“She’s secretly establishing her foundation!”
“Attack! Don’t let her succeed!”
“Damned wretch, I’ll kill you!”
The Silver Horn Snake gathered the power of frost, forming a barrage of bone-chilling icicles above its head and launched them forward.
The Hundred Poison Snake opened its mouth and spewed out a dense cloud of green poisonous gas.
The Jade Wave Snake spat out a line of water that rapidly formed into a water net, casting it down towards Yin Sha.
The attacks from the three demon cultivators arrived almost in the blink of an eye.
But it was already too late.
The moment those runes appeared on the surface of Yin Sha’s body, it signified that the Foundation Establishment was nearing its end.
Just as the attacks were about to hit her, Yin Sha lightly slapped her tail fin on the ground. Her elongated body shot up from the spot with a Fish Leap, taking to the air and dodging all the attacks.
At the same time, the aura emanating from her body rapidly changed. It was the presence of a Foundation Establishment demon cultivator!
Seeing this, the faces of the three snakes instantly turned grim.
“How could this happen?”
They couldn’t understand.
Foundation Establishment was not an easy task and carried a high failure rate. Generally, to increase the success rate, demon cultivators attempting Foundation Establishment would find a quiet place and focus their entire attention on it.
Trying to establish a foundation in the middle of a battle was something that only happened in wild folklore. The success rate was unimaginably low. Yet, despite that, Yin Sha had actually succeeded?
Shock, incomprehension, confusion, bewilderment…
All sorts of emotions churned in the hearts of the three snakes. At the same time, they sensed an impending danger.
When Yin Sha was at the Late Qi Condensation stage, they could fight three against one, bullying with superior numbers.
But now that Yin Sha had become an Early Foundation Establishment demon cultivator, could they still bully her with numbers?
The answer was no.
“Run!”
The Silver Horn Snake turned first and quickly darted into the coconut grove.
The Hundred Poison Snake and Jade Wave Snake were just as fast.
But while they wanted to flee, Yin Sha was no longer willing to let them go.
Water Dragon Burst!
Yin Sha, now back on the ground, opened her mouth and spewed out a powerful torrent of water, blasting towards the ones who had been chasing her.
Watching this scene from the Central Hall on Lost Island, Bai Sha was lost in thought.
“Foundation Establishment is complete, just like that?”
Bai Sha was very surprised.
The Profound Mechanism Stone Yin Sha used as her Dao Foundation was, in Bai Sha’s judgment, a Superior Dao Foundation.
But the fact that Yin Sha completed her Foundation Establishment so quickly and easily wasn’t just because of the superior quality of the Dao Foundation. It had more to do with Yin Sha’s inherent compatibility with the Profound Mechanism Stone.
“This is what they call a destined opportunity.”
Bai Sha sighed.
She looked back at Yin Sha’s situation. By now, Yin Sha had caught up to the three snakes and dealt with them one by one.
Before a Foundation Establishment demon cultivator, Qi Condensation demon cultivators were just this pale and powerless.
The gap between major realms was difficult to bridge.
Seeing that Yin Sha was now safe, Bai Sha shifted her attention to other parts of Lost Island.
“If the core of the coconut grove is a Profound Mechanism Stone that can serve as a Superior Dao Foundation, the cores of the other arrays are likely just as valuable. This represents a massive fortune.”
Bai Sha murmured softly, and immediately began adjusting the arrays to drive the demon cultivators out of Lost Island.
Those who had entered the Boulder Pile were only left with a path back to the lake; all other positions were blocked.
Those in the lake were directly targeted by the array’s attacks and chased back into the coconut grove.
Those in the coconut grove were guided by illusions towards the beach.
As for those on the beach, she would keep them occupied for now and then get rid of them all at once later.
Bai Sha was already pondering how to safely obtain all the benefits on Lost Island.
She turned, intending to first go to the nearby Gloomy Forest to gather its various array deployment materials. But just as she moved a single meter, she stopped and looked back at the bookshelf placed within the hall.
“I almost forgot about this place.”
Bai Sha walked to the bookshelf and took down the books one by one to examine them.
Array Compendium, Detailed Explanation of Basic Arrays, Appreciation of Array Types, A Hundred Methods of Array Deployment, Detailed Explanation of Array Deployment Materials…
Without a doubt, every single book was related to formations.
Bai Sha didn’t examine them in detail and immediately put them all into her Blue Spirit Pearl. She even took the bookshelf itself.
Then, Bai Sha turned around and also stored the table inside the hall, along with the Skeleton lying on it, into the Blue Spirit Pearl.
She didn’t know if this would be useful, but since there was still plenty of space inside the Blue Spirit Pearl, she might as well take it all.
After confirming there was nothing else left to take in the hall, Bai Sha gripped the Token tightly with her pectoral fin and left.
It didn’t take long for Bai Sha to arrive at the Gloomy Forest.
Within the Gloomy Forest was a Killing Array that released various lightning attacks on any targets entering it. However, the demon cultivators who entered Lost Island this time were driven out by Bai Sha before they could experience the Gloomy Forest’s Killing Array. One could say their luck was quite good. If they had truly entered the Gloomy Forest, their survival would not have been guaranteed.
Bai Sha only dared enter the Gloomy Forest because she possessed the Token.
“The core should be right here…”
After a quick search, Bai Sha found the core of the Gloomy Forest.
It was a core located inside a rock within the Gloomy Forest—a crystal stone entwined with electric sparks.
“This must be an Electric Crystal. It can also serve as a Superior Dao Foundation. It hasn’t reached the Supreme Dao Foundation level?” Bai Sha felt a bit disappointed.
The array core of the Gloomy Forest was undoubtedly of the highest quality. If even this core was only a Superior Dao Foundation, then there likely wouldn’t be any Supreme Dao Foundations among the remaining array cores.
But thinking about it, this made sense.
The array cores here were primarily for setting up arrays, not for Foundation Establishment. Having them be at the Superior Dao Foundation level was already quite good.
In any case, selling this item in the Dream Ruins would be worth a considerable amount of Contribution Points.
Bai Sha directly stored the Electric Crystal away.
Besides this Electric Crystal core, there were other deployment materials in the Gloomy Forest, which Bai Sha gathered one by one.
As she was collecting, Bai Sha discovered another problem.
The Blue Spirit Pearl was full.
As the most basic Foundation Establishment Artifact, the Blue Spirit Pearl did have the space of a small room inside. However, the deployment materials for a single array were simply too numerous. Since the coverage area was vast, the Blue Spirit Pearl proved to be insufficient.
After thinking for a moment, Bai Sha could only leave behind the deployment materials that were relatively less valuable and take only the high-value ones.
The leftover materials wouldn’t go to waste. Bai Sha decided she would later use the Token to control Lost Island and hide it away again. She could return at a later time to collect these materials.
Having made her decision, Bai Sha also went to collect the array cores from the Boulder Pile and the Lake.
As for the beach, since the demon cultivators were still trapped there, she couldn’t deactivate that array.
