Immortality Begins With The Alchemical Master Chapter 982: Truce and Cooperation to Eradicate the Enemy - Novel Cool

Chapter 982: Truce and Cooperation to Eradicate the Enemy

Chapter 982: Truce and Cooperation to Eradicate the Enemy

The scorching sun seemed shrouded in a layer of gray haze, casting a dim, yellowish light across the land.

The sound of flying sand and rocks pierced the ears.

In the midst of the darkness, only a wild sandstorm swept through everything.

At the very center, a massive sand vortex connected heaven and earth, sweeping away all living creatures.

From time to time, the remnants of mutilated beast corpses were sucked in, becoming part of the expanding vortex.

All of this was due to the ultimate moves of the two greatest experts of the age.

The collision between the Heavenly Sundering Stream and the Subspace Slash triggered a chain reaction of terrifying proportions.

When the silver-lined black-robed man delved into the heart of the sandstorm and saw the remaining traces, his heart nearly leaped into his throat.

"Could a nascent soul really survive such a terrifying attack?"

He was both shocked by the strength of the two unknown experts and secretly pleased by their all-out, life-and-death struggle.

Such powerful techniques weren’t something that could be used casually.

Once they reached this point, it was almost a fight to the death.

"Will they both be gravely wounded?"

Lian Yin Peng licked his dry lips and returned to the Quicksand Maw.

His divine sense spread out, cautiously permeating the surroundings, and finally followed the lingering aura, delving deep underground.

At a depth of a thousand feet, Lian Yin Peng’s eyes suddenly lit up!

"I’ve found them!"

He struck with a palm.

A torrent of sand instantly parted to the sides, revealing the scene within the deep pit.

A man and a woman!

The man was completely naked, with a severed arm and a limp leg, his body covered in large and small, unhealed wounds. The longest, about a foot and a half, spanned his waist and abdomen, a sight that was truly shocking.

The woman was no better, her body bruised and black, covered in scars, with a golden needle faintly visible on her crown, looking extremely pitiful.

The two were entangled in a compromising position, kissing and clutching each other.

"A perfect mutual destruction!"

Seeing this, Lian Yin Peng was overjoyed.

Then, as his divine sense continued to probe, he felt a tinge of regret.

"No aura remains; their nascent souls must have dispersed. What a shame, I’ve lost the greatest prize."

His gaze then fell on the two bodies.

Such powerful beings would surely carry abundant resources.

Just to be safe, Lian Yin Peng’s fingertips were enveloped in demonic energy, and he launched several attacks at the two corpses.

Plop! Plop!

The heads of the man and woman burst like melons.

At this moment, Lian Yin Peng finally felt relieved.

The brain is the seat of the sea of consciousness. Even if a cultivator’s divine soul can temporarily reside in a nascent soul, no one would willingly sacrifice their brain as a lure.

It seemed they had truly perished together!

"What a stroke of luck for me!"

Lian Yin Peng was overjoyed and rushed down immediately.

Suddenly!

"Something’s wrong!"

Lian Yin Peng’s expression changed abruptly, and his body erupted with a series of violent crackling sounds, as if something was breaking through him.

His eyes turned blood-red, and the surroundings began to rapidly shift.

From illusion to reality, it was just an instant.

Before his eyes, a woman in green robes was reaching out, forcefully breaking through the multiple layers of defenses he had set up.

"It’s a trap!"

Lian Yin Peng’s soul nearly fled, and he summoned his power, instantly showering the area with a boundless silver glow.

However, the woman in green robes ignored it and continued to reach out.

Her delicate hand moved through the silver glow like water, effortlessly breaking through his defenses.

When her hand touched his head, Lian Yin Peng panicked.

"My brother is the Golden Peng King, the overlord of the Western Desert. Spare my life!"

The Golden Peng King was the name of a fifth-stage desolate beast, the Golden-winged Great Peng.

Hearing this name, the woman in green paused slightly.

