txolops Chapter 276: My name is not worthy of your knowledge.
Chapter 276: My name is not worthy of your knowledge.
The two streams of divine consciousness collided like two monstrous waves.
In the blink of an eye, the wave of divine consciousness released by Zhong Yue was shattered, flowing down like seawater.
Immediately, the soul technique unleashed by Yang Jiuli surged forth like a raging tide.
In haste, Zhong Yue made a hand gesture, summoning a shield to block in front of him.
The shield had just grown to a height of ten feet.
The power of the soul tide crashed against the shield like waves.
Like a series of giant waves crashing down, the shield and Zhong Yue were blasted away.
A mouthful of blood spurted from Zhong Yue's mouth.
He felt his soul tremble, as if struck by lightning.
"What a terrifying secret technique... This person is hiding his true strength, retreat!" In his fear, Zhong Yue used the force of the impact to retreat a hundred feet, and then immediately used a teleportation talisman to transform into a streak of light and fly a thousand meters away.
This divine soul technique is so powerful that it is close to the power of a strike from a True Core cultivator.
It is far superior to Zhong Yue.
Therefore, he dared not linger for even a moment, fearing that his spirit would be damaged and he would perish there.
Lingxi Peak.
The immense spiritual pressure gradually dissipated.
Ye Xiyu and Ye Zhirou breathed a sigh of relief.
"That fake Core Formation cultivator, has he escaped?" Ye Xiyu gazed into the distance, only to see the fake Core Formation cultivator's body getting further and further away.
It gradually turned into a black dot.
"Just now... Mr. Yang made a move?" Ye Zhirou withdrew her gaze and looked down at the villa on the mountainside.
She was deeply troubled.
Just a moment ago, she felt her soul tremble, as if she were in a vast and boundless ocean.
She was like a drop in the ocean, with countless giant waves crashing down upon her, seemingly about to be swallowed up at any moment.
That feeling was unforgettable for her.
I now truly understand what it means to be an ant!
"Instantly repelling a fake Core Formation cultivator... Master... is already comparable to a Void Core Formation cultivator!" Ye Xiyu stared blankly at Zhong Yue's disappearing figure, her face full of shock. Then, with endless reverence in her eyes, she looked towards Master Yang's villa on Lingxi Peak.
"His strength is unfathomable, comparable to the giants of the immortal sects... yet he lives in a secluded corner, detached from worldly affairs."
"Perhaps, this is a reclusive master!" Ye Xiyu murmured, her beautiful eyes shining with admiration.
Just as the two women were whispering to each other, a ripple suddenly appeared before their eyes, and their consciousness gradually became blurred.
When they woke up, they had forgotten what had just happened, only remembering that the fake alchemist named Zhong Yue had left.
However, Yang Jiuli erased their memories.
As for the other members of the Ye family...
They could only sense that Lingxi Peak was erupting with astonishing fluctuations, and then the fake Core Formation cultivator fled in a sorry state.
As for who made the move, that remains unknown.
Even a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining can only extend their divine sense to a radius of nine hundred meters.
Lingxi Peak is nearly ten miles away from the nearest Lingxiu Peak.
The cultivators in the distance could only gaze at it from afar.
Yang Jiuli inside the peak was completely out of sight.
……
Inside Lingxi Peak.
Yang Jiuli continued to sip his tea.
indoor.
Zhu Yaqin came out.
"That fake alchemist from Yue Kingdom... has retreated!" Zhu Yaqin looked at Yang Jiuli, who looked relaxed, and then looked up again.
At that moment, she took a deep breath.
He looked at Yang Jiuli with awe.
Just now, she also felt the overwhelming magical power of the fake Core Formation cultivator pressing down on her from inside the house.
Even inside the house, she felt as if her blood was about to burst and her immortal foundation was unstable, showing signs of collapsing at any moment.
Just as she was filled with fear, she could sense a tremendous spiritual power erupting from Mr. Yang's body.
The pressure from the air disappeared.
The fake alchemist then fled.
In just a few breaths, the fake alchemist was frightened away.
Such strength can only be compared to that of a Void Core cultivator!
"I still underestimated Mr. Yang!" Zhu Yaqin whispered.
"Perhaps, by following him, I too may have a chance to glimpse the path to immortality," she whispered, her eyes bright.
Now, she has lowered her stance.
In my heart, I thought that following Mr. Yang was also a good choice.
"You wait here, I'll be right back!" Yang Jiuli said calmly without turning around.
Then, with a hand gesture, he set up the "Minor Yin-Yang Reversal Formation" and activated it.
The black and white energy transformed into a canopy that covered an area of several miles, obscuring Lingxi Peak.
He then summoned Xiao Bing.
