r18novel Chapter 197 High-Rank Beast Pill, Sudden and Shocking Change
Chapter 197 High-Rank Beast Pill, Sudden and Shocking Change
Chapter 197 High-Rank Beast Pill, Sudden and Shocking Change
Under siege, Master Hanya sensed something was amiss.
He decided to hold back no longer, even at a cost, to take the demonic bird away and break through the encirclement.
The next moment, he began to frantically burn his essence blood.
The demonic seed on his chest was activated, and seven [Heart-Devouring Demonic Seeds] within his flesh exploded simultaneously, transforming into a viscous blood mist that enveloped his entire body.
And with his soul merging with his own, he instantly transformed into a blood-red rainbow piercing the sky—it was the forbidden demonic technique, [Blood Shadow Escape]!
Wherever the streaking light passed, the puppet's attacks all missed their mark, the vines that had been coiling around it turned to ashes, and the lightning bolts unleashed by the little mouse only left afterimages.
The soul fire falling from the sky was extinguished with a single blow.
The magical aura surrounding Master Hanya had almost dropped from the mid-stage of Core Formation to the early stage.
Having paid such a heavy price, its Blood Shadow Escape naturally possesses terrifying power, almost reaching the late stage of the third tier.
boom--
Within the illusion array, the earth shook violently, and the green vegetation within the array began to ripple with spatial energy fluctuations.
Clearly, the illusion array was about to collapse under the terrifying power of True Immortal Cold Crow.
The next moment, a burst of crimson light erupted, finally breaking free from the illusion array's restraints, causing the entire landscape to ripple and change.
The transparent light curtain that enveloped the valley crumbled inch by inch.
The once lush ancient trees now reveal the true form of the cliffs and rocks.
The moon's reflection in the stream shattered into fragments, revealing the endless gray-white mist in the valley.
Below the valley, a person, a rat, a bird, and seven puppet beasts stood, now clearly visible without the illusion array obscuring them.
"Hahaha! Kid, you're still a bit short if you want to gang up on me."
"I'm leaving today, so you better watch out from now on. Even if I don't cultivate for a hundred years, I'll still protect you. If you ever come out, I'll kill you!"
From within the Blood Shadow Escape, came the hateful voice of True Immortal Cold Crow.
Even after breaking the illusion array, Master Cold Crow didn't overextend himself. By using the Blood Shadow Escape technique, he had already severed his own cultivation, causing him immense damage.
They only have the strength for one more strike. If they risk killing Chen Yi and fail, they might not be able to escape.
This cunning cook must have had a backup plan to save his life.
Master Hanya decided that it was best to leave first.
The Blood Shadow Light burst forth, attempting to flee towards the sky.
And at this very moment,
Suddenly, clear and melodious zither music filled the entire canyon.
Seven illusory strings emerged from the void, each string pulsating with purple thunder patterns!
It was Qin Chengcheng who set up the [Heavenly Thunder Myriad Sounds Array] using a third-tier array plate as its base and thunder crystals as its catalyst.
"Zheng—!"
When the first string melody exploded, three hundred and sixty bolts of lightning poured down like a torrential rain.
These lightning bolts did not strike straight down, but rather intertwined in the air to form musical patterns of lightning and phoenixes dancing, with each thunderous sound precisely striking the nodes of the blood escape trajectory.
The crow was horrified to discover that the moment the thunderous sound touched the blood shadow, it caused the magical power within its body to rapidly dissipate.
With each touch of lightning and music, the crimson color of Blood Shadow Escape weakened and its speed decreased.
At the highest point, the lightning net had solidified into a tangible sonic chain, each bolt of sonic lightning radiating a mid-grade third-tier pressure.
In the air, above the array's core, a white-robed female cultivator could be vaguely seen, her delicate hands lightly pressing the scorched-tail zither, while a jade hairpin in her hair emitted dazzling lightning.
Each bolt of lightning and the sound of the zither struck the blood-red shadow's escape light, causing the cold crow to be shaken to its core and experience a sharp pain in its soul.
He was horrified. "What is this?!"
Below, Chen Yi's voice, tinged with regret, came from below:
"Alas, I never expected that in the end I would still have to trouble Sect Master Qin to personally take action and use this mid-grade third-tier Heavenly Thunder Sound Array."
