Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 16 Killing the Jiao
"Here, and this area, are where the deadly evil spirits gather. If we pass by, it will easily arouse the evil dragon's perception."

"But in these areas, as long as we have the ability to hide our presence, it will be difficult for them to detect us. In the final analysis, this formation is just formed naturally."

Among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, elixirs, weapons, talismans and formations are the most important. Chen Qingfeng is a second-rank formation master. After using the art of concealment to walk around and observe Mang Mountain for a period of time, he has a clear understanding of the formations here.

Lu Cheng also learned a lot from following along. At least he understood how he had been sensed by the white-scaled snake before.

When he gathered Yin energy before, he chose the place on Python Mountain where the dead energy and evil spirits gathered. It was like standing at the wind's outlet. The "human energy" on his body was smelled by the giant snake in the formation.

Now that we have avoided these energy channels and used talismans and spells to reduce the aura of ourselves and others, the possibility of being discovered by the big snake again will be very low, unless we run into it head-on.

"Brother Chen, you are proficient in formations, so can we find the nest of the evil dragon? This way you can arrange the formation more calmly, and Qingyun and I will prepare for an ambush."

Although with the cultivation and preparation of the three, they would not suffer too much loss even if they were to fight head-on, it would be a good thing to save some talismans and mana.

In real-life combat with magic or swords, if you can lower your chance of winning to 91%, you will never lower it to just 82. The best thing is to have a 100% chance of winning without sustaining any damage.

"Okay, let me give it a try."

Chen Qingfeng also agreed with Lu Cheng's idea. He held a compass and began to observe and calculate around him.

Although Lu Cheng had endless experience in fighting magic and swords, he felt a little scared when he saw Chen Qingfeng like this. He secretly made up his mind that he would never fall into the trap of others in the future.

A cultivator, unless he is a true disciple of a prominent family, must always learn one of the hundred arts of cultivating immortals in order to earn spirit stones to support himself and exchange them for various resources for cultivating immortals.

Chen Qingfeng studied formations, and his sister Chen Qingyun studied talismans.

The predecessor Lu Cheng was born in a prominent family. After becoming a disciple of Chi Shen Zi, all the resources for cultivation were provided by his master. The only goal of his cultivation was to cultivate to the foundation-building stage. Otherwise, if he wanted to help his master, he would not even have the magic power to lend a hand.

Fortunately, Lu Cheng has read a lot of miscellaneous books and has done some research on spells and talismans. Otherwise, Lu Cheng would have started off with a world of difficulty.

"found it."

Just as Lu Cheng and Chen Qingyun were meditating and exchanging their experiences with talismans, Chen Qingfeng, who had been wandering nearby for more than four hours, finally pounded his palms to determine the direction.

"I have found three possible locations where the evil dragon may have its lair. I am 70% to 80% sure. Let's go check them out and see if there is a chance to ambush it."

Chen Qingfeng’s skills in formations are quite good, or it could be said that the three of them were just lucky.

There were three possible locations for the evil dragon to build its nest in Mangshan, but the three men only missed the first one.

When they arrived at the second place, the scorching wind blowing in their faces made the three of them look at each other and realize that they had found the right place.

"That evil dragon is an earth-attributed monster. This Python Mountain is just a place where deadly evil spirits gather due to the bad habits of the southern barbarians, but the spiritual energy is insufficient. It has been entrenched here for hundreds of years and built a nest. Naturally, it will take more fire-attributed spiritual objects to make itself more comfortable."

Even if it is not for the purpose of practicing for itself, out of the instinct of an earth-attributed monster, if conditions permit, it will collect fire-attributed spiritual objects and place them in its own nest to use fire to supplement the earth.

The three people from Lu Cheng looked at each other, with some excitement in their eyes.

"Let's go in directly. If the evil dragon is inside, use the fire thunder bead to block it directly. If it is not inside, we will take the spiritual object away first and then ambush it."

The giant white-scaled snake was huge in size, and the snake path it usually walked on was also very wide, so it was not difficult for the three of them to descend. However, the further they went down, the stronger the burning wind became and the higher the temperature became. If the three of them did not have magic to protect them, even if an ordinary person found this place, they would soon become a charred corpse once they went deeper.

Fortunately, the white-scaled snake was not in the nest. At the deepest part of the tunnel was a cave with an underground river flowing.

Beside the underground waterfall, on the soil and rocks in the center of the cave, there are many iron stones and plants emitting red halos, which together form a spiritual pile.

In the very center of the spirit pile are some white snake eggs.

"It's not a loss even if I use the Fire Thunder Bead this time. Although most of them are fire-type broken ores, there are also some more valuable fire-type spiritual objects in them."

When the three people approached the spirit pile, a large group of huge bats suddenly flew down from the top of the cave. However, they did not attack the three people, but flew away in all directions.

