Chapter 456: Killing the Ancient Corpse, Collecting the Spirit Fire
Chapter 456: Killing the Ancient Corpse, Collecting the Spirit Fire
"The Heavenly Spirit Fire!"
Huang Zongkun exclaimed, and the rest of the group also looked surprised.
Although they may not have known the names and powers of these two spirit fires, they at least recognized them as Heavenly Spirit Fires.
Everyone's gaze at Chu Ning became even more astonished.
They never expected that Chu Ning had also refined this kind of heavenly treasure.
Even Wu Changdong, who had once seen Chu Ning use the Mysterious Ice Flame in battle, now wore a look of astonishment.
He didn't know much about the Heavenly Spirit Fires; previously, he had thought it was some kind of secret technique Chu Ning was cultivating.
He never imagined it was the refined Mysterious Ice Flame.
As for Shen Tuping, his expression at this moment was incredibly complex.
"Each of the Heavenly Spirit Fires is incredibly powerful. Fellow Daoist Chu, even when you were just using your treasure to fight before, your might was already so formidable.
If you were truly using the Heavenly Spirit Fire against me, I'm afraid I would have been reduced to nothingness by now."
Facing everyone's astonishment, Chu Ning didn't pay any attention.
At this moment, his gaze was fixed on the ancient corpse wrapped in the Mysterious Ice Flame.
At the same time, he kept performing hand seals, driving the scarlet flame within to burn.
After refining the Mysterious Ice Flame, this was the first time Chu Ning had encountered such a formidable opponent that could resist it so strongly.
However, the Mysterious Ice Flame now was not the same as when Chu Ning had first refined it.
Just before coming here, he had refined a Cold Marrow Pearl.
At this moment, Chu Ning performed a hand seal.
On the ice sculpture, the scarlet flame flickered, and a pale blue flame appeared.
Immediately, the two flames merged into one.
The interwoven scarlet and blue flames instantly spread to the surroundings of the black-green flame.
It actually gradually suppressed the fierce black-green flame.
"Even if my cultivation is inferior to this ancient corpse, the Mysterious Ice Flame is ranked sixth on the Heavenly Spirit Fire Ranking!
Its might is naturally higher than that of the Yin Sha Ghost Fire.
Although this corpse is probably tens of thousands of years old, the Mysterious Ice Flame had already formed for more than ten thousand years before I refined it.
Moreover, I also refined a Cold Marrow Pearl."
As Chu Ning thought of this, the black-green Yin Sha Ghost Fire was gradually suppressed by the Mysterious Ice Flame.
Within the ice sculpture, the ancient corpse's empty eyes now showed a trace of human-like surprise.
The next moment, the Yin Sha qi on its body suddenly erupted, and the black-green ghost fire around it suddenly surged.
"Boom!!!'
Accompanied by the sound of flames exploding, the ice sculpture outside the ancient corpse was directly blasted apart.
Instantly, a powerful shockwave spread in all directions.
At the same time, the blue-red interwoven Mysterious Ice Flame and the black-green Yin Sha Ghost Fire turned into scattered sparks that flew in all directions.
Seeing this, several Yuan Ying mid-stage cultivators' faces changed drastically, and they quickly flew away.
However, the scattered sparks filled the entire cave, falling like fiery rain.
The several Yuan Ying mid-stage cultivators soon discovered that there was nowhere to hide.
Immediately, they either summoned their natal magic treasures or activated their protective spiritual light to defend themselves.
But even so, the fiery rain formed by the explosion of the Mysterious Ice Flame and the Yin Sha Ghost Fire far exceeded their imaginations.
Huang Zongkun was splashed by several sparks, and his defensive shield quickly crumbled under their influence.
In a hurry, he wielded the golden ruler in his hand, turning it into a golden light that rushed towards the sparks in the air.
However, as soon as the ruler came into contact with the scarlet and blue flame, a thick layer of blue ice quickly formed on its surface.
In the blink of an eye, the ice spread to his wrist, and a thin layer of frost soon appeared on his arm.
At the same time, a bit of the black-green flame also fell.
Instantly, the extremely cold and extremely yin forces invaded his body, causing the mid-stage Yuan Ying cultivator to shudder.
His face changed drastically, and Huang Zongkun quickly channeled his spiritual power to expel the Mysterious Ice Flame and Yin Sha Ghost Fire that had landed on his body.
As for Chu Ning and the ancient corpse, he couldn't pay any attention to them at the moment.
The rest of the Yuan Ying mid-stage cultivators were in a similar situation. The Mysterious Ice Flame and the Yin Sha Ghost Fire were both incredibly powerful, and the might of their clash was truly astonishing.
Fortunately, only scattered sparks landed on them, so although everyone was more or less affected by the two Heavenly Spirit Fires, they could withstand it with their cultivation.
But now, the ancient corpse was left to Chu Ning alone to face.
At this moment, both the Mysterious Ice Flame and the Yin Sha Ghost Fire had disappeared from the outside of the ancient corpse.
Chu Ning was also shocked by this turn of events. He never expected that the ancient corpse would forcibly explode its Yin Sha Ghost Fire, using its might to break free from the seal of the Mysterious Ice Flame.
However, even as he was surprised, Chu Ning's actions were not slow.
"The explosion of the two Heavenly Spirit Fires will definitely affect the ancient corpse.
And just now, it consumed so much Yin Sha qi, so its defenses must also be weakened. This is an opportunity!"
With this thought, Chu Ning's Five Elements Spirit Sword immediately slashed towards the ancient corpse.
