A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 61 Breaking the situation

Seeing this, the cultivator surnamed Bai had no choice but to control his Thunderfire Cone to block the flying sword. The two of them, one man and one cone, engaged in a fierce battle with the red flying sword, resulting in a stalemate. However, both Luo Ming and the cultivator surnamed Bai knew that this stalemate could not last long.

Their mana was being depleted much faster than Lu Xuan's, and although the opponent's protective aura was not as strong as that of a true Core Formation cultivator, it was still not something that could be broken through by ordinary means. Although Luo Ming had a Golden Wind Cone talisman that might be effective, Lu Xuan would obviously not give him the chance to activate it.

"Stop making futile struggles."

Lu Xuan remained calm, his tone carrying an air of complete control. "This place has been completely sealed off by the restrictions I have set up, and I will not give you time to break them." He deliberately wore down his opponents slowly, leaving them with intact corpses in order to refine puppets. Once their magic power was exhausted, he could easily capture them.

Luo Ming instantly understood Lu Xuan's intentions, his mind racing as he frantically searched for a way to escape.

His gaze fell upon the Xuanhuo Mirror, which was suspended in the center of the magic array and slowly nurtured in the Earthly Fiend Fire.

The treasure mirror is currently being repeatedly tempered by the Earthly Fiend Fire, and it will take two more days to be completely refined. Lu Xuan is standing guard beside it, controlling the magic weapon to suppress the two while keeping an eye on the treasure mirror's movements.

"It seems that this is the only way to break through." Luo Ming made up his mind.

He decided to detonate the Earthly Fiend Fire beneath the Mystic Fire Mirror, using its powerful impact to break the restriction. However, Lu Xuan was guarding the side, so he had to lure him away first before he could unleash his thunderous power.

With his mind made up, Luo Ming no longer hesitated and immediately activated his secret technique, forcibly controlling the Blood Jade Spider into a berserk state. This demonic beast had not yet fully recovered, and forcibly stimulating its potential would severely damage its cultivation. However, he was now facing a life-or-death situation and had no other choice.

The Blood Jade Spider let out a shrill screech, its black and red demonic energy surging wildly, its size expanding by several times in an instant. The barbs on its eight legs glowed with a chilling red light, and it violently smashed through two puppets, charging towards Lu Xuan with a ferocious momentum.

At the same time, Luo Ming unleashed several water arrow talismans, launching an attack on Lu Xuan's other side, intending to completely distract him.

"Hmm?" Lu Xuan noticed the powerful attack coming from the side and caught sight of the Blood Jade Spider rushing towards him. His expression changed drastically, and he hastily summoned a small bronze shield to block in front of him.

"Bang—"

With a deafening thud, the Blood Jade Spider's massive body slammed into the bronze shield, sending it flying backward. The beast's attack didn't stop, and it pounced straight at Lu Xuan.

Although Lu Xuan had the cultivation of a pseudo-core cultivator, he did not dare to compete with the physical strength of a ferocious level four demon beast. He immediately flashed away and retreated ten feet away.

The Blood Jade Spider followed closely behind, its skin torn and bleeding from the scorching flames, its eyes still bloodshot, its only thought being to tear the person in front of it to shreds.

"A great opportunity!"

Seizing this fleeting moment, Luo Ming dashed to the vent of the Earthly Fiend Fire like lightning. Without hesitation, he summoned a Green Fire Talisman, then, with a light tap of his toes, retreated without looking back towards the corner of the stone chamber, trying to get as far away from the center of the explosion as possible.

This Azure Flame Talisman was crafted by him when the Fat Sun Bird advanced to the third level. It originated from a top-tier mid-level talisman in the jade slip of a talisman-making master surnamed Yang, and its power was even stronger than the Thunderfire Talisman he had seen in the Crimson Forbidden Land.

