Chapter 262: Counter-Kill [Happy Mid-Autumn Festival]

"Disciples of the Profound Heaven Pavilion, enter quickly." A silver-haired Nascent Soul cultivator shouted loudly.

As soon as the silver-haired Nascent Soul cultivator's voice fell, a mid Jin Dan cultivator led ten Foundation Establishment perfection disciples and rushed into the space crack channel.

Before the mid Jin Dan cultivator had even stepped into the crack channel, a layer of faint, mysterious light had already lit up on his body, covering his whole person.

That mysterious light was precisely the one activated by the Heaven-Deceiving Spirit Talisman, to conceal the Jin Dan aura and deceive the heavens and cross the sea.

However, even so, when the mid Jin Dan cultivator stepped into the space crack channel, the violent fluctuations caused were far beyond the Foundation Establishment disciples who were with him.

The space crack fluctuated and twisted violently.

The sword light giant claw was crushed by the power of space.

Soon the crack channel closed, and the eleven people had disappeared without a trace.

Soon, the five Nascent Soul cultivators took advantage of the dim firelight of the sea of fire to attack again, tearing open the space crack and building a channel.

Again, a mid Jin Dan cultivator from the Profound Heaven Pavilion led ten Foundation Establishment perfection disciples and rushed into the space crack channel.

After three mid Jin Dan cultivators had successively led ten Foundation Establishment disciples into the space crack channel, it was the turn of the early Jin Dan cultivators to lead the Foundation Establishment disciples into the channel.

An early Jin Dan cultivator could lead fifteen Foundation Establishment disciples at a time.

The team leaders of the five great cultivation families were all early Jin Dan cultivators, and the family disciples they brought into the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame were exactly fifteen.

While the Profound Heaven Pavilion, besides the five Jin Dan cultivators, had sixty disciples entering.

It was not until the five Jin Dan cultivators of the Profound Heaven Pavilion and the five Jin Dan cultivators of the five great cultivation families of the Great Xiao Xuan Kingdom had all led their own Foundation Establishment disciples into the channel that it was the turn of the cultivators from the other six countries in the Great Xiao Xuan Domain.

Without Jin Dan cultivators stirring up the space aura, the channel could support twenty Foundation Establishment disciples entering at once.

"Once you enter the ancient ruins, leave immediately, do not linger in place. Also, remember that twenty days later, a space crack channel will appear again in the desert of the ancient ruins. No matter how great the opportunity, you must give it up and step into the channel. If you stay inside, you will surely die!" As it was about to be the Profound Heaven Sect's turn, Xiao Xiao Hongyi instructed solemnly again.

Soon, it was the Great Liang Kingdom's turn.

Twenty people stepped into the channel almost without distinction of order.

The twisted colorful channel extended infinitely before their eyes, seemingly without an end.

But after a bout of dizziness, Xia Daoming was shocked to find that he had already stepped firmly onto a somewhat scorching desert sand ground, and there was no one around except for a piece of barren sand.

For a moment, Xia Daoming had the illusion of returning to the desert in the north of Mangzhou.

Endless gravel, no plants or human figures to be seen.

However, the scorching feeling coming from the soles of his feet, the temperature all around that made people nearly suffocate, the fiery red sky as if flames were burning, and the giant fierce birds soaring in the sky looking for prey, all of this was telling Xia Daoming that this was not the desert in the north of Mangzhou.

Compared to the harsh environment here, the desert in the north of Mangzhou could be called a fairyland on earth.

Xia Daoming was not very surprised by everything here.

The Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame had been discovered for nearly three thousand years and opened once every two hundred years.

After multiple openings, people returning from various sects and family forces left behind many records about the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame.

Before entering the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, the Profound Heaven Sect had already popularized the information about the ancient ruins known to the Profound Heaven Sect to the four of them.

Just after being teleported in, everyone would randomly appear anywhere in a desert that was relatively free of great danger and about two or three hundred miles in radius.

The greatest danger in this desert was the Jin Dan cultivators of the five great cultivation families of the Great Xiao Xuan Kingdom who were also teleported to this area.

They were powerful, and if they encountered Foundation Establishment disciples from the other six countries in the Great Xiao Xuan Domain, they naturally wouldn't mind killing and looting.

On the contrary, the Profound Heaven Pavilion, as the master of the Great Xiao Xuan Domain, stood above all forces, and their Jin Dan cultivators generally disdained to kill and loot the Foundation Establishment disciples of the forces below.

Their goal was the restricted area, and the rare spirit herbs that helped break through the Core to form a Nascent Soul and had great efficacy for Nascent Soul cultivators.

Xiao Xiao Hongyi instructed repeatedly for Xia Daoming and the four others to leave immediately after entering the ancient ruins and not linger in place, mainly to guard against the Jin Dan cultivators of the five great cultivation families of the Great Xiao Xuan Kingdom.

