89: Strange Whitsunday Island

Chapter 89: The Peculiar Holy Spirit Island

Compared to Dead Mountain Town, the Holy Spirit Island before them was significantly larger.

Xue Lingling calmly explained, "The Holy Spirit Island copy is famously large, and it will only get bigger with subsequent upgrades and transformations. It's like an independent, small otherworld, inhabited by various peculiar creatures."

"What's the storyline?" Wu Xian pressed.

"It doesn't seem to have a clear storyline, it's not the same type as Dead Mountain Town," Xue Lingling said. "But under certain specific circumstances, more powerful Sacred Spirit creatures can be summoned. The setting is quite complex."

"How do you summon them?"

"Let's talk as we go," Xue Lingling said, stepping onto her coffin board and leading the way. "There's a type of human on the island who call themselves Sacred Spirit Descendants. They are divided into a dozen or so tribes, big and small, constantly fighting among themselves.

Eliminating them will summon some Sacred Spirit creatures that guard them.

Besides that, there are all sorts of unique Sacred Spirit creatures on the island, some gentle, and some extremely aggressive."

Wu Xian nodded, half-understanding.

Anyway, he was here to clear the copy for Materials, so he would just kill them.

"There seems to be a group of sea turtles on the beach. Should we go over?" Wang Xiaocong said, his eyes sharp.

Wu Xian's eyes lit up, and he immediately changed direction and swooped down.

He would first test the strength of these sea turtle-type Sacred Spirit creatures.

The Laurel Branch flew over with a sword; their defense was quite high.

On the other side, Wang Xiaocong, clad in silver armor and wielding a long spear, was already locked in battle with a sea turtle, letting out exclamations of shock, "Holy cow, they're that strong? They feel much stronger than elite monsters from other dimensions."

"It's a third-tier scroll copy, what did you expect?"

As Xue Lingling teased, she controlled the Soul-Devouring Ghost King to easily fend off the encirclement of several sea turtles.

After circling for a moment, Wu Xian released the Fish Gill General to deal with them.

The Fish Gill General's image was that of a ferocious, ugly merman, with blood-red eyes, wielding a hammer, and his entire body covered in fine fish scales.

He was responsible for managing the Undead System creatures of the water.

Although sea turtles are amphibians, in classical Chinese culture, sea turtles are also considered aquatic creatures, like the Turtle Prime Minister of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

However, the Fish Gill General was only a two-star silver scroll, making it a bit difficult for him to fight the sea turtles in this third-tier copy.

In the end, it was the God of Wealth who unleashed a lightning spell, easily resolving the battle.

After the sea turtle monster died, it left behind a cracked turtle shell, extremely rich in spiritual essence.

He might as well just use the God of Wealth to fight, to save time.

Soon, eight sea turtle monsters were easily dealt with.

"Oh my, I'm exhausted—!" Wang Xiaocong panted heavily. It took him a long time to kill just one sea turtle, and he looked at the turtle shell in his hand with excitement. "I feel like it's quite suitable for making weapon scrolls."

Just as they were about to look for other monsters, they saw a group of bronze-skinned humans, like primitives, rushing out of the jungle behind them.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Before the three could react, powerful poisoned arrows had already been shot at them.

"These are the Sacred Spirit Descendants?"

Wu Xian, stepping on his Flying Sword, dodged nimbly, and with his wealth Qi protecting him, he naturally wasn't flustered.

Xue Lingling, on the other hand, directly blocked the arrows with her coffin board. "That's right, they're quite strong. Be careful, everyone."

Wang Xiaocong swung his long spear, his silver armor providing extremely high defense, and he managed to block the poisoned arrows' attacks.

"Goodness, they all look like Immortal Masters."

Wang Xiaocong clicked his tongue in wonder. Then, a cold glint appeared, followed by his spear striking out like a Dragon, engaging in battle with one of the Sacred Spirit Descendants.

Xue Lingling's Soul-Devouring Ghost King, on the other hand, was much more brutal, killing people without mercy.

On Wu Xian's side, the God of Wealth unleashed a lightning spell, but the power within the Sacred Spirit Descendant's body dissolved it.

"Lightning attribute immunity?"

Surprised as he was, it was harmless. The God of Wealth charged forward on his black tiger, and with a swing of his steel whip, he sent the Sacred Spirit Descendant flying.

