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Chapter 496: What I Want is for You to Perish in Body and Soul
Chapter 496: What I Want is for You to Perish in Body and Soul
Holding the pitch-black and sinister green flame in his hand, Chu Ning did not use the spirit flame to attack.
With a thought, a green spirit sword flew out of his mouth and shot towards Cheng Qingmao.
Seeing this, Cheng Qingmao, just like before, formed a green spell net, seemingly wanting to trap the wooden spirit sword.
However, at this moment, a spirit sword flashing with red light arrived first and directly slashed down, breaking the green spell net in an instant.
At the same time, a clear chirping sound could be vaguely heard from the green wooden spirit sword, and the green light on it intensified as it continued to slash towards Cheng Qingmao.
"Qing Luan?"
Cheng Qingmao had possessed the ancient treasure, the Lingguang Ruyi, for many years, and later refined it into his natal magic treasure.
He was naturally very familiar with the Qing Luan essence soul within it.
Although this kind of essence soul had no spiritual intelligence and could not communicate with the user of the magic treasure, Cheng Qingmao was still very sensitive to the aura of the Qing Luan essence soul.
At this moment, sensing the aura of the Qing Luan essence soul on the green spirit sword in front of him, his expression turned extremely ugly.
Hearing the other party's exclamation, Chu Ning smiled lightly.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank your Lingguang Ruyi. Otherwise, my spirit sword wouldn't have been able to refine the essence of a tenth-stage demon beast and greatly increase its power."
Killing with words! Chu Ning's words made Cheng Qingmao so angry that he almost burst a lung.
"Blasphemy! You dare to destroy a heavenly treasure and use the Qing Luan essence soul to refine a spirit sword!
This is simply unreasonable!"
A myriad of complex emotions flashed in Cheng Qingmao's eyes, but his hands did not hesitate at all.
With a wave of his hands, several green rays of light shot out, facing the green wooden spirit sword in the air.
However, these spells did not achieve the effect he wanted.
Much of the spiritual power in the green rays of light, when they landed on the wooden spirit sword, seemed to be devoured by it.
The green haze on the wooden spirit sword had dissipated a lot when it was first hit, but in the next moment, it seemed to be replenished and became even more dazzling.
It slashed down towards Cheng Qingmao!
Cheng Qingmao's expression changed slightly, and he immediately dodged, while also taking out a storage bag from his waist.
A golden light shot out and faced the green spirit sword in the air.
Although this was also a magic treasure, its power was obviously not that great.
When faced with the green wooden spirit sword, the golden light on it disappeared completely, and it fell from the air.
The spiritual essence of the magic treasure was greatly damaged, and it was obviously completely destroyed.
However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Cheng Qingmao managed to dodge this attack.
Then, Cheng Qingmao suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Ning, and his body's spiritual pressure surged.
At the same time, a transparent but clearly visible cone-shaped object flew out from his body and shot towards Chu Ning.
At this moment, Chu Ning was in the process of retracting his wooden spirit sword.
The reason he had unleashed this sword earlier was to test if his wooden spirit sword could devour the spiritual power of spells of the same attribute.
This was something Chu Ning had discovered by accident during his previous closed-door cultivation.
Both the Wood Spirit Sword and the Golden Spirit Sword had the ability to devour and absorb spiritual power of the same attribute when used.
He speculated that this should be related to the fact that the two spirit swords had devoured and refined the essence of other demon beasts, thus gaining the devouring and refining function.
Coincidentally, Cheng Qingmao was a user of wood-attribute techniques and spells, and he was also a late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator, so the spells he used were quite powerful.
This provided a perfect opportunity to test his theory.
As expected, the results greatly pleased Chu Ning.
Although he couldn't completely absorb the spiritual power of the opponent's spells, the gradual weakening of their spells and the strengthening of his wooden spirit sword still brought him great joy.
However, Chu Ning was also clear that although the opponent had just undergone a body-snatching, he was still a late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator after all.
Relying solely on a wooden spirit sword was not enough to truly kill him.
Although theoretically, it would take a long time for the battle between the two late-stage Yuan Ying cultivators, Yan Qichang and Gao Tianyi, to determine a winner, Chu Ning did not want any unexpected variables.
Immediately, he recalled the two spirit swords and prepared to use the Five Elements Spirit Swords directly, along with the Mysterious Yin Green Flame, to launch a deadly attack.
But at this moment, he saw a transparent cone-shaped object flying out from Cheng Qingmao's body.
"Spirit Sense Manifestation?"
Chu Ning was slightly surprised to see this.
He hadn't expected that Cheng Qingmao would use a spirit sense attack at this moment.
However, after thinking about it, he felt that it was quite normal.
After all, the opponent's physical body had just been snatched, so it might not be easy for it to bear more powerful spells.
In comparison, although the Yuan Ying had been injured, it had been recuperating for so many years, so it should have recovered quite a bit.
Obviously, Cheng Qingmao thought that since Chu Ning was only at the mid-Yuan Ying stage, his spirit sense would be much weaker.
Guessing the other party's thoughts, Chu Ning smiled to himself.
He casually slashed with his left hand, and the Chopping Spirit Technique was immediately activated!
In fact, he could directly use the Spirit Binding Technique to defend against or even rebound this spirit sense attack.
After all, Chu Ning didn't think that the other party's spirit sense could be twice as strong as his.
However, when dealing with Cheng Qingmao at this moment, he had enough means, so there was no need to take such a risk.
The transparent sword qi collided with the cone-shaped spirit sense attack.
In the next moment, the sword qi directly cut the cone-shaped object in half!
Seeing this, Cheng Qingmao was greatly astonished.
"This Chu guy's spirit sense is actually this strong?"
