completely, delay was impossible.

Ye Jingcheng inserted the readied upper-grade spirit stones into the array slots.

One after another, the Teleportation Array’s patterns glowed to life.

Ye Jingcheng ramped up his dominion over the Spirit-controlling Earth Dragon Demon King and triggered the Desolate Pattern from the Barbaric Tyrant Body Secret Manual to its max.

Clad in stacked layers of Spirit Armor, he drew the Teleportation Talisman at last. Dazzling Spiritual Light bloomed, ushering in that well-known wave of dizziness.

…

The Extreme West Desert Sea stretched boundless deserts under a barren yellow sky.

Fierce winds whipped up, hurling sand high overhead.

Whipping up horrifying dust storms across the heavens.

Only oases offered any shelter.

Longxing Oasis stood as the mightiest in the Extreme West Desert Sea, setting it apart from ordinary natural ones.

Longxing Oasis had been assembled piece by piece.

Stretching beyond ten thousand miles, it held mountains, towns…

Rich spiritual energy brimmed everywhere, pulsing with life.

In the core, grand halls crowned every peak.

One stood as the Zhang Family Hall, the other the Jia Family Hall.

The oasis folk called them the Twin Saint Halls.

Across the peaks, the halls stared each other down, matched in height and imposing splendor.

They varied solely in reliefs and designs.

Unlike the Jia Family, focused on Spirit Puppets with their hall carved full of Spirit Puppet scroll reliefs.

The Zhang Family dominated Fire Dao, their hall adorned with Artifact Furnace motifs, style majestic and just as fearsome.

Right then, a Purple Mansion Cultivator at the hall’s heart plotted oasis and spirit vein matters when a Foundation Establishment Cultivator rushed in stumbling.

"Uncle He Li, Uncle Yongxin’s Soul Talisman shattered just moments ago!"

"How long since it broke?" Zhang Helin demanded urgently.

Zhang Yongxin ranked as a Zhang Family Golden Core; the clan had flourished in the Desert Sea for centuries. Losing one now left just two—a crushing strike.

Plus, Zhang Yongxin gone meant no Golden Core guarded the Zhang Family’s Yan Kingdom branch, dooming their cultivation resources to enemies’ grasp.

"Five breaths!"

"Why wait to report!" Zhang Helin bellowed, sending the Foundation Establishment Cultivator crashing to the floor in terror, shaking uncontrollably:

"Uncle He Li, Uncle Yongxin’s Soul Talisman acted strange—it didn’t shatter right away but showed a crack first, fully breaking only after four or five breaths!"

"Curses! A treasure must be sealing the divine soul, holding back its shattering!"

"He An, hurry and notify Ancestor Taichu and Ancestor Taiji. I'll go question Jia Mingyuan from the Jia Family!" Zhang Helin swiftly commanded.

Flying out from the hall, he spotted a Jia Family member in a Daoist Robe hurrying toward him.

"Daoist Zhang, disaster has struck! All the Jia Family soul talismans at Fire Peak have broken. It's infuriating—the guarding clansmen failed to spot anyone hiding the Soul Talisman's destruction and only reported it late. Now every Jia Family cultivator at Fire Peak is dead!" The man was Jia Mingyuan, Patriarch of the Desert Sea Family.

"I've sent word to Guardian Ancestor Ze Yuan and Mingxuan, praying they demolish the Teleportation Array before it's too late."

"Is Ancestor Ze Yuan secluded once more?" Upon hearing about those two, Zhang Helin understood the situation, fury flashing in his gaze.

Jia Zeyuan ranked among the Jia Family's three mighty Golden Cores, a Mid-Stage Golden Core Cultivator no less. He typically fixated on cultivation, ignoring Jia Family matters entirely.

Yet at this critical juncture? With Zhang Family's Ancestor Taiji on the verge of Nascent Soul breakthrough, the Jia Family's Martial Fool Golden Core expert remained in seclusion guarding the Teleportation Array!

"I have to alert Ancestor Taiji and Ancestor Taichu!" Zhang Helin declared once more.

Simultaneously, a Golden Core aura erupted rapidly, golden radiance streaking from afar, while a figure shot out from Jia Family Mountain.

"Jia Zehai, the Teleportation Array stands intact. Should the Three Great Sects invade, your Jia Family guards the rear!" Zhang Taichu, a white-haired elder, bore profoundly sharp eyes upon his wrinkled visage.

"Zhang Taichu, what are you implying? Your Zhang Family's Zhang Yongxing guarded Fire Peak too—a veteran Golden Core. Should he escape blame for its fall?" Jia Zehai retorted sharply.

At the same time, he glanced toward the heart of Zhang Family Peak:

"Is Brother Taiji still secluded?"

"If you won't drag him out of seclusion this time, when will you move? Wait till enemies encircle us, forcing a breakout with backlash wounds that cripple your fighting strength?"

"Any word from Jiaxing Pass right now?" Zhang Taichu turned to Jia Mingyuan as well.

Watching him shake his head.

"Not a single response!"