At the same time, he opened his mouth and sprayed out the Yellow Wind Flag, which transformed into a yellow dragon and attacked the ancient corpse.
Immediately after, his left hand reached to his waist, and a small, ancient-looking seal appeared.
It was the ancient treasure, the Yellow Courtyard Seal!
Infusing it with spiritual power, the Yellow Courtyard Seal instantly transformed into a nearly three-foot-tall giant, flying above the ancient corpse, ready to strike at any moment.
The ancient corpse had barely recovered from the explosion of the Heavenly Spirit Fires when it was bombarded by a barrage of attacks.
It couldn't even dodge.
The five-colored giant sword arrived first, heading straight for the center of the ancient corpse's head.
It then pierced through, creating a gaping hole!
Right after, the yellow dragon pounced on its neck.
It suddenly condensed and shrunk, piercing through its neck.
After the attacks from the two treasures, two large holes appeared in the ancient corpse's head and neck.
Only the outer layer of green fur remained connected to its shoulders, hanging eerily as if it could fall off at any moment.
Chu Ning was pleased with what he saw.
As he had expected, the ancient corpse was indeed unable to use the Yin Sha Ghost Fire anymore.
Moreover, after losing so much Yin Sha qi, the ancient corpse's defense had noticeably weakened.
However, the corpse was incredibly resilient. Even now, it lunged forward, flying a full three meters.
Chu Ning snorted, and with a quick incantation, the Yellow Courtyard Seal, which had been poised and ready, slammed down on the ancient corpse!
"Boom!"
Despite the ancient corpse's ferociousness, under the relentless onslaught of attacks, it was flipped and slammed onto the ground.
"Crackle!"
There was an audible sound of bones breaking and muscles tearing within the ancient corpse.
When the Yellow Courtyard Seal flew back up, the corpse on the ground had lost its shape.
Its head was completely severed, with less than a finger-width of fur holding it in place on its chest.
Its body was crushed and deformed beyond recognition.
But what shocked Chu Ning was that even in this state, the corpse staggered to its feet once more.
"Such formidable defense, truly unprecedented!"
As Chu Ning marveled, the two golden thunderbolts arrived.
"Boom!"
With two loud claps of thunder, the corpse was blasted back down to the ground.
The green-furred body was now charred black.
After a violent tremor, it finally lay still, silent and motionless.
"Is it finally dead?"
Staring at the corpse lying motionless on the ground, a strange glint flashed in Chu Ning's eyes.
However, he dared not act rashly.
After all, the ferocity displayed by this ancient corpse was truly astonishing.
Chu Ning's thoughts stirred, and a blue and red intertwined flame appeared between his fingers once more.
With a flick of his finger, the flame flew out and landed on the corpse.
The ancient corpse was instantly transformed into an ice sculpture again.
However, this time, when the red flame exploded within, there was no Yin Sha Ghost Fire to counter it.
And the corpse, which had seemed immortal, slowly vanished into nothingness within the red flame.
By the time the ice sculpture completely melted, the corpse had disappeared without a trace.
But on the ground, a ball of black-green flame remained, emanating an extremely cold aura.
"Yin Sha Ghost Fire!"
Chu Ning's eyes narrowed as he gazed at the flame.
Evidently, the Yin Sha Ghost Fire that the ancient corpse had exploded earlier was only a superficial display of its power.
The core of the Yin Sha Ghost Fire had not been dispersed in that explosion.
Perhaps due to a lack of Yin Sha qi, the corpse had been unable to summon it again.
At this moment, Chu Ning's gaze swept over the others, and he saw that all five of them were seated cross-legged, expelling the traces of Mysterious Ice Flame and Yin Sha Ghost Fire that had entered their bodies.
With a slight movement of his eyes, Chu Ning waved his hand, and several strands of black light, along with the ancient corpse's two arms, fell into his grasp.
"These two arms are of no great use to me.
However, these fingernails, their sharpness and hardness rival a Nascent Soul cultivator's magic treasure. They might come in handy."
With that thought, Chu Ning carefully collected the remaining seven half-inch-long sharp fingernails, excluding the one he had cut off earlier, into a jade box.
Chu Ning's gaze now fell on the black-green flame that still hovered on the ground, exuding an eerie chill.
"The Yin Sha Ghost Fire, ranked twelfth on the Heavenly Spirit Fire Ranking, is undoubtedly a heavenly treasure.
It seems to require Yin Sha qi to be driven, so I won't be able to use it myself.
I wonder, though, if the Mysterious Ice Flame can refine this ghost fire?"
As the idea flashed through his mind, Chu Ning felt it was worth a try.
With a series of incantations, the free-floating Mysterious Ice Flame, which had destroyed the ancient corpse, and the scattered remnants of the flame from the earlier explosion, were gathered together.
This included the flames that had landed on the others' magic treasures or bodies.
The Nascent Soul cultivators secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing they only needed to circulate their spiritual power to expel the Yin Sha Ghost Fire.
Chu Ning, on the other hand, manipulated the gathered Mysterious Ice Flame, slowly approaching the Yin Sha Ghost Fire.
Having studied the various spirit fires on the Heavenly Spirit Fire Ranking, and with his prior experience of sealing and refining the Earth Vein Spirit Fire and the Mysterious Ice Flame, Chu Ning was able to envelop the resisting Yin Sha Ghost Fire with the Mysterious Ice Flame.
With continuous incantations, he froze and sealed it within a blue and red ice ball.
Within the ice ball, a faint black-green flame could be seen.
(End of Chapter)
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