Chapter 93

The scythe-like weapon spun lightly, tracing out a series of brilliant and beautiful arcs, carrying away chunks of the spirit beasts' flesh.

Blood rained down, splattering Ban Hong and the others with blood, but Xie Jingxuan, who was leading the charge, did not wait for the blood to fall. She would often dart out ahead of the rain of blood.

Her pitch-black, severe-looking black scale armor remained unstained by a single drop of blood, and the Xuanming beast beneath her feet moved swiftly.

"Roar!"

The high-level spirit beasts lurking around were all enraged, roaring in a frenzy as they charged out madly.

For a moment, all the beasts remaining in the area, regardless of their rank, surged out from all directions.

"Sit tight, don't fall off!" Liang Zhong shouted, "Ban Hong, you take care of the flanks, I'll cover the rear!"

The Xuanming beast slowed down, moving from the front to the back, and Xie Jingxuan, who was at the forefront, disappeared from Qin Lie and Gao Yu's sight.

A long, narrow cold blade, a sinister spear, a heavy silver hammer...

One after another, exquisite spirit weapons were revealed in the hands of Ban Hong and the others. Each spirit weapon was brimming with spiritual energy, shining brightly as soon as it appeared.

With the activation of the spirit techniques, the spirit weapons seemed to come to life, releasing powerful waves of energy.

Ban Hong held a snake spear engraved with purple rings. As he shook the spear, a purple spiritual snake, as thick as two fingers, skillfully emerged from the spear tip.

The purple spiritual snake was formed from spiritual energy, vivid and lifelike, able to skillfully avoid the spirit beasts' attacks and quietly enter their bodies through their mouths, noses, eyes, and ears.

A second-rank Jin Yan beast, with its foul-smelling mouth wide open, was suddenly invaded by a purple spiritual snake.

Three seconds later, the Jin Yan beast let out a piercing cry. Its robust body rapidly withered, its flesh corroded quickly, and it shrank to nearly half its size in just a moment!

"Zzzt, zzzt, zzzt!"

Ban Hong's left hand moved rhythmically, and dark purple spiritual energy flowed from his arm into the snake spear.

From the spear tip, one purple spiritual snake after another flew out. Each purple spiritual snake seemed to have a simple life consciousness, seeking the weak points of the spirit beasts and entering their bodies through their eyes, noses, and ears, causing the beasts to die quickly from internal organ decay.

"Does the purple spiritual snake have a life?" Gao Yu, who had been observing Ban Hong, suddenly asked.

"The purple spiritual snake does not have a life. It is only the spiritual consciousness of Lord Ban Hong attached to it. Inside each purple spiritual snake, there is a thread of Lord Ban Hong's spiritual thought. Through the connection of spiritual consciousness and soul, he can control the movements of each purple spiritual snake, making them twist in the air as if they had a life of their own," Qin Lie said, his eyes narrowing, a strange light flickering in them. He focused his senses and explained to Gao Yu.

He was different from Gao Yu.

Gao Yu was extremely sensitive to dead souls and resentful spirits, with outstanding perception.

However, Qin Lie, due to his unique soul, had a much more superior spiritual perception, making him more sensitive to soul consciousness and life vibrations.

Gao Yu was sensitive to dead things, while Qin Lie was outstanding in perceiving living things.

Because of this, during the previous battle with the spirit beasts, he could sense the approaching life vibrations of the spirit beasts in advance, allowing him to judge whether they could be provoked or not. If they couldn't be provoked, he would avoid them in advance, ensuring that he and Gao Yu never encountered a group of beasts that could threaten their lives.

This time, he focused his senses and could clearly feel the spiritual consciousness of Ban Hong swirling inside each purple spiritual snake.

The purple spiritual snakes that emerged from Ban Hong's snake spear were all formed from spiritual energy and special spirit techniques, each carrying a thread of Ban Hong's spiritual thought. They could communicate with his soul and be easily controlled by his soul, making each snake extremely fierce and dangerous.

"Is that so?" Gao Yu, after hearing his explanation, understood, "I was startled. I thought each spiritual snake had its own life, and that he was keeping the souls of the spiritual snakes in the spirit weapon, releasing them all during the battle."

"Transforming spiritual energy into a deity is a legendary divine skill. Not to mention you two brats, even I have never truly seen it," Liang Zhong rolled his eyes. "A beam of spiritual light is released, touching the heavens and earth, and is given life consciousness, transforming into a new species in a short time... Many people have heard of this divine skill, but whether it truly exists is still up for debate."

Liang Zhong frowned and said, "At least, on our Chilanhong Continent, no martial artist has mastered this divine skill."

"Transforming spiritual energy into a deity..."

Qin Lie and Gao Yu exchanged a glance, their faces glowing with anticipation.

"Stop dreaming!" Liang Zhong coldly snorted, then looked at Qin Lie in surprise, "You brat haven't even reached the Kaiyuan Realm, yet you can understand the spirit techniques used by the Wuxiang Realm's Ban Hong, and you can see through the illusions... You're not a simple young man."

"Shouldn't I be able to understand it?" Qin Lie was taken aback.

