Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 148 Turning the Tide, Making a Sudden Move

This secret realm is merely the manifestation of a high-level cultivator. Even if one could form a spiritual avatar, one would only need to infuse the spiritual power into a monster's body.

However, the situation before them was quite different. The enormous monster, which was over three zhang tall, was not only exceptionally powerful, but was also composed of countless other monsters.

“Mr. Sanqiu, your elder was severely injured in the great war against demons more than a decade ago, and he probably brought back some strange things…”

Su Ji once used Zhang Xiaolian's dream to fuse a copper coin spirit artifact. Although the cost was not small, each successfully fused spirit artifact contained three spirit techniques, making it a top-grade spirit artifact.

The monsters before us are not only each equivalent to a great ghost general, but they can also increase their strength through mutual fusion, even achieving a qualitative change through quantitative change. This cannot be explained by an anomaly alone.

Sanqiu-jun frowned deeply, gripping the fan painted with chrysanthemums tightly: "When the exploration team first entered, we encountered quite a few monsters, but never anything like today..."

This spiritual realm has been sealed off for a long time. Apart from the change of time, the only difference between the past and present is the opening in the amniotic membrane that the Sun Guardian Spirit opened with the sunlight.

Just then, another change occurred in the spiritual realm. Just as the silver-haired old woman was about to kill the enormous fused monster, a series of explosions came from the black and yellow smoke on both sides.

"Bang-bang!"

Through the thin, yellowish-black smoke, two more enormous, three-zhang-tall fused monster bodies appeared.

For a moment, the cultivators outside the formation were all shocked, while the two exploration teams inside the formation showed expressions of horror.

"We can handle one Ghost King-level monster, but now three more Ghost King-level bizarre monsters have arrived..."

"These three monsters have such powerful auras that it might take an entire exploration team working together to take them down. But the enormous monsters on the left and right sides are each accompanied by twenty monsters at the Great Ghost General level. How are we supposed to fight them?"

"Such a strange change has occurred in the Spirit Realm; it is probably beyond our ability to handle. We urge the Grand Elder to order an evacuation from this place!"

The Grand Elder, a silver-haired old woman, was staring at the three monsters with a grim expression.

Judging from the aura emanating from the three eerie monsters, they all possessed considerable combat power. If they were outside, the silver-haired old woman would surely have retreated and then summoned a deity to vanquish them.

However, the fact that this was not only a spiritual realm with only one entrance, but also the manifestation of her own elder gave the white-haired old woman more confidence.

"Don't rush, three monsters at the Ghost King level are not so scary... Sanqiu, quickly execute the third plan!"

The Qiu family prepared for more than just three days to eliminate the strange phenomena in the spiritual realm.

"Yes!"

With a solemn expression, Sanqiu Jun waved his left hand, and one by one, the Qiu family cultivators cut open their palms, and streams of blood flowed onto a stone on the ground. Soon, they formed a special formation according to the patterns on the stone.

As the Qiu family cultivators chanted, a tangible yet intangible blood-red bead quickly condensed above the formation.

At the same time, a strong wind suddenly arose within the spiritual realm, and a blue figure composed of sand, earth, stones, and glass instantly materialized.

Sanqiu Jun bowed deeply and said, "Great Ancestor—"

Before Sanqiu Jun could continue speaking, the strange spiritual realm avatar, which was made of wind, suddenly showed a look of horror: "Didn't I tell you to seal off the spiritual realm? Why have you opened it again today, and even lifted the spiritual realm's suppression of all things!"

Sealing off the Spirit Realm was not only to prevent the Qiu family from sending out more exploration teams to their deaths, but also to prevent the monsters inside from breaking out of the Spirit Realm.

Sanqiu Jun looked helpless: "Ancestor, we did not know that these monsters could fuse and become stronger. Now that the Spirit Realm membrane has been opened, we can only eliminate the monsters in one fell swoop. Please help us, Ancestor!"

Great-grandfather is the grandfather of one's grandfather.

After sealing off the Spirit Realm, the Qiu family could no longer contact the Spirit Realm consciousness that was transformed from the High Grand Uncle Sanqiu Jun.

They had just opened the Spirit Realm's membrane with the help of sunlight, which also harmed the Spirit Realm. They thought they could deal with the monster, so they did not carry out the third plan to summon the Spirit Realm's consciousness.

"Sigh—" The avatar of the strange spirit realm saw the heavily armed formation and its expression softened slightly.

"The monsters in the Spirit Realm are growing stronger underground, and it seems that the strength of my Qiu family alone will not be enough to eliminate them. If we have invited help, we will have to enter the Spirit Realm together!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a series of heavy footsteps came from beneath the yellow and black mist in the center of the spiritual realm, and a massive body, as tall as a four- or five-story building, could be vaguely seen.

Upon seeing this, the strange avatar of the spirit realm couldn't help but sigh, "This is the strongest monster formed from the bizarre. When they gathered together, they could withstand my power. Now that they have merged together, they have probably gained top-tier combat power in both offense and defense!"

