Book 3 Chapter 8 (Part 2) Taking it up a notch

  This layer was densely packed with goblins, some resembling tree roots, with round eyeballs growing on their roots; others were flat and round, covered in wrinkles; still others resembled grayish-white fleas, jumping around randomly. I activated the Puppet Witchcraft, two puppet watermen leading the way forward, cutting through the goblins, forcibly opening a path. My feet didn't stop moving, and before long, I had reached the fourth layer.

  Before I could even stand firm, a hot gust of wind struck my face, and a red-glowing tiger with a pair of wings on its back pounced towards me. The tiger's wingspan was over ten zhang wide, and its wings were like two balls of fire, flowing with fierce flames. I spat out three samadhi true fires, but the tiger opened its mouth wide and swallowed them, just like taking supplements.

  Yuè Hún Dào said, "This is the mount of a demon from the former Demon Slaughter Heaven, called Flying Flame Tiger. After its death, its soul luckily escaped from the Yellow Spring Heaven. The Flying Flame Tiger is a creature of utmost yang, so its soul does not fear the Samadhi True Fire."

  "Damn it, grandma! Why didn't you say so earlier!" I stared blankly as the Flying Flame Tiger pounced over, its wings flapping wildly and instantly vaporizing the two Water People. This guy's soul was still this fiery after death, let alone when he was alive.

  "Yuehun said leisurely, 'The soul of the Flying Flame Tiger can also neutralize the yin nature of the Biyu Pearl, and its effect is even better than that of the Red Lotus Grass. It's up to you whether you can swallow it or not.'"

  How can I swallow such a big guy? While thinking of a solution, the Flying Flame Tiger has already taken to the air and is charging towards me with great momentum. I activate the Xuanji Secret Path Technique, layer upon layer of Qi circles bursting out, entwining the Flying Flame Tiger's wings, causing it to immediately lose its balance and tumble down. Before it can pounce again, the Xuanji Qi circle heavily restrains it.

  At the same time, hundreds of ferocious ghost beasts pounced on me. I fought them off while rapidly recalling various secret techniques I had learned, desperately trying to think of a way to defeat the Flying Flame Tiger's magic.

  "In the beginning of life, only a fetal form is present. The fetus is the source of essence, and refining and transforming it can lead to eternal life." Suddenly, I remembered a passage from the "Fetal Transformation Longevity Witchcraft" scripture. This witchcraft is extremely evil, believing that the fetus contains the essence of life, and eating it can greatly supplement one's vitality. Therefore, the Fetal Transformation Longevity Witchcraft can transform living spirits back into their fetal form and then consume them. However, this witchcraft is extremely perilous to use; if the opponent's powers are stronger than one's own, the practitioner will instead be transformed into a fetus. Gazing at the Flying Flame Tiger, I thought to myself that my own demonic powers should be superior to those of the Flying Flame Tiger, so why not give it a try?

  "Crackling", I activated the Tiao Hua Chang Sheng Yao Shu, and my entire skeletal system emitted a burst of dense thunder-like sounds. My internal Qi and blood surged rapidly. With a "whooshing" sound, I slapped both palms onto the Flying Flame Tiger, and my palm centers turned pure white like jade, emitting an eerie glow. As soon as my hands landed on the tiger's head, it let out a mournful roar, convulsed violently, and its body began to shrink bit by bit. In no time at all, it had shrunk into a tiny tiger fetus.

  I let out a sigh of relief, it seems that the Taohua Changsheng Yao Shu is effective on ghosts as well. I grabbed the Fei Yan Hu and followed the instructions for consuming the Taohua Changsheng Yao Shu, aligning my lips with the tiger's mouth and gently sucking in. In an instant, the Fei Yan Hu transformed into a stream of flames that rushed into my throat, and my internal organs suddenly felt scorching hot.

  Yuè Hún cried out: "Quickly take the Azure Pearl!"

  I hastily took out the blue bead and swallowed it in one gulp. Inside my body, there was a sudden surge of energy, and the blue bead transformed into a wisp of eerie, dark air that spread throughout my entire body, merging with the flames and flowing along the meridians on my back, all the way to the top of my head. With a "crack" sound, my brain felt dizzy, as if a small bone in my skull had been shattered by this surge of energy. Afterwards, the air flow vanished without a trace. I was shocked: "What's going on?"

  "Congratulations on getting rid of your worldly bones."

  I touched my head and found nothing unusual, so I asked with a peace of mind: "What is Su Gu?"

  "Regardless of human or demon, there is a mundane bone in the brain. When cultivating magic, once the energy and blood flow reach the vicinity of the mundane bone, it becomes difficult to circulate further. Therefore, any magical technique can only circulate within the internal organs and cannot pass through the brain. The jade bead of the Xuanwu Red-eyed Beast is primarily spiritual and dynamic, capable of dissolving the mundane bone, allowing energy and blood to truly flow throughout the body. From now on, your cultivation of various techniques will reach new heights, and you can further attain a completely different and unprecedented realm."

  "You're really something, I didn't raise you in vain."

  Yuè Hún stared at me and said, "Méi Shēng has never been ordinary since birth."

  I was stunned for a moment, and didn't ask much, just feeling that the blood in my body was flowing exceptionally smoothly, extremely comfortable. At this time, getting the prize had no significance to me anymore, but to show off a bit and become one of the three winners, I still rushed up to the fifth floor of the Town Soul Tower.

