Time flew by, and two days passed.
Li Mu completed the cultivation of a hundred acres of Spiritual Field and the construction of a stone house, then flew out of Green Dragon Valley on his Flying Sword, preparing to make a trip to Xiao Liang Mountain to water the eleven acres of Wind Spirit Grass with Spiritual Rain.
However, as soon as he flew out of Green Dragon Valley, the black shadow above his head immediately startled Li Mu.
Li Mu finally understood why such a Spiritual Land like Green Dragon Valley, with such a good environment, had no one occupying it.
Whether Green Dragon Valley had an 'Azure Dragon' was still debatable, but the Spiritual Valley, formed by two Spiritual Mountains, was perhaps the territory of certain Advanced Yao Beasts, and the Second-Grade Profound Feather Eagle soaring overhead should be one of them.
The Profound Feather Eagle discovered its prey, retracted its wings, and swooped down directly, attacking him.
"Hmph!" Li Mu snorted, completely unafraid.
The next moment, five Spirit Swords of different colors—gold, red, green, white, and crimson—appeared out of thin air beside him, and at the same time, a large golden shield hovered in front of him, defending against the swooping Profound Feather Eagle.
How was this a harmless, plump prey? This was clearly a humanoid weapon armed to the teeth!
Seeing this formation, the Profound Feather Eagle flapped its wings in fright, attempting to change its flight trajectory.
However, it was still a step too late; the five Spirit Swords broke through the air, quickly merged into one, forming a Giant Sword, and slashed down, fast, urgent, and incredibly sharp.
With a "Zzzzz la!" sound, the Five Elements Giant Sword slashed past the Profound Feather Eagle's side, and in an instant, blood splattered and feathers flew.
Suddenly suffering a heavy blow, the Profound Feather Eagle could not maintain its body, and its massive form plummeted straight to the ground.
What if it was a Second-Grade Yao Beast? In front of five Third-Grade Premium Spirit Swords, its body was like paper.
Li Mu hid behind the Geng Metal Shield, his Divine Sense constantly on the Second-Grade Profound Feather Eagle, and upon 'seeing' this scene, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, very satisfied with the results created by the Five Elements Sword Formation.
At the same time, controlling five Third-Grade Premium Flying Swords to set up the Five Elements Sword Formation, with the Five Elements merging into one, within a mere two breaths, Li Mu expended a large amount of magical power and energy.
However, this move was a killer blow, and the Five Elements Giant Sword successfully achieved its purpose, heavily injuring the Profound Feather Eagle, with excellent results!
The Five Elements Giant Sword disintegrated in the air, splitting into five Spirit Swords, which successively flew back to Li Mu's side.
With a loud "boom," the Profound Feather Eagle's massive body crashed to the ground, raising countless dust clouds.
The Second-Grade Profound Feather Eagle's life force was extremely tenacious; even after suffering severe injuries, it still had the strength to struggle, flapping its giant wings, attempting to fly back into the air.
For a moment, sand, stones, and broken branches flew everywhere on the ground.
Strike while the iron is hot!
Li Mu certainly wouldn't let it return to the sky; with a hand seal, the five Spirit Swords beside him shot away with "whoosh, whoosh" sounds, quickly setting up the Five Elements Sword Formation above the Profound Feather Eagle.
With the formation of the Five Elements Sword Formation, the hundred-zhang area around the Mystic Iron Eagle was immediately surrounded by a vast Five Elements Spiritual Power; the air, mixed with fiery Sword Qi, grew hotter and hotter, the ground became moist, vines grew wildly, spreading across the earth, and sharp, metallic Qi surged forth...
Within the Five Elements Sword Formation, all Five Elements Spiritual Qi transformed into Sword Qi, swarming towards the Profound Feather Eagle.
Inside the Five Elements Sword Formation, the Profound Feather Eagle struggled violently for a moment, and in less than ten breaths, it completely lost its life and lay stiff on the ground.
Li Mu formed hand seals, dispersed the Five Elements Sword Formation, then quickly took out two Medicinal Pill bottles from his Storage Pouch, poured out and swallowed one Essence Replenishing Pill and one Spirit Recovery Pill.