Xia Daoming was bold due to his superb skills and didn't follow Xiao Xiao Hongyi's instructions to leave immediately, but instead stopped in place, looked around, and released his powerful spiritual sense, which was not inferior to a late Jin Dan cultivator.

However, the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame were filled with active and violent fire elemental power everywhere, and his spiritual sense was greatly interfered with, only able to cover a range of three or four miles.

In this desert with no cover, it was not as useful as his eyes.

Thus, Xia Daoming retracted his spiritual sense, only lingering around his body as a precaution.

"Pity, there is no trace of that red-haired old monster from the Qi family." Xia Daoming stood still and looked into the distance, only faintly seeing a black shadow disappear rapidly in the distance, and never saw anyone else again.

"Whatever, let's identify the direction of the restricted area and move forward first." Soon, Xia Daoming tapped his toes on the ground and leaped forward, moving like a rabbit and falling like a falcon, quickly disappearing from the spot.

Fierce birds soared and circled in the sky of the ancient ruins, and those fierce birds were not lacking in fourth-tier demonic beasts, firmly controlling the air superiority.

Flying on magic treasures here was too conspicuous and easily attracted fierce birds to surround and hunt.

Moreover, flying here would be suppressed by a mysterious magnetic field force; the higher one flew, the greater the suppression, and compared to the outside world, flying here consumed more energy.

Therefore, if not necessary, it was best to walk on the ground in the ancient ruins.

Directly in front of Xia Daoming, in a distant place, a giant mountain emitting red light could be seen.

That mountain stood between heaven and earth, looking from afar as if it supported the entire fiery red firmament of the ancient ruins.

And that red light was like a giant fire phoenix, circling and flying around the giant mountain.

That mountain was the restricted area of the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, known as the Fire Phoenix Restricted Area.

It is rumored that in the ancient prehistoric era, it was very likely a place where phoenixes had perched.

Since the opening of the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, a few Foundation Establishment geniuses had luckily broken in, but no one had survived.

Even Jin Dan cultivators, entering the restricted area, had a survival rate that had never exceeded half so far, and the range of their activities had never truly entered the central area of the Fire Phoenix Restricted Area.

As Xia Daoming went deep into the desert, the flames above the center of the large lake outside the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame disappeared, as if they had never appeared.

After the five Nascent Soul cultivators left, the Jin Dan cultivators from various forces hesitated for a moment and then dispersed one after another, preparing to come and pick them up twenty days later.

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The scorching desert was said to have no great danger, but that was only relative.

While crossing this desert, Xia Daoming encountered two huge yellow sand tornadoes.

That wind rolled up yellow sand, blocking the sky and the sun, like a yellow dragon raging between heaven and earth.

The wind was not ordinary wind, but a knife-like tornado.

The sand was also not ordinary sand; every grain of yellow sand was the essence left over after being burned by the earth fire, as hard as iron.

Xia Daoming witnessed with his own eyes a Foundation Establishment cultivator who couldn't dodge in time, was sucked into this wind, and disappeared.

Besides this, Red Fire Giant Lizards also lived under the desert.

This beast was covered in thick armor, had sharp and powerful claws, and could also spray flames. It was a third-tier peak demonic beast, comparable to a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator.

Those qualified to enter the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame were generally the best among Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators, so they were not afraid of Red Fire Giant Lizards.

It was just that if one was unlucky and got entangled by three or five Red Fire Giant Lizards, there would be the danger of injury and falling.

Xia Daoming encountered a Red Fire Giant Lizard on the way.

That giant lizard opened its bloody mouth, but before it could spray flames, it was blasted to pieces by Xia Daoming with a punch from the air.

Not long after, Xia Daoming crossed the desert and came to an area where the ground was rugged and uneven, with continuous low hills everywhere.

On these hills grew fiery red shrubs and weeds of various shapes, as well as many towering giant trees whose trunks were like cast yellow copper, but whose branches and leaves were like burning flames.

This towering giant tree was named the Fire Copper Tree, which was the firewood that alchemists liked to use for their alchemy furnaces, and its trunk could be used as a material for refining gold and fire-element magic treasures.

Speaking of which, this vast expanse of Fire Copper Tree forest, in huge numbers, placed in the outside world, would definitely be a resource that various sects would fight for.

It was just that here, cultivators from various forces would not have the thought of cutting and collecting.

For one thing, this tree was extremely hard and very difficult to cut; for another, this tree was bulky, and taking away a few trees wouldn't be worth many spirit stones.

These cultivators entered the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, all for the sake of great opportunities, and naturally wouldn't pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons.

"This should be the first opportunity place of the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, Fire Copper Ridge. According to the sect records, the degree of danger in this mountain ridge is relatively low, and precious medicinal herbs that help form the Core, such as Fire Nettle Grass, Sparrow Dragon Vermilion Grass, and Lamp Flame Fruit, grow in the mountain ridge, which is the most suitable place for Foundation Establishment cultivators to find opportunities.

