Chapter 157: The Issue of Beating and Being Beaten. (Revised)
The group jumped down the steep rocky slope, and Feng Yue summoned a treasure ship and placed it on the water. They then began to explore along the waterway.
Looking at the surrounding mountain streams and the winding river ahead, Ye Luo saw not a single islet or sandbar in sight.
"Damn, could I have remembered wrong?"
Just as Ye Luo was murmuring, the water not far away churned, and a strange fish-like monster suddenly leaped out, opening its blood-red maw and attacking them.
Nan Muyin stood at the bow of the boat, and several sharp blades flashed, cutting the monster into several pieces. The pieces fell into the water with a splash and instantly became food for the monsters in the water.
This also served as a warning to others, as the other monsters that had been secretly observing no longer dared to attack easily.
"Sigh, with Senior Brother around, I don't even have a chance to make a move." Yu Qianling sat cross-legged on the deck, looking utterly bored.
Yu Xian'er covered her mouth and laughed, "You're complaining even though someone else is doing the hard labor."
"Yeah, it's so great to follow Senior Brother."
Cen Feng rested his arms behind his head and casually crossed his legs. Seeing Ye Luo beside him frowning, he asked, "Junior Brother, what's wrong?"
"I'm trying to figure out the exact location of the Divine Tree Liquid... but something just doesn't feel right."
"What's wrong?"
Ye Luo looked up and surveyed the rock walls on both sides of the river. "I can't quite put my finger on it yet... Let's see."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chilling killing intent surging from the rock walls on both sides.
Yu Qianling's face lit up with ecstasy, and she suddenly stood up and laughed, "Great! Finally, some work! I've been waiting impatiently for this!"
Suddenly, several blue magic arrays appeared above the cliff top, and with a few whooshing sounds, waves of ice blades attacked.
"Open!" Feng Yue activated the treasure ship's defenses, and the ship was instantly covered by a golden defensive shield.
"Hmm, there are quite a lot of people." Nan Muyin closed her eyes and probed with her divine sense for a while, then said, "They are disciples of the Valley of Forgetfulness."
Ye Luo crossed her arms and sneered, "That's just like them, they love to pull these sneak attacks."
"Let's go!" At this moment, Yu Qianling summoned his spear, his eager expression making everyone laugh.
Nan Muyin smiled helplessly, "You stay on the left, I'll stay on the right. Just make sure they don't get hurt."
"Alright! As long as I don't die, that's fine."
After receiving permission, Yu Qianling flashed away from the treasure ship and charged up the rock wall on the left.
Nan Muyin watched her retreating figure, then turned to Ye Luo and the others and said, "You can all stay on the boat." As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped onto his flying sword and fled towards the cliff on the right.
Before long, cries of agony came from the cliff and lingered in the mountain stream.
The disciples of Forgetful Valley were both shocked and furious that Nan Muyin and Yu Qianling dared to come up alone. "Let's gang up on them!"
Upon hearing this, dozens of people unleashed a barrage of magical treasures and talismans at the two. Even with their strength, they were no match for the overwhelming force and began to dodge and fight back.
"Catch them quickly!" the leader of the Forgetful Valley disciples shouted angrily.
But before he could finish speaking, he was struck hard in the abdomen and sent flying backward. Then, Yu Qianling's red figure flashed in front of him and kicked him in the face.
He cried out in pain, rolled several times on the ground, and when he raised his head, several teeth fell out of his mouth. He looked at Yu Qianling with a terrified expression, "W-what do you want to do?!"
Yu Qianling used the tip of her gun to lift his chin and said, "Hey, I heard that Shen Bi is dead. Then you should carry on her legacy."
"W-what will...?" the male cultivator asked, his words mumbled, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.
Yu Qianling grinned, "Of course it's a big pig's head with a bruised and swollen face!" After she finished speaking, she punched and kicked him repeatedly, and the groans of pain rang out again.
Seeing this, everyone was shocked and furious, pointing at Yu Qianling indignantly and saying, "You, you shouldn't be so arrogant!"
Yu Qianling kicked the man on the ground unconscious, turned around with his spear in hand, glanced at the crowd, and sneered, "I didn't kill you all, that's to save face for the Immortal Alliance. You should kneel down and thank me for sparing your lives!"
