Chapter 131 Trapping Gao Shen and the Slaughter Demon Order
Facing the aggressive attack from Wei Sanxiao and the swarm of bloodthirsty black bats, Yu Qingtan executed the Water Escape Technique and quickly moved behind Gao Shen.
The dense array of Water Blades shot out in all directions except towards the ground, using the Blood Control Technique to draw the blood energy outside the Water Curtain towards the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover.
Her main strategy was "better a friend dead than me," since she had a grudge against the Extreme Path Demon Sect anyway.
Gao Shen was fuming with rage, but his condition was not good, and with the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover, his escape speed was not fast, so he simply continued to defend with all his strength.
Since her Water Spirit Root had advanced to the level of the immortals, Yu Qingtan's command over water attribute spells had become even more effortless. With the Water Curtain aiding her Water Escape Technique, her speed remained undiminished, and her concentrated Water Blade Technique also slaughtered the bats, causing them to scatter and dodge.
Unfortunately, Wei Sanxiao was a Third Stage Heavenly Demon, and the Water Blades only slightly hindered him.
Just as Yu Qingtan had redirected the blood energy, Wei Sanxiao's claws had already penetrated Yu Qingtan's Water Curtain.
The two layers of Water Curtain were directly shattered by the claws.
"Ding~"
In Yu Qingtan's hands, two claws appeared as well, blocking Wei Sanxiao's claws.
What Yu Qingtan pulled out were a pair of claws from the Heavenly Demon Eagle Jiu Kong.
Wei Sanxiao was only in the early phase of the Third Stage, and he was skilled in the Ultrasonic Shock Wave and the Corrosive Poison Blood Sword, making his claws not as sharp and sturdy as Jiu Kong's, and his Power Dao was only slightly stronger than the Foundation Establishment of Yu Qingtan, who had undergone Body Refinement.
As she blocked Wei Sanxiao's claw attack, Yu Qingtan already executed her strongest Decay and Flourish Technique and Water Blade Technique against the approaching Wei Sanxiao.
Wei Sanxiao felt an aging breath wandering within his body and the oncoming Water Blades held a faint sense of threat. He hurriedly flapped his wings to retreat and adjust his position to scatter the Water Blade with his claws while using his demon power to suppress that breath within his body.
"Decay and Flourish Technique! Blood Control Technique! Water Blade Technique! Water Curtain Technique! Water Escape Technique! To simultaneously execute so many perfected Second Stage spells! And possess the claws of a Third Stage Heavenly Demon, very well, very well, I want to see how long your spiritual power can last?"
Wei Sanxiao said this, sneering as he charged again.
Yu Qingtan took advantage of his retreat to set up two layers of Water Curtain defense again.
This time, after Wei Sanxiao broke through the Water Curtain with his claws, he immediately hit Yu Qingtan with an Ultrasonic Shock Wave and then pulled back the distance once more.
Yu Qingtan was prepared this time and directly executed the Soul Cleansing Technique and the Great Resonant Sound, a Second Stage spell from Shi Kuang, along with her Divine Sense strength, which far exceeded that of her peers, to once again emerge unharmed from Wei Sanxiao's attack and reestablished the Water Curtain.
Wei Sanxiao clenched his teeth and continued his onslaught, but each time Yu Qingtan barely managed to withstand it, only losing many defensive spiritual artifacts she had obtained from enemies or on the fifth level of Thousand Beasts Mountain.
Seeing that just a quarter of an hour was running out, Yu Qingtan showed no sign of her spiritual power weakening, and she hadn't even consumed a single Spirit Revitalizing Pill.
Wei Sanxiao's eyes rolled as he prepared to launch another attack, but suddenly he turned and his blade-like claws grabbed onto Gao Shen's Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover.
The last two pythons on it were directly shattered by his claws.
Then, while hitting Gao Shen with an Ultrasonic Shock Wave, he continued to strike at the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover.
Deprived of the reinforcement from the nine pythons, the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover began to deform under Wei Sanxiao's assault. It seemed like it wouldn't hold much longer, and the potency of the Ultrasonic Shock Waves that passed through increased.
Gao Shen was covered in sweat, indecisive about whether to use a Teleportation Talisman to leave or to bet on the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover lasting until the quarter-hour mark.
Yu Qingtan also noticed that Gao Shen intended to leave. She merged the two layers of Water Curtain into one and quietly took out the Roaming Zither.
Your journey continues on empire
In a serene moment, Yu Qingtan used the Second Stage spell Devil's Penetrating Sound on Gao Shen.
