Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World Chapter 1002 - 488: Manipulating Fate, Reaping the Fisherman’s Benefit

The next day at midday.

Whoosh!

Jiang Fan materialized in a secluded valley, where far-off clashes of battle and fierce yells resounded intensely.

Strewn across the earth lay fragmented human remains, marked by savage rips and bites from strange creatures, devoured nearly to the bone.

In their final moments, terror and hopelessness twisted their faces.

Without question, these people had stumbled upon fierce exotic beasts and fallen to their ferocity.

Evidently, they lacked any means to fight back.

Yet there was no helping it; such creatures had attained the Divinity Transformation Level, far surpassing what typical humans could endure.

"Exotic beasts and humans truly can't coexist."

"It's do or die between us."

"So, no further words are needed."

A chilling light flashed in Jiang Fan's gaze as he extended his divine sense, swiftly sensing more than ten Divinity Transformation Level beasts lurking in the valley—precisely the ones he sought this time.

These Divinity Transformation Level beasts were gorging themselves on the human bodies, turning it into a gruesome feast.

Bright crimson blood soaked the terrain, while a sharp, acrid odor hung heavily in the atmosphere.

Such grim sights were all too frequent within the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.

Survival for humans here proved immensely challenging, constantly under the shadow of these horrifying predators.

"Perish."

Upon perceiving the spectacle, Jiang Fan showed no pause, his form blurring as he dashed toward the beasts.

"Roar!"

The creatures, lost in their meal of human flesh, spotted Jiang Fan immediately; far from mindless animals, they held a spark of cunning.

Low snarls rumbled from each, baring hostile postures, as brutal murderous auras erupted from their frames.

An aura like theirs could terrify any Divinity Transformation Cultivator.

Regrettably for them, to Jiang Fan, it felt like a mere gust, utterly insignificant.

Heaven-Stealing Claw Talisman!

Without delay, Jiang Fan invoked his Life Talisman, summoning a monstrous golden claw in the air above, covered in coarse fur and shimmering with deadly icy edges.

Thud!

From the heavens it plunged, bypassing all barriers of space, reaching the beasts in a flash with astonishing velocity.

Furthermore, it brimmed with horrifying keenness, resembling innumerable Sword Auras that sliced through everything.

Boom~~

Ere the Divinity Transformation Beasts could respond, one swipe of the claw annihilated them in a moment, shredding their forms into scores or multitudes of fragments.

Abundant blood sprayed across the snow, the warm liquid scorching the frozen surface.

A clear imprint of the beast claw scarred the earth, its edges vibrating with ominous acuity.

To Jiang Fan, at the Eighth-Layer of Divinity Transformation, such foes posed no challenge; he could dispatch endless numbers with ease.

"Staying here is too risky."

Faintly detecting a massive peril, Jiang Fan understood that massacring the beasts had incited the Void Refining Beasts hidden far within the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.

Through their blood ties, they would sense their offspring's end right away.

He had employed the Heaven-Stealing Claw Talisman on purpose to stir those Void Refining Beasts, using their might to drive out invading cultivators.

Evidently, his scheme had worked perfectly this round.

Whoosh!

Having completed his task, Jiang Fan wasted no time staying, nor did he plan to collect the beasts' remains, opting to abandon them as proof.

Soon enough, his presence faded entirely, as if he'd never appeared.

...

At the same time, in the heart of the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.

Void Refining Beasts dwelling in caverns received the tidings of their young's slaughter, each unleashing a thunderous howl that shook the land.

Myriad lesser beasts huddled quivering in terror, too scared to move a muscle.

Fear of being caught in the crossfire gripped them, risking sudden demise.

"Damn it all, who slew my offspring?"

A furious Void Refining Beast roared in rage.

For beasts at their realm, producing offspring of pure blood was exceedingly rare; every one held immense value, nearly impossible to replace.

Should their young perish amid war, it would simply be destiny.

The problem lay in their death occurring inside the Ice Crystal Mountain Range, akin to falling within their own den.

Such a loss brought deep shame.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

In a heartbeat, the Void Refining Beasts surged from their dens, converging at the site of the killings, beholding the butchered corpses littering the ground in horrific states.

This sight ignited their seething wrath.

"Human bodies are present as well; it looks like they met their end from human cultivators."

"No way, the humans who dwell in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range are pathetically feeble—how could they stand against us?"

"The culprit isn't among the locals of the Ice Crystal Mountain Range but outsiders, cultivators from beyond."

"What? Why would these human cultivators dare venture into the Ice Crystal Mountain Range? Do they not realize it's our domain?"