Chapter 4: The Battle for Treasure (Part 2)

  The name of Lei Ting Zhen Ren was extremely loud, and anyone who had been in the Xianjin Continent's cultivation world for a period of time must have heard of this name. He was one of the few scattered cultivators whose cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of Building Foundation, with a violent temper, and would definitely retaliate if provoked. Once, because a cultivator said something unpleasant to him behind his back, he exterminated the entire family.

  Although the Thunderbolt's behavior caused public outrage, no one dared to do anything to him. He had a unique skill, was good at refining thunderbolts, and the power of the thunderbolts was extremely great. Even Golden Elixir initial stage cultivators would have to avoid his edge.

  "Thunder True People have all taken action, it seems that the masters can't help themselves. Tong Yan, do you want to go and try?" Fang Qing asked hesitantly, looking at the Thunder True Person in the air with a changing expression.

  "Let's get a bit closer, maybe we'll catch an opportunity." Tong Yan thought for a moment, then stood up.

  "Xiao Ke, you just stay here and don't get involved, got it?" Tong Yan turned back to remind Wang Ke, who nodded and looked at the four people with some concern. "You guys be careful," she said, as the four of them had already spread out and rushed off.

  "Don't be afraid, everyone. Are we, so many people, still afraid of just one of him?" The monk below remained motionless for a long time, when suddenly a voice came from the crowd, spoken by a young monk with a greedy look on his face.

  "Is that so, you're not afraid of death? Then I'll fulfill your wish." A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Thunderbolt True Person, his left hand rose, and a black light shot out, instantly piercing into the crowd, landing right next to the person who spoke.

  "Not good, quick flash!" Seeing the thunderbolt had arrived by their side, the monks around them were shocked and hastily released defensive light shields, while opening up their body techniques to retreat. The person who spoke earlier was now pale as a ghost, and for a moment, he even forgot to escape.

  All of a sudden, there was a loud explosion as the thunderbolt bomb detonated, and its immense power first enveloped the young man. Before he could even let out his final scream, the young man had completely vanished. The aftershocks of the explosion also swept up many other cultivators in the surrounding area, instantly claiming the lives of dozens of them.

  It's indeed effective to kill a chicken to scare the monkey, and most of the monks below have fear in their eyes, no one dares to come forward for the time being. The Thunder True Man has a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, and this deterrent effect is achieved.

  "Heh heh, I'll take this jade slip first." A self-satisfied expression hung on the face of Lei Ting, the true person.

  "Hmm" A sudden cold hum exploded in the air, and the face of the Thunder True Person changed. He turned his head, only to see that Kuroki had transformed into a black ray rushing towards him at high speed, with a pair of eyes emitting sharp rays of light.

  "Kuroki, others may fear you, but do I look like I'm afraid of you? Let me show you the power of my Thunderbolt too!" Although his eyes showed a hint of apprehension, he said this with his mouth. With a swift motion of his left hand, five black Thunderbolts shot out in succession, instantly appearing before Kuroki and exploding in an instant.

  "Rumble...". A massive explosion shook the surroundings, with circles of black smoke spreading out in all directions from the center of the blast, and violent spiritual energy sweeping wildly.

  "Bastard, you're looking for death!" Kuroki's angry roar came from the explosion, and Raijin's eyelid twitched. "Heh heh, I won't play with you today." After saying that, a circle of black mist rose up around his body, enveloping it, just as he was about to flash away. However, at this moment, a chilling cold hum came from behind him, followed by an icy voice that seemed to come from hell entering Raijin's ears.

  "Take the thing and still want to leave? Stay obediently!" The real person of Thunder, wrapped in black light, only felt that all the hairs on his body stood up instantly. Just about to react, suddenly a sharp pain in his chest, followed by a jet-black claw, pierced through his chest, with a bloody heart grasped in its palm.

  "Is this my heart?" was the last thought that flashed through his mind, and the notorious Thunder True Person fell. Behind him, a middle-aged man in black robes had appeared out of nowhere, with a cruel smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, his face covered in black symbols, looking extremely ferocious. One hand had inserted into Thunder True Person's back heart.

  "The little Foundation Establishment cultivator really doesn't know life or death." With a cold laugh, the man's right hand shook, and a powerful force burst out from his hand. The jade slip held by Lei Yingzi was shaken off and fell into the other hand of this person, while Lei Yingzi's body was also knocked flying out. Everything had just happened in an instant, and none of the cultivators below saw how it appeared. Looking at the ferocious face of this stranger, every cultivator's heart was shrouded by a formless fear.

  At this time, the explosion on one side had subsided, the black fog dispersed, and Kuroki's figure emerged, still shrouded in a black light shield. At this time, Kuroki's face was gloomy, with an uncontrollably angry expression.

  A Foundation Establishment cultivator was left in such a sorry state by the Qi Refining cultivator, and it's easy to imagine the anger burning in Hei Mu's heart at this moment. His only thought now is to utterly destroy Lei Tian True Person, but after he escaped from the explosion, he found that Lei Tian True Person had vanished into thin air. Seeing the middle-aged man in black standing in mid-air, Hei Mu True Person's breathing caught, and his pupils suddenly constricted.