At that moment, a muffled groan came from behind.

Lian Yin Peng’s eyes widened.

The woman in green no longer hesitated. Her right hand pierced through like a golden spear, crushing his brain.

His divine soul dispersed, and blood blossomed.

The remaining body, now devoid of consciousness, transformed into its true form.

It was a massive, silver-bodied great peng bird, several hundred feet long, majestic and fierce.

Plop!

The peng bird’s corpse crashed heavily onto the sand dune.

At this moment, a heavy panting sound came from behind the woman in green.

She turned around and looked at the man leaning against the wall, his eyes streaming with blood, a hint of admiration in her gaze.

She seemed amazed that Luo Chen could still use such soul-controlling techniques on a nascent soul cultivator in such a dire situation.

Seeing the admiration in her eyes, Luo Chen closed his eyes with a bitter smile. "Even if my divine soul foundation far exceeds that of my peers, it’s still useless against you."

Qing Shuang didn’t explain. She wiped the blood from her hands and walked over to him.

"Can you move?"

Luo Chen, with his eyes closed, said, "I need to rest and recover a bit."

Qing Shuang nodded and then walked over to Lian Yin Peng, observing for a while before suddenly reaching out.

Swish!

As flesh and blood flew, a storage bag instantly flew out.

"There might be something you need inside."

Luo Chen didn’t refuse, grabbing the storage bag and wiping away the fragile soul mark on it with a touch.

Several bottles then flew out.

Even with his eyes closed, Luo Chen could identify the nature of the pills within.

"Agada Regenerator, a pill that can bring the dead back to life and regenerate flesh."

"Relic Restoration Pill, to restore a cultivator’s considerable amount of mana."

"White Bone Marrow Elixir, a fourth-stage pill to heal meridian injuries."

"This great peng bird had quite a few good things!"

Luo Chen’s pills had been almost depleted over the years, and this batch would help him recover somewhat.

He began to take the pills, sorting them, and his extremely weak aura gradually rose.

But once it reached a certain level, it couldn’t progress any further.

Luo Chen raised his head, though his eyes were closed, he was still staring in Qing Shuang’s direction.

"Since you’ve already planted the insect and have the constraints of the oath and the great path, why not help each other?"

Qing Shuang didn’t speak.

Luo Chen sighed, saying, "Palace Master of the Day Sky Hall, since we're unfamiliar with this place and there are human nascent souls and fourth-stage demon emperors lurking around, do you really want to face them in our current crippled state? If you help me, I'll assist you in removing the hidden threat I planted within you."

"Hmph!"

Qing Shuang coldly snorted and walked over to Luo Chen, extending her right hand from a distance.

Instantly, the strange residual power in Luo Chen’s body was drawn out.

"Phew..."

Feeling this, Luo Chen let out a sigh of relief.

Since battling Qing Shuang, every time her attack hit him, it left a strange and powerful force that hindered his recovery.

Especially the strike that severed his left arm; even his perfected Dragon Slaying Technique couldn’t remove the residual power.

It was extremely troublesome!

It was during this battle that Luo Chen realized his ability to regenerate flesh and blood wasn’t just ineffective against destructive attacks or excessive self-consumption; it could also be significantly weakened by some unique methods.

With the restriction gone, Luo Chen’s recovery speed greatly increased.

He took out his severed hand from his storage ring, inserted it, and twisted it, and origin power flowed, instantly fusing it back together. The fine, residual wounds on his body also began to heal gradually.

After a slight adjustment, Luo Chen gradually opened his eyes.

Looking at the woman who remained silent, he smiled helplessly.

"If you don’t mind, come closer!"

Qing Shuang bit her lip, hesitating.

Luo Chen shrugged. "I can’t recover much mana in a short time. You need to be closer for me to help you."

Qing Shuang’s gaze wavered, but she eventually walked over to Luo Chen and sat down cross-legged.

Luo Chen’s mind stirred.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Instantly, five beams of light flew out from her body.

