Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 574 Life or Death on the Brink, A True Soul's Remnant [Please Subscribe]

In the underground ancient city.

As Zhou Chun and Lei Jiao Bai Bai merged to form a human-faced Lei Jiao, the battle within the city suddenly intensified.

The human-faced thunder dragon, several tens of feet long, appeared exceptionally agile with the aid of the Thunder Escape Technique.

Every now and then, a flash of lightning would appear behind the two-headed skeletal giant, slapping its back with its lightning-infused dragon claws.

Then it would appear beside him again, delivering a powerful dragon tail lash to his waist and abdomen.

In this flexible and aggressive offensive, the two-headed skeletal giant was completely on the defensive, and its bones were repeatedly shattered and scattered.

However, just like the Yin Sha Giant Python that was destroyed before, even if the bones on the two-headed white bone giant are broken and scattered, it can still quickly recover the fragments to repair itself, or extract bones from other corpses left on the battlefield to repair itself.

These characteristics, which are similar to an immortal body, also gave Zhou Chun a great headache.

He tried to have the Fiery Phoenix use the [Glazed Pure Fire] to burn and refine the shattered bones, but the effect seemed to be poor, and the two-headed skeletal giant would not stand idly by.

Although this two-headed skeletal giant doesn't seem very intelligent and lacks a clear, rational consciousness, it is still an intelligent being.

Furthermore, it possesses power that can be considered the limit of the fourth tier!

Upon realizing that it could not harm the human-faced thunder dragon, it immediately used its powerful ability to control Yin energy to forcibly gather a large amount of Yin energy into a dense Yin fog that enveloped itself.

In this way, the Thunder Flood Dragon's lightning escape technique would no longer be able to directly appear at its close range through the dense Yin Sha fog.

At the same time, before lightning and flames can strike it, their power must first be weakened by the dense Yin energy fog.

This is purely taking advantage of their location to bully Master Zhou Chun!

But what can you do when it has this condition?

After trying for a while, Zhou Chun realized that there was no hope of removing the skeleton this time.

So he decisively summoned the Flame Phoenix and began to retreat.

Because they had entered this underground ancient city, their retreat was not as easy as it had been for Guo Kaitai.

When Zhou Chun finally retreated back to the underground cave after being chased by the two-headed skeletal giant, he looked extremely disheveled.

Fortunately, the situation was as he had guessed and predicted; the two-headed skeletal giant could not leave the area of ​​the underground ancient city and did not pursue him.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, what's wrong? Is it possible that even with your strength, you're unable to explore this array's secret realm?"

Inside the underground cave, seeing Zhou Chun emerge from the darkness looking rather disheveled, Guo Kaitai couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise and ask what had happened.

"It's nothing, just a bit of trouble encountered during the exploration. After I rest for a while, I'll naturally be able to resolve this matter!"

Zhou Chun answered in a flat tone, then left the underground cave, looking like he didn't want to say anything more.

After more than half a month, Zhou Chun, having rested well, once again stormed into the underground ancient city.

This time, they had the experience and broke through the formation quickly. In addition, they no longer needed to expend magic power to clear away the resurrected corpses of the dead, allowing them to unleash their full power and engage in a decisive battle with the two-headed skeletal giant.

After a fierce and protracted battle, the two-headed skeletal giant was finally dismantled into bone fragments by Zhou Chun and his servant!

But that doesn't mean he's already won.

Because the two-headed white bone giant was actually just a puppet body. The thing that was really fighting against Zhou Chun was a yin spirit evil ghost formed by the fusion of the soul of the Nascent Soul cultivator Xuan Sha Zhenren Li Xuan Gang and the soul consciousness of many "Earth Dog Clan" members!

After the two-headed skeletal giant was dismantled by Zhou Chun's servant, this evil spirit revealed its true form.

Its original form looks extremely ugly and ferocious, like a humanoid behemoth composed of countless wronged souls, bloated and obese, with countless faces of the "Earthhound Clan" wailing and screaming on its body.

Based on this, Zhou Chun had reason to suspect that the souls of most of the "Earth Dog Clan" members who died in this ancient city had gathered in the body of the evil spirit in front of him, and that the spirit itself was a peculiar evil spirit formed by the fusion of countless souls!

Now that it had revealed its true form, the evil spirit was enraged and launched a retaliatory counterattack against Master Zhou Chun.

Suddenly, those hideous faces opened their mouths wide and howled, and an invisible force rushed straight into Zhou Chun's Purple Mansion sea of ​​consciousness.

