Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 456 - 364 The Prestige of the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon (No More Today) _1

Chapter 456: 364 The Prestige of the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon (No More Today) _1

A Nascent Soul that looked just like Qian Xin flew out of the body, but before it could get far, a sweep of white radiance enveloped it and swept it into the mouth of the Ice Flood Dragon, which then swallowed it.

On the other side, a golden-red spear pierced through Wu Shan’s chest, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

"Insect Repelling Technique!"

A Nascent Soul that looked just like his flew out, exclaiming in alarm.

A yellow radiance descended from the sky, covering the Nascent Soul and sweeping it into the mouth of the Iron Tail Scorpion, which swallowed it down.

Shen Long, holding the Lihuo Stick, smashed it down on a yellow-robed, green-faced man with fangs, who was giving off a foul and rotten stench, his corpse energy skyrocketing.

In the hands of the yellow-robed man was a long sword flickering with yellow light, three feet in length and an inch or so in width, bursting with spiritual energy.

A stunningly beautiful woman in a green dress was busy dealing with a Fire Qilin Beast, emanating a rotten smell herself. In her hands, she held a short green blade.

The Qianyang Seal and Zizhu Blade were attacking the woman in the green dress with frenzy, not daring to engage head-on.

"Come quickly and help, let’s kill him, this one is a fat sheep."

The yellow-robed man ordered.

The flesh of a corpse-refined body is powerful, and although he turned himself into a corpse, Shen Long’s physical body was even stronger.

With a light flap of the black bat wings on her back, Wu Yu turned into a gust of yin wind and disappeared.

The next moment, a yin wind blew past the Fire Qilin Beast, and Wu Yu reappeared.

As she was about to cast a spell to attack the Fire Qilin Beast, a sharp and piercing scream rang out, and her head sank in response.

She had not come to her senses when a golden-red spear shot out, hitting Wu Yu’s Protective Spirit Light, with the dull sound of metal clashing.

A surge of golden flames erupted from the surface of the golden-red spear, engulfing Wu Yu’s Protective Spirit Light, and simultaneously a scorpion’s sting emerged from the earth, hitting the Protective Spirit Light and shattering it instantly.

Wu Yu felt a sting in her right leg, followed by a rapid deterioration of her vital energy and blood.

Her face turned bright red as she spat out a large mouthful of essence blood, disbelief written all over her face.

A Nascent Soul that looked just like Wu Yu flew out of her body, and from the sky descended a blue radiance that enveloped the Nascent Soul and swept it into a green jade vase.

"Divine Sense Attack, seems I have to resort to using the Thousand Corpses Array to take you down," the yellow-robed man sneered. He flicked his sleeve, and a yellow, luminous small tower flew out, which quickly expanded, and a multitude of refined corpses rushed out from inside, wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves.

Shen Long looked disdainful, flicked his wrist, and an extremely disagreeable noise sounded as a Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon flew out from the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

As soon as the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon appeared, four of its heads each emitted a blue radiance that went straight for the refined corpses.

The refined corpses tried to avoid it, but the ground generated a powerful gravitational force, pinning them in place.

The blue radiance fell on the refined corpses, and green light spheres left their bodies, swept up by the blue radiance into the mouths of the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, which swallowed them down; the refined corpses fell to the ground, motionless.

In less than five breaths’ time, the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon had killed all of the thousands of refined corpses.

"Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, you actually possess such a ferocious bird!"

The yellow-robed man was shocked and fearful.

The Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon was the bane of all demons and ghosts; at the same level, he had no confidence in defeating the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon.

The yellow-robed man howled to the sky, spewing out a yellow sonic wave that shot straight at the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, and then spat out a yellow Corpse Fire, heading straight for Shen Long.

"Corpse Fire! As if I don’t have a Spirit Flame myself," Shen Long taunted, opening his mouth to emit the Qinglian True Flame, confronting it head-on.

A thunderous explosion rang out as the green and yellow flames fiercely collided.

"A fourth-grade Spirit Flame!"

The yellow-robed man gasped; they had kicked an iron plate.

Shen Long swung the Lihuo Stick, smashing it down, with hefty shadows of the stick falling like red mountains.

Just as the yellow-robed man tried to dodge, the gravitational force on the ground spiked, and robust green vines broke through the earth, wrapping around the man’s body.

He easily tore apart these green vines, but the hefty shadows of the stick had already smashed down; he quickly waved his yellow sword to meet them.

With a dull clanging sound of metal, the yellow-robed man was sent flying, and before he hit the ground, a blue radiance descended from the sky, covering his body, and a yellow light sphere flew out, swept by the blue radiance into the mouth of the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, which then swallowed it.

The flesh of a Corpse King at the Nascent Soul Stage was very powerful, but against the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, their natural nemesis, even a Corpse King at the Nascent Soul Stage was useless.

After dealing with the yellow-robed man, Shen Long freed up his hands to deal with the woman in the green dress.

Soon, the woman in the green dress was smashed into minced meat by the Lihuo Stick; a green light sphere left her body; it was her spirit soul.

Corpse Cultivators do not possess Nascent Souls but only Spirit Souls.

Shen Long flashed by, snatching the green light orb in his hand and performed a Soul Search on it.

"Just as I thought!"

A look of sudden realization appeared on Shen Long’s face.