Due to the previous suppression by the Spirit Realm, the monsters could not use their fusion abilities, but they could construct a top-tier defense with their collective power, which even the power of the Spirit Realm avatars could not break through.

Now that the monsters have merged together, they not only possess top-tier defense but also likely top-tier attack power, requiring more help to defeat them.

"A monster with two top-tier attributes?!" Sanqiu Jun's expression changed drastically.

If it has top-notch defense, there's still a chance to wear it down slowly over time; if it only has top-notch attack power, it's not impossible to find its weakness and severely injure or even kill it.

If both offense and defense reach their peak, the Qiu family's power will probably be no match for them. Once they break through the formation and enter the real world, they will surely become a major threat!
"Qiuyue, hurry and go to the township and Jiuxiang County to get reinforcements!"

After saying this, Sanqiu Jun looked at Su Ji and asked, "The opening of the Spirit Realm membrane has actually increased the monster's strength. Does the Sun Watcher Spirit General have a way to make the membrane heal quickly?"

This was completely unexpected, as the two sides had never discussed these matters before, which made Sanqiu Jun even more hopeful.

Su Ji could only shake his head: "I only have the sunlight to open the membrane of the spirit realm, and I have no means to speed up the recovery of the membrane. I can only suggest that the consciousness of the spirit realm avoid the incision of the sunlight and fill the gap from the inside..."

The pseudo-ascended beings used this method to complete the membrane of the large water vein spiritual realm, which can be considered as Su Ji's experience.

Sanqiu Jun nodded heavily, then revealed a resolute look: "The monster must not escape the Spirit Realm to wreak havoc on the village. I request that the Guardian Spirit General stay here, and I will join my great-aunt and great-grandfather in resisting the monsters in the Spirit Realm!"

"If any monsters escape from the Spirit Realm, please have the Sun Watcher kill them with the sunlight. You will be rewarded handsomely!"

In Sanqiu Jun's opinion, the Golden Toad, the Spirit Monitor, was just a cultivator who had recently broken through to the Cave Profound Mage level. Even if he had learned one or two profound arts, he could not possibly be a match for the strange monster.

The only thing they could rely on was the powerful sunlight.

Su Ji's heart stirred slightly, and he nodded seriously, saying, "Lord Sanqiu, please go ahead. I will take care of the breach in the Spirit Realm's membrane!"

Cultivators can deduce the approximate combat strength from the aura emanating from a Ghost King, but advanced cultivators at the Dongxuan level place greater emphasis on spells and supernatural abilities, and often the older they get, the stronger their skills become.

Sanqiu Jun is relatively young and is rumored to be unskilled in combat, so he will inevitably face considerable risks when entering the Spirit Realm.

"It invites the cold wind!"

A cold wind blew by, and a wisp of frost appeared on the withered yellow grass. Just as the monster on the left, which was of considerable strength, was about to kill a cultivator, its arm slowed down considerably due to the effect of the frost.

"Cooling Dew!"

As soon as these words were spoken, drops of dew condensed on the monsters' bodies.

Then, Sanqiu Jun waved his fan and exclaimed, "A thousand miles of frost!"

Without a sound, frost condensed on the bodies of more than a dozen monsters, reducing their speed by more than half.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the exploration team on the left launched a counterattack...

On the main battlefield, the Spirit Realm avatar and the white-haired old woman joined forces to resist the enormous monster, which was top-notch in both offense and defense. They did not seek to kill it, but only to delay it as much as possible.

The nearest village is only four or five miles away, but the local temple can only send one ghost king at most; the real help would have to come from the divine power of Jiuxiang County. However, Jiuxiang County is a full seventeen or eighteen miles away, so even if the call for help is made as quickly as possible, it will still take half an hour.

The avatar of the spirit realm and the white-haired old woman tried their best to stop it. Even if they smashed one of the monster's legs, the monster could wriggle its body to repair it. Their only hope was the other cultivators in the spirit realm.

Although Sanqiu-jun didn't have any killing skills, he provided great assistance to the exploration team.

The left team quickly dealt with most of the monsters and began to besiege the three-story-sized fusion monster, which was of decent strength. So, Sanqiu-jun flew to the right team.

"It invites the cold wind!"

"Cooling Dew!"

"A thousand miles of ice and frost!"

After the squad on the right had also steadied themselves, Sanqiu-kun flew towards the exit.

However, two fused monsters flew out from the center in succession. The Spirit Realm Avatar and the silver-haired old woman only managed to block the most powerful one, while the three-story-tall one had the possibility of escaping.

"Attracting cold winds...and bringing down cold dew..."

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Sanqiu Jun spared no effort in using his magic, unleashing all his power to attack the monster.

However, Sanqiu Jun did not live long enough. His two spells were only at the entry level of high-grade spells. His last spell only reached the power of a minor high-grade spell with the help of the fan artifact. It was effective against ordinary monsters, but it was somewhat ineffective against fused monsters that were three stories high.

