35: Booby-trapped

Lin Feng reined in his aura, like a ghost, and once again stealthily returned to the edge of the valley.

He locked onto a Benlei Beast on the outskirts of the beast pack, whose aura was roughly at the Qi Cultivation stage eight layer.

He held a pebble, polished from ordinary Ore, in his hand, infused a trace of pure spiritual Qi into it, and flicked his wrist sharply!

Whoosh!

The pebble, with a sharp whistling sound, accurately struck the scales on the Benlei Beast's hindquarters!

"Roar!" The Benlei Beast roared in pain, abruptly turning its head, its dark blue beast eyes instantly locking onto the direction where Lin Feng was hidden!

It let out an angry low growl, electric light flickering on its four claws, and unhesitatingly pounced towards Lin Feng!

Its roar immediately attracted the attention of several nearby Benlei Beasts, who also growled and chased after it.

"Good! They're coming!" Lin Feng turned and ran, pushing his Treading Wave Step to its limit, his figure rapidly weaving through the forest, deliberately leaving obvious traces to lead these Benlei Beasts towards the pre-set trap area.

The moment the first Benlei Beast, with electric light, rushed into the narrow entrance and stepped into the Sword Formation's range—

"Formation activate! Kill!" Lin Feng roared!

Boom!

The buried Ice Spike Talisman triggered first, several chilling ice spikes piercing directly into the relatively soft belly and joints of the Benlei Beast!

At the same time, the Five Elements Sword Rain Formation was fully activated!

The five-colored Sword Qi network glowed brightly, and countless fine yet incomparably sharp Five Elements Sword Qi materialized out of thin air, raining down like a violent storm upon the intruding Benlei Beast!

The Sword Qi crisscrossed, emitting sharp shrieks!

Puff puff puff puff!

Scales shattered, flesh and blood flew!

The Benlei Beast at the Qi Cultivation stage eight layer bore the brunt, instantly pierced by countless Sword Qi, letting out a mournful howl before collapsing dead!

The few Benlei Beasts chasing behind were also enveloped by the Sword Qi, instantly acquiring countless bloody marks on their bodies, their speed greatly reduced!

"Earth Prison! Trap!" Lin Feng unhesitatingly activated the buried Earth Prison Talisman!

Rumble!

The earth shook, and thick earthen-yellow stone walls rose from the ground, segmenting and trapping the injured and startled Benlei Beasts!

"Qingfeng Slash! Wave Breaking!" Lin Feng's figure was like lightning, his fenshui sword unsheathed, wrapped in the faint golden glow of the Demon Slayer passive, like the reaper's scythe, precisely cutting into the trapped Benlei Beasts' defensive blind spots.

Where the sword light passed, blood splattered!

The battle erupted suddenly and ended quickly.

Under Lin Feng's meticulously arranged Formation, Talisman traps, and his own formidable close-quarters combat, the five Benlei Beasts he lured, including the one at the Qi Cultivation stage eight layer, were all slain!

The strong smell of blood instantly permeated the air!

"Roar—!!!"

Deep within the valley, the two originally sluggish Foundation Establishment beast kings were startled!

They abruptly stood up, their dark purple beast eyes instantly locking onto the direction from which the slaughter came, letting out earth-shattering roars!

A terrifying Foundation Establishment pressure swept over like a tsunami, making Lin Feng's breathing hitch!

The entire Benlei Beast clan was startled, the remaining twenty-plus Benlei Beasts all roared in unison, and led by the two beast kings, transformed into a surging wave of lightning, rushing towards Lin Feng's location!

The earth trembled, lightning flickered, and the momentum was terrifying!

"They're here!" Lin Feng's heart pounded, but his eyes were as cold as iron.

He quickly retreated to the core area of the Five Elements Sword Rain Formation, tightly clutching the Azure Astral Sword Talisman that was his life-saving measure!

The real test was just beginning!

Facing the surging beast pack, Lin Feng took a deep breath and once again fully activated the Five Elements Sword Rain Formation!

The remaining Sword Qi condensed again, forming a thin but sharp sword curtain, meeting the Qi Refining stage Benlei Beasts charging at the front.

Chichichichi!

