Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 197 Killing Hua Hong

The venom sac of a third-tier poisonous dragon.

This was the payment Li Ping demanded when he refined pills for Huang Yan.

His original plan was to refine the poison sac into the Blood Banner to enhance the blood-corroding poison.

However, to his surprise, the nine bone needles were dissolved into nothingness after being immersed in the poison sac during the practice.

As a result, Li Ping dared not use the Blood Banner to refine the poison sac again, lest he destroy this precious second-tier top-grade magic weapon.

The poison sac remained on his body.

……

Whoosh!

Li Ping threw out the poison sac, which was caught by a black figure. The figure then flew directly to the golden light shield above Hua Hong's head and threw the poison sac down.

As it was thrown out, the puppet chanted incantations, causing the poison sac to explode the instant it approached the golden light shield.

In an instant, it was like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

A large mass of black venom transformed into countless tiny raindrops that fell onto the golden protective shield.

The golden shield suddenly shone brightly!

Hua Hong naturally noticed the puppet's movements, but he only glanced up briefly before looking away without paying attention, focusing on activating the talisman in his hand.

In his view, the third-tier Vajra Talisman represents the power of the Core Formation stage, a power completely different from that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator would need to attack continuously for more than half an hour to break through.

In their desperation, they're grasping at straws, trying to break through by throwing something at you.

This is simply a dream!

Once he activates the talisman in his hand, it will be the opponent's death day!

Although Hua Hong was quite reluctant to use the third-tier spirit talisman and the talisman treasure bestowed by the ancestor, killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a powerful background was enough to make up for his loss!

But the next moment—

Hua Hong only heard a slight crackling sound in his ear. He looked up in surprise and saw that the black liquid that had fallen on the golden light shield was actually corroding the golden light shield formed by the Vajra Talisman like a bone-deep ailment.

To Hua Hong's horror, the golden protective shield was showing signs of weakening under the erosion of the black liquid.

"How is this possible? What is this thing?" Hua Hong was in a dilemma. The talisman in his hand had not yet been activated, and the protective shield formed by the third-tier Vajra Talisman was unable to withstand the erosion of the black liquid.

Just as he hesitated, the golden light on the surface of the golden shield flashed.

Seeing this, Hua Hong felt a chill run down his spine, knowing that he had to make a decision.

His choice was to decisively put away the talisman and escape quickly from the area where the venom had not yet penetrated before the golden light shield's power was exhausted by the venom.

But this was exactly what Li Ping wanted to do.

Li Ping activated several spirit talismans in his hand, and several enormous bolts of lightning appeared out of thin air, transforming into ferocious thunder dragons with menacing horns, which roared as they pounced on Hua Hong.

The terrifying power made Hua Hong's heart skip a beat: "A high-grade second-tier thunder talisman!"

Unable to use his magical artifacts to stop it, he hurriedly tore open two talismans, forming a blue light shield several feet away from his body.

Third-tier spirit talismans are extremely precious. Even as a descendant of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, Hua Hong only possesses one. Therefore, he currently uses second-tier spirit talismans.

Two layers of second-tier spell shields were naturally no match for the power of the Thunderous Talisman, but they did buy Hua Hong some time to react.

He hurriedly patted the storage bag at his waist, and a palm-sized black shield flew out, instantly expanding to several meters in width and height, blocking his way.

"Boom!"

With a series of booming sounds, the thunder dragon crashed into the shield and disintegrated, the remaining lightning spreading over an area of ​​several tens of feet.

Seeing that he had blocked the lightning talisman attack, Hua Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he looked into the distance, he was horrified to find that the puppet had once again drawn its bow and arrow, staring at him expressionlessly.

"call out!"

The puppet released its grip, and the arrow instantly transformed into a black streak of light, shooting towards Hua Hong.

"Damn it! Where did this mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator come from? Why is he so troublesome!" Hua Hong cursed inwardly, but his hands didn't dare to slow down at all. He quickly manipulated his shield to block the arrows.

boom!

Arrows collide with shields.

This shield had been damaged when Hua Hong used it to block the attack of the lightning talisman. Now, it was struck by the puppet's earth-shattering blow and shattered without even a moment's pause!

Seeing this, Hua Hong's face turned ugly. In this battle, he had used every trick in the book, but he was suppressed by his opponent. Even the two second-tier high-grade shield magic weapons in his hands were destroyed.

Fortunately, after firing two arrows, the puppet's spirit stones were insufficient to support its continued attack. Li Ping needed to replace the puppet's spirit stones and did not immediately launch the next attack, which finally gave Hua Hong a chance to catch his breath.

Having witnessed the terrifying power of the puppet's attacks, Hua Hong dared not let Li Ping replace the puppet's spirit stones.

"snort!"

Without hesitation, he manipulated the small hammer magic weapon to pounce on Li Ping, preventing Li Ping from getting close to the puppet.

Li Ping also controlled the flying fork to block Xiao Chui, but with his mid-Foundation Establishment stage mana, it was quite difficult to resist Hua Hong's attack. Disturbed by this, he really didn't have a chance to exchange spirit stones for the puppet for a while.

This immediately filled Hua Hong with joy. Even without using any talismans, and with Li Ping's puppet power exhausted, he still had the advantage. He could suppress Li Ping with his powerful magic.

