152: Chapter 152 Battle

"Little Black, flank and clear the fodder! Dagui, hold the front and restrain the Jiao Beasts!"

Dagui was the name Li Changqing had given to the Black Armor Turtle, implying a wish for great wealth and prosperity.

As the two cold commands fell, two beastly shadows instantly burst forth from the void!

A pitch-black stream of light tore through the moonlight. The Flying Purple Nether Scorpion's six wings trembled, emitting a fine, silent, purplish-black poisonous mist. Its body was small and agile, moving with such speed that it left only a blur in its wake.

It was already a Second Rank Middle Stage poisonous Yao Beast with a highly condensed poison core. Its potent venom could easily break through the protective Spiritual Qi of water-elemental creatures below the Middle Stage, allowing it to suppress the spiritual entities at the bottom of the lake.

Meanwhile, a thick, earthy-yellow Spiritual Qi spread out as the Black Armor Turtle's massive body appeared in the air. Its turtle shell barrier, spanning several zhang, was as heavy as a mountain. A Second Rank High Grade defensive Spiritual Qi flowed around its body, and its four feet trod upon the void waters, firmly anchoring that patch of space.

The two Spirit Beasts acknowledged the order and instantly split up to attack!

Just as the army of Yao Beasts was about to surround him and rise into the air, Li Changqing flicked his finger, and a small white jade bottle quietly appeared in his palm.

It was the remaining half-bottle of Azure Mist Spirit-Eroding Powder left behind by the Chi Ling Valley Cultivator.

This powder was colorless, odorless, formless, and intangible. It was incredibly sinister and treacherous; it did not explode or cause injury, nor did it shock or kill. However, it could quietly penetrate defensive Spiritual Qi barriers, erode the Yao Beasts' Spiritual Veins, impede the circulation of Spiritual Qi, and dissolve their ferocity. It was the natural bane of Yao Beast groups that relied on formations and resonant Spiritual Qi.

If he did not have this half-bottle of Azure Mist Spirit-Eroding Powder, he would not have been confident in dealing with these five Second Rank Yao Beasts without taking damage. He could only say that the Chi Ling Valley Cultivator was truly a good person.

He tilted his fingertips slightly, opening the mouth of the jade bottle. Riding the water-and-wood breeze blowing from the lake, he scattered the massive amount of Spirit-Eroding Powder downward.

The powder-filled sky melted into the water vapor, mixing with the moonlight mist. It fell silently across the entire lake formation, shrouding the Spirit Jiao on all sides and the Cloud Sea Whale in the center.

To the naked eye, there was no anomaly. Countless fine cyan spirit powder particles, like thousands of spirit-devouring insects, frantically attached themselves to the Spiritual Qi barriers of all the Yao Beasts, seeping and drilling into their bodies in wisps!

The dense swarm of First Rank Silver-Scaled Spirit Fish on the lake surface were the first to be affected.

The Water Fiend formation, originally tightly linked with smooth Spiritual Qi circulation, suddenly suffered widespread disorder!

Countless First Rank Yao Beasts stiffened. The Water Fiend Spiritual Qi flowing around them flickered, and the previously continuous Spiritual Qi instantly broke, becoming mottled and fragmented.

The water-elemental Spiritual Qi they relied on to trap enemies was slowly eroded, and their internal beast veins were faintly sealed. Their restless, violent killing intent withered at a visible rate, and the once strict and terrifying encirclement formation loosened significantly in just a few breaths.

"The effect is not bad."

Li Changqing's gaze narrowed slightly, his heart resolute.

The Azure Mist Spirit-Eroding Powder perfectly countered this group of formation-linked Yao Beasts!

In the air below, four Profound Ice Jiao simultaneously paused, raising their heads to emit low, confused hisses.

They were Second Rank Middle Stage Yao Beasts with strong muscles, flesh, and thick Spiritual Qi. The Spirit-Eroding Powder could not cause immediate, severe damage, but they were still under immense suppression.

The Spiritual Qi around their bodies dimmed, and the speed at which they gathered water-elemental techniques slowed significantly. The water-elemental Spiritual Qi surging within them felt as if it were blocked by silt, making its circulation difficult and stiff.

The Second Rank Peak Cloud Sea Whale in the center had its vast, cloud-like scale membrane Spiritual Qi flickering slightly. Its mountain-like massive body trembled gently, and a trace of anger and vigilance flashed within its moon-sinking vertical pupils.

It had the highest cultivation level and could barely suppress the spirit-eroding effect within its body by relying on its profound cultivation. However, it was inevitably affected by the sluggish Spiritual Qi, and the water-elemental Spiritual Qi around its body no longer circulated perfectly.

The entire Yao Beast formation, which had surrounded him, was completely restrained by the Spirit-Eroding Powder, causing their combat power to plummet by thirty percent!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the two Spirit Beasts had already arrived at the front of the formation!

