"Caw, caw, caw!"
Six thousand Fire Crows circled around Luoxuan, letting out harsh, hoarse cries.
Luoxuan pointed a finger.
At the command, the flock of Fire Crows flapped their wings and plunged toward the sea-dwelling fierce beasts amidst towering flames.
A flash of fire swept across the horizon, encircling a shark-like fierce beast.
The shark beast's eyes turned crimson as it opened its blood-red maw to snap at the Fire Crows.
Its massive body churned the ocean water, stirring up towering waves.
Judging by its aura, it possessed the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal.
Yet at that moment, the flock of Fire Crows neither dodged nor evaded.
Instead, they dove directly and brazenly into the shark beast's belly.
Instantly, terrifying flames surged upward, and the shark beast let out a miserable shriek as its entire body was engulfed in fire.
A moment later, the flames dissipated, and the carcass of the Golden Immortal fierce beast was reduced to ashes.
A Golden Immortal realm fierce beast had been killed so effortlessly in the blink of an eye, causing many disciples of Jiejiao to look on in shock and dismay.
"Holy shit, awesome!"
One Jiejiao disciple couldn't help cursing in admiration.
At that moment, a ray of golden light as thin as a hair flew into Luoxuan's body.
"So this is Merit?"
Luoxuan shook his head.
Unlike others who would immediately refine Merit to boost their own cultivation, he stored it away, intending to use it later to forge a Merit Spiritual Treasure.
The Great Dao is impartial, but the Heavenly Dao has its biases.
To accept Heavenly Dao Merit was equivalent to putting shackles upon oneself.
Gathering his focus, Luoxuan continued to manipulate the Myriad Crow Pot to slaughter the fierce beasts.
This time, he split the flock of Fire Crows into groups of a hundred, with dozens of such groups circling the sky to independently exterminate the fierce beasts in the sea.
Swish, swish, swish!
One fierce beast after another was ignited by the Fire Crows, turning into blazing pillars of fire.
Before long, dozens of massive fireballs were burning across the surface of the sea, accompanied by the occasional roar and shriek of fierce beasts, creating a truly horrifying scene.
The air even carried the aroma of roasted meat.
However, fierce beasts were naturally bloodthirsty and murderous, and their flesh and blood had long been tainted by karmic sin, making them completely inedible.
Luoxuan sighed with regret: "What a waste of so many top-quality seafood! Wouldn't this make a great barbecue?"
Before long, under the encirclement and scorching heat of the Fire Crows, hundreds of fierce beasts perished, turning into flying ash that dissipated in the air.
Everyone else was dumbfounded!
The rest of them had fought tooth and nail just to kill a few beasts.
Yet with a single wave of his hand, Luoxuan had wiped out more than a hundred fierce beasts. It really made one despair to compare oneself to others.
They were all disciples of Jiejiao, so why was the gap so enormous?
Duobao Daoren grew anxious.
So far, he had only managed to kill a few dozen fierce beasts.
Although that number far surpassed his peers, compared to Luoxuan, it fell drastically short.
"No way!"
"As the Senior Elder Brother of Jiejiao, how can I lose to an outer sect disciple? Where would I put my dignity as Senior Elder Brother if I did?" Duobao thought to himself.
As the Senior Elder Brother of Jiejiao, he had to maintain his prestige.
Provoked into action, Duobao stopped holding back and hurriedly summoned his signature magic treasure, the Duobao Pagoda.
The Duobao Pagoda radiated golden light, from which hundreds of magic treasures flew out. Though their quality was not exceptionally high, their sheer quantity was terrifyingly vast, fully living up to Duobao Daoren's moniker.
Duobao Daoren waved his hand, and the hundreds of magic treasures shot forth, blasting toward the fierce beasts.
After a flurry of activity, Duobao Daoren wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Looking at the three hundred fierce beasts he had beaten to death, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Surely this was enough to surpass Luoxuan!
However, when he looked up, he discovered that the number of fierce beasts Luoxuan had slain had already reached eight hundred, still leaving him far behind in the dust and taking a commanding lead.
Duobao: "......"
"Actually, as the Senior Elder Brother, one should be magnanimous and show leniency by yielding to fellow disciples."
