Lu Yang had entered an abstruse state. His perception of the outside world had significantly waned. He could only sense the Golden Core cultivators attacking him, while everything further away became blurred.

In contrast, the fog in his dantian grew thinner. It seemed all he needed was to part the fog to uncover the halo behind it.

A demon beast with the head of a tiger and the body of a jiao dragon lunged at Lu Yang. This was the hujiao tiger-dragon.[1] It was at the Golden Core Stage and an aquatic creature that could temporarily move on land. The Herding Sky Grass had specifically brought it out from the lake to hunt Lu Yang.

Detecting the hujiao tiger-dragon’s attack, Lu Yang exhaled a mouthful of Three Flavor True Fire, which adhered to the Qingfeng Sword. Just like that, the already sharp Qingfeng Sword was now enhanced by the Three Flavor True Fire, becoming even more formidable.

The hujiao tiger-dragon roared as it charged at Lu Yang. With a flick of his wrist, Lu Yang softly...