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Chapter 157: Golden Core Battle, Rewarding Magic Treasures
Chapter 157: Golden Core Battle, Rewarding Magic Treasures
"Retreat!"
In Luo Chen's shock, Miao Wen wasted no time, withdrawing and retreating explosively.
It wasn't just him; Luo Tianhong also took the same action.
Luo Chen naturally couldn't fall behind. Using the Carefree Wind Riding technique with his Cloud Treading Boots, he suddenly burst into an extreme speed.
Almost in unison, the three retreated several dozen miles away.
Miao Wen gave him a surprised glance.
Trouble!
Luo Chen's heart jolted. In his haste, he had inadvertently revealed his full speed.
It was important to note that both Miao Wen and Luo Tianhong were sword cultivators.
Though they hadn't reached the level of Golden Core cultivators where their sword light could turn into a rainbow, they were still renowned for their speed among their peers.
His full speed was only a step behind the two Foundation Establishment cultivators.
No wonder Miao Wen looked at him that way.
Just as Luo Chen was mentally cursing his bad luck, a deafening sound rolled in from the distance.
The sound waves were overwhelming, causing Luo Chen's face to turn pale and his body to waver, almost falling.
It was only when a gentle spirit energy supported him that he regained his composure, filled with afterthoughts.
A cold voice echoed in his ear.
"May you find your own fortune!"
Luo Chen nodded gratefully to Luo Tianhong, who had noticed his predicament and lent a helping hand.
Otherwise, a fall from a kilometer-high altitude would have severely injured Luo Chen, given his physical condition.
"Hmph!"
Miao Wen snorted coldly, "Retreat further away. Otherwise, the aftereffects of the Golden Core battle might spread, and even the two of us might not be able to protect you."
"And from such a distance, you won't be able to release your spirit sense to see anything."
Luo Chen gritted his teeth and flew to a distance of about a mile behind the two.
This distance was safe enough.
The central battlefield was by the Lancang River, several dozen miles away.
Even if the aftereffects of the battle spread, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators in front would give Luo Chen enough time to react.
However, to be on the safe side, he still activated the Four Symbols Cauldron.
Four-colored tassels hung from the cauldron, protecting him completely.
His actions did not escape the notice of Miao Wen and Luo Tianhong.
However, it was clear that their attention was not on him but on the distant scene, their expressions solemn.
After Luo Chen was prepared, he took a deep breath and looked toward the broad waters of the Lancang River.
Who said he couldn't see anything?
His Spirit Eye Technique had reached Great Perfection a few days ago, and he could see clearly even from a hundred miles away.
It was only dusk, and visibility wasn't completely obscured.
Under his gaze:
The golden light dissipated, and the waves calmed.
Pang Renxiong, dressed in a long red robe, stood high in the sky, overlooking the river.
"Rats, come out!"
With his fierce shout, the river surface exploded in layers.
A faint sigh echoed through the endless explosions, clear and unaffected.
"Why must you be so ruthless, Fellow Daoist Pang?"
In the next moment, a black and white light carried a weathered figure, slowly rising from the bottom of the Lancang River.
Seeing the black and white light, Pang Renxiong snorted.
"Rotten Go pieces!"
"Indeed, it was you who personally killed Uncle Mi."
The black-robed cultivator, enveloped in his black robe, chuckled bitterly, "A mere Foundation Establishment independent cultivator, why would you go to such lengths?"
However, Pang Renxiong shook his head.
"It's not for him."
"Uncle Mi was just a bait to lure out the mastermind behind the false accusations against the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect."
"Let me ask you, did you kill Fei Bowen in Ailao Mountain?"
The black-robed cultivator was taken aback and then firmly denied.
"I have no grudge or enmity with Ailao Mountain. Why would I kill him?"
"You don't get to decide. Follow me back to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect for an investigation."
Faced with this, the black-robed cultivator's anger flared.
"Are you being too oppressive? I'm just an independent cultivator. If I really go to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, won't I be at your mercy?"
"You have no choice!"
"Ha ha, I'll see what you can do to leave me with no choice."
Clearly, this person was not someone to be pushed around.
As soon as he spoke, numerous purple-golden flying wheels erupted from behind him, numbering in the hundreds at a glance.
Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheels!
This person's magical power was profound. With just one move, he unleashed the full might of his magic treasure.
This was far beyond what a Foundation Establishment cultivator like Uncle Mi could achieve.
Faced with this, Pang Renxiong showed a look of disdain and spat out a sword pill.