Duobao found a comforting excuse for himself.
It wasn't that he was incompetent.
As a Daluo Golden Immortal, his strength was naturally far superior to Luoxuan's, but he simply couldn't compete with Luoxuan's mastery of large-scale area-of-effect attacks!
Within Jiejiao, when it came to wide-area damage, Luoxuan definitely ranked near the very top.
The only other person was the Plague God, Luyue.
The two of them—one playing with fire, the other with poison—could harvest millions of lives with a flick of their hands, a feat that even Daluo Golden Immortals could not easily achieve.
However, Luyue was currently in secluded cultivation and hadn't come, leaving Luoxuan alone to hog the spotlight.
"Senior Brother Luoxuan is mighty!"
Suddenly, initiated by someone unknown, a group of outer sect disciples began shouting and cheering for Luoxuan.
Usually, outer sect disciples were utterly respectful in front of inner sect disciples, feeling deeply inferior and believing themselves to be of a lower class.
Yet today, while slaying fierce beasts, Luoxuan—an outer sect disciple—had actually surpassed a host of inner sect disciples.
This stirred the many outer sect disciples to extreme excitement.
That's right!
So what if they were outer sect disciples?
As long as they cultivated diligently and excelled like Senior Brother Luoxuan, they weren't necessarily any worse off than inner sect disciples.
Driven by a surge of adrenaline, the group of outer sect disciples roared at the top of their lungs:
"Senior Brother Luoxuan is mighty!"
The shouting resonated across the vault of the sky like a tidal wave.
Zhao Gongming possessed an upright disposition and was close with Luoxuan. Caught up in the infectious enthusiasm of the crowd, he too joined in the cheering.
"Junior Brother Luoxuan is mighty!"
Bixiao, the youngest among them, watched her eldest brother and thought the whole affair looked immensely fun.
She waved her arms and yelled incoherently:
"Mighty!"
"Mighty!"
"Wuwu!"
Suddenly—
*Thwack!*
A sharp rap landed on her head.
Bixiao instantly covered her head, looking up with tear-filled, pitiful eyes at the culprit standing behind her—her eldest sister.
"Ouch~!"
"Eldest Sister, what are you doing?"
Yunxiao, draped in a purple long dress, said with a stern expression:
"Little Sister, stop fooling around!"
Bixiao curled her lips, not daring to resist for fear that her little head would suffer another blow.
Amidst the crowd, Dingguangxian watched the immensely majestic Luoxuan, a look of jealousy and hatred burning in his eyes.
The envy in his heart grew wildly like creeping vines.
Why?
A mere outer sect disciple was actually showing more prestige than him, an inner sect disciple. It was utterly lawless and simply arrogant.
Dingguangxian felt burning resentment in his heart.
Watching Luoxuan grandstand was harder for him to bear than being killed.
Suddenly, Dingguangxian's eyes rolled as he spotted a fierce beast of the Daluo Realm not far away, and a savage grin instantly spread across his face.
"Brat, let's see if you die this time!"
Dingguangxian flicked his wrist, sending an attack hurtling toward the Daluo Realm fierce beast.
The octopus beast let out an angry roar.
Its massive eyes abruptly locked onto Dingguangxian with a ferocious expression, and thrashing its eight huge tentacles, it prepared to launch an attack.
Dingguangxian's gaze flickered.
His eyes actually emitted a faint pink glow.
Dingguangxian's true form was a rabbit, and his innate divine ability was bewitchment.
As the pink light flashed, the octopus beast—which had originally been about to attack Dingguangxian—suddenly changed direction and lunged toward Luoxuan instead.
Seeing the octopus beast charge at Luoxuan, Dingguangxian immediately revoked his divine ability.
Within Jiejiao, secretly harming a fellow disciple was a capital offense.
Therefore, Dingguangxian acted with extreme caution, leaving no trace behind to ensure absolutely no one would discover him.
With the divine ability lifted, the octopus beast wore a momentarily dazed expression.
The pain from its body quickly snapped it into awareness, and with a furious roar, it lunged straight at Luoxuan before it.
"Roar, roar, roar!"
"Human, prepare to die!"