A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 168 Demon Soul

Seeing the enemy's formation, Luo Ming no longer hesitated. He immediately summoned the Wind-Escape Shuttle, transforming into a flickering shadow that vanished into the sky in the blink of an eye, leaving the Gold-Eating Insects that had been placed around him as sentries in no time to collect them.

This made the Extreme Yin Ancestor, who had just broken through the opponent's formation and wanted to vent his anger, feel as if he had punched cotton, with nowhere to vent his anger.

However, the other party was, after all, a Nascent Soul Ancestor, and after only a few breaths, he gradually calmed down from his original rage.

"The Wind-Escape Shuttle? This kid actually possesses such a treasure. No wonder he dares to face a Nascent Soul cultivator with such confidence." Ancestor Jiyin frowned as he looked in the direction Luo Ming had left.

After witnessing the speed of the Wind-Escape Shuttle, he realized that he was completely helpless against it in his possessed state. The Wind-Escape Shuttle was renowned among Nascent Soul cultivators, as its speed was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, though it consumed too many spirit stones.

"Hmph, since we have that fragment of the Void Heaven Map, we'll definitely be unable to resist going there when the Void Heaven Palace opens. We'll settle this score then."

He already had a fragment of the Void Heaven Map, but he wanted to get another one for his grandson so he could train it. This was also the reason he arranged for Wu Chou to personally pursue Luo Ming, with the aim of training him. However, he didn't expect to almost kill his own grandson in the process.

Luo Ming didn't care at all what the Yin Ancestor thought. At this moment, he was controlling the Wind-Escape Shuttle and dared not stop for a moment. The cyan shadow rushed through the air.

The speed of the Wind-Drifting Shuttle was indeed well-deserved. In just one hour, it carried Luo Ming tens of thousands of miles away, already far from that deserted island.

But at that moment, Luo Ming's expression changed drastically, and his body swayed violently, almost falling off the Wind-Escape Shuttle.

"First, dive into the sea and hide."

Luo Ming hurriedly patted the spirit beast pouch, summoned the Xuan Turtle, and gave it instructions.

After the Xuan Turtle appeared, its enormous body resembled a small mountain. A flash of spiritual light appeared on its back, and a yellow protective shield rose up, enveloping Luo Ming within it. Then, it slowly sank into the deep sea.

Luo Ming sat cross-legged on the back of the Xuan Turtle, his eyes tightly closed, and his consciousness was forcibly sunk into his dantian. The scene before him caused his pupils to shrink and his heart to surge with shock.

In the past, his dantian was clear and warm, with the golden core floating in the center, radiating rich golden spiritual power. But now, it was stained with wisps of black energy, and the source of this black energy was the bloodthirsty blade that was placed in his dantian.

The Bloodthirsty Blade, which had been relatively well-behaved, suddenly began to stir. Wisps of dark energy slowly seeped out from around the blade, like maggots clinging to bones, gradually seeping into his dantian.

The once clear, golden dantian was now stained gray-black by the black energy. The golden core was enveloped by the black energy, its light dimmed and withered, as if it would be completely eroded by the black energy at any moment.

"Now that things have come to this, the only option is to try sending this blade into the Spirit Gathering Cauldron." Luo Ming felt the abnormality in his golden core and made a decision in his heart.

He had originally intended to try this method, but was interrupted by the arrival of Wu Chou and the others. Now that the situation is becoming increasingly critical, he has no choice but to risk trying it.

Luo Ming formed hand seals, and twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls formed an array in his dantian, slowly surrounding the Bloodthirsty Blade, before beginning to slowly fly out from his dantian.

Everything went smoothly, just like always, until Luo Ming used the sealing power of the Xuan Yuan Pearl to send the opponent out of his body. The blade trembled slightly, as if it had once again entered his body as usual. Luo Ming immediately summoned the Gathering Spirit Cauldron and sent it into the cauldron along with his own natal magic weapon.

The moment the Bloodthirsty Blade entered the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, it suddenly trembled violently, causing the cauldron to shake violently as well. It was as if something extraordinary inside wanted to break free, but was bound by an invisible force and could not escape.

"Hmph! As expected, there are monsters hiding inside."

Luo Ming sensed the situation inside the Xuan Yuan Pearl through the divine sense imprint within it, and his mind was shaken, for the place was in complete chaos.

After the Bloodthirsty Blade entered the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, its entire body immediately turned pitch black, with billowing black energy emanating from it. A powerful divine sense revived within, and merely glancing at the divine sense imprint left by Luo Ming within the Profound Origin Pearl made him feel as if he were an ant.

"Could a demonic being in the Nascent Soul stage be sealed inside?"

A wave of shock washed over Luo Ming. The power and antiquity of that divine sense far surpassed any enemy he had ever encountered before. It was definitely not as simple as a Nascent Soul cultivator! Rather, it was a pressure originating from a higher level of life, as if a deity overlooking the mortal world had cast a casual glance at him, a speck of dust, and that was enough to make his soul tremble and almost shatter.

"A mere Core Formation human... dares to attempt to imprison me?"

A grand, cold, and emotionless thought resounded directly in the depths of Luo Ming's soul. Every word was like a thunderbolt from the heavens striking his sea of ​​consciousness, making him dizzy and causing blood to flow from his seven orifices.

Luo Ming suddenly opened his eyes, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face showed a look of horror.

The opponent was merely a divine thought, connected only through the divine sense within the Xuan Yuan Pearl, yet it caused him such pain. If the opponent were at full strength, a single glance could have taken his life.

Luo Ming roared, disregarding the damage to his divine sense, and forcefully activated the divine sense imprint left in the Xuan Yuan Pearl. The twelve dark blue pearls floating outside the Gathering Spirit Cauldron suddenly lit up, and the spiritual patterns on the pearls flashed wildly. A steady and heavy sealing power, like twelve chains, tightly wrapped around the violently trembling Bloodthirsty Blade.

"Hehehe..." The overwhelming demonic thought resounded once more, filled with endless mockery. "A mere Core Formation cultivator's natal magic weapon dares to presume to suppress me? I am a supreme being under the command of the Holy Ancestor, conquering countless realms. How could your broken cauldron contain me? Once I am freed, I will extract your soul and refine it into a demonic slave in my palm, to be at my command for eternity!"

Before the words were even finished, the commotion inside the Spirit Gathering Cauldron suddenly intensified!

"Boom—!"

A deafening roar seemed to explode deep within Luo Ming's mind. The jet-black, bloodthirsty blade shone with crimson light, instantly slicing the Xuan Shui chains wrapped around it into countless pieces. Then, it transformed into a streak of crimson light and crashed straight into the inner wall of the Spirit Gathering Cauldron.

"Bang!"

A crisp sound rang out as the blood-red light struck the inner wall of the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, bounced back, and transformed back into a short blade. The blade trembled slightly, as if it had not yet recovered from the impact.

"Huh! What kind of magic weapon is this? The sharpness of this demonic blade is among the best even among sacred artifacts. Under my personal control, it can't even break through the defense of a magic weapon. Could this cauldron be a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure? How is that possible?"

The demonic soul within the Bloodthirsty Blade was extremely shocked. This was beyond its comprehension; how could a mere Core Formation cultivator of the human race possess such a treasure?