Chapter 370: Golden Silkworm Soul Gu

After transforming into Hua Tianxiong's appearance, Qin Ming turned his head and grinned at him: "Don't be nervous; I'm only doing this as a precaution."

"Those two old foxes from Divine Dao Mountain are extremely cunning; judging by how tense they look, nine times out of ten they won't easily give up searching for your whereabouts."

Shopkeeper Lu's alias cannot be exposed so easily by Qin Ming.

Since the people from Divine Dao Mountain have already set their sights on Hua Tianxiong, it might as well be his identity that appears.

The two of them waited within the Small Xiao Lingjing for a full two hours.

Outside the Five Elements Mountain Range, after the two from Divine Dao Mountain searched in vain, they gave up the search and departed in disappointment.

They waited again for another full two hours.

Only then did Qin Ming transform into Hua Tianxiong's form and leisurely walk out from the Small Xiao Lingjing.

He immediately released his divine sense, comparable to that of an early Nascent Soul stage, sweeping the surroundings, yet he couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"Well, well, Hua Tianxiong, I didn't expect you to actually have some skill; you managed to reveal no flaws despite the search by us two fellow disciples."

"You must possess some extraordinary concealment-type secret treasure on your person, hmph hmph hmph!"

A voice filled with mockery arrived.

The figures of Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang from Divine Dao Mountain instantly materialized from the nearby space.

Clearly, after their fruitless search, the two had not gone far but instead executed a feigned retreat followed by a sudden return.

The one who had just spoken was Yun Yangzi, who seemed not too surprised that Hua Tianxiong could evade their secret technique tracking and investigation.

After all, as the head of the Thousand Mechanisms Merchant House, one of the ten major merchant houses within the Myriad Dao Shang Alliance, Hua Tianxiong would inevitably possess some special means to preserve his life.

Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang constantly scanned their gazes over the 'Hua Tianxiong' before them, as if trying to see through him.

Yet, as soon as their divine senses touched within three zhang in front of Hua Tianxiong, it was as if they had crashed headlong into a massive mountain peak, and they were completely repelled.

Furthermore, a tidal wave-like pressure of divine sense surged toward the two!

"How is this possible?"

"This divine sense... is comparable to the strength of the Nascent Soul realm!"

Wen Yuliang's originally mocking expression instantly froze on his face, revealing a look of disbelief.

"Junior Brother Wen, this fellow is not right!"

Yun Yangzi also discarded his underestimation, adopting a posture as if facing a great enemy, and took out a golden longsword magical treasure.

His gaze fixed intently on 'Hua Tianxiong', but after staring for a long time, he could not detect anything abnormal.

Even his cultivation base appeared to be only at the early Jin Dan realm.

"Hmph! Playing tricks with ghosts and gods!"

"Let me see what your true face actually looks like!" In Wen Yuliang's hand, that Illusion Heaven Mirror reappeared, and he shone it directly at Qin Ming.

As the green light swept over, no anomaly appeared on 'Hua Tianxiong', and not even a fluctuation in magic power aura occurred.

"Eh? Could it be that he is merely making a mystery of nothing and bluffing?" A soft sound of surprise escaped Wen Yuliang's mouth.

Qin Ming also showed no reaction; clearly, the opponent's methods could not pierce his True Demon Illusion.

Just at this moment.

Suddenly.

His powerful divine sense perception detected a subtle golden sharp qi emanating from beneath his feet.

Whoosh! A golden long needle magical treasure shot upward from below with incredible speed, instantly piercing through Qin Ming's figure.

Yun Yangzi narrowed his eyes, extended his withered right hand, raised it in a gesture, and smoothly recalled the flying needle magical treasure.

Qin Ming's figure scattered like foam, reappearing a hundred zhang away.

"Hmph!"

"For the esteemed Third Elder of Divine Dao Mountain to resort to sneak attacks against someone like me is surely too beneath your dignity, isn't it?"

Having said this, Qin Ming's eyes sharpened; he raised his hand and summoned several huge wooden spike spells that rapidly formed in mid-air, attacking the two opposite him.

At the same time, he made a grasping motion with his five fingers, and several emerald cold lights instantly plunged into the void and vanished without a trace.

Seeing that Hua Tianxiong, who was at the early Jin Dan realm, could easily dodge his strike, a look of shock and suspicion flashed across Yun Yangzi's face.

