Chapter 1310: The Monster Devours the Soul
"Before I died, I perished together with that bastard. These 100 Worry-Free Coins should be the reward for the kill." Sun Erlang was by no means stupid. After a brief recollection, he guessed the origin of the Worry-Free Coins on him.
"Come to think of it, what exactly did we just experience?" Wang Xuanba shuddered and subconsciously touched his chest. It was as if the wound that had been pierced was still there.
"Is it a dream? But the feeling before death is too real." Wang Xuanba murmured.
Sun Erlang stared at the lines of small words in front of him, trying to find more useful information.
But unfortunately, there is no other explanation besides these words themselves.
"It seems that we still have to rely on ourselves to explore." Sun Erlang's face looked a little unhappy.
At this time, Yue Zhenwei suggested: "Why don't we go to the border where we encountered the dog-headed monster and see what the situation is."
"The strength of those two monsters is actually about the same as ours. As long as we are careful and alert and don't get ambushed, we should be fine."
"Okay! I also want to seek revenge on them! The death I just had was so unfair!" Wang Xuanba's eyes flashed with ferocity.
The three of them headed towards the border of Qiuxi State again.
On the way, Sun Erlang discovered that the monks they met seemed to be more numerous than before. And they were no longer listless, but gathered in groups of three or five, seemingly discussing something.
Trying to get closer to eavesdrop, Sun Erlang and the other two discovered that these people were not communicating with each other using sound or spiritual consciousness, but a method of communication that they could not observe.
“Maybe we can ask them.” Wang Xuanba’s eyes flickered as he looked at the five cultivators who seemed to be in the middle stage of foundation building who were gathered not far away.
Yue Zhenwei stopped him: "Xuanba, don't be impulsive! If everything goes as expected, these people should be able to [resurrect] just like us. If you want to get something out of people who are not afraid of death, brute force will be useless..."
"Let's go to the target location first!" Sun Erlang also said in a low voice.
Wang Xuanba nodded and then looked away.
In this life, Sun and Wang learned a lot of skills in the preaching platform at a young age. They were already young and frivolous, and they could break all the formations they encountered along the way after leaving Daxuan with a snap of a finger. Therefore, they were even more arrogant. It was only because they were ambushed by the monster before that they restrained themselves a little.
When they arrived at the place where they had "fallen", the scene they saw surprised the three of them: "Why is the world on the other side different from what we saw last time?"
The huge rock scene on the seashore of Shilinzhou disappeared, replaced by a forest of swords filled with murderous intent. Millions of decayed swords pierced the earth, swaying in the breeze.
Buzz...
Perhaps because they were too close, at the moment when the swords in the sword forest trembled together, Sun Erlang seemed to hear a simultaneous sound of swords.
Sun Erlang's heart trembled, and he instinctively turned his head to avoid it.
An invisible sword energy flew past his cheek, cutting off a piece of flesh and skin. Ignoring the pain on his face, Sun Erlang fled backwards. He did not stop until the sense of danger faded. There was no doubt that if he had not dodged in time just now, what was cut off would not be just a few pieces of flesh and blood.
"This world seems to be more dangerous than the three we encountered last time?" Yue Zhenwei guessed with a frown.
Next, the three of them conducted a rough survey of all the worlds bordering Qiuxi State.
Sword forest, deep valley. There is also a place that seems to be the location of a demon sect. There are no less than a thousand vicious monks gathered there.
From a distance, one could see these demonic monks feeding on humans, torturing them for fun, and refining weapons out of human bones.
The purgatory-like scene made Wang Xuanba's blood boil. He wished he could rush over right then and there and wipe out the entire Demon Sect.
But Wang Xuanba was just impulsive, not stupid. In the end, he did not act rashly, but just spit fiercely at the other side.
The three of them gathered together again to discuss: "Should we first ask the local monks here to find out some common sense, or should we explore other worlds?"
"The monk from Wuyouletu obviously knows some rules that we are not aware of. If we ask rashly, we will probably reveal our identities as soon as we open our mouths."
“You may survive, but you may be left here forever.”
"Try soul searching? The Saint Master has talked about this. Although it has not been officially used on cultivators, I think it's worth a try." Wang Xuanba was eager to try.
