Chapter 232: New Magical Treasures, New Spells

Chapter 232: New Magical Treasures, New Spells

A Fifth-Rank Red Flame Beast was no pushover, even for two Late Qi Condensation cultivators from the Great Ro Sect.

However, faced with the frenzied attacks of the Red Flame Beast, the duo seemed to be faltering.

The fiery attacks of the Fifth-Rank Red Flame Beast were formidable, each blast capable of breaking through their defenses.

Their own assaults, on the other hand, were effortlessly blocked by the beast's fiery aura.

"No holding back now!"

At that moment, the taller of the two Great Ro Sect cultivators, positioned on the left, shouted sternly.

Chu Ning's gaze flickered slightly upon hearing this.

He saw that each of the cultivators now held a long spear, from which a golden light emanated as they brandished them.

As the two golden lights streaked away from the spears, they unexpectedly merged into one in mid-air, hurtling towards the Red Flame Beast.

The Red Flame Beast unleashed its fiery aura once more, but this time it failed to completely counter the golden light.

The golden light pierced through the flames and struck the beast.

"Roar!"

The Red Flame Beast, its eyes flashing with an increasingly intense crimson glow, roared furiously as it received the attack.

Chu Ning, who was observing the battle, wore a look of surprise at this turn of events.

"These two spears aren't magical treasures on their own, but when combined, they can unleash a power comparable to that of an ordinary magical treasure."

With this thought, Chu Ning's expression turned serious.

It wasn't solely because of the power of the spears, but also because the strategy employed by the Great Ro Sect cultivators had raised his vigilance.

It was evident that the pair of spears had been distributed to these two cultivators specifically for the purpose of fighting together.

However, how could the Great Ro Sect be certain that they would encounter each other early on?

Moreover, they had managed to converge in such a short time after entering this space.

"They might have even used some kind of technique to teleport together!

I wonder if it's just these two or if all the Great Ro Sect disciples are doing the same."

As this thought crossed Chu Ning's mind, he couldn't help but feel a sense of worry for his fellow sect members.

If it had only been these two, then it would have been fine, but if all the Great Ro Sect cultivators were working in pairs, the chances of the Nine Lotus Sect cultivators encountering them and emerging unscathed would be slim.

At this moment, even the Fifth-Rank Red Flame Beast seemed unable to handle the two cultivators.

It was subtly being suppressed by their combined efforts.

The Red Flame Beast was indeed at a disadvantage against the combined offense and defense of the two Great Ro Sect cultivators and their spears.

The golden light repeatedly penetrated the fiery aura, striking the beast.

Although the damage was mitigated by the flames, it still inflicted some harm on the beast.

Additionally, the two Late Qi Condensation cultivators seemed less strained when attacking with the spears compared to when they were using magical treasures individually.

Their spiritual power didn't seem to be depleting as rapidly.

If this continued, it was clear that even a Fifth-Rank beast like the Red Flame Beast could be gradually worn down and killed.

The Red Flame Beast seemed to realize this as well.

"Roar!"

As the golden light assaulted it once more, the Fifth-Rank beast let out a mighty roar.

This time, instead of spewing flames, it spat out a crimson pill!

"Yao Dan!"

Witnessing this, the two Great Ro Sect cultivators hovering in the air exclaimed in surprise.

Chu Ning, hidden in the shadows, felt a stir in his heart and his hand instinctively reached for his storage bag.

"This Fifth-Rank beast is directly offering up its Yao Dan. It's going all out!"

As Chu Ning pondered this, the pill that the Red Flame Beast had spat out transformed into a fiery-red meteor, hurtling towards the two Great Ro Sect cultivators in front of it.

In an instant, the overwhelming pressure and searing heat assailed the duo, causing their faces to contort in shock.

They brandished their spears once more, emitting a golden light, but in the face of the pill's attack, it was swiftly overwhelmed and scattered.

The two cultivators were forced to retreat by the force of the impact.

At that moment, the taller cultivator on the left suddenly threw his spear to his companion.

