Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

After a single breath, all twenty-plus Fourth Layer Martial Cultivators among the two thousand Martial Cultivators were already dead!

It was only then that the Conical Hat Guest, who was starting to gather their equipment, looked at Yan Yunfei and said, "The rest are just Second and Third Layer cultivators; I'll leave them to you!"

Upon hearing Lin Xuankong's words and recalling the strange demise of those Fourth Layer Martial Cultivators, this Early Stage Fifth Layer expert couldn't help but feel the corner of his eye twitch. The apprehension he already felt towards Lin Xuankong intensified!

When Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong chased after the Feng and Guo Family Martial Cultivators, as the only two Fifth Layer experts present, their Sword Auras and Blade Auras swept out. No one could block or evade them.

One by one, the once formidable Martial Cultivators of the Black Tiger Gang, the Feng Family, and the Guo Family, who had rampaged through the Great Marsh Prefecture, fell like ants touched by a torch, their bodies instantly turning to dust!

How could Third Layer Martial Cultivators possibly resist the might of Fifth Layer experts?

However, when these two ferocious Fifth Layer experts gathered, their faces still showed lingering shock and doubt.

Yuan Butong approached Yan Yunfei, his expression wary as he said, "This Conical Hat Guest... he actually injured an Early Stage Fifth Layer expert in a single strike! He didn't even use ranged True Qi attacks. Such divine might! Even I, a Mid-grade Fifth Layer expert, fear I wouldn't be able to achieve that even in another ten years!"

Yan Yunfei frowned. "He's indeed terrifyingly strong, but it's also very strange. Once Martial Cultivators reach the Fifth Layer or above, who still uses close-quarters combat? Aren't ranged True Qi attacks more ferocious and convenient? Perhaps... perhaps the Conical Hat Guest isn't a Fifth Layer True Qi expert?"

Yuan Butong stared at his friend in surprise. "What are you thinking? If he weren't a Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator, how could he unleash such speed? When that Conical Hat Guest charged over earlier, I didn't even notice him... It wasn't until he smashed Feng Zhushi into the ground with a single blow that I realized someone had entered the battlefield! Can you unleash such speed?"

Hearing this, Yan Yunfei looked somewhat embarrassed. "I can't."

Yuan Butong sighed. "You can't, and neither can I. For this Elder Conical Hat to achieve such speed, he must have advanced to the Fifth Layer at least fifteen years ago. He's likely a Martial Cultivator approaching the Late Stage of the Fifth Layer!"

Yan Yunfei's eyes flickered, the apprehension in his heart growing stronger. He waved his hand, unleashing a Silver Glow to slay a Black Tiger Gang Steward, trying to calm his nerves.

Yuan Butong sighed again. "It's not just his Explosive Power! He definitely used a Pupil Technique on those Fourth Layer Martial Cultivators—a Pupil Technique capable of influencing one's Heart Thought! Attacks on the Heart Thought are impossible to defend against... As long as one's Heart Thought Grade is lower than Elder Conical's, they would be completely unable to resist such an attack!"

Yan Yunfei frowned. "Then why didn't the Conical Hat Guest use his Pupil Technique on Feng Zhushi?"

Yuan Butong glared at him. "Why don't you go ask Elder Conical yourself?"

Yan Yunfei: ...

Yuan Butong continued, "Actually, what surprised me most about this battle is that Elder Conical dealt with Feng Zhushi without even using the Twin Vine Demon Pearl, which is famous throughout the Great Marsh Prefecture! If he had used ranged attacks and that Twin Vine Demon Pearl..."

Hearing this, Yan Yunfei stopped in his tracks, his expression shifting rapidly. "It seems Elder Conical was far from using his full strength in this battle! I really don't know how powerful he would be if he used all his techniques and the Twin Vine Demon Pearl!"

After saying this, he looked at Yuan Butong. They exchanged a glance and couldn't help but sigh with emotion once more.

But how could these two know that Lin Xuankong hadn't just refrained from using the Twin Vine Demon Pearl? He hadn't even had a chance to use the Black Soul Wondrous Jade, Marsh Python Demon Pearl, Evil Sheep Demon Pearl, Ghost Frog Demon Pearl, or Manluo Demon Pearl. The main reason was that Feng Zhushi, an Early Stage Fifth Layer cultivator, had died too quickly!

Even Lin Xuankong himself hadn't expected it. He had a whole pile of Demon Pearls, yet he hadn't used a single one, relying solely on his full-power Explosive Power!

Lin Xuankong was actually quite frustrated himself. Having too many trump cards, too many Demon Pearls, and never getting a chance to use them was also a problem... Of course, he now had another Demon Pearl in his possession: the Demon Fox Demon Pearl, one of the Feng Family's only two Demon Pearls!

In the distance, Lin Xuankong was gathering the Exorcism Equipment. As he organized it, he mused to himself, So many Demon Pearls. Are Demon Pearls really that valuable...?

「More than an hour later,」

Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong, who had been leading their disciples in pursuit of the fleeing Martial Cultivators, returned to the transport convoy's location.

Over two thousand Martial Cultivators from the Feng Family, Guo Family, and Black Tiger Gang had scattered and fled. Normally, it would have been impossible to annihilate them all; dealing with even a quarter would have been a good outcome. But under Lin Xuankong's Eight Gates Celestial Eye, all the Fourth Layer cultivators and those possessing Exorcism Equipment among them had been dealt with beforehand. Only some Second and Third Layer cultivators remained, making them naturally much easier to handle.

After more than an hour of pursuit, nearly four-fifths of the over two thousand Martial Cultivators from the Feng Family, Guo Family, and Black Tiger Gang had been killed, with only a few hundred managing to flee in disarray.

At this moment, everyone had returned to the transport convoy's location.

They saw that the Conical Hat Guest had already finished gathering all the Exorcism Equipment and Exorcism Armor and was now inspecting the medicinal herbs on the transport vehicles.

Those twenty-odd pieces of Exorcism Equipment, three sets of Exorcism Armor, along with the Azure Light Armor, were casually piled in an open space!

Yan Yunfei, Yuan Butong, and the more than one thousand Martial Cultivators with them all stared at the Exorcism Equipment and Exorcism Armor with burning desire in their eyes.

As Martial Cultivators, who wouldn't want to possess a piece of Exorcism Equipment? Who wouldn't desire a complete set of Exorcism Armor?