Chapter 94

It wasn't the most difficult thing to break through his spiritual energy shield, but Lu Xiaodeng found that Teng Tai was no longer standing still; instead, he began to launch frenzied attacks. Since she couldn't see where he was, she kept hitting randomly with her hands. The secret chamber wasn't that big, so there was always a chance she would hit him.

Lu Xiaodeng turned around and was stabbed hard in the buttocks, which made her worry. This way, she wouldn't die, but she would definitely end up like a human sieve. She needed to come up with a plan quickly.

Feeling the wall of the tripod, she suddenly had an idea and quickly climbed onto the tripod, pushed open the lid, and jumped inside. The sound of the lid opening made Teng Tai immediately realize what she was doing. He roared and attacked, "Don't think you can hide!"

To play this game with him, if she had the ability, she would fight him head-on and see who could overpower the other. Playing hide-and-seek wasn't what a spirit should do; it was for ignorant children.

Lu Xiaodeng ignored him, quickly closed the lid as soon as she entered the tripod, and paid no attention to his attacks from outside.

The tripod wasn't dark. The divine soul she had obtained from the Zhen spirit was still floating inside, emitting a faint light. She stared at the soul, pondering whether to eat it now. She wondered if it would expand her sleeve technique after eating it, as her current soul power was too weak.

But after careful consideration, even if her soul power was sufficient, her body couldn't withstand the use of powerful spiritual techniques. It would be better to break through the spiritual energy shield and poison him. Poisoning him would be much easier and safer for her.

But this was too difficult. The more she thought about it, the more troubled she became, so she closed her eyes to rest.

Teng Tai tried every method outside but couldn't open the tripod lid. Although the tripod's quality wasn't high and it was patched everywhere, a full-force attack could destroy it, but he didn't dare. Inside was the spirit, and if the main body was destroyed, the spirit would also die.

After折腾了好半天, he was helpless against the tripod and stopped. Sitting on the tripod, he thought for a while and finally made a shocking decision: to take Lu Xiaodeng far away, no matter what, he had to get her.

He tried to put the tripod into his sleeve technique but found it completely uncontrollable. The sleeve technique was powerless against it. Although he didn't know the reason, Teng Tai felt it must be related to Lu Xiaodeng. Since she now had a body, a Golden Core level sleeve technique couldn't contain a living being.

It seemed the only way was to carry the tripod directly. The ship was full of Xuwu Sect disciples. If they saw him carrying the tripod, they would surely report it to the sect. He couldn't let anyone know about the tripod.

Thinking of this, he jumped off the tripod and walked to the secret door. He stood there hesitating for a while before resolutely opening it. Black smoke drifted out, flowing down the stairs and out through the hidden door in his room. After releasing enough smoke, Teng Tai closed and sealed the secret room, then lifted the seal on his own room. The entire spirit ship was instantly filled with toxic smoke, and soon disciples began to scream.

"Someone is releasing poison! Everyone, use your spiritual energy to block it! Don't let it touch your skin."

"Someone is seriously injured here. Who has detoxifying pills? Bring them out quickly."

Some disciples were quick to use their spiritual energy to defend themselves. It seemed she would have to act personally. Teng Tai, in his madness to get the tripod, put on a mask to prevent detection and rushed out to kill the disciples on the ship. But he didn't change his clothes, so how could the people on the ship not guess who the Golden Core cultivator was?

He planned to kill all the disciples, then quietly take the tripod and leave to a place where no one knew him. Once he tamed the tripod, the Xuwu Sect wouldn't dare to trouble him over this matter.

While Teng Tai was busy with his evil deeds, Lu Xiaodeng, who was sleeping in the tripod, suddenly opened her eyes and started feeling around her buttocks. Something was poking her, making her uncomfortable. After searching, she found a very hard animal hair under the animal skin.

"Whose hair is this? How come I didn't know about it?" She looked at the hard hair in her hand and suddenly had a good idea.

Using a small amount of soul power wouldn't harm the main body. With this in mind, she held the fine, hard hair and channeled her soul power onto it. The soul power enveloped the hair, and she placed the insect pill with Kongpiao grass inside the soul power, arranging it at the end of the hair.

But this looked too crude. Flicking it with her finger wouldn't have enough force. The opponent was a Golden Core cultivator, and without some external force, it wouldn't pierce through his spiritual energy shield.

Suddenly, Lu Xiaodeng remembered a demon beast she had seen before. This beast would release gas to attack. It concentrated its demon power at its rear and then forcefully released it, easily shattering large rocks.