These two Corpse Cultivators came from the Southern Border Cultivation World. They had enticed several Nascent Soul Cultivators under the pretense of treasure hunting, luring other Nascent Soul Cultivators to the Heavenly Sand Ruins in search of treasures, and collaborated to exterminate the treasure hunters. Over ten Nascent Soul Cultivators met their demise, including those from the Sun Moon Palace, Heavenly Melody Sect, Shangguan Family, Shen Family, and Zhou Family.

In this battle, Shen Long gained four Spiritual Treasures, namely the Qiantu Sword, Qingyue Blade, Ice Soul Helmet, and Moon-Stepping Boat. The Qiantu Sword and Qingyue Blade were offensive treasures, the Ice Soul Helmet was a trapping treasure, and the Moon-Stepping Boat was a Flying Spirit Treasure.

Besides that, there were valuables worth tens of millions, a large batch of Alchemy and Artifact Refining materials, a Rank Four Puppet Beast, two bundles of Corpse Fire, and two Nascent Soul Stage Corpse King’s Corpse Pearls.

Corpse Pearls were excellent materials for tempering the body. Shen Long had once consumed the Corpse Pearl of a Core Formation Stage Corpse King, continually enhancing his physical body. The effects of these two Nascent Soul Stage Corpse King’s Corpse Pearls were sure to be even better.

"Master, may I eat it?"

The Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon asked.

With a flick of his wrist, Shen Long released the green light orb, which the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon swiftly devoured.

"How delicious! I feel I’m not far from reaching the middle stage of the fourth rank."

The Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon said excitedly.

Having eradicated the Ghost Creatures from the Hundred Ghosts Chart and consumed numerous Rank Four Yin Beast inner cores, and now having swallowed a batch of Corpse Cultivators’ Spirit Souls, it was indeed not far from reaching the middle stage of the fourth rank.

For the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, demons and ghosts were a substantial nourishment.

Shen Long seized the treasures from the corpses of the enemies, allowed the Ice Flood Dragon and others to consume the bodies of the Nascent Soul Cultivators, resealed them into the Spirit Beast Bracelet, and departed from the area.

From start to finish, the Blood Blade Demon Monarch’s Zouhua Cave was merely a bait. Apart from luring Nascent Soul Cultivators to their deaths, those treasure seekers who entered the Heavenly Sand Ruins and passed through the domains of the two Corpse Cultivators would also be annihilated.

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Rhino Oasis was located in the southeastern part of the Western Desert, the Shen Family’s base of operations.

In the center of the oasis stood a steep Sky-Supporting Peak. At the foot of the mountain was a blue stone tablet over a hundred zhang tall, engraved with the golden characters "Rhino Mountain" and continually flickering with Spiritual Light.

At the peak was a sprawling manor where Zhou Hualei, Zhou Guangyao, Shen Yushan, and a tall, thin, golden-robed elderly man were seated around a green stone table, engaged in conversation.

Zhou Hualei personally led a team to aid the Shen Family, alleviating the pressure they faced.

"Thousand Puppet Sect is no match for our two families. It is likely they will seek assistance from the Holy Spirit Sect. We need to be wary of a surprise attack from them," said the golden-robed elderly man with a grave tone.

Shen Tianhong, the Shen Family’s Great Elder.

Zhou Hualei nodded, "That’s for sure. I reckon they’re not keen on continuing the battle either. Eventually, the ownership of the Jianghuang Crystal Mine will likely be decided by a contest between the four of us."

"Hmph, with Zhou Daoist Brother’s assistance, we need not fear them," Shen Tianhong began to say but was interrupted as a piercing shrill sound emanated from Shen Yushan’s body.

Shen Yushan frowned, retrieved a yellow glowing Messaging Plate, inserted a spell, and his expression changed dramatically, "This is bad, Great Elder Tianhong, Thousand Puppet Sect is gone."

"What? What’s going on?" Shen Tianhong asked, puzzled.

"A massive number of Ghost Creatures suddenly surged from within Thousand Puppet Sect’s territory, including Nascent Soul Stage Ghoul Kings. They are spreading in all directions, killing a large number of Cultivators. The Great Elder of Thousand Puppet Sect was also killed by a Ghoul King. A Nascent Soul Cultivator from Thousand Puppet Sect survived and brought the news, requesting our assistance," Shen Yushan reported gravely.

"What’s going on! How did Nascent Soul Stage Ghoul Kings suddenly appear? Capable of killing Thousand Puppet Sect’s Great Elder? Are these Ghoul Kings that formidable?" Zhou Hualei expressed his confusion.

"It’s not very clear, only that a large number of Ghost Creatures have appeared in the Western Desert Cultivation Realm, wreaking havoc. If we do not exterminate these Ghost Creatures, they will eventually come for us," Shen Yushan said with a furrowed brow.

"We must go immediately to investigate. Send word out, invite high-level Cultivators to join us in eradicating these Ghost Creatures," Shen Tianhong ordered.

The sheer might of these Ghost Creatures was evident since even Thousand Puppet Sect, one of the four major powers in the Western Desert Cultivation Realm, could not withstand them. They needed to find a way to eradicate these Ghost Creatures.

"Yes, Great Elder Tianhong," agreed Shen Yushan, promptly rising to leave.

A month later, news of the event had spread to the greater part of the Western Desert Cultivation Realm.