tkworld Chapter 186: Stealing Chicken But Losing Rice
Chapter 186: Stealing Chicken But Losing Rice
Chapter 186: Failing to Steal the Chicken and Losing the Rice
In a vast ocean, millions of miles away, a fierce battle is nearing its end on a group of islands. The void trembles as countless dazzling sword rainbows descend once again, causing violent vibrations and cuts. A giant turtle, with a body the size of thousands of acres and covered in injuries, lets out a long and unwilling mournful cry. It finally takes its last breath, and the storm clouds surrounding its body slowly dissipate. The radiant glow on its shell also becomes dim.
The surrounding hundreds of miles of blue seawater have been dyed red by the turtle's blood. The nearby islands are in ruins, with holes of all sizes scattered everywhere. All the native creatures have long disappeared, indicating the ferocity of the previous battle.
"...Finally settled!" Luo Wanqing descends from mid-air, circles around the dead turtle, and smooths her pitch-black hair. A hint of weariness appears in her eyes filled with inherent beauty. "This guy was really tough. Even with a few of us working together, it took us a long time to kill it. We almost let it escape! I've also killed many other sea beasts outside, but I never thought they would be so difficult to kill."
Qi Yalan, cold and enchanting, kicks her long legs. With the help of her spiritual talent, her weakened aura quickly recovers. Her clear and translucent eyes give Luo Wanqing a disdainful look. "Back then, you didn't need to suppress your cultivation and had assistance, so you could fight freely. Of course, it was easy to kill. It's not the same as in this secret realm. Everything has to be done cautiously, afraid of attracting the suppression and annihilation of the secret realm's laws. It's really frustrating."
"We shouldn't delay any longer. Let's quickly put it away!" Xue Bingxuan, elegant and composed in her snowy-white dress, waves her hand, and several powerful ice and snow Divine Abilities fall, completely freezing the turtle's body. The thick, azure ice crystals, reaching a height of several zhang, shimmer under the scorching sun.
Immediately, Luo Huan, wearing a light yellow dress and with a gentle and watery gaze, takes action and stores the giant turtle into her spatial storage bracelet. She happily says, "This thing is truly a nourishing Divine Medicine. I'll bring it back to Junior Brother. He will definitely love it."
This giant turtle has grown in the secret realm for countless millennia, and its blood and vitality are unimaginably abundant. Almost every drop of its blood contains enough essence and true energy to meet the standards of a Divine Medicine, making it extremely useful for medicine preparation and alchemy. Its turtle shell, bones, teeth, and the pearls within its shell are all excellent materials for refining tools. Their value is enough to exchange for several veins of spirit crystals.
When they first entered the Grotto-Heaven secret realm, due to the four women having the Innate Primordial Spirit Root's spiritual talent, they quickly gathered together under their mutual guidance. They also joined forces to kill many disciples and followers of opposing forces.
While they were on their way to meet Qin Muling, they unintentionally discovered this giant turtle basking in the sun on the island. After a brief discussion, the four women decided to deal with this big guy and bring it back as an extra meal for Junior Brother.
The native spirit beasts in the secret realm are not restricted by the laws of the Immortal Transformation realm. This giant turtle has already reached the peak of the Origin Immortal realm, and its vitality far surpasses that of ordinary Origin Immortals. Even though Xue Bingxuan and the other three women are wielding top-grade Law Treasures and have many puppet soldiers assisting them, they still find it quite difficult to fight. After all, they cannot use power beyond the Immortal Transformation realm.
The four women persistently fought for a long time until they were exhausted and lost a group of puppet soldiers. They finally managed to slowly wear down this extremely tenacious giant creature. Although they are tired, the rewards are still worth it.
At this moment, a cloud boat swiftly approaches from the end of the sky and arrives in an instant. On the deck stands Yan Lingji, the head disciple of the Jade Pearl Star Palace, accompanied by a group of men, women, young, and old, totaling dozens of people. They are all elders and disciples he gathered along the way.
"Hmm? It's you guys?"
After seeing the appearance of the four women, Yan Lingji's face changed slightly, and greed emerged in his heart. Subconsciously, he tightened the handle of his sword at his waist.
There was no one else here. His own people now had an absolute numerical advantage. Couldn't he just capture these four extraordinary and enchanting women and avoid the need to seek help from the Shadow Assassin Temple at a great cost?
"Yan Gongzi, it's such a coincidence to meet again in life!"
Luo Wanqing smiled and lifted a large wolf-tooth war hammer. His aura slowly rose, and faint flame illusions appeared around him. The fierce and wild pressure filled the air.
The other three women gathered silently, prepared to turn hostile.
They had seen Yan Lingji's gaze of appreciation for prey too many times before. As stunning beauties like them walked outside, they attracted countless covetous glances. If it weren't for their own strong abilities, they would have been captured countless times.
Beside Yan Lingji, a Sealer's gaze swept over the sea below, with a horrified expression. "This seems to be the residual blood aura of the Ten Thousand Years Profound Turtle. Did you just kill a Profound Turtle spirit beast?"
"That's right," Qi Yalan said with a smile that seemed like a smirk. "So, what do you plan to do?"
Yan Lingji hesitated for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, hand over the corpse of the spirit beast, the Profound Turtle. We'll spare you this time."
Xue Bingxuan sneered slightly, "Such arrogance! Yan Lingji, who do you think you are? Dare to speak disrespectfully to us? Are you worthy?"
Yan Lingji's face darkened. "I admit that you are formidable, but so what? In this secret realm, we can only use the strength of the Immortal Transformation realm. We have an absolute numerical advantage now. What can you compare with us?"
If it were a one-on-one situation outside, he indeed wouldn't have the confidence to provoke Xue Bingxuan and the other three women. But now was a rare opportunity. They had just experienced a bitter battle and probably hadn't fully recovered. It was the perfect chance to capture them all at once.
