Chapter 271 Ninth Level, White Jade Golden Hook Eight Desolate Giant Python Stick
The earth veins trembled, and the wooden fish in the hands of the beautiful nun "Qingfangzhu" shone brightly, turning into a layer of green light barrier that protected the entire private hot spring restaurant.
The water in the hot spring pool suddenly boiled like lava. The twelve bronze wind chimes under the eaves vibrated with clear metallic sounds in the blizzard. The blizzard howled and seemed to be even more violent.
Waves of Zen chanting rang out, and golden scriptures and talismans on Qingfangzhu's graceful body bloomed like flowers. The green light barrier vibrated continuously, and gradually, the Zen chanting changed from peaceful, solemn, and steady to sharp, flustered, and then turned into a shrill whistle.
Finally, Qingfangzhu could not hold on any longer. The blue light in her one eye suddenly went out, her graceful body collapsed, and the barrier turned into fragments, which fell to the ground and disappeared.
Chiba Xuexiong spat out a mouthful of blood, hugged his daughter and quickly retreated three steps. The tatami where they had just kneeled collapsed with a loud bang, and eight white skeletal snake heads broke out of the ground. The foul miasma instantly corroded the edge of the picture frame.
"Mom..." Chaolu Xiwu was terrified and hugged her mother tightly.
Chiba Yukio held her daughter in her arms and knelt on the edge of the collapsed tatami. The miasma had left charred holes on her white tunic.
Three white bone snake heads spewed black mist and pounced towards Chiba Xuexu and his son.
Chiba Yukio protected his daughter behind him, bit his finger, and summoned the seriously injured Aoandon again, ready to fight to the death.
Although Qingfangzhu was seriously injured and his body was flickering, he still had the strength to fight to the last.
"Let's fight!" Chiba Xuexi gritted his teeth.
"Don't be afraid, I'm coming."
A gentle voice sounded, and the armored man fell from the sky, smashing through the roof. The moment he landed, his big hand grabbed from the void, and a white jade gold hook stick weighing 3,600 kilograms appeared in his palm, and he smashed it down on his head with a fierce blow.
Even though the white-bone snake was extremely ferocious and powerful, it could not withstand Li Xiang's full-strength attack.
The three snake heads were blown up instantly, and the Yamata white-bone snake escaped dragging its broken body.
A yellowish-brown light burst out from Li Xiang's body, and he used the earth escape technique to chase after the enemy. Soon, Li Xiang arrived deep underground at Mount Fuji.
The altar is still there. When the remnants of the Mitsui Group saw the mysterious Armor Hero appear, they were all panicked and ran around everywhere. However, this is underground, Li Xiang's home court.
Under the stimulation of "Earth's Revolution Record", tunnels collapsed one after another, burying the remnants of the Mitsui Group along with the body of the girl who had been sacrificed before.
Li Xiang continued to chase downwards, and soon, he arrived at the shore of a lava lake.
The magma lake was surging with dark golden waves, and the entire underground cave was scorching hot. The Yaqi White Bone Snake returned to its nest and coiled next to a dark red crystal more than three meters high.
This crystal, also called "Yamata Dark Crystal", is the place where the remaining soul of Yamata resides in hibernation. It has been suspended in the center of the magma lake for hundreds of years. In just a few hundred years, Yamata No Orochi will be resurrected.
This dark crystal has eight snake-shaped blood lines on its surface, and every time the magma rushes through it, it makes a whimpering sound similar to that of a bone flute.
Li Xiang estimated that it was at least 5,000 to 6,000 meters below sea level. He had never been to this place before. At that time, he only came to a depth of more than 1,000 meters below sea level and harvested the special earth vein "Obsidian Holy Vein". He thought that there was nothing left. Who knew that such a deep place still hid the residual soul and crystal core of the Yamata no Orochi.
