Chapter 175: Luring the Snake from Its Hole to Annihilate the Dark Cone
Facing the attack of two Second-Stage mid-phase mighty gorillas, Yu Qingtan pushed back with her left foot and surged forward just with the strength of her body. Her hands wielded the Canglong flying sword, executing one of the simplest of mortal martial arts sword moves, Splitting Mount Hua.
As a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, Yu Qingtan could not unleash the true power of a Third-Stage treasure, but at that moment, she only needed its hardness and sharpness.
As they passed by each other, vertical lines of blood appeared on the bodies of the two mighty gorillas. Then, they split in half, their hard hand armor and chest plates posing no obstacle to Yu Qingtan.
"Too weak!"
Yu Qingtan collected the corpses and continued up the mountain.
It wasn't until she arrived near a pool at the top of the mountain that Yu Qingtan's advance went unimpeded.
By the poolside, Yu Qingtan saw dozens of people tied up on the ground, their mouths gagged.
Some had their skulls cracked open, their brains eaten. Among those still alive, some looked terrified, but many more were expressionless.
In the adjacent jungle, dense human corpses could be seen, most already skeletonized.
"Damn it all!"
At that moment, Yu Qingtan was surrounded by ten mighty gorillas over six meters tall, all in the late Second Stage, with red and white substances still hanging from the corners of some of their mouths.
Without any superfluous words, dense Water Blades appeared around Yu Qingtan.
The efficiency of close-quarter combat was too low; using Spell to sweep the area was her favorite and most effective way to clear minor monsters.
"Bang bang bang~"
Under Yu Qingtan's Water Blade Technique, these late Second-Stage mighty gorillas were almost powerless to resist and were slaughtered in an instant.
Next came the First-Stage mighty gorillas and those mighty gorillas that had not yet become demons.
When Yu Qingtan left Mount Dali, not a single mighty gorilla remained.
As for the promise made by high-level cultivators, perhaps Third-Stage Major Demons or even a Fourth-Grade Demon King would come to hunt her down because of this, but did Yu Qingtan fear them?
She did not!
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After completing the task, Yu Qingtan continued to wander deeper into the Yunhua Mountain Range.
Her route took her towards a few Solitary Peaks where the monkey-faced eagle tribes resided.
Half an hour later, Yu Qingtan, apparently relaxed but actually highly vigilant, pushed her Water Escape Technique to its limits while also taking out the Canglan Umbrella for defense.
A pitch-black cone-shaped Magical Treasure attack was narrowly dodged by Yu Qingtan.
In an instant, Yu Qingtan used "Love's Protection" to elevate her Spirit Cultivation Level to the Golden Core Stage.
"Dark Cone!"
Knowing she had finally baited a big fish, Yu Qingtan did not hesitate to take out the armor set from Little Seven's Brother Taro, donning it over her.
As expected, Yu Qingtan's surroundings turned pitch-black. She was stunned for a quarter of an instant and the Shadow Awl bypassed the Canglan Umbrella's defense, striking Yu Qingtan's body and colliding with Little Seven's Brother Taro's armor.
The killer from Misty Rain Tower unleashed a Third-Stage Spell with his Dark Cone, Dark Without End.
"Ding~" A dent half a foot deep appeared in Little Seven's Brother Taro's armor, but it was not penetrated.
Yu Qingtan unfolded her nascent water domain and carefully sensed her surroundings; the Shadow Awl was indeed stabbing up from behind her again.
The armor from Little Seven's Brother Taro was a skirt armor, which provided no protection at the bottom.
"Ding~" The Qingxuan Turtle Spirit Shield appeared beneath her, blocking the strike, and through sensing the moisture in the air, Yu Qingtan captured the trace of the shadow.
Her assailant had employed a technique akin to the Invisibility Technique combined with the Breath-Concealing Technique, but once Yu Qingtan locked onto him, the six Canglong flying swords she controlled with the Object Controlling Technique struck towards the Dark Cone.
Finding himself in a bind, the Dark Cone reluctantly revealed his figure, utilizing a profound Escape Technique to dodge attacks while continuing to stealthily manipulate his lifebound magical treasure, the Shadow Awl, to strike.
