Chapter 596 - 262: Demonic Shadow
"The poison fog was aimed at defiling the Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Jade Demon Snake?"
After reciting this, Chu Ning immediately sensed his Wood Spirit Sword carefully.
He then let out a big sigh of relief.
The sword showed no signs of defilement, and its Spirit Charm was not affected at all.
"Is it the unique effect of Black Profound Gold? Or the effect of the Five Elements Chaos Technique?"
As this thought flashed through Chu Ning’s mind, his hands did not slow down, and he pointed with a Spell.
Instantly, the Flying Sword shot out once again.
This time, the Flying Sword suddenly glowed with bright cyan light, even shrouding Chu Ning entirely.
So much so that the old man with triangular eyes couldn’t see clearly.
By the time the cyan light dissipated, the Flying Sword was once again within three zhang of him.
Having learned from the previous ordeal, the old man with triangular eyes naturally didn’t dare to let Chu Ning’s Wood Spirit Sword get close.
A rod-like Magical Treasure flew out, rotating continuously in front of him, forming a golden light curtain that directly blocked the Wood Spirit Sword.
At this moment, Chu Ning surprisingly did not forcibly try to break through the golden light curtain with the Wood Spirit Sword.
Instead, a slight smile flashed across his face.
Then, with his left hand, he cast another Spell and pointed at the old man with triangular eyes!
"This is... not good!"
The old man with triangular eyes suddenly realized something was wrong and flashed skyward, flying sideways to escape.
But it was already too late!
A streak of yellow light suddenly drilled up from the ground!
Then, just as the old man with triangular eyes was leaving the ground, it shot up!
It flashed through, piercing the old man’s foot, and the next moment, it emerged from the top of his head!
This yellow light actually pierced through the old man with triangular eyes!
"How could it be like this!"
Feeling his life force rapidly dissipating, a look of fear flashed through the old man’s triangular eyes.
The next moment, it turned into a vicious glare!
"Then let’s die together!"
At that moment, the old man suddenly retracted the rod-like Magical Treasure back into his body and rapidly flew towards Chu Ning.
The speed was beyond Chu Ning’s imagination.
While in the air, the old man’s body began to swell rapidly.
"Self-destructing the Magical Treasure and the Golden Core!"
Upon seeing this, Chu Ning’s face changed slightly.
He executed the Divine Wind Escape, his figure retreating quickly.
At the same time, Chu Ning activated his Undying Golden Body and Earth Spirit Rock Armor Technique immediately.
Just as Chu Ning finished all of these prodecedures,
the old man’s body abruptly shrank again, while the rod-like Magical Treasure, which was retracted into his body earlier.
Enwrapped by a Round Pill, flew towards Chu Ning even faster than before.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion accompanying it, a massive impact hit Chu Ning heavily.
It hurled him over ten zhang away.
Meanwhile, the old man’s body, with his eyes flashing crazily, was reduced to nothingness in the blast.
A few breaths later.
Dressed in a blue-green Magic Robe, Chu Ning slowly got up not far away.
Looking towards that direction, he shook his head slightly.
"These Demon Alliance people truly are insane. I originally thought that using the Earth Spirit Sword had already killed him.
Unexpectedly, at the last moment, he still wanted to self-destruct his Magical Treasure and Golden Core.
If not for my quick reaction and strong defense, I would have really been dragged to die together with him."
Chu Ning flew back to the chaotic site and cursed the old man one more time before quickly flying away.
The self-destruction of the old man’s Lifebound Magical Treasure and Golden Core was too conspicuous, and Chu Ning feared it would attract other cultivators to investigate.
After flying for nearly ten li, Chu Ning found a small stone mountain and landed.
He used his Flying Sword to quickly carve out a small Stone Chamber and slipped inside.
Only then did he have time to contemplate his current situation.
"The Demon Alliance and the Celestial Extreme Alliance probably entered ahead of time; their Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators seem stronger than Qin Changkong."
Chu Ning muttered to himself, slightly lamenting his bad luck for being attacked by the Demon Alliance just after entering.
After the muttering, Chu Ning casually took out a Magic Mirror, but his brows furrowed slightly.
Before entering the Spirit Realm, he, Yuan Zhuo, and Roger each carried a Magic Mirror,
similar to the ones they carried in Wolong Valley.
But now, the mirror showed nothing. Not only could it not show the positions of the other two,
but even Chu Ning’s own location didn’t appear on the Magic Mirror.
"Location-based Magical Artifacts cannot be used in this Spirit Realm?"
Chu Ning was now faintly guessing.
The plan to rendezvous with the other two was impossible now.
He could only estimate the location of the Spirit Seed by the concentration of Spiritual Qi and meet at the center where the Spirit Seed resided.
With this thought, Chu Ning put away the Magic Mirror.
He released his Divine Sense, scanning the surroundings to ensure there was no one around to observe him.
Then, he executed the Illusion Technique and the talent of the Yin Wood Spirit Body to conceal his identity, completely altering his appearance and aura.
He also put another layer of clothing over his blue Magic Robe.
Only then did he walk out of the small stone mountain again.
"Xiaobai, I sense the Spiritual Qi is denser to the southwest; what do you feel?"
Standing atop the small stone mountain, Chu Ning sensed slightly and simultaneously telepathically asked Ling Xiaobai.
"That’s right."
Ling Xiaobai acknowledged with a hum.
So without hesitation, Chu Ning flew towards the southwest.
Simultaneously, at the location where Chu Ning had fought with the old man with triangular eyes, a black-robed figure appeared.
The black-robed man paused at the spot briefly, then softly said:
"Someone indeed fought here just now, and judging by the lingering aura, it could have been a Golden Core self-destruction.
Could it be that there was a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator? Otherwise, why would a Middle Stage Golden Core cultivator be forced to self-destruct?"
Though there was clearly no one around, the black-robed man’s words didn’t seem like they were muttered to himself; it was as if he was speaking to someone, which was quite peculiar.
And just as his words ended, a harsh and jarring voice abruptly sounded.
"A self-destructed Golden Core, what a pity! If I had come earlier, I could have devoured a Golden Core."
The voice was as if metal was being scraped inside a throat, extremely strange.
Yet the black-robed man appeared accustomed to it, lightly saying again:
"Don’t worry, with so many Golden Core cultivators in here, if you’re truly that capable, how many Golden Cores wouldn’t you be able to get?"
"Heh heh!"
The jarring voice sounded again, filled with greed.