Li Xiang leaped forward and swung the white jade golden hook stick in his hand, creating shadows of the stick all over the sky, covering the white bone snake and the dark red crystal core in the center of the lake.
When approaching within ten meters, the system prompts: "Detected the residual soul of the thirty-third-order god-level mutant creature Yaqi."
Since the system arrived early, this data is probably inaccurate. The Yamata no Orochi is left with only a remnant soul, barely surviving. Although it is worse than many extraordinary people, Li Xiang feels that in terms of real strength, it is definitely not as good as himself.
As the most powerful fighter on this planet, Li Xiang has had almost no rivals since his rebirth and debut.
With the energy support from the crystal core, the giant white-bone snake seemed to be even stronger, sweeping up a huge molten lava to hit Li Xiang.
But Li Xiang, wearing the Giant Whale Holy Armor, was not afraid at all. He defeated the attack of the white bone snake with one stick after another, and finally found a flaw. The spiritual power of the white jade gold hook stick in his hand vibrated, and with an unparalleled force, he shot it hard and stabbed the dark red crystal core.
The white jade golden hook stick has a sharp spear tip on the end. With Li Xiang's tremendous force of over 100,000 pounds, it can pierce through even steel several meters thick like tofu.
However, this crystal core, which was more than three meters high and about one meter and eighty centimeters in diameter, was surprisingly tough. Li Xiang's gun tip only penetrated a small half of it, about twelve or thirteen centimeters deep, and could not go any further.
The Yaqi Nether Crystal trembled violently, and spider-web-like cracks appeared on the surface of the dark red crystal. A sudden change occurred, and the eight snake-shaped residual souls turned into black fog that enveloped Li Xiang.
The world suddenly changed, and Li Xiang felt like he had come to a mysterious world and could no longer sense the outside world.
Here, black fog is rolling everywhere, with neither the sky nor the ground connected, just like the underworld.
He was suspended in the void, naked, without the Giant Whale Holy Armor or the White Jade Golden Hook Stick.
"Am I in a spiritual state?" Li Xiang reacted quickly. Because before, when he was with Jiang Caier, Jiang Caier had "created a group face to face" many times, pulling herself, Li Xiang's spiritual state, and the spirit of the dragon vein into a unique secret realm for communication and exchange.
"I didn't expect that Yamata no Orochi had such means?" Li Xiang was surprised, but he also felt it was normal. After all, Yamata no Orochi was a god-level monster in its heyday.
As for the physical body outside, Li Xiang was not worried at all. He was protected by the Giant Whale Holy Armor. The white bone snake and magma could not do anything to him.
In this mysterious world, eight volcanoes suddenly appeared and turned into eight-headed snake heads, each of which was as winding as a mountain and pounced from all directions.
Li Xiang used all his strength to fight against the snake leader transformed from eight volcanoes.
However, this mysterious world isolated him from the outside world. He could no longer draw on the power of the earth veins, and was unable to use his best earth-related abilities.
The black mist spewed out by the eight-headed snake was extremely poisonous and was corroding his soul, making him "dizzy and dizzy."
"I was careless." Li Xiang had no weapons in his hands and relied entirely on his martial arts and powerful spiritual power. He was injured for a moment and was hit by one of the snake heads. He rolled several times in the air before he could barely stabilize his body.
While defending, he was wondering whether he should make another breakthrough and level up, otherwise he would suffer more and might even be killed here.
He had been "holding it back" at the peak of the eighth level for a long time, and had resolved the urge to "break through" several times. To be honest, his spiritual power had accumulated to the point where it was on the verge of erupting, and he could upgrade whenever he wanted.
However, after restraining myself for so long, the reason why I haven't made a breakthrough is that I feel like something is missing and not perfect enough. It's inevitable that I feel a little regretful if I just upgrade like this.
Just when he was about to break through, he was knocked away again by a mountain-like snake head.
The black fog mixed with poisonous smoke swept towards him again, this time even more fiercely, as if it was going to penetrate into all his orifices.
