Chapter 371: Fake Nascent Soul

The exchange between the two sides lasted only a brief instant, yet Yunyangzi of Shendao Mountain had already fallen into a disadvantaged position.

This caused Wen Yuliang, standing nearby, to furrow his brows.

"I never expected Hua Tianxiong of the Thousand Mechanisms Merchant Guild to hide his depth so profoundly."

"Could it be that he is truly the illegitimate son of that old monster Gan from the Offending Li Huogong?"

Immediately after, he pointed a finger forward, and a pitch-black liquid sphere instantly materialized before him.

Boom! The moment this object appeared, the entire surrounding space stagnated, and gravity suddenly increased dozens of times over.

The mountain peak below was instantly crushed into fine powder.

Qin Ming immediately felt a surge of pressure, as if Mount Tai were pressing down upon him.

However, his current physical strength far exceeded that of an ordinary third-rank Demon King, allowing him to forcibly withstand this pressure.

He then flicked his hand, summoning the Nine Nether White Bone Sword into his grip; executing the sword seal without any hesitation or drag, he slashed a thread of white flame sword energy directly at Wen Yuliang.

Whoosh! The white cold flame drew a long sword thread through the air, piercing through everything, ignoring the gravitational field emitted by the strange treasure in Wen Yuliang's hand as it cut toward him.

Simultaneously, Qin Ming's magic power cultivation of the late Jin Dan stage erupted without any concealment! Boom! A spiritual pressure comparable to the peak Jin Dan level descended abruptly! Wen Yuliang, who was dodging the white flame sword energy, felt his eyelids twitch uncontrollably. "Late Jin Dan... no! This aura of magic power is not weaker than mine in the slightest!"

"To easily break free from the gravitational binding of my Profound Origin Heavy Water Bead relying solely on physical strength—just how immense must that power be?"

"Late Jin Dan cultivation, and a top-grade third-rank magical treasure!"

His peak Jin Dan level magic power flowed continuously from within his body into the Profound Origin Heavy Water Bead held in his hand.

In an instant.

The strange treasure in Wen Yuliang's hand suddenly erupted with eight streams of ink-black water, coiling and flying outward in all directions like giant black pythons.

Anything in the air that came into contact with the black water pythons formed from the Profound Water was immediately swallowed and absorbed into them, vanishing without a trace, clean and complete.

It was just like a bottomless black hole.

The thread of white cold flame sword energy that Qin Ming had just slashed was also completely devoured by one of the black pythons, leaving nothing behind.

"It can even swallow spells and divine abilities; this black heavy water bead is indeed somewhat bizarre."

Relying on the strange treasure, the Heavy Water Bead, Wen Yuliang acted with complete confidence, as this treasure had once aided him in slaying several powerful opponents.

He had even slain one peak Jin Dan cultivator from the Offending Li Huogong with it, hence his immense confidence in this treasure.

Seeing that the terrifying white sword thread slashed by 'Hua Tianxiong' was also swallowed by the giant python formed from the Heavy Water Bead, he immediately regained his confidence.

Qin Ming's gaze burned like torches; forming seals with his hands, two wooden walls dozens of zhang tall rapidly condensed in mid-air, blocking the path of that black water giant python.

Yet within mere moments, the two massive wooden walls were also completely devoured by the black light, surging toward Qin Ming.

"Double the gravity!"

Wen Yuliang's magic power poured out wildly from within his body; dealing with a cultivator like 'Hua Tianxiong' who hid such depth, he dared not be the slightest bit negligent.

Thus, he went all out from the very first strike, giving the opponent no chance to counterattack.

Having cultivated for several hundred years, he deeply understood one principle: if one's actions are not decisive and ruthless enough, one will not go far in the Immortal Realm.

This was also Qin Ming's first encounter with a heavy water magical treasure capable of absorbing spiritual energy; he immediately spat a mouthful of air, transforming the Spirit-Devouring Poisonous Flame into a green fire phoenix, which spread its wings dozens of zhang wide and pounced to kill the black water python opposite him.

Rumble-rumble! As water and fire clashed, an earth-shattering, sky-destroying momentum erupted between heaven and earth.

In that instant, the black Profound Water and the green flames scattered and flew apart, twisting and grappling together in a fierce struggle.

The black heavy water, capable of absorbing spiritual energy, proved completely ineffective against the Spirit-Devouring Poisonous Flame, which could similarly devour spiritual energy.

Seeing this situation.

Wen Yuliang's expression finally changed. "A top-grade Heavenly Earth Spiritual Flame!"

Hua Tianxiong kept producing deadly items one after another, making even him, a Nascent Soul seed candidate from Shendao Mountain, feel somewhat unable to hold his ground.

"Junior Brother Wen, save me!"

Just then, Yunyangzi's cry for help came from the side.

Yunyangzi never dreamed that his Natal Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, which he had nurtured for hundreds of years, would be tightly entangled by a silver bee released by the opponent.

