A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 450 True Identity

Having resolved the threat of being sealed off, the cultivator surnamed Yan immediately prepared to use his methods to take down the people in front of him.

"Buzz!!!"

An extremely strong, strange spatial fluctuation, carrying a tearing and penetrating force, suddenly erupted from the other side of the cave without warning! The intensity of this fluctuation even briefly interfered with the stability of the Four Symbols Gathering Spirit Array, causing obvious ripples to appear on the four-colored light shield covering the cave!

The cultivator surnamed Yan's expression suddenly changed, and his blood-red pupils abruptly turned towards the source of the spatial fluctuations—

Not far away, Ling Yuling was sitting cross-legged on the ground, her hands forming a complex and profound hand seal. She was pouring all her magical power into a strange jade talisman that floated in front of her chest. The talisman was a vibrant green, covered with natural cloud patterns, and exuded an aura of destruction! It was the Breakthrough Talisman, a life-saving treasure bestowed upon her by her father!

However, activating this talisman was clearly no easy task. Ling Yuling's beautiful face was now somewhat pale due to the rapid depletion of her magical power. The cyan jade talisman was becoming brighter at a visible speed, with cloud patterns flowing on it. A point of silver-white light in the center was rapidly gathering and expanding, emitting an increasingly terrifying spatial power!

"A breakthrough talisman? You actually have such an ancient relic hidden away?"

The hoarse voice of the "Yan surname cultivator" carried a hint of surprise and annoyance, clearly recognizing the origin of the talisman.

Once this talisman is fully activated, it can absolutely tear a gap in a solid array or spatial restriction! If this woman succeeds, one of the ducks that were cooked today might fly away, or even more!

"You're courting death!" The cultivator surnamed Yan's eyes flashed with ferocity. He could no longer care about the entanglement between the demon bones and the stone statue chains below, and he also temporarily put aside the attacks of the Ninth Elder and Blood Fiend.

His figure suddenly blurred, transforming into a blood-red rainbow light that was condensed to the extreme and so fast that only a blur remained. With a piercing whistle, it rushed straight towards Ling Yuling, who was fully activating the Breakthrough Talisman!

We must first resolve this biggest variable!

"Blood Fiend Fellow Daoist! Intercept us with all your might! Otherwise, we will all perish here today!" The Ninth Elder roared hoarsely upon seeing this.

He knew that if that cultivator surnamed Yan interrupted Ling Yuling's spellcasting, they would have no chance of escaping!

His mana surged into his natal magic weapon, the "Starfall Sword," above his head. The silver flying sword, which had been fused with rare "Gang Silver Sand" and had once slain a transformed demon cultivator, instantly shone with a burst of light, transforming into a ten-zhang-long, dazzling silver streak. With a sharp sword intent, it struck first despite being behind, fiercely slashing towards the front of the blood-red rainbow light, attempting to block its path!

Blood Fiend also let out a fierce roar, his body surging with blood-fiend energy. He grasped the handle with both hands, and the blood-red giant blade appeared. With the force to split mountains and cleave seas, it swept out horizontally, its blood-red light reaching the sky, blocking the flanks of the blood-red rainbow light!

"clang--!"

The silver sword light struck the edge of the crimson rainbow light first, producing a crisp, ear-piercing sound, like striking ancient black iron!

The Starfall Sword's incomparably sharp sword light only caused the dense blood light surrounding the cultivator surnamed Yan to ripple violently for a moment. It didn't even touch the cultivator's body before being forcefully repelled by an even larger and more condensed force. The sword groaned and its spiritual light dimmed.

The Ninth Elder was struck as if by a heavy blow, letting out a muffled groan as a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, clearly suffering greatly from the backlash of the magic weapon.

"Hmph! An ant trying to shake a tree!" A disdainful snort came from within the crimson rainbow light. Without even pausing, he struck out with his palm!

