Chapter 788: First Battle Against Luo Ming

Hearing the earth-shattering roar from behind, the man in yellow robes, who was currently engaged in battle with Mu Lingxi, froze, subconsciously distancing himself from Mu Lingxi and turning his head to look.

When he saw that massive mushroom cloud and the powerful force raging within it, his expression changed instantly.

Whoosh—

Just at this moment.

A faint sound of something piercing the air arrived.

The man in yellow robes was startled and hurriedly focused his mind.

He then discovered.

A Jade Bead had already appeared not far in front of him, while that female Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect was rapidly retreating to keep her distance.

His heart skipped a beat.

He hurriedly channeled all his power, forming a defense around his body.

The next moment.

Boom—

A roar sounded once again, and the raging flames submerged him; billowing thick smoke rose, forming a slightly smaller mushroom cloud.

The large and small mushroom clouds reflected each other's brilliance.

The temperature of this world became scorching hot in an instant.

After a good while.

The scorching and violent power gradually dissipated, and the two mushroom clouds vanished.

The figures of Luo Ming and the others reappeared.

At this moment, they no longer possessed their previous composure and arrogance, nor did they have that aura of pointing out the landscape as if everything were under their control.

Luo Ming was charred all over, his aura withered.

In his left and right hands, he each carried a Cultivator who had fallen into a coma; they were the other two Ninth-Order Will Stage fellow sect members besides the man in yellow robes.

Behind him, the three Eighth-Order Will Stage Cultivators had evaporated on the spot and disappeared.

The power of that Disposable Magic Treasure just now was too strong, and the person who used it was too devious, acting too suddenly; they had been completely caught off guard.

Even if he had exhausted all his strength, he had only barely managed to save two of his stronger companions.

He raised his head to look forward.

A figure without the slightest consciousness was falling toward the ground.

It was precisely the man in yellow robes who had been fighting Mu Lingxi earlier, the one referred to as Junior Brother Lu.

Luo Ming's expression tightened.

His figure flashed, appearing beneath Junior Brother Lu.

With a thought, Junior Brother Lu, who was falling toward the ground, was caught by an invisible force and hovered above his head.

He looked at Mu Lingxi, then looked at Wang Jianqiang with a gloomy expression, "You are not Junior Brother Lian; you are that Beast Taming Sect disciple who was standing with Wen Ya before."

Hearing Luo Ming's words, Wang Jianqiang smiled and reverted to the face of Wan Guiyuan, "Daoist Friend's reaction is quite fast."

"I am Wan Guiyuan, greetings, Daoist Friend Luo."

As expected!

Seeing Wang Jianqiang revert to his "true" appearance, Luo Ming's expression was icy.

There were two people who had stood with Wen Ya before.

One male and one female.

Just now, when he saw that female Beast Taming Sect disciple, he had only assumed that the two had separated for special reasons after entering the Earth Vein Stele.

So it turns out...

These two had already planned everything!

Just at this moment, Wang Jianqiang's gentle voice came again.

"Daoist Friend Luo's strength is too great; if Wan and my Junior Sister were to fight head-on, we would definitely be no match, so we had to resort to this desperate measure. I hope Daoist Friend will not take offense."

Luo Ming's face darkened, and the anger in his heart grew a few degrees hotter.

I was almost blown to death by you, and you're telling me not to be angry????

"Wan Guiyuan, is it?"

"Today, Luo Ming admits defeat, but you remember this: this grudge, I will definitely settle!"

"Wait for your death!"

Luo Ming's face was livid; after dropping a few harsh words, he pointed a finger at the center of his brow, and a drop of bright red blood flew out from it.

The next moment.

The blood burned, transforming into a sheet of blood-colored light that enveloped his body, "Mysterious Nether Blood Escape!"

Amidst his cold voice.

His entire person transformed into a streak of blood-colored rainbow light, carrying the three Ninth-Order Will Stage Cultivators and flying toward the distance at an astonishing speed.

This speed was not the slightest bit inferior to his peak state.

In the blink of an eye, they lost their tracks.