Instantly, the golden lotus he had condensed within his Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness, cultivated using the "Heart Lotus Orthodox Method," shook violently and dimmed, as if struck by a violent storm.

Even his golden core was shaking and trembling, and his divine soul within was trembling!

what--

The attack on his soul caused Zhou Chun to let out a painful wail.

Lei Jiao Bai Bai and Yan Yu Huo Feng were exactly the same, their bodies trembling with lightning and flames, emitting mournful cries.

Fortunately, the demonic beasts possessed powerful blood and energy, giving them a strong immunity to attacks on the soul. Otherwise, if they were just ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivators, they would likely have suffered soul annihilation and perished on the spot!

Just as Zhou Chun and his servants were being attacked by the howling of ten thousand ghosts, their souls trembling and they were in a daze, a ball of pitch-black evil energy suddenly surged from the body of that evil spirit, condensing into a long pitch-black cone that shot towards Zhou Chun.

This strike was truly silent and without any dazzling brilliance; it seemed like an extremely ordinary attack.

However, the fact that the evil spirit's aura weakened considerably after unleashing this move shows that this attack was definitely not as simple as it appeared!

In the blink of an eye, the long, black cone pierced through the air and arrived in front of Zhou Chun.

The Mountain Shield, a defensive artifact with an automatic protection function, responded to the situation and actively blocked the long, black cone.

However, the jet-black cone swayed slightly before instantly piercing through the yellow light shield it had formed, and quickly bypassed its body to stab at Zhou Chun.

Suddenly, the silver-white fairy robes covering Zhou Chun's body shone brightly, attempting to block the jet-black cone.

However, the two were locked in a stalemate for less than two breaths before the "Taiyin Protective Immortal Robe" that had repeatedly protected Zhou Chun was pierced by the black cone and then stabbed into his chest without any obstruction!

Click!

With a soft sound, Zhou Chun's dragon scales, which were comparable to low-grade defensive magic treasures, were instantly pierced and penetrated, and a bright red flower of blood bloomed from the wound.

Only then did Zhou Chun seem to regain consciousness due to the excruciating pain in his body, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

It even contained some fragments of internal organs!

Clearly, his heart was broken!

However, this was not a fatal injury, at least not for him at this moment when he was using the fourth level of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique".

As long as his head isn't severed, his dantian isn't pierced, or his sea of ​​consciousness isn't destroyed, with his current vitality, he can still be saved.

After all, he's the kind of person who always has a wet nurse with him!

For Zhou Chun, what truly threatened his life was not his shattered heart, but the Yin energy that dissipated after the black cone pierced his body.

This Yin energy was so pure and concentrated that he suspected it had already surpassed the fourth level.

If he relied solely on his own magical power, it would be impossible for him to refine and eliminate this alien force.

If this malevolent energy is not dispelled in time, his physical vitality will continue to be eroded and destroyed, thereby damaging his foundation and endangering his life!

Fortunately, he is a professional at purifying and eliminating this kind of evil energy.

Immediately, Zhou Chun forcibly suppressed the discomfort caused by the turmoil in his soul and directly activated the sacrificial artifact [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar] that he had never used before, releasing the "Purifying Essence Water" stored within to cleanse his body.

This "Purifying Spirit Water" has the effect of purifying toxins and evil forces, and the evil energy is the most typical evil force.

At this moment, after the power of the "Purifying Spiritual Water" circulated through his body for one cycle, the Yin energy in Zhou Chun's body was completely purified, leaving no trace.

He quickly patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, summoning the Wood Spirit Mu Sang to perform healing magic on himself.

Under the healing power of the "Heavenly Dew and Sweet Rain" technique, Zhou Chun's shattered heart quickly reassembled and became a complete heart.

At this moment, Lei Jiao Bai Bai and Yan Yu Huo Feng had both regained consciousness and, enraged by their master's injury, launched a frenzied revenge against the evil spirit.

Then, streaks of silver lightning descended from the sky. Each lightning bolt struck the evil spirit, causing many of its ghostly faces to scream and dissipate into wisps of smoke.

The seven-colored pure fire that followed burned the thousands of ghost faces on the bodies of the evil spirits, causing them to scream in agony.

Without the two-headed skeletal giant as its vessel, this evil spirit's resistance to lightning and fire dropped to negative numbers, and every attack that landed on it could deal critical damage!

However, its attacks are significantly weakened when they land on Lei Jiao Bai Bai and Yan Yu Huo Feng.