"Very well!"
Luo Wanqing laughed, and his aura suddenly soared to the peak of the Immortal Transformation realm. A giant illusion, about a hundred zhang tall, with muscular body and wrapped in beast skin armor, slowly appeared behind him. Holding a shield in his left hand and a hammer in his right, his eyes, cold and filled with endless fighting spirit, stared firmly at Yan Lingji.
Yan Lingji's face changed drastically. Knowing how powerful Luo Wanqing was, he waved his hand, instantly being blessed by dozens of Divine Ability spells. He also activated several powerful defensive Law Treasures and took cover behind two Sealers beside him.
"You react quickly, but unfortunately, you're still going to die! No one can save you!"
Luo Wanqing coldly said, swinging her wolf-tooth war hammer in the air, creating an indiscernible terrifying afterimage. She swiftly charged forward, both her and the hammer descending like a collapsing sky.
"Bang!"
The Law Treasures hastily summoned by the two sealers, a pair of dazzling golden square shields, were covered in cracks and flew back with a mournful cry. The sealers themselves also had blood flowing from their mouths and noses, their aura weakened.
Behind them, Xue Bingxuan's three women simultaneously made their move. Countless sword lights surged out, enveloping dozens of people on the opposite side.
In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared in mid-air. Numerous Law Treasure Divine Abilities and spells were unleashed, releasing a chilling sword aura filled with terrifying killing intent. The deafening explosions were incessant.
Retreating was not an option, and the consequences of defeat were worse than death. Therefore, Xue Bingxuan's four women went all out, knowing that they had sacrificial jade talismans on them. Even if they were to perish here, it wouldn't matter.
However, among the people from Jade Pearl Star Palace, only Yan Lingji had a sacrificial jade talisman. If the others died, they would be completely annihilated without a chance of resurrection. So, as long as the four women could drag them down before dying, it would be a guaranteed win.
After a while, Luo Wanqing let out a painful cry as she was sent flying far away. Cracks appeared on her armor, and its radiance dimmed. As a physical cultivator, she willingly endured the fiercest concentrated attacks from the opposing group. It was only natural that she couldn't withstand it.
But Yan Lingji on the other side was even more miserable. His physical body was directly shattered, and a large cluster of faint radiance appeared, enveloping his broken flesh and blood as his Primordial Spirit flew away, disappearing in an instant. That was the sacrificial jade talisman he had activated himself.
At the same time, Xue Bingxuan's three women took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack. The sound of miserable screams filled the air as more than ten people were instantly torn apart, their physical bodies and Primordial Spirits destroyed, filled with despair and unwillingness as they perished.
The remaining disciples of Jade Pearl Star Palace couldn't help but feel a chill. With Yan Lingji gone, their strength was simply not enough to contend against Xue Bingxuan's four women. Being defeated was inevitable.
"Retreat... No, surrender! We surrender!"
The only remaining sealer shouted incoherently. In the face of life and death, even as a high-ranking elder of Jade Pearl Star Palace, he was somewhat disoriented.
"Good, if you stop resisting and put down all your Law Treasure weapons, we will spare you!"
Xue Bingxuan said with a smile, but her attacks didn't stop in the slightest. The remaining individuals hesitated for a moment, and in an instant, more than ten people were killed, blood and flesh flying.
On the other side, at the entrance of the Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm, a large-scale altar with a radius of several hundred zhang was already in operation. Dozens of True Immortal elders from various sects stood guard nearby.
In the central area of the altar, the resonance of the Great Dao and a colorful shower of light rose up. After a few breaths, Yan Lingji's figure appeared, seemingly unharmed except for a slightly pale complexion.
"Damn it! That damn slut from Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, how dare she treat me like this?!"
Yan Lingji shook his head, confirming his safety, and couldn't help but vent his anger, cursing loudly.
"Fellow Daoist, please calm down," a True Immortal elder from the Dao Court pulled him aside and gently advised, "Victory and defeat, life and death in the secret realm are nothing out of the ordinary. Since Fellow Daoist has returned safely, there's no need to stir up trouble..."
Several elders from Jade Pearl Star Palace who were guarding outside also came to console him. As the illegitimate child of the sect leader Supreme, the prominent senior disciple, they couldn't afford any mishaps. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to explain to the sect leader Yan Qinyang when they returned.
"Who said that?" Yan Lingji's eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth and said, "Give me more death substitution jade tokens. I want to go back in! I must personally slaughter those bastards, no one can stop me!"
He understood that after he withdrew this time, those dozens of junior disciples would definitely not be able to survive. Xue Bingxuan and the other four women would definitely exterminate them.
Once this matter spread, Yan Lingji's reputation within and outside the sect would suffer a great blow. Abandoning his fellow disciples and fleeing for his life was not a good look.
To salvage his reputation, the best way was to enter the Grotto-Heaven secret realm again and seek revenge on those four bastards. Only then would he not be considered a disgrace to the title of Jade Pearl Star Palace's senior disciple.
The elders exchanged glances and shook their heads. According to the rules of the Dao Court, it was allowed to enter and exit the Grotto-Heaven secret realm multiple times. Yan Lingji was currently in a fit of anger, so there was no point in trying to persuade him.
At this time, Xue Bingxuan and the other four women in the sky above the ocean had already killed the last seal guardian and began to familiarly clean up the battlefield, looting the valuables from the corpses.
"Will that good-for-nothing come back again?"
"Definitely. He has lost so much face, how could he not want to regain it from us?"
"That's good. If he dares to come again, we'll send him back just the same. Let's see how much wealth he has to squander!"
"Alright, let's go find our junior brother quickly!"
Continued in the next chapter.
(End of this chapter)