Chapter 60 Victory over the Evil Cultivator

The spirit sword pierced straight towards the evil cultivator's heart, stopping a finger's width away from his body. It was as if a transparent barrier surrounded the evil cultivator, blocking the spirit sword's advance.

"court death."

With a flick of his finger, the evil cultivator turned the spirit sword around and thrust it towards Song Yin.

Song Yin pushed Xia Xining away, lightly touched the ground with her toes to dodge the attack, and at the same time regained control of the spirit sword, gripping the hilt again.

The two sides clashed several times in a short period of time.

After exchanging blows with her opponent several times, Song Yin's arm began to feel slightly numb. Her sharp swordsmanship sliced ​​through the wind, each strike hitting the enemy.

The evil cultivator spat to the side. Damn it, she really is a sword cultivator, so troublesome. Fortunately, the gap in cultivation level is hard to bridge, and he managed to block all of her attacks.

Xia Xining had never experienced such a situation before, and Song Yin had to spare some attention to protect Xia Xining.

It's all thanks to the Withering and Flourishing Sword technique I learned from Elder Wen; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to fight him to a standstill.

As the fight progressed, the evil cultivator was shocked. What was the origin of her swordsmanship? How could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator withstand his attacks for so long without sustaining any injuries?

Sword cultivators' ability to fight opponents of higher levels is truly disgusting!

Hearing the commotion, Qu Ruoxuan looked back and saw that the evil cultivators and the people on the flying boat had started fighting.

She and her brother were both at the early stage of Golden Core cultivation, but they were no match for the evil cultivator who was half-step into Nascent Soul.

A profound despair enveloped her; everyone present was likely to become nourishment for the evil cultivator.

Having heard that low-level cultivators were going missing, she and her younger brother happened to be out on a training trip, so she set out to investigate the truth of the matter.

Having uncovered the truth behind the disappearance of the low-level cultivator, the two began pursuing the evil cultivator, confident that two Golden Core cultivators could easily kill the evil cultivator who was also at the Golden Core stage. However, the evil cultivator's techniques were strange and unpredictable, and they were no match for him, having exhausted their magical artifacts and pills.

The evil cultivator's lair was piled high with corpses—mountains of missing cultivators whose cultivation had been drained alive by the evil cultivator. Now, she, her brother, and the three Foundation Establishment cultivators in front of them were all about to become part of that pile of bones…

Qu Ruoxuan's vision gradually blurred, and she felt her eyelids getting heavy.

She was only three or four meters away from the unconscious Qu Ruolin, but she had no strength left. Enduring the excruciating pain in her internal organs, she finally stared intently in Qu Ruolin's direction, closed her eyes, and never opened them again.

Shi Heming ignored the brother and sister who had caused them trouble and focused on controlling the formation.

As the evil cultivator attacked Song Yin, several chains formed from condensed spiritual energy suddenly shot out from the deck, binding the evil cultivator's feet and waist, and violently dragging the unsuspecting evil cultivator down onto the deck.

"An array! When was it set up?!" The evil cultivator was stunned for a moment, then immediately fled.

Song Yin crushed the Three-Turn Illusionary Heart Demon Pill with her left hand, and the pill turned into dust and sprinkled straight at the evil cultivator.

Having fallen victim to the ambush of a Foundation Establishment stage ant, the wicked cultivator, utterly humiliated, gasped for breath in exasperation.

He absorbed a significant amount of the powder from the Three-Turn Illusionary Heart Demon Pill, but he didn't pay attention to it, focusing all his energy on dealing with the chains.

To put it nicely, he's a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, but in reality, he's just a Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage.

Unfortunately, the formation that trapped him was a third-tier formation, and it would take him time to break free. The chains wrapped around his body and continuously drained his spiritual energy to nourish the formation itself, while the formation, replenished with spiritual energy, in turn strengthened its restraints.

This is the terrifying aspect of the Spirit Binding Array: it's not particularly offensive, yet it can trap and kill its target. This powerful array is classified as Tier 3 because it's time-consuming to set up, and if the setup is interrupted, it must be started all over again. In actual combat, the chances of successfully setting up this array are very small.

Unfortunately, due to a moment of carelessness, they actually managed to set it up successfully!

