The demon cultivators practiced both body and spell cultivation, each with a physique comparable to a spiritual instrument.
The cultivators on the ship were fighting against the demon cultivators, but they were truly not on the same level.
In just a few minutes, hundreds of cultivators on the ship had died at the hands of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect cultivators.
Yet, only a dozen or so demon cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect had fallen. The gap between the two sides was too vast.
As the saying goes, "The tree that stands out in the forest is sure to be toppled by the wind." Among the crowd, Guo Feilong tried not to stand out too much to avoid attracting the attention of the Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivators.
He didn't even release his ninth-rank spiritual beast, the Ice Flame Hound, Erha, from his Spiritual Beast Bag.
He had already seen several very powerful ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators, who, because they shone too brightly, killed several demon cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, only to attract the attention of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from the sect and get killed.
Buzz!
A sound of a staff came from behind, and Guo Feilong had no time to dodge. He could only use the Golden Body Technique, causing a faint golden light to appear on his skin.
With a clang, the iron staff struck the back of his head, but he was unharmed. This was the benefit of having a body comparable to a high-quality sacred treasure.
If it had been another ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator taking that hit, their head would have exploded, and they would have died on the spot.
Without even looking at who hit him from behind, Guo Feilong swung his sword backward, slicing the attacker in half at the waist.
The flying sword in his hand was a top-grade spiritual instrument, and being a body cultivator, his strength was terrifying, making it easy to kill Qi Refining stage cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect.
In the battle involving thousands of cultivators on both sides, various spiritual instruments emerged endlessly, and cultivators continued to die or get injured.
As long as he wasn't targeted by the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, Guo Feilong wasn't afraid of any Qi Refining stage cultivators from the sect.
While fighting, he kept an eye on the battle between the two Golden Elixir stage cultivators high in the sky.
Guo Feilong knew very well that the outcome of the battle between those two Golden Elixir stage cultivators would determine the final victory or defeat of this battle.
Boom!
At that moment, a figure suddenly rushed out from a Ten Thousand Demons Sect ship outside the blood-colored barrier, exuding a terrifying aura.
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It was another Golden Elixir stage demon cultivator.
"Cao Man, two hundred years ago when I first entered the Golden Elixir stage, you chased me for three days and nights. Today, I'm going to turn your soul into the main soul of my Ten Thousand Souls Banner to avenge that pursuit."
The newly appeared Golden Elixir stage demon cultivator waved the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand, releasing ghosts that flew out, filling the sky with a dense yin energy that formed black clouds, blocking out the sun.
Cao Man, the Golden Elixir stage cultivator from the Primordial Sect, had a slight change in expression. He had barely managed to hold his own against the Ten Thousand Demons Sect's Old Ou with the help of a sacred treasure, but with another Golden Elixir stage demon cultivator joining, his situation worsened.
Seeing this, Guo Feilong felt a chill in his heart.
He hadn't expected to encounter such a situation just by going out.
"No, I have to find a way to escape."
"If the Golden Elixir stage cultivator Cao Man from the Primordial Sect is killed or flees, we Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators will be lambs to the slaughter in front of the Golden Elixir stage cultivators."
Guo Feilong's mind raced, trying to figure out how to escape.
Flying away was definitely not an option, as the blood-colored barrier set up by the Ten Thousand Demons Sect's ship had blocked the path to the sky.
With a splash, a cultivator was killed by a demon cultivator and fell into the river. Guo Feilong's eyes lit up, deciding to find an opportunity to slip away from the riverbed.
Although there were many ferocious spiritual beasts in the Endless River that would attack human cultivators, it was still better than being killed by demon cultivators.
Once he made up his mind, Guo Feilong continued to fight the demon cultivators while taking storage bags from the bodies of dead cultivators.
Moments later, the battle between the Golden Elixir stage cultivators in the sky reached a conclusion.
Cao Man, the Golden Elixir stage cultivator from the Primordial Sect, lost an arm and fled quickly into the distance.
The two Golden Elixir stage cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect pursued him relentlessly.
With the defeat of the Primordial Sect, everyone was in despair, and many began jumping into the river, intending to escape underwater.
However, to their horror, there were also Ten Thousand Demons Sect cultivators underwater, including several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators with water spiritual roots.
Water spiritual root cultivators wouldn't suffocate underwater and were as agile as fish, unlike other spiritual root cultivators, whose combat abilities were greatly diminished underwater.
Fire spiritual root cultivators, in particular, lost their spells underwater, unable to produce fire, and were severely restrained.
In the blink of an eye, the cultivators who jumped into the river were slaughtered by the Ten Thousand Demons Sect cultivators underwater.
Seeing the demon cultivators underwater, Guo Feilong hesitated.
But when he saw the two Golden Elixir stage cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect returning from chasing Cao Man, he knew he couldn't hesitate any longer.
In the next moment, Guo Feilong killed an eighth-level Qi Refining demon cultivator with a single sword strike and plunged into the water.
Once in the river, two demon cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect immediately approached him.
Being a water spiritual root cultivator, Guo Feilong was also as agile as a fish in water. He didn't entangle with the two demon cultivators and quickly rushed toward the riverbed.
To escape, he merged auspicious clouds with his Golden Body Technique.
In an instant, his body's strength increased to the level of a top-grade spiritual instrument, then further to the level of a low-quality sacred treasure.
His speed in the water increased rapidly, and a water spiritual root Foundation Establishment stage cultivator from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect chased him for a while before giving up, unable to catch up.
A cultivator's divine sense faced great resistance in water, reducing its range compared to in the air.
Guo Feilong kept swimming toward the riverbed and away from the battle.
After diving who knows how many meters—maybe two or three thousand, or perhaps four or five thousand—Guo Feilong finally reached the riverbed.
Without a word, he burrowed into the riverbed mud.
Fortunately, as a water spiritual root cultivator, his skin could generate oxygen in the riverbed mud, preventing suffocation.
At this time, with the return of the two Golden Elixir stage cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, none of the thousands of cultivators on the ship survived.
Their blood and flesh were refined into blood spirit pills by the Ten Thousand Demons Sect.
To demon cultivators, blood spirit pills were divine elixirs, not only enhancing cultivation and mystic power but also increasing the chances of breaking through cultivation stages.
Their divine souls were collected by the Ten Thousand Demons Sect to be refined into ghosts for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
The two Golden Elixir stage cultivators scanned the river with their divine sense twice, discovering over a hundred cultivators who had escaped several miles away, and killed them through the river before steering the Primordial Sect's ship away.
Guo Feilong's decision to hide in the riverbed mud was absolutely the right choice, as even the divine sense of Golden Elixir stage cultivators couldn't penetrate the mud after passing through thousands of meters of river water.
In the mud, Guo Feilong didn't know if the Ten Thousand Demons Sect cultivators had left.
He didn't dare to emerge hastily and waited for seven or eight hours.
Only then did he come out of the mud and swim toward the river surface.