121: Ecstasy, Harvest
If Chen Cuo still had any shortcomings after entering the West Sacred Continent, it would be the precision and range of his spellcasting. His Cultivation Technique was only the "South Ming Great Fire Forging Method," which was a hybrid of martial arts and immortal techniques. The rest were various Cultivation arts.
How to mobilize magical power and master the limits of spellcasting all required time to hone, and even more, a profound Cultivation Technique as a foundation. Bailu Smithy didn't have it, and the entire Great Snow Mountain didn't have it, so Chen Cuo could only make do with those basic techniques.
Although with the aid of Martial Skills and innate talents, even Foundation Establishment Stage experts were no match, when he encountered that Demonic Path Foundation Establishment Cultivator who used a black banner, he attacked them from a great distance, kiting Chen Cuo the whole time, which was truly troublesome.
Chen Cuo had many trump cards, but with too many people, he couldn't handle them all. If his secret of immortality were exposed, he probably wouldn't be able to survive in this West Continent.
On the contrary, what he feared least was close combat. Several innate talents stacked, making his strength comparable to a demon. With three million jin of strength, how could a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator withstand it?
Even if the opponent had endless secret techniques and refined magical power, Chen Cuo's Extreme Force Palm was simply unreasonable and defied rules; it was pure power. One force could break all Laws. With one palm strike, there was only annihilation.
The Foundation Establishment Stage could only utilize Laws but had not comprehended them. Above magical power were Laws, which were means only Golden Core Cultivators could possess. Blood Tiger certainly did not. He relied on his abundant blood Qi and infinite regeneration, along with his formidable Physical Body, which was why he didn't put Chen Cuo and the others in his eyes at all.
But he was melted by Chen Cuo's palm. Regardless of flesh or bone, everything turned to ash, so naturally, there was no talk of recovery.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator who used the black banner was also scared silly. With his mind lost, he still attempted to flee, exposing his vital point and opening a flaw, allowing Chen Cuo to behead him with a single saber strike.
The Drawn Saber Slash does not emphasize force, but momentum. The longer it is nurtured, the stronger it becomes!
It was also one of Chen Cuo's only two means of ultra-long-range attack. The other was bows and arrows and hidden weapons, but his hidden weapon skill was too low, and their grade was insufficient to be used in direct combat, so there was no need to mention them.
But at this moment, it was just right...
Chen Cuo saw Bai Tang, who was already stunned with fright. In an instant, a seven-colored halo entered her body. Bai Tang only felt a slight pain in her chest.
Infinitely terrified, she immediately used her Divine Sense to look inward and found a seven-colored embroidered needle, about the size of a hair, rooted in her heart. No matter how she used her magical power to expel it, it remained unmoving.
"You, what did you do?"
Chen Cuo did not answer at this time. Using his talents was not without cost. The first and second layers of Demonic Disintegration, burning essence blood and breaking bones, were real. The talents fused from forbidden arts all had various side effects, including the Dragon Tiger Golden Body Transformation, which also caused some damage to his Physical Body.
The Extreme Force Palm was an even greater burden. After he exited the Dragon Tiger Transformation Realm, his entire body immediately weakened. His Physical Body's skin tore into many wounds, constantly seeping blood. For his Physical Body's strength to result in such consequences, it showed how intense the side effects of stacking several talents were.
However, this condition did not last for even a moment. The Indestructible Origin Candle within his body shone, and its flame scorched, leaving no trace of injury on his Physical Body. All side effects disappeared, leaving only a large depletion of magical power that needed to be replenished through Cultivation.
Although it was only for a brief moment, Bai Tang was, after all, a Cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage, a true Cultivator who had opened her Divine Sense. How could she be deceived? But he couldn't kill her, so he could only add a little insurance. It was better to plant the Life-Death Talisman Needle first.
"What are you? You definitely aren't human. How could a human have such recovery power as you? What are you?"
It seemed she hadn't understood the current situation. Chen Cuo didn't say much. He raised his hand, and the Life-Death Talisman Seal emerged from it. Intense pain immediately appeared in Bai Tang's consciousness. Large beads of sweat formed on her forehead, making her unable to help but groan softly in pain.