"You call yourselves righteous, yet you resort to underhanded tactics!" The evil cultivator struggled fiercely, trying to break free from the array's restraints.

Snap!

Song Yin controlled the spirit sword and struck the evil cultivator's face, leaving a red mark.

"What do you care if we try to ambush you? You disgusting bastards."

A burning pain shot through his face. The evil cultivator stared at Song Yin in disbelief, "You actually dared to slap me!"

The one who slapped him was just a Foundation Establishment stage ant! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!

Song Yin continued to control the spirit sword, slapping back and forth across the left and right sides of the face. "I'll slap you. Weren't you very arrogant just now?"

The evil cultivator's chest heaved, his cannibalistic gaze fixed on Song Yin.

Yes, that's it. Take deep breaths and inhale as much of the pill powder as possible. Song Yin narrowed her eyes slightly and calmly crushed two more Rank 3 Illusionary Heart Demon Pills.

The spirit-binding array was very effective, but there was still a possibility of breaking free. Something was protecting the evil cultivator, and since the spirit sword couldn't pierce him, the only solution was to let him inhale more medicinal powder.

Startled, Xia Xining snapped back to her senses and swung her magic weapon at the evil cultivator's head.

"You bastard, die!"

The object in Xia Xining's hand resembled a dagger, cylindrical in shape. As it approached the evil cultivator's forehead, its shape changed, like a budding flower suddenly blooming. Twelve slender, leaf-like structures unfurled and lengthened, binding the evil cultivator's head.

Song Yin was startled and quickly pulled Xia Xining away, "Don't go near him!"

Xia Xining was pulled back, still shaken.

Song Yin: "Stand here." What if that brat inhales the powder from the Three-Turn Illusionary Heart Demon Pill and lures out her inner demon?

The magical artifact was still in the possession of the evil cultivator. Song Yin frowned and controlled the spiritual sword, trying to find the feeling she had when she killed the Golden Core demon beast.

Calm down, don't panic...

The sounds around her suddenly disappeared, and she felt as if she were in a peaceful and serene space. Everything she could see with her eyes closed could be observed, and the evil cultivator's vital point was emitting a green light.

Song Yin closed her eyes, raised her sword, and appeared behind the evil cultivator amidst Xia Xining's shocked gaze.

The Withering and Flourishing Sword Technique: Life and death hang in the balance.

The sword tip successfully pierced the evil cultivator's vital point, penetrating him completely.

The evil cultivator, still clinging to life, felt pain and became dazed. He quickly mobilized his spiritual energy to protect his heart meridian. However, in his dazed state, the inner demon gained the upper hand and began to rampage.

"Damn it! Why did my inner demons erupt at this time?" The evil cultivator bled from all seven orifices. He had to resist his inner demons, protect his heart meridian, deal with the magical artifacts that wanted to crush his head, and the array that kept absorbing his spiritual energy and trapping him.

Who on earth are these damned ants? Magical artifacts, formations, and formidable swordsmanship—I've never heard of them before.

"Hmm—"

This time, the inner demons erupted fiercely, and he couldn't suppress them at all. The voices of those who had died tragically began to speak in his ears again; it was so noisy, so incredibly noisy.

For just a second, he was distracted and didn't notice the magical artifact covering his head. The long, leaf-like objects sharpened on both sides and began to rotate and contract towards his neck.

Glug!

The evil cultivator's head fell to the ground, and Xia Xining's magical artifact automatically retracted, revealing the evil cultivator's face, bleeding from all seven orifices and dying with his eyes wide open.

Song Yin immediately used her magic to extract the soul hidden in the evil cultivator's body.

"Let go! Let go of me right now!"

Song Yin: "Do you have any magical artifacts for sealing souls?"

Xia Xining nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, I have several. This one is for you."

The magical artifact was a small gourd. Song Yin sealed her soul inside the gourd and then put it into her storage bag.

With the crisis averted, Xia Xining collapsed onto the deck, her legs giving way. "That scared me to death!"

Song Yin carefully put away the small gourd and used her spiritual energy to send the remaining pill powder flying to the tail of the boat. When the spiritual energy dissipated, the powder would also dissipate in the air. Without the pill bottle, the medicinal effect would also disappear after a certain period of time.

Shi Heming, who had been maintaining control of the formation without letting his guard down, dispelled it, his body covered in cold sweat.

