Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 729: One thousand military merits were obtained, and an unexpected event occurred again!

King Shera was engaged in a bitter battle with Lord Tianci. Both of them were covered in wounds and their spiritual power was almost exhausted.

The scene of the barking shadow king’s death just now appeared before his eyes!
How can it be!

That's the Barking Shadow King!

Even if he was a top-grade fourth-rank being, his strength was slightly weaker than that of the Barking Shadow King. How could he be defeated by Zhou Xun?

If he was not mistaken, Zhou Xun was at the early stage of Nascent Soul cultivation.

Even though he is a monk of the Dao of Thunder and has a certain suppressive effect on their ghost clan, the gap in cultivation between the two sides is real.

Didn't you see that Zhou Xun was suppressed by the Barking Shadow King from the very beginning?

The Barking Shadow King used the forbidden move "God's Crying Ghost Sound", and Zhou Xun almost died on the spot and lost consciousness.
How come he disappeared in a flash? Zhou Xun switched his attack and defense and even killed the Barking Shadow King.

All this happened in a flash. Even if he wanted to rescue, it was too late.

What happened to Zhou Xun originally happened to him now. How could he not be shocked!
Barking Shadow King, you have caused me so much trouble!
As his mind raced, King Shera made a prompt decision and ran away!

Pinch the magic formula in your hands,

Thousands of feet of ghost fog quickly gathered, covering the space in front of them, and then,

The natal ghost bead once again separated a trace of the ghost power source,
Melted into his body.

But who is Tianci Zhenjun? Seeing Zhou Xun turn defeat into victory, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and at the same time, he felt a sense of surviving a disaster.
He knew that next, he and Zhou Xun would join forces to deal with King Shera.
He immediately turned his gaze towards King Shera who was standing opposite him, staring at him intently.
At this moment, he didn't need to fight desperately anymore. He just needed to wait for Zhou Xun to come to his aid. With the two of them working together, it would be inevitable to kill this ghost king.

So I waited at my leisure.

Suddenly, he saw the actions of Shera King opposite him, and he understood immediately.
He wants to escape!
Thinking of this, he gathered his magic power, made a seal with both hands, and pointed at himself.
A palm-sized gourd flew out, it was his life-saving magic weapon, the 'Nine-Light True Gourd'.

As soon as the gourd came out, it began to spin and in an instant it became several dozen feet in size.
"go with!"

Tianci Zhenjun showed a ruthless look on his face, and once again forced out a mouthful of blood, which he hit on the real gourd.

With the blessing of blood essence, the scarlet gourd suddenly expanded to several feet in size, and flames ignited around it.
It turned into a scarlet afterimage and instantly appeared in front of King Shera.
In an instant, flames filled the area around the gourd, surging like a tsunami that poured down into the sky.

It burned a big hole in the originally gathered ghost fog, and then completely ignited and burned up, illuminating the entire sky in a red color.
In the center of the endless red flames, there suddenly appeared a majestic and awe-inspiring figure standing proudly in the sky. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a divine phoenix, majestically appearing in the world.

"Magic weapon transforms into spirit!"

Zhou Xun, who was far away, was also surprised when he saw this scene.
Unexpectedly, Lord Tianci has even comprehended this kind of top-level magical power. Generally speaking, only a small number of cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage can display it.

It seems that I have underestimated the number one cultivator in the Eastern Wilderness!

"King Shera, you can't get away!"

Tianci Zhenjun chuckled and nodded to King Shera.
The divine phoenix stretched out its neck and let out a long cry, the sound of which pierced the clouds and split the rocks, and was deafening, as if it was a vast sound coming from the ancient wilderness.

With the wings spread, the overwhelming flames rolled towards King Shera like a raging torrent of magma.

King Sheluo's face changed drastically. It was not that he could not resist this attack, but that Zhou Xun was eyeing him from a distance and was coming towards him.

"Human race, you must kill us all. Aren't you afraid that I will be ruined?"

King Shera's spell changed, and ghost energy surged out, transforming into a three-headed flying winged evil dog.
The vicious dog howled towards the sky, and its body instantly expanded to a hundred feet in size amidst the ghostly aura.
The three heads flashed with pitch-black, light blue, and dark purple light respectively, and spewed out highly corrosive black smoke, wind blades hundreds of feet in size, and icy ghost fire as they rushed towards the Divine Phoenix.

The Divine Phoenix was not afraid at all. It stretched out its claws forward, and its sharp claws cut through the void, leaving a trail of golden light, and directly met the black smoke, wind blades and will-o'-the-wisp fire that were coming towards it.

Where the claws and the attack intersected, a blinding light and strong energy fluctuations erupted, the space vibrated, and ripples spread outward.

King Sheluo took advantage of the fact that the Divine Phoenix was restrained and turned to flee. He knew that the longer he stayed, the more danger he would face. Now he could only hope to escape from this predicament.

But the next moment,
A middle-aged scholar with a pale face but still standing upright stood in front of him.
It is the God-given Lord!