The latter caught it, and the two spears merged into one, forming a dazzling golden spear.

The Great Ro Sect cultivator quickly channeled his spiritual power into the spear, causing it to radiate a brilliant golden light.

In the next instant, he swung the spear forward, managing to hold off the fiery-red pill.

The combined spear, wielded by a single person, seemed to possess even greater power than when the two cultivators had used them separately.

However, it also seemed to consume more spiritual power.

After just one strike, the Late Qi Condensation cultivator appeared to have depleted a significant amount of spiritual power.

Nonetheless, the Red Flame Beast was in a similar predicament.

The strike of the golden spear seemed to have severely damaged its Yao Dan.

The Fifth-Rank beast wobbled in the air, its surrounding crimson flames diminishing in intensity.

Seeing this, the Red Flame Beast immediately opened its mouth and sucked the pill back into its body.

However, the taller Great Ro Sect cultivator seized the opportunity and flew forward, passing by his companion in the process.

The golden spear was now back in his hands.

With the spear in his grasp, he continued to fly forward, infusing it with his spiritual power, causing it to shine brilliantly.

Then, just as the pill was about to re-enter the Red Flame Beast's mouth, the cultivator thrust the spear viciously into its body.

"ROAR!!"

The Red Flame Beast let out an ear-piercing, anguished roar.

Evidently, the blow from the magical treasure had inflicted a near-fatal injury.

However, the two Great Ro Sect cultivators didn't seem intent on letting the Fifth-Rank beast go.

The cultivator who had previously attacked with the golden spear had now flown closer.

The taller cultivator withdrew the spear from the beast's body, and it once again split into two.

Each cultivator held one spear, and in the next moment, two golden lights shot forth from the weapons, streaking towards the Red Flame Beast.

But the golden light had already pierced through its body!

Even though this Red Flame Beast had reached the Fifth-Rank, it couldn't withstand the attack and fell to the ground, dead.

The two Great Ro Sect cultivators heaved a sigh of relief upon witnessing this scene.

However, the taller cultivator from the Great Ro Sect suddenly seemed to remember something.

"That's not right, there are other beasts."

As the tall cultivator's words fell, their expressions changed abruptly as they seemed to sense something.

They turned simultaneously and attempted to dart sideways.

But they were too slow.

As soon as they moved, three arrows entwined with strands of green silk shot towards the tall cultivator.

At the same time, a flying dagger wrapped in green radiance flew towards the other cultivator.

"Magic treasure!"

Upon seeing the power contained within the green radiance of the dagger, the cultivator exclaimed in surprise.

In the next moment, he hastily raised his long spear to defend himself.

However, having just driven the magic treasure to fight the Red Flame Beast, most of his spiritual power had already been exhausted.

At this moment, driving the long spear again was no easy task.

Before he could emit the golden light from the spear, the flying dagger, glowing with green radiance, had already reached him.

It pierced straight through his head!

This late-stage Qi Condensation cultivator didn't even have time to activate any defenses and fell to the ground.

On the other side, the taller cultivator fared slightly better, as he seemed to have more robust spiritual power.

He forcefully activated the golden light on his long spear.

However, without the other spear merging with it, the golden light was evidently less powerful.

One of the arrows shot through the golden light.

The green silk on the arrow took over, wrapping and entangling the golden light.

In the next moment, the golden light was extinguished by the green silk.

The other two arrows, also wrapped in green silk, directly pierced the tall cultivator's body.

"Ah!"

The tall cultivator let out a cry of extreme unwillingness before falling towards the ground!

In an instant, both late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators had met their demise.

At this moment, a figure holding a longbow and clad in a green robe slowly emerged from the forest.

This person was, of course, Chu Ning.

He casually strolled over to the bodies of the beast and the two cultivators.

With a wave of his hand, the flying dagger and the three arrows returned to his grasp.

"The withered leaf flying blade the Sect Master gave me is quite powerful!"

Chu Ning now held the flying dagger in his right hand. Its blade alternated between light and dark, resembling ivory white, with a faint pattern of autumn leaves on one side.

