Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 14 At stake
Seven days passed in a blink of an eye.

Following the direction given by the jade slip, Chen Mu and his group have successfully killed several disciples of the evil sect.

Most of them were at the second or third level of Qi Condensation, and were killed by other disciples. Only one was at the fourth level of Qi Condensation, and was quite formidable. While fighting with Chen Mu, Niu Dali found an opportunity and killed him with a hammer...

Chen Mu looked at the ever-changing progress on the jade slip and roughly calculated that this trial was almost complete.

"Where to go next?" Niu Dali turned his head and asked.

Selecting the remaining places that were still lit, Chen Mu pointed to the northwest corner.

Everyone then boarded the Liuyun crane and flew northwest along with the breeze.

When they arrived in front of an unnamed valley, Chen Mu and others quietly gathered together.

Niu Dali used the communication hand gestures, but there was no response after waiting for an incense stick.

His face changed. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in the past few days.

Chen Mu was also stunned for a moment, then looked towards the valley in front of him.

"Brother Niu, don't you think... it's a little too quiet?"

The deep valley was like a newly painted picture, and the chirping of insects and rustling of leaves that were once everywhere were still there.

Niu Dali frowned upon hearing this, stared at it for a moment, and then nodded, "There's something fishy going on here. We shouldn't take any risks. Let's retreat quickly and ask Senior Brother Lin and the others for help..."

Before Niu Dali could finish his words, the sky, which had been bright, suddenly darkened, and then heavy rain began to pour down. A bright arc of light passed over their heads.

"Formation!" Chen Mu looked around with a serious expression.

In the instant the change occurred, Niu Dali crushed the jade slip that recorded the location.

I saw a ray of jade light shooting up into the sky, breaking through the formation, at an incredible speed, making a sound of breaking through the air, and rushing away into the distance.

"Hmph, when...with this level of cultivation, can you come out and learn how to slay demons and monsters? Since Shuiyun has given me such a great gift, I have no choice but to refuse it..." No one was seen, but a voice seemed to come from all directions of the crowd.

Chen Mu frowned slightly, and with a thought, a water blade shot towards a dark corner behind the crowd.

"Huh..." A black wall blocked the water blade, "How did you see that?" A man emerged from the dark corner, wearing a black robe, his face was pale and lifeless, and his lips looked like he had drunk blood.

Chen Mu's mouth twitched, and he didn't answer.

He realized that this person was being mysterious, but perhaps his brain wasn't quite right. Although he had concealed the fluctuations of his spiritual power very well, he had overlooked one thing: rain, and he happened to be extremely sensitive to rain...

The black-robed man didn't answer, but his face trembled suddenly, and he looked extremely angry. "I'm asking you a question..."

Spiritual power burst out, and a small blood-red sword flew towards Chen Mu. The blade was extremely narrow and had no hilt.

The fifth level of Qi Condensation!

Niu Dali's expression changed, and he clenched his right hand. A small black gold hammer appeared in his hand, and then it shook and grew bigger, becoming a long hammer.

He smashed it down hard, and happened to hit the blood-red sword that was rushing towards him. Under his sight, raindrops on the hammer body scattered, and the blood-red sword hummed. The next moment, it seemed that it could not hold on and flew backwards.

The man in black robe was shocked, but then he burst into laughter.

The laughter continued. Niu Dali stepped on the water with his right foot, splashing it. He rushed towards the black-robed man and smashed it with all his might. "What an ugly laugh!"

The black-robed man then looked grim and raised a small black iron shield to block the oncoming hammer.

With a loud bang, the disciples at the second level of Qi Condensation covered their ears, came to their senses, and cast spells on the black-robed man.

The black robe only raised a gray veil and ignored him.

Concentrate on dealing with the heavy hammer that puts pressure on him.

Chen Mu's eyes lit up and he had a life thought.

A water blade different from the previous ones vaguely appeared in the rain, crystal clear and full of cold light.

It was the perfect water blade technique released with all its strength!

Taking advantage of the rain, he slashed at the black robe as fast as lightning.

"Swish..." With a light sound like tearing rags, the man in black robe felt a chill. With a glance, he saw a water blade that seemed to be real right in front of him!
His eyes were filled with fear, and without giving it much thought, he tilted his head strangely and freed one hand to block the water blade's path.

"Ah!..." Blood gushed out and a severed hand fell to the muddy ground.

Niu Dali struck while the iron was hot and smashed the small black iron shield that was blocking him into pieces with a backhand hammer.

Just as he was about to give him another blow, he would be sent to the west.

The man in black robes turned red in the face and shouted in shock and anger: "Why don't you take action!"

With a "ding-dong" sound, a bloody bone nail flew in from outside the formation and landed on the side of the black gold hammer, generating a ball of white light.

Niu Dali felt a huge force coming at him, and he took two steps back involuntarily, holding the mountain-shaking hammer tightly in both hands.

"Didn't you say that you can deal with these people... by yourself?" The sound of footsteps in the rain was heard, and an extremely handsome young man stretched lazily and walked into the formation with a teasing smile. He didn't even look at Chen Mu and others, as if he didn't care about them at all.

Chen Mu looked grim, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Niu Dali was already cursing in his heart: "Another sixth-level Qi Condensation cultivator, what bastard gathered this information? I'm not done with him!"

"Stop talking nonsense, I was just careless for a moment..." The man in black robe stared at Chen Mu with flaming eyes.

The handsome young man sneered at the words and said, "You really don't have a good brain. Can't you see that the boy's water blade technique has reached perfection?" After saying that, he looked at Chen Mu and said, "I didn't expect that before leaving, he could kill Shuiyun's magic genius..."

"Quick battle and quick decision, delay will lead to changes!" The handsome young man turned his head and said.

