Chapter 69

Let that kid escape?

This result was hard for the powerful cultivator of the Foundation Establishment stage to accept. He scanned the surroundings, but the path of life and death was desolate, with no trace left.

"Hmph, want to escape? Not a chance!" The sturdy man sneered, and a drop of blood dripped from his hand. He lightly drew the drop of blood across his forehead, and a blood line over an inch long appeared on his forehead. Immediately, a red light began to swirl at his forehead.

"Fluctuations in space, there must be a spatial artifact." The man sneered again, suddenly pointing at the bead circling him and thrusting it toward the space ahead.

"Pu"

The moment the bead struck the space, a hole three feet wide appeared in the space. The man leaped forward and directly entered the hole.

Fang Ling was hiding inside the Jingyang Ridge Dust Map. The moment the space was broken, he gathered all his mental strength. At this moment, running was impossible for him. The only thing he could do was to fight!

For Fang Ling, he often didn't want to fight!

To fight! That meant to fight to the death!

But more often, once a person reached this point, they had no choice but to fight to the death!

Therefore, the moment the Foundation Establishment cultivator rushed over, Fang Ling first formed the finger seals to hide the golden knife array underground, then controlled the remaining five corpse puppets to charge at the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Seeing the scene inside the Jingyang Ridge Dust Map, the Foundation Establishment cultivator smiled. He formed the hand seals, and the bead with green fire instantly grew to a foot in size, charging straight at the five corpse puppets.

"Boom, boom, boom"

The moment the bead struck the corpse puppets, they instantly caught fire.

"Kid, you want to escape from me, Qu Laoer? You're not good enough!" The Foundation Establishment cultivator's voice carried a hint of coldness.

Fang Ling's palms were drenched in sweat. He looked at the cultivator who called himself Qu Laoer and said in a deep voice, "Junior and senior have no grudges, why must senior be so ruthless?"

"Ha ha ha, ruthless, kid, this cultivation world is a place of life and death. If I don't kill others, others will kill me. You should have felt that when you walked the path of life and death, right?" Qu Laoer chuckled and continued, "Moreover, I took the risk to enter this Immortal Ascension Path to advance my Yin Soul Banner to a higher level."

Saying this, he glanced around and continued, "They say you obtained the cave of a Golden Core True Person at the foot of the mountain. I didn't believe it at first, but now seeing this spatial artifact, it seems to be true."

"Kid, you look like someone I can get along with. If you hand over the legacy of the Golden Core True Person to me, I won't only spare your life but also introduce you to our Yin Ghost Sect."

Being taken in, he would probably face death.

He sneered inwardly, but Fang Ling put on a look of great excitement and asked, "Is senior really saying this?"

"Although I, Qu Laoer, am not a famous person, if you ask around in the demonic path, who doesn't know that my word is as good as a nail?" Qu Laoer said, reaching out to summon the bead with green fire, which instantly fell into his hand, but the green flames seemed even more sinister.

This was a threat!

Fang Ling understood Qu Laoer's meaning. After a brief moment of contemplation, he pretended to grit his teeth and said, "Junior did enter the cave of the Golden Core True Person and is willing to hand over the treasures inside to senior, but I hope senior will agree to one request."

"You dare to set conditions for me?" Qu Laoer's face turned cold, becoming even more sinister.

Fang Ling, looking terrified, said, "I dare not! Junior dares not set conditions for senior. I just hope to become senior's disciple and listen to your teachings every day."

"Ha ha ha, kid, you're smart. I agree to take you as my disciple. Quickly hand over what you have." Qu Laoer laughed sinisterly, looking very pleased with himself.

Fang Ling agreed and took out the small red flag from his storage bag. Qu Laoer took the flag, looked at it for a moment, and said indifferently, "The Red Flame Flag is not bad."

This sounded like praise, but it was also a threat.

Fang Ling then took out the West Suburb Dust Map and slowly unfolded it, saying, "Senior, the most useful thing I got from the Golden Core True Person's cave is this map. Look..."

As he spoke, Fang Ling unfolded the West Suburb Dust Map.

Qu Laoer's eyes were fixed on the map, which seemed to be a tangible painting. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he had seen many things in his decades of cultivation in the Yin Ghost Sect, but he couldn't determine the quality of this map.

In terms of power, the map felt like a magical artifact to him, but the feeling it gave him was no less than that of a magical treasure.

Good stuff, this is definitely good stuff! The reason it wasn't very powerful in this kid's hands was that he didn't know how to refine it.

If I refine this map properly, it might become a life-saving trump card for me.