It seems Chen's skills are still lacking.
"Sect Master, please don't hold back! Let's join forces and annihilate this demon!"
Countless bolts of lightning and the sound of the zither formed a phoenix shadow, which struck the Blood Shadow Escape at the speed of light.
The crimson light trembled violently amidst the thunderous roar, and the demonic patterns on its surface shattered inch by inch like porcelain.
The emaciated body of the Cold Crow Immortal staggered out of the escape light, blood continuously seeping from his seven orifices—
The two remaining [Heart-Eating Demon Seeds] on his chest had dimmed and lost their luster, with one of them even cracking with spiderweb-like patterns.
"Snap!"
The final bolt of lightning struck the strings, shattering the Blood Escape shell completely.
The black robe was torn to shreds by the aftershocks of the lightning and fire, revealing a withered, lifeless body beneath.
His left arm was scorched by the soul fire, revealing the stark white bone.
The demonic energy in his dantian was disordered, and his cultivation level dropped. He could only barely maintain the fluctuations of mana at the early stage of the Core Formation stage.
"Wow--"
He vomited a mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and a look of fear appeared in his cloudy old eyes:
"Master Chen, Fairy Qin, stop!"
I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have secretly manipulated demonic beasts to attack the Wonderful Sound Sect. I'm willing to compensate you.
Please stop!
The cries of the Cold Crow Immortal were very pitiful.
After his strongest blood escape technique was broken, he had no strength left to escape, and the negative effects of the blood escape made it almost impossible for him to gather any more magic power.
Under the attack of these two ferocious men, two demonic beasts, a group of puppets, and two third-tier grand formations,
He really couldn't take it anymore.
"I've been plotting to kill Chen Yi and kidnap Qin Chengcheng for years, but I never imagined these two would be so powerful and so well-hidden!"
At this moment, Master Han Ya was overwhelmed with a complex mix of emotions: shock, regret, fear, and a sliver of hope that the other party might spare his life. This was the most mentally turbulent moment in his hundreds of years of cultivation.
"Old Demon Crow, since ancient times, righteousness and evil have been irreconcilable enemies. As the predecessor of the demonic path, you have harmed countless righteous cultivators of my path."
Today, to uphold justice, you cannot be spared!
Before Chen Yi could finish speaking, the Earthly Fiend Lightning Needle shot out by the Treasure-Seeking Rat had already pierced through its head.
Master Han Ya let out a miserable scream and collapsed to the ground, his entire body quickly turning into a bloody, mangled corpse. His magical power and divine consciousness dissipated, returning to the heavens and earth.
The treasure-hunting rat transformed into a purple light and rushed to the corpse of the Cold Crow Immortal to retrieve his storage bag. It then picked up the two Soul-Slaying Nails from the ground and presented them to Chen Yi with its paws.
Chen Yi then manipulated the puppets to clean up the battlefield, restoring the place to its original state as much as possible. Even if someone came to inspect it, it would take some effort to see the details of the battle.
After a quarter of an hour, Chen Yi had erased more than 95% of the battle traces below the valley.
Then he nodded to Qin Chengcheng in the air.
Qin Chengcheng dispersed the outer third-tier mid-grade zither sound array, restoring the connection between this place and the outside world.
after that,
Chen Yi and the other two put away the puppet and the treasure-hunting rat. They quietly landed on the back of the Crimson Soul Sparrow, discreetly transformed into streaks of light, and returned to the Wonderful Sound Sect.
In the basement of the third-tier spiritual vein cave of the Miaoyin Sect, Lin Xiaoyu's magic power was sealed and she was bound underground.
When Qin Chengcheng returned, a look of disappointment appeared on her face:
"Xiaoyu, how have I treated you all these years?"
"My senior sister has been incredibly kind to me, and I know that. I deserve to die, and I don't expect to live."
I should have listened to my senior sister a long time ago.
More than a decade ago, after I followed my father out, I never expected that he would offer me to this Master Hanya not long after.
After taking my first time in Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens, he used a secret technique of the Soul Path to plant a restriction in my soul, and from then on he controlled me and made me go back to the Wonderful Sound Sect to infiltrate.
