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Chapter 871: Witnessing the Avatars Fighting Dark Cultivators Upon Arrival
Chapter 871: Witnessing the Avatars Fighting Dark Cultivators Upon Arrival
"The sinister aura within the Feng Yuan Star Cave seems denser than usual."
After giving the grass puppet careful instructions, Lu Chen quickly entered the Feng Yuan Star Cave.
As he made his way to the fifth layer, the increasingly oppressive sinister aura prompted him to remark, "With the rampant presence of evil demons, am I, a mere spiritual herbologist, expected to travel all the way from the Lei Huo Star Cave to the Feng Yuan Star Cave?"
He flapped the silvery-white wings on his ribs while simultaneously employing the Thunder Escape Secret Art, transforming into a streak of silvery-thunder light that sped through the cave.
The Chi Lei Wings were originally a sixth-grade speed-type artifact with Lightning Escape Technique, and their combination made his escape speed among the best even among Core Formation cultivators.
Feng Yuan Star Cave, Fifth Layer, outside the cave mansion where the avatars resided.
Several li away from the two major protective formations, violent spiritual energy fluctuations could be felt.
One of Lu Chen's avatars, Ling Gu, hovered proudly in the air, his gaze cold as he looked down.
Below him, two Core Formation cultivators were struggling for their lives.
One of them was bound by a thick pink rope artifact, which was tightening relentlessly. The patterns on the rope seemed to come alive, forming the shapes of alluring maidens.
The cultivator's face displayed a mix of pain and pleasure, and just as his consciousness was about to be overwhelmed, he mustered a last shred of clarity and bit his tongue, forcing himself to slash at the pink rope with a blackened blade.
Avatar Ling Gu, hovering in the air, let out a cold snort, and his spiritual power surged. A deep, dark river seemed to gush forth from the void, instantly enveloping the cultivator.
At the same time, a blood-red cloud rushed over from the side, radiating blood-red light. Each strand of the cloud carried a putrid stench, clearly possessing a strong corrupting effect.
On the other side, another Core Formation cultivator was on the verge of death.
A massive skeleton, exuding both demonic and Buddhist auras, loomed over him like a god.
The skeleton was half-black and half-white, one side as white as jade and radiating a gentle Buddhist light, while the other side was as black as ink and captivating.
Floating beside it was an ancient scroll, from which a female ghost emerged, her features indiscernible. Even from a distance, one could sense the overwhelming grief emanating from her.
That pervasive emotion caused the cultivator to stand motionless, trapped in his thoughts and unable to break free.
A hideous monk's shadow burst out of the skeleton and instantly enlarged to a hundred zhang, smashing its palm toward the cultivator below.
Still immersed in his thoughts, the cultivator had no time to react and was crushed into a meat patty.
Ling Gu murmured an incantation, and a streak of black spiritual light swept over, causing the cultivator's soul to be exposed.
Before it could even attempt to flee, a chain-wielding evil ghost leaped out from the black light, its chain seeming to possess automatic tracking capabilities. It instantly locked onto the cultivator's soul, dragging it back to the ghost's side, leaving it unable to move.
The battle on the other side also drew to a close. Unable to withstand the bindings of the Enchanting Demon Rope, the corrupting effects of the Netherworld True Water, and the blood light of the Meat Spirit God, the dark cultivator met his end.
The evil ghost repeated its actions, pulling out the cultivator's soul and adding another powerful soul to its chain.
Ling Gu surveyed the surroundings, about to clean up the aftermath, when his body suddenly stilled, and a smile identical to Lu Chen's appeared on his face.
Thunder light surged, and Lu Chen's figure appeared.
"As soon as I entered the Feng Yuan Star Cave, I saw the avatars fighting dark cultivators."
He chuckled softly, allowing the avatars to clean up the remains of the two Core Formation cultivators, including their souls, limbs, and severed arms.
"You didn't disappoint me with the teachings I imparted earlier. You know that these are supreme supplements for the evil and unusual spiritual herbs.
"Why did you go out and fight other cultivators to the death? Couldn't you be a little more careful like me, your main body?" Lu Chen asked Ling Gu.
Ling Gu remained expressionless as he replied, "These two Dark Cultivators had been loitering outside the cave abode, repeatedly trying to lure me out. I took the opportunity to turn the tables on them and took care of them while also collecting some fertilizer for the spiritual plants in the cave."
"Good, if you're confident, then go for it," Lu Chen nodded, changing the subject. "Have there been a lot of intrusions by Dark Cultivators recently?"
"This is the third wave since you left. I've eliminated them all," Ling Gu replied in a hoarse voice.
"The third wave... as expected of a gathering place for Dark Cultivators," Lu Chen muttered.
With the turbulent situation, all sorts of evil beings were bound to emerge. Most of the cultivators living in the Feng Yuan Star Cave were Dark Cultivators, and naturally, there would be more with malicious intentions.
Of course, it also had something to do with the avatar, Ling Gu.
In the eyes of many Dark Cultivators, Ling Gu, who occupied such a large cave abode alone, was perceived as wealthy and weak, with only an early Core Formation stage cultivation base and low strength. This made him an attractive target for their greed.
However, anyone who dared to target Ling Gu would most likely suffer a big loss and might even pay with their lives.
Although Ling Gu was only at the early Core Formation stage, he possessed the Magic Buddha White Bone Body, a seventh-grade treasure, as well as the Ghost Wail Spirit Chart, the Enchanting Demon Rope, and other sixth-grade treasures. He also cultivated superior techniques like the Netherworld True Water Prohibition and the Blood Spirit Nerve Scripture, and with the support of the Meat Spirit God, a disaster-grade evil spirit with great potential, his strength far surpassed that of cultivators at the same stage.
Under such circumstances, any Dark Cultivator who harbored ill intentions would meet only one outcome: becoming fertilizer for the underworld spirit fields, nourishing those strange and evil spiritual plants.
After giving Ling Gu a few instructions, Lu Chen made his way to the spirit fields.
As soon as he entered, a dense and pure stream of yin energy washed over him, with yin souls drifting about and the scent of blood and flesh hanging heavy in the air, creating an eerie atmosphere.
"As expected, these strange and evil spiritual plants are growing quite well," Lu Chen remarked as he inspected each one in the spirit fields, a satisfied smile on his face.
As he was about to take a step, he suddenly sensed a slight strangeness coming from his left foot.
Looking down, he saw a gorgeous skin sac crawling on his palm, wriggling slowly, causing a slight itch in his calf. His pores seemed to open wide, as if welcoming this skin sac, yearning to merge with it.
"My skin sac isn't something that can be replaced so easily," Lu Chen smiled as he grabbed the Gorgeous Corpse Skin.
After absorbing quite a few Core Formation cultivators' skin sacs, this strange and evil spiritual plant was growing faster than he had anticipated and had entered the mature stage. However, it was still some distance away from bearing the harvest light group.
"I've brought you a new skin sac, one that I'm sure you've never seen before," he said as he took out the Mirage Demon Skin Sac from his storage bag and threw it to the Gorgeous Corpse Skin.
The Gorgeous Corpse Skin sensed the demonic aura emanating from the skin sac, and a sense of innate fear arose within it. Yet, its desire for a superior skin sac was even stronger.
In the end, desire overcame fear, and the tree bark with a gorgeous face pressed against the Mirage Demon Skin Sac, sprouting countless tiny green buds that penetrated the sac.
(End of Chapter)
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