The Devil's Tribulation

Red Mountains, the territory of the Earth Bear.

Pan Chengfeng was bending over and inserting formation flags into the ground. Jin Ping'er was sitting on a tree stump nearby, swinging her long legs and asking curiously, "Husband, do you know formations?"

The call of "husband" made Pan Chengfeng feel so soft. He replied with a smile, "It's just the basics. I know more about formation flags, but I don't have time to study formations."

Jin Ping'er chuckled and said, "This is amazing. Every formation master is the foundation of the sect. I wanted to learn it before, but unfortunately, I felt dizzy when I saw the formation diagram~"

Pan Chengfeng explained: "Each skill is difficult to learn and takes a lot of time. I have already learned to refine weapons, so I can't learn the formation. But I can learn the formation flag. I will teach you when I have time. The formation flag is not difficult~"

Pan Chengfeng planted five formation flags around the area. After each flag was planted, he had to draw the corresponding formation pattern and then bury a mid-grade spirit stone.

Finally, he used a top-grade spirit stone and a mid-grade defensive spirit treasure to make the eye of the formation. It took Pan Chengfeng an hour just to draw the pattern of the eye of the formation.

After working for three or four hours, it was finally completed. Pan Chengfeng took a deep breath and said, "Okay, this formation is called the Inverted Small Five Elements Formation. It is more than enough to cover up the fluctuations of mana and the sound."

Jin Ping'er walked around and watched, saying, "My husband is so amazing, he is really good at both literature and martial arts~"

Pan Chengfeng lifted his tail and said, "That's right, don't you see who your husband is~ Well, how far have you practiced the Xiaoyao Divine Art? Have you mastered the Wind Walking Technique and the Cyclone Shattering Sky?"

Jin Ping'er said a little embarrassedly: "I have only practiced to the Golden Core Chapter, but I have learned two spells~"

Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "That's enough. Stop practicing those rubbish techniques you learned before and concentrate on practicing the Xiaoyao Divine Technique~"

Jin Ping'er asked fearfully, "Do you really want me to fight the monster?"

Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "I have to! I can't always be by your side. How can you not have the ability to protect yourself?"

Jin Ping'er bit her lip, then nodded firmly and said, "Well, for my husband, I'll give it a try~"

Pan Chengfeng held Jin Ping'er's slender waist, pinched her chin and said, "Don't worry, just do as your husband says, the monster won't even be able to touch the corner of your clothes~"

Fifteen days later, in the Red Mountains, the Earth Savage Bear Territory.

A late fifth stage Earth Bear was madly chasing something, and anything that blocked its path, no matter if it was a tree or a big rock, was smashed to pieces by its giant paw!

Pan Chengfeng glanced back and thought to himself, "As expected of a powerful monster, each of its attacks weighs over a million pounds! If we just compete in strength, I'll be beaten by it!"

Pan Chengfeng is now in the late fourth level of body refining, and his pure physical strength is only 420,000 pounds. If he wants to reach one million pounds, he must at least reach the early fifth level of body refining, which is the bone refining realm.

The advancement from the fourth level to the fifth level of body refining is like the advancement from the Nascent Soul stage to the Divine Transformation stage for cultivators. There will be a qualitative leap!

Pan Chengfeng used the light body technique to hang the Earth Bear for two hours. Logically speaking, the IQ of a fifth-level monster is similar to that of an adult human, so it is inevitable that it will become suspicious after being hung for such a long time.

But the Earth Bear had to chase, because Pan Chengfeng was holding a treasure of the Earth Bear in his hand - 'Earth Spirit Golden Teng Grass'. This was a precious medicine for the Earth Bear to advance, and it was a thousand years old.

As Pan Chengfeng ran, he laughed and shouted, "You big idiot, you have been guarding this precious medicine for a long time, right? It's cheap to me~ Hahaha, I just need it~"

The Earth Bear was furious and roared wildly, but no matter how hard it chased, it could not catch up. The distance between it and Pan Chengfeng always remained about two hundred meters.

The fifth-level body-refining demon beast was not stupid. It had become suspicious after chasing for so long and was thinking about whether to give up since it couldn't catch up anyway.

At this moment, Pan Chengfeng seemed to see what the Earth Bear was thinking, and he laughed and said, "Too late, the formation starts!!!"

Pan Chengfeng formed seals with his hands, and a colorful light shield covered Pan Chengfeng and the Earth Bear~

The Earth Bear was horrified and slapped the wall of the formation frantically. The sound of bangs kept coming, but the shield did not move at all.