"Let's go!" Yang Jiuli whispered.
But then Xiao Bing transformed into a giant python, its body radiating light.
Yang Jiuli stood on Xiao Bing's body and together they disappeared into the earth's veins.
"Mr. Yang, what are you going to do..." Upon seeing this, Zhu Yaqin's heart skipped a beat, "Could it be..."
A bold idea popped into her mind.
Yet it felt too unbelievable.
I dare not really think about it.
……
The Nanling Mountains stretch endlessly, covered with ancient trees reaching for the sky.
Beneath Zhong Yue's feet, a near-third-tier flying magic treasure, "Cloud Mist Silk," churned with clouds, carrying him at breakneck speed.
After flying a hundred miles, he spat out a mouthful of black blood. His body swayed slightly, and he almost stumbled and fell off the "Cloud Mist Silk Robe". In the previous battle, not only was his soul injured, but the poison that had not been completely expelled also began to backfire.
It caused his face to turn bluish.
There are bluish-black fine lines on the neck.
He flew to a valley, where clouds rose from the near-third-tier magic weapon, forming a protective shield around him.
He then took an antidote pill, preparing to completely eliminate the poison from his body.
……
Fifteen minutes later.
Zhong Yue's complexion gradually returned to normal, and the black lines had all faded away.
"hateful……"
"This Yang Jiuli not only possesses a divine sense approaching that of a Void Core True Person, but he has also mastered the 'Soul Secret Technique'."
"You almost caused me to fall into your trap..."
After stabilizing his breathing and gradually expelling the poison, Zhong Yue cursed under his breath.
"Now that things have come to this, all we can do is go to Huanyuan Peak and see if there are any clues about the ancient ruins."
He frowned.
He immediately mounted his near-third-tier magic weapon and prepared to fly towards Huanyuan Peak.
In the valley, the clouds and mist dissipated, and the 'Cloud and Mist Silk' patterns beneath Zhong Yue's feet bloomed, carrying him into the air.
He had only flown a hundred meters, and had not yet appeared in the sky, when suddenly, a ripple appeared in the air.
A surge of immense magical power descended like a curtain from the sky, causing his body to tremble.
The near-third-tier magic weapon beneath its feet also ceased its advance, and the clouds on the silk robe swirled back and scattered to the side.
"It's a Core Formation Realm cultivator!" Zhong Yue exclaimed in alarm, and looked up abruptly.
"This aura... is even stronger than that of my Third Grandfather!"
As their gaze fell upon the scene, they saw clouds swirling in the night sky ahead.
In the mist, a woman of unparalleled beauty was hidden, appearing and disappearing.
"May I ask your honorable title, senior? I am Zhong Yue, a junior from Zhongjiabao in Yue Kingdom..." Zhong Yue bowed and said.
As he spoke, his divine sense had already seeped into the spirit beast pouch at his waist.
And storage bags.
It was clear that they sensed the situation was not good and were preparing to flee.
The reason he didn't flee immediately was that he knew that fleeing from a Core Formation Realm expert would only lead to a quicker death.
"You, a mere pseudo-core cultivator, are not worthy to know my name!" A cold female voice echoed from within the clouds.
The sound was ethereal and melodious.
It was full of majesty and its sound resounded for miles around.
"This..." Zhong Yue said with a bitter expression.
"I was unaware of your presence, senior. What guidance do you have for me?" Zhong Yue asked.
His mind was filled with countless thoughts, including the many female cultivators at the Core Formation stage from the Chu and Yue kingdoms, but he was still unsure who the newcomer was.
"Just to take your life!" the woman's cold voice rang out.
Accompanying this was a powerful surge of Core Formation energy that swept down.
"Damn it..." Zhong Yue's gaze darkened. "Secret technique, gathering insects to form a mountain...!"
With a flick of his hand, countless spirit insects swarmed out of the spirit beast pouch at his waist.
The spirit insects gathered and overlapped in the air, transforming into a hundred-foot-tall beetle that emitted a powerful spiritual pressure.
This kind of momentum is comparable to that of a fake elixir.
He prepared to urge these spirit insects to self-destruct in order to withstand the immediate attack of the Core Formation cultivator.
He then immediately fled.
However, before the spirit insect could self-destruct...
"Divine Power: All Things Submerge." A clear, cold, and ethereal voice, like the sound of the Great Dao, rang out.
The voice carried a magical power; as soon as it entered his ears, Zhong Yue felt his internal magical power solidify.
His soul trembled, and many scenes appeared before his eyes, making him feel as if he had fallen into another world.
His consciousness stopped.
The spirit insect in the air also paused, and the spiritual pressure comparable to that of a pseudo-core cultivator suddenly disappeared.