……

Above the sky, two cloud cranes were flying at high speed.

Lin Xuanming held the jade light transmitted back in his hand, his face gloomy.

Zhu Yongxin didn't seem anxious, and there was even a playful look on his face, "Brother Lin, I remember... Niu Dali seemed to have some dirty dealings with you... Otherwise..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuanming slowly turned his head and stared at Zhu Yongxin, remaining silent for a long moment. Only when Zhu Yongxin's gaze shifted did he speak, "Junior Brother Niu and I are from the same lineage. How could I bear to see him beheaded..." Before he could finish his words, his dead eyes narrowed into the distance, and he murmured softly, "At least... not this time..."

……

A small blood-red sword stabbed towards Chen Mu, but was blocked by a crystal water shield. The water flow in the shield vigorously absorbed the tip of the sword, causing the small blood-red sword to shake continuously.

The man in black robe slapped his chest suddenly and spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood-red sword immediately pierced through the shield as if assisted by God.

Chen Mu put his right fingers together and slashed at the small sword.

The moment of contact, he felt as if he was hit by a huge wave, and the powerful spiritual power rebounded on him. He took several steps back, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Without Niu Dali to resist head-on, the pressure increased greatly.

Fortunately, Chen Mu had already condensed the spiritual liquid and his magic power was pure. Otherwise, if an ordinary person at the peak of the third level of Qi Condensation faced a person at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, the spiritual power impact alone would not last long.

The rain was getting heavier. The other disciples knew that they could not play a big role, so they could only cast spells from a distance to help Niu Dali relieve the pressure. He had a harder time dealing with the Qi Condensation Level 6 who was waiting for the opportunity. It was more difficult than Chen Mu's.

"Take advantage of his illness to kill him!"

Thinking of this, Chen Mu summoned several water blades to entangle the black-robed man's mind.

He suddenly tapped his foot and flew into the air. A water-blue light shot out from his finger and arrived beside the black-robed man in the blink of an eye.

Chen Mu didn't even look at the result. He used his body as a sword and flew into the air. He put his right hand together and chopped down again!

The flash of sword light illuminated the shocked eyes beneath the black robe.

He subconsciously wanted to summon the black iron shield, but suddenly remembered that the black iron shield had been smashed into pieces by Niu Dali...

He quickly rolled on the ground, covered in mud.

Chen Mu's eyes were slightly cold and he said nothing.

The sword flashed and chased after him, as fast as thunder.

There was a "crack" sound, and blood spurted out, making a teeth-grinding sound as it entered the flesh.

The black-robed man's head flew up, his spiritual power dissipated, and there was still a look of fear in his eyes, faintly reflecting a sword light.

"My brain... is indeed not working properly..." Chen Mu gasped as a thought flashed through his mind.

"Old Nine!" A cry of surprise came, and it turned out that the handsome young man caught a glimpse of the black-robed man's head and body separated.

"I will send you... to be buried with me!" He roared, his long hair flying, and he threw out a ring to meet Niu Dali's mountain-shaking hammer.

At the moment of collision, there was surprisingly no sound, but the Mountain-Shaking Hammer seemed to have suffered a huge blow and flew backwards upside down.

Niu Dali couldn't hold on any longer and was dragged to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Chen Mu quickly stepped forward, stood in front of the disciples, and swung out several sword energies to block the ring that was chasing them.

The sword energy slashed at the ring, making a clanging sound, but the ring remained unmoved and continued to rush forward with overwhelming force.

Chen Mu hastily summoned several crystal water shields to block himself.

The water shields were broken one after another, but fortunately, the water shield technique in the perfect state was incredibly tough, and it really forced the speed of the ring to land.

But there was still some remaining force and hit Chen Mu's chest.

Suddenly a dent appeared in his chest, and he lost his balance due to the stress, and fell backwards and rolled around for a few weeks.

Niu Dali had already recalled the Mountain Shaking Hammer. As he passed by, he turned and looked at Chen Mu: "Leave it to me!"

When Chen Mu saw that his eyes were red and the veins on his arms were bulging, he knew that he must have used a secret technique.

Niu Dali hit the ring with a hammer, and the ring, which had been invincible just now, seemed to whine and fly backwards.

He rushed towards the handsome young man with all his strength.

The young man remained motionless, slowly lowering his head: "Forcing me to this point... is also your ability..."

He immediately took a bone dagger and stabbed himself in the head.

The dagger entered his forehead, but no blood flowed out.

The next moment, a sharp howl resounded throughout the valley.

The other disciples covered their ears with their hands, their faces filled with pain.

Chen Mu also felt as if a sharp thorn had pierced his mind.

The howling continued, and the dagger suddenly turned into a black evil spirit and drilled into the handsome young man's crown.

The young man suddenly looked up, his eyes were bloodshot, and black lines like snakes appeared around his cheeks.

The next moment, the young man jumped up from the ground and faced the heavy hammer with his bare hands.

It looks like he has given up magic.

Niu Dali's face lit up with joy, and he used even more force. The moment it made contact, it didn't feel like he was hitting a person, but more like a diamond tortoise shell, making a clang clang sound.

His face changed, and he was about to try again, but he saw the young man's right arm stretched out, stabbing at him like a sharp sword.

He quickly blocked it with his hammer, but what he didn't expect was that the man's arms were so strong that the mountain-shaking hammer couldn't block it and flew out.

The whole person was pierced through the abdomen by a sharp force and thrown out.

Chen Mu quickly forced himself to stand up and looked at Niu Dali who had fallen to the ground.

Niu Dali waved his hands tremblingly and tried to stand up, but he lost his balance and fell down heavily.

Mud and water splashed all over the ground.

(End of this chapter)