"Don't forget, we are probably in a dream right now. Soul-searching techniques may not be useful."
After a moment of silence, the three decided to give it a try.
"Find a lone, weak monk."
"Knock him out first."
The three of them searched in Qiuxi State for most of the day before they finally found a suitable target.
This person seemed to be only at the initial stage of foundation building. He seemed to have lost touch with his teammates for some reason and was anxiously searching for them.
"Get started!"
With loud shouts, the three men's killing moves all landed on the foundation-building cultivator in an instant.
The black whirlwind, the gray giant axe, and Yue Zhenwei's purple sword.
However, what surprised the three was that their combined attack, which was powerful enough to severely injure a Nascent Soul cultivator, did not cause any harm to the Foundation Establishment cultivator in front of them!
The shadow of the foundation-building cultivator flashed, and all his attacks fell into vain.
He looked at Sun Erlang and the other two with disbelief and couldn't help but take a step back.
At the same time, Sun Erlang found that the few lines of small words that had been appearing in front of him jumped.
There are no other changes.
But the number of Worry-Free Coins became zero.
Sun Erlang's face twitched.
Wang Xuanba also cried out in a voice transmission: "How can Le Tu Bi be negative? 100 was deducted!"
Yue Zhenwei's face was also very gloomy: "Me too."
During the moment they were communicating, a white light suddenly appeared on the body of the attacked foundation-building cultivator. The white light engulfed him, and finally looked at Sun Erlang and the others with an idiotic look, and then the foundation-building cultivator disappeared on the spot.
"..." The Daxuan trio looked at each other in silence.
"It seems that this should also be some kind of natural restriction in the paradise. We are the same kind as these monks. The monsters we encountered before, including those in the border world, may be of another kind. Monks cannot attack each other and may even punish each other. Killing monsters in the border world will be rewarded with Worry-Free Coins..." After a brief frustration, Sun Erlang quickly cheered up again. He recalled and summarized the experiences of several people.
"It's unclear what the consequences will be if too many Worry-Free Coins are deducted. But it's better not to try. Let's go to the border world first and earn back the negative Worry-Free Coins."
At this point, the three had given up on the idea of searching the soul.
You can’t even hit it, why bother searching its soul!
With a lot of anger held in their stomach, they discussed and, based on their own intuition, finally chose the Demon Sect world that seemed to be the most dangerous of the three border worlds.
"Although that damn place seems to have many enemies, how high can the cultivation level be if one uses ordinary human corpses to refine magical tools?"
“The magic is crude. It may scare ordinary people, but it is too fancy and cannot stop my axe.” Wang Xuanba vowed.
“However, we still have to be careful. After all, we have all died once. I have a feeling that the number of deaths may be more important than the Worry-Free Coin.” Yue Zhenwei said in a deep voice, looking at the constantly jumping characters in front of him.
After the three of them made a plan, they headed into the Demon Sect's world.
In the Demon Sect world, thousands of demons were stunned by the trio that descended from the sky. After being stunned for a moment, they shouted in a language that Sun Erlang could not understand and surrounded them.
The blood was surging and there were countless resentful souls. It looked very scary.
"Die for me!"
Unexpectedly, a huge gray axe easily tore apart all the bloody resentful spirits released by hundreds of Demon Sect monks.
The axe's momentum was undiminished as it swept left and right. Every time it was swung, it could take away the lives of dozens of Demon Sect monks.
Wang Xuanba was so excited that his eyes turned red with anger.
"Erlang, these beasts are weaker than I thought!"
Sun Erlang, who was also rapidly harvesting the Demon Sect monks, did not agree. Instead, he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.
Just like facing the dog-headed monster whose head had been chopped off before!
Sun Erlang immediately looked around, destroying the enemies while searching for the real target.
"Look there!" Yue Zhenwei reminded Sun Erlang to observe a huge statue standing in the Demon Sect.
This statue did not appear when it was observed from outside the world before.
Even after Sun Erlang came into this world, he remained hidden.
It was not until the battle became increasingly fierce that it appeared without the three of them noticing.
The statue seemed to be made up of countless human corpses, and it exuded a strong evil aura.
The face of the statue has no specific features.
