611: Lu Xueqi (88)

Just as she finished taking the spirit milk from the depression and was preparing to collect the drop of spirit milk that was about to fall from the tip of the stalactite, a sudden change occurred!

The seemingly ordinary clear pool water suddenly began to churn violently after Bi Yao took most of the spirit milk!

A bone-chilling aura, filled with resentment and malice, violently erupted from the depths of the pool!

"Be careful!"

Su Han and Lu Xueqi shouted simultaneously.

Bi Yao reacted extremely quickly. With a sweep of her jade hand, she caught the falling drop of spirit milk, sealed it in a bottle, and rapidly retreated.

"Roar—!"

A roar, neither human nor beast, filled with pain and deep hatred, emanated from the bottom of the pool.

A vortex formed in the center of the pool, and a massive dark shadow was rapidly ascending!

The Ice Scale Python also seemed startled. It suddenly raised its upper body and hissed menacingly at the pool, but upon closer inspection, a trace of... fear could be seen in its vertical pupils?

Splash!

Water scattered as a ferocious figure burst out of the water!

It was a humanoid monster, nearly ten feet tall. Its skin was a dead, ashen gray, covered with bizarre scales and moss.

Its head was human-like, but its features were distorted, fangs protruded from its mouth, and its eyes were blood-red, containing no pupils, only endless malice and madness.

Its limbs were thick and strong, its claws sharp, and it dragged a long tail covered in bone spurs behind it.

Most terrifyingly, its body was entwined with thick, inerasable black Malice Qi. This Malice Qi churned as if countless faces of suffering were wailing within it.

"This is... a Drowned Vengeful Corpse?!" Shi Yue gasped, his face turning pale. "And it's a vengeful corpse that has mutated after absorbing the Spiritual Qi from the earth vein spirit milk and the Yin Sha Qi of this place! Judging by its aura, it probably has the strength of a Peak Golden Core, perhaps even touching the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage!"

No wonder the Ice Scale Python only lurked by the edge of the pool and dared not enter—there was such a more terrifying creature hidden at the bottom!

This vengeful corpse was clearly driven by instinct, attracted by the Spiritual Qi of the earth vein spirit milk, and lay dormant at the bottom of the pool to Cultivate. Meanwhile, the Yin Sha Malice Qi it emitted might also be a source of 'pressure' that allowed the Ice Scale Python to leverage the spirit milk's power and trend toward becoming a flood dragon.

Now that Bi Yao had taken the spirit milk, it had broken some kind of balance, awakening this sleeping, terrifying monster!

"Roar!"

The vengeful corpse's blood-red eyes were fixed on the jade bottle in Bi Yao's hand. Its craving for the spirit milk overwhelmed everything else.

It let out a roar, enveloped in thick black Qi and bone-chilling cold, transforming into a dark shadow and lunging straight at Bi Yao!

Its speed was incredibly fast!

Although Bi Yao was shocked, she remained calm. The heartbreak flower instantly bloomed before her, forming a light barrier, while she swiftly dodged.

Bang!

The vengeful corpse's sharp claws struck the light barrier. The barrier shook violently, and Bi Yao let out a muffled groan as she used the impact to fly backward, but her complexion paled slightly.

The monster's strength was astonishingly immense!

"Attack together! This thing has low intelligence, but its Physical Body is formidable, and its Malice Qi corrodes the body. Be careful not to get injured by it!" Su Han urged, forcefully channeling his True Essence and unleashing a Sword Qi strike toward the vengeful corpse.

Lu Xueqi's heavenly abyss sword light followed closely, and lightning surged again.

Shi Yue and the other three immediately formed a battle array and attacked.

The Ice Scale Python hesitated for a moment, then let out a shriek and spat out a cloud of icy mist, assisting in the attack on the vengeful corpse.

It clearly understood that this monster emerging from beneath its 'territory' was a greater threat, and it also seemed to covet the spirit milk.

The vengeful corpse, surrounded by the combined assault, let out an enraged roar. It neither dodged nor evaded. The black Qi on its body churned, taking several hits head-on, leaving only shallow wounds, but the black Qi healed them in an instant.