A gigantic blood-red hand, tens of feet in size, formed entirely from viscous blood light, with clear palm lines and sharp nails, materialized out of thin air. It carried a suffocatingly terrifying pressure and a bloody wind, and slammed down like a blood-red mountain towards the location of the Ninth Elder!

The Ninth Elder's expression changed drastically. The power contained in this giant palm was far beyond what he could withstand! He quickly dodged, his body radiating starlight, and was about to use the Star Palace's secret escape technique, "Star Shift," to avoid it.

However, within this space, suppressed by both the powerful aura of the cultivator surnamed Yan and the Four Symbols Gathering Spirit Array, his escape technique's speed was greatly reduced, far from its peak. Just as the colossal, blood-red hand, obscuring the sky, was about to engulf him and crush him into a pulp—

From the side, a blood-red blade of light, condensed to its extreme, like a crimson lightning bolt tearing through the night sky, slashed fiercely at the wrist of the blood-red giant hand! It was the Blood Path Divine Power that Blood Fiend behind him was fully activated! This divine power is specifically designed to break through all kinds of protective qi and energy condensation, and its power is extremely great.

"Sizzle—!"

The wrist of the giant blood-red hand was cleaved open by this sharp blade light, leaving a huge wound several meters deep that almost severed it! The giant hand's downward momentum suddenly halted, and the condensed blood light dissipated by half, greatly reducing its power.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Ninth Elder frantically poured his remaining magical power into a small, palm-sized, shimmering silver shield that instantly appeared in front of him. The small shield grew rapidly in the wind, transforming into a silver light shield several meters in size, blocking his way.

"boom!!!"

The blood-red giant hand, its power greatly diminished, slammed solidly into the silver shield. The shield trembled violently, flashing with silver light, but ultimately managed to block it. The Ninth Elder, however, was struck by the immense force transmitted through the shield, causing his blood to churn and him to cough up another mouthful of blood. His face grew even paler, clearly indicating a serious injury.

In that brief moment of delay, the crimson rainbow light transformed from the "Yan surname cultivator" appeared like a ghost several feet in front of Ling Yuling! He didn't even directly attack Ling Yuling herself, but instead targeted the spot on her chest that was about to be fully activated...

The "Breakthrough Talisman," already radiating brilliant light, with its central silver-white glow pulsating violently and emitting a surge of spatial energy, was flicked with a finger!

A blood-red finger beam, as thin as a hair yet condensed to the extreme, instantly traversed several meters and struck the silver light at the center of the cyan jade talisman with unparalleled precision!

"Pop—"

A faint, almost imperceptible cracking sound rang out. The violently pulsating silver-white light on the "Breakthrough Talisman" paused abruptly, like a punctured balloon, then became wildly chaotic and diffused, finally turning into specks of silver-white light that completely dissipated into the air.

The jade talisman itself cracked open with a "crack," losing all its spiritual light and turning into an ordinary piece of jade.

Ling Yuling cried out in despair, her face turning deathly pale. In that instant of her loss of composure, two blood-red chains, like venomous snakes, silently coiled around her, binding her and the equally pale-faced Fairy Miaoyu, who was trying to unleash her magic weapon, immobilizing them completely! The chains emanated a strange restrictive power, instantly sealing off their magical power and consciousness.

The two women were easily captured, like lambs to the slaughter. If it weren't for the fact that the cultivator surnamed Yan had other plans for them, they would probably be dead by now.

Having easily resolved the threat of the "Breakthrough Talisman" and captured the two women, the cultivator surnamed Yan turned around leisurely, his blood-red eyes looking mockingly at the Ninth Elder, whose face was extremely ugly and whose aura was weak, and at Xue Sha, who had blocked his attack but was greatly exhausted.

"Alright, the minor troubles are all resolved. Now, it's your turn—will you choose to obediently give up resistance, allowing me to plant a restriction in your souls, becoming blood slaves to be at my beck and call, providing me with essence and magical power," and linger on in vain—or will you choose, like that struggling boy on the ground, to experience the pain of your soul being devoured and obliterated bit by bit, ultimately fading completely into the world—and then, die?"

