ATPnovel Chapter 181: Breaking the situation
Chapter 181: Breaking the situation
at this time.
Within Yunmeng Lake.
The shockwaves caused by the attack from the "Mysterious Water Domain Pearl" have gradually weakened.
With a hand gesture, Xuan Shui Zhenren sent the enormous bead, radiant with light, flying from the lake into the sky a hundred feet above.
He stared intently down.
Meng Wangchou was nowhere to be found there.
Immediately, he released his divine sense to scan the area.
But then, a hundred feet behind them, a cloud of blood appeared.
However, Meng Wangchou's body was hanging awkwardly in the air.
At this moment, he was enveloped in the 'Blood Spirit Robe'.
But then Meng Wangchou flicked his arm, and the 'Blood Spirit Robe' fell open, revealing his body.
His face was pale, and he was panting heavily, clearly showing signs of a great depletion of his vital energy.
He looked at Xuan Shui Zhenren in front of him with a solemn expression.
"If I hadn't used my 'Fiend Spirit True Blood' that I had refined for thirty years to perform the Blood Burning Technique... and evolved a 'Blood Fiend True Spirit'... and bought myself a moment, I would probably have been smashed into mincemeat by that 'Mysterious Water Heavy Domain Pearl' by now."
He was still shaken.
"How can the natal magic weapon of this True Immortal Xuan Shui be so powerful? It seems to be more powerful than that of an ordinary True Immortal from afar!"
He looked depressed.
As a heretical cultivator, Meng Wangchou made many enemies, including wanted criminals.
He had been hunted down by Core Formation cultivators before, but he always managed to escape.
Never before had they been so humiliated, resorting to their 'trump card' that they had honed over many years.
"Master Xuanshui is indeed quite skilled. However, I still have some tricks up my sleeve. Let's stop our sparring here for today and meet again another day!" Meng Wangchou glanced at Master Xuanshui, then rolled up his blood-stained clothes, wrapped himself in a cloak, and fled towards the northwest region.
"Meng Wangchou, you cannot escape today!" However, just as Meng Wangchou had fled ten feet, a cold, eerie voice rang out. He looked up and saw that in the sky, flames flickered and giant flaming blades slashed down from the sky.
However, it was Li Ruoyu who activated the "Fire Gathering Spirit Array" on "Earth Flame Island" and attacked with all his might.
The raging flames resembled a silver river pouring down from the sky.
"Hmph." Meng Wangchou snorted coldly. His 'Blood Spirit Robe' rolled up and grew longer in the wind, transforming into a sea of blood that swept towards the giant fire blades in the sky. A huge vortex appeared in the sea of blood, swallowing up the fire blades one by one.
The attacks generated by the second-tier top-grade array were utterly insignificant under the power of his magic weapon, the "Blood Spirit Robe."
Even so, countless blades of fire still rained down from high above.
Not only that, but suddenly ripples appeared in the lake below, with waves rising ten feet high.
Light and shadow flickered in the water, accompanied by a powerful aura that soared into the sky.
Meng Wangchou's eyelids twitched, and he immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
In an instant, he was filled with great fear.
His expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock, "That's... a third-tier great demon!"
But below, a white jade tortoise, its body as large as sixteen feet, flew into the sky.
The tortoise opened its mouth and sprayed out a ring of water, which flew rapidly toward Meng Wangchou.
The aperture kept expanding, resembling a transparent sphere or water ripples, which looked quite strange.
It appears to be an ordinary supernatural power, yet it carries the aura of a Core Formation cultivator.
Surprisingly, this was a third-tier great demon.
Startled, Meng Wangchou made a hand gesture, and a third-tier talisman appeared in his palm, its blood-red light flashing.
The talisman was shrouded in blood mist, with a blood-red spear flowing across it, as if it had been imbued with spirituality.
As soon as it appeared, a blood-red light burst forth, emitting a dazzling glow, and a vast blood energy swept out from within.
This is a third-tier treasure talisman.
At that moment, Meng Wangqiu chanted an incantation, and the talisman flashed and flew towards the huge water sphere that was attacking from the front.
The runes flashed, and the blood-red spear flew out, transforming into a nine-foot-long blood spear, carrying immense blood energy.
boom!
In the blink of an eye, the blood spear pierced the water-like halo.