It seemed fixated on Bi Yao (or rather, the spirit milk in Bi Yao's hand), ignoring most attacks, only madly pursuing Bi Yao. As its claws swept out, they brought waves of foul wind, where cold air and Malice Qi intertwined, causing stagnation of Qi and blood, and mental distraction.

Bi Yao's movement technique was agile, like a shuttle through flowers, but under the vengeful corpse's desperate and frenzied pursuit, she appeared perilously close to disaster, nearly being swept by its claws several times.

"This monster's Physical Body is too strong, and its recovery is too fast! Ordinary attacks won't be very effective!" Shi Yue said anxiously.

Su Han's brows were tightly knit as his mind raced.

This vengeful corpse was an object of extreme Yin evil and malevolence. Its Physical Body had become incredibly tough due to nourishment from the spirit milk and Yin Qi, further protected by its Malice Qi, making it difficult for conventional attacks to cause fundamental harm.

"Xue Qi! Use your strongest lightning spell! Attack its Celestial Spirit! That area is where the Malice Qi is densest, and it is the core!" Su Han commanded, simultaneously channeling the Spirit Nourishing Art with all his might, sending a 'Divine Thorn'—even more solid and sharp than before—stabbing fiercely toward the vengeful corpse's head!

"The Heavenly Dao is with me, my lightning spell shall slay the evil!"

Lu Xueqi cried out clearly, holding her sword with both hands and positioning it before her. The tianya divine sword erupted with an unprecedented brilliant blue light.

The aura around her suddenly surged. Her clothes fluttered without wind, her black hair streamed, and a majestic, inviolable Sword Intent soared toward the sky!

In the sky, faint thunderclouds began to gather.

"Divine Sword Lightning Leading True Skill!"

Lu Xueqi guided the sword formula, and the tianya divine sword pointed directly at the firmament!

Rumble!

A bucket-thick bolt of purple heavenly lightning, condensed to the extreme and emanating an aura of destruction, tore through the mist above the valley. It descended as if from the Nine Heavens, with an irresistible force, striking down!

The target: directly at the vengeful corpse's Celestial Spirit!

At the same time, Su Han's 'Divine Thorn' also pierced fiercely into the vengeful corpse's chaotic and violent Sea of Consciousness.

"Aoo—!"

The vengeful corpse let out an incomparably mournful howl. Its action of chasing Bi Yao suddenly halted. It clutched its head with both hands, appearing to be in unbearable pain.

Now was the time!

The purple heavenly lightning struck the vengeful corpse's crown without obstruction, with perfect accuracy!

Blinding lightning instantly engulfed the vengeful corpse!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

The power of supreme Yang and supreme rigidity, the lightning, fiercely contended with the supreme Yin and supreme evil Malice Qi, emitting a grating sound.

The black Qi on the vengeful corpse's surface dissolved rapidly as if encountering its nemesis, revealing the ashen-gray, scaled skin beneath. This skin also blackened and carbonized under the lightning.

Its massive body trembled violently, emitting bursts of scorched stench.

The lightning lasted for several breaths before slowly dissipating.

The vengeful corpse was still standing, but its entire body was charred black, emitting wisps of green smoke. Its Celestial Spirit area had a terrifying large hole blasted open, from which black-red, viscous liquid slowly flowed, within which faint, distorted phantom souls could be heard wailing as they dissipated in the lightning's glow.

The light in its blood-red eyes dimmed. It stood there blankly, seemingly having lost all strength.

However, just as everyone thought it was severely wounded and dead, a final spark of frantic blood-red light suddenly burst from the vengeful corpse's eyes!

"Roar!!!"

It used its last remaining strength and violently hurled the long tail covered in bone spurs behind it, like a javelin, straight toward the nearby Lu Xueqi, whose aura was weak after just unleashing the powerful lightning spell!

The long tail tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek, its speed astonishingly fast!

"Xue Qi, be careful!"

Su Han's pupils contracted. He wanted to rescue her, but the distance was too great. Unleashing the Divine Thorn with all his might earlier had also left his Divine Soul somewhat weak.

Lu Xueqi's True Essence was heavily depleted at this moment. Facing this sudden, fatal strike, she barely managed to raise her sword to block, but she was clearly a fraction too slow. (End of Chapter)