"Screech!"
The Black Iron Eagle let out a piercing cry, the electric arcs around its body flickered even more intensely, and then it swooped down towards Fang Hong at an extremely fast speed, raising a gust of wind.
Fang Hong quickly threw out five Wind Blade Talismans, and the Wind Blade Talismans transformed into several sharp wind blades, slashing towards the Black Iron Eagle.
However, the Black Iron Eagle easily flapped its wings, deflecting all the wind blades.
Seeing this, Fang Hong could only helplessly dodge. His figure moved rapidly through the forest, evading the Black Iron Eagle's attacks.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..." The Black Iron Eagle continuously unleashed lightning strikes, bolts of lightning shooting towards Fang Hong in mid-air.
Fang Hong held the white cloud shield, dodging left and right. Fortunately, Fang Hong's white cloud shield was sturdy enough to block most of the lightning, leaving him temporarily unharmed.
However, Fang Hong did not want to remain on the defensive. His eyes narrowed as he stared intently at the Black Iron Eagle, seizing a gap in its attack to throw two red-glowing talismans into the sky.
After the talismans were activated, they immediately transformed into two hundred lifelike firebirds, letting out sharp cries as they fiercely pounced on the Black Iron Eagle with an imposing Aura.
This talisman was called the "Hundred Birds talisman," also an Intermediate talisman. Once activated, it could unleash a hundred firebirds to attack enemies, and it was also one of Fang Hong's trump cards!
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Facing the encirclement of two hundred firebirds simultaneously, the Black Iron Eagle could not dodge all of them and was struck by quite a few.
The Black Iron Eagle let out mournful wails, its massive body swayed, and it fell straight from the sky to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Just as the Black Iron Eagle was about to fly up, Fang Hong, seizing the opportunity, unhesitatingly unleashed his Blue Lightning Needle. He suddenly had a brilliant idea and affixed a Speed talisman to the Blue Lightning Needle!
In an instant, the power of the Speed talisman infused the Blue Lightning Needle, and the electric arcs around the Blue Lightning Needle flickered even more intensely.
"Zap!"
Accompanied by a quick flash of blue lightning, the Blue Lightning Needle shot out towards the Black Iron Eagle's eye at an astonishing speed.
The Black Iron Eagle seemed to sense a fatal danger and tried to dodge, but found it was too late.
The Blue Lightning Needle instantly pierced its head. The Black Iron Eagle's body stiffened abruptly, and its massive form crashed heavily to the ground once more, completely dead!
Fang Hong retrieved his flying needle and let out a long breath, his tense expression finally relaxing for a moment.
He then used his identity token to collect the Black Iron Eagle's mark. He watched as the Black Iron Eagle's corpse dissolved into light particles before his eyes and vanished into the air, just like the Demonic Beasts conjured by the Formation that he had killed earlier...
At this moment, Fang Hong's ranking rose again, reaching ninth place.
Looking at the ranking displayed on his identity token, Fang Hong's eyes were filled with relief: "Finally, top ten..."
As long as he maintained this ranking, he would receive a Foundation Establishment Pill, which would be of great help for him to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Fang Hong put away his identity token and quickly ran towards the tree hole, filled with anticipation and curiosity about what hidden reward awaited him this time.
"Puff, puff!"
Just as he was about to reach the tree hole, suddenly, two fireballs shot from a distance. The fireballs carried rolling heatwaves and moved at an extremely fast speed.
Fang Hong's expression changed slightly. He reacted quickly, pushing off the ground with his feet, and sidestepped to dodge, narrowly escaping the sneak attack!
"Hahaha! Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for helping us deal with that Black Iron Eagle!" A hearty yet somewhat playful laugh came from not far away.
Fang Hong's gaze locked onto the distance, only to see three Cultivators emerge from behind a large tree nearby: two beautiful women and a White-robed Young Man.
Among them, Fang Hong recognized the two beautiful women; they were the Li sisters, Li Tao and Li Yao, who had invited him to team up before the Ascension Gathering began.
Fang Hong did not recognize the White-robed Young Man. He was dressed in flowing white robes and had a handsome face. However, Fang Hong could tell that his strength was also at the thirteenth layer of Qi Refining, likely a teammate the Li sisters had found...
"Sister, look, it's that Fang Hong!" Li Yao pointed at Fang Hong, a hint of surprise on her face.
Li Tao raised an eyebrow slightly, a faint smile playing on her lips: "So it's Fellow Daoist Fang Hong, we meet again."
"Fang Hong? Let me see... What! He's actually ranked ninth, not bad, not bad!"
The White-robed Young Man took out his identity token, and after checking Fang Hong's ranking, his eyes instantly widened, and his face showed a look of great astonishment.
Then, his gaze fixated on Fang Hong with burning intensity, like a hunter staring at its prey, his eyes filled with greed!
"Three of you, if you intend to snatch my identity token, you'd best abandon that notion early, otherwise, you'll bear the consequences!" Fang Hong said coldly.
"Fang Hong, isn't it? You're far too arrogant. To speak like that when facing the three of us, just hand over your identity token obediently, lest you suffer a beating!" The White-robed Young Man said with displeasure, clearly not taking Fang Hong seriously.
"Fellow Daoist Li, what about you two sisters?" Fang Hong asked expressionlessly, his gaze falling on Li Tao, his voice low and cold.
Li Tao frowned slightly. Before she could speak, her younger sister Li Yao spoke first: "Sister, let's do it! While his magical power is weak, let's seize his identity token, then we can advance into the top ten!"
Saying that, she impatiently took out her flying dart Spiritual Artifact from her waist.
Hearing her sister's words, a hint of hesitation flashed in Li Tao's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination.
She gritted her teeth and drew out the Intermediate Magical Sword from her waist: "Fang Hong, you're fighting alone, you've been singled out. This is as far as you go!"
"Is that so? It seems none of you wish to live, then I shall grant your wish!" Fang Hong said coldly, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes, no longer trying to dissuade them.
"Fang Hong, in your current state, you still want to fight one against three? A fool's dream!" The White-robed Young Man shouted, rapidly forming hand seals. Instantly, a massive fireball appeared in front of him.
He forcefully waved his hand, and the fireball smashed fiercely towards Fang Hong, bringing with it a whistling sound of wind!
The Li sisters were not idle either. Li Tao waved the Intermediate Magical Sword in her hand, and the sword body glowed brightly, with streaks of Sword Qi shooting towards Fang Hong;
Li Yao, on the other hand, forcefully flung the flying dart in her hand, aiming directly at Fang Hong's throat.
The three cooperated tacitly, launching attacks at Fang Hong from different directions, vowing to take him down.
Fang Hong retreated, dodging the White-robed Young Man's spell attacks while manipulating his flying needles to block the Li sisters' Spiritual Artifact attacks.
"Die!" Fang Hong shouted coldly, quickly taking out ten Wind Blade Talismans from his Storage Pouch and throwing them forcefully towards the Li sisters, intending to deal with them first.
"So many high-grade talismans!" Seeing dozens of wind blades approaching, the two women's expressions suddenly changed.
A hint of panic flashed in Li Tao's eyes, and Li Yao was even more terrified, her face losing all color.
They quickly cast spells to defend, but the power of the wind blades was too great, and their defensive spells seemed somewhat fragile in front of them!
"Fellow Daoists, fear not, I will assist you!" At this moment, the White-robed Young Man's eyes narrowed, and he quickly unleashed a black shield to block in front of the two women.