"That's a Yin bat, which can only survive where Yin evil gathers. In other words, this is almost the natural center of the formation."

Chen Qingfeng said this as he looked at the Yin bats flying away.

"Brother, Senior Brother Lu, do you think these snake eggs can be hatched? Let's pick the three with the best appearance to raise into spirit beasts, shall we?"

Chen Qingyun had already arrived at the spirit pile's nest. He bent over to look at the snake eggs, then turned around and asked with interest.

The giant white-scaled snake itself was already between the second and third levels. If its descendants were trained well, there was a good chance that they could be promoted to the third level, which was considered very valuable to the three people present.

Lu Cheng walked forward and looked at the pile of snake eggs, frowning slightly. He picked up one of them and shone it towards the sunlight at the top of the cave.

"Dead eggs, dead eggs, and dead eggs. These are almost all dead eggs... This one seems to be alive."

Lu Cheng finally turned over the pile of snake eggs and found a snake egg with warm tentacles. It was pressed under the other snake eggs. He picked it up and shone it towards the sunlight. There seemed to be a translucent crimson little snake shaking inside.

Lu Cheng had excellent eyesight and could vaguely see that the tiny snake seemed to have some ups and downs at its head and horns.

"Is this a dragon? No, a snake gave birth to a dragon!"

"This doesn't seem to be its offspring. This one should be used for eating. The evil dragon has been here for hundreds of years. It used the dead air and evil spirits here to stimulate the potential of its bloodline and gave birth to this fire dragon spirit seed. But it didn't want to cultivate offspring, but wanted to eat it to purify its own bloodline."

Chen Qingfeng was proficient in formations and well-read. After taking the Fire Dragon Spirit Seed from Lu Cheng, he shone it against the sky and looked at it for a while. In the end, he shook his head and said:

"It lacks vitality and cannot be hatched at all. Moreover, without the nourishment of these fire-type creatures, it will quickly lose its activity and will be of no value to us."

Chen Qingfeng shook his head with great regret, and then handed the spirit seed back to Lu Cheng, because he had discovered it and it had no value.

Strictly speaking, this is considered a third-level spiritual seed. Unfortunately, it cannot be hatched and will die immediately without the nourishment of a large number of fire-attributed spiritual creatures.

Except for the evil dragon that can purify its own blood by swallowing source blood, this thing is almost meaningless to other cultivators.

"Is it completely impossible to support it?"

Lu Cheng looked at the Chen brothers and sisters who were collecting ores and accompanying spiritual medicines beside the spirit pile, and then looked at the fire dragon spirit seed in his hand.

A small green tripod suddenly appeared from his right hand. With the push of his magic power, the lid of the small green tripod opened and emitted a very faint golden light, which rolled the white egg in his left hand into it. Then, Lu Cheng, like the Chen brothers and sisters, began to search for valuable spiritual objects on the spiritual pile.

Because they have two siblings, while Senior Brother Lu only has one, the Chen brothers and sisters intentionally reserved an area for Lu Cheng to prevent themselves from inviting people to help and then end up eating in an ugly way.

Just when the three of them were collecting most of the spiritual objects that they thought were valuable in the spirit pile area, faint vibrations and low roars were heard from outside.

"You came back quickly. It seems that those Yin Bats can be used for communication." Chen Qingfeng threw the formation flags one by one into the spiritual nodes of the surrounding stone walls, and said at the same time:
"Qingyun, we were just busy collecting spiritual objects and didn't make any preparations. How about we just use the Fire Thunder Bead?"

Just from those spiritual objects, the two siblings were able to collect 500 to 600 spiritual stones. This was not counting the gains from killing the evil dragon.

"It depends on the situation. If the situation is critical, there is no need to save money."

This was Lu Cheng who drew his sword and answered for Chen Qingyun. Among the spiritual objects around the spiritual pile just now, some were spiritual medicines. Under the previous circumstances, they must have been collected first, otherwise, in the chaos of fighting, all these spiritual medicines would be crushed into mud, which would be a loss.

"Roar!"

In order to give birth to the fire dragon spirit seed, the giant snake spent a hundred years of hard work and was about to succeed. It successfully purified its bloodline and was promoted to the third level.

But now its lair had been destroyed, and when it rushed into the cave, its body, which was as thick as a small truck, let out a terrifying roar, opened its big mouth, and sprayed out the breath of foul earth stored in its body.

However, Lu Cheng, who was standing in front of the Chen brothers and sisters, had already taken the lead in activating three Red Sun Hand Pivot Blazing Fire Talismans.

The second-grade top-grade talismans, including the Small Seal Qingfeng Talisman, the Golden Blade Zhanxie Talisman, the Red Yang Hand Pivot Fiery Fire Talisman, the Black Gold Armor Talisman, and the Invisibility and Concealment Talisman, were exchanged back by his predecessor Lu Cheng using the Fire Cloud Mansion's spells. He only had about five of each type, and three of them were directly activated by Lu Cheng at this moment.

