The "Flying Sky Dragon Boat" is primarily made from the spine and tail of a unicorn water-cold flood dragon, supplemented by other rare minerals and spiritual materials, rendering it a top-tier flying artifact.
The fur of the Lion Barbarian Giant Demon Beast is refined and forged by the artifact refiner into protective inner armor.
The head of the Lion Barbarian Giant Demon Beast, after being forged and fused by the artifact refiner with Vajra Profound Iron Stone and Sunken Heavenly Meteorite, is made into the "Heavenly Profound Giant Restraint Ring," a top-tier forbidden artifact.
Oh, and Wu Tao also bought a portable small forbidden formation flag for protecting his temporary residence. Along with these miscellaneous items, he spent over eight thousand spirit stones in total.
In less than half a month, Wu Tao was penniless again, with only a few hundred spirit stones left.
***
Seven parts ocean, three parts land.
This is the approximate area distribution in the cultivation world.
Beneath the vast oceans lie all sorts of heavenly treasures, powerful demon beasts, exotic creatures, and strange life forms.
The major forces of the righteous and demonic paths in the Azure Continent, abandoning their feuds, have united to proactively attack the East Sea, largely due to its richness.
No one knows how many heavenly treasures exist in the ocean. They are seemingly inexhaustible.
At least, that's how cultivators in the Azure Continent see it.
***
Above the Taiyi Immortal Sect's encampment, continuous whistling sounds echoed, and streaks of dazzling light converged into a river in the sky, flashing and disappearing.
Thousands upon thousands of cultivators flew their artifacts towards the distant boundary between the Azure Continent and the East Sea.
The Moonfang Coastline!
The place where the Azure Continent and the East Sea's numerous immortal islands converge the most.
The Moonfang Coastline is not like an ordinary coast; its geographical position is very special.
It is an extremely important strategic location for both the cultivation world of the Azure Continent and the East Sea.
Along this long, crescent-shaped coastline, there are countless islands rich in spiritual energy, making their locations highly significant.
Furthermore, beneath the seabed of the Moonfang Coastline lie many precious and rare cultivation resources.
For example, medium-sized spirit stone mines, small artifact refining veins, Sunken Spirit Mother Veins, spirit material mountains, coral medicine trees, kelp forests, and so on.
***
The Moonfang Coastline is surrounded by abundant spiritual energy, making it a rare blessed land and spiritual ground within the border region of the Azure Continent and the East Sea.
Although there is no complete large spirit脉 here, the density of spiritual energy is comparable to that of the sect encampments meticulously cultivated by major immortal sects for many years. Resources like minerals, spirit materials, spiritual medicines, and spirit stones are inexhaustible.
If not for the Moonfang Coastline being situated in such a precarious, "powder keg" like location, it would undoubtedly have been the mountain gate encampment of a major immortal sect.
How could it have remained a lawless, chaotic buffer zone for tens of thousands of years, even in previous eras?
The Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, along with all their affiliated forces, united the strength of the Azure Continent to launch a large-scale offensive against the East Sea, led by the Cold Water True Spirit Sect. As time progressed, this conflict indirectly escalated.
Ultimately, the Moonfang Coastline became a massive battlefield and a meat grinder.
Countless young geniuses stepped onto the stage, gaining recognition under the watchful eyes of many. Simultaneously, countless ambitious cultivators with lofty aspirations met their demise, buried in foreign lands.
***
Along the thousand-mile Moonfang Coastline, fierce battles between hundreds of thousands of cultivators took place throughout the day. Although they gradually wound down due to the approaching darkness, intermittent "explosions" could still be heard, disturbing the surrounding spiritual energy and triggering violent tides and waves.
From cultivators of the Core Formation stage to Foundation Establishment stage, and down to the juniors of Qi Refining, all displayed their spells, divine abilities, artifacts, and treasures in this place.
Hundreds of thousands of cultivators engaged in continuous combat here for over a year, artificially destroying many of the offshore islands.
***
The severity of environmental damage at the Moonfang Coastline has reached a shocking level.
Even if the Taiyi Immortal Sect, the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the Cold Water True Spirit Sect were to cease hostilities now, it would take them over a thousand years of recuperation to recover their former prosperity.
***
On the beach of a miniature island, Wu Tao wielded his "Armor-Piercing Dragon Cone," his fists glowing with a faint golden light, fiercely clashing with a disciple of the Cold Water True Spirit Sect in the early Foundation Establishment stage.
Although the opponent was enveloped in swirling water vapor, exuding an imposing aura, and his top-tier artifact, the "Fish Swimming Flying Sword," moved through the air like monstrous waves in a vast ocean, attacking with immense momentum.
