Chapter 539: Killing the Ancient Cultivator

After leaving the Spirit God Ring.

Wang Jianqiang held the needle-shaped Magic Treasure and quickly rushed back above the Blood Sea.

"Daoist Friend Wang, you just now..."

"What did you go do?"

Seeing Wang Jianqiang return, Gu Xinran revealed a look of curiosity.

"Naturally, I went to find a way to break the situation."

Wang Jianqiang smiled.

He did not waste time explaining.

He went directly to the side of the Blood Cocoon.

He flicked his finger.

A needle-shaped Magic Treasure flew out.

It then pierced through the blood light outside the Blood Cocoon as easily as if stabbing into tofu, and then pierced into the Blood Cocoon without the slightest hesitation.

The next moment.

The energy within the Blood Cocoon instantly surged violently.

The originally regular circular shape of the Blood Cocoon changed rapidly...

It expanded...

And then it exploded with a boom.

Seeing this scene.

Wang Jianqiang felt a wave of surprise in his heart.

He had not expected this needle-shaped Magic Treasure to actually break the Blood Cocoon, and the process was unexpectedly easy.

At the same time.

Gu Xinran also widened her eyes in an instant.

Wang Jianqiang had only been gone for less than half an incense stick of time.

He had actually found a way to break the Blood Cocoon.

She took a deep look at Wang Jianqiang.

This guy.

It was as if he were omnipotent.

He really was mysterious enough.

Under the gaze of the two.

The blood light and the violent airflow produced by the explosion gradually dissipated.

A mangled, bloody physical body appeared in their field of vision.

Calling it a physical body was actually a bit of a stretch.

Because the figure before them.

Had no hands or feet.

Even the head had only just appeared less than halfway, let alone facial features.

It looked just like an irregular ball of flesh.

After breaking free from the Blood Cocoon.

Blood-colored energy continuously leaked out from the ball of flesh.

As the blood-colored energy drained away, the ball of flesh withered at an alarming speed.

Before the ball of flesh completely dried up.

A wisp of black smoke flew out from the ball of flesh, transforming into the middle-aged man from before.

After the middle-aged man appeared, he stared straight at Wang Jianqiang.

His expression was one of shock and uncertainty, "Junior, where did you get that needle-shaped Magic Treasure?"

"I picked it up." Wang Jianqiang grinned.

The middle-aged man frowned, then revealed a look of sudden realization.

That made sense.

Back then, their entire army was wiped out.

Although she was powerful, the enemy she faced was also the strongest.

She should have already fallen.

After Wang Jianqiang finished speaking, he kept observing the changes in the middle-aged man's expression.

Combining this with the middle-aged man's previous inquiry.

A guess suddenly arose in his heart.

It seemed Xiaobai knew this person!

Could he be from the same era as Xiaobai?

Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted as he looked at the middle-aged man, "You shouldn't be from this world, right?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, the middle-aged man sneered, "This world? I suppose so."

Wang Jianqiang frowned.

"If you are, you are; if you aren't, you aren't."

"What does 'I suppose so' mean?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "Although this seat is a dragon stranded in the shallows, I will not tolerate a junior like you barking orders at me."

After saying this, a flash of ferocity crossed his eyes.

The Soul Body exploded with a boom.

Violent power instantly raged outward.

Wang Jianqiang and Gu Xinran retreated at maximum speed, forced back several thousand zhang before they could steady their forms.

"This person is certainly tough-minded."

Gu Xinran looked toward the void ahead, revealing a trace of amazement.

"Tough-minded?"

Wang Jianqiang chuckled, "It's a bit early to say that now."

After speaking.

His palm suddenly grabbed toward a patch of empty void.

The space twisted for a moment.

Immediately after.

A nearly completely transparent, weak Soul Body was forcibly dragged out.

Seeing this, Gu Xinran was stunned.

This person had not died, and had even hidden themselves.

She had not sensed it in the slightest.

Yet Wang Jianqiang had sensed it!

But thinking of the astonishing sensory ability Wang Jianqiang had displayed while searching for the red light spots, she felt relieved.

"Kid, you were actually able to sense my trail!"

The middle-aged man looked at Wang Jianqiang, his expression full of disbelief.

Although he was already weak to the extreme.

He had, after all, once been a person of heaven-reaching cultivation.

His concealment methods were not something ordinary Cultivators could reach.

Even though he was weak to the extreme, with his concealment power, even ordinary Integration Stage Cultivators shouldn't have been able to sense a shred of him.

He never expected to be easily discovered by this kid!

This kid is only at the Nascent Soul Stage, right?

How is his sensory ability so strong?

Wang Jianqiang smiled and opened his mouth, as if about to speak.

At this instant.

The middle-aged man's expression changed drastically.

"Such a cunning junior!"

"This seat will not submit to you."

Before the words had finished, his Soul Body exploded once again.

The force of the explosion spread.

Wang Jianqiang frowned and retreated several steps.

However, because the middle-aged man's Soul Power had already almost completely exploded earlier.

The remaining power at this moment was negligible and did not cause him any harm.

He sighed with a face full of regret.

Just a moment ago.

He had originally wanted to take advantage of the opponent's soul being weak to the extreme to distract them and see if he could control them.

He did not expect this middle-aged man's reaction to be so fast.

He reacted the instant he made his move.

And self-destructed his Soul Body.

"These old things are truly one more treacherous and cunning than the last."

He muttered secretly in his heart.

Then he thought of Xiaobai.

He secretly excluded one person.

After coming back to his senses.

He looked at the Xue Hai below.

He grabbed downward with his palm.

In the Xue Hai.

A circular Necklace flew out and landed in his palm.

"It is fortunate that your sensory ability is strong, otherwise we really would have let this person escape."

Gu Xinran walked forward, looking at Wang Jianqiang with a face full of admiration.

Wang Jianqiang smiled faintly, "Fairy, you overpraise me; it was merely luck."

Gu Xinran shook her head, recalling the scene from before, and a look of lingering fear flashed across her face.

"That was truly thrilling just now."

"This person's physical body had already finished more than half; if we had been even a stick of incense later, I fear the ones who would have fallen would have been us."

Wang Jianqiang nodded, "Indeed."

He also felt somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, there was Xiaobai.

It was also fortunate that Xiaobai happened to have something to restrain this person, otherwise...

Gu Xinran would have been dead for sure.

He would not have fallen, but his cultivation would have been greatly damaged, and the treasures on his person would have been lost as well.

After coming back to his senses.

Wang Jianqiang looked toward the Xue Hai below, pondered for a moment, and took out his Space Ring.

He began to collect the blood water from the Xue Hai.

"Fairy, this Xue Hai was formed from the blood of that Ancient Cultivator; it might be useful later, you should collect some too."

Gu Xinran's expression stirred.

She nodded.

She took out all the Space Rings on her person and began to collect it.

One day later.

The Xue Hai had dried up.

Gu Xinran looked at Wang Jianqiang, her expression somewhat strange.

She had only collected less than one-tenth of the blood water.

The rest had all been collected by Wang Jianqiang.

It was not that Wang Jianqiang was stingy and would not let her collect it.

It was just that she only carried a few empty Space Rings on her.

Looking at Wang Jianqiang instead...

This guy actually carried over a hundred Space Rings with him.

Was he always this well-prepared?

What supported him in carrying so many Space Rings with him?

Could it be...

That he encountered many situations where he needed Space Rings?