Special levels
Xuantian Sect is not a petty place. Since Yunyin can abide by the sect rules, they can naturally get along with him peacefully.
Meanwhile, Ruan Qingyu, who was far away in the special checkpoint, was naturally unaware that her contracted demon beast had already been thoroughly investigated by the sect elders.
It was Yun Yin's bad luck; there weren't many cultivators across the four continents who knew his true identity. In fact, the Xuan Tian Sect produced two out of a handful.
Although Ruan Qingyu is currently unable to contact Yunyin, the violent emotions within the contract immediately alerted her to something amiss.
She quickly conveyed her emotions, trying her best to soothe the other person. She wasn't sure what would happen if Yun Yin, a demon beast, lost control of his emotions and caused chaos within the Xuan Tian Sect.
She neither wanted to be expelled from the sect with Yunyin, nor did she want Yunyin to be captured by those with ulterior motives from the Xuantian Sect and continue to be a prisoner.
Fortunately, Yunyin's emotions returned to normal very quickly, which reassured her as she looked around.
This special level was located on a vast ocean, and the only foothold was beneath her feet.
The abruptly placed rock beneath her feet gave Ruan Qingyu no chance to continue exploring her surroundings. Suddenly, the rock beneath her feet began to shake and, in the blink of an eye, it was completely lifted up.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ruan Qingyu channeled her spiritual energy and, with the help of the Phoenix Fire Wings, took to the air. However, these wings, forged from divine fire, constantly drained Ruan Qingyu's spiritual energy.
If she doesn't find a place to land soon, she will quickly exhaust her last drop of spiritual energy and fall directly into the deep sea.
In the past, she would have simply fallen into the deep sea. But today, even knowing that this was a special checkpoint inside the cave, her intuition told her not to enter the water.
His divine sense tried its best to fly outwards, but he could not find a place to land. Finally, the 'reef' that had been causing trouble for so long came to a stop.
Ruan Qingyu lowered her head and looked closely. Only then did she realize that the so-called reef was actually a huge turtle.
However, this turtle was not the size of an ordinary palm; the reef from earlier was actually just a protrusion on the turtle's back.
The tortoise was about the size of a mountain, but it wasn't turning over to breathe; instead, it was looking up at Ruan Qingyu.
Its eyes were filled with lust for Ruan Qingyu, and the next moment the giant tortoise opened its mouth and spat out a jet of water.
The water jet sprayed straight at Ruan Qingyu, and if she hadn't dodged it immediately, she would have been swept into the giant turtle's mouth.
Seeing that its attack had failed, the giant tortoise opened its blood-red maw and roared to the sky. Ruan Qingyu could clearly see the sharp teeth in its mouth, which seemed to be stained with blood and flesh from who-knows-where.
A foul, fishy stench rose from below, constantly assaulting Ruan Qingyu's nostrils. Meanwhile, the once calm sea was stirred up by the giant turtle.
Water jets, like tornadoes, kept attacking Ruan Qingyu. At first, Ruan Qingyu could disperse them with a single move using her Fire Phoenix Palm, but as the surrounding water vapor gradually thickened...
The water columns grew thicker and thicker, and a single palm strike wasn't enough to completely disperse them. Gradually, Ruan Qingyu's spiritual energy consumption increased, but fortunately, the spiritual energy in this sea area was plentiful.
With this ebb and flow, although it became increasingly difficult for Ruan Qingyu to absorb spiritual energy into her body, it was still enough to sustain her for a long time.
But this couldn't go on, Ruan Qingyu's eyes darkened. To stay, the only option was to kill this giant tortoise and use it as a stepping stone.
Thinking this, Ruan Qingyu assessed the remaining spiritual energy within her body. A fierce flame gradually ignited in her eyes, and then she sharply focused her gaze on the giant tortoise still attacking below.
At this moment, she only had 50% of her spiritual power left, but she still released it all. The Wutong Qin hummed, and its scorched tail emitted a dazzling red light, like the tail feathers of a phoenix.
Ruan Qingyu was surrounded by fiery red spiritual energy, which swirled around her body without dissipating. Her fair hands gently caressed the strings of the wutong zither.
Accompanied by a clear, melodious bird call like a phoenix's cry, dozens of red rays of light emanated from the zither, like colorful ribbons, wrapping around the giant turtle churning on the turbulent sea.
The sea surface, which was swept by the fiery red ribbon, immediately began to boil, and water mist began to continuously form in the air where the water column was scattered.
It was all because the fiery red ribbon was too hot, turning the surrounding seawater from its original coolness into boiling water.
Instantly, the lowly sea monsters that were originally just innocent bystanders were swept out by the boiling seawater. Accompanied by countless foul smells, the surface of the sea was gradually filled with countless dead fish with their bellies turned up.
Meanwhile, the giant tortoise in the center of the fiery red ribbons opened its mouth wide and roared continuously, even trying to bite off the fiery red ribbons that were still entwining it.
However, it was discovered that these fiery red ribbons were far more troublesome than the water columns; as soon as one broke, dozens more would immediately replace it. The source of this power seemed inexhaustible, continuously entwining, enveloping, and dividing it.
Gradually, the giant tortoise could no longer hold on, and marks began to appear on its neck, which was covered in thick scales. These marks, along with the crimson hue, continued to be eroded by the scorching rainbow.