However, as Wu Tao activated the Soul Captivating Bewitching Bell, the disciple of the Cold Water True Spirit Sect suddenly froze, his eyes showing a look of bewilderment.
Seizing this opportunity, Wu Tao advanced step by step, until he was within three feet of the Foundation Establishment disciple. He then launched a punch directly at him.
Wu Tao's fist blazed with golden light, trailing a brilliant luminescence. Instantly, a tiger roared to the heavens, and a dragon traversed the four seas, striking with an overbearing force.
The fist met the flying sword head-on. Golden and blue light intertwined, colliding and exploding, creating bursts of water that resembled fireworks.
*Poof!*
The disciple of the Cold Water True Spirit Sect was the first to falter. The Fish Swimming Flying Sword was struck by the fist's might and sent flying.
As the owner of the artifact, he also suffered severe internal injuries. Following that, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
***
Wu Tao did not intend to let him go easily. With a movement of his Wind-Riding Azure Bird Boots, his figure vanished instantly. He reappeared close to the Cold Water True Spirit Sect disciple and unleashed a rapid barrage of several punches to his chest.
*Bang bang!*
His fist sank an inch into the opponent's body, and the sound of cracking ribs was clearly audible.
"No!"
The disciple of the Cold Water True Spirit Sect vomited blood towards the sky, losing control of his body. He was sent flying backward at high speed, crashing violently against the reef behind him.
This inner disciple of the Cold Water True Spirit Sect breathed his last in the next second.
Immediately after, Wu Tao, with practiced ease, grabbed the storage bag from his person and disappeared from the island.
Wu Tao immediately flew his artifact, heading rapidly towards the sect's temporary encampment on the large island, "Mulberry God Island."
***
The harvest this time was sufficient, and night was falling. According to custom, after a major battle every fifteen days, the Core Formation cultivators of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, Heavenly Demon Sect, and Cold Water True Spirit Sect should be coming out to fight.
What if he got caught in the crossfire? Wouldn't his death be too unjust?
The thought of witnessing several Core Formation cultivators fighting, unleashing their innate divine abilities and treasures, made Wu Tao tremble with lingering fear.
An area spanning dozens of miles was completely ravaged by their battle, nearly sucking him in even though he was hiding over thirty miles away.
From then on, he diligently tracked the time and dates. Whenever that period approached, he would return early, even if he gained nothing and earned no battle merits.
***
In the cultivation world, as a cultivator's realm increases, they gradually become less human.
For Core Formation cultivators, who form a spiritual embryo and solidify their spiritual energy into a core, their divine abilities are established. They are essentially a different species from mortals, and their spiritual energy is entirely distinct from that of ordinary cultivators.
What made Wu Tao even more apprehensive was the immense power of the divine abilities and treasures of Core Formation cultivators.
It was a vast difference between heaven and earth, like a mortal facing a tiger, no, a true dragon!
How could mortals possibly defeat a true dragon?
The top prodigies of the Qi Refining stage could defeat Foundation Establishment cultivators, but the top prodigies of the Foundation Establishment stage could not defeat Core Formation cultivators.
The disparity in spells, artifacts, divine abilities, and treasures was simply staggering!
***
Three years ago, Wu Tao was ordered, along with other inner disciples, to escort a batch of spirit stones, spiritual herbs, and medicinal materials to this place.
He was then left here, becoming a high-level cannon fodder for the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
He had not only participated in several large-scale battles with over a hundred thousand participants, but also repeatedly engaged in skirmishes with scattered enemies by venturing deep into island clusters, as he had just done.
It was strange, really. After the Taiyi Immortal Sect, the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the Cold Water True Spirit Sect had engaged in several battles that ended in stalemates, they had faced each other across the island clusters of the Moonfang Coastline. A peculiar warfare had gradually formed, with a major battle each month and minor skirmishes daily.
The "major battles" involved the three factions deploying armies of hundreds of thousands of cultivators for large-scale combat.
The "minor battles" involved each side dispatching a certain number of cultivators, either in groups or individually, to hunt down the enemy's cultivators within the Moonfang Coastline island clusters.
Regarding the major battles, there's no need to elaborate. In this terrifying and bloody battlefield, a meat grinder of sorts, artifacts, treasures, spells, and divine abilities flew everywhere.
Those at the forefront were always the first to die, while those at the rear had the lowest mortality rate.
***
In the minor battles, the strength and status of Core Formation cultivators were vastly incomparable to those of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
After some probing, the higher-ups of the three factions tacitly agreed to a semi-monthly period. During these fifteen days, Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators could engage in mutual combat.
After fifteen days, it was the turn of the Core Formation experts of both sides to emerge and engage in a major battle.
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