Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 651 - 560 Melee_1

Chapter 651: 560 Melee_1

The lotus seed from the Seven-Colored Jade Lotus that had lived for twenty thousand years was the main ingredient for crafting the sixth-rank elixir—the Seven-Colored Jade Lotus Pill, which could enhance the chances of mutation in spirit beasts and birds. Even consuming the Seven-Colored Jade Lotus’s seed raw was effective, though the chances of mutation were not high.

The woman in the red gown had obtained a lotus seed from a twenty-thousand-year-old Seven-Colored Jade Lotus at an underground auction and planned to find a sixth-rank alchemist to help craft the Seven-Colored Jade Lotus Pill.

She had not yet managed to find a sixth-rank alchemist to help her when she was ordered to rush to this place, get into a fight with the disciples of the Qianling Sect, and then enter the secret realm to hunt for treasures.

While they were sneaking beneath the ground, they discovered Shen Long and Shen Hai, and they had planned to ambush them, not expecting to hit an iron wall.

Aside from the lotus seed of the Seven-Colored Jade Lotus, there were also over five hundred spiritual medicines, with no fewer than four hundred that were over three thousand years old, among which were three strands of the Golden Jade Soul-Nurturing Grass that was four thousand years old—a main ingredient for crafting the Golden Jade Soul-Nurturing Pill.

A gust of whirlwind blew past, and the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon appeared out of nowhere.

"Master, they intended to ambush you, but they didn’t succeed,"

the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon said.

"Who is leading the Yinluo Sect? What is his cultivation level?"

Shen Long asked.

"Xu Wei, late stage Divinity Transformation, he has a treasure called the Thousand Ghosts Scroll, and mutant ghost creatures,"

the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon reported truthfully.

Shen Long nodded, and a golden thunder light lit up in front of him as the Thunder Roc appeared, its left claw holding the corpse of a man in a black robe.

"Master, I have brought back his corpse, and it has eaten his divine soul,"

the Thunder Roc said.

Shen Long took the storage bracelet and fed the corpse to the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon; the old man in black was a ghost cultivator, and thus his corpse was more suitable for the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon to devour.

The Thunder Roc preferred to devour cultivators practicing Thunder Method, especially those of the thunder attribute spirit birds.

"Come back for now!"

Shen Long said, and both the Thunder Roc and the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon flew back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

He gathered the items from the ground, walked over to the Blue Flying Boat, and Shen Hai performed a spell, sending the Blue Flying Boat soaring into the high skies, soon disappearing from sight.

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Outside the secret realm, Li Dong, Li Wanyue, and Zhao Yan, among other Void Refining Cultivators, gathered together, communicating through transmitted voices.

"I wonder if Feathered Wing True Monarch’s treasure is within the secret realm,"

Li Wanyue said curiously.

Feathered Wing True Monarch had a treasure which had aided him in slaying several Void Refining Cultivators, making his name renowned far and wide.

"He must be carrying that treasure on him; unless he has perished within the secret realm, that treasure is unlikely to be there,"

Li Dong analyzed.

"Feathered Wing True Monarch has killed many Void Refining phase beings from different races in the past. He should have gotten his hands on some nice items; I wonder if they are within the secret realm,"

Zhao Yan speculated with a face full of curiosity.

"It all depends on whose juniors find those items first,"

Li Dong said solemnly.

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Within the secret realm, seven men and three women were dueling in an open field. Judging by their attire, they each hailed from the Nine Flames Sect, the Qianling Sect, the Yinluo Sect, and the Qi Family.

In the distance stood the Sky-Supporting Peak, formidable and steep with dense vegetation, seemingly without any noteworthy features.

"We must resolve this quickly,"

Zhao Yuqian said, her expression icy cold.

Her right hand shone brilliantly with a golden light as she sent out a palm strike, and a giant golden hand appeared, surging directly towards Xu Wei.

Li Changqing pinched his sword fingers, and the nine flying swords, constantly revolving in blue light, intensified in brilliance, emitting piercing sword cries as they transformed into nine blue rainbows slashing towards the opposite side.

"Who can’t perform Sword Control Technique!"

A plump woman in a white dress scoffed coldly, pinched her sword fingers, and her nine flying swords, revolving in white light, became nine white rainbows that met the attack head-on.

The eighteen flying swords collided, emitting piercing sword cries and sending sparks flying in all directions.

