Chapter 305: Battling the Golden Core, the Blue-Gold Stone is obtained

He Pingsheng followed the cave all the way down.

The surrounding Yin-Sha Qi grew more abundant, and the darkness became increasingly dense, to the point where no daylight could be seen.

Fire spiritual power condensed within his body, forming a fire crow about a zhang in size.

The flames danced above He Pingsheng's head, following him as he descended, illuminating a ten-zhang radius around him.

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense was also failing, growing weaker and weaker.

Now, he could only inspect the environment within a hundred-zhang range.

It was not that his soul sense was weak; it could only be said that the surrounding Yin-Sha Qi was growing stronger.

He Pingsheng kept leaping about, continuing his descent.

After about another half-stick of incense worth of time, he arrived at the bottom of the cave.

There was no one around, no living creature whatsoever!

It was just that from the bottom of the cave, two smaller tunnels extended outward into the surrounding mountain mass.

Those passages were also filled to the brim with Yin-Sha Qi.

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense swept over, and he finally scanned the source of the Yin-Sha.

It turned out that on the cliff at the bottom of the cave entrance, a massive stone, a full zhang in size, protruded.

No, it should be said that it was not a stone.

"Boom..."

The fire spiritual power within He Pingsheng's body erupted once more, and six fire crows danced around him simultaneously.

Under the firelight, that stone could be seen more clearly.

The entire stone presented two colors: blue and gold.

From atop the stone, Yin-Sha Qi emerged incessantly.

"Legend says there are Earthly Yin Veins in this world..." He Pingsheng circled the stone once, unable to help but mutter to himself: "Could it be that this is an exposed Earthly Yin Vein?"

He had heard a saying that in this world, isolated Yin does not grow, and solitary Yang does not arise.

Where there is black, there is white; where there is righteousness, there is evil; where there is Heaven, there is Earth.

All things are composed of two sides.

Cultivators are no exception.

Where there is a Profound Sect, there is a Demonic Sect.

Profound Sect cultivators rely on the spiritual roots and meridians within their bodies to absorb the immortal spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth, refining it before storing it in their dantian.

Demonic Sect cultivators are similar, but what they absorb is not the spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth, but Yin-Sha Qi.

Then, since spiritual veins can grow within the earth, Yin veins can also grow.

For Demonic Sect cultivators, a Yin vein is equivalent to a spiritual vein for the Profound Sect.

"Could this stone be equivalent to a spiritual vein stone of the Profound Sect?"

Never mind!

Whatever it is, collect it first.

I'll find an old master of artifact refining later to ask; it will certainly have value.

"Slash..."

He Pingsheng took out a flying sword and slashed toward the stone.

His idea was simple: once slashed off, he could take this thing away.

But before his flying sword could land on the stone, a tyrannical Yin-Sha Qi suddenly surged from the cave beside him.

It seemed as if a giant fist condensed from Yin-Sha Qi had slammed violently into He Pingsheng's flying sword, shaking it away.

He Pingsheng's figure immediately leaped backward.

Just at this moment, another giant claw condensed from Yin-Sha Qi fell from the air, landing squarely on the spot where he had just been standing.

This turn of events broke He Pingsheng out in a cold sweat.

Rumble...

The Yin-Sha Qi, dense to the extreme, condensed in an instant.

A behemoth standing over ten zhang tall landed before He Pingsheng.

This creature had four feet!

Each foot was equipped with sharp claws.

It was tall and ferocious, like a hellish Asura, and behind it were a pair of black wings.

"Hiss..."

The demonic creature's tall body suddenly crouched forward, its terrifying mouth opening to reveal two rows of blue fangs.

It had eyes, very small eyes, like two burning red candles; its gaze was like fire, flickering incessantly, point by point.

A massive aura rushed toward him.

He Pingsheng didn't say a word; the next moment, he directly took out the Nine-Glory Dragon-Slaying Flag.

At the same time, his spiritual sense swept over the monster's body.

He didn't know until he scanned it, and once he did, he was shocked: Golden Core Stage?

Early Golden Core!

It was actually a Golden Core Stage demonic beast?

He Pingsheng was startled, but fortunately, seeing that the opponent was only in the early Golden Core stage, he calmed down instantly.

Giving He Pingsheng no time to think, the Golden Core Yin-Sha beast tore at him with a claw from across the air.

After this strike, the countless Yin-Sha forces in the cave condensed into a larger claw phantom, aiming squarely at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng naturally dared not be negligent.

"Open..."

He shouted loudly, and the wood spiritual power within his body surged out, transforming into lightning power that flowed into the 【Nine-Glory Dragon-Slaying Flag】.

Subsequently, the Nine-Glory Dragon-Slaying Flag, carrying a vast wave of thunder, charged forward.

Attack as defense.

Of course, for the sake of safety, He Pingsheng also erected a spell: Diamond Shield.

A metal-attribute shield formed outside his body.

Rumble...

The two attacks slammed into each other.

To He Pingsheng's surprise, the power of his own strike had actually swallowed the opponent's attack entirely.

This...

The power of an early Golden Core strike, just this?

The tall Yin-Sha beast opposite him now actually revealed a fearful expression, trembling as it prepared to flee.

In this instant, He Pingsheng understood one thing: lightning overcomes all demons.

It was not that the opponent's attack was weak, but that He Pingsheng's previous wave of lightning power happened to restrain the Yin-Sha Qi.

Great!

Come again.

"Want to leave?" He Pingsheng leaped up.

Rumble...

Lightning spat from the Nine-Glory Dragon-Slaying Flag, attacking the demonic creature with even more surging momentum.

"Open..."

Before the lightning could strike the demonic creature, He Pingsheng shouted loudly once more.

Golden light flashed beneath his feet, and his speed increased fivefold.

Then, the Nine-Glory Dragon-Slaying Flag in his hand was swapped for the high-tier ancient treasure 【Heaven-Defying Divine Spear】, which possessed nineteen layers of restrictions.

Pfft...

One spear thrust directly pierced the body of the Golden Core demonic creature.

Subsequently, a sea of lightning fell.

Rumble...

The two attacks He Pingsheng unleashed instantly took half the life of this demonic creature.

After the demonic creature was severely injured, its body instantly shrank from ten zhang to one zhang, then with a 'bang', it turned into countless demonic Qi, hiding in the surrounding void.

He Pingsheng did not understand the habits and concealment methods of Yin-Sha demonic creatures well, so he did not want to tangle with it; he cut off that large piece of blue-gold stone with lightning speed, collected it, and left in a hurry.

Once the item was in hand, the battle became meaningless.

Although it was a demon, it was a living creature after all, and He Pingsheng did not want to kill it all.

No need.

Moreover, he was wearing the 【Seven-Buckle Sharp-Gold Armor】, so he was not afraid of the demonic creature's sneak attacks.

After another half-stick of incense worth of time, He Pingsheng rushed out of the cave in one breath and arrived in the small valley.

Whew...

Walking onto the ground, He Pingsheng exhaled deeply.

That battle just now seemed to have only two simple moves, but He Pingsheng's pressure was immense.

This was his first time facing a Golden Core stage opponent head-on.

Although, this Golden Core stage opponent was weak to the point of being outrageous.