The dagger's edge was sharp and gleaming, with a hint of yellowish light.

This dagger was a magic treasure that Yu Changge had given to Chu Ning a month ago.

It was called the Withered Leaf Flying Blade, capable of withering ten thousand leaves and reducing them to ashes with a single slash.

When Chu Ning had proposed entering the ruins while keeping his identity hidden, he knew he couldn't use his Double Fire Ring magic treasure again.

Fortunately, during the previous competition, the sect had intended to give Chu Ning a magic treasure, but they hadn't had the chance to do so yet.

After Chu Ning informed Yu Changge that he would be using wood-attribute techniques and spells in combat, Yu Changge gave him this wood-attribute attack magic treasure.

As for the arrows in his left hand, they were shot from his top-grade spiritual artifact—the Divine Wood Longbow.

However, the technique Chu Ning had just used with the longbow wasn't the Azurewood Sword Technique he had learned from Qingxi Sect.

Instead, it was a top-tier low-grade spell he had recently learned from the Ji Hua Sect's archive pavilion—Three Thousand Jade Silks!

It allowed him to condense silk-like green radiance with his spiritual power for attacks, and it was incredibly lethal.

Thanks to his Yin Wood Spirit Body talent, Chu Ning had made remarkable progress in a month, cultivating to the point where he could condense over a thousand jade silks, even though he hadn't reached the Three Thousand Jade Silks stage yet.

Furthermore, his abundant spiritual power, combined with the enhancement of the Divine Wood Longbow, ensured that the Great Ro Sect cultivator, who had already exhausted much of his spiritual power in the previous battle with the Red Flame Beast, had no means to defend against the attack.

After retrieving his treasures, Chu Ning was about to take the storage bags and the golden spears from the two Great Ro Sect cultivators.

Suddenly, he let out a soft "hm."

With his exceptionally strong spiritual sense, he surprisingly detected that the Red Flame Beast was not entirely dead yet and still had a faint life force.

"This is an unexpected delight!"

Chu Ning's eyes lit up, and in the next moment, he waved his hand.

A Red Flame Beast made of flames appeared in the air.

Compared to the previous beast, this one seemed much weaker.

Chu Ning then performed a series of hand seals with both hands, casting them onto the dying Fifth-Rank Red Flame Beast.

In the next moment, a somewhat illusory Red Flame Beast flew out of its body.

It then merged into the Red Flame Beast that Chu Ning had conjured using the Blazing Inferno Art.

Instantly, the conjured Red Flame Beast grew larger, and its power also increased significantly.

Chu Ning casually waved his hand, turning the conjured beast into a ball of fire that landed in his palm.

With another wave, it vanished without a trace.

Up until now, Chu Ning looked at the completely lifeless Red Flame Beast, a smile appearing on his face.

"With some time, I should be able to refine this Fifth-Rank beast's soul. My ability to conjure the Red Flame Beast will improve by another level.

It might even be comparable to the spells of a Core Formation cultivator."

Of course, the Red Flame Beast didn't just bring Chu Ning this benefit.

He picked up the Withered Leaf Flying Blade and sliced open the Red Flame Beast.

A red pill fell into his hand.

"The beast pill of a Fifth-Rank beast is a precious ingredient for refining pills!

And its corpse is also excellent material for crafting artifacts. It will be good practice."

As he did so, his eyebrows furrowed slightly. "These two don't seem to have anything special about them, in terms of appearance or cultivation. Why would they wear these black robes that conceal their faces and auras? And these robes don't seem to have any special defensive capabilities either."

Chu Ning was perplexed but still stripped the black robes from the cultivators. The robe from the taller cultivator was shredded by his Divine Wood Longbow. However, the other cultivator's robe remained intact, as Chu Ning had used the Withered Leaf Flying Blade to pierce his head.

After removing the black robes and checking for anything else, Chu Ning casually waved his hand, sending two fireballs toward the bodies, reducing them to ashes.

Then, he took out a small mirror from his storage bag. After infusing it with spiritual power, he glanced at the locations of the red dots and flew toward the nearest one.