"furious!"
"Kill her!"
Yu Qianling's face was full of fighting spirit as she contemptuously shook her finger at them, "You're not worthy!"
This scene seemed to completely enrage everyone, and they charged towards Yu Qianling with a roar, instantly reigniting the intense sounds of battle.
Nan Muyin looked at Yu Qianling opposite her and chuckled, "This girl is really good at attracting hatred."
At this moment, the disciples of the Forgetful Valley on the ground got up and looked at Nan Muyin with fear on their faces. Was this really only the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage?
He defeated them all with a single move, and judging from his relaxed and effortless demeanor, he clearly disdained to fight them.
Such a disparity in strength immediately robbed them of the courage to fight again.
Little did they know that Nan Muyin's cultivation level was actually halfway into the Nascent Soul stage, so how could they be a match for her?
Just then, a violent explosion suddenly came from below the river. Nan Muyin looked over and saw that the disciples of Qingyang Sect were attacking Ye Luo and the others.
Ye Luo stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the group of people she had just met on the opposite side, and sneered, "What a small world! I always seem to run into you guys."
"Hmph, consider yourself unlucky!" The leading Qingyang Sect disciple, his face full of malice, roared, "We've finally caught your chance! This time, we'll make you pay!"
Ye Luo exchanged a glance with Cen Feng beside her and sneered, "Can't you see the situation? You can still run now, or you'll only end up as fish food!"
"Ha ha ha ha--!"
"Who exactly is failing to recognize the situation?"
"Just the four of you?"
Ye Luo chuckled and said, "No, the two of us are enough."
After saying that, he took out a rocket launcher and threw it to Cen Feng, casually placing it at the bow of the boat. At this moment, the disciples of Qingyang Sect realized something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Quickly board the boat and stop them!"
They had already witnessed the power of this thing during the competition, but now they forgot that they were still on a ship, which was already inconvenient. If this thing sank the ship...
"Don't just stand there! Activate the defensive shield first!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the ship was attacked violently, leaving two large holes. The people on board screamed in alarm as the ship was violently rocked, and then hurriedly activated their defensive shields.
Ye Luo and Cen Feng pressed their advantage, taking turns replenishing their spirit stones as they relentlessly bombarded the opposing ships, giving them no chance to catch their breath.
Under continuous bombardment, the ship's protective shield became increasingly vulnerable, gradually cracking and eventually collapsing.
"Fifth Senior Brother, don't kill anyone, otherwise we won't be able to explain it to Master."
“I know.” After saying that, Cen Feng fired a cannon at the ship, which immediately began to tilt and sway.
In just a few moments, the ship was blown to pieces.
People on the boat fell into the water like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Some of the quick-witted ones had already abandoned ship and used their swords to escape, thus avoiding the embarrassment of getting soaked.
This scene caused Yu Qianling on the cliff to burst into laughter. "Hey, are you guys here to be funny?"
Ye Luo put away the rocket launcher and stood on the bow of the boat, sneering, "Hurry up and swim, there are monsters down there!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was greatly alarmed. Some quickly used their swords, while others summoned their magical artifacts, and the scene descended into chaos.
The disciples of Qingyang Sect flew through the air, glaring angrily at Ye Luo and the others on the ship, looking as if they wished they could tear them to pieces.
At this moment, Nan Muyin and Yu Qianling returned to the ship, instantly dissuading those who originally wanted to board.
Ye Luo shook his head and chuckled, "It's a rare opportunity to enter a secret realm. Instead of wasting your time here, why don't you explore other places to find other opportunities? Is it really worth it?"
"What kind of opportunities could this lousy secret realm possibly offer? We've gone around in circles and haven't gotten anything at all!"
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Luo fell into deep thought. These people were no less capable of treasure hunting than they were. They must have already explored various parts of the secret realm, but clearly they hadn't gained anything either.
Ye Luo murmured in confusion, "Hmm... what exactly happened?"
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and quickly summoned his flying fan and flew into the sky.
...
At this moment, deep in the dark forest.
The disciples of the Illusionary Sound Sect and the Myriad Swords Sect rushed forward as if a raging flood was rushing behind them.
Qingyu's face turned serious. "Li Fei," she said, "did you see what that thing was?"
