Chapter 777

A moment later, following the emergence of a spiritual light, a white scroll appeared in Song Qingming's hand; it was none other than the portrait of Qiu Wuxin that Feng He had handed to him before.

At this time, Song Qingming, holding the scroll, could clearly feel that a trace of special spiritual power fluctuation had suddenly appeared on the picture, as if it were calling out to him.

"It seems there is no time to wander around; I have to go and handle the serious business!"

After whispering to himself, Song Qingming immediately put away the scroll in his hand, then looked at the places with spiritual medicine around somewhat reluctantly, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing on the spot. — "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree" location.

At this moment, under the spiritual fruit tree, many Jin Dan experts were still fighting endlessly, and those cultivators who were not qualified to enter the field had also mostly left here to compete for other spiritual objects in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden"; the cultivators who still chose to stay on the side to watch the battle were already few, besides the woman in white clothes and two or three other rogue cultivators, there were only Chen Shutian and some other Jin Dan cultivators from the six major sects.

These people who stayed at the scene were all cultivators who had formed their Golden Cores not long ago, just like Chen Shutian; their cultivation was basically at the early Jin Dan realm. In this kind of place, they could at most barely protect themselves and simply didn't have the ability to compete for spiritual objects with those veteran Jin Dan cultivators.

And the main purpose of these newcomers to the Jin Dan of the big sects coming to the "Wind and Thunder Island" secret realm this time was to take the opportunity to temper themselves, not to take risks and compete for opportunities with others.

Even if there were many experts around, as long as they didn't take the initiative to participate in competing for spiritual objects, normally no one would take the initiative to find trouble for them; standing on the spot without moving was relatively safe.

Just when Chen Shutian and the others were staring tightly at the situation of the fighting under the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree," there were finally some different changes inside.

The battle between the hunchbacked old man who snatched the "Thunder Infant Fruit" from Qiu Wuxin and the woman in black clothes joining forces to fight the three late-stage Jin Dan cultivators of "Falling Maple Valley" had always been evenly matched before, with no one able to take much advantage.

However, after Qiu Wuxin took out a third-grade top-quality puppet beast to help, the hunchbacked old man and the woman in black clothes suddenly felt a hint of pressure and gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

"I will drag them down; you take the spiritual fruit out first!"

Seeing that their side had gradually fallen into a passive position, the hunchbacked old man was also somewhat anxious at this moment; after secretly sending a sound transmission to the woman in black clothes on the side, he threw the golden net at his waist along with the "Thunder Infant Fruit" inside to her.

"Stop her, don't let her run!"

Seeing the woman in black clothes get the "Thunder Infant Fruit," under the cover of the hunchbacked old man, she resisted the thunder light falling all around and rapidly retreated outside the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree"; Qiu Wuxin hurriedly led Luo Liangshan and the two to chase after her.

"You guys don't think about going anywhere; just honestly stay here for me!"

Seeing the "Falling Maple Valley" three chasing over again, the hunchbacked old man shouted loudly and raised a silver cane in his hand high; a burst of powerful spiritual light was immediately transmitted from above.

Immediately after, the silver cane in the hunchbacked old man's hand shot out a streak of silver light, transforming into a silver light curtain, blocking in front of Qiu Wuxin and the three, blocking all the attacks they cast.

"This... fourth-grade magic treasure, who exactly are you? How can you possess such a high-tier magic treasure!"

Seeing that this silver light wall was so tough, actually being able to block the attack methods jointly cast by the three of them, the power displayed had already exceeded the category that an ordinary third-grade top-quality magic treasure should have.

A hint of shock also appeared on Luo Liangshan's face, and he couldn't help but shout out.

Although cultivators at the late Jin Dan stage and above could control and use a part of the power of a fourth-grade magic treasure, this fourth-grade magic treasure was no longer something that could be bought casually on the market and was not something that just any Jin Dan cultivator could possess.

Even for a Nascent Soul sect like "Falling Maple Valley," only Qiu Wuxin, who was deeply favored by the sect's Supreme Elder, was bestowed with a fourth-grade magic treasure; even Luo Liangshan, this Sect Master, had no way to possess a magic treasure of this level.

Now seeing the hunchbacked old man take out a fourth-grade magic treasure, Luo Liangshan also knew clearly at this moment that the other party's background was extraordinary and definitely not an ordinary Jin Dan rogue cultivator; no wonder he could have such great courage to take action and compete for spiritual objects with cultivators of their six major sects.

