Chapter 680: Swift Kill
Chapter 680: Swift Kill
The many-armed corpse slave supported the surging fleshy net, giving Lu Chen a chance to catch his breath.
With a thought, the low-grade treasure, the Peacock King Sword, which he had been nurturing in his dantian, immediately reacted.
A dazzling golden peacock shot out like lightning, its feathers like sharp swords, emitting a powerful sword intent. On its back seemed to be the shadow of a four-armed Bodhisattva.
The shadow sensed the sinister aura within the fleshy net and danced with its four arms, causing the peacock's radiance to brighten even further as it swiftly weaved through the net.
Wherever it passed, the flesh that made up the net seemed to melt like snow under the scorching sun, instantly reducing it to mere fragments.
Standing on the back of the many-armed corpse slave, Lu Chen allowed its arms to protect him as they leaped out of the valley.
"Good, good, good! I never expected that a mere early Core Formation herbologist like you would possess such a rare fifth-grade demonic creature and a flying sword treasure with such formidable power. Seems like you've been hiding your true capabilities."
The Meat Mountain cultivator smiled sinisterly, the fat on his face quivering and falling off in chunks, only to be caught by a long, ashen-gray tongue below, which swallowed them whole.
His eyes gleamed with desire as he looked at the Peacock King Sword and the many-armed corpse slave in front of Lu Chen.
Just by looking at them, he could tell that these two treasures were extraordinary. Initially, he had thought that consuming Lu Chen's body, which had devoured the meat of a Taishang elder, would be a great reward. But now, he had stumbled upon these unexpected treasures as well.
In his mind, obtaining these two items was almost guaranteed.
Although Lu Chen's treasures were powerful, they were still slightly inferior to the ones the Meat Mountain cultivator possessed, and they certainly couldn't make up for the difference in their cultivation levels.
One was at the mid-Core Formation stage, a killer of countless beings, while the other was merely at the early Core Formation stage and a herbologist at that. The disparity in their strengths was immense.
"How did you know that I would be passing through here?" Lu Chen asked, his face grim. Ever since he had sensed the malevolent intentions of this Meat Mountain cultivator, he had been trying to avoid him. When he had left the Emerald Star Cave, he had deliberately hidden his tracks and used wood evasion techniques for an extended period, yet he had still been intercepted by this sinister cultivator!
"Wait until you're captured and in my hands, then if your meat is tasty enough, I'll tell you the reason," the Meat Mountain cultivator said, his eyes fixed on Lu Chen's body, his expression one of greed.
"No need for that. I'll just interrogate Fellow Daoist myself," Lu Chen replied.
Before his words had even finished, the Peacock King Sword in front of him transformed into a golden light, carrying with it the forceful and domineering Buddha's power as it shot towards the Meat Mountain cultivator like a meteor.
Since he couldn't escape, Lu Chen decided to face his opponent head-on. With the numerous treasures he possessed, he was no longer worried about the threat posed by the Meat Mountain cultivator.
The golden light, filled with intense killing intent, reached the Meat Mountain cultivator in the blink of an eye.
The cultivator brought his palms together, and a massive shield appeared in front of him, its surface writhing with countless black tendrils of meat. In the spark of a flint, it blocked the Peacock King Sword.
The black meat on the shield rapidly expanded, billowing black smoke as if it intended to contaminate Lu Chen's flying sword treasure.
Under Lu Chen's spiritual sense control, the Peacock King Sword dissipated its golden light and split into several shadows, deftly wriggling out from the black meat.
This exquisite variation was the Light-Splitting and Shadow-Escaping Sword Technique that Lu Chen had comprehended.
"Your sword technique is actually so exquisite!" The Meat Mountain cultivator exclaimed, his face revealing a surprised expression as his demeanor turned more solemn.
A large bulge appeared on his thick neck, and the flesh blossomed like a flower, revealing a stark white skull.