Honestly, these Sacred Spirit Descendants were quite intelligent; they actually knew to prioritize attacking the Scroll Master.

During the battle, poisoned arrows continuously shot at them.

And more and more Sacred Spirit Descendants arrived to provide support.

One muscular man roared, an unknown power surging around him. A huge, dark blue sea serpent phantom materialized around him, its roar shaking with power.

"It's a Martial Soul, isn't it?" Wu Xian was astonished.

At the same time, Wang Xiaocong let out a scream and was swept away by the tail of the blue sea serpent phantom.

Before Wang Xiaocong could land, the sea serpent phantom spat out a lightning attack, resembling both lightning and water, precisely striking Wang Xiaocong.

Then, Wang Xiaocong's figure disappeared from the copy.

"See? These are the warriors of the Sacred Spirit race. Their combat power is still quite formidable."

Wu Xian, however, had a strange expression.

He then released Black and White Impermanence to test it. Indeed, the Soul-Summoning Banner and Soul-Restraining Chains actually had an effect on the sea serpent phantom.

And so, under Xue Lingling's astonished gaze,

Black and White Impermanence quickly suppressed the sea serpent phantom, binding it tightly with the Soul-Restraining Chains.

And the Sacred Spirit warrior, as if bound, struggled but couldn't move.

Then, the Fish Gill General reappeared. The moment his hammer struck, the sea serpent phantom's spirit body dimmed, releasing a large amount of clear Soul energy, which the Fish Gill General absorbed into his mouth.

After completely draining the sea serpent phantom, the Fish Gill General's painting spirit experience increased significantly, and it even subtly improved the condensation of his Ten Yama Generals divine scroll.

It was simply a great tonic!

One must know that scroll copies generally cannot provide upgrade experience for Painting Spirits; they can only bring spiritual power enhancement to the Scroll Master.

But this peculiar Holy Spirit Island copy seemed to be different.

Looking at the Sacred Spirit warrior again, he collapsed in pain, as if his power had been drained, turning into a special remnant Soul Material.

"What a great place!"

At this moment, Wu Xian's eyes gleamed with mischief, wishing he could live in this Holy Spirit Island copy.

"Shifu-jie, these Sacred Spirit Souls are a great tonic for our Undead System painting spirits!" Wu Xian quickly shared. "Even the divine scroll condensation has been improved by a trace."

"Really?" Xue Lingling was both surprised and doubtful.

She only knew that powerful Undead System scrolls could, to some extent, suppress the "Sacred Spirits" of the Sacred Spirit warriors.

But she had never thought that such a thing could be directly devoured.

Excited, Xue Lingling immediately began to try. The second Sacred Spirit warrior who came to support them was targeted by Xue Lingling. After a few moves, she easily forced out the opponent's Sacred Spirit Martial Soul.

This time, it was a dark blue Sacred Spirit phantom resembling a demon.

Then, with the cooperation of Black and White Impermanence, it was easily suppressed and bound, and the Soul-Devouring Ghost King was allowed to try to devour it.

"It really works!"

Feeling the changes in the Ghost King divine scroll, Xue Lingling was exceptionally excited.

"It's just that the absorption is a bit slow. It seems to be related to the Law Veins behind the Soul-Devouring Ghost King. The more complete the Law framework, the easier it is to absorb."

Wu Xian couldn't help but wonder, "By the way, is the core idea of the Holy Spirit Dojo to construct this kind of existence called Sacred Spirit?"

"That's right," Xue Lingling said. "Some top-tier Sacred Spirits have extremely powerful combat strength."

The Master and disciple, immersed in their excitement, had long forgotten about Wang Xiaocong, who had been "kicked out" of the copy... Holy Spirit Dojo.

Two old men opened their eyes one after another, their eyes filled with horror and confusion.

"Who? Who is stealing the power of my Holy Spirit Divine Domain?!"

The two old men looked at each other in surprise, and both immersed their consciousness into the Holy Spirit Divine Domain, but they couldn't feel where that power was coming from.

It was as if it had been drawn out of thin air.

Although it was only a negligible trace of power, it made the two old men's scalps tingle, as they couldn't feel the other party's existence at all, nor how the other party stole that trace of power.