28: The Taoist soldiers changed

The words 'Damn it' were only half spoken when the towering strong man, leaving a blur of afterimages, killed the corpse raiser, smashing his head with a single punch.

The last one remaining, the bald rogue cultivator with red eyes and no eyebrows, who controlled the blood-fiend Flying Sword, was terrified: "Who is attacking from the shadows?"

In an instant, the ghost cultivator and the corpse raiser, who were originally only slightly at a disadvantage, were successively beaten to death on the spot. The most terrifying thing was that even the ghost creatures they had spent their lives refining were completely devoured, and the Black-haired Zombies were also annihilated. How could they possibly fight now?

These three Disciples from Doujian Peak were already extremely difficult to deal with. Now that the ghost cultivator and the corpse raiser were dead, only he remained alone. He was probably going to be beaten into a meat pulp in an instant.

'Escape'!

Without a second thought, he controlled the blood-fiend sword light and attempted to flee for his life.

However, how could the three Inner Sect Disciples from Doujian Peak let such an opportunity slip away?

The fair-skinned woman had already formed a seal, with lightning flashing and containing violent power, instantly transforming into a lightning sword that struck, causing the bald, eyebrowless rogue cultivator to vomit blood.

The young man with a deep wrinkle on his forehead simultaneously attacked, transforming his body into a sword. Sword Qi and Sword Intent erupted, like a long river of Sword Qi, sweeping forth and instantly deflecting the blood-fiend Flying Sword.

The towering strong man made the final move, transforming into an afterimage. He grabbed the bald, eyebrowless rogue cultivator, brutally tore off his hands and feet, turning him into a limbless torso, and he wailed incessantly.

The towering strong man couldn't stand the wailing. He slapped him unconscious and threw him aside.

Penetrating Aperture Realm cultivators have opened a hundred apertures, can live up to three hundred years, and possess astonishing vitality. Let alone having their limbs severed, they can survive with just a head. This bald, eyebrowless fellow wouldn't die yet.

"Senior apprentice-sister Yun Zhi, do you know which fellow Disciple secretly assisted us just now?" The towering strong man, Hou Liehu, looked at the fair-skinned woman with unremarkable features, scratched his messy, bushy hair, and asked.

Yun Zhi lowered her brows and pondered for a long time, finally shaking her head: "The voice was very unfamiliar, definitely not a Doujian Peak Disciple. As for who it was exactly, I also don't know."

The towering strong man, Hou Liehu, muttered, "Not a Doujian Peak Disciple?" He thought about it but came up with nothing. He then looked at Zhu Xinzhi, who had a deep wrinkle on his forehead: "Senior apprentice-brother Zhu..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Xinzhi waved his hand: "Don't ask me. I don't even know if the fellow Disciple who secretly assisted us was male or female."

At least Hou Liehu and Yun Zhi heard a voice transmission. He didn't hear a sound. Should he guess with his toes?

"From the voice, it was a man." Hou Liehu thought for a moment, then looked at the bald, eyebrowless rogue cultivator whose hands and feet had been torn off: "Strange, he didn't even want the merit points he earned?"

Zhu Xinzhi said: "Perhaps it was precisely because he was afraid we would misunderstand that he was trying to steal the merit points, that this fellow Disciple did not show his face."

Upon hearing this, Hou Liehu immediately became solemn and respectful: "This fellow Disciple is truly righteous."

Assisting in secret, not seeking merit or fame, and leaving once the matter is done, is truly noble and worthy of deep friendship.

Of course, Hou Liehu would not have thought that Lu Chen had already gained the benefits he deserved. Running away after the deed was done had absolutely nothing to do with being noble.

"A stone figure that can devour ghost creatures? Is it a Spiritual Artifact, or a secret technique?" Yun Zhi whispered to herself, still deep in thought.

The mysterious fellow Disciple who did not show his face, if nothing else, must be an extremely formidable Senior apprentice-brother. There is no doubt about this.

With a casual move, he swept away a hundred ghosts, annihilated two Black-haired Zombies, and didn't even need to show his face. None of the three of them could achieve such strength.

But that mysterious fellow Disciple could!

"What a pity, we had no chance to meet him!"

...

The mysterious fellow Disciple whom they had no chance to meet was escaping underground.