Upon closer inspection, the water-like halo indented on its own, and then the blood spear seemed to pierce into the water.
We passed through the sphere of light and entered its interior.
The imagined scene of the water-like shimmering beads being shattered by the piercing did not occur.
Instead, after the blood-red spear pierced into the watery light circle, it was as if it had sunk into the vast ocean. The surging blood energy was directly swallowed by the water waves, rendering it powerless. The spear's speed also slowed down, and finally it fell helplessly into the watery light circle.
"My 'Blood Spear Talisman'!" Upon seeing this, Meng Wangchou's heart skipped a beat.
This is a third-tier talisman, and its power is comparable to a strike from a Void Core cultivator. It should be able to withstand the current water sphere of light. However, the scene before us is that his talisman has completely failed, and the sphere of light has taken the opportunity to fly towards Meng Wangchou.
call!
A halo of light flew in, blooming in the air with patterns of light.
In an instant, it expanded several times over and was about to appear before Meng Wangchou's eyes.
Meng Wangchou moved and immediately flew to the side.
However, just as he flew away, a series of water-spear-like spears pierced towards him.
He was caught off guard by the spears flying towards him, and had no chance to dodge.
"Master Xuan Shui..." Meng Wangchou grinned, his hand sweeping out to roll up the 'Blood Spirit Robe' that had blocked the blazing blades in the sky, in order to block these water-spear-like spears. However, the 'Blood Spirit Robe' only appeared about ten feet above his head when it rolled up.
Those water-spear-like blades had already pierced through his body.
There was also a water-wave spear aimed directly at his brow.
The speed was so fast, it was like lightning.
"You...you're so despicable!" Meng Wangchou looked up at Xuan Shui Shangren, pointing at him and struggling to utter these words.
Immediately, his hand fell limp, and he breathed his last.
It seems that Meng Wangchou never expected that the dignified Xuan Shui Shangren, a Core Formation True Person, would actually launch a sneak attack on him.
When Meng Wangchou breathed his last, the light of his "Blood Spirit Robe" dimmed and shrank, turning into an ordinary cloak on his body.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The Blood Spirit Robe is ineffective.
Yet, fiery blades still slashed down from high above.
Clang!
Meng Wangchou was annihilated by the fiery blade, his body engulfed by raging flames.
A short while later, Meng Wangchou's figure disappeared from the sky.
All that remained were a Blood Spirit Robe and a storage bag.
With a flick of his hand, Master Xuanshui sent the Blood Spirit Robe and the storage bag flying into his palm.
At that moment, ripples appeared in the air, and a two-foot-long white jade tortoise flew over and landed on Xuan Shui Shangren's shoulder.
The turtle rubbed its head against Xuan Shui Shangren's neck.
This third-tier demon was none other than the spirit pet of the Xuan Shui Master, the Xuan Shui Turtle.
He was known as the Mysterious Water Immortal, which people believed was because his immortal foundation was the "Mysterious Water Heavy Domain".
Little did they know, it was because he kept a 'mysterious water turtle'.
After putting away the storage bag, Master Xuanshui touched the Xuanshui Turtle.
Then, Master Xuanshui looked towards the northwest area outside Yunmeng Lake.
"He hasn't made a move yet... It seems this matter is already over!" Master Xuanshui murmured.
It seemed that he also sensed that there were cultivators from the Golden Cloud Sect lurking outside.
Seeing that there was no movement in that area, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dealing with just a fake Core Formation cultivator is not a bad deal!" Venerable Xuan Shui's gaze sharpened, and he stroked his long beard, nodding repeatedly. "If I had Li Hongtai's 'Heavy Water Profound Origin Pill,' I could cultivate the 'Profound Water Technique' to the second level... and develop my second divine ability: 'Azure Wave Heavy Origin Blade,' reaching the mid-Core Formation stage in one fell swoop... My combat power would also increase exponentially!"
The reason why Master Xuan Shui came to Yunmeng Lake to oversee things was because Li Hongtai promised a mid-grade third-tier pill: the "Heavy Water Profound Origin Pill".
This pill was obtained by Li Hongtai from the cave of True Man Liuyun, and it is the very precious pill that Master Xuanshui needs to break through to the next level.
Thus, the two reached an agreement quite happily.
Of course, if faced with a powerful enemy, Master Xuanshui would not defend Yunmeng Lake to the death.