"I finally got you here. I'm so tired~" Pan Chengfeng waved his hand and said, "Baby, I got you here. This one is at a higher level than the last one, late fifth level~"

Jin Ping'er walked out slowly, looked at the Earth Bear opposite, chuckled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, husband. I will serve you well tonight~"

Pan Chengfeng just lay on the ground, supporting his head with one hand and said: "Remember, the monster has only one means of attack. You are faster than it. While avoiding its attacks, look for opportunities to attack its weaknesses and slowly weaken its strength. As long as it activates its magical power, you win~"

"I understand, my husband, please watch out~" Jin Ping'er walked into the formation with a smile on her face. When the Earth Bear felt the fluctuation of Jin Ping'er's magic power, its eyes instantly turned red.

This is not the first time it has encountered a human cultivator, and it is not afraid of him at all. But that human is so arrogant as to let this woman deal with it alone, so it will not be polite!

The wild bear exerted force with its hind legs, and the whole bear flew up, trampling on the place where Jin Ping'er was.

With a weight of seven or eight tons, it stepped on the ground, causing an earthquake. The Earth Bear moved its claws away, wanting to take a look at the human monk who was crushed by it.

As a result, there was nothing but his own claw marks. Just as he was wondering where the human had gone, the woman's voice came from behind him: "Big guy, where are you looking? I'm here~"

The wild bear was shocked. It hadn't noticed her speed at all. Just as it turned around and was about to strike her with its claws, a wind blade brushed past its scalp and directly cut off its scalp.

The Savage Bear broke out in a cold sweat instantly. If he hadn't dodged the attack quickly, the wind blade would have split his head in two!

The wild bear was furious and swung its claws wildly to attack Jin Ping'er. Jin Ping'er's body skills were enhanced and her figure was as graceful as snow. The wild bear couldn't even touch the corner of her clothes, let alone attack her.

Outside the formation, Pan Chengfeng nodded secretly and said, "Ping'er's Wind Walking Technique has already achieved some success. The wild bear cannot attack her. As long as she is not as panicked as she was the first time, it is only a matter of time before she wins~"

The barbarian bear swung its claws hundreds of times, but never touched Jin Ping'er, and was hit by some small spells from time to time. The barbarian bear was completely furious, and regardless of anything, he activated his magical power "Rage".

With a roar of "Ah~", the momentum alone was enough to force Jin Ping'er to retreat several steps.

Pan Chengfeng quickly sent a message: "It has activated its innate magical power. For a quarter of an hour, don't let it touch you."

Even without the talent activated, he has a strength of one million kilograms. After the talent activated, the strength exceeds two million kilograms. Not to mention Jin Ping'er's small body, even Pan Chengfeng would be injured if hit by this strength.

The Earth Bear used its full strength, and each of its strikes left a deep hole in the ground. Following Pan Chengfeng's instructions, Jin Ping'er stopped attacking when the Earth Bear activated its innate magical powers and focused on dodging its attacks.

There was a huge earthquake inside the formation, but outside it was silent.

A quarter of an hour later, Jin Ping'er shouted, "Cyclone Shattering Sky!!" "Wait... a moment..." Pan Chengfeng was stunned, and finally said helplessly, "I told you not to cut it into pieces. How can we eat it?"

Jin Ping'er ran to Pan Chengfeng excitedly, like a child who got good grades on an exam, and asked happily, "My husband, my husband, how was my performance?"

Pan Chengfeng pinched Jin Ping'er's pretty face, wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Not bad, you are in the middle stage of the Void Refining Realm and defeated a fifth-stage late-stage monster. This is considered normal~"

Jin Ping'er praised with a pretty face: "Just the normal level?" Pan Chengfeng said with a smile: "Don't be dissatisfied, you only spent half a month, and this result is not bad.

According to the comparison between the strength of human cultivators and demon beasts, a cultivator in the middle stage of the Void Refining Realm must kill a demon beast in the early stage of the sixth stage to be qualified, and..."

"And what?" Jin Ping'er asked anxiously, "Is there anything I haven't done well? Husband, just tell me~ Don't consider my feelings~"

Pan Chengfeng said: "Although the intelligence of fifth-level monsters is similar to that of humans, they still have too few tricks. If you fight against a human cultivator of the same level, you will most likely not be their opponent."

"Then I will continue training~" Pan Chengfeng said with a smile: "Next time, there is no time now, there are still two months left, your score is still zero, we have to hunt the sixth-level monster~"

In these fifteen days, Jin Ping'er killed seven fifth-level monsters. Together with the ones Pan Chengfeng killed earlier, the fifth-level crystal cores were full, but Jin Ping'er didn't have a single sixth-level crystal core yet.