"This should be the Fire Copper Ridge, the first place of opportunity in the Nirvana Flame Ancient Ruins. According to sect records, the danger level of this mountain ridge is relatively low. Growing within the ridge are precious medicinal herbs that aid in Core Formation, such as Fire Nettle Grass, Sparrow Dragon Vermilion Grass, and Lamp Flame Fruit. It is the most suitable place for Foundation Establishment cultivators to properly seek opportunities."

Senior Uncle Xiao instructed us that if we find enough opportunities in Fire Copper Ridge, we should stop while we are ahead and not go to the Lava Abyss to take risks. It's just that for me and those Jin Dan cultivators, medicinal herbs like Fire Nettle Grass are not considered great opportunities, so there is no need to waste time here."

Xia Daoming looked at the Fire Copper Ridge that couldn't be seen at a glance, while his mind turned.

Soon, he made a decision, leaped up, shuttled through the towering Fire Copper Trees, climbed over the hills, and moved firmly toward the direction of the restricted area.

Half an hour later.

When Xia Daoming passed through a forest of towering Fire Copper Trees, a tall Fire Copper Tree suddenly collapsed and scattered, turning into a piece of bronze-colored thick cloud.

The bronze-colored thick cloud flew toward Xia Daoming rapidly at low altitude with a buzzing sound.

Xia Daoming's vision was sharp, and he immediately discovered that the bronze-colored thick cloud was actually gathered by flying ants, each the size of a little finger, growing a pair of wings.

The flying ants were dense, numbering in the thousands.

"Fire Copper Flying Ants!"

Even though Xia Daoming was powerful, seeing the thousands of second-tier demonic beast Fire Copper Flying Ants coming like a thick cloud blocking the sky and the sun, he couldn't help but feel a bit creepy.

But it was too late to say.

Seeing the thousands of Fire Copper Flying Ants flying over to swallow Xia Daoming, at the moment of engulfing, thousands of red silk lights shot out from Xia Daoming's body.

As soon as the thousands of red silk lights touched the thick cloud, a burst of squeaking and chaotic calls was heard, and thousands of Fire Copper Flying Ants fell to the ground like a meteor shower.

But in the blink of an eye, the thick cloud of flying ants blocking the sky and the sun disappeared, and there was an extra layer of Fire Copper Flying Ant corpses on the ground, as if the ground had been plated with a layer of thick copper.

On that copper sheet, there were fine holes all over.

Xia Daoming glanced at the corpses of the Fire Copper Flying Ants all over the ground, his heart trembling.

Although these Fire Copper Flying Ants were only second-tier demonic beasts, thousands of them coming to block the sky and the sun was still extremely terrifying. Even a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator at Li Li Tinggui's level, if he couldn't escape and was surrounded by them, would probably die or peel off a layer of skin.

If he didn't have the boundless Blood Sea to rely on, and powerful spiritual sense to instantly activate thousands of forces, turning them into fine needles to annihilate the flying ants, but instead relied solely on his Qi Refining cultivation, he would probably have been left without even bone dregs.

"Master was right, the so-called degree of danger not being high is only relative to the opportunities here. Just Fire Copper Ridge has such danger, the restricted area must be extremely dangerous, I must be twelve thousand times more careful, and absolutely cannot be careless."

Xia Daoming thought in his heart, waved his hand, and collected the thousands of Fire Copper Flying Ant corpses into his storage ring.

These Fire Copper Flying Ants fed on Fire Copper Trees, and their bodies were like refined Fire Copper Trees, which were excellent materials for refining gold and fire-element magic treasures.

So many Fire Copper Flying Ants were worth quite a few spirit stones.

After collecting the Fire Copper Flying Ants, Xia Daoming continued to move forward.

He didn't know how many hills he had climbed over; at first, Xia Daoming could occasionally see one or two figures leaping in the mountains and forests from afar.

But gradually, Xia Daoming could no longer see any figures.

Clearly, the vast majority of people started looking for opportunities in Fire Copper Ridge, unlike Xia Daoming who moved straight toward the restricted area.

As Xia Daoming was moving forward, he saw a bronze-colored thick cloud diving down toward a hillside on a small hill in front.

On that hillside stood three people, one of whom was an old man with red hair and a pigeon face, who was precisely Qi Qi Shixin, a Jin Dan clan elder of the Qi family, one of the five great cultivation families of the Great Xiao Xuan Kingdom.

And the other two, a man and a woman, Xia Daoming recognized from his memory as Foundation Establishment disciples of the Qi family.

Watching the Fire Copper Flying Ants diving down to block the sky and the sun, the whole sky turned black, as if they were going to swallow them, the man and the woman both showed a trace of nervousness, their hands tightly gripping their magic treasures, ready to take action at any time.

