txolops Chapter 400 Successive Kills
Chapter 400 Successive Kills
This person was willing to sacrifice a large amount of his life essence and blood to use some kind of secret technique that burned his life potential, and was willing to be seriously injured in order to break out of the sea of insects!
However, just as his secret technique was about to be completed—
"Buzz!"
An invisible and intangible yet heavy as a mountain, seemingly capable of solidifying space, suddenly descended without warning, completely enveloping him within a radius of several feet! Master Lieyang felt his body sink, as if he had instantly fallen into an incredibly viscous swamp, and the execution of his secret technique was interrupted!
"Magnetic supernatural power?" Master Lieyang was shocked. This kind of supernatural power is extremely rare. He had only seen it on the level 5 earth-attribute Yuan Turtle of the Yuling Sect. He never expected that this mysterious cultivator would also have this kind of supernatural power.
"Whoosh—!!!"
A dazzling golden giant sword, over ten zhang long, tore through the air, carrying a piercing shriek and a sharp, all-slicing aura. It shot out suddenly from behind the swarm of insects, moving with lightning speed, and attacked directly.
"This person... is actually a sword cultivator?" The blazing sun was shocked, but he was experienced in combat after all. At the critical moment of life and death, he forcibly suppressed his shock and slammed his storage bag.
A square shield, entirely earthen yellow, thick and simple, with mountain patterns carved on its surface, flashed in front of him, instantly growing to several feet in size, emitting a heavy and solemn earth-attribute spiritual light, firmly blocking the path of the golden giant sword.
This shield was a top-tier defensive magic weapon he acquired in his early years. It was made primarily from rare ancient "mysterious yellow earth" and possessed astonishing defensive power. In his opinion, it was enough to withstand this sudden sword strike, giving him precious time to use his escape technique or counterattack again.
"clang--!!!"
The golden greatsword slammed into the "Mysterious Yellow Shield," unleashing a deafening roar!
Master Lieyang shuddered violently, letting out a muffled groan, his face instantly turning deathly pale! The scene he had envisioned—the shield steadily blocking the giant sword—did not occur! The "Mysterious Yellow Shield," on which he had placed such high hopes, groaned and creaked the moment it came into contact with the golden giant sword. The mountain-like patterns on its surface flickered violently and erratically, managing to hold out for less than a breath—
"Snap!"
A clear cracking sound rang out, and a thin crack appeared in the center of the shield where the greatsword tip had pierced it! The crack spread rapidly, expanding like a spider web!
"What... what kind of magic weapon is this? How can it be so heavy and sharp!" Master Lieyang's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints, his eyes filled with disbelief and horror!
His "Mysterious Yellow Shield" could withstand the full force of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator without being damaged, yet it was cleaved in two by a single sword strike!
However, just as his mind momentarily faltered due to the damage to his shield, and he instinctively tried to retreat and dodge the unstoppable sword strike—
"call out!"
A tiny, blood-red, hair-thin shadow, moving so fast that even divine sense could not detect it, shot out from somewhere in the sea of insects without warning. As if teleporting, it went straight into his brow and burrowed into the depths of his consciousness!
"Ugh—!"
Master Lieyang let out a shrill scream, his body suddenly stiffened as if he had been frozen in place, his eyes instantly lost their light and became confused, and the magic power he had just raised dissipated like a deflated balloon!
"No!" Only this desperate thought remained in Master Lieyang's mind, and his consciousness plunged into chaos and excruciating pain.
"Pfft—!" Blood spurted out!
The body of the Blazing Sun Master, which had lost its effective protection, was as fragile as paper under the sword that had gathered Luo Ming's full strength. It was easily cut in two!
Luo Ming's face paled even more. He didn't bother to regulate his breathing and endured the dizziness and stinging pain caused by the severe consumption of his spiritual energy. He raised his hand and waved.
A pale golden "spiritual power hand" formed from pure magical power appeared out of thin air, swiftly and firmly grasping the Lieyang Shangren's storage bag and the "crimson mini Nascent Soul" whose little face was full of fear and confusion and was about to use Nascent Soul teleportation to escape, and took them into its palm.
The primordial spirit of the Blazing Sun Immortal had already been ambushed by the Soul-Shattering True Man, whose injuries were suppressed by his secret technique. Now, it was struck by Luo Ming's divine sense attack, causing its consciousness to become blurred. In addition, the binding of Luo Ming's Yuan Magnetic Divine Power allowed Luo Ming to easily seize the opponent's primordial spirit.
Otherwise, with the unpredictable escape techniques of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be truly difficult to capture them.
Only after he had subdued the nascent soul of the Blazing Sun Venerable and quickly cast several sealing talismans and placed them into a specially made soul-sealing jade box did Luo Ming finally exhale a long, relieved breath, his tense mind relaxing slightly.
Its remains were devoured in the blink of an eye by the swarming Gold-Eating Insects, leaving not even a trace of blood. Although the physical body of this Nascent Soul cultivator was not as good as that of a Body Cultivator, it was still a great tonic for the Gold-Eating Insects.
"Simultaneously controlling the Myriad Soul Banner, the Ghost King, and tens of thousands of Gold-Eating Insects, while also unleashing the full power of the Greatsword Technique and the God-Breaking Cone Secret Technique... is still too much of a burden on my current spiritual consciousness."
Luo Ming frowned as he felt that nearly 30% of his divine sense had been consumed in a short period of time.
He dared not delay. With a thought, the vast, still ferocious and restless sea of golden insects transformed into streams of golden light, orderly returning to his wide sleeves and being stored in his spirit beast bracelet.