At this moment, the shadow of a bronze sacred tree emerged from the top of his head and suddenly turned into a giant tree. Nine small tripods on the branches were shining brightly, casting bursts of clear light. Wherever the clear light passed, the black fog and smoke melted away.
Li Xiang's plan to upgrade on the battlefield was cut short. He pulled himself together and continued to fight.
With the bronze sacred tree protecting him, Li Xiang is already invincible. He plans to take this opportunity to hone his combat power.
He had a clear mind and was not afraid of the black fog and smoke. He fought more and more skillfully, and his martial arts improved a lot, and he gradually gained the upper hand.
At the same time, in reality, the white-bone snake controlled the high-temperature magma in the magma lake to continuously attack and bite Li Xiang's body, but it could not do anything to him.
Black light enveloped the entire lava lake, forming a barrier. From the outside, one could not see or hear what was happening inside.
The seriously injured Qingfangzhu was in a weak body. He came to help with Chiba Xuexu and his two daughters. Seeing that Li Xiang was not coming out for a long time and there was a black light covering the place, not knowing the details inside, the mother and daughters were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
"Mom, will my godfather be okay?" Chaolu pursed her lips and said worriedly.
Yugiri also had a worried look on her face, clutching the corner of her mother's clothes tightly and frowning.
Chiba Xuexu looked at the black light in front of him, thinking that Li Xiang must be in a critical situation, so he made up his mind, bit his finger with his silver teeth, and used his own blood to draw a mandala pattern on Qingfangzhu's forehead: "Use my blood as a guide to burn your remaining soul——"
The scripture on Qingfangzhu's neck suddenly shone like molten gold, and the wooden fish exploded into thousands of green rays, carrying the last of the shikigami's spiritual power and crashing into the black light barrier.
The graceful body of Qingfangzhu exploded.
Chiba Yukio also vomited blood.
At the same time, a hole was opened in the black light barrier.
Li Xiang was enjoying the fight when he was suddenly brought back to reality.
His soul and body became one, and his strength naturally increased. The Yamata no Orochi was already being suppressed and was fighting stubbornly. At this time, he was hit by the self-sacrifice of Aoandon and could no longer hold on. Within three rounds, Li Xiang killed the white-bone snake with a stick.
After another three rounds, a huge crack appeared in the dark red Nether Crystal, and Li Xiang successfully pulled out the white jade gold hook stick and took back this magical weapon.
What surprised Li Xiang was that when he pulled out the stick, a strange suction force suddenly emerged from the golden hook of the white jade golden hook stick, which hooked back the eight scattered remnant souls and sealed them on the stick.
Oh my god, Li Xiang was stunned: "This golden hook is the one used by the god of death to catch souls? Can it be used like this?"
He really hadn't noticed it before. After all, this white jade golden hook stick was a Saint-level item, and he was only an eighth-level transcendent, barely a mid-level transcendent, not even a high-level one, and even further away from the Saint-level, and could not exert the full power of a Saint-level item.
Li Xiang's mind moved, and he manipulated the earth-related supernatural powers, gathered a giant magma hand, and took away the crystal core where the remaining soul of the Yamata no Orochi resided. He activated the "Crystal Vein Armor" to refine the crystal core and melt it together with the white jade gold hook stick.
While smelting the crystal core, Li Xiang discovered that the crystal core where the remnant soul of Yaqi resided actually contained hundreds of years of pure earth essence. For him, it was an absolute tonic. Li Xiang activated his earth-based abilities to absorb it. Finally, he could no longer suppress his realm and broke through it, ascending to the ninth level of transcendence.
At the same time, the major natal rune "Earth's Evolution Record" automatically upgraded to the third form "Eight Desolate Mountains Map".