There were just pairs of pale arms stretched out, waving continuously.
Every time Sun Erlang and his men killed a Demon Sect monk, a pair of arms would extend from the statue's face again.
Just like these dead Demon Sect monks, they were actually swallowed by the huge statue.
Sun Erlang's killing action couldn't help but pause slightly.
But the crazy demon sect monks had no intention of letting them go. They were not afraid of the death of their companions, and even stuffed the scattered corpses and remains into their mouths, and then launched an even more crazy attack while howling.
"What should we do? Kill or not?"
Obviously, killing the demon sect monks would generate some kind of energy for the giant statue. Looking at the countless pale arms that grew like bamboo shoots after rain, Sun Erlang couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
But he still responded decisively: "Kill!"
Purple air whistled, and the long dragon bowed its head. With one strike, thousands of Demon Sect monks were killed, and the encirclement that was like a tide was suddenly cleared.
However, soon, the fearless and brave monks of the Demon Sect filled the gap again.
The only thing to be thankful for is that these demon sect monks are not endless. As the three Daxuans fought together, these monks who came all over the sky and looked like humans but not humans finally began to slowly decrease in their sight.
It was unknown how long it had passed, but the disgusting smell of blood in the air had almost solidified into a substance. Even though Sun Erlang and the others blocked their sense of smell, they still couldn't stop the smell of blood from penetrating into their souls.
The huge Demon Sect was filled with debris from the explosions of dead monks. The blood flowed like a river, as if it was being gradually swallowed up by the Demon Sect in the blink of an eye.
Sun Erlang was breathing heavily and his hands were shaking slightly.
This group of demon sect monks were indeed pitifully weak, and they were no match for the Great Xuan trio. But they were simply too numerous. Even if they stood there and let them kill them, Sun Erlang would still be able to kill them without mercy.
"If I were in the Nascent Soul stage, why would I be so embarrassed?"
"With the cave as a supplement for spiritual power, I am not afraid of this human wave tactic at all."
Sun Erlang couldn't help but think so in his heart.
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and frowned slightly: "Just the right level of difficulty?"
At this moment, in the Demon Sect, apart from the Daxuan trio, the only thing standing was the huge statue.
It’s not that Sun Erlang and the others don’t want to eliminate the hidden danger in advance, but there is an invisible barrier blocking them.
Unable to attack in advance, they could only wait for the giant statue to complete its final transformation.
Boom boom boom…
The entire Demon Sect’s base began to shake violently.
The huge statue, which had been standing still in one pose, suddenly came to life.
He lowered his head and stared at the Daxuan trio below.
A pair of arms fell from the statue's face.
Then the second pair, the third pair...
Swish, swish, swish.
More and more arms fell, like a heavy rain.
Sun Erlang and the other two blocked the arms that fell from the sky and looked at the statue whose true face was gradually revealed with solemn expressions.
It was the face of a pig.
The pig-headed man had a compassionate expression and sad eyes, looking at Sun Erlang below with deep regret.
As if they had committed some unforgivable sin!
Being stared at by the huge pig head statue, Wang Xuanba suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart.
After realizing that the invisible barrier that had been blocking his way had disappeared, he was the first to rush forward.
"Today, grandpa is going to use your pig head as a snack!" Wang Xuanba roared, and the gray giant axe had become as big as a statue.
Aim at the front of the pig's head and chop it down hard.
The pig-headed statue did not dodge or avoid the attack, and its eyes were always filled with compassion and sorrow. However, it opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth.
Just bite the giant axe directly.
And then chew it.
Bang! The gray giant axe exploded into countless pieces in an instant, and even the gray gas was chewed and swallowed by the pig-headed statue.
Wang Xuanba suddenly spat out blood, but a hint of madness flashed in his eyes.
"burst!"
The countless grey air in the mouth of the pig head statue suddenly became like a group of dancing dragons. The pig head's cheeks bulged slightly, as if they were about to burst.
But what surprised Wang Xuanba was that the pig-headed statue took a deep breath and actually swallowed all the gray air into its stomach.
You should know that this grey giant axe is not an ordinary magic weapon, but Wang Xuanba's own foundation-building artifact: [Mottled Time Axe]. It was a reward personally awarded by the Saint Master for being the top three on the Taoism Discussion Platform.