It should be noted that this talisman seals most of the fire power contained within the body of the Zhiyang Bird after its advancement. It is released all at once through the talisman. Even the Zhiyang Bird itself would find it difficult to unleash such terrifying power in a short period of time.

"Damn beast!" Lu Xuan roared, and the torrent of flames spewed from his gourd magic weapon slammed into the Blood Jade Spider. Its entire body was covered in flames, but the Blood Jade Spider seemed fearless and continued to charge at Lu Xuan.

"boom!"

A violent explosion resounded throughout the stone chamber, the array flags shattered, and the array that had been imprisoning the fire veins collapsed instantly.

Lu Xuan turned his head and looked over. His pupils shrank immediately, and then he glared angrily at Luo Ming, as if he wanted to devour him.

Because Luo Ming's Azure Fire Talisman had destroyed the formation that nurtured the Profound Fire Mirror, before he could take any action, the entire underground stone chamber suddenly began to shake violently, as if something terrifying was about to burst out from below.

At this moment, the underground fire vein, now freed from its restraints, suddenly began to boil, and a crimson pillar of fire, several meters thick, shot into the sky, crashing with destructive power against the array light barrier above.

"Crack—" The array's light barrier was instantly covered with cracks under the impact of the fire pulse, and then shattered with a bang. Immediately afterwards, the crimson fire pillar crashed into the stone wall above.

The entire underground space was trembling violently. After the formation was broken, the passage on the side reappeared. At this moment, the violent shockwave from the fire vein, carrying magma fragments, was flying everywhere. The Xuanhuo Jian, which was originally suspended in mid-air, was violently slammed into Luo Ming's direction by a stream of magma.

"A good opportunity!" Luo Ming's eyes narrowed. Without thinking, he reached out and grabbed the Xuanhuo Mirror that was near him and put it into his storage bag.

"Luo Ming..." Lu Xuan roared, his aura suddenly surging several times, bursting out with a terrifying aura like that of a true Core Formation cultivator, causing the surrounding raging fire elemental energy to slow down. Clearly, the opponent was using some kind of secret technique at this moment.

Looking at the Blood Jade Spider, which was already severely injured, and at Lu Xuan's eyes that seemed to want to devour him, Luo Ming's face revealed a fierce look.

The Blood Jade Spider, already in a berserk state, received Luo Ming's command and let out a heart-wrenching screech. Its black and red demonic energy surged again, and its abdomen erupted with eerie blood light.

It abruptly changed direction, its abdomen contracting sharply, and countless viscous, blood-red spiderwebs surged forth like a tide, instantly weaving into a massive blood net that descended upon Lu Xuan. This blood net contained its last primordial blood, making it incredibly resilient.

As these blood-red spider webs were sprayed out, the round abdomen gradually shrank, as if the flesh and blood inside had been sucked dry, and the aura of the Blood Jade Spider rapidly declined.

"Not good!" Lu Xuan was about to take the opportunity to pursue when he saw the blood-red giant net coming towards him, and his expression changed drastically.

In his haste, he unleashed several sword strikes at the blood web, but managed only to tear a few small openings. Most of the web fell like an iron cage, tightly binding his limbs and body. The sticky spiderweb was incredibly viscous, even slowly corroding his protective aura, making it difficult for him to break free.

At this moment, the South Valley Market was like the end of the world. A thick pillar of fire shot directly from the center of the market. The array outside the market could not withstand such power and broke through a large hole. After all, the array was mainly for external defense. Who would have thought that one day it would be broken through by the internal Earthly Fiend Fire.

The cultivators in the market were now like headless flies, completely unaware of what had happened, while some quick-thinking rogue cultivators began to entertain ideas they wouldn't have dared to entertain before...

"Father, what's going on? The demonic cultivators are here again?" A young girl nervously grabbed the arm of the middle-aged cultivator next to her, her face filled with fear.

The middle-aged cultivator frowned and observed for a while, then suddenly realized something and hurriedly tried to pull the girl away by summoning her magic weapon.