  "Hey, Kuroki, it's been years since we last met, and yet your cultivation hasn't improved one bit." The middle-aged cultivator gazed at Kuroki Shin with a cold eye. However, upon hearing this, Kuroki Shin's expression turned grave, and he quietly took a few steps back before saying in a low voice, "Soul Demon, I didn't expect you to be hiding among ordinary cultivators."

  "Soul Demon......" As soon as this name came out, a wave of chaos spread among the cultivators below, with nearly half of them immediately turning around and fleeing in all directions, their faces filled with fearful expressions.

  The Demon Lord and the Thunder True Person are not to be underestimated, this is truly a notorious name, one of the great demons of the Xianjin Continent, ruthless and merciless, killing without batting an eye, a late-stage Golden Elixir strongman, countless cultivators have died at his hands, just relying on his notorious name can scare off many cultivators, the Demon Lord True Person coldly watches as the escaping cultivators flee, not even giving them a glance.

  "I'll take this jade slip." The Soul Demon looked at Kuroki Makoto with disdain and said with a hint of pride, while Kuroki Makoto's eyes flickered, but he didn't speak up or dare to step forward.

  In the distance, Fei Hong Zhenren was watching all of this without making a move, his eyes wandering as if observing something. "Since Xie Mo has made a move, those Blood Moon Sect guys are probably around here somewhere," thought Fei Hong Zhenren at this time.

  "Huh?" Suddenly, the demonic eyes turned around and looked towards the box wrapped in spiritual light. A bloody shadow emerged from thin air beside it, with a human figure vaguely shrouded within the shadow, but due to the bloodiness of the shadow, the person's face couldn't be seen clearly.

  "Ka ka ka...... Since the old demon soul has taken the jade tablet, this box is mine now!" A sharp voice came from the blood shadow, making people's eardrums ache. Then, a bloody handprint in the blood shadow rolled out and wrapped around the empty air box.

  "Hmph, Blood Moon old ghost, you think you're so beautiful!" Just as the bloody handprint was about to touch the box, the Soul Demon let out a loud roar, raised his right hand, and a black aura shot out from it, appearing beside the box in an instant. The two collided with a "boom", and although it was just a casual strike, it was indeed worthy of a Golden Elixir stage old monster. A powerful force burst forth in mid-air, causing ripples to surge through the air.

  "A good opportunity" The box was swept away by a powerful force to one side, Kuroki Makoto saw this situation, his eyes flashed with precision, "Whoosh" he rushed towards the wooden box, in the blink of an eye he arrived beside it, stretched out his hand and was about to grab the box.

  "Seeking death!" "Seeking death!" The two voices almost simultaneously came from Blood Moon and Soul Demon's mouths, a blood-red knife edge and a black light respectively shot out from the two of them, shooting towards Kuroki Shinji.

  At this time, the struggle in the air was something that ordinary cultivators could no longer intervene in. Wang Ke stood far away, looking at the corpse of Lei Ting Zhen Ren who had fallen not far in front of him, then looked at the battle in the air again, feeling very displeased in his heart. In front of these people, ordinary humans seemed too fragile.

  Standing on the edge, Wang Ke saw everything that had just happened clearly, and the initial shock had subsided. What was left now was only deep contemplation.

  "The world of cultivation is indeed a place where the strong prey on the weak." Just as Wang Ke was thinking this, a figure suddenly shot up into the air from his left side, not far away. At the same time, a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation emanated from this figure, and it turned out to be another Golden Dan period expert. Wang Ke's heart skipped a beat in shock, he hadn't expected that there was still such an expert hidden beside him. Looking again at the position where this person was standing, there was a boy of around ten years old with clear eyebrows and bright eyes staring up at the sky with a joyful expression. This little boy should be traveling with the black figure from earlier, Wang Ke thought to himself.

  In an instant, the figure appeared in mid-air and stood opposite to Soul Demon Blood Moon. He wore a coarse linen robe, his hair was white, and his eyebrows were long and bushy, resembling an old man over a hundred years old.

  "Medicine Old Ghost, do you also want to stir up this muddy water?" The Soul Demon gazed coldly at the old man, but didn't make a move. Blood Moon didn't say anything, just watched from the side. Kuroki had already dodged two attacks and now looked grave.

  "Heh heh, I'm quite fond of elixirs. If this box really contains elixirs, I'd like to borrow it for some research." The old man said with a warm smile.

  "The old man who refuses to die wants to rob me, I think you're tired of living." The demon's soul let out a cold laugh, and its aura suddenly changed. A black mist burst forth from its body, instantly enveloping the surrounding space. The black mist churned and twisted, as if countless vengeful spirits were wailing within. Then, three ferocious ghostly faces emerged from the mist, their features fully formed, with jagged teeth filling their mouths, their faces twisted in terror. At the same time, they let out a series of mournful cries that sent shivers down one's spine.

  Three ghostly faces appeared, and the Soul Devil waved its hand. One of the ghostly faces flew towards Blood Moon, another one charged at Kuroki Shinji, and the last one rushed towards Yao Lao Gui.