Before long, he returned to the Sect. Lu Chen went directly to the Internal Affairs Hall, handed in the ten pairs of white-scaled elephant tusks required for the mission, and easily obtained eight Merit Points.

Afterwards, Lu Chen went to the Wan Fa Pavilion again, spent ten Merit Points to obtain the Water Element Spell. The Elder stationed at the Wan Fa Pavilion was already too lazy to say anything to him, and Lu Chen was happy for the peace and quiet.

However, the Merit Points he had just obtained were already running low, with only six remaining.

Let's go nurture the Dao Soldiers!

Returning to the small courtyard, Lu Chen shut the door tightly. After thinking about it, fearing that Xuan Qi from Mingjing Peak might come to bother him again, he hung a 'Cultivating in seclusion, do not disturb' sign outside the courtyard before returning to the house with satisfaction.

"After devouring a hundred ghosts earlier, my Dao Soldiers must have some reaction, right?!" Lu Chen couldn't wait and immersed his consciousness into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

However, he saw that none of the fifteen Copper Armor Dao Soldiers, including the Silver Armor Dao Soldier, had shown any increase in strength.

"Did they eat for nothing?"

No, that's not right. Earlier, when the Dao Soldiers saw those ghost creatures, they clearly couldn't move, and their desire was extremely strong. To say that eating them was useless would definitely not be the case.

The Dao Soldiers, who were connected to Lu Chen's thoughts, seemed to know what was on his mind. The Silver Armor Dao Soldier among them actively guided Lu Chen's consciousness, as if trying to make Lu Chen understand something!

"Could it be..." Lu Chen vaguely seemed to understand something and suddenly completely merged his consciousness into the Silver Armor Dao Soldier.

In an instant, that mysterious feeling of being able to clearly sense the Dao Soldier controlling Earth Element, Fire Element, and Water Element struck again, causing Lu Chen's heart to tremble uncontrollably!

After consuming a hundred ghosts, his Dao Soldiers had actually undergone such an astonishing change!

Eat! From now on, I must let the Dao Soldiers eat freely! All those specters and vengeful spirits, eat them all!

Making a move on Lingya Mountain this time was truly a huge gain!

Lu Chen was overjoyed. This change was too important for him. He could merge with the Dao Soldier and truly feel the profound mystery of naturally controlling Earth Element, Fire Element, and Water Element, which could greatly accelerate his comprehension of true intent.

This was a benefit that other cultivators could only dream of!

Unfortunately, before Lu Chen could be happy for too long, that profound and mysterious feeling quickly receded. He could no longer merge into the Earth Element profoundness controlled by this Silver Armor Dao Soldier!

"It seems that a mere hundred ghosts are far from enough, not enough to completely transform my Dao Soldiers."

But it didn't matter. As long as he knew that 'eating ghosts' could make the Dao Soldiers evolve, that was enough. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future to find these things for the Dao Soldiers to devour. This was a very good start.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at the two Black-haired Zombies. These eerie creatures had an evil nature and were actually somewhat similar to Dao Soldiers, both having indestructible physical bodies and boundless strength.

The difference was that zombies had corpse qi, similar to a cultivator's True Qi or spiritual power, while Dao Soldiers did not. However, Dao Soldiers were born to control the power of heaven and earth like Earth Element, Fire Element, etc., which surpassed these zombies by countless levels.

Furthermore, Dao Soldiers were not evil creatures, unlike these Black-haired Zombies which needed to be fed various human blood. On the contrary, Dao Soldiers seemed to greatly restrain such evil creatures and ghosts.

Especially ghosts, they could be directly devoured, which even opened Lu Chen's eyes.

"These Black-haired Zombies, for the Dao Soldiers, should be even more nourishing than demon beast corpses."

Otherwise, the Dao Soldiers earlier wouldn't have shown such intense desire upon seeing the Black-haired Zombies. Furthermore, demon beast corpses and zombies are essentially both corpses. However, zombies are refined through special evil methods, or are naturally born nourished by yin energy. Perhaps it is this difference that makes them more attractive to the Dao Soldiers.

"Good. Two Black-haired Zombies, nearly one hundred and fifty Spirit Transformation Realm demon beasts, and eighteen Penetrating Aperture Realm demon beasts should be enough for all my Copper Armor Dao Soldiers to advance to Silver Armor Dao Soldiers."