The sword pill instantly transformed into myriad sword lights, enveloping the hundreds of flying wheels.
Intense collisions echoed continuously.
The vast magical power surged, causing the Lancang River to ripple violently.
From a distance of several dozen miles, Luo Chen watched the battle with a heart full of awe.
This was the power wielded by Golden Core cultivators?
Even just a probing move caused the river to tremble.
The surge of magical power made the entire ten-mile radius a place of hidden danger.
If they were to attack him, even from such a distance, it would only take a thought!
Suddenly, his ears twitched.
"It seems we're right. It was this black-robed Golden Core who secretly killed Uncle Mi."
"Indeed. The Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel was sold at the auction I organized, and the buyer was Uncle Mi. The defensive magic treasure, the Rotten Go pieces, was also the protective treasure of the Supreme Elder of the Ghostly Divine Valley."
"Junior Brother, didn't these Rotten Go pieces come from the Ancient Relic in the Ganyuan Mountain Range? I followed the order and entrusted the Broken Mountain Gang to track it down. They did find the true relic, but Elder Pang entered it and took most of the relics. Why didn't he take these magic treasures as well?"
"We had to leave something behind. Otherwise, how could we lure out such a big fish?"
Miao Wen's puzzled voice echoed again.
"Why are you so sure this black-robed Golden Core would be interested in these magic treasures?"
"This is Elder Pang's deduction."
Luo Tianhong said calmly, "When Fei Bowen was attacked, according to Elder Pang's judgment, the attacker likely coveted the defensive magic treasure, the Cage, in Ailao Mountain."
"But the Cage worked both ways. Fei Bowen activated it before dying, forcing the attacker to retreat without success."
"Later, Elder Pang retrieved most of the resources from the Supreme Elder's relic in the Ghostly Divine Valley but left behind the Rotten Go pieces and the Demon Locking Pagoda. Both have defensive properties and would naturally attract the interest of that rat."
Miao Wen was enlightened. He hadn't been fully aware of these secrets.
Indeed, he was just an outer sect executor, while Luo Tianhong was different.
The opponent was the Inner Sect's Foundation Establishment True Disciple, highly regarded by the Elders. Naturally, he wouldn't hide such trivial matters from them.
"It seems that the Black Robe Golden Core killedFeiBaiwen and even stoletheJadeDingSWORD Sect’s treasures," Miaowen sneered.
"He's dead, and he still heldhis ground."
Luo Tianhong shook his head, "He's stubbornness has its consequences, but it doesn't matter before theJadeding Sect. Whether he admits it or not, it's not important anymore."
It was clear toLuo Chen thatPangrenxiongrew increasinglyimpatient. The Sword Pillcontrolled numerous sword lights, growing increasingly fierce.
The sword lights, numbering in the thousands and tens of thousands, were so dense they were uncountable.
Under such attacks, theHeavenlyPurpleWheel wobbled, regardless of how many rounds it cast, itinstantly vanished.
The Sword Lightsthat slipped through, slashed his body, triggering the two black and white chess pieces to whirl wildly.
"Is this the so-called Sword Cultivator who can destroy ten thousandsofthousand techniques with one sword?"
"Without using any means, he eliminated a peer Golden Core in one blow."
Luo Chen admired immensely, focusing on the sword. No wonder theSword Cultivator was known as the strongest combatant of the same rank.
However, sincePangrenXiong dared to challenge the JadeDing Sword Sect, there must be more to it than just this, right?
Right asLuo chen guessed, a fierce roar echoed across theLanchangRiver.
"The Sect's cultivation Oppresses me too much!"
The next moment, a small pagoda flew from theBlack Robe cultivator's hand.
The small pagoda exuded an ancient aura, clearly a long-established magical treasure.
As his qi flowed into it, the pagodagrew rapidly.
Ten zhang!
-twenty-zhang!
-forty-zhang!
-fifty-zhang!
-a hundredzhang!
The massive pagoda stretched out like a pillar supporting the sky, landing on the river surface.
TheBlack RobeGoldenCore sucked in a breath, retracted theHeavenly PurpleWheel, and immediately waved his hands.
Swish! Swish!
Dozens of thick black chains shot out from the pagoda, like dragons and pythons, collapsing the surrounding sword lights.
Their momentum was unstoppable, instantly surroundingPangrenXiong within a five-liang radius, with a mysterious sealing aura, sealing thatsection of the sky.