Previously, Li Xiang used achievement points to reach the second form. This time, after absorbing hundreds of years of earth vein essence accumulated in the Yaqi crystal core, he not only stepped into the ninth stage in one fell swoop, but also advanced the "Earth Pivot World Record", the major life power rune, to the third form. This is a cause for celebration.
The grade of the crystal core was too high and the material was extremely precious. Even though Li Xiang was extremely skilled in the "Crystal Vein Armament" and the "Earth Pivot Evolution Record" had been upgraded to the third form, it still took a lot of effort to smelt it. It took nearly an hour to finish the job.
A ferocious, mighty and domineering "White Jade Golden Hook Eight Desolate Giant Python Stick" appeared in this world.
The eight residual souls of the Yamata no Orochi and the crystal core body in which it resided were all refined and melted into the stick, transforming into a giant python with eight heads and eight tails, coiled around the white jade stick, looking ferocious and terrifying.
However, this weapon is a weapon of killing, and with this "relief", it becomes even more powerful and domineering! He swung the modified white jade golden hook eight desolate giant python stick, and the crystal python entrenched on the stick suddenly came to life, opening its mouth and spewing out a breath of lava and frost. The cave wall instantly froze and melted through, presenting a strange glazed landform.
The weight of this magical weapon also increased from 3,600 kilograms to 7,200 kilograms. If converted into kilograms, it is 14,400 kilograms, which is heavier than the monkey's golden cudgel.
Even though Li Xiang had a strength of over 100,000 jin, it still felt a bit heavy when he used it. With such a heavy stick, many of his exquisite martial arts could not be displayed.
He felt that his great strength attribute needed to be improved again.
Fortunately, now that he has entered the ranks of ninth-level transcendents, the attribute upper limits of his two superpowers, "huge strength" and "divine movement", have been greatly increased compared to the seventh level, and he can use achievement points to increase them again.
It's just lacking achievement points now.
With the improvement of realm, the existing attributes of "huge strength" and "divine speed" also increase accordingly. The strength increases to over 120,000 pounds, which is about 1,000 to 2,000 pounds more. The maximum speed increases from Mach 5.5 to about Mach 6.2, and the cruising speed increases to about Mach 3.1.
Li Xiang secretly estimated that if he wanted to increase the speed to 10 Mach and the strength to 200,000 kilograms, he would need 1.5 million achievement points. However, he only had more than 600,000 achievement points in his account, which meant he was still short of more than 900,000 points.
As long as he could find a few large bat caves, this gap wouldn't seem to be that big. He hadn't been to Europe, Africa, or America much. He had been to North America once, but he didn't visit it much.
Li Xiang is full of confidence. Mach 10 and 200,000 kilograms are just around the corner.
As the realm is upgraded, the system's rewards for the warehouse are also received. The different-dimensional warehouse is expanded again, and the side length is doubled.
Previously, the side length of the warehouse was 256 meters, but now it is 512 meters, in the shape of a cube. The spatial volume has been expanded to: 512 meters × 512 meters × 512 meters, totaling 134.218 million cubic meters.
If we use the displacement of a ship as an analogy, it is equivalent to 134.218 million tons. The warehouse became extremely spacious again, with seven times more space than before, which could hold a large amount of supplies.
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On the shore of the lava lake, Chiba Yukio and his two daughters trembled in fear when they saw the hideous, mighty and domineering "White Jade Golden Hook Eight Desolate Giant Python Stick". As Japanese, they were deeply afraid of the Yamata no Orochi, and they could never have imagined that their master (godfather) was so cruel that he actually melted the residual soul and crystal core of the Yamata no Orochi into the weapon.
Needless to say, the rank of this weapon was upgraded again. The system prompted: "Congratulations to the host for refining the first god-level weapon, the 32nd-rank White Jade Golden Hook Eight Desolate Giant Python Stick. You have achieved a new achievement and will be rewarded with 10,000 achievement points."
In addition, the achievement points, elixirs, and extraordinary items obtained from killing the remnant soul of the 33rd-order god-level mutant creature Yaqi were also credited to the account.