The skull was a low-grade treasure that he had refined over the years. As soon as it appeared, it grew rapidly, becoming the size of a hill in an instant. It was accompanied by a sky full of yin energy, within which countless ghosts wailed incessantly. In a flash, they reached above Lu Chen's head.
The giant white bone hammer bore down with tremendous force, and Lu Chen had no time to dodge. With a thought, the many-armed corpse slave's eighteen arms rapidly enlarged, blocking the white bone hammer.
Just as he was about to dodge the hammer with the Green-Assisted Shoes, his sharp spiritual sense detected several thick, black snakes within the rolling yin energy, attacking from all directions.
Lu Chen remained calm in the face of danger. The Mirage Pearl in his throat pulsed, emitting a low roar.
"ROAR!!!"
The sound exploded like muffled thunder, and the sound waves surged like a mighty tide, causing the yin energy and the black snakes within to retreat rapidly.
Knowing that he was in a perilous situation, Lu Chen held nothing back. He took out the Sixth-Grade treasure, the Ghostly Sorrowful Picture, from the Gluttonous Worm Bag.
The grayish-white painting unfurled, and a sorrowful ghost emerged from within, filling the area for several miles with a thick and palpable aura of resentment.
"A Sixth-Grade treasure?!"
Although the Meat Mountain cultivator didn't know the origins of the painting, he could sense the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from it, and his face paled in fear.
He realized that he had completely underestimated Lu Chen and made a decision. A long, ashen-gray tongue shot out from his body, and the entire Meat Mountain transformed into countless chunks of flesh, creating a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood that engulfed Lu Chen.
"Ah..."
A mournful sigh echoed, and a huge white shadow drifted like a feather through the endless rain of flesh and blood.
The sea of flesh and blood seemed to be affected by the white shadow, as nearly half of the meat chunks froze in mid-air, losing control completely. The remaining battle intent faded significantly, and the nauseating scent of blood lessened considerably.
Even before the cultivator had transformed into chunks of flesh, Lu Chen had taken out a dark green Buddha statue, which was trampling countless demons, from his storage bag.
Amidst the chanting of Buddha's name, the dark green Buddha statue rapidly grew in size, and the vajra in its hand shone with brilliant Buddhist light.
A hundred-zhang tall Buddhist manifestation appeared out of thin air, its eyes wide open with anger, exuding an air of majesty and mystery. It gazed down at the countless chunks of flesh and blood below and slammed its palm down.
It was the Sixth-Grade treasure, the Imprisoning Vajra Buddha Statue, obtained from the Vajra Bodhi Light Group. It could summon the Imprisoning Vajra Buddhist manifestation to subdue demons, eliminate evil, and vanquish malevolent spirits.
Under the suppression of the Buddhist manifestation, the countless chunks of flesh and blood fell like pouring rain, piling up thickly on the ground.
"I will never rest until you are dead!"
The remaining consciousness of the cultivator within the chunks of flesh transmitted a thought. The few hundred remaining pieces of flesh scattered in all directions.
High in the sky, a giant grayish-white eye had long been waiting, fixed on the numerous chunks of flesh. Suddenly, the Meat Mountain cultivator's eyes were filled with layer upon layer of illusions, and he couldn't help but stop.
In just a few moments, a silver-white cone engraved with countless profound and abstruse talismans flashed by, inflicting another heavy blow to the cultivator's fleeing soul.
Immediately afterward, a dark green cloth bag loomed, swallowing up the hundreds of escaping chunks of flesh, as well as those infected by the Ghostly Sorrowful Picture and suppressed by the Imprisoning Vajra Buddha Statue.
Along with numerous treasures, they all vanished, entering Lu Chen's dantian.
"Thankfully I have the Gluttonous Worm Bag, a spatial magical artifact. Otherwise, it would have been challenging to contain all this flesh and blood," Lu Chen remarked with relief. He scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense, ensuring there were no abnormalities, before using the Earth-Traveling Pearl and performing an enigmatic earth evasion technique from the 《Earthly Primal Secret Manual》 to vanish without a trace.
(End of Chapter)
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