The leading demon cultivator was a lean, dark-faced cultivator named Xu Qiu, who looked over at Lin Houyuan with sharp, hawk-like eyes.

He then turned his gaze toward the distance, looking in each of the four directions, one by one.

Finally, he gave orders to the surrounding Qi Cultivators and to a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator.

That Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator instantly understood that the big fish of the moment was not for him.

He wasn''t annoyed, though; within the Heavenly Demon Sect, this was all too common. Only those with formidable strength had the right to choose their spoils of war.

Lin Houyuan saw a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator of the Heavenly Demon Sect leading Qi Cultivators in pursuit of Lin Houwei, prompting him to react immediately and burst forth.

He wielded three Intermediate Grade Third Rank magic swords to their utmost, slashing towards the Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator.

However, this proactive attack played right into Xu Qiu''s hands.

The Heavenly Demon banner on the spirit boat waved over, and a sky-full of black fog surged towards Lin Houyuan.

Lin Houyuan could only retreat continuously; he knew that if he were enveloped by the black fog, he wouldn''t last a quarter of an hour and would surely die, making any attempt to stall the enemy meaningless.

As Lin Houyuan kept dodging, he hadn''t expected that another Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Sect would come up behind him. Wielding another demon banner, the cultivator cut off Lin Houyuan''s retreat.

Suddenly, Lin Houyuan was hard-pressed to move.

The other Lin Family cultivators also faced Qi Cultivators from the Heavenly Demon Sect. The Great Elder, Lin Yuqing, was injured almost immediately upon engagement.

It''s true that he practiced Body Refinement, but his age was quite advanced, and the Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators were numerous and powerful.

Luckily, at that moment, Lei Xuan alone was using Thunder Techniques, creating booming noises and charring many of the Heavenly Demon Sect Qi Cultivators'' magic artifacts.

For the time being, he played an even more significant role than Lin Houqing, a Qi Cultivation Ninth Level cultivator.

Of course, the most critical person was Lin Houshou. He took out several formation flags and, while setting them up, faced three Qi Cultivator demon cultivators without falling behind.

At this moment, it was Lin Houyuan who was in the most danger.

Caught off guard and surrounded by two Heavenly Demon banners, he had no choice but to grit his teeth, activate his Spirit Light Shield, charge into the demonic mist, and command his Flying Sword, seeking to slay the demon heads.

The fearsome aspect of the Heavenly Demon Banner lay in the demon heads and some tormented spirits contained within.

However, what troubled him was that the two Heavenly Demon banners together unleashed ten demon heads.

The lean cultivator Xu Qiu even shouted:

"Thirteenth Uncle, get on my Spirit Boat!" Lin Shiming fed Lin Shiyi a Healing Pill, gave Lin Houwei a bottle of Healing Pills, then steered the Spirit Boat, found everyone including Lin Shiyun, and by the time they regrouped with Lin Xianzhi, a quarter of an hour had passed.

"Shiming, we must drive the Spirit Boat away now, otherwise the demon cultivators will catch up!" Xie An''s complexion was not bad at the moment, as it''s only natural to help family members.

But he still needed to give a necessary warning; the Purple Mansion cultivators from Zhao Kingdom were also fast, and when the Purple Mansion cultivators from the Heavenly Demon Sect arrived, that would be a big trouble.

After regrouping with Lin Xianzhi, Lin Shiming continued to rush towards White Leaf Continent.

On the Spirit Boat, everyone looked at Lin Shiyi, who wouldn''t wake up from his coma, their faces filled with grief.

Lin Shiyi was too seriously injured, even as a Body Refining Cultivator, he was struggling to hold on.

Lin Houwei was showing a face full of self-blame, frantically worrying.

"It''s alright, let me do it!" Lin Shiming saw Lin Shiyi drenched in blood and suffering greatly, and took out a small bottle of fresh blood from his hand.

This bottle of blood was extremely dense, with spiritual patterns moving within it, obviously quite extraordinary.

He propped up Lin Shiyi, allowing the latter to lean on his hand, then poured the small bottle into Lin Shiyi''s mouth.

"Will this work?" Lin Yuqing was also somewhat worried.

She thought everything would be fine once Lin Shiming arrived.

But she didn''t expect that Lin Shiyi, the family''s potential Body Refining Cultivator, would be almost soul-whipped by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The next moment, to everyone''s amazement, after swallowing that blood, Lin Shiyi began to cough violently, which made everyone rejoice, not expecting it to actually work.

"Shiming, is that the blood of a Pseudo Dragon?" At this moment, Xie An also looked over, disbelief on his face.

Pseudo Dragons, another term for dragon beasts, have very precious blood and flesh. Even the blood of the lowest Third Rank dragon beast is comparable to a Supreme Grade magic artifact, especially for a Body Refining Cultivator.

These could allow a Body Refining Cultivator to breakthrough realms, comparable to Barrier-Breaking Pills.

Only the blood of a dragon beast could activate Lin Shiyi''s body, prompting it to start recovering automatically.

"Yes, a dragon beast that was luckily slain!" Lin Shiming nodded, the existence of the Dragon Lizard was not hidden the moment he took it out.

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In such a situation, no matter how precious a dragon beast was, saving Lin Shiyi was what mattered.

"Shiming, I wonder if I could exchange for some of the dragon beast''s blood?" Xie An spoke again, obviously excited.