He quickly walked towards Song Yin, "Are you hurt?"

Song Yin: "I have a magical artifact protecting me, so I wasn't injured in the battle just now."

Shi Heming: "It's thanks to the evil cultivators' carelessness in not taking us seriously that the Spirit Binding Array was able to successfully ambush us; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Xia Xining: "Yeah, thankfully it's all over." Good heavens, that was terrifying.

Song Yin: "No, it's not over yet." She bent down and reached out to pull Xia Xining.

Xia Xining stood up with the help of the force, "It's not over yet?"

Song Yin approached the siblings, whose fate was unknown, and after checking them, said, "They are both still alive."

Xia Xining took out some pills: "I'll feed them the pills."

Song Yin stopped Xia Xining and said to Shi Heming, "Throw them off the flying boat."

Then he said to Xia Xining, "Today's disaster was entirely undeserved, caused by those siblings. Because their flying boat was damaged, the three of us almost lost our lives because of them. Although they are from noble families, if they were thrown from this height, they would have been smashed to pieces. If they were dead, who could trace it back to us?"

Xia Xining nodded. "You're right."

Shi Heming had always listened to Song Yin since he was a child, so how could he not listen to her now that she was speaking? He immediately grabbed Qu Ruoxuan by the back of her collar, who was nearby, and walked towards the flying boat.

"No, please let me and my sister go." Qu Ruolin, who had been pretending to be dead, immediately opened her eyes and spoke.

Xia Xining was startled: "What do we do? He's still alive." Looking around, she ran over and picked up the magic weapon that had been used to remove the evil cultivator's head. "I'll go kill him."

Shi Heming didn't stop moving. Just as Qu Ruoxuan was about to be thrown down, Qu Ruolin rushed up in one breath, grabbed Qu Ruoxuan, and rolled back to the middle of the flying boat.

In the damaged room, Song Yin saw a chair that was still intact. She used her spiritual energy to drag the chair over and sat down on the ruins. Seeing this, Shi Heming and Xia Xining stood on either side of Song Yin behind her.

"Tell me, how exactly did you offend that evil cultivator? I've killed many people, and if you don't tell the truth, I don't mind killing a few more."

Shi Heming and the others thought Song Yin was exaggerating and trying to scare Qu Ruolin into telling the truth.

Little did they know that Song Yin was telling the truth. She had killed all kinds of mutated beasts, mutated items, and mutated people. She would also kill any normal living person who committed a crime if she was ordered to do so.

"We have already used up all the medicine we had. Please save my sister first. I will tell you everything once she is out of danger."

Song Yin: "Why should I help you?"

Qu Ruolin: "I can tell you where the evil cultivators hide their treasure."

With a flick of her finger, Song Yin sent the medicine bottle to Qu Ruolin's front.

Qu Ruolin immediately picked up the medicine bottle, which was labeled "Great Rejuvenation Pill," and quickly put two pills into Qu Ruoxuan's mouth.

After taking the pill, Qu Ruoxuan let out a painful groan, then opened her eyes.

"I...I'm still alive?" Qu Ruoxuan asked weakly.

Qu Ruolin quickly said, "We're alive! We're all alive! The evil cultivators have already been killed by them."

Qu Ruoxuan looked at Song Yin and the others, and said weakly, "Thank you."

Song Yin: "Noble families always have protectors when they go out. You claim to be the direct descendants of the Qu family of Dongzhou, so why don't you have any protectors?"

The Qu family of Dongzhou is a well-known family of cultivators, far more powerful than the Cheng Xian family, and has been enjoying unparalleled prominence in recent years.

Qu Ruolin answered for her sister, "We're out here to gain experience, so it's just the two of us."

Song Yin: "How did you get involved with this evil cultivator?"

Qu Ruolin: "We discovered that he was involved in the disappearance of low-level cultivators, and we tracked him to his lair but were discovered. In the end, due to insufficient strength, he brought disaster upon himself and suffered many injuries."

Song Yin remained expressionless.

"I want to hear the truth."

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Author's Note: The Qu siblings: balabala

Song Yin: I want to hear the truth.

The Qu siblings: balabala

Song Yin: Someone, drop the flying boat!

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[Empty bowl]