"Kid, what is this map used for?"

"Senior, this map has three wonders. First, it creates its own space, which, though not large, can hide and store things. Second, the spiritual energy inside is purer than outside, making cultivation more efficient. Third..."

As he spoke, Fang Ling suddenly shook the West Suburb Dust Map, and the thousands of venomous snakes, apes, crocodiles, leopards, and other creatures he had stored in the map surged out like a tide, rushing toward Qu Laoer.

Qu Laoer's eyes were filled with greed. He didn't expect Fang Ling to attack him at this moment.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Qu Laoer was much stronger than Fang Ling, but faced with the sudden onslaught of numerous creatures, he was momentarily flustered.

"Kid, you're asking for death!" After sweeping a bunch of pythons away with a palm wind, Qu Laoer waved his hand to summon the bead.

As long as he had this bead to protect him, he believed Fang Ling couldn't do anything to him!

But at this moment, how could Fang Ling give him this chance?

This was almost his only chance to survive!

Therefore, after summoning the creatures hidden in the West Suburb Dust Map, Fang Ling immediately summoned the jade-colored jade seal talisman.

"Slap"

The jade seal talisman transformed into a large seal a yard wide and fell straight down. In the past, Qu Laoer wouldn't have taken this seal seriously.

But now, without time to summon his magical treasure, he could only open his mouth and spit out a stream of煞qi, which turned into a gray light and shot toward the jade seal.

The jade seal fell with the force of ten thousand pounds!

But the gray mist actually held the jade seal, preventing it from falling.

However, Qu Laoer's face became even more sinister. This煞qi had taken him many days to accumulate, and he had planned to use it to develop a powerful skill in the future. Now that it was used, he didn't know when he could recover.

His only thought now was to catch Fang Ling and flay him alive to satisfy his hatred.

Fang Ling, however, wouldn't give him a chance to catch his breath. Forming the hand seals, he almost simultaneously summoned two sword-shaped jade talismans, which shot toward Qu Laoer like lightning.

Qu Laoer's face turned green. Since he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he had never been so embarrassed.

But at this moment, he had no time to be angry. In the past, these two sword talismans wouldn't have been able to harm him, but now he couldn't spare his hands.

The sword light reached his body in an instant. Qu Laoer roared, opened his mouth, and spat out a blood arrow.

The blood arrow was only three feet long when it flew out, but the moment it intersected with the two sword lights, it turned into a blood-colored mist.

The two sword talismans turned into yellow runes and fell to the ground the moment they were enveloped by the blood mist.

"Fang Ling, I will kill you!" Qu Laoer waved his hand, and a ball of green fire on his palm turned the dozens of venomous snakes on his body into ashes.

Fang Ling, though regretful about the loss of the two sword talismans, didn't have time to speak. This was a matter of life and death.

He gritted his teeth and spat out a mouthful of blood. The Yin Knife hidden in his sleeve, glowing with a blood light, slashed toward Qu Laoer.

The Yin Knife was itself a magical artifact, and Fang Ling had been refining it with the Blood Refinement Technique, making its power far exceed that of ordinary talismans.

Moreover, to increase the power of the Yin Knife, Fang Ling used the Blood Burning Technique, directly consuming half of his blood qi.

Spitting out this mouthful of blood, Fang Ling's face turned pale.

And the Yin Knife slashed directly in front of Qu Laoer!

Qu Laoer's eyes narrowed. At this moment, he truly felt the threat of death.

Without thinking, Qu Laoer waved his arm, and it suddenly broke off from his body, flying toward the Yin Knife.

The Body Severing Technique, a secret art of the Yin Ghost Sect, was only used in dire situations. After using this technique, the severed body part could not be restored until the cultivator reached the Nascent Soul stage. And an arm represented a significant portion of Qu Laoer's strength.

But this allowed his body to move five feet away from its original position.

Five feet wasn't too far, but it allowed him to escape the encirclement of the snakes and beasts.

"Pu"

The Yin Knife cut the flying arm into two pieces, but the cold killing intent was also largely consumed.

Qu Laoer summoned the white bead with green light, which flew straight toward him. He looked at Fang Ling with a cold, sinister expression.

But at this moment, Fang Ling formed the hand seals, and the thirty-six golden knives hidden underground transformed into a dazzling knife wheel, enveloping Qu Laoer from all directions.

After several blows and a brief pause, Qu Laoer roared, and his entire body was swallowed by the knife wheel.

"Slap"

The white bead, which had flown halfway, silently fell to the ground!

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