Although he was astonished, Cheng Qingmao's expression did not change at all.
With a finger-hand seal, the spirit sense cone that had been cut in half by Chu Ning's Chopping Spirit Technique suddenly crumbled into countless transparent fine needles.
In the next moment, they sped up and stabbed towards Chu Ning.
He hadn't expected that Cheng Qingmao would have such a trick up his sleeve when it came to utilizing spirit sense attacks.
However, if Cheng Qingmao had been in his prime, Chu Ning would have been far more cautious. At this moment, though, he remained unfazed by his opponent.
He fully unleashed the Spirit Binding Technique to defend against the incoming spirit sense attack. Simultaneously, with a thought, the Chopping Spirit Technique continued to slash towards Cheng Qingmao.
Seeing this from a distance, Cheng Qingmao scoffed coldly.
"He truly thinks he's extraordinary just because he's reached the mid-Yuan Ying stage. How dare he try to compete with me in spirit sense damage? How ignorant!"
As these thoughts flashed through Cheng Qingmao's mind, the countless fine needles of his spirit sense attack struck Chu Ning's body.
At that moment, the sword qi of the Chopping Spirit Technique was still a foot away from Cheng Qingmao.
Seeing this, Cheng Qingmao raised his hands, preparing to cast a spell to deliver a fatal blow to Chu Ning.
But just then, a startling pain suddenly emerged from his sea of consciousness.
It was so intense that even his Yuan Ying body trembled uncontrollably.
"Spirit sense backlash? How is this possible!"
Cheng Qingmao was horrified. With his strength in spirit sense attacks, how could he experience backlash when using a secret technique against Chu Ning?
At most, if their spirit senses were evenly matched, Chu Ning might be able to fend it off.
"Could he also possess a similar secret technique?"
As this thought occurred to him, Cheng Qingmao forcibly suppressed the violent trembling of his Yuan Ying and began to gather his spirit sense for defense.
Cheng Qingmao hadn't forgotten that right in front of him was a spirit sense sword qi.
If he could have severely wounded Chu Ning just now, this spirit sense attack would have been rendered useless.
However, at this moment, he had no choice but to defend himself.
But by the time Cheng Qingmao realized this, it was already too late.
The sword qi of the Chopping Spirit Technique was entirely under Chu Ning's control. As the Spirit Binding Technique backlashed against his spirit sense attack, Chu Ning willed it, and the transparent sword qi swiftly slashed down.
"Ugh!"
Another wave of intense pain emanated from Cheng Qingmao's sea of consciousness and Yuan Ying.
Even this battle-hardened late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator couldn't help but let out a pained grunt.
Nevertheless, he forcibly suppressed the intense pain and used a escape technique to move several feet to the side.
He knew that after enduring such a spirit sense attack, he would be subjected to Chu Ning's relentless onslaught.
However, what puzzled Cheng Qingmao was that the expected barrage of treasure attacks did not materialize.
Just as he reappeared after using the escape technique, a burst of green flame shot towards him from a short distance away.
This was, of course, the Mysterious Yin Green Flame that Chu Ning had prepared earlier but hadn't rushed to use.
Although Cheng Qingmao didn't recognize what this flame was, he could sense the terrifying icy power emanating from it.
He immediately activated a protective spiritual light barrier around his body.
Instantly, his entire body was enveloped in a layer of greenish glow.
At that moment, the Mysterious Yin Green Flame landed on the protective barrier.
The glow on the barrier was immediately covered by a layer of green frost.
In the next instant, the defensive barrier shattered without any warning.
A bone-chilling coldness permeated Cheng Qingmao's body, causing even this late-stage Yuan Ying cultivator to shiver uncontrollably.
"Not good!"
Seeing that the green flame's power hadn't diminished at all after shattering his protective barrier, Cheng Qingmao knew he was in grave danger.
He immediately took out the leaf-shaped treasure he had used earlier for escape and channeled his spiritual power into it, forming another defensive barrier around his body.
However, faced with the immense power of the Mysterious Yin Green Flame, Cheng Qingmao felt that his defensive barrier might shatter at any moment.
He could only continuously infuse spiritual power into the leaf-shaped treasure to maintain the barrier.
But as he watched the layer of green ice on the barrier thicken, Cheng Qingmao's expression grew grimmer.
"What kind of heavenly spirit fire is this, and how does it possess such might?
I've never even heard of a green-colored yin-cold attributed spirit fire before.
This won't do. I must break through this layer of icy flame, or else I'll be trapped and at the mercy of my opponent!"
With these thoughts racing through his mind, Cheng Qingmao unconsciously channeled his spiritual power with all his might.
Suddenly, he felt something amiss with his body, and his expression changed drastically once more.
"No good! This body can't withstand the full force of my spiritual power!"
He was afraid that forcibly channeling too much spiritual power would cause this carefully chosen, suitable body to explode.
Cheng Qingmao hesitated for a moment, and in that instant of hesitation, the defensive barrier weakened as he lessened the spiritual power he was infusing into the leaf-shaped treasure.
"Crack!"
Cheng Qingmao faintly heard a faint sound of fracturing, and in the next moment, the barrier shattered.
The green flame instantly enveloped him.
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Qingmao's entire body turned into a block of green ice!
"Damn it! Twenty-something years ago, you destroyed my physical body, and now you want to destroy it again!"
Cheng Qingmao's unwilling roar echoed from within the block of ice.
"Destroy your physical body?" Chu Ning replied with a faint smile.
"You overestimate yourself. What I want is for you to perish in body and soul!"
As his words landed, another burst of Mysterious Yin Green Flame shot out and landed on the block of ice.
This time, the flame was not weakened by any defensive measures.
(End of Chapter)
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