Initially, Chu Ning had intended to make his way directly to the central region. However, now that he knew about the Great Ro Sect's strategy, he felt responsible for his fellow sect members, especially as the senior disciple.

If his guess was correct and the Great Ro Sect cultivators were indeed working in pairs, then his sect members would be in grave danger.

As he flew, Chu Ning kept his eyes on the mirror, his expression turning grim as he hastened his pace.

After covering about thirty miles, his face changed slightly. The red dot on the mirror had disappeared.

"Did they stop using the mirror to navigate, or did they encounter some other danger?" Chu Ning muttered to himself, but without hesitation, he continued flying in the same direction.

After covering another thirty or so miles, Chu Ning's eyebrows furrowed again. According to the mirror, he should have been within the range of his spiritual sense by now. After breaking through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, his spiritual sense had extended to nearly 3,800 zhang, covering a radius of about twenty-five miles.

Yet, he couldn't detect any human presence within his spiritual sense range.

Chu Ning could only continue flying toward the last known location of the red dot. When he was about ten miles away, his expression turned grim.

In the next moment, he changed direction in the air, transforming into a green rainbow that flew toward the southeast.

Using his spiritual sense, he clearly perceived two Great Ro Sect cultivators chasing a female cultivator from the Nine Lotus Sect.

"These Great Ro Sect cultivators really do appear in pairs!" Chu Ning's eyebrows furrowed, and he could only hope that his fellow sect member would be able to evade her pursuers for a while longer.

At that moment, about twenty miles ahead of Chu Ning, a purple-clad figure, Shang Xiaohan, wore a bitter expression.

As one of the nine mid-Qi Condensation cultivators from the Nine Lotus Sect who had entered the valley, she had been extremely cautious since the start.

When she saw that a red dot on the mirror was rapidly moving toward her, she was delighted and immediately changed direction to meet up with her fellow sect member.

However, after flying less than five miles, she was intercepted by two Great Ro Sect cultivators.

If not for her excellent flying artifact, she would have been caught by now.

Even so, as a mid-Qi Condensation cultivator, her spiritual power was far inferior to the two late-Qi Condensation cultivators, and it was only a matter of time before they caught up to her.

The distance between them had now narrowed to about thirty feet, and the two Great Ro Sect cultivators exchanged a glance.

Then, they each took out a yellow flag and waved it, causing a beam of yellow light to shoot out from each flag. The two beams merged and shot into the ground, disappearing from sight.

As the yellow light vanished, the ground in front of Shang Xiaohan erupted, sending rocks and sand flying. It was as if a sand dragon had leaped into the air to attack her.

Shang Xiaohan's eyes widened in shock, and she quickly reversed her direction, activating a white light barrier around her body.

Using her superb evasion techniques, she managed to dodge the sand dragon's attacks until it dissipated.

However, by then, the two late-Qi Condensation cultivators had caught up to her. They flanked her from both sides, their eyes filled with mocking expressions.

Shang Xiaohan sighed softly and held up a frost longsword that shimmered like frost. Her expression turned determined as she brandished the sword, sending a beam of cold light toward the cultivator on her left.

The sword seemed to possess considerable power.

However, the two Great Ro Sect cultivators were at the late-Qi Condensation stage and held small flags that could unleash attacks comparable to magical treasures. After a few exchanges, Shang Xiaohan found herself at a disadvantage.

One of the cultivators waved his flag again, sending a beam of yellow light toward Shang Xiaohan.

She swung her frost longsword to block, but the attack was too powerful, and she was struck.

"Puh!"

Blood spilled from the corners of Shang Xiaohan's mouth, and her body was sent flying backward by the force of the attack.

As the two Great Ro Sect cultivators closed in, her face paled with fear. Yet, her eyes flashed with determination, and she took out the mirror.

Infusing it with spiritual power, she shattered it into pieces.

"It doesn't matter if I, Shang Xiaohan, perish here, but I must not let them use the mirror to find my fellow sect members."

(End of Chapter)

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