On the other side, after Zhou Xun killed the Barking Shadow King, he immediately endured the severe pain in his body that was surging like a tide, and tried his best to mobilize the little spiritual power left in his body, and slowly flew towards the direction where King Shera was.

At this time, King Shera was engaged in an arduous and bitter battle with Lord Tianci.

Both of them were covered in wounds, and their spiritual energy was almost exhausted, like a candle in the wind, which could go out at any time.

King Shera tried desperately to escape, but Lord Tianci tried desperately to stop him!

King Shera realized that Zhou Xun was flying towards him, and a deep panic surged in his heart.

However, he still pretended to remain calm, trying to find a flaw in Tianci Zhenjun, hoping to escape!

But how could Lord Tianci give him a chance? It has come to this point, and if he is not killed, it would be unworthy of the huge price he paid before!

In just a few breaths, Zhou Xun had already flown to a place a hundred feet away from King Shela, hovering in the air.

Around him, seven hundred and twenty lightning swords flew up and down.
Each thunder sword is about ten feet long, with flashing lightning on the sword body, which moves like a spirit snake, making a crackling sound.

The lightning swords intertwined and shuttled back and forth, gradually converging into a vast ocean of swords, like a starry sky forged by thunder and lightning.
Its light was so bright that it illuminated the sky clearly. The blinding lightning even overshadowed the blazing glow of the Divine Phoenix, the True Lord of Heaven.

"King Shera, surrender!"

Zhou Xun waved his hands, changing his spells, and pointed at King Shera.
The sword's momentum suddenly changed.
Seven hundred and twenty thunder swords hummed in unison, the sound being like the ringing of huge bells from heaven and earth, causing visible ripples in the surrounding air.

In an instant, the lightning sword was like a surging wave, overwhelming King Shera!

The speed of the lightning sword was extremely fast. It crossed a distance of a hundred feet in almost an instant and completely blocked the space around King Shera.

King Shera's face was as pale as paper. He could clearly feel the terrifying destructive power contained in the sword, which was enough to annihilate him completely.

He desperately urged the three-headed winged evil dogs to turn around and resist, while his own ghost power surged, condensing layer after layer of thick ghost energy shields in front of him.

However, the Thunder Sword was like an unmanned space, easily penetrating the attack of the vicious dog. The hundred-foot wind blade was like a fragile piece of paper in front of the Thunder Sword, and was torn into pieces in an instant;
The black smoke and ghostly fire were instantly dispelled by the might of the thunder.
The sword force was like a raging tsunami, one wave after another!
The attacks on the ghost fog shield continued, and with each impact, the cracks widened and the light of the ghost fog shield became dimmer.

King She Luo widened his eyes in horror. He had never thought that Zhou Xun's sword power would be so powerful. This had already surpassed his understanding of early Nascent Soul cultivators.

Under the endless attack of thunder swords, he felt like a small boat in the ocean, which could be completely submerged at any time.

Tianci Zhenjun also took the opportunity to control the Phoenix and launched an attack from the side. The Phoenix flapped its wings, and the red flames were like a flexible fire snake, entwining King Sheluo and forming a pincer attack with Zhou Xun's lightning sword. King Sheluo let out a sharp ghostly howl, the sound was shrill and terrifying, trying to interfere with Zhou Xun's actions.
However, the "God's Cry and Ghost's Sound" of the Barking Shadow King could not deal with him, let alone this mere ghost's howl, which only added to the joke!

King Shera was in a panic, he knew that he was in a desperate situation with nowhere to escape.

He fought desperately. He raised the ghost bead to the top of his head. The ghost bead released a powerful ghost power, like a surging tide, which was injected into the black light shield.

But everything is in vain!
The light shield was shattered layer by layer!
"No, you can't kill me. I am a high-grade ghost king. I am willing to surrender. I am willing to surrender."

King Shera showed a look of panic, just like when he was a child facing the higher-level ghosts. He begged for mercy humbly, hoping to get a little forgiveness!
However, the next moment!
The last ghost shield was broken.
His body was instantly struck by lightning, and then, lightning whistled towards him.
“You…actually…”

King Shera uttered a few words with difficulty, his voice weak and trembling. Then, his body gradually dissipated like a puff of smoke, and finally disappeared.

With the death of King Shera, the ghostly aura around him began to slowly dissipate, just like morning mist gradually disappearing under the sunlight.

Only one ghost bead was left, still in place, quietly suspended in the air.
After killing King Sheluo, Zhou Xun collapsed to the ground instantly, and the same happened to Tianci Zhenjun.
Their bodies seemed hollowed out, and every movement seemed so strenuous.

They looked at each other and couldn't help but burst out laughing!

Although the price was high and both were seriously injured, they finally killed the two top-grade ghost kings. As long as they wait for the battle between Xiao Jin and Xiao Jia to be over, they can leave.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

At this moment, a sound of applause rang out, accompanied by the words of an old man with a slightly vicissitudes of life:
"The two True Lords are indeed the best among men who led the expansion of the South China Sea by 300 miles. They killed two high-grade ghost kings in a row!"