It bled profusely, even turning charred black. And the incredibly hard tortoise shell began to crack.
The giant tortoise, which should have been invincible in its own sea territory, gradually lost its pride and joy amidst the phoenix fire released by the Wutongqin.
Instead, it became a tortoise shell soup in a vast sea, as the giant tortoise's unwilling roars gradually subsided.
Ruan Qingyu stopped, panting. At this moment, the fiery red light on the Wutong Qin also gradually went out after the host stopped inputting spiritual power.
The churning water columns around them had long since disappeared, leaving only fish and shrimp scalded by the hot seawater, and the lifeless corpse of a giant tortoise.
With trembling hands, Ruan Qingyu returned the Wutong Qin to her dantian. Her spiritual energy was now depleted, and the Wutong Qin, which was originally as light as a feather, now felt as heavy as Mount Tai when she held it tightly.
She landed shakily on the giant tortoise's back and quickly sat down cross-legged. She took out the spirit stones that were originally in her bracelet and carefully used her strength to...
He crushed all the spirit stones, and the instant the fragments turned into mist, his cultivation technique rapidly circulated, absorbing all the dissipated spiritual energy.
After several hours of fierce fighting, Ruan Qingyu was like an insatiable vortex, constantly draining the surrounding spiritual energy.
However, before she could fully recover, her spiritual energy was extremely scarce. Suddenly, the surrounding environment changed drastically, and if it weren't for the faint phoenix fire wings on Ruan Qingyu's back...
In an instant, it spread its wings and swiftly carried Ruan Qingyu into the air. The tail feathers of its fiery wings brushed against the sea surface, creating a splashing sound.
Ruan Qingyu looked closely and realized that she had returned to the place where she had entered the checkpoint. However, she was still high in the sky, with the familiar black reef below her.
Didn't she already kill that giant tortoise? Why has the environment of this level reverted to where it was when we first entered? Is it due to the unique nature of this level?
Ruan Qingyu didn't understand, various thoughts flashing through her mind. But it was as if she were looking through a layer of mist, unable to find that glimmer of inspiration.
At this moment, only the spiritual power within her body, which had only just recovered to 50%, clearly told Ruan Qingyu that she had indeed killed a giant tortoise.
With that thought, Ruan Qingyu slowly landed on the black reef. Since she had come all this way again, she might as well take the time to recover and then fight again.
"The Great Phoenix Heaven" truly lives up to its reputation as the highest-level cultivation technique. Under Ruan Qingyu's absorption of spiritual energy, her internal spiritual power gradually increased from more than 50% to 90%.
As Ruan Qingyu slowly drew a circle with both hands in front of her, the rocks beneath her predictably began to tumble.
This time, however, Ruan Qingyu did not rush to get up and dodge. The phoenix fire wings on her back trembled and made a rustling sound.
The giant tortoise quickly discovered Ruan Qingyu's presence and roared as it rolled around, trying to shake off the 'little bug' clinging to its body. However, no matter how the giant tortoise struggled, it couldn't get Ruan Qingyu off.
Fifteen minutes later, the giant tortoise stopped, stretched out its neck, twisted its head, and turned its head towards Ruan Qingyu at an eerie angle.
Staring at the giant tortoise's eyes, which gleamed with black light and were filled with malice, Ruan Qingyu smiled slightly. The next moment, the Wutong Qin (a type of zither) slowly appeared in her arms.
Following the zither, a melodious song emerged, like the cry of a phoenix, or the chorus of a hundred birds.
But such beautiful music was like casting pearls before swine. The giant tortoise continued to roar and churn its massive body in the sea.
After a while, just as the giant tortoise was about to sink into the sea, the zither in Ruan Qingyu's hand suddenly changed, its originally clear and melodious sound changing.
It became exhilarating, it became rapid. Until it was as swift as lightning, even creating lightning-like shapes around the floating sound waves.
The giant tortoise seemed to sense something was wrong, and its head, which had been below the surface, popped out again and lunged at the spot where Ruan Qingyu was standing.
However, Ruan Qingyu's position was quite delicate, allowing the giant tortoise to stick its head out and even stick out its tongue, trying to roll Ruan Qingyu into its mouth.
But he found that no matter what he did, he couldn't swallow this hateful human whole.
The giant tortoise roared angrily, and blue-black spiritual energy began to emanate from its body. This change was not there before, causing Ruan Qingyu to look around warily.
After the blue-black spiritual energy appeared, a sudden gust of wind arose on the sea not far from Ruan Qingyu. It even gradually formed a sea tornado right in front of Ruan Qingyu.
Ruan Qingyu's skirt fluttered wildly in the strong wind, and her hair, which was draped behind her, flew messily from her shoulders to the corners of her eyes, but her expression remained unchanged. She let the stinging raindrops fall on her face, but her robes, engraved with a special water-repelling array, were spared from the rain.
Her forehead and temples were gradually dampened by rain and seawater. At this moment, Ruan Qingyu seemed to taste the salty and fishy flavor of the sea. If it were ordinary seawater, it would only take a cycle of spiritual energy to dry it.
Soon, Ruan Qingyu discovered that the seawater, aided by the rain, was gradually weakening her spiritual power. The spiritual power that had been protecting her body was being gradually weakened; if she didn't deal with the giant tortoise soon...
It's likely that she will be swallowed up by the sea before long.
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