The Black Armor Turtle landed with a boom in the western airspace. Its thick turtle shell propped up layers of earthy-yellow barriers, forcefully withstanding the encirclement attack of the four Profound Ice Jiao!

Bang! Bang! Four massive water whip techniques smashed heavily against the turtle shell barrier. Waves exploded and Spiritual Qi splashed everywhere, yet they could not even break a single ripple in the Black Armor Turtle's defense.

The Black Armor Turtle was born with a thick shell; usually, techniques from Yao Beasts of the same rank were hard-pressed to break its defense. Although the four Second Rank Middle Stage Spirit Jiao were strong, they could not break the Black Armor Turtle's defense in a short time.

The four Spirit Jiao were furious. They opened their mouths to spew freezing water mist and frantically urged their water-elemental techniques to smash against the turtle shell, but they were firmly restrained on the west side and could not break away to support the main formation.

On the other side, the Flying Purple Nether Scorpion turned into a lethal poisonous shadow. Its six wings fluttered as it charged into the school of First Rank Yao Beast fish on the lake surface!

The purplish-black poisonous mist spread across the sky. Any low-rank water-elemental spirit creature contaminated by the mist instantly stiffened, their Spiritual Veins paralyzed, and toxins entering their bodies. Unable to even struggle, they turned belly-up and sank into the lake.

Little Black's explosive speed was unrivaled among its peers. It shuttled between the broken water formations, its poisonous tail striking repeatedly. Each ambush precisely killed a spirit fish leader that was commanding the formation, though its weakness was its insufficient endurance.

In just a few breaths, the Water Fiend formation, originally dense and layered with encirclements, was forcefully torn open with several gaps, completely severing the connection between the inside and outside!

The outer miscellaneous formations were more than half broken!

With the situation outside the formation completely under control, Li Changqing no longer had any worries.

He raised his hand and gripped, and the black longbow at his waist responded by emerging. A heavy, ancient Spiritual Qi halo rippled out, and the Spiritual Artifact zhenhun bow landed firmly in his palm.

His left hand formed an arrow with his fingers, and Heavenly Star Spiritual Qi condensed rapidly. The water and wood Spiritual Qi filling the sky and the heaven-and-earth gale were forcibly pulled and gathered, condensing at his fingertips into an energy arrow that was solid, pitch-black, sharp, and carried the power to split the Divine Soul!

He had already cultivated the Profound Rank spiritual technique, Heavenly Star Soul-Splitting Arrow, to the Major Achievement Realm!

Hum—!

The zhenhun bow's string trembled, emitting a faint Divine Soul hum. The mere aura of it gathering power caused the Cloud Sea Whale below, already troubled by the Spirit-Eroding Powder, to feel its mind tighten suddenly.

No matter how strong a Yao Beast's Physical Body was or how thick its defense, its Yao soul was ultimately its weak point!

"Suppress!"

Li Changqing gave a low shout, the arrow formed at his fingertips, he pulled the longbow to its full draw, locking onto the fifty-plus-zhang massive Cloud Sea Whale!

The Major Achievement Heavenly Star Soul-Splitting Arrow, paired with the Spiritual Artifact zhenhun bow, doubled the damage dealt to the Divine Soul!

The pitch-black arrow light tore through the sky without making a sound, yet it penetrated all water vapor barriers and moonlight mist, shooting with absolute precision directly at the Cloud Sea Whale's head, the vital point of its Divine Soul!

The Cloud Sea Whale's pupils shrank suddenly as it perceived an unprecedented Divine Soul crisis. Its mountain-like massive body suddenly sank to dodge, while at the same time, thousands of water-patterned moonlight runes around its body lit up rapidly, condensing into a vast, thick cloud-water defensive light barrier!

But the Heavenly Star Soul-Splitting Arrow was incredibly strange; it ignored physical defenses and penetrated the Spiritual Qi barrier!

The next instant, the arrow light entered its body!

Boom!

An invisible and silent Divine Soul explosion erupted in the Cloud Sea Whale's mind!

The dignified Second Rank Peak Yao Beast's vast, massive body suddenly trembled violently. Its huge whale head drooped sharply, the violent, fierce light in its eyes instantly dissipated, and its majestic, vast cloud-water Spiritual Qi suddenly became chaotic and collapsed.

Its Physical Body remained undamaged and its cloud scales were unscathed, but its Yao soul had suffered heavy damage. Its mind roared with intense pain, and its massive body briefly fell into a state of distraction and stiffness!

This is the moment!

A sharp glint surged in Li Changqing's eyes; he would not give his opponent any chance to recover.

He raised his hand and waved it, sacrificing three Second Rank Medium Grade Armor-Piercing Talismans into the air!