"I admire you!"

Suddenly, a figure appeared several hundred feet in front of the two of them.

This man was short, wearing a scarlet robe, a little old man with a gloomy temperament, standing on a red cloud, floating in the air.

"Blood Refining Ancestor!"

Zhou Xun recognized this person instantly.
It turned out to be the supreme elder of the Blood Refining Sect, Patriarch Xuelian, one of the few great late Nascent Soul fighters in the Western Desert of Central Continent.

I think he came here after receiving Zhou's signal for help.

After he appeared, another figure gradually emerged behind Zhou Xun and the other man.
This man had a feminine temperament and a pale face, and one could faintly see some bloody lines on his exposed skin.

"Blood Demon Prince!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xun's face darkened!
"It's really wonderful. I have two fellow Taoists here in Zhongzhou. There is no need to worry about not being prosperous in the future!" The old man laughed and seemed to be in a very good mood!

"Thank you for the compliment, Brother Xuelian!"

"I am deeply grateful to you for coming to my rescue, but I have no way to repay you," he said, bowing his head and thinking for a moment, then waved his hand.
A black bead flew towards the direction of the Blood Refining Ancestor. It was actually the fourth-order ghost bead that killed King Sheluo!

"I'll take this ghost bead as my reward!"

Seeing this, the Blood Refining Ancestor couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"You two fellow Taoists are joking. I don't accept gifts without merit. I didn't help at all, so how can I accept this bead?"

As he spoke, he retreated backwards, not giving the bead any chance to get close!

"Fellow Daoist Xue Lian, you have come here with all the trouble, how can you say it is in vain? Zhou will certainly not be so ignorant!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Zhou is so kind, I would be very honored to accept your invitation. However..." The smile on the face of the Blood Refining Ancestor became even brighter.

"I want to exchange for the 'Nine Extreme Destruction Pill', but I still need several hundred combat merits."

The Nine Extreme Annihilation Pill, an auxiliary pill for cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul to advance to the late stage, worth nine hundred and ninety-nine combat merit points!
"In that case, I still have a top-grade ghost bead!" Zhou Xun narrowed his eyes and took out another fourth-grade ghost bead.
Throw it towards the Blood Refining Ancestor!

Seeing this, the Blood Refining Ancestor clapped his hands on his waist, and a blood-red zombie about ten feet in size with black lines on its face appeared in front of him.

It turned out to be a fourth-level mid-grade blood demon general!

As soon as it came out, it flew to the ghost beads, checked them, collected them, and then sent them to the Blood Refining Ancestor.

Looking at the two fist-sized ghost beads, Ancestor Xuelian couldn't help but reveal a smiling consciousness, with undisguised greed in his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is indeed a man of insight. I admire you." Then he bowed to Zhou Xun, his eyes suddenly sharpened:
"But if you get the ghost bead, you can die too."

The voice has not fallen,

I saw a flash of white light in the ghost bead on the left, and a sword energy suddenly rose up.
Like a rainbow piercing the sun, a river hanging down from the sky!
A dazzling white light flashed and passed straight through the dantian of the Blood Refining Ancestor, shattering his abdomen and the Nascent Soul inside it!
And the fierce expression on his face was forever frozen.

The Blood Refining Ancestor is dead!

As for Zhou Xun, a red shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, and a bloody claw pierced through his body.
Zhou Xun's figure suddenly shattered, and it turned out to be just an afterimage.

After the red shadow made this attack, it suddenly stopped where it was, motionless, and turned into a young man with a feminine temperament!

It was the Blood Demon Emperor.
At this moment, he seemed to have lost consciousness and became a walking corpse.
This change occurred at the same time as the death of the Blood Refining Ancestor!

After a while, a ray of lightning slowly flew back from a distance.

It was Zhou Xun!

It turned out that Zhou Xun had sensed the ill intentions of the Blood Refining Ancestor from the beginning. After all, if he really wanted to help the two of them, he would have helped them from the beginning.
How could they just stand by and watch the show, thinking only of the fishermen who would benefit?

So Zhou Xun hid the sword talisman given by the Sword Lake Palace's Grand Elder, the sword cultivator Liu He, inside the ghost bead.

The sword energy of the Great River was indeed extraordinary. With one strike, it killed the Blood Refining Ancestor, who was in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, along with his Nascent Soul.

And when the Blood Refining Ancestor's expression changed,
He activated the last small teleportation talisman and teleported a hundred miles away, avoiding the fatal blow from the Blood Demon Emperor.
Then he gathered his magic power and returned to the battlefield.

Zhou Xun, who had returned, looked at the Blood Demon Prince who had not made any movement. He was a little puzzled at first, then he investigated and breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the lifeless Blood Refining Ancestor again and couldn't help but smile.
Next, it’s harvest time!

(End of this chapter)