The withered fingers of the Wan Du Sect elder trembled violently as he pulled a bronze mirror etched with poison patterns from his robes.
The mirror surface shimmered with a ghostly green light, clearly reflecting Bai Ying's figure as she stepped into the spiritual spring. The moment the spring water touched her clothes, the once clear surface suddenly surged with a dark green torrent.
"Melt...melt quickly..." His yellowed fingernails dug deeply into his palms, his cloudy eyes fixed on the reflection in the mirror. The churning black mist gradually engulfed the entire mirror, but just as it was about to completely obscure his vision...
"Bang!"
The bronze mirror suddenly shattered into countless fragments, and the sharp metal pieces left several bloody scratches on his face.
Instead of being angry, the elder laughed and licked the blood off his face with his scarlet tongue: "Good! Very good!" The last trace of the image remained on the broken lens.
The spiritual spring had completely transformed into a dark green vortex, and the violent fluctuations of spiritual energy even emanated through the restrictions.
"Looks like that bitch is completely soaked in it..." He turned his head sinisterly, looking at the Xuan Tian Sect members who were waiting in full force outside the cave, "Just wait a few days, until she turns into blood..."
He hunched over and retreated into the shadows, secretly crushing a communication jade talisman in his sleeve.
On a distant cliff, tens of thousands of remnants of the Poison Sect were gathering. They were waiting for the spiritual spring to activate so they could launch a counterattack and wipe out the invaders.
The moment Bai Ying's toes touched the spring water, a bone-chilling cold shot straight up her skin.
Beneath the seemingly calm water, countless dark green, corrosive threads, like venomous snakes that have caught the scent of blood, frantically coiled around her ankles.
"Just as I thought." A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and the jade pendant at her waist suddenly emitted a bright blue light.
The poisonous threads, imbued with deadly corrosive power, emitted a hissing sound the moment they touched the halo, convulsing violently as if encountering a natural enemy and turning into wisps of smoke.
This jade pendant is the source of all erosion; all the forces of erosion in the world can only bow down before it.
Bai Ying felt the excited vibrations emanating from the jade pendant, and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.
Instead of retreating, she took a heavy step forward.
"Whoosh."
In an instant, the entire spiritual spring boiled. Tens of thousands of bone-corroding threads gushed out from the bottom of the spring, like a hungry herd of beasts pouncing on their prey, wrapping the white firefly layer by layer into a dark green cocoon.
She let the poisonous threads drag her along, sinking her to the deepest part of the spring.
Under the protection of the blue cocoon of light, Bai Ying sat cross-legged.
The jade pendant greedily devoured the corrosive power, while the purified spiritual energy surged into her limbs and bones like a burst dam. Her meridians trembled, and every pore cheered.
Outside the spring, the elders of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect were waiting for good news, keeping track of the exact time; at the bottom of the spring, Bai Ying's cultivation was rising at an alarming rate.
If anyone could see through the spring, they would be horrified to discover that the girl was surrounded by a storm of spiritual energy, and those terrifying, bone-corroding threads were obediently wrapped around her, like submissive servants.
Even more astonishingly, as the absorption continued, ancient patterns began to appear on the surface of the jade pendant, as if some kind of seal was gradually being broken...
Bai Ying soaked in the spiritual spring, her pores opening wide as she greedily absorbed the extremely pure spiritual energy within. The purity of this spiritual energy far exceeded her expectations; each strand nourished her meridians like nectar.
"This is..." She suddenly felt a jolt in her heart. The spiritual energy within her body began to circulate on its own, forming a vortex in her dantian. This was a sign that her cultivation was about to break through! A look of surprise flashed in Bai Ying's eyes. She hadn't expected the spiritual spring to have such amazing effects.
At this critical moment, another upgraded jade pendant in her consciousness suddenly began to tremble violently.
Before Bai Ying could react, the jade pendant was pulled by an invisible force and flew straight toward the corroded jade pendant.
"Huh?" Bai Ying exclaimed softly. She had originally planned to keep this upgrade jade pendant as a backup, but she didn't expect that the erosion jade pendant would actively attract her. The moment the two jade pendants touched, they burst out with dazzling light, and a mysterious wave rippled out of the spring water.
"melt!"
With a clear shout, the upgraded jade pendant suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light, and countless ancient runes appeared on its surface.
These runes moved as if alive, echoing the dark green patterns on the eroded jade pendants. The two jade pendants trembled violently in the air, emitting a clear, resonant sound.
"boom--!"
A blinding beam of light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire bottom of the spring as if it were daytime.
The upgraded jade pendant transformed into countless golden specks of light, flowing into and eroding the jade pendant like rivers flowing into the sea.
The patterns on the surface of the jade pendant began to change, gradually taking on a layer of gilded luster, radiating a chilling aura of power.
The spring water surged violently, forming a huge whirlpool. Bai Ying's long hair danced wildly in the water, and as her clothes fluttered, she clearly felt the jade pendant undergoing a qualitative change.
What was originally just a corrosive force has now become like an awakened ferocious beast, radiating a greedy aura of devouring.
At the center of the jade pendant, a brand new rune slowly took shape, resembling the mouth of a taotie, exuding a chilling aura.
Bai Ying was deeply shocked. This jade pendant, which had been with her for many years, was now truly showing its power!
Outside the spring, the entire cave was shaking violently, and loose rocks kept rolling down the mountain walls.
The elder of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's expression changed drastically; this was definitely not the kind of unusual phenomenon one would expect from the Spring of Corrosion...
He gritted his teeth and said:
"This Bai Ying is really something, she's still alive. But it doesn't matter, she can't beat Ling Quan. I'll just wait and see, she'll definitely die."
He grinned maliciously, licking his chapped lips. "This spiritual spring can even corrode a Nascent Soul cultivator, so what's a mere Bai Ying...?"
However, he had no idea what astonishing scene was unfolding at the bottom of the spring—
Bai Ying was surrounded by a dazzling vortex of spiritual energy, and the upgraded jade pendant floated above her head, radiating a heart-palpitating devouring power.
The gilded jade pendant with the taotie pattern was like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring the essence of the entire spiritual spring.
"break!"
With a clear shout, the spiritual energy within her body burst forth like a flood breaking through a dam.
He actually broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!
In this environment where spiritual energy was inexhaustible, her breakthrough came naturally and without any hindrance.
Even more astonishingly, the upgraded jade pendant actively guided spiritual energy, infusing it into her meridians in the most perfect way.
Every inch of flesh and blood rejoiced, every bone trembled. This cultivation experience was even more wonderful than the wildest dream!
Bai Ying opened her eyes, her gaze sharp as lightning. She gently raised her hand, and the entire spring water began to swirl with her movement, as if it had become a part of her body...
Suddenly, a thought popped into her head that she had never dared to even dream of before.
Perhaps she can break through to the Void Refinement stage right here!
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