187: Chapter 187 The Hunting Net of the Beast Taming Heavenly Sect

Above the basin, dozens of thick beams of light shot into the sky, intertwining to form a starry net that blotted out the sun.

Intricate and mysterious formation patterns flickered across the surface of the light net, completely sealing off the Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence within a radius of ten miles.

This was the secret formation of the Beast Taming Sect—the Nine-Star Spirit-Binding Formation.

Thirty-six Sect elites, clad in starry Daoist robes, sat cross-legged in the air at the nodes of the formation, following the number of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits.

Their faces were solemn, and their hands moved rapidly to change incantations, continuously pouring vast amounts of True Essence into the bronze Formation Flags in their hands, transforming it into a formidable power capable of suppressing all things.

In the very center of the formation.

The Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox, a Peak-stage Tier 2 Great Yao Beast with a body like a mountain, was drenched in blood, her fur matted and torn.

From dozens of wounds deep enough to reveal bone, demon blood cascaded like a waterfall, scorching countless pits into the charred earth below.

Her single leg, thick as a heavenly pillar, was nailed firmly to the ground.

Despite the heavy Spiritual Pressure descending from the sky, her massive body stood tall and unyielding, refusing to move even an inch.

"Boom!"

The Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox raised her head to the sky and let out a deafening roar.

The muscles beneath her belly bulged violently as her single leg stomped heavily onto the earth.

Earth-yellow innate demon power surged from her body, transforming into ripples of tangible grey-white sound waves that rose against the starry sky.

The air along her path shattered layer by layer under this terrifying vibration, emitting a shrill scream like breaking glass.

The Disciples bearing the brunt of the attack, despite being protected by the formation's spiritual light, turned deathly pale.

The sound waves penetrated the formation, striking directly at their internal organs, causing them all to spew large mouthfuls of blood, their figures swaying precariously in mid-air.

"Steady your positions! Do not retreat even half a step!"

Above the clouds in the high sky, a young Cultivator dressed in snowy white robes stood with his hands behind his back.

His tone was clear and gentle, yet it carried an extreme indifference, as if he viewed all things as mere straw dogs.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan of the Beast Taming Sect.

He stepped on a jade Flying Sword shimmering with flowing light, looking down at the dying primordial exotic beast below with an expression as calm as an ancient well.

"The Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox lineage's innate Divine Ability governs earth-elemental vibrations. She is burning her blood essence, and her death throes are not to be underestimated."

Qin Wuyan parted his thin lips slightly, his voice wrapped in deep mana, carrying across the entire field.

"Team A, offer up the Sea-Suppressing Ropes and seal her four poles; Team B, switch to the Yin-Soft Deflection technique to neutralize the sound wave backlash. Today, we must exhaust this beast to death right here."

His command was as immovable as a mountain.

The thirty-six elite Disciples below changed their formation instantly.

Eight Cultivators holding arm-thick black iron chains surged out of the formation.

The chains were branded with dark red runes, and as the incantations were activated, they transformed into eight ferocious black pythons, tightly binding the Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox's thick single leg and neck.

"Roar!"

The Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox, in pain, twisted her massive body frantically.

The black iron chains were pulled taut, emitting a harsh metallic screeching sound.

Four Disciples controlling the chains were dragged several yards through the air by this monstrous strength, their palms splitting open and blood flowing freely.

However, herein lay the terror of the Sect's battle formation.

The Disciples in the rear quickly filled the gaps, their mana overlapping, relying on sheer numbers to nail this primordial exotic beast firmly in place.

In the deepest darkness of the cliff, Gu Shen stood with his hands behind his back behind a dead, ancient pine tree.

He retracted all his aura into his Cold Jade Bone, the Nirvana Star Core rotating steadily, devouring all fluctuations of vitality that might leak into the surroundings.

Gu Shen's eyes were deep and dark as he watched this tragic hunt with a cold gaze.

"Master, physical environment data has been synchronized and analyzed."

The Crab's standalone computing module at his collar operated at high speed, its electronic voice transmitting along his collarbone into Gu Shen's ear.

"The vocal cords and skeletal structure of that giant carbon-based organism are abnormal, serving as a perfect biological resonance chamber."

"Every time she vocalizes, she generates an extremely strong infrasonic wave with a frequency between seven and thirteen hertz."

The Crab's report was filled with the rigor of data analysis.

"This frequency perfectly matches the natural frequency of the organs within a biological body."

"Without an external energy shield to buffer it, this physical-level infrasonic resonance can vibrate the organs inside an enemy into a puddle of mush in a short period."

Gu Shen felt a slight chill in his heart upon hearing this.

The Cultivation World called it a sound wave Divine Ability, while Wasteland technology deconstructed it as infrasonic resonance.

Regardless of the name, this type of attack, which ignored conventional mana shields and struck directly at the internal structure of matter, could be described as nothing short of tyrannical.