Upon hearing this, both the Ninth Elder and Xue Sha felt their hearts sink, as if they had fallen into an icy abyss. Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from the other party, which far surpassed the late Nascent Soul stage and was almost at the half-step Divine Transformation stage, and looking at Luo Ming on the ground, whose life or death was unknown, an unprecedented sense of despair surged into their hearts.

Just as the Ninth Elder and Blood Fiend were intimidated by the terrifying pressure of the Yan surname cultivator, who was at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, a sudden change occurred!

The cultivator surnamed Yan, whose aura was originally vast as the sea and as steady as Mount Tai, suddenly swayed. The overwhelming crimson spiritual light around him fluctuated violently and dimmed without warning. The pressure he exuded rapidly declined like the tide, dropping by several tens of percent in the blink of an eye! The cruelty and mockery on his face froze instantly, replaced by an incredulous horror and rage!

"impossible!!!"

The hoarse voice of the cultivator surnamed Yan suddenly rose, filled with extreme shock and a hint of barely perceptible panic. He abruptly turned his head, his blood-red eyes fixed on a certain direction on the ground, and roared angrily: "How could a mere early Nascent Soul human cultivator possibly withstand the possession of my drop of primordial blood essence?"

The Ninth Elder and Xue Sha were startled by this sudden change. Then their hearts skipped a beat, and they both followed the gaze of the cultivator surnamed Yan to the end of his line of sight. There was Luo Ming, who had been writhing in pain after being invaded by the golden essence blood, but had now stopped struggling!

Luo Ming had somehow managed to sit up cross-legged. Although his face was still somewhat pale, his eyes had regained their usual calm and sharpness, even gaining a deeper depth. Even more chilling was the fact that a faint emanation was quietly rising from the surface of his body…

A faint, almost transparent layer of "silver flames" swirled around it.

This silver flame was extremely strange. It lacked the heat and explosiveness of ordinary flames. Instead, it exuded a moderate, peaceful, gentle, and restrained aura, like moonlight flowing or mercury spilling onto the ground.

Luo Ming slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air carrying a faint smell of blood, raised his eyes to look at the Yan surname cultivator in the distance, whose aura was greatly weakened and who was filled with shock and anger, his eyes icy cold.

Only he himself knew the perilous situation he had just endured. That drop of golden blood contained not only a portion of the original essence of a Nascent Soul demon cultivator, but also a wisp of his incredibly powerful primordial spirit, which had differentiated during his prime!

If it weren't for the fact that his spiritual strength far surpassed that of his peers, reaching the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and that at the crucial moment he activated the newly born, intelligent "Spirit-Devouring Silver Flame" in his dantian, using this fire to protect the core of his sea of ​​consciousness and, in turn, gradually refine and devour the invading primordial spirit, he would probably have already been annihilated, his physical body becoming someone else's incarnation.

By devouring and digesting the fragmented memories within that wisp of demonic soul, he finally understood the origin of the cultivator surnamed Yan before him—or rather, the true owner of the demonic bones at the bottom of the pool.

It turns out to be a powerful demon in the early stages of the Nascent Soul realm who descended to this world from ancient times, following the legendary "Exquisite Demon Consort"!

Later, due to severe injuries sustained in a battle with an ancient demon in the Chaotic Star Sea, it fell into a deep slumber and was unable to return in time via the interdimensional teleportation array. It was later discovered by the powerful Sea King Sect, which suppressed and sealed it deep within this secret realm. Using its massive demonic body and essence blood as the source, they set up a grand array and refined "Myriad Spirits Blood Water".

Unexpectedly, the Sea King Sect suffered a great calamity and was destroyed. As time passed, the seal loosened, and a wisp of the demon's remnant soul gradually awakened, beginning to secretly erode and control the great formation of this place.