Such methods that directly attack the soul cannot become a regular method and cannot be used continuously.

Under the strikes of lightning and the burning of pure fire, the size of the evil spirits began to shrink rapidly, the number of ghostly faces on their bodies also decreased rapidly, and their aura plummeted.

In the short span of half an incense stick's time, the evil spirit that had almost killed Zhou Chun had already dropped to the middle level of the fourth rank, and could no longer pose any threat to their master and servants.

After being treated by Mu Mei and Mu Sang, Zhou Chun took a blood-nourishing elixir, which greatly improved his complexion, and he regained his fighting strength.

He looked at the evil spirit being ganged up on by the dragon and phoenix duo, a strange light flashing in his eyes, as if he had discovered something interesting.

After watching coldly as the two spirit pets knocked the aura off the Yin Spirit Demon back to the lower fourth rank, Zhou Chun suddenly spoke up and stopped the two spirit pets, making them cease their attack.

Looking at the evil spirit now, its original bloated and obese ghost body had been completely shattered, and it had now transformed into a humanoid ghost less than ten feet tall. It could be said that it finally resembled the other ghosts that Zhou Chun had seen.

Zhou Chun looked at the humanoid ghost before him, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and suddenly spoke, "May I now address you as True Person Xuan Sha?"

Upon hearing the words "Master Xuan Sha," the humanoid ghost swayed violently.

Then, a surge of black energy appeared on his face, revealing the somewhat cold and stern face of a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's expression hardened, and he stared at Zhou Chun for a moment before speaking in a low voice, "I never imagined I would hear a human cultivator utter the title 'True Man Xuan Sha' again in this lifetime! Fellow Daoist, may I ask how you should address me?"

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately confirmed his suspicions.

He immediately bowed respectfully and said, "I am Zhou Chun, a human cultivator, greetings to Senior Xuan Sha Zhenren!"

"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhou!"

The middle-aged ghost nodded slightly, then looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "What era is it now? How many years have passed since our human race's third conquest of the 'Earthhound Clan'?"

"Replying to the True Immortal, tens of thousands of years have passed since the annihilation of the 'Earth Dog Clan.' Our human race is now the most powerful race in this world, and no other race dares to rival us!"

Zhou Chun answered the middle-aged man's ghost's question with a serious expression, his tone filled with pride.

Upon hearing his answer, the middle-aged man's ghost was shocked, then sighed in a daze, "So tens of thousands of years have passed? How the world has changed so much, it's truly lamentable!"

Then, his gaze swept over the alien city beneath his feet, before turning to Zhou Chun and asking, "Since the 'Earthhound Clan' has been extinct for tens of thousands of years, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you must be here on an adventure to search for treasure!"

"That's exactly right! I discovered this item on the ancient battlefield outside, and that's how I found this secret array!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, then patted his storage bag at his waist and took out the damaged top-grade magic weapon.

Upon seeing the broken spear shaft in his hand, the middle-aged man's ghost couldn't help but show an expression of excitement and nostalgia, and exclaimed, "This is the [Mysterious Soul-Destroying Spear] that I used in my previous life, my natal magic weapon that I have refined for eight hundred years!"

After saying that, he muttered to himself, "Was that final battle really that intense? Even the [Mysterious Fiend Soul-Destroying Spear] was broken and shattered! No wonder I perished here!"

Judging from his words, it seems that he has lost some memories and does not remember what happened in the last moments of his life.

Zhou Chun then asked, "Senior, don't you remember?"

"I don't remember. At best, I am just a remnant soul. It's already quite remarkable that I can remember who I am and retain some memories of my past life!"

The middle-aged man's ghost shook his head and answered in a low voice, somewhat sadly.

Then he raised his head and looked at Zhou Chun, saying calmly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are my benefactor. Without your help, my remnant soul would still be fighting those evil spirits of the 'Earth Dog Clan,' unable to regain my original consciousness. Now, while my remnant soul can still be maintained, you may make any requests you may have. As long as I can fulfill them, I will not refuse!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun was slightly startled and looked at him with surprise, saying, "Senior, what do you mean? Haven't you transformed into a ghost cultivator now?"

"Ghost cultivator? No, I am not a ghost cultivator at all, nor do I understand any ghost cultivation methods!"

The middle-aged man ghost shook his head repeatedly, directly denying Zhou Chun's statement.

I'm not feeling well, but I'll try to update 8,000 words each day tomorrow and the day after!

(End of this chapter)