Chapter 92

"Would you like the eyes of the Silver Flame Spider?"

"No, give me the legs, they might be useful."

"Alright, I'll take the silk it spits out. It's very resilient and can be considered a good spiritual material."

"Give me the teeth."

"Sure."

"..."

Next to the Silver Flame Spider that had been dissolved, Qin Lie and Gao Yu were crouching, sorting through the spiritual materials and discussing how to divide them.

Soon, the two of them had finished dividing the second-stage Silver Flame Spider. The cloth bag at Qin Lie's waist was bulging, already filled with spiritual materials, and Gao Yu's bag was also stuffed to the brim.

A few legs of the Silver Flame Spider were still on the ground, and no matter what, the two of them couldn't take them away.

"If we had a spatial ring, all the spiritual materials could be used without waste, and it would be much more convenient to carry." Qin Lie looked at a leg that resembled jade and said with a hint of regret, "Now it's really helpless. It's clearly a good spiritual material, but we can't take it away."

"In the entire Ice Rock City, only three people have spatial rings. We shouldn't even think about it." Gao Yu said, dampening his spirits.

"If one day, you two can enter the Senluo Hall and reach a high position, you will be able to have a spatial ring." Liang Zhong's voice suddenly sounded. As he spoke, the Xuanming Beast arrived, "Now, don't waste time. Both of you, get up here. We're going to push forward."

On the Xuanming Beast, Liang Zhong was wearing dark brown armor. His chest, shoulders, legs, and even his neck were covered with this brown, hard armor. The armor didn't look like metal but rather like some peculiar wooden pieces, with fine wood grain on them.

The armor covering most of his body made Liang Zhong look stern and imposing, exuding a commanding aura.

"Uncle Zhong, the armor you're wearing looks great." Qin Lie praised.

"Great?" Liang Zhong's expression was strange, "This brown wooden armor is also a type of spiritual weapon, refined by Master Lu of the Senluo Hall. This spiritual armor isn't just good-looking; its defensive power is also excellent. Even if I stand still, you two can't break through this brown wooden armor with all your strength. Do you believe it?"

"No." Gao Yu shook his head.

"Come up and try it." Liang Zhong waved his hand, indicating that both of them should sit on the Xuanming Beast, "We need to rush into the depths of the stone forest. Hurry up!"

Qin Lie and Gao Yu exchanged a glance and, without further ado, both sat on the Xuanming Beast.

The Xuanming Beast in the Netherworld Battlefield was even larger than the most powerful horse, and the three of them sitting together didn't feel crowded.

Because the Xuanming Beast was large, Gao Yu sat behind Liang Zhong, and Qin Lie sat behind Gao Yu. There was still some space between the three of them, so they weren't pressed against each other. The space was quite ample.

"Brown wooden armor... let me try it." Gao Yu reached out and pressed his hand on the dark brown armor on Liang Zhong's back, and spiritual energy suddenly surged out, piercing like a sword!

"Bang!"

The spiritual energy hit the armor like a thick balloon, not breaking through it but instead rebounding, causing Gao Yu to shake all over.

His cold expression suddenly turned to surprise, "This brown wooden armor is really that hard. I couldn't pierce it at all. Qin Lie, why don't you give it a try?"

"Sure!" Qin Lie was also excited. Seeing Gao Yu move aside, he also gathered his strength.

A ball of greenish-blue electric light gradually intensified in his palm, forming a greenish-blue lightning ball, and a fierce and domineering thunder wave quietly emerged.

"Change positions, change positions first!" Seeing this, Gao Yu's face twitched, and he quickly asked Liang Zhong to slow down the Xuanming Beast, moving from in front of Qin Lie to behind him.

He knew the power of the lightning ball was astonishing.

"Boom!"

As soon as Gao Yu moved aside, the lightning ball exploded on Liang Zhong's back. Liang Zhong was shaken by the explosion and almost fell off the Xuanming Beast.

However, although his back was scorched black, the brown wooden armor was not pierced.

On the contrary, Gao Yu, due to the explosion of the lightning ball and the sudden backward collision from Qin Lie, was thrown out.

"What a magical brown wooden armor! This armor is really powerful. Wearing it, wouldn't you be invulnerable to blades and bullets?" Qin Lie, not noticing Gao Yu being thrown out, exclaimed in surprise.

"Wait for me!" Gao Yu suddenly screamed.

Liang Zhong slowed down the Xuanming Beast, waiting for Gao Yu to get back on. He then turned to Qin Lie and said, "You're quite ruthless, kid. If it weren't for the toughness of the brown wooden armor and my own precautions, I would have suffered a great loss!"

He glared at Qin Lie and grumbled, "It's not that the brown wooden armor is powerful, but that you two are at too low a realm. You're only at the Body Tempering stage, and your spiritual energy hasn't been truly refined yet, so its power is limited. If you two break through to the Origin Opening stage, the brown wooden armor might not be able to fully defend me. If you break through to the Ten Thousand Phenomena stage, I wouldn't dare to let you attack me without precautions."

"In the Senluo Hall, the brown wooden armor is just a slightly more valuable spiritual armor, refined by Master Lu. The 'Black Scale Armor' that Miss Xie is wearing is a truly high-level spiritual armor, much more powerful than my brown wooden armor. You'll see it soon."