"Ha ha……"

Thinking of this, Hua Hong felt invigorated and already considered Li Ping as his own.

Whoosh!

He then threw out a tower-shaped magical artifact about an inch tall. After it flew out, the artifact grew larger in the wind and quickly became several feet tall, falling straight towards the center of the battle.

Hua Hong made a hand seal, and instantly, a deep crack appeared at the bottom of the tower-shaped magic weapon, from which an astonishing suction force emanated, directly affecting the purple-gold fork.

The purple-gold fork was pulled off course, its speed greatly reduced, and it involuntarily fell towards the bottom of the tower, unable to stop the little hammer magic weapon.

The small hammer transformed into a streak of light and slammed down on Li Ping. Li Ping remained calm and composed, forming a hand seal that created a Blood Shield above his head, blocking the attack.

However, Hua Hong is a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and his spiritual sense and magical power are far superior to Li Ping's.

Therefore, although the attack was blocked, the Blood Shield still trembled violently, as if it was about to collapse.

"A great opportunity!" Hua Hong's eyes lit up, and he was about to continue his fierce attack!

But just as he was mobilizing the magic power within his body, suddenly—he felt a sense of obscurity within his magic power.

"What's going on?" Before Hua Hong could react, he noticed that the strange feeling was spreading, and in the blink of an eye, most of his body was numb.

He staggered, his eyes filled with disbelief: "I've been poisoned? When did this happen?"

His first thought was that the black liquid that had been poured on the Vajra Talisman shield was poisonous and that he had accidentally inhaled it while escaping.

Hua Hong looked down and saw that the spot where he had placed the Vajra Talisman had now been corroded into a bottomless pit several tens of feet in diameter. This further confirmed his suspicions: "Damn it! Fortunately, this is a residual poison from the sourceless source. As long as I suppress it, it can be slowly neutralized."

Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out various antidote pills from his storage bag and swallowed them, trying to slow down the spread of the toxins.

To his bewilderment, his actions were completely ineffective; instead, the numbness throughout his body intensified, and the surging magical power within him gradually subsided.

"It's not getting better, it's getting worse. Why is that?" Hua Hong looked at Li Ping, then at the blood-red banner in Li Ping's hand, and suddenly realized.

It turns out that the poison he was given did not come from the black liquid before, but from Li Ping who poisoned him!

Numbness throughout the body, and sluggish magical power.

Realizing what was happening, Hua Hong tried to escape using his escape light, but the moment he turned around, a stream of purple-gold light pierced through his chest, taking away all his life force.

Hua Hong, die!

At the moment of his death, a wisp of blood-red light emerged from his body, rushed towards Li Ping, disappeared into his body, and left him completely unable to react.

"Another bloodbath!"

Hu Feng, Liu Wusheng, Yan Liming, and now this person—Li Ping remembers this is the fourth time.

He shook his head and waved his hand, controlling the puppet to take Hua Hong's storage bag. Immediately, a fireball landed on Hua Hong, instantly burning him to ashes.

"Phew! I finally got rid of him." Only when he burned his corpse to ashes did Li Ping finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator he killed today was the most troublesome person he had ever encountered in his life.

Not only does he possess numerous magical artifacts, but he is also extremely decisive, never hesitating to use his trump cards when things go wrong.

If he really activates that crimson sword talisman, Li Ping will have no choice but to use the "Blood Wing Escape Technique" to escape.

Fortunately, Li Ping happened to have a third-tier poison dragon sac in his hand, which interrupted his process of activating the talisman.

"Who exactly is this person? Is he from the Blood Shadow Sect like Yan Liming and Liu Wusheng? Or is it that all demonic cultivators burst forth with blood after death?" Li Ping held the storage bag in his hand, a thoughtful expression on his face.

The fact that the third-tier spirit talisman and the talisman treasure both prove that the other party has an extraordinary background.

"The most urgent thing is to find out his identity. What if his death attracts a Core Formation expert to seek revenge..." Li Ping worried inwardly.

If he were to be targeted by a Core Formation expert, he would have no choice but to run away.

"By the way, the female cultivator she was chasing seems to still be alive." With that thought, Li Ping cleaned up the traces of the battle and flew quickly toward where Wei Yiling had fallen.

……

The State of Qi is the main base of the four major sects of the demonic path.

An old man with a square face and large ears was sitting cross-legged, circulating his internal energy and regulating his breathing, when suddenly—

He suddenly opened his eyes, and with a flick of his wrist, a blood-red jade tablet appeared in his palm. At this moment, a crack had already appeared on the jade tablet. Before the square-faced old man could react further...

The blood-red jade pendant shattered with a crack.

"Hong'er is dead!" The square-faced old man's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "I bestowed upon him a third-tier Vajra Talisman and a powerful talisman; who could kill him?"

"Could it be that Hong'er and my disciple had a conflict? No, no... Given Hong'er's personality, it's impossible for him to provoke a Core Formation cultivator!"

The square-faced old man stood up, his lips slightly moving. He called over a Foundation Establishment cultivator and ordered him to return to the mountain gate to check if Wei Yiling's life tablet was intact.

He sent Hua Hong and Wei Yiling to Fenglan Immortal City to investigate Yan Liming's leak of secrets; the two should have been acting together.

If Wei Yiling is not dead, she will naturally come back to report.

If she dies... the square-faced old man will personally travel to Fenglan Immortal City.