However, before the two could take action, they saw Qi Qi Shixin raise his hand, and a net emitting cold air and crystal clear floated out.

The net grew with the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it covered an area of nearly a hundred feet, scooping toward the incoming Fire Copper Flying Ants.

In an instant, points of cold light lit up, as if the sky was full of cold stars twinkling.

As soon as the flame light on the Fire Copper Flying Ants touched the cold light, first there was mist steaming from their bodies, and then in the blink of an eye, they were frozen and fell into the net one after another.

In the distance, Xia Daoming's eyes narrowed slightly upon seeing this, and his heart was amazed: "It seems that the early Jin Dan cultivators selected by the five great families are all the best among the early Jin Dan cultivators. Such a means of easily capturing so many Fire Copper Flying Ants in one net is something no Jin Dan early-stage elder of the Profound Heaven Sect can compare to."

"Uncle Ancestor is truly capable!" On the other side of the hill, the man and the woman breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly opened their mouths to flatter.

Qi Qi Shixin didn't pay attention to the two, but while collecting the Fire Copper Flying Ants into his storage ring, he felt something and looked toward the direction where Xia Daoming was.

The man and the woman saw this and subconsciously looked in the direction of Qi Qi Shixin's gaze.

"Eh, isn't that a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect?" The woman raised her willow eyebrows, revealing a trace of joy at seeing a hunter.

"This child's cultivation is not high, but his mind is very high. He didn't linger on the periphery of Fire Copper Ridge, but went straight to the depths." Qi Qi Shixin curled his lips in a mocking sneer.

"That's just right, this nephew will go and take his dog life first, and make a small fortune." The man revealed a trace of ferocious smile.

After saying that, the man leaped and forced his way toward Xia Daoming.

"It shouldn't be that simple to enter this ancient ruins, Qi Mo, you go over too." Qi Qi Shixin's heart moved, and he said lightly.

As for himself, he stood in place without moving.

No matter how powerful Xia Daoming was, he was only a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator. He let two Foundation Establishment perfection juniors take action together, which was already being overly cautious.

How could he need to take action himself?

"Yes, Uncle Ancestor!" The woman was slightly startled, then followed closely behind the man.

Xia Daoming saw a man and a woman leaping toward him, seemingly a bit scared, and actually ran toward the direction where Qi Qi Shixin was standing.

"This... haha!" The man and the woman were dumbfounded first, and then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Interesting!" Qi Qi Shixin saw this and couldn't help but shake his head with a playful smile.

However, as Xia Daoming approached, Qi Qi Shixin suddenly felt uneasy.

Although this uneasiness made Qi Qi Shixin feel incredible, he still raised his hand, and a piece of crystal cold light flickered.

The cold ice mysterious net that had just frozen thousands of Fire Copper Flying Ants flew up through the air and covered Xia Daoming's head.

Cold air permeated, and the entire space seemed to be about to be frozen.

Xia Daoming, who was running, felt the Blood Sea in his body surging, his hot blood boiling, as if flames were burning in his body, excluding the invading cold air from his body.

Almost at the same time, the Mysterious Hazy Mirror soared into the sky, hanging above his head, and shone a hazy bright light toward the cold ice mysterious net that was flying through the air and covering him.

Qi Qi Shixin saw this, a trace of astonishment flashed across his face, and then a mocking sneer curled at the corner of his mouth.

He was a leader among the Jin Dan cultivators of the Qi family, with unique vision.

As soon as the Mysterious Hazy Mirror soared into the sky, he judged that this mirror was a very rare magic treasure with special functions.

It was just that a magic treasure was ultimately a magic treasure, so how could it block his famous magic treasure?

Moreover, the other party was only a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator, so how much power could he exert from such a magic treasure!

In fact, the Mysterious Hazy Mirror indeed couldn't block the cold ice mysterious net.

That hazy bright light fell on the cold ice mysterious net, only causing the cold ice mysterious net to pause slightly in the air, and in that split second, the cold ice mysterious net had already broken through that hazy bright light.

It could be said that there was almost no influence.

However, Qi Qi Shixin's face changed greatly, revealing shock.

Because this mirror actually caused a trace of influence on his cold ice mysterious net.

Not only that, taking advantage of that split second, Xia Daoming actually accelerated suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, and before the cold ice mysterious net fell, he had already avoided the coverage area of the cold ice mysterious net and was approaching him rapidly.

However, Qi Qi Shixin recovered his calm in the blink of an eye.

He pinched the magic formula with both hands, and rolling magic power rushed out from his body, actually forming petals of lotus flowers, circling around his body and rotating rapidly.

Those lotus petals were not only cold, but the edges of the petals were as sharp as knife edges, rotating rapidly, guarding Qi Qi Shixin airtight, both offensive and defensive.

Seeing that the body-protecting secret technique had been formed, Qi Qi Shixin curled his lips in a sneer.