"Hmph, it's better to modify her memory to avoid problems!"
Chen Cuo took out a yellowish-brown Medicinal Pill from his Storage Talisman and, amidst Bai Tang's painful expression, fed it into her mouth. Due to the intense pain, her expression could no longer guard her heart, and her spiritual platform was also unclear.
Chen Cuo's eyes turned grayish-white, and he let out a low shout: "Little Bai, come here!"
The talent Bewitchment, combined with Little Bai's Heavenly Fox Illusion, could achieve the effect of altering others' memories. Bewitchment awakened from a Martial Skill, the "Bewitching Great Law."
However, this was his first time using it on a Cultivator, and he didn't know how effective it would be. In any case, those Innate Experts couldn't resist it, but Cultivators' Divine Sense was, after all, much stronger, so it was still difficult.
Under Chen Cuo's manipulation, Bai Tang forgot the battle scene just now, only remembering the scene of encountering Mr. Luo Chuan. After that, Mr. Luo Chuan escorted them for a while and then separated from them. As for the Demonic Path, they had not encountered it.
At this moment, Bai Tang, due to her mind being lost, was in a state of semi-daze and semi-consciousness. The two memories instantly overlapped and intertwined, causing her to completely lose consciousness.
"Phew, finally done!"
Chen Cuo let out a sigh of relief, injected magical power to control the flying shuttle, and in an instant, arrived beside the black banner Cultivator, collecting his Storage Pouch, including the black banner and zombie left outside, and then incinerated them into ash with a true fire.
He led the group away from this place. Unfortunately, Blood Tiger took a hit from the Extreme Force Palm, leaving not even a single hair behind. Even Storage Magical Artifacts were annihilated under the extreme force.
This also proved that the other party probably didn't have anything good on him, otherwise, something would have been left. Thinking this, Chen Cuo instantly felt much better!
Chen Cuo led the flying shuttle out of the snowy region and arrived at the border of the Extreme West Land. He casually found a hidden corner, cast an illusion to conceal the flying shuttle, and quietly stayed there. He had to wait for Bai Tang and White Egret to wake up; there was no other way, Chen Cuo didn't know the way.
"Perfect, I'll use this time to check the spoils of war."
Although Xueshan City didn't have Storage Pouches, it had Storage Talismans. Both operated on similar principles; one could use magical power to control the retrieval and storage of items. Even if one hadn't seen pork, one would know how the pig ran.
However, the difference was that a master's Divine Sense imprint could be planted on a Storage Pouch, allowing the items within to self-destruct with a single thought.
But Mr. Luo Chuan and the black banner Cultivator both died in an unexpected instant, with no time to react, so Chen Cuo successfully acquired two fat boxes!
"A mere Divine Sense imprint, the person is already dead, why struggle? Open for me!"
He didn't know how to wash away the imprint, but he had a method: directly smashing it. Chen Cuo's Divine Sense directly transformed into a large hammer, smashing towards the mark on the Storage Pouch.
Instantly, the imprint vanished, and his Divine Sense successfully glimpsed Mr. Luo Chuan's treasures. First and foremost, there was an entire storage space, ten meters high and twenty meters wide.
Visibly, there was a pile of Spirit Stones, probably close to a thousand pieces. Spirit Stones, as Cultivation resources, were almost essential for every Cultivator.
However, Mr. Luo Chuan's Spirit Stones were not even as much as Chen Cuo's savings. Then there was a damaged colorful brocade, and one or two first-tier Magical Artifacts, plus the Vajra Bowl he had in his hand, which could be considered a decent haul.
"Heh heh, not bad, hey, wait, these two bone fragments, could they be bone slips?"
Chen Cuo took out the bone fragments. The warm touch made him feel like he wasn't touching bones, but rather two pieces of warm jade.
He probed them with his Divine Sense, and immediately, countless golden small characters appeared, which were surprisingly two Cultivation Techniques.
"Ash Blood Escape" and "Giant Demon Skill"!
It seemed to be a Demonic Path Legacy. Chen Cuo couldn't help but think of the Unnamed Cultivation Method he first obtained from Little Bai, which also resembled similar Demonic Path bone slips. It seemed that back then, he really stumbled upon great luck!
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