The rewarded elixir was of level sixteen, three "Eight-Headed Earth Vein Lotuses", and the extraordinary item was a level thirty-first divine sword "Ame-no-Murakumo·Bahuang-Zhenyue".
This "Ame-no-Kurosakumo Sword" has lava-like obsidian patterns on its blade, and the hilt is inlaid with eight snake-eye crystal cores. When it is swung, it can trigger the resonance of the veins of Mount Fuji. The scabbard is made of volcanic rock and is engraved with the "Kojiki" rune that suppresses Yagi.
Since the system arrived early, it had bugs, so some of the data was weird and there was no pattern to be found, so Li Xiang did not delve into it. Perhaps, only when the timeline returned to normal, the system would return to normal.
For example, killing the 33rd-order god-level mutant creature Yaki Remnant Soul only earned 3,300 achievement points. Li Xiang found it incredible, because it was god-level! But then he thought about it and realized it was definitely a "pseudo-god-level", so he didn't care so much. After all, the reward was a genuine 31st-order Ame-Kume Sword.
The Sword of Ame Murasaki is a sacred artifact in Japanese mythology and legend. As for the Sword of Ame Murasaki that is now enshrined in the Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya, needless to say, it is an absolute fake.
I own every piece in the museum, and I own the real things even if they are fake.
Li Xiang stepped on the lava, with lotus flowers blooming at every step, and rushed towards the shore. His handsome and heroic figure stunned Chiba Xuexi and her daughter.
In fact, Li Xiang learned this “Lotus Step by Step” technique from Luo Feifei.
When Luo Feifei walked, she manipulated the water vapor to condense a water lotus under her feet. Li Xiang was an earth-type extraordinary being and was currently on the lava lake, so what he condensed was the "Rock Armor Lotus Platform."
Although it is made of rock, the carving is finely done, fitting the image of the "Lotus Pure Land" in Japanese mythology. In particular, the patterns on the petals have not yet completely condensed, but still flow like red magma, adding to its ornamental appeal.
The lotus pedestal is also the seat of the Buddha in Buddhism. In Chinese mythology, the Tathagata Buddha sits on the nine lotus pedestals. Although Guanyin Bodhisattva is not a Buddha, as a person of great magical power, he is also qualified to sit on the lotus pedestal.
At this moment, in the eyes of Chiba Xuexu and her daughter, Li Xiang, who came stepping on the lotus, was simply a god descending to earth, especially Chiba Xuexu, whose head was buzzing and her mind was filled with one thought, that is, no matter what her master asked her to do, she would be happy to do it.
"Are you okay? Are your injuries serious?" Li Xiang came to the shore, checked Chiba Xuexiu's injuries and asked.
Chiba Xuexu took a deep breath and recovered. He said, "It's a bit heavy, but I can still hold on. It's just that Aoandon..."
Li Xiang asked, "What happened to Master Qingfang?"
Chiba Xuexu thought about it carefully and said, "I have lost contact with him. I don't know if I can still summon him."
"Then you will be in a lot of trouble without any means. Let's go back first." Li Xiang thought, either teach them some martial arts, or they can protect themselves with their own martial arts without Qingfangzhu.
Immediately, Li Xiang used the earth escape technique and carried Chiba Xuexu, her mother and daughter, to the hot spring resort.
On the way, after Li Xiang understood the whole cause and effect, he felt somewhat apologetic. Previously, in order to hone his skills, he caused Chiba Xuexu to misunderstand, which resulted in the loss of Aoandon and serious injury to Chiba Xuexu.
Li Xiang did not expect that Chiba Xuexu was so loyal that he was willing to blow up Qingfangzhu to help him, which was a great sacrifice.
Chiba Xuexu was hugged by Li Xiang around her slender waist, feeling dizzy and sore all over.
(End of this chapter)
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