This secret technique was the Qi family's unique skill, both offensive and defensive, and the speed of activation was faster than activating a magic treasure, and the power was not inferior to a defensive magic treasure.

The only drawback was that it consumed too much magic power in an instant and could not last long.

However, Xia Daoming accelerated suddenly and approached rapidly, and the terrifying blood energy aura emitted from his body made Qi Qi Shixin feel uneasy. Under the conditioned reflex, he couldn't care about sacrificing the defensive magic treasure, but first performed the secret technique.

Now that the secret technique was completed, Qi Qi Shixin was completely at ease.

As a leader among early Jin Dan cultivators, Qi Qi Shixin believed that with the lotus body-protecting secret technique, he was not only invincible but also that once Xia Daoming attacked at close range, he would be counter-attacked and suppressed by the secret technique.

Xia Daoming saw Qi Qi Shixin react so quickly and without any underestimation, and couldn't help but secretly be startled in his heart, thinking that he was indeed worthy of being a leader among early Jin Dan cultivators!

While his mind turned, Xia Daoming pinched his five fingers and had already formed the Tiger-Subduing Handprint.

Once the handprint was formed, rolling blood energy force rushed out of his body, forming a giant handprint in the void that looked like it was cast from gold and copper.

The handprint emitted a terrifying and powerful force aura.

Xia Daoming pressed the handprint lightly against Qi Qi Shixin's chest from the air.

The Tiger-Subduing Handprint pressed against Qi Qi Shixin's chest.

Qi Qi Shixin looked at the handprint pressing down, and another wave of uneasiness rose in his heart.

It was just that it was too late to make any defense at this time, and as a Jin Dan cultivator, Qi Qi Shixin didn't believe that his body-protecting secret technique couldn't withstand the opponent's handprint.

Even so, Qi Qi Shixin still hurriedly recalled the cold ice mysterious net.

Preparing to take Xia Daoming down with the cold ice mysterious net after one blow.

The Tiger-Subduing Handprint pressed onto the lotus petals rapidly circling around Qi Qi Shixin in the blink of an eye.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The petals exploded one after another.

And the Tiger-Subduing Handprint only flashed with light, and except for being slightly weakened and dimmed on the surface, the main body suffered limited damage, successively pressing and exploding layers of petals, and in the blink of an eye, it pressed firmly onto Qi Qi Shixin's chest.

Qi Qi Shixin flew backward.

In the air, most of his chest exploded, leaving a bloody handprint hole, which looked incomparably shocking.

"Uncle Ancestor! How could this be?"

Behind Xia Daoming, the man and the woman who were chasing rapidly saw this scene, and were almost scared out of their wits.

The rushing figures stopped in place subconsciously.

But in the blink of an eye, the two could no longer care about why such a terrifying and weird thing happened.

Even, the two completely forgot that there were giant fierce birds circling in the sky above the mountain ridge.

Two rays of light lit up, and the two respectively drove their magic treasures and soared into the sky.

It was just a pity that it was already too late.

Just as the two had driven their magic treasures and soared into the sky, Xia Daoming had already reached out his claws toward the two from the air.

Strong winds rose.

Two dragon claws covered in scales suddenly appeared in the air, piercing through the void, and respectively hooked and grabbed toward the two.

The man saw the dragon claws hooking and grabbing like electricity, the claws flashing with cold metallic luster, his face turned pale, and he opened his mouth to spray a flying sword emitting cold air.

"Clang!"

With a sound of gold and iron clashing, the flying sword was directly slapped away by the dragon claws.

Then the dragon claws pierced through his body.

The man died and fell from the sky.

At the same time, the woman was much calmer.

She raised her hand, and a black, pigeon-egg-sized bead shot toward the dragon claws coming through the void.

"Dark Yin Thunder!"

Xia Daoming's face changed slightly.

This thunder, his Master had also bestowed him one, and its power was comparable to a full-strength blow from a mid Jin Dan cultivator.

"Boom!"

Before Xia Daoming could manipulate the dragon claws to dodge, as soon as the Dark Yin Thunder touched the force emitted by the dragon claws, it exploded fiercely.

With the Dark Yin Thunder as the center, ice-cold black wind blades shot out, forming a huge wind blade vortex, strangling the dragon claws.

The dragon claws rushed and killed in the vortex, their light constantly being weakened, but they were not destroyed by the strangulation.

The woman saw that her life-saving object actually failed to destroy the dragon claws that Xia Daoming had casually performed with some secret technique, and couldn't help but change her face greatly, her eyes full of horror.

This Dark Yin Thunder was equivalent to a full-strength blow from a mid Jin Dan cultivator!

The other party's casual claw could resist the power of this thunder explosion, didn't that mean that the other party's strength had already reached the late Jin Dan level?

It was also at this moment that this woman understood that Xia Daoming killing her Uncle Ancestor with one blow just now, while partly due to her Uncle Ancestor's carelessness, the real reason was the huge gap in strength between the two sides.