They were the Five Elemental Law Needles!

Not only that, Luo Chen extended his hand, hovering over Qing Shuang’s head, and exerted a suction force.

Qing Shuang’s body trembled slightly but allowed him to proceed.

A golden light slowly emerged from her crown.

During this process, Luo Chen’s divine sense spread out, finally noticing something peculiar.

A strange gray light tightly enveloped her sea of consciousness.

It was that gray light that rendered Luo Chen's Soul Loom Needle and various illusory soul techniques ineffective against Qing Shuang.

A name slipped out of his mouth.

"Spiritual Treasure for divine soul defense!"

After pulling out the Five Elemental Law Needles and the Soul Loom Needle, Qing Shuang seemed much more relaxed.

She said with a complex expression, "This is a Soul Forged Pearl, a Spiritual Treasure that is nurtured by the physical spirit to protect the divine soul. The stronger the physical body, the stronger the defense. As we continued to fight, my physical body grew weaker, which is why your golden needle was able to penetrate deeper and deeper."

Luo Chen was utterly astonished. There was such a treasure in the world?

But in a moment, he vaguely recognized the style of the Spiritual Treasure, which seemed somewhat familiar.

"Was this Spiritual Treasure not crafted by you or Qixia Yuanjun?"

"Did you guess?" Qing Shuang asked in return.

Luo Chen hesitated, then uttered a name: "Liantian Demon Lord?"

Qing Shuang nodded, "Yes, that Demon Lord. After the battle with my sister, most of the Spiritual Treasures were destroyed, and the Soul Forged Pearl was also severely damaged by the Nirvana Holy Fire. Later, my sister obtained it, refined it a bit, and gave it to me. After years of cultivation, it gradually recovered some of its power."

Luo Chen exhaled a deep breath, thinking to himself that it was indeed so.

He had once heard the spirit of the Liantian Cauldron in the Mingzhao Heavenly Dan Hall speak of past events.

The Liantian Demon Lord had crafted many Spiritual Treasures in his lifetime, including the Soul Forged Pearl.

Though it was a Spiritual Treasure, its function and value were no less significant than those of the few heritage treasures.

Unfortunately, in the battle with Qixia Yuanjun, all five of his Spiritual Treasures were destroyed.

He never expected that one of them would be preserved by Qixia Yuanjun.

Luo Chen looked at Qing Shuang with a hint of envy.

She practiced the Spatial Law Profundity, refined a divine beast's body, and was already formidable in attack. With this divine soul defense Spiritual Treasure, she had almost no weaknesses.

No wonder she had earned the reputation of being the best below the Hua Shen realm.

With the Soul Forged Pearl protecting her, even a Hua Shen powerhouse would have a hard time affecting her divine soul in a short time!

Shaking his head, Luo Chen began to help Qing Shuang remove the residual toxins from her body.

These were the "mixed toxins" Luo Chen had cultivated after achieving mastery of the Hundred Poisons Body Cultivation technique.

He hadn't named it yet, but this toxin was even stronger than the Liantian Master's corpse poison.

It was precisely because of this mixed toxin that he was able to gradually weaken Qing Shuang's strength during their battle.

As Luo Chen worked, the mixed toxins gradually detached from Qing Shuang's body and were absorbed by Luo Chen.

The dark marks on her body gradually faded, and her wounds began to heal. Even her broken leg started to regrow from the inside out.

Observing Luo Chen's focused efforts, she hesitated but remained silent.

Noticing her hesitation, Luo Chen smiled, "If you have something to say, just speak your mind."

Qing Shuang opened her mouth and finally said, "Your final sword strike was very powerful!"

Luo Chen chuckled, "Your technique wasn't weak either."

Qing Shuang wrinkled her nose, "If I hadn't been refining the Void Bloom, which prevented me from achieving full potential, that technique could have been even stronger!"

Void Bloom?

Luo Chen was taken aback, then gradually understood something.

