Being a Late Bloomer in the Cultivation World

After Wei Tu warned Chu Huan, the battle erupted.

As the one with the highest cultivation present, Zuo Kui was the first to act. He raised his hand and sent two silver, scimitar-like Magical Artifacts hurtling toward the first carriage.

Simultaneously, Wei Tu and the others also unleashed their Magical Artifacts. In an instant, a dazzling array of lights—azure, umbral, and golden—flashed from the artifacts, illuminating the sky above the band of Demon Cultivators.

"Ambush!" The group of Demon Cultivators panicked when they saw the Magical Artifacts bearing down on them. Many of the lower-realm Qi Refining Realm Demon Cultivators were scared witless and immediately used Escape Skills, trying to flee.

However, under the assault of the Foundation Establishment cultivators' Magical Artifacts, these Qi Refining Demon Cultivators had no power to fight back. With every flash of light from the artifacts hanging in the air, a head would fall.

It was a completely one-sided slaughter.

In less than two breaths' time, out of the dozens of Demon Cultivators in the party, all but the twenty or so who had formed an array to resist the might of the Magical Artifacts were cut down one by one as they tried to flee.

By this time, Zuo Kui's two scimitar Magical Artifacts had finally blasted a hole through the first carriage's defensive Restriction.

Inside the first carriage, the tall, thin Demon Cultivator and the black-robed man Wei Tu had previously seen with his Seven-Colored Illusion Moth were revealed.

"What? The Demon Cultivators in this carriage are fakes? They're only in the Qi Refining Realm?"

Seeing this, Zuo Kui's face showed his shock. He seemed utterly taken aback by the Demon Cultivators' 'decoy ploy'.

After all, his previous strike had been a full-power attack, consuming a great deal of his Magical Power.

"Where are the two Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators then?" A hint of vigilance immediately appeared in the eyes of both Zuo Kui and Li Daoyuan as they scanned their surroundings.

Chu Huan, remembering Wei Tu's words, noticed that amid the chaos, the fourth Demon Cultivator from the left had suddenly vanished.

Chu Huan's heart leaped when she saw this. She shuffled closer to Wei Tu.

Just then, a black Flying Corpse suddenly burst out from beneath Zuo Kui's feet. Its claws, wreathed in a gray mist, viciously stabbed toward Zuo Kui's back.

"Fellow Daoist Zuo, watch out!" Li Daoyuan, who was beside him, quickly shouted a warning.

But it was too late.

The black Flying Corpse was too fast, and its power too ferocious. The Magical Power Shield on Zuo Kui's body and the defensive barrier formed by several Talismans were all easily torn apart by its claws.

In the blink of an eye, the black Flying Corpse was right behind Zuo Kui.

It was less than half a foot away from Zuo Kui's Daoist Body.

However, no one noticed that Zuo Kui's expression remained calm, without the slightest hint of panic. In fact, the corners of his mouth even curved into a slight smile.

It was as if the black Flying Corpse's attack was all part of his plan.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

Several bestial roars suddenly erupted from Zuo Kui's body. In that instant, the clothes on his back split open, and two arms covered in yellow fur pushed their way out.

These arms resembled those of an ape, gleaming with a golden light and rippling with knotted muscles.

The two ape-like arms shot forward, grabbing the black Flying Corpse's hands and grappling with it.

After a few exchanges, the slower-moving black Flying Corpse had one of its arms torn off by the ape-like limbs before being swung over Zuo Kui's shoulder and smashed into the ground.

The dust and smoke on the ground cleared.

Wei Tu and the others looked toward the black Flying Corpse.

The creature was embedded several yards deep within the ground, its body covered in fine, porcelain-like cracks. A foul-smelling, black pus slowly oozed from the wounds.

"That's the Beast Transformation Technique from the Beast Taming Sect. I never would have thought Fellow Daoist Zuo had mastered this Secret Skill. It seems the opening just now was something you created on purpose," Li Daoyuan said, letting out a huge sigh of relief after seeing that Zuo Kui was unharmed.

Among the four ambushers, Zuo Kui was the only Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If Zuo Kui were to die, the three of them would have no advantage against the two Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators.

"Demon Slaughter Sect cultivators all raise an 'Evil Corpse' to use in combat. Now that this Evil Corpse is half-crippled, the rest of the battle will be much easier," Chu Huan said cheerfully.

This time, the Demon Slaughter Sect's Foundation Establishment Cultivator not only failed in his sneak attack and had his 'Evil Corpse'—the black Flying Corpse—crippled, but he also revealed his own position.

This person was none other than the 'Elder Yinn' Wei Tu had seen before, with a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

Therefore, after a brief exchange, Wei Tu and the others looked at each other and began to follow their established plan: Zuo Kui and Li Daoyuan would deal with this Demon Cultivator Yinn, while he and Chu Huan, the two weaker ones, would target the other Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator.

Although this Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator had not yet revealed himself, Wei Tu and the others suspected he was also hiding among the group of Qi Refining Realm Demon Cultivators.

To avoid any further complications, Wei Tu didn't hesitate. He immediately summoned his three Ice Flood Dragon Swords and, in coordination with his Shadow Silk, began to hunt down the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator.

Pressured by the Magical Artifacts, the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator was forced to reveal his True Body.

He was a long-haired man hiding among the crowd of Demon Cultivators. After summoning a gray bead to temporarily neutralize Wei Tu's attack, he stared at Wei Tu with a venomous expression.

However, the venomous look on the long-haired man's face soon turned to terror.

The 'Shadow Silk' that Wei Tu had kept hidden suddenly shot out, creating a sonic boom. It caught the long-haired man completely off guard and sliced his left leg clean off.

It wasn't that Wei Tu didn't want to finish him off in one blow; the long-haired man, hiding among the Qi Refining Realm Demon Cultivators, had long since set up defensive measures.