"That's not because you saw it, but because you sensed it with your soul. This indicates that your soul... is more sensitive than many people's," Liang Zhong found it strange and muttered, "What a freak. You're just a little guy in the Body Tempering Realm, perhaps you don't even know what a soul is, yet your perception is so astonishing. Strange, truly strange..."

"Roar!"

A dragon-horned rhinoceros's angry roar came from behind the Xuanming beast. Two dragon-horned rhinoceroses charged side by side, followed by many first-rank spirit beasts.

Liang Zhong, responsible for the rear, stopped his deep thoughts. He turned around, his eyes turning a strange dark blue.

"Go!"

Liang Zhong opened his mouth, and a green crescent moon emerged from under his tongue.

The crescent moon, originally the size of a fingernail, quickly stretched and transformed, becoming as large as a plate in just ten breaths. The edges of the crescent moon were as sharp as a blade, spinning rapidly and landing among the spirit beasts behind them.

A series of bone-crushing sounds, accompanied by the spirit beasts' horrifying cries, suddenly spread from the group of beasts behind them.

Qin Lie and Gao Yu turned around, their faces changing in shock.

The green crescent moon, the size of a plate, spun skillfully, its edges shooting out sharp green light. The green light, like a series of spinning broadswords, instantly turned the aggressive spirit beasts into lifeless corpses, their flesh torn to shreds.

In just a few dozen seconds, the pursuing spirit beasts were mostly dead or injured.

"Return!"

Liang Zhong lightly shouted, his tongue moving as if to swallow something.

The green crescent moon, which had wreaked havoc, spun lightly and flew back like a green butterfly, shrinking and being reabsorbed under Liang Zhong's tongue.

"It's called Qingyue, a fifth-rank Xuan-level spirit weapon," Liang Zhong casually introduced. "Once a spirit weapon reaches the Xuan level, as long as it has a 'Phantom Shape' spirit array diagram inside, it can freely change size. My Qingyue wasn't in its true form just now; its final form is even larger."

"The 'Phantom Shape' spirit array diagram can freely change the size of the spirit weapon, interesting..." Qin Lie's eyes lit up.

"We're about to enter, you two be careful," Liang Zhong's expression became more serious. "Fortunately, Xiong Ba and Tu Ze have recently led the main force of the spirit beasts away, otherwise, we wouldn't have it so easy and would have to waste more energy on the way. Once we enter the valley, you must follow my orders and not move around recklessly."

Qin Lie and Gao Yu nodded, noticing that there were almost no spirit beasts gathered around.

They had heard from Liang Zhong that spirit beasts had the concept of territory. Lower-rank spirit beasts would never dare to enter the territory of higher-rank spirit beasts. Although the Soul Devouring Beast was not a spirit beast of the Extreme Cold Mountains, it had reached the third rank and was very close to the fourth rank. Therefore, the surrounding spirit beasts only dared to gather nearby, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but did not dare to enter its territory.

This was the instinct of spirit beasts.

Now, with no other spirit beasts appearing nearby, it meant they had entered the activity area of the Soul Devouring Beast.

"You two, if you can help us in this mission and assist in defeating this Soul Devouring Beast, not only will the Star Cloud Pavilion reward you heavily, but we won't treat you poorly either," Liang Zhong began to boost morale as they were about to enter the critical area. "Like the beast skin armor that Ban Hong and the others wear, we can give each of you a set. Wearing that armor, you can withstand the attacks of Kaiyuan Realm martial artists without much harm."

"What else?" Qin Lie became interested.

"If the Soul Devouring Beast is killed, it will... produce something valuable. That thing will be very beneficial to both of you," Liang Zhong looked at Gao Yu. "Especially you, that thing should be very beneficial to the spirit techniques you practice. If we can truly kill the Soul Devouring Beast with fire, you will both return with full rewards."

Hearing this, Qin Lie and Gao Yu were both excited and looked forward to it.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from deep within the stone forest.

The roar caused the stone forest to shake as if in an earthquake, with stone peaks trembling violently as if about to break and explode.

Qin Lie and Gao Yu's heads ached as if hit by a strange energy, forcing them to cover their ears to slightly alleviate the aftereffects of the roar.

Liang Zhong's expression changed, "It's the Soul Devouring Beast!"

"Whoosh!"

The Xuanming beast beneath him suddenly accelerated to its maximum speed, turning into a bolt of lightning as it darted through a narrow path and directly entered a strange valley.

Around the valley, stone pillars stood upright. The outer stone pillars were about ten meters high, gradually decreasing in height as they moved inward.

The shape of the valley resembled a sea bowl, with the highest stone pillars at the outer edge forming the rim, and the lowest at the center forming the bottom.

At the bottom of the bowl, there was a large, dark stone cave, which seemed to lead deep underground. At that moment, a cold and eerie aura was emanating from the cave entrance, and the deafening roar had also come from there.

"What a dense concentration of spiritual energy!"

The Xuanming beast stopped, and Qin Lie took a deep breath, immediately exclaiming. He then looked around.

In the sea bowl-shaped valley, the stone pillars, which were higher on the outside and lower on the inside, caught Qin Lie's attention. He pointed to some of the stone pillars and said, "The distribution of the pillars is not natural but has been artificially moved. Many spirit energy gathering plates are embedded inside the stone pillars, making the spiritual energy here much denser."

"The boy has keen eyes," Liang Zhong said solemnly.

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