He had noticed that this time, Qing Shuang's movements were not as unpredictable as before, and her use of the spatial divine technique had become more predictable.

This was partly due to his mastery of spatial restrictions and the assistance of the Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupil, but the main reason was a problem with Qing Shuang herself.

He never expected it was because of the Void Bloom.

Legend had it that this flower allowed cultivators to open a second Purple Mansion (Dantian), and in the hands of a cultivator of spatial laws, it could even create a unique internal space.

Qing Shuang must have done something similar.

However, the refinement process was too long, causing gaps in her otherwise flawless combat system.

It even affected her divine techniques!

Of course, he wouldn't admit his weaknesses in front of her.

"My Heavenly Sundering Stream is at its strongest when powered by the Nine Heavens' Qi. What you saw was just a version powered by mixed demon blood, which is only a fraction as powerful as the original."

Qing Shuang sneered, "Boasting!"

"Maybe you'll have a chance to try it again."

Luo Chen clapped his hands and stepped back calmly.

The mixed toxins had been completely removed from her body.

Now that both of them were free from their ailments, they could quickly recover and regain some self-preservation abilities.

They wouldn't have to rely on both of them to defeat a fourth-stage demon cultivator like Lian Yin Peng.

For a moment, the underground cave was silent, filled only with their faint breathing as they recovered.

It was peaceful and quiet, as if they hadn't just been trying to kill each other.

...

A few days later.

In the underground cave, the two figures prepared to leave.

"Here, take it back!"

Qing Shuang said coldly, tossing an object to Luo Chen.

Luo Chen, seemingly expecting it, caught the object and made it disappear into his right arm.

His gaze fell on the massive Silver Skyfire Garuda corpse.

"Can't let it go to waste!"

With a thought, a strand of green and white flames emerged from his mouth, enveloping the entire body of the Skyfire Garuda.

In moments, Lian Yin Peng's corpse turned to ashes.

In return, the Wilted and Flourishing Divine Flame regained some vitality.

Seeing this, Qing Shuang's lips moved, but she said nothing.

Luo Chen acted first and then asked, "Lian Yin Peng was a subordinate of the Golden-Winged Great Peng, who attacked Central State with your sister. Were they in a master-servant relationship or a cooperative one?"

Qing Shuang didn't hide anything, answering calmly, "A cooperative one."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, "So, were the other three Hua Shen-level ferocious beasts also in cooperative relationships?"

"Not all. Guixian Tower was sent by the Sea Emperor Whale and the Northern Li Great Sage. My sister Qing He owed a debt to Qixia Yuanjun for helping her achieve the Hua Shen realm, so she was repaying a favor. As for the Netherworld Earth Dragon, it was captured and forcibly enhanced using secret techniques, making it a slave."

Luo Chen understood immediately.

Then, he smiled, "Since the Golden-Winged Great Peng and your sister were in a cooperative relationship, will there be any repercussions for us killing his subordinate and refining his corpse?"

"You've already done it, so what's the point of asking?"

Qing Shuang pouted and said no more, leaping out of the cave.

Luo Chen felt the Wilted and Flourishing Fire Spirit gradually recovering in his Purple Mansion (Dantian), and the heavy burden on his heart finally lifted.

Looking up, he followed her out.

As soon as they emerged, the wild sandstorm hit them. Luo Chen steadied himself and followed Qing Shuang's direction.

Amidst the overwhelming sandstorm, the two figures moved steadily, leaving a trail of footprints.

"Given this terrain and the presence of demons like Lian Yin Peng, we must have ended up in the Western Desert?"

"Soul Severing Precipice, Soul Mourn Expanse—truly deserving of their reputation as top-tier desolate lands in the Mountain and Sea Realm, alongside the Mirage Dragon."

"Is there a quick way to return to Dong Huang?"

Faint voices of conversation occasionally drifted out, but they were quickly drowned out by the howling sandstorm. (End of Chapter)

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