They stole valuables, colluded with my father to disrupt Master Chen's Core Formation, and repeatedly leaked information about Master Chen and you, Senior Sister, to them.
"It's all Xiaoyu's fault this time, Senior Sister, just kill me! I'd be willing to die by your hand!"
It turned out that this was the last time Chen Yi used Lin Xiaoyu's information to set up a counter-trap, luring Han Ya Zhenren into an ambush.
Before leaving, Qin Chengcheng also restrained Lin Xiaoyu, sealed her magic power, took away her storage bag, and prevented her from revealing any information to the outside world.
Having witnessed Chen Yi's ambush after going out with him, Qin Chengcheng no longer needed to investigate further.
Faced with irrefutable evidence, Lin Xiaoyu had no choice but to admit it.
To be honest, Qin Chengcheng and Lin Xiaoyu had been fellow disciples for many years and had a very good relationship. Asking her to kill them was something she truly couldn't bring herself to do.
But if they don't kill her, they can't explain their mistakes.
"Chen Lang, what should I do with her?"
Qin Chengcheng secretly sent a telepathic message to Chen Yi, who was currently in the cave above and did not come to join her.
Chen Yi no longer planned to personally handle Lin Xiaoyu's situation. Firstly, it was an internal matter of the Miaoyin Sect, and Qin Chengcheng should also be given some experience, including the betrayal of a loved one.
Secondly, Chen Yi easily dealt with both Lin Fan and True Immortal Han Ya, and even though Lin Fan had been placed under a restriction, Chen Yi still managed to kill them.
Lin Xiaoyu, who is currently only at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, no longer poses a threat to Chen Yi.
Besides, Chen Yi was about to leave.
"You can decide for yourself how to handle Chengcheng."
However, I didn't kill her father, Lin Fan, either. I just placed a soul restriction on him because Lin Fan would have been more useful to me if he were alive at that time.
As for her, I'll just give you a suggestion: as long as it doesn't affect your Dao heart or your future Dao path, you can handle her however you like.
"Okay, I understand."
After that, Chen Yi stopped paying attention to what was happening there.
This collaboration with Qin Chengcheng has resolved the last crisis for the Miaoyin Sect.
Of course, behind Master Hanya is Elder Xue Sha, a late-stage Core Formation cultivator who is skilled in divination.
Therefore, Chen Yi asked Qin Chengcheng not to use her full strength this time, in preparation for the possibility that Elder Xue Sha might target her later.
Of course, Chen Yi also had Qin Chengcheng report this matter to the Qi Kingdom's royal family. The royal family had a record of the demonic cultivator elder in the late Core Formation stage.
Qin Chengcheng is a newly promoted Purple Extreme Golden Core cultivator and is under the special protection of the royal family.
If this person were to actually attack Qin Chengcheng, the royal family would send a late-stage Core Formation cultivator of the same level to take action.
Chen Yi's move, however, was even more concealed.
He only revealed his second-tier superior puppetry skills, as well as his two spirit pets.
Whether this spirit pet belongs to the Miaoyin Sect or to Chen Yi himself, outsiders will never know.
As for Chen Yi himself, he only demonstrated illusion arrays and wood-based magic abilities, which were almost unchanged from when he dealt with Lin Fan.
He did not reveal his true trump cards, such as his body tempering strength, golden lightning crystal core, soul lightning ability, three innate divine abilities, and various physical skills.
If Elder Blood Fiend can truly uncover some truth from the traces of this battle...
Chen Yi was also prepared.
This was Chen Yi's first time engaging in a team battle, combining his two spirit pets and the newly crafted puppets.
From the perspective of setting up formations and traps, effectively trapping and besieging the enemy in this corner, the combat was quite effective.
Without revealing too many of his trump cards, facing an old cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation head-on is not too stressful.
To put it another way, as long as Chen Yi and his two spirit pets aren't ambushed, they should have no major problems dealing with a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator in a head-on battle.
Even if the opponent launches several powerful trump cards head-on, Chen Yi can defend against or dodge them using methods such as the Golden Thunder Crystal Core, Golden Step, and Wind and Thunder Escape, posing no fatal threat to him.