However, Li Hongtai needed to be provided with the elixir.
It can be said that Li Hongtai's move was extremely bold, as he made a huge concession.
After whispering, the water beneath Xuan Shui Shangren's feet transformed into a long river, carrying him towards the Earth Flame Path within Yunmeng Lake.
"It's over!" Lu Wenzheng and the others, witnessing this scene in the inner lake, were all deeply moved.
In addition, their anxious hearts were finally put at ease.
With the execution of the fake alchemist Meng Wangchou, the calamity at Yunmeng Lake has finally passed!
Earth Flame Island.
Inside the battle formation.
Li Ruoyu, Li Qufeng, Li Rui, Li Feiyu.
Four Foundation Establishment cultivators were in charge of the formation.
Through the formation, they could also clearly see the battle between Meng Wangchou and Xuan Shui Shangren.
"As expected of the renowned Xuan Shui Shangren of Xunfeng Kingdom... he killed a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator so easily!"
Li Feiyu muttered to himself.
His eyes shone brightly, filled with longing for the methods of a Core Formation cultivator.
Although Meng Wangchou was only a pseudo-core cultivator, he possessed a third-tier magic treasure called the "Blood Spirit Robe".
He also cultivated evil arts and condensed the 'Blood Fiend Evil Spirit,' a skill comparable to that of a Core Formation cultivator.
Who would have thought that the 'Blood Fiend Evil Spirit' would be so easily defeated by the natal magic weapon?
"Core Formation cultivators are indeed awe-inspiring!" Li Qufeng said with a face full of awe.
"Without reaching the Core Formation stage, we are nothing but ants!" Li Ruoyu took a deep breath and said with deep feeling.
If it weren't for the help of Master Xuan Shui, even a cultivator with only a pseudo-core cultivation level like Meng Wangchou would have been able to raze Yunmeng Lake to the ground.
"If it were an ordinary nascent soul cultivator... killing Meng Wangchou wouldn't be so simple... However, the Xuan Shui Shangren's natal magic weapon, the 'Xuan Shui Chong Yuan Pearl,' is said to be made from Xuan Shui gold from the deep sea, and its power is close to that of a mid-grade third-tier magic weapon."
Li Rui said.
"Furthermore, his innate divine ability, 'Mysterious Water Domain,' is also extraordinary. This divine ability possesses terrifying domain power. Once enveloped, it is as if one is being pressed down by the sky. It has the power to break through all laws with force, and also the ingenuity of the agility of mysterious water."
Clearly, Li Rui knew something about Master Xuan Shui, and it seemed that he had heard of this man's reputation from his elders long ago.
"Domain field power..." Li Feiyu's eyes lit up as he looked at Li Rui.
He was quite unfamiliar with the supernatural abilities of these Core Formation cultivators, yet he was filled with longing for them.
"It's too early for us Foundation Establishment cultivators to even mention the supernatural powers and might of Core Formation cultivators; we can't possibly comprehend them," Li Rui said.
He seemed unwilling to say more.
Seeing this, Li Feiyu didn't ask any further questions.
As he spoke, Li Ruoyu withdrew the power of the formation.
……
At this moment, outside Yunmeng Lake.
Jin Yaowen could see the fiery sky above Yunmeng Lake disappear, replaced by a large cloud and smoke formation.
"Is it over?" Jin Yaowen was taken aback by the scene, seemingly not expecting it to end so quickly.
"Go!" Zou Chengyan withdrew his gaze, then flicked his hand, and flames shot out, enveloping Jin Yaowen as he flew into the distance.
"That Li Hongtai is a real old fox; he actually arranged for a Core Formation cultivator to be stationed here long ago," Jin Yaowen said.
"Unfortunately, the purpose of this mission to destroy Yunmeng Lake was only to eliminate the Mu clan's wings and the Li clan. The real goal was to leave a flaw in Li Hongtai's Dao heart... His clansmen were wiped out because of his Core Formation... Even if he succeeds in forming his Core, he will still be left with a demon in his heart, making it difficult for him to make any progress in the future... In this way, my Jinxia Sect can finally breathe a sigh of relief!" Zou Chengyan sighed.
"Who would have thought that I would be one step behind, and that I had underestimated this young man!"
At this point, he had to look at Li Hongtai with new respect.
This person...
He's a ruthless and ambitious man!