The sound of Sword Qi cutting scales and armor was incessant, and several Benlei Beasts at Qi Refining stage seven or eight in the front row were instantly severely wounded, howling as they fell, but more Benlei Beasts charged forward fearlessly, using their powerful Physical Body and Benlei claw attacks to directly confront the Sword Formation!

The Sword Formation's light flickered violently, emitting an overloaded hum, clearly unable to hold on for much longer.

Just as the Sword Formation was about to be overwhelmed by the beast pack, the two Foundation Establishment beast kings also approached!

The fury of the two silver-horned beast kings made the air in the entire basin viscous and violent.

Their huge bodies suddenly soared from the lightning-struck rocks, not relying on wings, but rather two intensely flickering thunderclouds forming beneath their feet!

Carrying them like chariots wielding thunder, they charged towards Lin Feng at the Formation core at a speed beyond the imagination of Qi Refining Cultivators!

"So fast!" Lin Feng's pupils contracted.

The beast kings' speed far exceeded his estimation!

The two massive thunderballs, during the beast kings' charge, had already transformed into two tearing torrents of blazing white lightning, one on the left and one on the right, forming a pincer attack, carrying an aura of destruction that could incinerate everything, striking with a roar!

Before the lightning arrived, the terrifying pressure and scorching sensation already made Lin Feng's skin tingle and his breathing difficult!

One of the beast kings, slightly larger in size with a thicker arc of electricity on its single horn, flashed with cruelty in its eyes, opened its massive mouth, and a blinding, deep purple thunderball rapidly condensed within its mouth, its destructive aura locking onto the Sword Formation's core!

No escape! Direct confrontation meant certain death!

A fierce glint flashed in Lin Feng's eyes, he advanced instead of retreating!

He pushed his Treading Wave Step to its limit, his figure transforming into an elusive phantom, actually charging proactively towards the slightly smaller beast king on the left!

At the same time, his left hand lightning-fast pulled out a stack of "Earth Prison Talisman" from his bosom!

Although they were only first-tier, their quantity was considerable, making them the only possible means to create an opportunity at this moment!

"Suppress!" Lin Feng growled, spiritual Qi frantically pouring into the remnant Talisman!

The remnant Talisman instantly lit up with a heavy yellow glow, and an illusory, cracked earthen-yellow cage phantom appeared out of thin air, barely covering the path of the left beast king's charge!

In the nick of time!

A trace of madness and resolve flashed in Lin Feng's eyes!

He was waiting for this moment!

He ignored the thunderball that was about to be spewed, and instead fiercely poured most of his spiritual Qi, along with a little Divine Power he had just recovered, into the demon binding hook hanging at his waist!

"Demon lock! Go!!!"

Buzz!

The demon binding hook transformed into a dark blue lightning bolt, its speed reaching the extreme!

Its target was not the beast king spewing the thunderball, but the other Foundation Establishment beast king (temporarily called the Electric King) next to it, whose aura was slightly weaker, and who seemed more vigilant, about to pounce from the side!

This Electric King clearly hadn't expected Lin Feng, in such a desperate situation, to attack himself instead of the most threatening beast king!

The demon binding hook ignored the distance, carrying the unique demon-restraining aura of the Demon Slayer Divine Ability, and accurately hooked into its relatively vulnerable—rear leg joint connection!

"Aow—!" The Electric King was caught off guard, letting out a painful roar, and the powerful binding force instantly paralyzed one of its hind legs, hindering its movement!

It angrily turned its head, wanting to tear the demon binding hook's chain with its sharp claws.

"Roar—!!!"

Now!

Lin Feng's eyes shot out a cold light, and the non-gold, non-jade Azure Sword Talisman in his hand was unleashed without hesitation!

"Azure Astral! Slash!!!"

Clang—!!!

A terrifying sword hum, as if from the Nine Heavens, capable of severing all ages, suddenly erupted!

An intensely condensed, only a foot long, yet containing endless destructive will, Azure Sword Qi, burst forth from the shattered Talisman!

The moment the Sword Qi appeared, space seemed to be torn apart!

Its target was—the beast king that was spewing the deep purple thunderball!

Fast! Unimaginably fast!

The thunderball in the beast king's mouth had just been halfway spewed when the destructive Azure Sword Qi already reached its body!

For the first time, an emotion called "fear" appeared in its deep purple beast eyes!

Pfft!