"Escape! Escape! Escape!"

Only one thought remained in the woman's mind, and suddenly blood light flashed on her pretty and good-looking back, and then the blood light condensed into a pair of blood-colored wings, wreathed in lightning, thin and transparent.

At the same time, the woman's originally round and smooth face withered and aged rapidly, and her black hair turned gray-white weirdly, as if time was passing rapidly on her.

The blood-colored wings wreathed in lightning flapped.

In an instant, the woman seemed to have turned into a blood-colored lightning, breaking through the air at a terrifying speed.

Xia Daoming's face changed slightly upon seeing this.

He didn't expect that this woman not only carried Dark Yin Thunder with her but also had a flying magic treasure with amazing speed.

However, Xia Daoming didn't have any hesitation.

Several thousand-year mysterious bamboo swords shot out, extending green bamboo branches, rolling up Qi Qi Shixin, the Qi family Foundation Establishment man, and the fallen magic treasures, while collecting them into his storage ring, he tapped his toes on the ground, and his whole person soared into the sky.

In mid-air, a pair of giant green wings grew out from his back, rolling up bursts of strong wind, as if a giant green eagle was flying rapidly in the wind.

Green Eagle Wind-Riding Technique!

One of the two body-refining supernatural powers Xia Daoming found in the Profound Heaven Sect.

The Qi family was one of the five great cultivation families of the Great Xiao Xuan Kingdom, and its strength far exceeded the Profound Heaven Sect, and even exceeded the sum of the strength of the three major sects of the Great Liang Kingdom.

If this woman passed the news out and let the Qi family know that he killed the Qi family's Jin Dan clan elder and disciples, even if he was powerful, he would probably not be able to escape the Qi family's pursuit.

Besides, that blood-colored wing wreathed in lightning on the woman was clearly a very rare flying magic treasure. With Xia Daoming's Green Eagle Wind-Riding Technique, if combined with this magic treasure, the speed of the two would be superimposed, and in the future, when encountering Nascent Soul ancestors, even if he couldn't beat them, running away should still be no problem.

As soon as the woman sacrificed this treasure, Xia Daoming was determined to get it.

Therefore, even knowing that flying rapidly over Fire Copper Ridge easily attracted powerful demonic birds to surround and kill was a taboo for this trip, Xia Daoming could no longer care.

"Damn it! How is his speed so fast!" The woman, fleeing rapidly, looked back suddenly and saw Xia Daoming like a giant green eagle, chasing after her like a shadow, and couldn't help but change her face greatly, her eyes full of despair.

The Lightning Blood Wings were a very precious flying magic treasure, which her grandfather had luckily obtained after paying a heavy price in an exploration.

For this, her grandfather returned to the family and passed away less than twenty years later.

She was the most outstanding disciple in her branch, and was highly valued by the family, so the Lightning Blood Wings were passed to her.

With her cultivation, once this magic treasure was activated, even ordinary late Jin Dan cultivators would not be able to catch up.

But this magic treasure had a drawback: it didn't consume much magic power when activated, but it would suck away a large amount of blood energy.

Although the blood energy of a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator was far more surging and powerful than that of an ordinary person, it could only support the blood energy consumption of this magic treasure for a short time and could not last long.

However, with the amazing speed of the Lightning Blood Wings, once activated, it was enough for her to get rid of danger in a short time, so there was no need to worry about the blood energy being unable to support the activation of this treasure.

Therefore, this time entering the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, the family had high hopes for her, believing that she was powerful and had the Lightning Blood Wings to save her life, so she would surely return safely and fully loaded.

As a result, she never dreamed that not long after entering the ancient ruins, she would encounter such a super perverted guy as Xia Daoming.

Blood energy was constantly sucked into the Lightning Blood Wings.

The blood wings emitted astonishing blood color, lightning flashed inside, and they streaked across the sky, looking very stunning.

Just in the lightning blood light, the woman's face became more and more aged, and her round and smooth body constantly withered, becoming skin and bones.

Suddenly, a burst of intense weakness and dizziness hit her brain.

The light of the Lightning Blood Wings dimmed all of a sudden.

The woman, with a pair of wings, fell from the sky like a meteor.

"Haha, magic treasures are still too high-end for Foundation Establishment cultivators, this woman couldn't last long. Otherwise, if it were a Jin Dan cultivator, I would definitely not have been able to catch up."

Seeing the woman powerless, falling directly from the air, Xia Daoming was overjoyed and landed on the ground closely behind her.

"This..."

Seeing the skinny person lying on the ground, with hands like chicken claws, white hair, and dying, as if she were a disaster victim who didn't know how many days she had been hungry, Xia Daoming was full of astonishment.

If it weren't for the fact that this woman had never left his line of sight, he would definitely have thought he had chased the wrong person.

