323: New clothes…

“This is… He Dao Realm?”

Xu Sanyan unconsciously mumbled, staring at the Taoist Nun’s body, feeling an unparalleled shock deep in his heart.

Why had her appearance become so terrifying and disgusting?

On the other side, the Grand Elder saw this scene and his voice suddenly became sharp, “You’re insane! How dare you practice forbidden Spells?”

Forbidden Spells were not prohibited from cultivation, but their negative effects were too great, making them undesirable to the world.

A low chuckle came from the Taoist Nun’s mouth, then grew increasingly frantic, “Heh heh heh… Hahahahaha…”

With the laughter, the Taoist Nun’s body swelled even more rapidly. In just a moment, she no longer resembled a human. Layers of overlapping tumors completely covered her, and rotting flesh turned into pus and blood, flowing out from various parts of her body, utterly disgusting.

Xu Sanyan turned and ran without a word. He didn’t understand what was happening to the Taoist Nun, but he knew it was nothing good.

After he had run a good distance, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and hid at a distance to peek.

The Grand Elder was terrified. Looking at the still expanding ball of flesh, he no longer hesitated. He pointed two fingers like a sword at the sky, and instantly, golden light gathered everywhere.

The scattered golden aura converged into a giant golden sword, which instantly pierced the ball of flesh.

“Die!”

Whoosh—

The giant sword penetrated the Taoist Nun’s body without any obstruction. Foul blood and flesh splattered like a rain of blood. A large void suddenly appeared in the center of the Taoist Nun’s body. A normal person would surely not survive such an attack.

However, the Taoist Nun seemed oblivious. The flesh tendrils around the bloody hole spread and intertwined, growing to fill the gap in an instant. Even the fallen pieces of flesh flew back and covered her body, like worms burrowing into her.

The battle on the ground had long stopped. Everyone looked up at the Taoist Nun in mid-air.

Suddenly, a dull, hoarse voice emanated from the ball of flesh, muffled and indistinguishable as male or female, “Blood Sea…”

Everyone was confused until someone screamed, “Ah… my hand!”

Immediately, panicked voices rose and fell, filled with indescribable fear, “Mr. Mei, stop quickly!”

“Revered Master, I am Xuan’er!” Someone cried out, begging for mercy.

The Taoist Nun was deaf to this, as if she had lost her mind.

Below, the people melted like candles, their flesh tearing apart and turning into a bloody pulp that floated towards the sky. The corpses lying on the ground disintegrated, becoming mere skeletons in moments, with not a single drop of flesh remaining.

From a distance, it looked like a vivid scarlet painting, with countless fragmented pieces of flesh condensing into threads and flying upwards, wildly rushing into the ball of flesh.

This scene was strangely beautiful.

The Taoist Nun at this moment made no distinction between friend or foe; anyone within the range of her Spell was affected.

“Run!”

Someone shouted, attempting to escape, but it was too late. After only a few steps, the flesh on their face began to peel off, and in an instant, they became a skeleton and fell to the ground.

“Old demoness, you’re insane!!” Golden light permeated the Grand Elder’s body as he desperately resisted the invasion of the Spell, and a look of horror finally appeared on his face.

The Taoist Nun ignored him. As the flesh poured into her body, the ball of flesh grew even larger. Its current size could almost be called a ‘mountain of flesh’.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, Xu Sanyan ran far away again. He could now barely see a red dot when he looked at the ball of flesh in the sky.

Thankfully, he ran fast, otherwise one of those hundreds of skeletons on the ground would have been his.

He didn’t believe he could resist such an evil Spell.

The mountain of flesh in mid-air continued to expand until all the flesh had merged into its body, only then did it slow down slightly. The Taoist Nun at this moment could no longer be described as horrifying; she could be called a calamity!

A calamity of the cultivation world!

The Grand Elder’s eyes were filled with anxiety. At this moment, he was in a dilemma, as an inexplicable Qi constantly eroded him, and the golden light was desperately resisting that Qi.

Below, the nine Soul Refining Elders of the Wang family had all died, their nine withered bones scattered on the ground, with not a single piece of flesh remaining on their clean skeletons.

“Woah…”

The ball of flesh let out obscure, difficult-to-understand whimpers, as if weeping, or perhaps trying to convey something.

Xu Sanyan narrowed his eyes, then turned and left. He dared not linger any longer.

“Boom!!”

As soon as he turned around, a violent wave of Qi from a distance sent him stumbling. Along the way, trees snapped, and the wave of Qi crashed into the mountain, causing countless rocks to roll down, as if a Dragon had overturned the earth.

Xu Sanyan turned his head to look with a stunned expression, his eyes filled with disbelief. He was affected even from such a distance?

The sky was filled with a light red blood mist, enveloping a wisp of golden light. Within the golden light, a figure was vaguely seen struggling to resist—it was the Grand Elder of the Wang family.

He then looked no further and quickly moved away.

…

After a long time, Xu Sanyan hid at the foot of the mountain, holding three Storage Pouches and examining them. There should have been five, but two were destroyed in the battle.

These Advanced Storage Pouches used a Formation to create a small space. Although the internal space was larger than ordinary Storage Pouches, once the Formation was destroyed, the items inside would also disappear.

The two destroyed Storage Pouches belonged to the guards. Princess Princeess Zheyun’s Storage Pouch was still intact. Xu Sanyan, with a hint of expectation, poured out its contents. The first thing that caught his eye was a large pile of Spirit Stones.

A rough count revealed tens of thousands of them, a dazzling heap.

Xu Sanyan had little interest in Spirit Stones. When he was in the Tongxin Demon Sect, he had many times more Spirit Stones than these, so he was already immune to their allure.

Mixed among the Spirit Stones were two crystals of slightly different colors. His eyes lit up, and he recognized the item at a glance.

Soul Crystal!

He hadn’t expected Princeess Zheyun, a mere Mystic Path Realm cultivator, to have Soul Crystals in her possession, and two of them at that!

As expected of a princess, she was wealthy.

In his opinion, these two Soul Crystals were more precious and more useful to him than that large pile of Spirit Stones.

After putting away the Spirit Stones and Soul Crystals, he looked at the pile of porcelain bottles. There were no labels on the bottles, so he didn’t know what was inside. He opened them and peeked, only recognizing some Medicinal Pills for healing.

Next, he picked up the long sword beside him. With a “clang,” the long sword came out of its scabbard, the blade emitting a sharp gleam, clearly indicating it was an excellent Magic Treasure.

It was a pity he didn’t use swords.

The other items were of little value to him—some scattered trinkets and Magic Treasures. However, seven or eight spherical objects did pique his interest.

These things were quite useful, whether for trapping enemies or for one-on-one duels.

Among the miscellaneous items was a pile of clothes, various garments stacked together, including long and short skirts. Xu Sanyan picked them up and sniffed, shaking his head with a slight disappointment.

What a pity… they were all new.

Princeess Zheyun, being of noble status, probably threw away clothes she had worn and wouldn’t put them back into her Storage Pouch.

Unlike that young woman from the Feng family, who was poorer and more frugal. She would collect the clothes she had worn to wear again later, which was why they had a strong body scent.

“What do I want new clothes for?”

Xu Sanyan mumbled, then threw them all away.