Somewhere within the ancient fragments.
A red ribbon burning with fierce flames entangled two waning moon level Cloud Flood Dragons.
Subsequently, thousands of palm-sized gray-white energies surged forth, gathering into a massive hand that struck down heavily atop the two dragons!
With a "bang," under the terrified gaze of the two Cloud Flood Dragons, they were smashed into a severely injured and unconscious state!
After that, the fiery red ribbon wrapped around the dying Cloud Flood Dragons and brought them to a blood-eyed figure in a black robe... it was the Demon Soul Avatar.
The Demon Soul Avatar took out a specially crafted Beast Taming Talisman and activated it. The talisman glowed brightly, releasing rolling green smoke that enveloped the two Cloud Flood Dragons, taking them inside.
The Demon Soul nodded: "Another two rare dragon star beasts, almost there."
"You captured two Cloud Flood Dragons in one go, as expected of Junior Brother Qin~"
Just then, Taishi Hen flew over from afar and landed, holding a Fierce Sun Divine Eagle in his large ghostly clawed hand, which was corroded by ghost energy and barely alive.
Taishi Hen stuffed the divine eagle into the talisman while laughing: "Junior Brother, your [Killing Life Salvation Technique] from the Bodhi Sect is becoming increasingly formidable."
After the Demon Soul slew Fang Yang, he reported the [Killing Life Salvation Technique] to Duan Hai of Wangyue Island, and Taishi Hen, being of the same lineage from Wangyue Island, naturally knew about it.
The Demon Soul grinned: "Compared to Senior Brother’s Ghost Wailing Hand, I’m still quite lacking. That full moon level Fierce Sun Divine Eagle barely had any chance to resist in Senior Brother’s hands, I’m still far behind Senior Brother!"
Taishi Hen laughed heartily: "Junior Brother, don’t be modest. You’ve quietly advanced to the full moon level, and before, at the waning moon level, you completed the full moon level’s slaying task with that Divine Prohibition Technique. Now that you’ve broken through to full moon, even we might not be your match!"
"Senior Brother flatters me~" the Demon Soul replied casually, then added, "We’ve mostly cleaned up this area, so let’s send these star beasts over to Senior Brother Zuo first?"
Taishi Hen nodded and said: "Alright, let’s go!"
The two immediately took to the skies, traveling for half a day before reaching a mountain ravine.
There were a few disciples from the Demon Sky Palace in the ravine, but the most striking feature was a massive bronze square tripod.
The tripod was adorned with numerous star beast images, from snakes, mice, and ants below to dragons, phoenixes, and qilins above, diversely detailed and lifelike.
A brawny man with a square face greeted them: "Junior Brother Taishi, Junior Brother Qin, you’ve returned?"
The Demon Soul and Taishi Hen both cupped their hands: "Brother Huang."
This was Huang Ting, a full moon level disciple of the same lineage as Zuo Quanqing.
Huang Ting inquired: "What have you two gained?"
The Demon Soul and Taishi Hen directly took out their Beast Taming Talismans, releasing all the collected star beasts.
On the Demon Soul’s side, there were six Radiant Moon Star Beasts, while on Taishi Hen’s side, there were four.
Huang Ting glanced over the heavily injured star beasts on the ground: "Cloud Flood Dragons, Fierce Sun Divine Eagles, Barbaric Beasts... these make ten Radiant Moon Star Beasts. As expected from the lineage specializing in producing experts from Wangyue Island, you’ve returned faster than other junior brothers, and with such abundant yield."
Taishi Hen laughed: "It’s truly Junior Brother Qin who’s impressive, outdoing me by two!"
The Demon Soul replied: "Senior Brother has a full moon level star beast, mine are all waning moon level, how can I compare?"
Huang Ting also looked at the Demon Soul, scrutinizing the young talent who had risen to fame within the sect over the past year or two.
"Now that Junior Brother Qin has advanced to full moon and possesses legendary skills, you might have a good chance in the next core disciple competition."
The Demon Soul laughed: "Brother Huang overpraises me, I just recently ascended to full moon, my realm is unstable, and my experience is still shallow. How could I be a core disciple? If you ask me, you and Senior Brother Taishi are more likely candidates."
Huang Ting nodded subtly at these words.
Taishi Hen laughed heartily, waving his hand: "Dare not, dare not."
Huang Ting said: "Then let me put these star beasts inside first."
Huang Ting flipped his hand to take out a talisman, activated it with a seal technique, and immediately, thick green smoke rose from the bronze tripod.
The green smoke spread out, covering the numerous heavily injured star beasts on the ground, pulling them all into the square tripod.
"Roar!"
"Howl!!"
"..."
Many star beasts that still had consciousness began to struggle.
But they were already severely injured and had no power to resist, being easily swept into the bronze square tripod by the green smoke.
Inside the tripod came a series of sounds, as if the star beasts were still resisting.
But after a moment, this resistance completely ceased.
Taishi Hen asked: "Brother Huang, has Senior Brother Zuo’s Hundred Beasts Tripod nearly reached the refinement of a hundred Radiant Moon Star Beasts?"
Huang Ting replied: "In terms of quantity, it’s already over a hundred, but we’re still short of around ten to twenty types."
Taishi Hen smacked his lips, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes: "Refining a full hundred types, this Hundred Beasts Tripod can be promoted to a top-tier epic star artifact. Even Burning Sun experts might not possess such a treasure, truly enviable~"
The Demon Soul’s eyes slightly focused upon hearing this.
This enormous bronze square tripod, known as the Hundred Beasts Tripod, belonged to Zuo Quanqing.
The tripod was crafted using a fifth-level material Zuo Quanqing had acquired by chance, not only possessing great power but also holding significant potential.
However, this treasure required multiple advancements. Once a hundred Radiant Moon level or higher epic star beasts were gathered, it would facilitate the tripod’s further enhancement, reaching the peak of epic star artifact status!
Zuo Quanqing had volunteered to explore this ancient world fragment largely to enhance this treasure.