Pangrenxiong’s face changed slightly as a Sword Pill danced around him, splitting into countless sword lights, desperately cutting through black chains.
However, the situation continued to deteriorate.
Each severed chain cost hundreds of sword lights.
But with the pagoda, the black chains seemed endless.
TheBlack Robe cultivator couldn’t help but laugh.
"This is theGhost Valley Sect’s treasure, the Pagoda of DemonLocking!"
"Inner contains nine earth fiends,outer nine formations, it is the ultimate high-grade magical treasure!"
"Back then, it suppressed countless demons. Today, it will suppress the JadeDingSword Cultivation!
...
From dozens of liang away, Luo Chen’s heart sank.
This treasure must be the one MiaoWen mentioned on the way here, the Pagoda of Demon locking.
Its power was truly domineering.
Even the renowned SwordPill, under theblack chains’ seal, was powerless to resist.
No wonderPangrenXiong had the guts to challenge the JadeDingSword Sect.
Thinking of this, LuoChen couldn’t help but feel a wave of melancholy.
It was for MiShuHua, and also for himself.
MiShuHua was theGoldencore’s chesspiece, and he himself had long been a foundation establishment cultivator.
The Sect’s cultivation, deep down, looked down on scattered cultivation!
In the midst of this melancholy, LuoChen saw the battle situation was starting to tilt in his favor.
ThisBlackrobeGoldenCore, claiming to be a scattered cultivator.
But at theGoldenCorestage, how could it be rootless and rudderless?
Not to mention, passing through five foundation establishment stages, he came from one side.
The most likely was theLianyun MerchantAlliance.
At this moment, whiluochen was contemplating, the air, the two in front of him were also conversing.
Miao Wen’s voice carried a hint of urgency.
"TheElder’s expertise in theGreat sword scripture, on theLanchangRiver, can't fully exert its might. It's already lost some advantage."
However, Luhochenjust kept toying, playing along with him."
"Eh..."
"But he should have played along with him enough!"
LuoChen heard this conversation, couldn’t help but be stunned.
To have reached this step, it was all just for show?
ThisPangrenXiong, don’t let yourself be played with.
As the sun set over theLanchangRiver, churning with qi,as if boiling, under the force of the pagoda.
The chains extended from the pagoda, densely coveringPangrenxiong within a hundred liang.
At this moment, theJadeDing Sword Cultivator was without options or roads.
Once trapped, there was only one way to be suppressed!
But Facing such danger, PangrenXiong only laughed.
"Having the Pagoda of Demon locking for so long, I already have the means to subdue you. And I have more_than just this..."
The words unfinished, a golden sword pill shot out from his mouth, transforming into a golden beam, striking the center of the black chains.
"Today, I will use his method against him."
"Let those like you die under the sword pill!"
The moment this golden sword pill appeared, PangrenXiong could no longer hold back his anger.
"Indeed, it was you who framed me!"
In his rage, he suddenly clutched his hands in mid-air.
The sword light that had been blocking the chains instantly vanished.
At the same time, his Sword Pill transformed into a large sword, landing in his hand.
In the next moment, he leaped and swung the sword!
A vast sword light pierced through the clouds and split the sun, cutting through all the chains.
Not only that, the remaining power did not diminish in the slightest, and the hundreds of feet of sword light slammed into the black-robed cultivator.
The incoming golden Sword Pill, which had not yet unleashed its might, was struck into the depths of the river.
Faced with this shocking sword strike, the black-robed cultivator's face changed drastically.
Black and white chess pieces transformed into two large dragons, tightly protecting him.
The Demon Locking Pagoda unleashed eighteen strands of Earth Fiend Qi, repeatedly attempting to weaken the shocking sword strike.
Unfortunately, all these efforts were in vain.
The so-called Earth Fiend Qi, under the sword light, melted like snow in the sun.
Boom!
A loud explosion echoed for thousands of miles.
Even Luo Chen, who was tens of miles away and protected by the Four Symbols Cauldron, was shaken and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He immediately covered his ears.
Not only that, he quickly pressed several acupoints on his body, barely managing to hold on.
When he had a moment to spare, the scene before him left him speechless.
The Lancang River had been cut off!
To be precise, the endless flow of the river had been severed.
Not only was it cut off, but the originally thousands of meters wide river now had not a single drop of water, revealing an enormous riverbed.
Mud, along with the bodies and blood of various fish and water beasts, covered the riverbed.
Vast clouds of mist enveloped the area, resembling a dreamlike fog.
