Chapter 121 Spiritual Energy Storm 2
The vortex was moving very fast, and the mortals running behind were pushing and shoving each other, and the whole town was in chaos, with screams, cries, people looking for their children, and children crying.
A desperate scream rang out, the vortex reached the town, the cries continued for a while, and then stopped abruptly.
Lin Xia's heart pounded. The threat of death lingered, filling her with terror, and she ran faster and faster.
The sound abruptly stopped, and Lin Xia's heart trembled. She extended her spiritual power, and all the buildings behind her turned to dust in the vortex. The town that had just existed seemed to have never existed, leaving only a bloody mess.
Everyone ran even harder. Lin Xia's feet seemed to fly, and she wondered if the energy in her body was the same as her spiritual power, and whether she would also be attracted by that vortex.
Lin Xia felt an increasing sense of urgency. She exchanged for a [Wind Element Card] and used her wind-elemental ability to accelerate, running forward at a faster speed and quickly catching up with some of the slower cultivators.
A moment later, the two vortexes behind them met and squeezed together, and an explosion was heard. The blast wave pushed the crowd forward. Lin Xia spat out the mud in her mouth, stood up and ran.
The two vortexes finally merged, forming a larger vortex. Fortunately, it no longer headed towards the group, but changed direction and went in the opposite direction.
The crowd gradually slowed down, and everyone stopped to look in the direction the vortex had receded. Lin Xia looked at the group of survivors, all of whom were cultivators.
"What's going on? Where did that vortex of spiritual energy come from?"
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you are an inner disciple of the sect. Have you heard of such a situation?"
Everyone looked over. Fellow Daoist Jiang frowned and shook his head, saying, "I don't know. I've never heard of such a situation before. Everyone, I have to rush back to my sect to report this matter. You should all disperse soon."
No sooner had the words been spoken than a scream was heard. People turned around and saw a cultivator sitting cross-legged with spirit stone crystals growing all over his arm, which were rapidly spreading throughout his body.
His companions were extremely anxious, and everyone was shocked. They tried all sorts of methods, but found them completely useless. In less than 5 minutes, he transformed into a humanoid spirit ore.
"Fellow Daoist, what exactly happened? How could this be?"
The man's companion said with grief in his eyes, "Our cultivation is low, and we have consumed most of our spiritual energy. We wanted to seize the time to recover our spiritual energy, but we didn't expect it to turn out like this in just a short while."
“Although spiritual energy is volatile, this kind of thing shouldn’t happen.”
"Yes, what's going on? Could some extraordinary treasure have appeared here?"
"What kind of rare treasure is this? It can pollute spiritual energy, so it can't be anything good."
"Yes, but I don't know if it's just like this here, or..."
......
Everyone speculated, but no one dared to meditate to recover their spiritual energy, and those who were in a hurry to leave also dared not expend any more spiritual energy.
They either walked away from here or summoned spirit beasts to travel.
After listening for a while, Lin Xia learned that if she went south, there would be a city for cultivating immortality, and many people wanted to go there to inquire about the situation.
But since she's come here, an apocalyptic crisis is bound to occur here, and it might even begin before she reaches that cultivation city.
However, if she doesn't know the cause and location of the spiritual energy vortex, it's not safe for her to go anywhere. Therefore, at this moment, she still needs to go to a populated area to inquire about the situation.
Here, she truly felt completely lost. This place was entirely different from the city she was familiar with. The spiritual energy vortex was definitely a huge threat, but the people, demons, and spirit beasts here were also enormous threats.
Fortunately, these people dare not use their spiritual power easily now. With that person's example as a warning, no one dares to absorb spiritual power from the outside world.
Those with the means consumed pills to restore their spiritual power, while others used spirit stones to absorb spiritual energy.
A gloom hung between everyone's brows. The essence of a cultivator lies in spiritual energy. If their spiritual energy is polluted, they are no different from ordinary people, or even inferior to ordinary martial artists.
Ordinary martial artists are physically strong, skilled in various techniques, and highly skilled. If they lost their spiritual power, all they would have left would be their physical strength, and they might not be able to defeat ordinary martial artists in a fight.
No one chatted along the way. After traveling quite a distance, someone breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The communication jade talisman can be used now."
These words were like a reassuring pill, putting everyone at ease. Lin Xia noticed that many people were looking around, but in the end, no one dared to actually sit down and absorb the spiritual energy.
Once we reach the next city, the outcome will become clear; there's really no need to take any risks now.
The cultivator surnamed Jiang walked at the front with a somber expression. He neither summoned spirit beasts to travel nor used talismans or anything like that. Apart from taking a pill, he had no other energy expenditure.
She followed the crowd toward the cultivation city. At this point, the difference in physique among the people became apparent. Lin Xia always walked not far behind the man surnamed Jiang, and the gazes of the crowd toward her gradually became more serious.
Lin Xia knew they had probably misunderstood something, but she wouldn't explain.
Having spotted the city ahead, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Someone said, "Let's not make a fuss yet. Let's split up and buy some resources first, otherwise the prices will definitely go up in a while."
Even Lin Xia thought so. She was really interested in the techniques and skills here. If she could remember some of them and take them back for research, she might have unexpected gains.
But she remained taut in her heart, which made her somewhat reluctant to enter the city, especially a city for cultivating immortality.
Lin Xia noticed that the cultivator surnamed Jiang had also slowed down. Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis arose in Lin Xia's heart. Without hesitation, she turned around and ran. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the cultivator surnamed Jiang was also running in her direction.
Just then, a deafening sound resounded through the sky, and the city of Xiuyun in front of them almost instantly turned into nothingness. The entire city sank into the ground, and then the dust in the sky was squeezed and rushed into the sky.
A huge mushroom cloud appeared in mid-air, startling the cultivators who had been standing there in shock, causing them to turn and run away.
A surge of spiritual energy extended from the giant pit, and wind elements rushed wildly to her feet. Lin Xia felt like she was about to fly. With a thought, huge wings appeared on her back, and propelled by the wind energy, she flew forward at a low altitude.
The oppressive feeling behind him made Lin Xia's heart clench. Exchange, exchange, exchange!
A stack of teleportation talismans appeared in her hands. Use them, use them, use them!
[Intermediate Shield] Use!
For the first time, Lin Xia felt she was too slow! Before entering the game, she was quite satisfied, even thinking that future games might be easy. She never expected to be proven wrong so quickly...
She guessed the game might be upgraded, but she didn't expect it to be this outrageous, Lin Xia thought as she was thrown into the air.
She scrambled to her feet, not even having time to wipe away the blood, and continued running. Behind her was a massive vortex of spiritual energy, terrifying beyond compare. If she were to be swept into it, she would be reduced to ashes.
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