"Who exactly are you?" The woman looked at Xia Daoming with a face like dead ashes, her voice hoarse and weak.

"Didn't you know long ago? I am a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect." Xia Daoming replied, his gaze sizing up the woman.

"Impossible! Your strength is already comparable to late Jin Dan, if you were a Profound Heaven Sect disciple, it would be impossible to be so unknown, and with your strength, how could you deceive the heavens and cross the sea to enter this Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame?" The woman stared at Xia Daoming, unwilling to give up.

"Then you tell me first, why did you become like this? Could it be that there is some taboo in activating this magic treasure?"

Xia Daoming pointed at the woman from the air, and a point of red light broke through the air and landed in his hand, revealing a vermilion wing, half the size of a palm, engraved with many complex ancient runes, crystal clear, and as thin as nothing.

"It doesn't count as a taboo, it's just that this magic treasure will suck away a large amount of blood energy once activated. The longer the flight time, the more blood energy it sucks away, but the magic power consumed is not much, it is a magic treasure from the Demon Sect." The woman didn't play dumb with Xia Daoming, but answered one by one.

Anyway, even if she didn't say it, Xia Daoming would soon be able to figure out the ins and outs of refining this magic treasure.

But if she didn't answer, Xia Daoming would definitely not tell her why he was so powerful and could still enter the ancient ruins.

Then she would not die in peace!

"You said that this magic treasure sucks away a large amount of blood energy when activated, but the magic power consumed is not much! In this way, as long as there is enough powerful blood energy, this magic treasure can exert its true power!" Xia Daoming was overjoyed upon hearing this.

His magic power was not profound enough, but when it came to blood energy.

He had a boundless Blood Sea, not to mention Jin Dan cultivators, even Nascent Soul cultivators would be inferior to him.

It could be said that this was simply a magic treasure tailored for him!

With this magic treasure, his danger when entering the restricted area would be greatly reduced.

Otherwise, even if he entered the restricted area with his strength, there would be no small risk.

After all, it is rumored that five-tier demonic beasts comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators are entrenched in that restricted area.

"It should be!" Seeing Xia Daoming's happy face, the woman stared at him with increasing confusion.

"I am a true Profound Heaven Sect disciple, I am also a true mid Foundation Establishment cultivator, but what I truly cultivate is body-refining martial arts." Xia Daoming, in a good mood, looked at the woman, smiled, and said slowly.

"Hasn't body-refining martial arts long since declined? How could it be so powerful!" The woman was full of disbelief.

"This is not for you to know. Now, you can go in peace!" Xia Daoming sneered coldly and pointed at the woman's forehead from the air.

A force like a sword pierced through the woman's brow.

The woman's head tilted, and her breath stopped completely.

Xia Daoming skillfully searched her body and took off her storage bracelet.

Soon, Xia Daoming took out two more corpses from his storage ring.

The storage rings worn on the fingers of these two corpses had long been taken off by him at the first moment. The reason for putting the corpses into the storage ring was to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.

Especially Jin Dan cultivators, sometimes they would wear magic treasures close to their bodies, and even store their natal magic treasures in their dantian to nourish them day and night, requiring separate searching.

Sure enough, the Foundation Establishment male cultivator didn't have any valuable items on him, but from Qi Qi Shixin's dantian, not only did a silver ring-shaped magic treasure fall out, but he also wore a jade pendant close to his body around his neck.

That jade pendant had runes flowing on it, containing hazy mist, with an ice dragon faintly visible inside.

Xia Daoming's spiritual sense probed, and he felt a powerful and cold aura sweeping over, and couldn't help but shiver.

"This jade pendant is clearly not a magic treasure, but it has an aura no less than a magic treasure. Qi Qi Shixin, as a dignified Jin Dan cultivator, actually wears it close to his body, it must be extraordinary. Could it be an ancient jade talisman?" Xia Daoming raised his eyebrows, revealing a trace of surprise.

Ancient jade talismans are talismans passed down from ancient times, inside which powerful magic spells are sealed.

Once those magic spells are activated, their power is not inferior to magic treasures used by Jin Dan cultivators, and a few jade talismans are even comparable to powerful magic treasures.

Not only that, activating an ancient jade talisman only requires a very small amount of magic power, and even an early Foundation Establishment cultivator can use it easily.

Of course, ancient jade talismans have a limited number of uses. Once the powerful magic spells sealed inside are exhausted, the jade talisman becomes a useless stone.

But even so, the preciousness of an ancient jade talisman is comparable to a magic treasure.

Thinking in his heart, Xia Daoming had already dripped blood onto this ownerless jade pendant and took it for his own use.

As soon as the fresh blood dripped on it, he had a mysterious connection with the jade pendant, and his mind gained some information from the ancient jade talisman.

"Ice Dragon Jade Talisman, can repel fire!"

"Good stuff, with this jade talisman, crossing that Lava Abyss will be much easier, and it can save a lot of blood energy force."