"The Yao-Bone Iron Guard's titanium-tungsten alloy armor is sturdy, but it cannot defend against this kind of internal vibration that penetrates the shell," Gu Shen calculated inwardly.

"If the Iron Guard encountered such an attack, the micro-batteries and red copper transmission formation patterns within its chest cavity would easily short-circuit and paralyze under the resonance."

His gaze once again turned to the blood-drenched Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox in the formation.

This Peak-stage Tier 2 Great Yao Beast's body, tempered by a century of her own innate sound waves, had long since acquired extremely strong anti-vibration and repulsion properties.

If he could toss her into the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine her and integrate her into the armor and bones of the Iron Guard, he would certainly be able to patch the fatal weakness of his Puppet legion's fear of sound wave vibrations.

Such top-tier spiritual Materials were rare and hard to come by.

The slaughter in the center of the basin had reached a white-hot intensity.

Under the pulling of the eight Sea-Suppressing Ropes, the Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox's movements became increasingly sluggish.

Yet, in her large single eye, the violent ferocity not only did not diminish but instead ignited a will to perish together with her enemies.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Her single leg stomped heavily and frantically, forcibly extracting the Spiritual Qi of the earth veins and transforming it into a storm of yellow sand filling the sky.

Qin Wuyan looked down from above, taking in the trapped beast's struggle.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, acutely capturing a detail that defied common sense.

Even though her flesh was torn and her bones shattered, the Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox's defensive focus always remained firmly on protecting the small patch of ground beneath her belly.

She would rather endure the rain of Flying Sword strikes on her back than move her single leg even an inch, exposing her belly to the outside.

A knowing smile curled the corners of Qin Wuyan's lips.

"No wonder when we set up the Beast-Luring Incense, the surrounding Yao Beasts all retreated, yet only this Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox stood guard here and refused to leave. It turns out it was deep parental love."

His slender finger tapped lightly in the void, his tone resolute.

"Pass the order: concentrate fire and bombard three feet beneath her belly!"

The Beast Taming Sect Disciples forming the array heard the order, and dozens of Magical Artifacts turned their blades, transforming into streams of light that slashed in unison toward the shadow beneath the Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox's belly.

"Awooo—!!!"

A roar like a Dragon's cry, extremely shrill and filled with endless grief, indignation, and despair, resounded through the heavens.

The Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox's eyes wept blood as her massive body suddenly collapsed downward, using her broad back and flesh-and-blood body to forcefully block all the lethal Magical Artifact bombardments for the space beneath her belly.

Flesh flew, and bone fragments splattered everywhere.

Through the gaps in the torn flesh, a faint but pure earth-yellow spiritual light flashed and vanished in the mud pool beneath the Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox.

Through the broken gaps, Gu Shen and Qin Wuyan in mid-air simultaneously saw the truth hidden in that mud pool.

A young Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox, no more than a few yards long and covered in soft, cyan fur, was cowering behind its mother's single leg.

Its open single eye was filled with terror, and its tender body trembled violently with its mother's mournful cries.

"It really is a pure-blooded young beast!"

On Qin Wuyan's usually gentle, jade-like face, a trace of irrepressible, fanatical greed finally appeared.

The Beast Taming Sect established its footing in the Cultivation World by enslaving all manner of Yao Beasts.

An adult Peak-stage Tier 2 Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox was, at most, considered high-quality Artifact Refining material.

But a young primordial exotic beast with pure Bloodlines, if taken back to the Sect and domesticated from a young age using ancient secret methods, supplemented by massive resources, would become a Guardian Divine Beast capable of suppressing the Luck of an entire Sect a hundred years later!

"Team A, close the net! Keep this wicked beast alive, do not hurt that young beast!"

Qin Wuyan shouted, his True Essence surging, and the jade Flying Sword beneath his feet emitted a clear, crisp sword hum, ready to descend and close the net himself at any moment.

In the shadows, Gu Shen leaned against the pine tree with his hands behind his back, his cold face devoid of any ripples.

"Far-reaching schemes, ruthless methods. This Beast Taming Sect's style of conduct has a touch of the Demonic Sect's flair."

In Gu Shen's mind, the AI Crystal split into dozens of threads, rapidly constructing the battlefield model and the comparison of combat power between both sides.

That young man in white, Qin Wuyan, had a cultivation level that had reached the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage, and combined with the heritage of a Core Disciple of the Sect, his combat power could not be underestimated.

The thirty-six elite Disciples at the Late-Stage Qi Refining level forming the array were like a solid iron plate.

To confront such a tight military formation head-on would be an unwise move.

However, the principle of hunting has always been about patience and timing.

Although the Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox was at the end of her rope, the destructive potential contained within her ancient Bloodline, once completely detonated in a desperate situation, would surely drag this group of Sect Cultivators into paying a painful price.

Gu Shen lowered his eyes slightly, his slender fingers gently stroking the cold scabbard of the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade at his waist.