With the appearance of [New Sprouts in the Wasteland] above Xue Kong's right palm, the atmosphere in the entire passage became shudder, and an indescribable aura of terror filled the air.
The aura was very strange.
At first glance, there is a sense of vitality and excitement, but if you experience it carefully, behind the vitality is a dead silence with a breath of extinction.
The group of monks felt the breath coming from [New Sprouts in the Wasteland] and were shocked at first. Their eyes lit up as if they had seen a treasure and revealed greed.
But then, their faces changed drastically, and they looked horrified: "He's only at the tenth level of Qi Condensation, how could the spell he cast be so powerful!?"
"This person has bad intentions and is difficult to deal with. Everyone, attack together and kill him!"
The group of monks roared and cast their magic weapons and spells. For a moment, the inside of the passage was shining with brilliant light, which was so gorgeous that Cheng Chuanxing's cheeks kept changing color.
Xue Kong looked calm as he gently pushed [New Sprouts from Wasteland] forward.
[New Sprouts Grow in the Wasteland] The breath above suddenly burst out, forming a huge suction force, pulling on everyone's bodies, absorbing their vitality, and even bursting out with destructive power.
As the vitality of the monks was continuously absorbed, the spiritual soil at the bottom of [New Sprouts in the Wasteland] was visibly reduced one by one, and it was almost invisible. Only at the roots, there were still a dozen or so grains.
The continuous loss of vitality caused the expressions of the monks to change drastically, and they felt a strong sense of life and death crisis.
Xue Kong slapped his storage bag, and three heavenly swords flew out at the same time, turning into a flash of cold light and rushing into the crowd.
Screams continued to ring out.
Even cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation must be cautious when encountering a Heavenly Sword whose grade is close to the mid-grade Earth Grade, let alone these guys who are only at the tenth level of Qi Condensation, or even a few who have the eleventh level of Qi Condensation.
Broken limbs and arms can be seen everywhere, and wisps of sad souls are flying to the sky.
Xue Kong shouted in his heart: "Evil ghost, swallow."
An evil ghost with a strong soul and body emerged from Xue Kong's body and pounced on the monks who were killed by the Heavenly Sword and [New Sprouts in the Wasteland], devouring all of their souls and spirits.
Xue Kong's gaze fell on the evil ghost.
The evil ghost's soul was solid, no different from a living entity. This strange change had already appeared during the previous battle with Cheng Chuanxing, but he had no time to check it then. Now he had time to observe it.
"The evil ghost has reached its limit in devouring souls. It seems it's time to condense a second evil ghost." Xue Kong knew this very well.
After all the other cultivators here were killed and the evil ghost devoured their three souls and seven spirits, Xue Kong summoned the evil ghost in front of him and looked down at the evil ghost's soul.
Full and solid, with a strong body and soul, one could even say that he was a little bloated.
Xue Kong clasped his hands together and continuously cast spells, merging into the evil ghost's body. The evil ghost then looked painful, his soul twisted, and he became visibly thinner.
Not long after, a small evil ghost flew out of the evil ghost's mouth.
The second evil ghost was extremely weak.
Xue Kong stared at its body: "It's exactly the same as when the first evil ghost was first refined. Each evil ghost seems to exist independently, but in fact they are connected to each other."
At this moment, in front of Xue Kong, there were two evil ghosts, one big and one small.
The little evil ghost's soul was so weak that it seemed like it would disappear with a gust of wind, just like a newborn baby.
The big evil ghost is weak.
The soul body became illusory again but still grew stronger, breathing deeply, giving people a feeling of hunger.
Xue Kong moved his mind and took both evil ghosts into his body, nourishing them with his own cultivation.
Do all this.
He then shifted his gaze and looked at [New Sprouts Growing in the Wasteland] not far away from him.
Right now.
The spiritual soil has completely disappeared, and a few dead branches are exposed where the spiritual soil used to be. The tender green sprouts have also grown vigorously and are slowly growing taller.
I don’t know if the vitality was absorbed by the dead branches, or if the new buds grew in this way, the new buds lost their green color and became withered, yellow, and wrinkled.
By the time it stops growing, it looks just like a dead branch.
[New sprouts growing from the wasteland] This stage has finally ended.
What appeared in front of Xue Kong was the second level of [Dead Tree Revives Spring], [Buds Revealed from the Dead Tree].
A dead branch over one meter high and completely bare was floating quietly in the air. It looked dead, but it exuded an aura that made Xue Kong tremble.
"Is this a righteous martial art or an evil martial art?" Xue Kong looked at [Buds Revealed from Dead Trees] quietly, and gained a new understanding of its power.
Even he himself would feel palpitations when he felt it.
"With my current cultivation level, I can't unleash its maximum power, but even so, it can still threaten cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation!"
Xue Kong took a deep breath. If he fought with Cheng Chuanxing again at this time, the process would definitely be easier, and he wouldn't even need to be cautious step by step.
Of course, this is just Xue Kong’s guess. The truth will only be known after a real fight.
Whether it was Cheng Chuanxing or other cultivators around, all their vitality was sucked away by [New Sprouts in the Wasteland] and used as nutrients for its growth, turning them into withered corpses.
Xue Kong put away [Buds Revealed from Dead Tree].
With a flick of his sleeves, he sucked all the storage bags into his hands. His face was calm as he cast several fireballs, burning all the old corpses here to ashes, destroying all traces.
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A quarter of an hour later, in a passage inside the extinct volcano, Xue Kong sat on the ground with his legs crossed, with nine storage bags in front of him.
He counted the items in the storage bags.
A lot of spirit stones and elixirs were found, but as for precious magic weapons and skills, there was not a single one.
The formula of the earth escape technique was engraved on a green jade slip. After Xue Kong memorized it, he smashed the jade slip into pieces with a palm.
Whether they are murderers, heartless and unloving, or disheartened and determined to live a lonely life, it is very likely that they have suffered unforgettable pain and were forced to become so.
Somewhere in their hearts, there is a warm place, or the truth, goodness and beauty in their hearts. There is still softness in their hearts, and a glimmer of hope for the future.
Perhaps one day in the future, the appearance of such a person or such an event will make them change their ways, let go of the past and the present, return to the mountains, and start a new life.
They will leave everything they have accumulated to their descendants.
The reason why Xue Kong abandoned love, disregarded morality and ethics, was heartless and unrighteous, and only desired immortality was that he had experienced a hundred years of despair in his previous life.
More importantly, he sees through the essence of emotions.
No matter how strong and intense the emotions are, they only exist by relying on others. When we are deeply immersed in such emotions, we often forget ourselves and lose the ability to protect ourselves.
Only by embarking on the path of immortality can you abandon everything.
He voluntarily became what he is today, and his past experiences only contributed to the situation.
Xue Kong's chest rose and fell. He took a deep breath, his eyes calm and unperturbed. He murmured, "Destiny... is with me."
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