Liang Zhong briefly explained, and the Xuanming Beast suddenly sped up, darting into the depths of the stone forest like a wisp of gray smoke.

On the way, Qin Lie and Gao Yu saw the Water Moon Sect's Nuo and others, as well as the Crimson Flame Association's Xiong Ba and others, also heading into the depths of the stone forest.

Qin Lie noticed that Nuo was missing two of his sisters, and Nuo and the other girls all had solemn expressions, none of them smiling, as if they had experienced something tragic.

"Their luck wasn't as good as yours. You two not only weren't injured but also killed some spiritual beasts." Liang Zhong sighed, "The Water Moon Sect lost two people, the Crimson Flame Association lost two, and the Shattered Ice Manor lost three. Only the Star Cloud Pavilion suffered some injuries but had no casualties..."

Hearing this, Qin Lie and Gao Yu's expressions also turned serious, and they didn't say anything more.

The stone peaks quickly passed, and the Xuanming Beast rushed forward. Soon, the sound of fierce horses neighing came from ahead.

Qin Lie and Gao Yu focused and saw that there were more than ten mutated unicorns ahead. The unicorns were a hybrid of fierce horses and dragon-horned rhinos, combining the docility of horses with the robustness and resilience of dragon-horned rhinos. They were the standard mounts for the Senluo Hall's warriors.

On the unicorns, Ban Hong and other Senluo Hall warriors were all wearing armor. This armor was made from the hard skin of spiritual beasts, called "Beast Skin Armor," which was the standard for ordinary warriors, relatively simple to make, with limited defensive power, and considered a lower-level armor.

Seeing that not only Liang Zhong was wearing the "Brown Wooden Armor," but Ban Hong and the others had also changed into "Beast Skin Armor," Qin Lie and Gao Yu knew that the Senluo Hall was preparing for a fierce battle. They could also guess that Xie Jingxuan, as the leader, had probably changed into the "Black Scale Armor" that Liang Zhong mentioned.

Sure enough, as the Xuanming Beast passed the unicorns and the shouts of "Mr. Liang" from Ban Hong and others, Qin Lie and Gao Yu saw Xie Jingxuan at the front of the group.

She was no longer in her white clothes but had changed into a tight black warrior's outfit, with thick black armor covering her body.

The armor was made of scale-like plates, each only the size of a palm, closely adhering to her black clothes, shining with a cold metallic luster.

The fine, dense scales covered her shoulders, waist, chest, and legs, blending with her black clothes, making her appear entirely black, exuding a stern and cold aura, like a black phantom.

A black mask, shaped like a fierce demon, was integrated with the Black Scale Armor, covering her beautiful face, placing her in deep darkness...

The demon mask, the cold, black scales, and the Xuanming Beast from the Netherworld Battlefield...

At this moment, Xie Jingxuan seemed to have become a reaper of souls, leading the charge into the depths of the stone forest, ready to slaughter all living things in her path.

For these days, the outstanding figures from all sides had been working together to drive away the spiritual beasts surrounding the Soul Devouring Beast. Indeed, most of the spiritual beasts had been driven away.

However, not all the spiritual beasts had left that area, and some still remained firmly in place.

Xie Jingxuan and the Senluo Hall's advance had alarmed many of the remaining spiritual beasts. With the low neighing of the Xuanming Beast, three Golden Mane Apes emerged first, their bodies covered in golden fur, pounding their chests and roaring, their eyes gleaming with golden light, charging at the group.

The largest Golden Mane Ape was about four meters tall, its body like a pile of golden iron, roaring fiercely, its body glowing with golden light, its aura extremely intimidating.

A nearly two-meter-long scythe suddenly appeared in Xie Jingxuan's hand. The scythe was longer than her body, shining with a cold, dark light.

Wielding the scythe with one hand, Xie Jingxuan charged at the Golden Mane Apes, the scythe drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

The arc was dazzling.

"Crack!"

The Golden Mane Ape, with a body like iron, was split in two, its internal organs exposed, blood splattering to the ground, becoming two large pieces of dead meat.

The scythe still shone with a cold light, not a drop of blood on it, as if it hadn't even touched the Golden Mane Ape.

"Whoosh!"

Another beautiful arc appeared in the air, flashing and disappearing.

The other two Golden Mane Apes, which had charged into the air, suddenly split into pieces and fell to the ground, cut into several segments.

One by one, beautiful arcs appeared as the scythe spun, and the bodies of the spiritual beasts, now a bloody mess, fell to the ground.

The Xuanming Beast continued to move forward.

Qin Lie and Gao Yu watched as she wielded the scythe, cutting through the spiritual beasts with incredible skill, leaving a trail of shredded meat in her wake. Both felt a chill run down their spines, and a cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Any spiritual beast that stood in her way, whether first or second stage, whether one or several, was immediately cut into pieces and fell to the ground.

The scythe remained free of blood, and her Black Scale Armor remained shiny, as if she had never come into contact with the spiritual beasts.

Yet the spiritual beasts continued to be cut and slaughtered, none able to even slightly impede her progress or cause her eyes to flicker.

Xie Jingxuan was invincible.

... (To be continued. Mobile users, please read on .)