Xia Daoming was overjoyed, and soon he picked up the silver ring-shaped magic treasure and the cold ice mysterious net again to examine them carefully.

Magic treasures are incomparably precious.

Not to mention Foundation Establishment cultivators or False Core cultivators, even Jin Dan cultivators have to spend a lot of thought and effort to possibly get one.

The vast Profound Heaven Sect, among cultivators below Jin Dan, only Shang Shang Yiyang, by chance, possessed a magic treasure.

The rest all used magic tools.

Xia Daoming was no exception.

As a result, he didn't expect that just after entering the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame, if counting the Lightning Blood Wings, he would get three magic treasures at once.

These three magic treasures were now ownerless, so they were easy to refine.

However, with Xia Daoming's current Qi Refining cultivation realm, even if he refined them, he could only easily activate the Lightning Blood Wings. The other two, the Geng Silver Ring and the Cold Ice Mysterious Net, consumed too much power for him, and it was estimated that he would exhaust his magic power in a moment, so under normal circumstances, unless he was at the end of his rope, he wouldn't release them to fight the enemy.

But having more treasures doesn't weigh one down.

Xia Daoming didn't care about that much, and since he had good things in hand, he immediately spent some time refining all three magic treasures and officially taking them for his own.

After refining the Lightning Blood Wings, the Geng Silver Ring, and the Cold Ice Mysterious Net, Xia Daoming began to count the items in the storage ring.

The items collected in the storage rings of the two Qi family Foundation Establishment disciples were classified very clearly and simply, all of which were items prepared for the exploration of the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame.

One type was high-tier talismans with great power, one type was spirit pills and high-grade spirit stones used to quickly restore magic power, and another type was high-quality spirit pills and spirit herbs used for healing.

Every one of these things was worth a lot, and the quantity was quite considerable. If it were other Foundation Establishment cultivators, they would probably have been overjoyed long ago.

However, for Xia Daoming, these were not considered anything.

He soon shifted his attention to Qi Qi Shixin's storage ring.

With this shift, Xia Daoming's eyes suddenly lit up.

The items collected in the storage ring were very simple, only three top-grade spirit stones, three Dark Yin Thunders, a broken and yellowed talisman, and two bottles of pills.

The power of the three Dark Yin Thunders was naturally clear to Xia Daoming; not only did he collect one himself, but he had also just blocked one not long ago.

The value was absolutely expensive.

With Zuo Zuo Dongge's family background, he could only take out one for him to save his life.

The three top-grade spirit stones went without saying.

Top-grade spirit stones, theoretically, have an exchange ratio of one to one million with low-grade spirit stones.

But in reality, in the current cultivation world of the Great Xiao Xuan Domain, top-grade spirit stones are priceless.

No one would be willing to take a top-grade spirit stone to exchange for one million low-grade spirit stones.

It is even rumored that at an auction, a top-grade spirit stone was sold for a high price of ten million low-grade spirit stones.

Because top-grade spirit stones not only contain extremely pure spiritual energy, which can extremely quickly replenish magic power consumption, but also the large-scale sect-protecting formations of major sects, and some powerful restrictions, all require top-grade spirit stones to exert their true power.

And top-grade spirit stones are becoming increasingly scarce as they are constantly consumed, and have become the strategic reserves of major sects, which will never be used under normal circumstances.

The two bottles of pills, one for restoring magic power and one for healing, were both pills that were a level higher and more precious than those collected by the two Qi family disciples.

That broken and yellowed talisman had many complex and ancient runes drawn on it.

The ancient runes combined together, faintly revealing the appearance of a sword.

The sword was blurry and could not be seen clearly, but it exuded a sword intent and murderous aura that made even Xia Daoming feel a trace of horror.

Seeing that this broken talisman was clearly very powerful, Xia Daoming was first overjoyed, and then couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart.

"Once this talisman is activated, its power is probably comparable to a late Jin Dan attack! It seems that this time the five great cultivation families have spent a lot of money for the Ancient Ruins of Nirvana Flame!

The five great cultivation families are already like this, and the Profound Heaven Pavilion, as the supreme power of the Great Xiao Xuan Domain, sent five Jin Dan cultivators whose cultivation is even more profound, and the treasures they carry must be even more astonishing. Perhaps they have treasures that can erupt with power comparable to Nascent Soul attacks.

With my strength, I am not afraid of Jin Dan cultivators, but once I encounter Nascent Soul cultivators, I can only run away. This trip must not be arrogant, otherwise, I will surely regret it."

Soon, Xia Daoming classified and collected the items one by one, looked around, and set off again.

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This month's large chapter update is sent in advance, I wish all book friends a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and may your family be happy and healthy!

Old Duan is still recuperating, and it is estimated that normal updates will resume in mid-to-late December, please understand! ===== CHAPTER 263 =====

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