Gao Shen, already struggling against the Ultrasonic Shock Wave, felt as if his Sea of Consciousness had exploded, and he couldn't help but scream in pain, nearly losing consciousness and also losing control over the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover.
Wei Sanxiao took the opportunity to give a full-powered slap, flipping the Nine Pythons Mysterious Fire Cover over and gently slicing his claws across Gao Shen's neck, causing a large head to tumble to the ground.
The blood spurting from the neck turned into a red liquid flow, streaming into Wei Sanxiao's mouth.
A red light shot from Gao Shen's body onto Wei Sanxiao, who was unbothered by it.
Soon, Gao Shen's blood was completely drained.
Then, Wei Sanxiao and his followers vanished into thin air.
A quarter of an hour had passed.
Yu Qingtan breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward to collect the Nine Python Profound Fire Cover and Gao Shen's storage bag.
At that moment, a box emitting a six-colored halo appeared in the cave.
Yu Qingtan used the Object Controlling Technique to open it, and to her astonishment, it contained an umbrella.
"Ancient Treasure!"
Yu Qingtan was overjoyed, took it out and opened it.
The umbrella was made of oiled paper, painted with ancient ink landscapes of wind and mountains, with a raging river bursting forth from among the peaks.
Engraved in the middle of the umbrella handle were the characters "Canglan," and at the bottom of the handle was a groove inlaid with spirit stones, somewhat resembling the design of a flashlight's battery compartment from her previous life.
After a brief consecration, Yu Qingtan was even more delighted to discover that it was an ancient treasure equivalent to a superior quality treasure, and hidden within the handle was a fine sword that served as a combined offensive and defensive weapon.
Canglan Sword within the Canglan Umbrella.
Just as she was about to draw the Canglan Sword to take a look, a familiar sense of dizziness hit her, and in an instant, Yu Qingtan found herself in a new place.
"Congratulations on reaching the eighth floor of Thousand Beasts Mountain, please decide within thirty breaths whether to accept the Slaughter Demon Order and withstand a small-scale beast tide for one day."
This was a great hall with ten people present, including Yu Qingtan. Li Daoyi, Fu Nian, and Fang Ling were all there, but to Yu Qingtan's surprise, Wu Guang was also present, obviously having kept a very low profile.
The other five people were strangers to Yu Qingtan, three men and two women, none of whom looked particularly old.
The Slaughter Demon Order, Yu Qingtan knew, was a type of heavenly contract produced by the ancient Myriad Beasts Sect.
Those who accepted the Slaughter Demon Order were required to slay ten demonic beasts of the same stage or one demonic beast one minor stage or higher for each minor realm breakthrough before the Divinity Transformation Stage, otherwise, the breakthrough would surely fail.
The Myriad Beasts Sect was founded on the numerous bones of the demon race and its might overshadowed both the Southeast and the Southern Regions. Unfortunately, it was ultimately destroyed by a coalition of demon races from the two regions, along with those from the Southwest Domain and the Sea Clan. Still, the Myriad Beasts Sect harbored the deepest hatred for the demon race.
Having experienced the beast tide in Suichuan Immortal City and witnessed the various bloody and cruel scenes of demonic beasts slaughtering humans, Yu Qingtan naturally had no aversion to the Slaughter Demon Order.
"Yes!"
Yu Qingtan uttered a single word, and immediately a contract descended in front of her, then ignited without flame, turning into an unknown force that imprinted itself into Yu Qingtan's soul.
This time, the Fairy Nurturing System did not interfere to erase this heavenly contract, presumably considering it harmless to Qing Tan.
After thirty breaths, the other nine people had also accepted the Slaughter Demon Order.
"The beast tide will arrive in one day. Please make your preparations! You can still use the teleportation talismans available from the fifth floor to leave this place."
The female voice echoed once more in everyone's minds.
Yu Qingtan's divine sense reached out beyond the hall and discovered that it was located in the center of a small fortress.
The fortress was circular, with a diameter of only a hundred paces, and with no other traces of people within.
Thick fog enveloped the outside of the fortress, obscuring the view.
"Fellow cultivators, it seems we need to join forces to confront a small-scale beast tide. Let's get to know each other first, gaining an understanding of one another so that we may cooperate effectively.
My name is Li Daoyi, a disciple of the outer sect of Cangqiong Sword Sect, in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and an Outer Sword Sword Cultivator! I possess a late second-stage spiritual beast, the Sword Wing Bird."
Li Daoyi, wearing a white Taoist robe and carrying five long swords, said.