  Seeing the ghostly face rushing towards them, the three people's faces turned grave. The Blood Moon's body glowed with a bloody light, shooting out several red rays that converged in front of him. In an instant, a massive blood handprint condensed into existence. The air was immediately filled with a suffocating bloody aura. As soon as the blood handprint appeared, it charged towards the incoming ghostly face.

  Kuroki Makoto's expression also froze as he saw the ghostly face approaching, and suddenly his hand grasped the sword hilt, dozens of sword lights flashed around him, first swirling around his body, then gathering on top of his head to form a huge black sword shadow, which emitted an astonishing sword aura, slashing down at the ghostly face.

  The old medicine ghost saw the ghost face of the crying forest, and with a calm and unhurried wave of his hand, a fist-sized tripod appeared. He then bent his right finger and flicked it, shooting a stream of spiritual light into the tripod. The tripod rotated rapidly in mid-air and suddenly expanded, transforming into a nearly seven-foot-tall blue bronze tripod in an instant. "Whoosh", a fierce flame burst out from the bronze tripod, enveloping it in a massive fireball that charged towards the ghost face.

  The demon took advantage of the opportunity, stretched out his right hand, and a black skull shot out from his hand, rushing towards the box in mid-air at an extremely fast speed. The skull's mouth opened and closed, and two clusters of red ghost fire flashed in the empty eye sockets, looking very eerie.

  "Bad!" Kuroki Makoto's face changed greatly as he saw the black skull, and he let out a cry of surprise. However, at this time, the giant sword shadow he was controlling collided with the ghostly face, and he had no spare moment to divide his attention.

  The Blood Moon was slightly farther away, and the red light flashing outside his body was very shocking. Wanting to stop it was already too late, only Medicine Old Ghost's eyebrow twitched, his right hand raised, a stream of light shot out from his hand, and in an instant appeared at the edge of the box. "Hiss" - on that black skull had already been inserted a sharp dagger.

  "You dare to ruin my good deed, you're asking for death!" Seeing his good fortune being destroyed, the demon's anger was extraordinary, looking at Yao Lao Gui with a fierce glow in his eyes, as if he wanted to flay Yao Lao Gui alive.

  "Heh heh, still the same sentence as before. I'm more interested in Dan Wan, if you agree to my conditions, I naturally won't ruin your good deed." Yao Lao Gui said fearlessly, his gaze casually looking at Hun Mo, without any fear.

  "Grandpa is so great, grandpa keep going!" The little kid next to Wang Ke suddenly clapped his hands and shouted loudly, the childish voice echoing through the air.

  The demon's gaze swept over them unintentionally, and suddenly he seemed to have thought of some sinister plan. He sneered coldly: "Old ghost, I didn't expect you to bring a child with you. Since that's the case, then I'll send that little guy to the Western Heaven first."

  "You dare!" The old medicine ghost's beard blew, his eyes stared, and he shouted violently, but the black awn in the Soul Demon's hand had already shot out, with the target being that little kid.

  "The old devil" abandoned the treasure in mid-air and turned to chase after the black awn, his face twisted with worry, extremely anxious. However, the distance was too far, and it was impossible to catch up with the black awn. He knew that this child was just an ordinary person and would not survive under the black awn.

  Just as all hope seemed lost, a figure burst out from beside the child and instantly appeared by their side. With one swift motion, they scooped up the child and pulled them into their arms, then charged forward several steps. The moment they broke free, the dark spear arrived, its powerful force sending Wang Ke tumbling through the air before he finally steadied himself. Fortunately, the child in his arms was unharmed.

  Just now, Wang Ke noticed the black awn shooting towards the child in the air and almost subconsciously flashed over to help the child escape danger. Turning his head to look at where the child was just now, the ground had already been shot out of a deep hole by the black awn, surrounded by corrosive black fog. Wang Ke still had some lingering fear in his heart, if he had been a step slower just now and hit by the black awn, he would probably have ended up here today. The cultivation world is indeed full of crises at every step.

  Seeing his sure-kill move being ruined by a newly awakened little brat, the Soul Demon was enraged to an extreme degree. However, wanting to make another move now was no longer possible. The Medicine Old Ghost had already blocked the way in mid-air, fully on guard.

  "Hmph, Soul Demon, you want to get that box? I won't let you have your way." Yao Lao Gui coldly snorted, his right hand raised in front of him, pinched a strange seal, and lightly shouted: "Explode".

  At the time when everyone was in doubt, the dagger inserted on the skull on the edge of the box suddenly flashed with a ray of light, and the breath became chaotic in an instant. Then, with a loud noise, it exploded violently, and a powerful force burst out, rolling the box in.

  "Bastard, you want to destroy the treasure!" The evil spirit was furious and stared fixedly at the explosion. Just then, three golden lights suddenly flew out of the explosion, each containing a thumb-sized round dan bead. In an instant, a strong fragrance filled the air.

  "Immortal elixir!" A sudden cry of surprise burst forth from the crowd, and then one by one, cultivators drew their swords or directly unleashed their techniques to charge towards the immortal elixir in mid-air.