Hearing the shock in Luo Liangshan's mouth, there wasn't much surprise on the hunchbacked old man's face, and he shook his head at him with a smile:

"Heh heh! Who this old man is, you don't need to know; you just honestly stay here."

Just after the hunchbacked old man finished speaking, the magic power in his hand was driven again to the silver cane, and the silver light wall in front of Qiu Wuxin and the three began to change and move again.

Only to see that the silver light wall suddenly began to extend to the surroundings, then rushed toward the "Falling Maple Valley" three from the four positions of up, down, left, and right, soon firmly wrapping them in a huge silver round ball.

"Old thing! Don't think that just because you can take out a fourth-grade magic treasure, you have the ability to keep me here with just this; I'm afraid you don't have this ability!"

Facing this divine ability suddenly cast by the hunchbacked old man, although there was some surprise on Qiu Wuxin's face, he didn't appear too shocked either; with a lift of one hand, a crimson short sword three inches long immediately appeared in his hand.

"Li Huo Chi Xin Sword! Junior Brother Qiu, you just go and pursue that person; leave this person to me and Junior Brother Jin to contain!"

Seeing the appearance of this short sword of Qiu Wuxin, Luo Liangshan and the two, who were originally somewhat helpless against the silver round ball in front of them, immediately regained a hint of confidence on their faces.

This "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" was also a fourth-grade magic treasure, which had followed the "Falling Maple Valley" Nascent Soul Supreme Elder Qiu Daoping for many years in his early years, and was only later bestowed upon Qiu Wuxin for self-defense.

"Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" was not only an ordinary fourth-grade low-quality magic treasure, but also carried a very formidable divine ability on it; ordinary Jin Dan cultivators would find it difficult to handle when encountering it.

It was precisely by relying on the power of this magic treasure that more than ten years ago, Qiu Wuxin, with his eighth-layer Jin Dan cultivation, defeated several peak ninth-layer Jin Dan cultivators at the "Tianhai Alliance" trial assembly, winning the top three ranking of the trial assembly and causing a sensation within the "Tianhai Alliance."

If it weren't for finally encountering Xiao Haoran, who had stronger strength than him, and suffering a relatively shameful defeat, Qiu Wuxin's reputation now would probably be far more than this and would have already resounded throughout the entire "Tianhai Cultivation World."

After taking out the fourth-grade magic treasure at the bottom of his box, the magic power in Qiu Wuxin's hand surged rapidly and poured into the short sword in front of him; the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" immediately shone brightly, exuding bursts of powerful pressure, illuminating the entire inside of the silver ball into a blood-red color.

Seeing this somewhat astonishing scene, the hunchbacked old man who was manipulating the magic treasure outside also revealed a hint of solemnity on his face at this moment, and also began to desperately cast spells, wanting to reinforce the silver round ball in front of him.

"Break for me!"

Following an angry shout from Qiu Wuxin, a streak of crimson blood light flew directly upward; only hearing a "tear" sound, it directly passed through the silver round ball above the heads of the three, opening a gap above.

Seeing this, Qiu Wuxin led Luo Liangshan and the two, their figures rapidly transforming into several streaks of light and flying upward, soon forcibly rushing out from the silver round ball.

Seeing Qiu Wuxin and the three break free, a hint of an ugly look suddenly appeared on the hunchbacked old man's face, and he cast spells again to drive the cane in his hand, wanting to re-manipulate the silver light to block them.

However, this time, Luo Liangshan and the two, who had long been prepared, didn't give him this opportunity again; after breaking free, they immediately drove the magic treasures in their hands to approach and attack the hunchbacked old man, interrupting the other party's spell casting.

Seeing that the three people not far away had already entangled together, Qiu Wuxin didn't bother with them, casting spells to control the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" in front of him and chasing toward the location where the woman in black clothes was not far away.

Although there was the hunchbacked old man helping to delay before, that woman in black clothes had already stayed away from this battlefield, but because there were thunder lights flowing everywhere under the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree."

In order to resist the attack of these thunder lights, the speed of the woman in black clothes retreating was not fast; at this time, she hadn't completely broken away from the range covered by the thunder light.