Facing a third-rank mid-stage Profound Water Crocodile demon beast alone, even with all his methods unleashed, he gained no advantage whatsoever. Not only was he scorched inside and out by the Five Elements Divine Thunder emitted by the Profound Water Crocodile, but a layer of skin on his thigh was also bitten off, leaving him bleeding profusely.

At this moment, Yunyangzi had long lost his former air of immortality and Daoist grace; only a face full of extreme terror remained as he frantically dodged and blocked the Profound Water Crocodile's attacks.

Moreover, no matter how he summoned his Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, it failed to respond.

The majority of his strength relied on the Golden Silkworm Soul Gu; now that it was tightly restrained by the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, he felt as uncomfortable as a tiger whose teeth had been pulled.

Yunyangzi also never expected that 'Hua Tianxiong' actually possessed a spirit insect that so severely countered his Soul Gu.

Furthermore, its bloodline grade seemed to be even higher than that of his own Golden Silkworm.

One could see mysterious silver spiritual runes erupting from the surface of the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, easily neutralizing the gu poison emitted by the Golden Silkworm.

The attacks of the silver bee spirit insect also seemed to contain some kind of poison of time and age, accelerating the aging of the Golden Silkworm during the course of the battle.

This was precisely the reason Yunyangzi was in such disarray; his Natal Golden Silkworm Soul Gu was intimately connected to himself.

To cultivate this Natal Soul Gu, Yunyangzi had expended countless amounts of essence blood over many years to feed it; if anything went wrong with it, his own cultivation would suffer severe damage.

Seeing this, Wen Yuliang was also utterly astonished; he had not expected that his senior brother would be unable to defeat the two Demon King spirit pets released by Hua Tianxiong.

Moreover, his own most powerful means had failed to gain any advantage against the opponent.

Watching as 'Hua Tianxiong' opposite him, sporting a large belly and wearing a chilling smile on his face, held a white bone sword magical treasure and advanced toward him unhurriedly.

Simultaneously, several emerald-green Wood Emperor Nails had already pierced through his protective spiritual shield.

Wen Yuliang reckoned that without the Profound Origin Heavy Water Bead, he would find it difficult to resist the white bone flame sword threads in the opponent's hand.

Not long ago, the two from Shendao Mountain had pursued with great momentum, never expecting to end up in such a situation.

Thinking of this, a trace of sinister gloom flashed across Wen Yuliang's face as he spoke viciously to Qin Ming: "This is your own doing, forcing me to this!"

Hearing this, Qin Ming's expression paused slightly, revealing a trace of vigilance; he understood that as a Nascent Soul seed candidate from Shendao Mountain, the opponent naturally possessed many unknown trump cards.

But in the next instant, a simple, ancient blue jade talisman appeared in Wen Yuliang's hand.

"A top-grade third-rank Yuan-Exploding Talisman!"

Seeing this, Qin Ming's eyelid twitched; he certainly knew the value of such things.

This third-tier top-grade talisman existed only within major sects; once activated, it could temporarily raise the user's cultivation by one minor realm.

However, using this talisman carried certain side effects, plunging the user into a period of weakness for several years, with severe cases even causing their cultivation to regress.

It seemed Wen Yuliang had been driven to absolute desperation, actually digging out this trump-card talisman to use.

Boom! As Wen Yuliang crushed the blue precious talisman, the aura of magic power on his body surged upward in leaps and bounds, instantly reaching the level of a False Infant!

Violent and unparalleled magic power surged wildly within his body, releasing immense spiritual pressure as a terrifying aura spread outward.

This caused the spiritual energy within a hundred-li radius nearby to suddenly stagnate! Even the Yin Yi Shuangfeng locked in combat with the Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, and the Black Water Crocodile chasing Yun Yangzi, turned their heads under this terrifying pressure to look toward Qin Ming.

Qin Ming had just been preparing to employ the True Qi Transformation Technique to forcibly crush his opponent with his physical body.

But seeing the other party instantly transform into the False Infant realm, he abruptly halted his movement.

He first activated the Yin-Yang Mysterious Mirror divine ability, sweeping his gaze into Wen Yuliang's body; lush green vitality flourished. "A Jin Dan at the peak perfection stage, over three hundred years old, with a Nascent Soul seed from the Divine Dao Mountain—indeed, still quite young."

Qin Ming also sighed, causing an ancient bronze mirror to materialize in his hand, its back engraved with Eight Trigrams spiritual runes.

He asked Wen Yuliang, whose momentum was currently surging across from him, in a faint tone:

"However, you claimed you still have three hundred and fifty years of splendid life ahead; instead of staying at Divine Dao Mountain to cultivate properly and break through to the Nascent Soul realm, why did you come out here to seek death?"

As his words fell,

a ball of golden divine flames erupted from the Gouyu Jin Guang Mirror in Qin Ming's hand, shooting straight toward the opposite side.

Wen Yuliang's pupils contracted sharply; from the confidence of having just gained immense power, he suddenly came to his senses.

A sense of impending catastrophe inexplicably rose in his heart.

(End of Chapter)