As a result, the three-story-tall fused monster, though slower, still slowly made its way toward the exit of the Spirit Realm membrane.

Seeing that the fused monster was only ten feet away from the exit, Sanqiu Jun could only grit his teeth and shout, "Sun Guardian General, if possible, please use the sunlight!"

Su Jijiu once said that a single ray of sunlight requires three thousand strands of divine power, and Sanqiu Jun had no other choice.

Su Ji nodded, but instead of taking out the Blazing Crystal Treasure, he tucked his thumb in and pushed it forward.

Instantly, a stream of earth yang energy, as thick as a bucket, burst forth. Before it had flown three feet away, it seemed to have entered a distorted space.

In an instant, the earth's yang energy seemed to be affected by some external force, suddenly condensing from the thickness of a bucket to the thickness of a fist, and then flying into the gap in the spiritual realm's membrane like a long spear.

The fused monster's movements were already affected by Sanqiu Jun's magic, and it was in a running posture, so it directly took Su Ji's Earth Yang Spear head-on with its chest.

"boom!"

In an instant, a huge hole burst open in the fused monster's chest, leaving only a small part of its left shoulder still attached to its body.

"This is!"

Sanqiu-jun was prepared to offer up three thousand strands of divine power, but unexpectedly, Jianri-lingjiang did not use the Sun's Light.

"Such methods are probably even more powerful than my great-aunt's magic!"

With the blessing of the [Deflection Realm] and the Earth Yang Lotus provided by the [Earth Yang Seed], the power of [Earth Yang Surge] is no less than that of many high-grade perfect spells.

Not to mention, the power of earth and yang is already superior in terms of attributes, and another attack might be enough to severely damage the fused monster.

Su Ji did not use it in that way again. Instead, he put away the Earth Yang Lotus and used the [Deflection Mystic Realm] to enhance the [Earth Yang Surge].

"boom--"

Although the power of the Earth Yang Spear was somewhat weaker this time, it still caused great damage to the fused monster. In just two breaths, the three-story-tall fused monster was reduced to only a dozen or so writhing, broken pieces of its body.

Sanqiu Jun was overjoyed: "The Sun-Watching Spirit General truly has excellent skills!"

With the help of the Golden Toad, even if a fused monster four or five stories high were to attack, it wouldn't be impossible to eliminate it.

So much so that Sanqiu Jun said with great excitement: "If we can solve the problem of the Spirit Realm with the help of Lord Jian Ri Ling Jiang today, the Qiu family will definitely carry out a deeper level of cooperation with the East-West Chamber of Commerce!"

Upon hearing this, Su Ji couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Just then, Yan Tianchou suddenly issued an alarm: "Strong energy fluctuations detected below the gap in the Spirit Realm membrane!"

Su Ji was startled and quickly took out more than a dozen Earth Yang Lotus flowers, shouting towards Sanqiu Jun inside the Spirit Realm exit, "Watch out for the ground!"

Immediately, an incomparably powerful Earth Yang Spear flew into the location indicated by the Heavenly Mandate.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the ground exploded open, and two enormous monsters that were merging together appeared before everyone.

As Sanqiu hurriedly dodged the flying stones, he was shocked: "There's actually another monster with top-tier combat power!"

It is obvious that these two monsters are fusing. If they succeed, they will have the same combat power as the two top-tier fused monsters who directly confront the Spirit Realm Avatar and the White-Haired Old Woman.

It was precisely the slight fluctuation emitted when they merged that caught Yan Tianchou's attention, giving Su Ji the opportunity to stop them.

"The Spear of Earthly Yang!"

"The Spear of Earthly Yang!"

"The Spear of Earthly Yang..."

Soon, only a small portion of the Earth Yang Lotus that Su Ji brought remained, and the monster that had not yet fused was reduced to fragments.

At the same time, a thin film appeared around the gap in the spiritual realm, and it seemed that the gap in the membrane would be completely filled in a short time.

Seeing that the Sun-Watching Spirit had turned the tide with the Golden Toad, Sanqiu Jun was overjoyed and quickly shouted, "The exploration team, retreat first!"

Although both squads had achieved considerable success, they also suffered numerous injuries. Now, having finally received orders to retreat, they all rushed towards the breach.

At the same time, the enormous monster, which was four or five stories high, had arrived more than thirty feet away. Suddenly, it waved its hand, and its entire arm flew directly toward the gap after it broke off.

"It invites the cold wind!"

"The Spear of Earthly Yang!"

Under the attack of Su Ji and San Qiu Jun, the fusion monster's arm exploded, turning into fragmented monsters that flew everywhere.

In the ensuing chaos, the exploration team members were the first to leave the Spirit Realm.

However, at this moment, Su Ji's expression suddenly changed, and he took out a copper coin the size of his palm.

"Heaven is round, earth is square, this is the way to suppress it!"

An exploration team member who was about to disperse paused slightly, and then a yellow and black ghost face made up of countless insects appeared behind his head.

(End of this chapter)