"The cold current never ceases... my sword will never break!"
In an instant, the woman's voice rang out.
But then, through the mist, she raised her jade-like hand, and a cold light flashed from her fingertips.
It seemed as if a sword talisman appeared, or perhaps a divine law, and then a cold current surged forth like a rushing river.
They attacked Zhong Yue ahead.
The river flows swiftly, yet the sound of swords rings out.
The myriad icy sword energies surged forth like a vast army galloping across a battlefield.
The scent of death filled my heart.
Zhong Yue's heart skipped a beat, jolting him awake from that inexplicable world.
When he looked closely, he saw that the river of swords had annihilated the swarm of insects he had summoned and was now pouring down on him.
A myriad of swords, vast and mighty, surged forth.
The chilling sword energy penetrated his very soul, causing him to tremble.
A great fear surged into my heart.
"Sword Immortal..." Zhong Yue exclaimed.
However, before he could finish speaking, the thousands of icy swords had already pierced through his body.
His heart meridians were severed.
Sword energy invaded his sea of consciousness, annihilating his soul.
"Where did this... female sword immortal come from..." As his consciousness gradually faded, Zhong Yue couldn't help but look up at the sea of clouds ahead, where the sword immortal was hidden. There, the clouds churned, and a kind of supernatural power isolated outsiders from prying eyes.
He couldn't possibly see the true face of the peerless sword immortal inside.
His words came out in broken sentences.
Even in death, he never figured out when this female sword immortal appeared in the Chu and Yue kingdoms.
call!
Thousands of sword-like energy surged forth.
After piercing through Zhongyue, it descended and stabbed into the cliff face of the valley below.
The cliff collapsed, and rocks tumbled down.
The mountain peaks on one side of the valley rush straight down.
The falling rocks were all frozen solid.
A wave of extreme cold swept past.
The entire valley was covered with a layer of ice crystals, and the vegetation was frozen.
The temperature in the air suddenly dropped, and snowflakes began to fall.
Above the valley, magical power swirled out from the clouds, lifting Zhong Yue's corpse into the air.
Then, a talisman entered his brow.
A little while later.
A barely perceptible sound arose from within the clouds and mist.
"Zhong Family Fortress... True Immortal of the Void Core Realm, Zhong Quan, a Third-Order Great Demon, the Thousand-Legged Cloud Centipede..."
"Fortunately, they're all in the early stages of Core Formation..."
"As for this person's corpse, it's best to destroy it... Otherwise, if a Core Formation Realm cultivator were to use secret techniques to track me down, that would be disastrous!" After saying this, he took the storage bag and spirit beast bag from the person's body and then produced a talisman.
The talisman's flames rose, burning Zhong Yue's body to ashes.
The stunningly beautiful woman in the clouds was actually a manifestation of Yang Jiuli using the "Heavenly Illusionary Dao Bone".
As for the aura of the Core Formation True Person level, it also came from the Heavenly Illusion Dao Bone.
"The Celestial Illusionary Dao Bone truly lives up to its reputation as the Celestial Illusionary Snow Fox Clan's supreme treasure..."
"If the true spirit within the bones had not been lost... it would be comparable to a quasi-fourth-tier magic weapon!"
Yang Jiuli thought to himself.
Unfortunately, that powerful being from back then was too strong and devoured the spiritual essence of this Dao bone.
In addition, the passage of time caused it to fall from the level of a quasi-fourth-tier magic weapon.
The fact that he can maintain such power now is already a testament to his extraordinary abilities.
If it were an ordinary magical artifact, it would have long lost its true spirit and become nothing more than mortal bones.
As for Mingming, she controlled Zhong Yue with the "All Things Fall" divine power and could easily kill him with a quasi-third-tier talisman.
Yang Jiuli still used a wisp of divine power he had obtained from Liuyun Yaju.
However, they wanted to create the illusion that Zhong Yue had been killed by a Core Formation Sword Immortal.
In this way, the Zhongjiabao stronghold of the Yue Kingdom will also be wary.
This matter cannot be traced back to Yang Jiuli in a short period of time.
It was precisely because of these many methods that Yang Jiuli decided to kill Zhong Yue.
Otherwise, if this person returns and summons a True Immortal of the Void Core to exert pressure, then he will certainly not be able to enjoy the secrets of that ancient relic alone.
Not only that, his true strength will also be exposed.
The best option is to kill them and cut off the Zhong family's wings.
The next instant, the clouds in the sky swirled and disappeared underground, and the immense pressure of the Core Formation stage vanished.
Only the valley below was frozen by the cold air.
The fierce wind howled and whistled, carrying a hint of sword intent, making the Qi Refining cultivators who entered later feel as if they were in a sea of swords, unable to stay for long. Even the Foundation Establishment cultivators were terrified, startled by the sharp sword intent.