"If it were Five Elements Second-Grade Spirit Swords, it would be fine, but simultaneously controlling five Third-Grade Five Elements Spirit Swords, while the Five Elements Sword Formation's power certainly increased, the consumption is too great! The Five Elements Sword Formation's second form, the Five Elements Sword Domain, can only last for 10 breaths!" Li Mu was both delighted and somewhat overwhelmed; the True Essence in his body was almost sucked dry by the Five Elements Sword Formation, and his Divine Sense consumption was also considerable.
To use Third-Grade Spirit Swords to set up the Five Elements Sword Formation, at least a Foundation Establishment cultivation is required to unleash its full power.
Li Mu recalled the Five Elements Spirit Swords, stored them in his storage compartment, and then flew on his Flying Sword towards the Profound Feather Eagle's corpse to collect the spoils of war.
Landing on his Flying Sword in front of the Profound Feather Eagle's corpse, looking at the blood-stained ground and the mountain-like corpse of the Profound Feather Eagle before him, Li Mu was filled with both surprise and joy.
This was the first time Li Mu had killed a Second-Grade Yao Beast; the process was very easy and very sudden.
Now that the Profound Feather Eagle's corpse appeared before him, Li Mu felt a bit dazed, a little disbelieving that this giant creature before him was hunted by his own hands.
Seeing the Second-Grade Profound Feather Eagle's body up close, Li Mu was startled by its massive size.
The Profound Feather Eagle was too large; it had a pair of sharp, huge talons, about half the size of Li Mu's body, capable of picking up a cow without a problem. Its grayish-brown feathers were as hard as iron plates, but its entire body was covered in Sword Marks, full of Sword wounds, blood staining the ground, flowing like a river.
Even though the Profound Feather Eagle was dead, its corpse still exuded a strong, fierce aura; those huge talons and sharp beak looked very frightening.
"What a pity! So much good feather and leather material wasted." Li Mu sighed gloomily, looking at the Profound Feather Eagle's corpse, which was mangled by the Five Elements Sword Qi.
This Second-Grade Profound Feather Eagle was a Metal-attribute Yao Bird; if its hide could be completely peeled off, and then processed through skinning and tanning, it could yield at least nearly a thousand sheets of Second-Grade Metal-elemental Talisman Paper.
However, the Second-Grade Profound Feather Eagle died under the Five Elements Sword Formation; all the feathers suitable for Artifact Refining and the leather suitable for talisman crafting were completely damaged by the Sword Qi, and most of the blood that could be used to refine Spirit Ink had also flowed out. Of the entire Profound Feather Eagle corpse, only the Yao Bird meat and bones still had value; everything else was destroyed by the Sword Qi.
The profits from this hunt were reduced by more than eighty percent; Li Mu sadly reached up and covered his forehead, his face full of heartache.
The loss was too great!
Normally, hunting a Second-Grade Yao Beast, especially a Yao Bird, could yield a profit of over 1,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
The more Advanced the Yao Beast, the higher the profits obtained. Yao Beast hide, Yao Beast meat, Yao Beast blood, even Yao Beast inner cores, as well as Spiritual Plants growing within Yao Beast lairs and hidden Spiritual Ores, all possess extremely high value, which is the main reason many hunter cultivators are willing to risk their lives to hunt Yao Beasts.
Sometimes, to avoid damaging the Yao Beast's fur and other valuable parts, hunter cultivators often adopt hunting methods that inflict the least harm on the Yao Beast.
Only someone completely lacking hunting experience would make such a mistake.
Li Mu sighed, deeply learning from this lesson. If not necessary, he would never again use a Sword Formation to create a Sword Domain to attack Yao Beasts, otherwise, the hunting profits would be too greatly diminished.
Li Mu quickly took out a porcelain jar from his Storage Pouch, cut open the Profound Feather Eagle's neck with his Mystic Iron Sword, and collected the remaining blood.
Then, he put the entire Profound Feather Eagle corpse into a large Storage Pouch, planning to clean it up after returning to Xiao Liang Mountain.
It had been two days since he watered the Wind Spirit Grass with Spiritual Rain, so Li Mu dared not delay any longer. After securing the Profound Feather Eagle's corpse, he flew on his Flying Sword towards Xiao Liang Mountain.
In less than half an hour, Li Mu arrived at Xiao Liang Mountain, just about to fly into the illusion formation, when at that moment, a Flying Sword, like a bolt of lightning, shot towards him, aimed directly at his neck.
Li Mu's pupils widened, and his soul nearly fled; he hadn't even detected anyone in ambush.