  "Densely", hundreds of white ghosts jumped and bounded towards me, their sharp claws shrouded in dark energy, obviously poisonous at a glance. Several contestants' corpses lay on the ground, each one's flesh and blood mangled. I deployed my "Arms Master" technique, transforming my left arm into a steel sword that swept horizontally, cutting the ghosts in half. Before they could reassemble their limbs, I had already burst out of the encirclement and ascended to the sixth floor with an unstoppable momentum.

  A group of short and small ghosts rushed towards me, their tongues stretched out long, spitting saliva at me one after another. The saliva was multicolored, sticky and thick, emitting a pungent smell. My arms turned into shields, blocking the saliva, my body swiftly dodging, leaping to the seventh floor.

  The surroundings were desolate and empty, not a single evil spirit in sight, but dozens of corpses lay on the ground. I cautiously scanned my surroundings before dashing towards the stairs. Just as I stepped onto the first step, a sharp gust of wind howled from behind, and seven sharp auras shot straight at me.

  My heart skipped a beat, and I didn't have time to cast any spells, so I could only jump out of the dance and move my body agilely in mid-air to barely avoid it. Turning back to use the Mirror Pupil Secret Technique again, I finally discovered that seven ghostly spirits were sitting quietly in the corner, almost transparent, and if not for the Mirror Pupil Secret Technique, I wouldn't have been able to see them at all. The seven ghostly spirits seemed to be connected as one, with each spirit's right arm linked to another spirit's left arm, their mouths long and thin like a sharp thorn. Aiming at me, the seven ghostly spirits shot out sharp thorns from their pointed mouths once again.

  I activated the Mirror Pupil Secret Path, my eyes clear as a mirror, and deflected the sharp stabs back. I then charged towards the eighth layer. After fighting with the evil spirits for so long, the seventh layer was the most perilous. Now that I think about it, after removing the mundane bones, my charming dance is more unrestrained than before, so I calmly dodged the sudden attack of the seven sharp stabs.

  Above the eighth layer, a dark and heavy fog enveloped everything. Amidst the black fog, green light flashed about, sword energy crisscrossing everywhere. At a glance, I saw Liu Cuifei; his eyebrows shot out sword tips, simultaneously dispersing several dozen refined monsters. To be honest, his abilities far surpassed mine, but I had the upper hand in that I was well-versed in various magical techniques. Upon seeing me, Liu Cuifei's expression turned extremely unsightly. I chuckled and said, "I heard you're quite arrogant, daring to drive our Bingqi Aoyu Sect out of Luosheng Heaven."

  Liu Cuilei let out a cold snort, her sword aura swirling between her eyebrows as she cut down several ghostly spirits approaching from behind. "You're not even a member of the Bingqi Aoyu Sect," she said. "Why bother pretending to be mysterious?"

  "I'm telling you, listen up! I'm letting you off with a warning now, get out of Luo Shengtian's place, or else I'll come to your doorstep and kill you all!"

  Liu Cuiyu's face turned red and white, wanting to fight but unable to defeat me. The blue sword blade angrily killed a huge monster, and without looking back, rushed to the top of the ninth floor tower.

  I followed up afterwards, and this floor was the easiest to get through. Liu Cuifeng took care of all the evil spirits for me. On the ninth floor, there wasn't a single evil spirit. Water flowed everywhere, shimmering with strange colors. The walls of the tower were covered in dense, intricate talismans. In each corner of the tower, there was an alcove, and inside them were a pair of delicate wings as thin as cicada wings, a bright red blade of grass, and a round insect egg. I knew these were the three treasures. Liu Cuifeng rushed towards the white bone insect egg first. I wasn't interested in that thing, so I took the fire locust wing instead. The semi-transparent fire locust wing felt warm to the touch, only as big as my hand, with a beautiful, dark red pattern. It was very lovely. I thought it should be worth at least 1,200 silver coins.

  A moment later, a dwarf with a pockmarked face rushed up, saw me and Liu Cuicui, and smiled gloomily: "Fortunately, I made it into the top three." He carefully picked up the Red Practice Grass and put it in his bosom.

  On the east side of the tower top, there was a small iron gate. Liu Cuicui and the dwarf pushed open the door one after another and hastily left. I went over to take a look and found that this gate led directly to the outside of the tower, but it could only be opened from inside the tower. I laughed and said: "If I had known earlier that the treasure was in this position at the top of the tower, I would have used my Chaotic Armor Technique to take the treasure directly, without having to go through so much trouble and fight with evil spirits."

  "What's so easy? The Soul-Taming Tower is made of the thousand-year-old mysterious iron, and its top is covered with a boundary filled with talismans. With your Chaotic Armor Technique skills, you are fundamentally unable to penetrate the thousand-year-old mysterious iron and the boundary. Look, which evil spirit can reach the top of the tower?"

  Curiously looking around at the talismans, I asked: "Are these talismans also Mo Ke's?"

  Yuè Hún nodded: "Take a closer look."

  I suddenly exclaimed: "The shape of these talismans is a bit like the posture of a charming dance!"

  "Yuehun smiled mysteriously: 'Mei Wu, it's far more wonderful than you can imagine. Let's go, maybe one day you'll dance out the real Mei Wu.'"

  "Whoosh", a few fairies quickly climbed to the top of the tower, took a glance and cried out in dismay: "Oh no! Everything has been taken away!"

  A sturdy man caught sight of the firefly wings in my hand, revealing a greedy gaze, and slowly walked towards me. Want to rob? I burst out laughing, unfolded my charming dance, and with a flick of my sleeve, sent him flying away. With a toss of my waist, I had already rushed out of the tower gate and floated towards the river surface.

  The blue waves flow, and the wails of the evil spirits in the Soul Tower gradually fade away. I have an idea in my mind - what should a true charm dance be like?

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