Wang Xuanba achieved the golden elixir by comprehending the laws hidden in this miraculous object.
The axe ash contains the principle of the passage of time. It hurts people with the power of the passing of time.
However, after the pig-headed statue swallowed all the infinite gray energy in the giant axe, it did not suffer any side effects. In fact, the statue's body became more condensed.
The foundation-building artifact was swallowed up, and Wang Xuanba’s aura dropped visibly.
Wang Xuanba was seriously injured and was just hanging on to his last breath, with no strength to fight again.
The accident happened in the blink of an eye.
Before Sun Erlang and Yue Zhenwei could help, Wang Xuanba was already in danger.
While the pig-head statue was absorbing the gray air, Sun Erlang sent a message: "Something must be wrong!"
"These worlds in the Worry-Free Paradise should be some kind of test. With the strength displayed by this pig-headed statue, even a Yuanying cultivator cannot compete with it. For us in the Jindan stage, it is simply a dead end. There is no possibility of passing it, so it is no longer a test..."
“So there must be some details in this Demon Sect’s base that we have overlooked.” Yue Zhenwei also came to his senses and looked around again.
After swallowing the gray gas of the Time Axe, the aura of the pig-headed statue also became fluctuating. It seemed that it was comprehending something and would break through and become stronger at any time.
"Damn it, we don't have much time left."
The Demon Sect's base had been searched carefully more than once. Apart from the corpses of the Demon Sect's monks scattered all over the ground, there was nothing else hidden.
"Where exactly is the key to breaking the impasse?"
At the critical moment, Sun Erlang felt that he had become calmer.
From the scenes seen before entering the Demon Sect to everything experienced during the battle.
Countless scenes slowed down and flashed by one after another.
"The Holy Master once said, when you are in trouble, you will change."
"For the Demon Sect, we outsiders are variables. But we, the variables, can only kill all the monks. We are not strong enough to kill this huge statue. So..."
A gleam of light flashed in Sun Erlang's eyes: "We must look for more variables!"
"This variable cannot possibly happen to foreign monks like us. Instead, it must be..."
Sun Erlang suddenly had an epiphany, and quickly sent a message to Yue Zhenwei: "Go around the pig-head statue! Attack the sky!"
The black whirlwind rushed into the sky, and Sun Erlang's figure merged with it and soared straight up.
This black evil wind is naturally Sun Erlang's foundation-building magic weapon [Extinction-breaking Evil Wind]. It was also taught by the Saint Master himself!
The pig head, which was absorbing and evolving, sensed Sun Erlang's actions. A look of anger and fear suddenly emerged from the compassionate eyes that seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
The first roar since the war began.
Just as it was about to stop Sun Erlang, a long purple sword flew towards it.
Purple air is everywhere, like the rising sun.
It is the unique item [Hao Ming Zi Xiao Sword] that Yue Zhenwei used to build his foundation, which was taught by the Saint Master himself!
In the purple air, there is a faint sound of a dragon's roar.
The pig-headed statue was frightened by the vast purple air and its movements paused slightly.
It was during this brief pause that Sun Erlang's transformation into the Black Wind broke through its defense.
It hit the sky hard.
Cracks appeared in the sky.
The sun that had been hanging high in the sky also began to show cracks.
The false sky shattered.
As countless fragments fell like rain, the truth behind them was revealed.
It's just a huge dark cave.
The collapse of the false sky caused the pig-head statue to roar almost insanely.
However, it no longer had the intention to deal with Yue Zhenwei and Sun Erlang.
It seemed that something extremely terrifying was about to happen. A ray of light flew out from the pig head statue and was about to escape.
"Evil beast!"
A sound like thunder suddenly came from the sky.
Then a purple thunder appeared in the air and hit the escaping light!
With a scream, the living creature inside was reduced to ashes.
Sun Erlang vaguely saw that it was a pig demon that seemed to have been born not long ago.
The purple thunder came without warning, easily killed the pig demon, and never appeared again.
In this demonic sect, apart from the Daxuan trio, there are no other living beings.
Sun Erlang just felt tired in his heart.