Quickly putting away the Gold-Eating Insects, Luo Ming abruptly turned his head, his cold and sharp gaze like two swords, shooting towards the distant battleground where the yin energy was still churning and ghostly howls were echoing!
At this moment, the Soul Shattering True Man was extremely anxious. His ghostly supernatural powers and secret techniques, which he had studied for hundreds of years, were completely restrained when facing this genuine "Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King" who was assisted by the Myriad Soul Banner. His power was greatly reduced, and he felt quite embarrassed and powerless, like "teaching a fish to swim."
The opponent's "Netherworld Ghost Fire" was extremely vicious and troublesome. As long as it touched him even slightly, it would be like a bone-deep ailment, frantically eroding and dissolving his magic power and protective ghost energy, leaving him exhausted and suffering terribly.
He knew that his current strength was less than half of his peak strength. If he wanted to break free from the Yin energy cage set up by the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner", he had to defeat, or at least severely injure, this Ghost King.
However, he knew that once beings like ghosts and zombies reached the Nascent Soul stage, their supernatural abilities were far more bizarre than those of ordinary cultivators of the same level. Even when he was at his peak, without a magic weapon to counter them, it wouldn't be so easy for him to defeat them, let alone now that his strength was weakened.
"I wonder how long that Blazing Sun Venerable can hold out. We can't rely on the few Core Formation cultivators who are coming later. We still need to find a way to leave here as soon as possible," Shattered Soul True Person said with a frown.
Just as he was feeling anxious and racking his brains for a way to escape, the dense, swirling yin energy that had been trapping him suddenly surged violently without warning, splitting open to both sides and creating a gap of about ten feet wide! The light and scenery from the outside world instantly pierced through.
Soul Shattering Master was first stunned, then his eyes erupted with uncontrollable elation! "Reinforcements?! Have the four banner bearers from the Spirit Control Sect arrived? Or has one of my fellow Daoists from the Ghost Spirit Sect sensed something amiss and come to meet us?!"
Almost without thinking, he mustered a burst of magical power, his figure transforming into a dim ghostly shadow, about to rush out through the gap!
At the same time, his powerful divine sense surged out of the gap like a tide, eager to find out whether the newcomer was friend or foe, and the specific situation outside.
However, the scene and information fed back by his divine sense instantly froze the ecstasy on his face, which then turned into boundless horror and disbelief!
Beyond the gap, instead of the expected reinforcements, stood a towering figure, almost tangible, radiating a powerful aura of blood and qi!
This person was about ten feet tall, and his whole body was covered with a thick, strange armor that flowed with dark golden light. The surface of the armor was engraved with intricate tortoise and snake patterns, and it exuded a terrifying pressure as heavy as the earth!
In his hand, he held a massive mountain-splitting axe, its entire body a dark gold color and its blade gleaming with unparalleled sharpness and cold light! Just by standing there, the powerful aura and energy emanating from his body caused the surrounding air to hum uncontrollably!
This...this is definitely not any Nascent Soul cultivator he knows from the Spirit Control Sect or the Ghost Spirit Sect!
"You...you are...that body-refining rogue cultivator who appeared in Qinghu Market several years ago?"
He recognized him! This unique and extremely powerful aura of a body cultivator, this iconic dark gold armor and giant axe, were almost identical to the mysterious body cultivator described in intelligence reports from several years ago who had caused a great uproar in Qinghu Market!
"Heh heh..." The figure shrouded in dark gold armor let out a low, cold laugh, the sound echoing through the armor with a metallic clang.
"Now that you've recognized me, then... you can forget about leaving alive."
Before he finished speaking, Luo Ming's dark gold armor suddenly burst forth with dazzling spiritual light, and his soaring blood energy erupted like a volcanic eruption!
He stomped his foot on the void, producing a muffled sound like a sonic boom, and his figure transformed into a dark golden afterimage that tore through the air, heading towards the Soul Shattering True Person who had just rushed out of the Yin Qi gap and whose mind was in extreme shock and panic!
At the same time, the ferocious and powerful "Netherworld Ghost King" on the other side also let out a thunderous roar of excitement. Its pale ghost fire burned fiercely around its body, and its huge ghost claws tore through the Yin energy. Following closely behind Luo Ming, it formed a pincer attack from the left and right, and pounced on the Soul Shattering True Person!
Shattered Soul Master's face turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with despair.
Just as Luo Ming joined forces with the Ghost King to fight against the Soul Shatterer, about three hundred miles away in the sky...
Four streaks of light, each a different color, were relying on the four "Thousand Demon Banners" emanating black energy in their hands to condense into a pair of jet-black, mimicking wings. They were flying at an astonishing speed toward the direction where the Blazing Sun Venerable had last stood. These were the four "Banner Bearers" from the Spirit Control Sect who had been ordered to come and provide support.
Suddenly, the green-robed late-stage Core Formation cultivator, who was flying at the forefront, holding an ancient bronze compass and constantly looking down at it, abruptly stopped in mid-air, his face showing disbelief, shock, and paleness.
"Senior Brother Cao, what's wrong? Is there some new development on Uncle Lieyang's side?" A square-faced Core Formation cultivator next to him stopped his escape light and asked in confusion.
Following the compass in Senior Brother Cao's hand, they had been chasing at full speed. Senior Brother Cao had just said that Uncle Lieyang had stopped 500 miles ahead, presumably having already entangled that transformed demon bird. Why did he suddenly stop?