……
After leaving, Yang Jiuli arrived at a cave.
He took out Zhong Yue's storage bag.
Numerous spoils of war appeared before them.
Quasi-Tier 3 Talismans: Nine.
Several second-grade superior pills.
Second-tier Spirit Essence...
The near-third-tier magical artifact, "Cloud Mist Silk Robe".
The near-Tier 3 treasure artifact, the "Black Gold Gourd".
123,000 low-grade spirit stones.
Spirit insect:
Three thousand first-tier "Red Beetles".
Eight mid-stage Tier 2 "Red Beetles".
Two late-stage Tier 2 "Thousand-Legged Cloud Centipedes".
Several insect eggs.
"120,000 spirit stones is more than what a Foundation Establishment cultivator has, but far less than what a Core Formation cultivator has!"
Yang Jiuli was quite satisfied with his gains.
"These spirit insects..."
But when he looked at these spirit insects, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
A Core Formation cultivator wielding such a massive spiritual insect is akin to the fighting force of an entire sect.
However, the spirit insects at present are somewhat of a liability to Yang Jiuli.
First: He cannot openly drive it, otherwise it will expose the fact that he killed Zhong Yue.
Second: Keeping spirit insects in captivity will also consume a lot of resources.
"These ordinary 'red beetles' can be kept..."
"As for these 'Thousand-Legged Cloud Centipedes,' they must be dealt with; they possess the bloodline of that third-tier Cloud Centipede..."
"If I keep it by my side, it might be sensed and detected."
Yang Jiuli was quite decisive and directly killed the Thousand-Legged Cloud Centipede, which had reached the late stage of the second tier.
Ashes were scattered in the dark river.
Other items that might attract attention were placed in underground rivers.
As for the other beetles, he swept them with his divine sense and erased all the special marks on their bodies.
This is the only way to avoid being tracked.
After doing all this, Yang Jiuli headed to Lingxi Peak.
……
Lingxi Peak.
A wisp of cold mist rose up.
Xiao Bing appeared with Yang Jiuli.
Zhu Yaqin is still alive.
Sensing Yang Jiuli's return, he immediately stepped forward.
"Sir..." Zhu Yaqin said nervously, bowing respectfully.
"The matter is settled. Now you should move the 'Gu worms' you've cultivated... and don't go to 'Huanyuan Peak'!"
Yang Jiuli sat in the pavilion, took a sip of tea, and said.
"It's all over!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Yaqin's heart skipped a beat, filled with both excitement and elation.
The implication was clear: the fake alchemist had been killed.
How powerful is a fake True Immortal?
There must be a trump card.
If they go all out, even a cultivator who hasn't reached the Core Formation stage can be saved.
If he chooses to burn his inner energy and fight desperately, even ordinary Core Formation cultivators would have to avoid his sharp edge.
It is difficult to kill it.
unless……
The two sides were vastly different in strength, so he was crushed without giving the fake Core Formation cultivator a chance to fight back.
Zhong Yue does indeed have some trump cards up his sleeve.
First: His secret technique allows him to control spirit insects, giving him power comparable to a fake elixir.
If the spirit insect were to self-destruct, its power would be comparable to that of a nascent core cultivator.
In addition, he also has a: 'Fire Blast Talisman'.
If activated, the power it unleashes can also damage a fake pill.
However, he failed to have the time to unleash these trump cards in either of his two encounters with Yang Jiuli.
After all, this kind of talisman cannot be cast instantly.
The first time, Yang Jiuli attacked with the "Soul Tide," his momentum overwhelming, giving Zhong Yue no chance to activate his talismans. Even the shield he summoned failed to unleash its power and was instantly blown away by the Soul Tide.
The second time, Yang Jiuli overwhelmed the opponent with the power of the True Core, and even unleashed the second divine power of the "Heavenly Illusionary Dao Bone".
This caused Zhong Yue to fall into a dreamlike state.
Thus, even though Zhong Yue summoned the swarm of insects, he was unable to unleash a fatal blow.
"Yes, this servant will go and move the Gu worms..." Zhu Yaqin said hurriedly after a slight shock.
Yang Jiuli remained calm.
Zhu Yaqin raised her eyes and asked, "Master, has the Gu worm been placed on Lingxi Peak?"
She asked cautiously.
The fact that she changed her address to Yang Jiuli to "master" clearly shows that she has completely accepted her current status and no longer has any resistance.
After all, a cultivator capable of killing a fake Core Formation cultivator would be a giant in the Chu Kingdom's cultivation world, worthy of founding a sect and being called an ancestor.
It is an incredible stroke of luck that I can now rely on such a person.