Seeing that Qiu Wuxin had already brought a streak of crimson blood light to attack toward her side, the woman in black clothes, who knew clearly that she was no match for Qiu Wuxin, hurriedly took out a spiritual talisman and stuck it on her body, accelerating her steps to rush out of the thunder light.

Fortunately, this thunder light not only affected the escape speed of the woman in black clothes, but also had some restraint on Qiu Wuxin's movement speed; before the opponent caught up to her, the woman in black clothes still took the lead and escaped from under the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree."

"Senior Sister, hurry and go!"

Seeing the figure of the woman in black clothes appear outside the thunder light, the woman in white clothes who had long been waiting outside immediately stepped on a flying boat and flew over from the side, wanting to meet her companion.

Seeing this scene, the woman in black clothes was happy in her heart, and with a flash of her figure, she also transformed into a black streak of light and leaned toward her side.

But just at this moment, a crimson streak of light suddenly appeared not far behind the woman in black clothes, illuminating the entire vicinity of her into a piece of blood red.

Feeling the danger attacking from behind, the woman in black clothes turned her head and discovered that the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" controlled by Qiu Wuxin had already taken the lead to attack toward the location where she was, and was already close at hand to her.

Seeing this situation, the woman in black clothes was also somewhat shocked; having no time to avoid this strike, she could only hurriedly cast a spell to summon a golden jade tablet magic treasure to block in front of her.

But what the woman in black clothes didn't expect was that this third-grade mid-quality defensive magic treasure, which she was proud of on weekdays and had helped her escape from danger many times, actually became as vulnerable as a piece of paper in front of the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword."

The light shield transformed by the jade tablet magic treasure only blocked the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" for less than a moment before it was pierced by it with one sword.

This jade tablet defensive magic treasure not only split into two halves on the spot, but along with it, a shocking wound that was deep enough to see the bone also soon appeared on the woman in black clothes' shoulder.

"Ah!"

The woman in black clothes, who was hit by the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" with one sword, was immediately shaken flying dozens of zhang away by the remaining power brought by the sword energy, and only then slowly steadied her figure. Fortunately, before the magic treasure was destroyed, it helped the woman in black clothes fight for a little time, allowing her to avoid the fatal strike of the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword"; otherwise, at this time, she would probably be either dead or severely injured and lost the ability to resist.

Seeing that Qiu Wuxin was about to rush out of the thunder light and catch up, the woman in black clothes turned her head and looked at the woman in white clothes who had already arrived beside her, and decisively threw the "Thunder Infant Fruit" she had managed to bring out directly to her.

"Junior Sister Long, you hurry and take the things and go first; I will drag him down." After saying this, the woman in black clothes turned her escape light and took the initiative to return to the location where the thunder light was, wanting to block Qiu Wuxin who was chasing from behind, fighting for time for the woman in white clothes to escape.

The woman in white clothes who got the "Thunder Infant Fruit," after hesitating slightly, knowing that this place was not suitable for staying long, immediately drove the flying boat under her feet and transformed into white light, staying away from here, without bothering about others anymore.

At this time, among the Jin Dan cultivators of the six major sects who were watching the battle outside, a few people saw the woman in white clothes escape with a "Thunder Infant Fruit," and their hearts were also somewhat moved, taking out magic treasures and wanting to step forward to intercept the other party.

However, these few people's cultivation strength was not high, and their escape speed was far inferior to the woman in white clothes; after the divine abilities released by their spell casting were blocked by the magic treasure in the woman in white clothes' hand, they were soon left behind by her, not causing much influence on the woman in white clothes' escape.

Seeing that the figure of the woman in white clothes soon disappeared before her eyes, the woman in black clothes, who was entangled by Qiu Wuxin, was also somewhat annoyed and angry at this moment.

Seeing that her target for this trip was about to become someone else's pocket object, Qiu Wuxin gritted his teeth and decisively took out a precious third-grade spiritual talisman, transforming into three fierce flames to force back the woman in black clothes in front of him, then rapidly rushed out of the thunder light and chased toward the direction where the woman in white clothes escaped.

Although the woman in black clothes had the heart to entangle the opponent, facing the third-grade top-quality spiritual talisman with huge power thrown by Qiu Wuxin, she was also unable to block with all her strength for a time, and could only retreat to the side to avoid this powerful attack.