Three fire beads like the red sun hit the breath of foul earth spewed out by the white-scaled snake in a triangular shape, causing a loud explosion.

Because it was closest to the big snake, the flames and thick smoke almost enveloped it, and all the damage was borne by it. This is the result of accurate prediction and preemptive attack.

Unfortunately, most monsters have thick skin and flesh. Although the vital parts of the head were damaged by the blazing fire talisman mixed with its own breath of foul earth, this degree did not cause fatal injuries to the white-scaled snake.

It just made a fierce light flash in its eyes, and in the urgency it regained some mental clarity.

The huge body dived down, and when the snake landed on the ground, its innate magical power was activated, and its entire body seemed to quickly merge into the water. It planned to use the terrain surrounded by rocks on all sides to kill these invaders.

"So fast!"

When the Chen brothers and sisters saw the monster's earth-escaping speed for the first time, they were all a little shocked.

The way of heaven is indeed to take from the excess and make up for the deficiency. Although the cultivation of monsters is not as fast as that of human cultivators, their control over innate magic spells and supernatural powers, as well as their long lifespan are unmatched by human cultivators.

Lu Cheng closed his eyes and let his body and mind enter a state of extreme concentration.

In fact, this was also the first real fight in his life: a life-and-death battle with no room for either side.

However, Lu Cheng felt that his whole body was trembling with excitement, as if burning blood was gushing out in his heart!

The intense excitement between life and death is difficult to simulate no matter how realistic the technology of a virtual online game is.

"Roar."

The giant white-scaled snake suddenly jumped out from under the earth and rocks, as easily as if it had jumped out of the water, and pounced directly at Chen Qingyun, who was still unable to react.

Facing the huge mouth that suddenly appeared in front of him, with its bloody red tongue and sharp teeth, Chen Qingyun heard his brother's cry of surprise, but had no time to respond.

Suddenly, a dark shadow passed in front of him.

It was Lu Cheng who had cast the Qingfeng Talisman on himself. A whirlwind of clear air surrounded his body, accelerating his movements. This allowed Lu Cheng to successfully determine the target of the giant snake's attack and save Chen Qingyun in time.

He grabbed the female cultivator's waist and dragged her away from danger.

"This evil dragon is much more ferocious than we expected. If Qingyun had taken the attack just now, even with the talismans and magic tools protecting his body, he would not have died on the spot, but he would have immediately lost his ability to fight and been seriously injured."

"Earth Prison Gold Transformation Formation, start!"

As Chen Qingfeng's formation was activated, the formation flags at the surrounding spiritual nodes all emitted spiritual light. It spread rapidly, dyeing the surrounding muddy and rocky ground with a golden color.

"Roar."

The giant white-scaled snake wanted to continue chasing and biting Lu Cheng and Chen Qingyun, but when it was halfway out its body it was suddenly pulled back.

The land around it turned golden, and the soil and rocks were transformed into gold in a short period of time, so the earth escape technique was of course ineffective. It even temporarily embedded the white-scaled snake in place.

"Golden Blade cuts the evil talisman, attack its vital point."

The seven-inch point is the snake's vital point, located below the head and above the abdomen, roughly at the heart position. Hitting the seven-inch point is like hitting the snake's vital point, which can kill the snake immediately.

During the previous communication, Lu Cheng also knew that Chen Qingyun had the Golden Blade Evil-Slaying Talisman. This talisman had an excellent armor-piercing effect among the low-level talismans.

As the talisman was activated, two golden blades of light overlapped and appeared in front of Lu Cheng and Chen Qingyun, and they slashed towards the giant snake that was controlled by the Earth Prison Gold Array.

stab.

The golden blade swept across, and dark red blood gushed out.

Even if two second-grade top-grade talismans hit the seven inches, they would not be enough to kill the white-scaled snake.

But it was enough. Lu Cheng put Chen Qingyun down and activated the invisibility talisman. In the eyes of the Chen brothers and sisters, Senior Brother Lu was flying on a sword, and the whole person rushed to the front of the big snake through a somewhat twisted trajectory.

But from the perspective of the white-scaled snake, the human monk who posed the greatest threat to it disappeared in an instant!

The key to sword fighting is to avoid the real and attack the fake.

For Lu Cheng, who was once the number one sword-fighting fanatic in the Jiutian world, avoiding the opponent's sight and killing him with a single sword is almost a skill that has been integrated into his instinct.

When the white-scaled snake saw the young Taoist priest again, he had suddenly appeared in front of it, controlling the flying sword and piercing it diagonally from bottom to top, fiercely piercing the vital point of the snake where its scales had been broken.

(End of this chapter)