Moreover, the fact that the opponent could counterattack with such a powerful wood-element spell was truly unexpected.

And in the next moment, a heart-pounding sensation that made his scalp go numb arrived.

Yet when he released his divine sense to investigate, he discovered nothing regarding the source of the crisis, nor could he tell from where the opponent's hidden attack originated; such a bizarre scene made Yun Yangzi shudder with fear.

Yun Yangzi formed hand seals with his hands, hastily casting a protective light shield, and then successively took out several life-preserving talismans, using them all at once.

In front of him, a total of three layers of thick defensive shields formed.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

A series of sounds of penetration rang out consecutively.

With the magical treasure in his hand, Yun Yangzi barely blocked the attack of the wooden spike spells, but the shields on his body were pierced by three emerald streaks of light, which subsequently struck his head.

His head burst open like a watermelon.

Qin Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, seeing clearly that it was an illusion; naturally, the opponent would not die so easily.

In the next instant, just as he had anticipated, the Yun Yangzi who had been struck in a vital spot by Qin Ming's Wood Emperor Nail magical treasure fled clumsily several hundred zhang away, with a trace of fresh blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

A trace of lingering shock appeared in his eyes.

Meanwhile, the figure whose head had just been pierced by the Wood Emperor Nail instantly transformed into a wooden puppet made of grass and trees.

It seemed he had cast some kind of life-preserving witchcraft, allowing the substitute to block this fatal blow for Yun Yangzi.

At this, Yun Yangzi was both shocked and furious; he bit through his middle finger, chanted incantations under his breath, and once again cast a spell at Qin Ming without revealing any trace.

Qin Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately felt a sense of impending doom.

In a careless moment.

His True Extreme Body automatically activated a blood-colored protective true essence shield.

Whoosh! Suddenly, a blinding golden radiance flashed at his left side, striking his protective true-qi barrier.

It was a golden gu worm, writhing its body and baring its fangs as it spewed forth a dazzling gu poison that surged toward him.

This method was silent and invisible, yet extremely vicious.

But all of this gu poison was completely blocked outside by Qin Ming's protective true-qi barrier.

"It even blocked my life-bound Golden Silkworm Gu!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

At this, Yunyangzi could finally not help but shout in inquiry.

After all, he knew the power of his life-bound Golden Silkworm Soul Gu better than anyone.

Even an ordinary late-stage Jin Dan cultivator would not be able to withstand a single strike from it.

With his trump cards failing one after another, it was clearly something an early-stage Jin Dan cultivator could not achieve.

While speaking, Yunyangzi manipulated the Golden Silkworm Gu to continue attacking Qin Ming.

Qin Ming also sensed that this life-bound gu worm of Yunyangzi was quite bizarre; it seemed to be a mid-stage tier-three soul gu.

Not only was it exceptionally effective at breaching physical defenses, but it also specialized in soul-path attacks; any other late-stage Jin Dan cultivator would have found it difficult to withstand such bizarre gu poison.

Seeing its strike miss, the Golden Silkworm Soul Gu instantly expanded its form in midair, transforming into a huge golden maggot four or five zhang in size, opening its mouthparts to spew dozens of golden threads toward Qin Ming.

This caused the nearby space to distort violently.

At this moment.

Since his shaking-head general, the Shi Tian Shu, was not under his command, Qin Ming immediately summoned the Yin Yi Shuangfeng from his Small Xiao Lingjing and released it toward the opposing Golden Silkworm Gu.

The moment the Yin Yi Shuangfeng appeared, its six silver wings trembled, rippling the surrounding space with waves.

It emitted a soul explosion, instantly snapping all the golden threads launched by the golden gu worm.

The two spirit insects met in midair and immediately began biting and grappling with each other.

Seeing Hua Tianxiong display such frequent tricks and even possess a mid-stage tier-three spirit insect at his side, Yunyangzi could no longer maintain his composure.

But before he could react.

The air before him writhed once again as a massive mid-stage tier-three Profound Water Giant Crocodile Demon King appeared, opening its huge mouth and charging at him with overwhelming momentum!

Yunyangzi let out a startled shriek and hurriedly unleashed every trick he had to grapple with the Profound Water Crocodile.

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(End of Chapter)