Seeing Qiu Wuxin chase after her, the woman in black clothes, after avoiding the spiritual talisman attack, wanted to step forward to entangle again, but didn't want to run into a huge figure head-on, and her path was blocked by a "Golden Lion Puppet Beast" summoned by Qiu Wuxin.

This "Golden Lion Puppet Beast" was a third-grade top-quality puppet beast with fierce strength; under Qiu Wuxin's control, it firmly blocked in front of the woman in black clothes, making her unable to block the other party's departure, and could only watch helplessly as Qiu Wuxin's figure gradually disappeared before her eyes.

Just when Qiu Wuxin went to pursue the fleeing woman in white clothes, in a corner a few miles away from the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree," a pair of eyes was staring tightly at everything that happened, and a hint of anxiety was also revealed on the face.

And the owner of these eyes was none other than Chen Shutian, who had just gone to block the woman in white clothes; it's just that after she chased for a distance, she was soon shaken off by the woman in white clothes and didn't leave the other party behind.

It's just that the reason Chen Shutian went to block the woman in white clothes was not really wanting to block the other party, but just to show it to the many cultivators around, taking the opportunity to stay away from the battlefield.

After all, as a "Falling Maple Valley" Jin Dan elder, encountering an opponent like the woman in white clothes who snatched her sect's spiritual objects, if she didn't step forward to express it, it would definitely attract the suspicion of some cultivators around.

Just when Chen Shutian watched Qiu Wuxin go far away, and her face appeared somewhat anxious, a burst of white spiritual light suddenly appeared not far beside her, and immediately after, a cyan-clothed man stepping on a flying boat appeared beside her.

"Fellow Daoist Song, you finally came; I thought you had encountered some trouble!"

Seeing Song Qingming suddenly appear beside her, Chen Shutian was first somewhat surprised, then a burst of joy immediately appeared on her face, and she hurriedly walked rapidly toward Song Qingming's side.

After seeing Chen Shutian, Song Qingming replied with a hint of a smile: "After I came in, for fear of being stared at, I didn't dare to approach this side and was somewhat far away; I only set off to look for you after receiving your sound transmission just now."

"On this road, I encountered many formidable experts again, and spent a lot of thought to avoid them, so I was slightly slower."

"Fellow Daoist Chen, where is that person now? Is there an opportunity for me to take action?"

Hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Chen Shutian nodded slightly without asking much, hurriedly informing Song Qingming simply about what had just happened, as well as the matter of Qiu Wuxin going to pursue that woman in white clothes.

"Fellow Daoist Song, Qiu Wuxin has a secret technique I left on him; as long as I take this Streamer Silkworm and follow its guidance, even if we are separated by a thousand miles, I can lock onto his location."

"Now that he just happened to be alone and away from here, it is the best opportunity for us to take action; I will hand this spiritual insect to you, and I hope you can live up to the great trust of Senior Feng!"

After Chen Shutian finished speaking, she handed the spiritual insect she had just taken out from the spiritual beast bag to Song Qingming's hand.

This "Streamer Silkworm" was about the length of a little finger, exuding a crystal-clear green light all over, and the aura exuded from its body was not very strong, having just reached the second-grade mid-quality not long ago.

After getting the "Streamer Silkworm," Song Qingming, who didn't know how to drive the other party yet, was just about to open his mouth to ask.

Didn't want to, before he could say it, the color of the spiritual light on this spiritual silkworm suddenly became much brighter, and immediately after, it, which was originally lying on Song Qingming's hand, suddenly raised its head and looked toward the distance.

Seeing this situation, Song Qingming immediately understood; the "Streamer Silkworm" was pointing out the direction where the target was located for him.

"Since this is the case, then I won't stay long; Fellow Daoist, take care!"

Having already found the method to track Qiu Wuxin, Song Qingming immediately said goodbye to Chen Shutian in front of him, then rapidly transformed into a white light and disappeared on the spot.

After waiting for Song Qingming to leave for a long while, Chen Shutian looked around, and seeing that no one noticed what happened here, only then took out her flying boat and jumped on it, returning to the location of the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree" to gather with her other fellow disciples.

By the time Chen Shutian returned, the number of cultivators remaining at the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree" battlefield was not many.

