Chapter 388: Rock Giant

The strength of this battalion of ghost soldiers and ghost generals is too weak; the strongest, Zhang Butou and Jiang Tian, are currently only at Third Grade Peak, while the other ghost soldiers are basically all Second Grade. Meanwhile, the enemies Meng Yifan faces now are becoming increasingly powerful, basically all Fifth Grade powerhouses, or even Fifth Grade Peak, and freaks capable of erupting with Grade 6 strength.

The role played by this battalion of ghost soldiers is becoming weaker and weaker, and Meng Yifan has also considered using Experience Value to forcibly raise their strength.

However, Meng Yifan has a Nine-Element Mixed Spirit Root, and his path of cultivation is Nine-System Cultivation, raising all nine systems of techniques to Grade 6; in this way, each system requires a massive amount of Experience Value.

Through continuous battles, Meng Yifan has obtained a lot of Experience Value, but that Experience Value is not even enough for his own upgrades, so naturally, there is no spare Experience Value to upgrade the ghost soldiers and ghost generals.

The reason Meng Yifan considers the Green Crystal Core he obtained from the vine demon plant a treasure is that these Green Crystal Cores not only contain the great power's understanding of the Wood Element Rule, but can also be used to quickly comprehend Wood Element Immortal Cultivation Techniques.

Moreover, these crystal cores also contain very pure Wood Spirit Qi; as long as he refines these Wood Element crystal cores, even without using Experience Value, Meng Yifan's Wood Element technique can quickly rise to Fifth Grade Peak.

"Could it be that this Green Paste has special benefits for the ghost soldiers and ghost generals?" Meng Yifan thought thoughtfully.

"First, find a safe place, then refine the Wood Element crystal cores." Meng Yifan did not linger; he put away the ghost soldiers, ghost generals, and the Green Paste, then executed Lingbo Microsteps, his body flickering as he charged toward the depths of the jungle.

Two hundred kilometers away, there is a massive mountain range that towers into the clouds; it seems that a fierce battle occurred here a long time ago, leaving many of the mountains broken and dilapidated.

Some mountain peaks seem to have been severed at the waist by a powerhouse, becoming smooth platforms; standing on these platforms still makes one feel like needles are pricking their back, shivering with fear, as if an unrivaled sword Qi still lingers here.

Some mountain bodies were directly smashed from top to bottom into a huge Valley; if one were to look down from a high vantage point, they would discover that the huge Valley is actually the imprint of a human palm.

It is hard to imagine what kind of powerhouse could smash a towering mountain peak into a huge Valley with a single palm.

Yin Jiuji is in tattered clothes, holding a pitch-black triangular Command Flag, walking cautiously through this broken mountain range.

This place is extremely dangerous; when Yin Jiuji entered the Secret Realm World, he landed on a platform in the mountain range, and in an instant, heaven-shaking sword Qi surged into the sky, enveloping Yin Jiuji.

If not for the fact that Yin Jiuji has the strength of Fifth Grade Peak and possesses a powerful protective secret treasure, he would have almost been ground into meat paste by that sword Qi.

"The Cloud Thunder Spirit Fruit should be in this mountain range, but where exactly does it grow?" Yin Jiuji frowned, carefully recalling the scroll he had seen, wanting to determine the specific location of the Cloud Thunder Spirit Fruit.

The Cloud Thunder Spirit Fruit is a spirit fruit capable of extending one's life by one hundred years; for a cultivator like Yin Jiuji whose lifespan is about to be exhausted, it is a priceless treasure.

"It should be there." Yin Jiuji locked onto an area based on the lie of the mountains, but as soon as he approached, a mountain peak over one hundred meters tall suddenly rose from the ground, becoming a rock giant one hundred and fifty meters tall.

Not only that, the nearby mountain peaks also stood up, becoming eight rock giants one hundred meters tall.

What shocked Yin Jiuji was that the energy fluctuation on the rock giant leader was Fifth Grade Peak, and the other eight rock giants also possessed strength comparable to a Fifth Grade Middle Tier cultivator.

"Intruder! Die!" These rock giants roared in anger, and stone balls with diameters of forty to fifty meters, shrouded in earth-yellow light, gushed out like cannonballs.

Yin Jiuji was given a huge fright; at the critical moment, he threw out the triangular Command Flag in his hand, and the triangular Command Flag grew in the wind, instantly turning into a huge banner several hundred meters long, blocking those stone balls.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The stone balls smashed into the banner, emitting dull sounds, but this banner was very magical; it kept rippling like the surface of water, cleverly dissipating the impact force of the stone balls.

"Intruders must all die!" The leading rock giant roared again, then grabbed a mountain over three hundred meters tall with both hands, and layers of earth-yellow light spread along his hands onto the mountain.

"Creak! Creak!" The mountain emitted a teeth-grinding creaking sound, and then it was lifted up by the rock giant.

"Whoosh!" The mountain of over three hundred meters was thrown out by the rock giant; the scene was enough to make one's scalp tingle.

"Can't block it." Yin Jiuji was terrified; he pinched a seal with his right hand and beckoned backward, the banner enveloped him, and then the whole thing turned into a streak of black smoke, disappearing eerily from the spot.

"Boom!" The mountain smashed into the ground, shaking the earth and mountains, creating a huge pit in the ground.

The rock giant leader could not find Yin Jiuji; he smashed his muscular right hand fiercely against his chest, then looked up to the sky and roared: "Intruders must all die!"

The other rock giants also followed the leader, shouting: "Intruders must all die!"

"Puff!" Yin Jiuji's figure appeared three kilometers away; just now, the banner had only slightly touched the mountain, and an unrivaled giant force had struck; although the banner had dissipated the force, Yin Jiuji still felt a violent shock in his chest and could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"With rock giants blocking the way, it's impossible to pick the Cloud Thunder Spirit Fruit; what should I do?" Just as Yin Jiuji was frowning in distress, a mushroom cloud suddenly rose in the sky in the distance.

"A mushroom cloud? It's that very special bomb; Meng Yifan must have encountered a strong enemy there." Yin Jiuji's heart stirred; Meng Yifan has Innate Spirit Essence in his body, and if he could absorb it, he could also extend his life, with an effect even stronger than the Cloud Thunder Spirit Fruit.

"Go find Meng Yifan first, and while he is weak, snatch the Innate Spirit Essence." Thinking of this, Yin Jiuji did not follow the safe path he had just explored, but quickly left the mountain range and charged rapidly toward the location where the Mushroom Bomb had risen.

More than one hundred kilometers away from the Mushroom Bomb explosion, Meng Yifan found a cave hidden by vines.

This cave is very small on the outside, only enough for one person to squeeze in sideways, but it is very deep inside, over five hundred meters deep, and the innermost part is very spacious, nearly three hundred square meters, which counts as a relatively hidden place to hide.

Meng Yifan hid in the cave, refining the Wood Element crystal, comprehending the Wood Element Rule, and at the same time, Zhang Butou and the other ghost soldiers and ghost generals were also devouring the Green Paste in large quantities.

"Eh!" Meng Yifan discovered with surprise that after the ghost soldiers and ghost generals devoured the green mucus of the Vine King, a tiny bit of emerald green crystal core had actually condensed within their Yin Soul Cores.