Wang Jianqiang and Mu Lingxi just stood where they were, watching, with no intention of chasing after them.

Although the four of Luo Ming had escaped.

The Fortune Power they had collected earlier did not leave with them.

According to the rules of the Spirit Ranking Battle, to seize another's Fortune Power, one does not necessarily have to kill the opponent; defeating them is sufficient.

If the opponent flees, it is also counted as a defeat, and the Fortune Power will automatically detach and be obtained by the victor.

Just like now.

The Fortune Power of six people in total—Luo Ming, two Ninth-Order Will Stage Cultivators, and three Eighth-Order Will Stage Cultivators—all converged onto Wang Jianqiang.

Wang Jianqiang originally had not a shred of Fortune Power on him.

After obtaining the Fortune Power of the six, a Fortune Golden Dragon rapidly condensed and appeared above his head.

The moment it appeared, it reached three hundred and sixty-five zhang.

As for the Fortune Power of the man in yellow surnamed Lu, it was obtained by Mu Lingxi; added to her previous accumulations, the Fortune Golden Dragon above Mu Lingxi's head had also exceeded one hundred zhang.

"Senior Brother, Luo Ming and the others have been plucked clean and have no value for the time being; who shall we look for next?"

Wang Jianqiang pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go find the people from the Xuanming Dao Sect."

Luo Yunshang was forced to come Outside the Realm under the schemes of the experts of the Xuanming Dao Sect.

The people of the Xuanming Dao Sect might know her whereabouts.

Targeting the people of the Xuanming Dao Sect could not only collect some interest for when he and Mu Lingxi were forced into a desperate situation back then, but it was also possible to obtain information about Luo Yunshang; it could be called killing many birds with one stone.

The Xuanming Dao Sect?

Hearing the name of this sect, Mu Lingxi's expression stirred, and a cold glint flashed through her beautiful eyes.

She had already learned from Senior Brother the ins and outs of how the Xuanming Dao Sect opened up the gap in the Immortal Abandoned Land.

She knew that the Covering Heaven Great Hand that had nearly caused Senior Brother and her to perish back then was the masterpiece of a top-tier expert within this sect.

It could be said that they were naturally hostile to her.

Indeed, they could not be let off.

"Fine, they shall be the ones."

……

In the desolate world.

A flash of blood-colored light appeared and descended onto the earth.

Luo Ming's figure manifested, and he knelt directly on the ground, while the three fellow disciples who had been supported by an invisible force fell to the ground.

After panting heavily for a while, he sat slumped on the ground and looked at the three fellow disciples.

The three were all severely injured; if they could not receive treatment as soon as possible, there was a fear of life-threatening danger.

Thinking of this.

He braced his exhausted body, took out three Healing Pills, and fed them to the three one by one.

A look of heartache appeared on his face.

These three pills were not ordinary Healing Pills, but Treasure Pills he had specifically spent a high price to buy for this Spirit Ranking Battle.

For Cultivators below the Spirit Transformation Stage, as long as the Soul was not injured, no matter how severe the injuries to the physical body and Nascent Soul were, they could be quickly healed as long as they did not completely collapse.

He had only prepared five in total.

If it weren't for his special status, which would surely make him a high-level member of the Holy Land in the future, and being unable to watch the Top-tier Prodigies within the Holy Land perish just like that, he would never have been willing to use them on these three.

"All of this is the fault of that pair of dog-man and dog-woman!"

Thinking of his previous encounter, a cold, murderous intent rose on Luo Ming's face.

Even in the previous Spirit Ranking Battle, he had never been this disheveled.

This grudge must be avenged.

The reason he lost this battle was entirely because he was too careless.

Next time.

He would definitely make that Wan Guiyuan die without a burial place!

……

Outside.

The names on the Earth Vein Stele were still constantly changing.

Just a short while ago.

The third-ranked Nine-Nether surpassed Luo Ming and took second place.

This caused quite a stir.

However, just as this wave of commotion had subsided, a more violent wave of commotion broke out among the crowd.

"Look quickly, Luo Ming's name has disappeared!"