Not long after Qiu Wuxin and the woman in white clothes left, Xiao Haoran, Han Feng, and others who snatched the "Thunder Infant Fruit" also left here one after another, and their opponents, in order to compete for the spiritual fruits in the hands of the few, also followed them.

At this time, the cultivators who were still fighting here only had a few dozen left, among whom included the hunchbacked old man and the woman in black clothes who came with the woman in white clothes.

At this time, although they had already retreated from the thunder light, they were still firmly entangled by Luo Liangshan and others; the other two "Falling Maple Valley" members who had separated from Chen Shutian before had also already returned here and joined the battlefield.

Even if the hunchbacked old man possessed a fourth-grade magic treasure and his divine abilities far exceeded ordinary Jin Dan cultivators, but facing the siege and interception of four formidable Jin Dan cultivators of "Falling Maple Valley," he and that woman in black clothes, although they had the heart to leave here, still failed to break free and get rid of their entanglement.

Seeing Chen Shutian, who had pursued the woman in white clothes before, return here, Luo Liangshan hurriedly asked: "Junior Sister Chen, how is it? Did Senior Brother Qiu catch up to her and snatch back the spiritual fruit?"

"I lost the target not long after I chased out; I only saw Senior Brother Qiu also chase up, and didn't lose the other party; what the situation is now, I don't know either."

Hearing Luo Liangshan's inquiry, Chen Shutian replied with a calm expression, then immediately took out her magic treasure and joined the battle.

Hearing Chen Shutian say that Qiu Wuxin didn't lose the woman in white clothes, the hunchbacked old man and the woman in black clothes, who were somewhat worried about her safety, looked at each other, and hurriedly exerted their strength to cast spells, wanting to force back the opponent in front and go to help.

"Fellow Senior Brothers, I will help you!"

Seeing that the other party's two were so difficult to deal with, there was not the slightest hesitation on Chen Shutian's face, and she took out her magic treasure and joined the battlefield directly.

Seeing Chen Shutian disregard her own danger to come and help, Luo Liangshan and the others also greatly praised her courage; knowing that Qiu Wuxin had already caught up to the opponent, they felt even more relieved in their hearts at this moment.

That fleeing woman in white clothes had cultivation of only sixth-layer Jin Dan; facing Qiu Wuxin, who held the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword," it was simply impossible for her to be his match.

As long as they dragged this hunchbacked old man and the woman in black clothes here for a period of time, Qiu Wuxin would definitely be able to resolve the opponent soon, obtain the "Thunder Infant Fruit," and successfully complete the mission entrusted by the sect's Old Ancestor before entering the secret realm this time.

Without Luo Liangshan's notification, the few "Falling Maple Valley" elders present all understood this principle in their hearts; therefore, facing the difficult hunchbacked old man and the two, everyone also used all their skills to entangle the other party, not letting them leave here even a step.

And in mid-air hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, the woman in white clothes who had fled before, looking at Qiu Wuxin who was getting closer and closer behind her, gradually revealed a hint of an ugly look on her face.

After the woman in white clothes fled the battlefield, she originally thought that she had shaken off the cultivators behind her, but after running for a distance, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly discovered that Qiu Wuxin had actually shaken off the woman in black clothes and chased up.

This was also beyond her expectation, and she could only desperately drive the flying boat under her feet to continue fleeing toward the distance.

Although the flying boat under the woman in white clothes' feet had already reached third-grade top-quality, and its escape speed far exceeded ordinary cultivators of the same tier, the golden flying car controlled by Qiu Wuxin behind her also didn't have a slow escape speed.

After fleeing for a distance, the woman in white clothes soon had her flying boat speed gradually weaken because the magic power in her body was not as thick as the opponent's, and she was slowly caught up by the opponent.

Behind her, Qiu Wuxin was getting closer and closer to her, but the figures of her two companions were long overdue to appear.

Just when the woman in white clothes didn't know how she should deal with the next situation, a somewhat gentle warning sound was transmitted into her ears again.

"This Fellow Daoist, although I don't know what your identities and backgrounds are, this is after all the Tianhai Cultivation World, and it does not allow you to be presumptuous."

"I advise you not to continue fleeing and obediently hand over the spiritual fruit!"

"I only came for the Thunder Infant Fruit on this trip and don't want to be enemies with you; I ask Fellow Daoist best not to be against me either; otherwise, if I change my mind in a while, it might be a bit too late for you to regret!" (End of chapter)