Chapter 45: Meeting Lin Xian'er Again

Boom!

Several bolts of lightning, as thick as a bowl, struck the ground.

Lightning flashed, and the earth cracked open.

A figure spat out blood, flew out in a sorry state for several dozen zhang, and slammed heavily onto the ground.

Xiao Wuya scrambled up from the ground in a disheveled state, but instead of looking at the dark green giant bird, he immediately looked toward a Flying Sword wreathed in icy cold aura not far away.

The next moment, a look of madness appeared on his face, and his gaze, filled with chilling killing intent, swept across his surroundings.

"Who is it?"

"How dare you ambush me? Do you have the guts to show yourself?"

The cold voice spread out, but there was no response.

Xiao Wuya's eyes were bloodshot.

It was that very Flying Sword that had just shattered the teleportation passage, cutting off his path of escape.

Knowing there was no hope of escaping from the dark green giant bird, he was single-mindedly focused on finding the hidden person and dragging them down to perish with him.

But no matter how his Spirit Sense probed, he could not detect the slightest abnormality.

As the second-greatest prodigy of the Xuanqing Palace Outer Sect, he was actually going to be plotted against and killed, and he didn't even know who his enemy was.

What a humiliation this was.

At this moment, the stifled rage in his heart even outweighed his fear of death.

Facing the dark green giant bird that was attacking again, he ignored it entirely, only blindly flying back and forth in the vicinity, attempting to find the person who had ambushed him.

Unfortunately, he was destined to fail.

Long after the ambush succeeded, Wang Jianqiang had secretly dug a hole and buried himself.

With the Wood Sword Array to hide his aura, he only needed to deceive Xiao Wuya's eyes.

In the end, Xiao Wuya failed to find the attacker and was reduced to charred remains by bolts of lightning amidst endless stifled rage.

After killing the intruder who had invaded its territory, the dark green giant bird patrolled the area once more before flapping its wings and leaving.

After another while.

Wang Jianqiang quietly brushed away the layer of soil on his face, and seeing that the dark green giant bird had already left, he let out a long sigh of relief.

For the sake of safety, he did not withdraw the Wood Sword Array from his body.

With the Wood Sword Array sealing his aura, the dark green giant bird could not sense his presence.

He looked around, then looked at a charred corpse.

This corpse had been completely reduced to charcoal.

From the countless wounds of varying sizes on the body, it could be seen that the deceased had suffered greatly before dying.

He rummaged through the charcoal-like body and took out a Storage Bag.

After checking it, a flash of Spirit Light appeared in his palm, and a Green Jade Talisman emerged.

This item was precisely the Talisman Treasure that had been able to briefly trap the dark green giant bird.

It had previously been retrieved by Xiao Wuhen, and now it belonged to him.

Besides this, there were six Foundation Establishment Pills and many Spirit Stones in Xiao Wuhen's Storage Bag; he was truly wealthy.

After checking the spoils of war, he did not stay in this place for long.

Setting his sights on the direction of the Core Land, he carefully snuck forward.

In a dilapidated building, a point of Spirit Light suddenly appeared, and then the Spirit Light grew intense.

A figure flashed out from within the Spirit Light.

After the figure appeared, the Spirit Light quickly faded and finally disappeared.

"Where is this?"

A trace of wariness flashed across Lin Xian'er's face.

Only after sensing that there was no danger in the surroundings did her expression relax slightly.

She had absolutely no worry that Xiao Wuhen had not appeared with her.

The teleportation of the Thousand Mile Godly Travel Talisman was random; it was normal for the two of them not to be teleported to the same location.

With Xiao Wuhen's methods, it would be no difficulty at all for him to escape before the teleportation passage of the Thousand Mile Godly Travel Talisman dissipated.

In her mind, Xiao Wuhen must have already escaped safely by now.

After a careful observation, her gaze landed on a staircase leading to the upper floor.

After pondering for a moment, she walked toward the stairs.

When she reached the second floor, she immediately sensed a pure Spiritual Power so dense it was nearly atomized.

Her gaze then fell upon a pool of water about a zhang in diameter.