Of course, Chen Yi wouldn't have fought such a direct, magical battle before.
However, he recently planned to illegally leave the State of Qi, and sometimes he would have to pass through certain sections of the road, making such situations unavoidable.
Now, by practicing against Master Hanya and conducting a test, he gained some confidence.
With his current level of skill, including his two spirit pets, he could fly across the Monster Mountain Range on his own, and it wasn't entirely without a chance.
As for being ambushed, given Chen Yi's abilities to conceal his presence and detect with his divine sense, the probability of being ambushed is relatively small.
When that time comes, he can consume a bottle of [Azure Thunder Brew], which will temporarily grant him the speed of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, allowing him to escape quickly.
His escape technique is no less advanced than Han Ya Zhenren's Blood Shadow Escape, and has fewer side effects.
After gaining a general understanding of their own combat capabilities
Chen Yi began to pick and choose among the relics of the Cold Crow Immortal.
The most valuable items are the two Soul-Slaying Nails, both low-grade magic weapons, which are quite effective for surprise attacks.
Unfortunately, the current battlefield situation does not allow Chen Yi to find a high-level weapon refiner to fuse it together.
If a mid-grade nail-shaped magic weapon capable of containing soul lightning attributes could be crafted specifically to ambush someone's soul, its power could likely be increased several times over.
Given the current situation, Chen Yi has no intention of keeping this ordinary magic weapon, which clearly carries the aura of demonic cultivation.
He planned to use the system to devour it in order to replenish the gold crystal cores he had used to refine over the years.
Besides these two items,
The rest of Master Hanya's legacy was pitiful, mostly consisting of spiritual herbs and ores from the Demon Beast Mountain Range that were mixed with malevolent and demonic energy.
Apart from Chen Yi's system being able to absorb it, ordinary righteous cultivators at the Core Formation stage cannot use it.
The few materials with relatively pure spiritual energy were all high-grade second-tier or near-third-tier materials, which he had clearly acquired over the past ten years or so since arriving in the Qi Kingdom.
From Chen Yi's current perspective, the value is generally not high, only worth about twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones.
Chen Yi didn't think much of it.
There were a few bottles of [Tier 3 Beast Pills] specifically for Tier 3 monsters.
It also came with a jade slip containing instructions on how to make this beast pill.
It is a rare gem.
This item represents a genuine, ancient tradition of beast taming. It uses materials from demonic beasts and spiritual plants, extracting their essence, blood, spiritual organs, or core parts of spiritual plants through special methods, such as fruit or tree heartwood.
Then, take a certain proportion of the other materials in the recipe and finally refine them into beast pills. The quality of the beast pills depends on the grade of the main materials.
The entire refining method lies somewhere between alchemy and spiritual cooking; with Chen Yi's level of spiritual cooking skills, he can fully master it.
The core drawback of this method for refining beast pills is that it does not specifically remove impurities in demonic energy, conflicting spiritual energy, and malevolent energy.
Only the most potent essence is retained in a brutal manner.
In any case, demonic beasts are naturally strong, unlike human cultivators who are so fragile. Occasionally consuming these beast pills can quickly increase their strength.
However, long-term use can also affect the bloodline and mind of monsters, thus impacting their potential.
However, Chen Yi possesses a Devouring System and advanced culinary skills, which allows him to more perfectly avoid this flaw.
If he had enough materials to refine them, he could quickly push the cultivation levels of his two spirit pets to their maximum potential.
There were five bottles of Beast Pills in total. Chen Yi planned to use the system's power to quickly absorb the impurities in the spiritual energy, the bloodthirsty aura, and the malevolent soul power that might affect the minds of the demonic beasts.
Then they were divided between the two spirit beasts.
As for the other things, Chen Yi would absorb and improve them if he could, and leave the rest at the Miaoyin Sect if they were of little value.
It just so happens that the young monk recently left a signal and arranged to meet Chen Yi.
Chen Yi planned to run away after getting the items from the little monk.
The day before the meeting with the young monk was scheduled...
Tens of thousands of miles south of the Miaoyin Sect, a major event broke out that had a terrifying impact on the cultivation world of the Qi Kingdom!
(End of this chapter)