A tall man in a blue shirt pinched his spell fingers, and hundreds of thousands of Vajra Beetles condensed into a long golden sabre, hurtling straight toward the opposite side.

A man with a tiger’s back and bear’s waist, wearing a golden shirt, wielded a Sky-Supporting Giant Cudgel, heavily smashing the shadow of a giant skeleton.

The thunderous booms shattered the giant skeleton into pieces, turning into a sky full of white bones scattered across the ground.

Xu Wei pinched his spell fingers, and a large amount of Yin Qi surged from his body, obscuring his figure. A streak of black light shot out from within, instantly appearing in front of the man in the golden shirt— it was indeed a black light-revolving scroll.

The black scroll bore numerous ghost creatures of various shapes, each one as if alive, performing fiercely vicious movements.

"Not good, it’s his lifebound treasure, the Thousand Ghosts Scroll, quick, dodge it!"

Li Changqing exclaimed in alarm.

Just as the man in the golden shirt was about to dodge, the ghost creatures on the Thousand Ghosts Scroll all emitted "woo woo" crying sounds, leaving the man dizzy and disoriented.

The Thousand Ghosts Scroll spewed out a black aurora light, enveloping the man in the golden shirt and rolling him into the scroll.

After a moment of intense dizziness, the man in the golden shirt found himself in a grey space, where the wind howled, and the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves was incessant.

The void above him fluctuated, and a ghost claw, wrapped in black Qi, appeared and smacked down towards his face; at the same time, more than a dozen large black fog serpents pounced.

The man in the golden shirt’s right hand emitted a dazzling golden light, and with a palm strike, he blocked the black ghost claw; simultaneously, he swung his long golden cudgel, shredding the black fog serpents into pieces.

A blood-colored sonic wave shot towards him; as he was about to dodge, two white ghost claws enveloped in black Qi emerged from the ground, clutching his feet, and a "woo woo" crying sound once again resonated.

The man in the golden shirt felt dizzy and could barely stand; his body shone with a brilliant golden light, and a substantial golden light barrier appeared, protecting his entire body.

The blood-colored sonic wave swept over the golden light barrier; the barrier dimmed, and a black ghost claw descended from the sky, smashing the golden light barrier.

The black ghost claw streaked across the man in the golden shirt’s back, leaving several clearly visible bloody marks, followed by a beam of blood light that struck accurately on his back. The man in the golden shirt screamed in agony.

His face turned beet red from the struggle; he swung his long golden cudgel fiercely against the ground to no avail.

Less than ten breaths later, he turned into a pool of blood, and his Nascent Soul flew out, only to be enveloped by a blood-colored aurora and drawn into the mouth of a Blood-Colored Fierce Ghost with a blood-colored horn on its head.

Xu Wei wore a look of smug satisfaction; no Soul Transformation Cultivator trapped by the Thousand Ghosts Scroll had ever managed to escape.

The ground shook violently, and a giant crack appeared from which a Yellow Giant Ape, a hundred zhang tall, burrowed out from underground, appearing behind the woman in the white dress.

The woman in the white dress turned pale with shock; she hastily summoned a flying sword, enshrouded in white light, and slashed towards the Yellow Giant Ape.

The Yellow Giant Ape showed no fear, unleashing a punch, colliding with the white flying sword.

With a "clang," the white flying sword was sent flying, while the Yellow Giant Ape spit out a yellow sonic wave, heading straight for the woman in the white dress.

The woman in the white dress quickly brought out a white shield to block in front of her; at the same time, the white light barrier around her body intensified, becoming more solid.

The yellow sonic wave swept past the white shield and the light barrier, causing the shield to wobble slightly, and the light barrier dimmed slighty.

A yellow giant fist smashed onto the white shield, sending it flying and crashing into the light barrier which caved in significantly, its spiritual light fading.

The woman in the white dress, startled, was about to use other methods when a thick yellow sting emerged from the earth, striking the white light barrier and shattering it.

She felt a numbness in her calf as if stung by a needle, followed by difficulty in breathing.

A yellow sonic wave swept over her, passing through the woman’s body; she let out a scream, bleeding from all seven orifices as her internal organs were shattered.

Her Nascent Soul had barely left her body when it was enveloped by a yellow aurora, drawn into the mouth of an Iron Tail Scorpion.