"Dead?"
Luo Chen's mouth gaped open, his glowing eyes frantically searching for the black-robed cultivator.
"Not dead!"
As the river water surged again, a black tower, now only ten zhang tall, floated alone in the mist.
Then, a figure, disheveled and frightened, emerged from behind the tower.
His eyes gradually lost their fear, he swallowed, and then burst into a wild laugh.
"Just that much!"
"Just that much!"
"So-called golden Sword Pill, its power is just that much, I'm still alive!"
Faced with this wild laughter, the distant Pang Renxiong merely smirked.
He extended his hand, and in the black-robed cultivator's confusion, he clutched the air.
"The Demon Locking Pagoda is not to be used like this."
"Watch closely!"
The black-robed cultivator's face changed drastically as he instinctively looked at the black tower before him.
A slightly ethereal golden chain shot out from the tip of the tower, like a snake's tongue.
Pierce!
In an instant, it stabbed into his body at lightning speed.
When the golden chain retracted with a rattle, a golden core, wrapped in a black and yellow hue, was locked inside the black tower.
"My golden core!"
A mournful and desperate cry echoed.
But what greeted him was a sword light.
The black-robed cultivator, dead!
Pang Renxiong sneered, stepping on the black tower and using his magical power to draw back the two flags spinning in the air.
Not only that, he reached out and grabbed.
From the riverbed, now covered by the newly flowing river, a dim Sword Pill flew out.
Looking at this Sword Pill, which had reached the level of a magic treasure, Pang Renxiong furrowed his brows, not even bothering to care for the black-robed cultivator's corpse.
"Congratulations, Elder, for slaying a great enemy!"
"Elder, you are mighty!"
Luo Chen stood on the devastated riverbank, looking up at the three people with reverence.
Faced with the congratulations from his two Foundation Establishment disciples, Pang Renxiong merely shook his head.
"Only our sect's Golden Core Sword Practitioners can cultivate a Sword Pill to the magic treasure level. The sword and the person are one, so I wonder which of our fellow disciples has fallen outside."
Upon hearing this, Miao Wen and Luo Tianhong were startled.
Luo Tianhong, incredulous, said, "In recent years, only three of our sect's Golden Core Elders have been traveling and training outside!"
"Disciple Ren Pingsheng, Elder Bo Yijian, and Xiao Shu!" Pang Renxiong sighed, a hint of hope in his voice, "I can only hope it's not them, but rather a Sword Pill this person obtained from another realm!"
Hearing those three names, Miao Wen couldn't help but shudder.
Any one of these three, if they had died outside, would cause a huge uproar within the sect once the news spread.
Especially Ren Pingsheng, who was hailed as the first among Golden Core cultivators!
He was the most promising disciple in the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect to advance to the Nascent Soul stage!
Putting away the Sword Pill, Pang Renxiong glanced at the few additional magic treasures.
"I secretly made some modifications to the Demon Locking Pagoda, which is why I could unexpectedly injure this person. I will take this treasure back to the sect."
"This Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel, I will give to Miao Wen."
"These chess pieces, I will give to Tianhong."
With a wave of his hand, the two magic treasures landed before them.
Luo Tianhong was stunned, then his face lit up with joy.
While it was rumored that Jade Cauldron Sword Practitioners cultivated only one sword, this was true only for cultivators at or above the Golden Core stage.
Before their Sword Pills reached the magic treasure level, lower-stage cultivators of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect usually chose one or two magic treasures for protection.
Of course, their primary offensive means were still flying swords and Sword Pills.
Compared to the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel, the chess pieces, as a defensive magic treasure, were extremely suitable for him, Luo Tianhong.
Moreover, this treasure was of high grade, being the path-protecting treasure of a Supreme Elder from the Ghostly Divine Valley.
Earlier, the black-robed cultivator had survived partly due to the protection of the chess pieces, in addition to the Demon Locking Pagoda.
Miao Wen looked at Luo Tianhong with envy, even a hint of jealousy, but he was also elated to receive the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel.
Although he couldn't use it much, selling it would at least fetch him tens of thousands of spirit stones.
If he put it up for auction, it might even fetch the original price of eighty thousand spirit stones.
On the ground, Luo Chen was also extremely envious.
Although Pang Renxiong was domineering, he was also truly generous.
Two magic treasures, given away just like that.
Just as he was envious, a sharp gaze fell on him.
"Pill Dust Master—Luo Chen, right?"
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