Regrettably, Yu Qingtan's flying swords failed to hit the Dark Cone, and for the moment, the Dark Cone's attacks couldn't penetrate Yu Qingtan's defenses.
The one feeling anxious was naturally the Dark Cone.
He possessed a Dark Spirit Root, but as if the heavens were jesting with him, his spirit root was only of low grade, and he ended up cultivating in a Foundation Establishment force.
With a deep determination for the Daoist path, he joined Misty Rain Tower in secret to earn cultivation resources and barely managed to reach the mid-Golden Core stage.
Now with less than three years of life left, he desperately needed the Longevity Fruit, and Yu Qingtan, in his eyes, was a walking Longevity Fruit. Unfortunately, last time he nearly succeeded, he couldn't let go and pursued her near Tianxiang Valley in search of an opportunity.
However, the opportunity came too easily, and he feared it was a trap. After observing secretly for several days, he could no longer restrain himself and chose to strike.
To his surprise, the young girl's strength had improved again.
"I can't keep dragging this out. This girl might be the legendary Soul Devouring Physique, I can't outlast her. But even if she is a Dao Body, she must die today!"
Thinking this, the Dark Cone took out a small red hill, which grew to ten zhang tall in the breeze, knocking away the incoming flying swords of Yu Qingtan without damaging itself.
This was his trump card, a third-grade top-quality ancient treasure, Blood God Peak, obtained from a targeted person.
The Dark Cone spat out a mouthful of essence blood, spraying it onto the Blood God Peak. His Spiritual Power surged madly into it, and the spiritual energy from top-grade Spirit Stones already loaded inside was also crazily extracted.
A bloody light screen shot out from Blood God Peak, enveloping the three zhang area around Yu Qingtan.
Yu Qingtan felt an overwhelming pressure, her mind filled with violent bloodthirsty thoughts. She tried to use the Water Escape Technique to flee the light screen's enclosure, but when she moved, the red light moved with her.
She was targeted.
Feeling the Blood God Peak's growing power, Yu Qingtan also began to draw the spiritual energy from the top-grade Spirit Stones into her Canglan Umbrella.
Finally, the Dark Cone's Spiritual Power was drained to a mere tenth, and the Blood God Peak's power reached its peak, seemingly slowly but actually swiftly smashing towards Yu Qingtan.
The Dark Cone believed that if this blow landed squarely, even with the protection of the top-grade ancient treasure umbrella, the mid-grade ancient treasure armor, and the low-grade ancient treasure shield, Yu Qingtan would still be shaken to death.
At this moment, the Canglan Umbrella's great move, the Canglan Water Tornado, was also activated.
The massive water column struck Blood God Peak, which remained immovable, yet its speed was clearly slowed.
Ultimately, as the water column weakened, the Blood God Peak's speed was reduced to only 60 percent of its initial force—this was the result of Yu Qingtan successfully infusing the Innate Ren Water and Innate Gui Water into the waters of the Canglan River before returning from Wendao Sect.
The Canglan River water reversed its flow, and Yu Qingtan did not let it flow back into the Canglan Umbrella but instead used the Water Curtain Technique to shape the water into a thick curtain several zhang thick.
When the Blood God Peak met the water curtain, waves splashed everywhere, and its speed was further reduced by another 20 percent before impacting Yu Qingtan.
Yu Qingtan was directly knocked flying by the Blood God Peak.
The Blood God Peak's impact held a special shocking power. Though it didn't shatter the Canglan Umbrella or Taro Armor, Yu Qingtan's flesh was cracked to pieces, as if a light touch could break her into many small fragments.
However, thanks to the strength of her flesh from late-stage Body Refinement Foundation Establishment, she did not die from these injuries.
With a mere thought, a giant blue wolf appeared in front of Yu Qingtan and pounced towards the Dark Cone, whose Spiritual Power was nearly depleted.
Simultaneously, she breathed out an Ice-cold Breath, which immediately enveloped the Dark Cone, freshly swallowed a Spirit Revitalizing Pill, turning him into an ice sculpture.
Underneath the Ice-cold Breath, even the Dark Cone's consciousness moved sluggishly, hence missing the chance to self-detonate his Golden Core. Taotao promptly smashed his head with one paw, and with the other paw, plucked out the Golden Core.