"It looked like a dark shadow, but I couldn't see exactly what it was." Li Fei said with a face full of grief, "We were caught off guard, and that evil thing killed several of our disciples. It's truly despicable!"
"We have the same thing here!" Ji Xuan said, turning her head nervously to look behind her as she ran, and asked in confusion, "How could there be such evil creatures in the secret realm?"
Wei Yin said urgently, "Stop talking, let's run to a brighter place and then think of a solution."
Just then, a disciple's cry for help came from behind, "Help me, help me—!"
Qingyu and the others who were running ahead stopped and turned around. They saw a cloud of black energy pulling the disciple backward, and they became very anxious.
"No, we have to save him!" Qingyu frowned. "We can't let that evil creature be so arrogant."
"But...we might not be a match for them," Wei Yin said urgently, stepping forward to stop him. "Don't do anything rash, what if something happens to you..."
"Rather than being chased and killed like this, we might as well fight it!" Li Fei said through gritted teeth.
Ji Xuan commanded, "In that case, those disciples in the Core Formation stage, come with us. The rest of you, run far away and seek help!"
"Okay, hang in there!"
"Charge!" Qing Yu charged ahead, brandishing her short blade as she attacked the shadowy figure. "Evil creature, leave the person behind!"
The dark shadow floated in the air, sometimes real, sometimes illusory. The magical weapons of the group passed through the shadow repeatedly, but they could not hit the solid body no matter what they did.
"What... what's going on?" One of the disciples panicked and considered running away. But at that moment, a barrier suddenly rose up around them, trapping everyone inside.
The dark figure hovered in the air, looking at the disciples before it, and let out a sinister laugh, "You can't escape now, so just let me eat you obediently, it's your honor."
Qingyu retorted angrily, "Bah! You cowardly, filthy coward, do you really think you're something special?"
"You're the sharpest-tongued brat, so I'll eat you first!" As soon as he finished speaking, a series of eerie black chains of energy rushed towards him.
Ji Xuan and the others were shocked and used their magic weapons to try to stop him, but it was too late.
The black chains bound Qingyu and yanked her towards him. Just then, the barrier was shattered by a magic seal.
Immediately following, a sharp sword light slashed down, its spiritual power containing the force of lightning, instantly severing the black energy chain.
"Who!" the shadowy figure roared.
Yu Xuan and Du Jiaoxi rushed over and were surprised to see a cloud of black mist in front of them.
Yu Xuan frowned: "What is this thing?"
“It’s a soul…” Du Jiaoxi looked closely at the black mist in front of her, which was exactly the same as the picture in her mind, and her lips trembled slightly.
Found it! Finally found it!!!
For years, she had stayed at Qingyue Gate in search of this thing, but she never expected it to appear here. What exactly happened?
Du Jiaoxi shouted, "Only attacks with lightning-attribute spells, or lightning and fire-attribute talismans, will be effective!"
Upon hearing this, the dark figure was startled and shouted, "You little bitch, I'll kill you!"
"Evil thing, come on!" Du Jiaoxi's pent-up anger suddenly flared up. Over the years, she had suffered a lot in order to find this thing.
We've finally caught it, how can we let it go?
Du Jiaoxi's eyes gleamed, and she threw several fire and thunder talismans at the group, "Let's work together to capture it!"
"good!"
Having found a way to subdue it, the group immediately put in their best effort, urging their talismans to attack, shouting: "Evil demons and heretics, prepare to die!"
A series of talismans, imbued with the power of thunder and fire, exploded around it, causing it to panic instantly. It roared, "Hmph, just you wait! I'll deal with you all one by one another day!"
After it finished speaking, it flew off into the distant forest.
Seeing this, Du Jiaoxi anxiously exclaimed, "Hurry and chase after it! We can't let it escape, otherwise it will definitely cause endless trouble in the future!"
Everyone understood her words; this kind of elusive and insidious creature was impossible to guard against, so they chased after it in the direction it had fled.
The group continued their search but never saw the dark figure again, nor did they know where it had disappeared to. They could only cautiously continue forward.
Suddenly, a strange noise coming from not far ahead caught their attention.
After exchanging a knowing glance, the group was about to attack when a figure suddenly appeared.
"Bai Ruoqian?" Du Jiaoxi looked the person in front of her up and down, then asked, "What are you doing here?"
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