Maybe she could use this method.

Having the hair clamped in her buttocks and releasing gas to push it out was completely impossible. Not only would it be inconvenient, but it would also look ridiculous. Who would stick a sharp object in their buttocks? She didn't want to take off her pants in front of others.

Lu Xiaodeng searched inside the tripod and found a half-finger-thick animal bone among a pile of medicine bottles. Both ends of the bone were neatly cut, and the bone marrow had been removed for refining pills. The inside of the bone tube was uneven.

This wouldn't do; it had to be as smooth as the outside.

Her idea was to use the animal bone to mimic the demon beast's gas release process, placing the poison needle inside the bone tube. She would use soul power to envelop the tube and the needle, store the soul power in the tube, and create an explosion when used, generating a powerful thrust to push out the poison needle.

This would be much more effective than flicking it with her finger, especially since she hadn't practiced using soul power to throw it. Now she didn't have time to practice, so using soul power to create an explosion was better, at least it wouldn't be afraid of the opponent's spiritual energy being too strong to penetrate.

To smooth the bone and increase the speed of the poison needle, Lu Xiaodeng tried many methods, using small stones, animal teeth, or hard tree roots, but none worked well. She then channeled her soul power into her fingers and inserted them into the bone, turning them vigorously.

This was indeed effective. The bone produced a lot of powder, and finally, the finger-long bone was smoothed both inside and out.

But there were too few hard hairs for the attack. She needed to find more. After searching the tripod for a long time, she couldn't find any more of the same hard hair. So, she decided to use her hair instead, cutting it into several half-finger-long segments. Using the same method, she coated them with different poisons and soul power, making twenty poison needles.

Poisoning had to be done secretly. She swallowed the poison needles and the poison tube into her stomach. Fortunately, her constitution was different from ordinary people; otherwise, she would have died from internal injuries.

After finishing, she directly opened the tripod lid and shouted, "Teng Tai, come and die!" but found something was wrong outside. The black smoke was almost gone, Teng Tai wasn't there, and the room was tightly sealed. The two disciples he had killed were still lying on the ground, poisoned to the point of being just bones.

"Where did this guy go? Did he already deal with Lu Dan?" Lu Xiaodeng was stunned and a bit worried. If that were the case, it would be troublesome. This was her first time doing something serious, but it ended up being a fiasco. It would be embarrassing to talk about it.

At that moment, the spirit ship suddenly shook violently, losing control and plummeting downward.

Lu Xiaodeng quickly leaned against the tripod, unsure if Teng Tai was killing Lu Dan or continuing to kill his fellow disciples. It was clearly impossible to quietly kill everyone on the ship; some would surely escape, and then he wouldn't be able to return.

Boom

The spirit ship crashed heavily to the ground, making a loud noise. Lu Xiaodeng was thrown to the floor, and the tripod rolled over, pinning her against the wall.

Without hesitation, she shouted, "Help! I'm trapped, my bones are broken, I can't breathe, I'm dying, help!"

After shouting a few times, she heard a loud noise. The seemingly unbreakable secret room suddenly cracked open from the top, revealing a large hole. Teng Tai stood above like a descending deity, looking down at her.

"Help! I'm trapped," Lu Xiaodeng quickly said, pretending to be completely immobilized.

Teng Tai coldly said, "Do you think I'm a fool? This is clearly your main body; it can't crush you. No wonder they say spirits are stupid."

To insult the intelligence of a spirit, Lu Xiaodeng threw a colorful stone she had prepared and kept for a long time. The force contained some soul power, and the stone flew swiftly toward him.

"Hmph, your resistance is just a waste," Teng Tai didn't move, easily sucking the stone toward him, looking at it coldly. His body was covered in blood, and he looked triumphant, suggesting that all the Xuwu Sect disciples might be dead.

"Damn it," Lu Xiaodeng threw another two small stones with her other hand. Teng Tai laughed coldly, smashing the stones and grinning as he moved to grab her. He had killed everyone, and the spirit ship was destroyed. When he left, he would set it on fire, and no one would know he was still alive.

But Lu Xiaodeng had a small bone in her mouth, only a part of it exposed. When she threw the second stone, she quickly blew out five poison needles. She hadn't practiced her aim, so she didn't know how many had hit.

Her soul power would be completely consumed to penetrate his spiritual energy. As soon as the hairs entered, they would take effect. Now she could only wait to see how many had hit. If none had, it would be interesting.