Wang Xuanba and Yue Zhenwei were extremely happy, but also felt somewhat puzzled: "Is it that easy to win?"
"There's no need to fight to the death with that terrifying pig-headed statue. As long as we break the false sky above our heads, the pig demon will be killed by the thunderbolt from the sky?"
"What's going on? Didn't I fight for my life in vain?!" Wang Xuanba coughed lightly and complained.
The surrounding scenes suddenly stopped as he complained.
Then it was like thousands of glass windows exploded at the same time.
Countless images of the same world flew into the minds of the three people. Their brains were hit by rapid fragments, and after a dizzy spell...
The three of them returned to their original starting point.
The Five Elders Association, Qingxi Prefecture.
"Huh? I'm well again?" In the battle with the Demon Sect, Wang Xuanba, whose cultivation level had fallen to the Qi Refining Stage and was already dying, has now recovered to his normal Golden Core stage.
Not only that, there was not even a trace of injury on his body. It was as if the life-and-death battle just now was just a dream for them.
But it is obvious that what they experienced was not just an ordinary dream.
"The sky has returned to its normal bright color." Yue Zhenwei said as he looked around.
"The Worry-Free Coin is finally no longer negative. It's two hundred now!" Wang Xuanba said happily after checking.
Although it is still unknown what the use of this Worry-Free Coin is.
Sun Erlang stared at the lines of small words in front of him.
"Sun Erlang, Golden Elixir is complete, number of deaths: 1."
"Elysian experience level: 1."
"Worry-free coins: 500."
A small progress bar appeared behind the Paradise Experience Level.
The pink color is dipped into almost 30% of the length.
In addition to these data changes, there are other things in Sun Erlang's mind.
"Man is the head of all spirits."
"The human brain, if taken, can increase wisdom."
"Human liver, if taken, can improve eyesight."
"Human kidney..."
Voices kept emerging in Sun Erlang's mind.
There is no eerie or evil atmosphere, it is just pure argumentation and explanation.
However, when the memory of the taste and feeling of devouring various corresponding organs came to his mind simultaneously, the incomparably real feeling, as if he had experienced it himself, made Sun Erlang finally unable to bear it.
He vomited on the spot.
Seeing Sun Erlang suddenly vomiting uncontrollably, Wang Xuanba and Yue Zhenwei were both confused.
Until Sun Erlang struggled to get up and told his experience.
Their faces also turned pale.
"This... Erlang, I hope you won't get addicted to eating human flesh in the future?" Wang Xuanba's head shrank.
“This [Spirit Eating Technique] should be the technique practiced by the pig demon? If we pass the test of the border world, it will be possible to bring the items that appear in it back to reality?” Yue Zhenwei seemed to understand something.
"Erlang, try to practice this [Spirit Eating Technique]," he suggested.
Wang Xuanba was startled, while Sun Erlang relaxed a little and nodded slightly.
I suppressed my nausea and closed my eyes to feel it.
After a moment, he looked at Yue Zhenwei and said, "I don't sense the existence of anyone else practicing this method."
Yue Zhenwei touched his chin and said, "The Worry-Free Paradise has existed for so many years, but no one else has practiced this Soul-Eating Technique..."
Wang Xuanba's face turned serious: "I understand, there is something wrong with this technique."
Sun Erlang shook his head slightly: "That's not the point. Although the Soul Eating Technique is the method that the pig demon uses to devour humans, the objects that can be devoured are definitely not limited to humans. Other spiritual creatures are also acceptable."
“So, although it is not as good as the one taught by the Saint Master himself, this Spirit Eating Technique is definitely an amazing technique. It will be no problem to practice it all the way to the Nascent Soul stage. Even after the Nascent Soul stage, you can continue to practice and strengthen yourself by constantly devouring spiritual objects.”
Wang Xuanba also understood at this time: "Such a technique appeared in a world that newcomers like us will experience. But there is no sign of other people practicing..."
"There are two possibilities. First, this dreamland of the Worry-Free Paradise is not bound by the law that the same dharma cannot be practiced together."
"Second, dreams are ever-changing. New dreams are being generated all the time. The one we encountered happened to be a dream world that had just been born not long ago."
(End of this chapter)
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