"This is... a Spirit Pool formed by liquefied Spiritual Power!"

A look of joy appeared on Lin Xian'er's face, and she couldn't help but walk toward the pool.

If she could refine the Spirit Water in the pool, her cultivation would surely see a huge improvement.

Swish~

Just as she reached the edge of the pool, a small green snake the size of a palm instantly shot out from the pool.

The small green snake's speed was astonishingly fast; before Lin Xian'er could react, she felt a pain in her shoulder, having already been bitten by the small green snake.

Her expression turned to shock, and with a surge of Spiritual Power, she shook the small green snake away.

"Beast, you're courting death!"

She looked at the wound on her shoulder, pointed her finger, and a Flying Sword shot out.

Ding!

Sparks flew in all directions.

The little green snake was knocked flying; its scales were incomparably hard, and her strike had not managed to leave even the slightest mark on its body.

Hiss, hiss~

Stimulated by the pain, the little green snake charged up fiercely once again.

Lin Xian'er's expression was icy as she directly summoned a Jade Talisman.

With a flash of Spirit Light, the Jade Talisman transformed into a Jade White Small Sword.

A flash of white light.

Puchi~

The little green snake was sliced vertically into two halves from head to tail.

Seeing that the little green snake was thoroughly dead, Lin Xian'er let out a sigh of relief.

Clutching her wound and preparing to step forward to inspect it, she suddenly felt a wave of scorching heat on her shoulder.

In a brief moment, the sensation of heat spread rapidly throughout her entire body; the clothes on her body could not withstand this high temperature and were silently disintegrated into dust.

Even her consciousness began to blur.

"Oh no, this snake is poisonous!"

Lin Xian'er's expression turned to shock, and she hurriedly gathered all her strength to suppress it.

Immediately after, her complexion changed.

Her strength was actually unable to suppress the toxin within her body.

In a panic, she thought of the Spirit Pool in front of her and jumped into the Spirit Pool without hesitation.

As the dense Spirit Qi entered her body, a feeling of coolness washed over her, lifting her spirits.

"It works!"

She felt a surge of joy in her heart.

However, the strength of the little snake's toxin exceeded her imagination.

It seemed to be a peculiar type of Fire Poison.

Not only could it produce a scorching temperature sufficient to incinerate the physical body like real fire, but it could also stir up a void fire, infinitely magnifying all her emotions.

Even though she had exhausted all her strength and supplemented it with the Cold Pool Spirit Spring to suppress it, she had only barely managed to block the erosion of the Fire Poison within her body.

Fortunately, the Fire Poison within her body was a rootless force.

As long as it continued to be consumed like this, it would sooner or later be completely worn away.

But the prerequisite was that she must maintain this fragile balance.

……

With the Wood Sword Array masking his aura, Wang Jianqiang dodged several Foundation Establishment Spirit Beasts along the way.

In just one day, he crossed over a thousand miles without incident and arrived at the Core Land of the Assessment Space.

"Is this the final destination of the assessment?"

Looking at the dilapidated building in front of him, Wang Jianqiang was lost in thought.

Before him was a three-story Pavilion.

This Pavilion seemed to have experienced endless years, and every brick and tile was filled with an ancient aura.

Wang Jianqiang thought for a moment, then walked toward the Pavilion gate with a cautious face.

Walking through the gate, Wang Jianqiang's vision suddenly blurred.

When he regained his senses, he discovered that he had already appeared inside a building.

He turned to look.

Behind him was a wall, and the gate he had entered through had actually disappeared.

His heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down.

After surveying his surroundings, his gaze fell upon the stairs leading to the upper floor.

"Is this the only path?"

He pondered for a moment, then carefully walked up the stairs toward the upper floor.

A moment later, he tiptoed his way to the second floor.

Then he couldn't help but be stunned.

Appearing before his eyes was a water pool about a zhang in diameter.

The Spirit Qi in the water pool was astonishing.

Upon careful sensing, one could discover that the water in the pool was actually liquefied pure Spiritual Power.

However, what surprised him was not the water pool itself.

It was the figure soaking in the water pool with their back to him.