novelraw Chapter 219 : A Multicolored Bird Egg
Chapter 219 : A Multicolored Bird Egg
Indeed, her strength was still inadequate.
As the master, she had nearly been devoured by her ghost pet. This was somewhat embarrassing to admit.
Chu Sang's expression cooled. She silently swallowed the bloody taste in her throat, wiped the blood from her lips, her face expressionless, but the cold look in her eyes became more terrifying.
She had already activated the spiritual liquid in her dantian to circulate rapidly through her meridians, slowly elevating her realm. After nearly exhausting the spiritual energy in her dantian, her injuries were fully healed, and her realm had almost reached the peak of mid Nascent Soul stage. She was just a step away from breaking through the bottleneck to reach late Nascent Soul stage.
The pain from the Ghost King's continuous backlash had lessened somewhat, now within a range she could tolerate.
After many months, the newly released Ghost King was extremely excited. Its ghostly aura expanded outward like ghostly hands, its blood-red eyes full of excitement and murderous intent. Anything that entered its sight could become a target for its slaughter.
After devouring the Chi creature that the Ghost Xuan Sect Leader had spent a hundred years nurturing, the Ghost King's ghostly aura had greatly increased, fully entering the legendary Unity stage.
Under heaven, across the entire continent, there were hardly any who could match it.
If she couldn't completely suppress it, once this Ghost King was released, it would not only devour her, but after completely losing control, who knows what disasters it might cause. Chu Sang naturally wouldn't allow herself to create a Pandora's box and let it lose control. She inwardly vowed that she must advance her cultivation as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, she would personally dismember this Ghost King...
Black, dark, yin energy...
The rampant ghostly aura in the abyss shrouded everything in darkness. Even the half-step Unity stage Kun Peng felt instinctive fear upon seeing such a terrifying behemoth.
The out-of-control Ghost King attacked with outstretched claws. With a "rip" sound of flesh tearing, it viciously bit the Kun Peng's wing.
"Roar!"
The Kun Peng also angrily erupted with demonic energy, moving to counter-attack. Its body shook, violently colliding with the Ghost King, causing the mountains to crumble and the earth to split.
The two behemoths tore at each other, evenly matched. In the short term, with Chu Sang's current strength, she couldn't tell which one had the upper hand.
As time passed, the Ghost King had endless ghostly energy to support it, while the Kun Peng's torn wounds were invaded by ghostly energy and difficult to heal. Its strength gradually depleted. Moreover, being half a realm lower, its attacks slowly weakened.
A good opportunity, now was the time!
Chu Sang stuck several talismans on herself and quickly found a foothold to reach the Kun Peng's wing. With the experience of two previous failures, this time, she pulled out the sharp object in one go!
After letting out a cry, the Kun Peng's massive body seemed to have its strength instantly drained, crashing to the ground.
But immediately after, Chu Sang sensed something was wrong.
Because the Ghost King had also lost control.
Without the Kun Peng as an attack target, that Ghost King came for her, wanting to devour its master!
The Kun Peng suddenly opened its golden eyes, no longer blood-red but golden.
Those huge golden eyes, hinting at divinity, seemed to contain the colors of a thousand lakes. Meeting its gaze made one's soul tremble.
It spread its enormous scaled wings, which showed signs of transforming into feathers, blocking the Ghost King's terrifying attack for an instant. Chu Sang quickly seized the opportunity to forcefully recall the Ghost King using the curse mark, the bloody taste in her throat intensifying.
She understood that she likely wouldn't be able to use the Ghost King again for some time.
"Senior."
She hurriedly turned to look at the fallen Kun Peng.
The Kun Peng gazed at her, extremely weak, but its eyes no longer held the previous mad killing intent. Instead, they were endlessly calm. These injuries weren't just from the Ghost King, but more from the hundred years of torture it had endured at the bottom of this cliff.
When Chu Sang removed the soul-destroying needle, she discovered that not only did it have that one needle, but countless other wounds. One could glimpse how that beast king had used every means of torture to suppress this opponent over the past hundred years.
"Thank you for removing the soul-destroying needle that has tormented me for a hundred years. As repayment, I blocked that attack for you," the Kun Peng said in a deep voice. "Young cultivator from the mortal realm, I don't know how you came to contract such a powerful Ghost King, but with your current strength, the backlash from that Ghost King is too severe. If you don't intend to break the contract, try not to use it. Otherwise, you're very likely to be assimilated into a ghost, or be devoured by that Ghost King as nourishment..."
After this admonition, it continued, "However, what makes me more curious is, why have you come to the demon realm? What are you seeking?"
"Thank you for your advice, Senior Kun Peng. I'll remember it," Chu Sang said honestly. "My fellow disciples and I came to the demon realm because we learned that the demon realm plans to attack the mortal realm. We also learned that a Divine Decree has descended upon the demon realm. This sudden descent of the Divine Decree is very likely to trigger a large-scale catastrophe in the Spirit Abyss Continent, bringing disaster to the mortal realm and other places. So we came to investigate the situation and make full preparations."
She summarized briefly.
"I see." The Kun Peng slowly nodded, then laughed coldly. "Those fellows are still as greedy as ever. No wonder I haven't seen that Wind Beast King lately. So he went to compete for the Divine Decree... A Divine Decree has actually descended. This is unheard of..."
From its tone, Chu Sang knew that Senior Kun Peng shared her view—this sudden descent of the Divine Decree was definitely not good news for the current Spirit Abyss Continent.
She had wanted to probe for more information from the Kun Peng, thinking of asking for its help. After all, having a half-step Unity stage great demon helping would definitely be a significant boost to their team. Moreover, this Senior Kun Peng had been trapped here by the Gold Beast King for many years and surely harbored resentment, likely willing to join their side.
But before she could speak, strands of light suddenly appeared on the Kun Peng's body. Then, its massive form became increasingly transparent, on the verge of disappearing. She exclaimed in shock, "Senior, what's happening?"
"...I was only foolish back then, wrongly trusting someone. Betrayed and ambushed by the Wind Beast King, I was severely injured and imprisoned at the bottom of this Soul-Breaking Cliff, never able to leave... He used soul-binding chains and the soul-destroying needle. This body of mine has long been gravely injured, unable to bear the burden. My cultivation has fallen, and my time is nearly up..."
"In return for you helping me remove the soul-destroying needle before my death, freeing this body that has been imprisoned for a hundred years, I can make a heavenly oath here. After my death, you can take my primordial spirit to refine. Consider it compensation for the harm I caused you all when I lost control..."
As the words fell, its form vanished.
Only a palm-sized Kun Peng primordial spirit ethereal body remained.
Xiao Bai and Hong Niang both sensed this tempting power.
Seeing that both wanted to come up and take a bite, Chu Sang's mouth twitched. She stopped them, "We can't eat this. The fact that the primordial spirit remains means the Kun Peng isn't completely dead. As long as a suitable opportunity can be found, there's still a chance for resurrection."
Chu Sang had learned many secret techniques from the classics in the library, including techniques to seal primordial spirits.
Her hand now held an egg the size of a head, emitting multicolored light. She placed it in her dantian to nourish.
She had just steadied herself, not yet taking two steps forward, when her entire body was pulled by a huge suction force, transported to an unknown destination.
When she opened her eyes again, she was no longer at the bottom of the Soul-Breaking Cliff in Wind Valley.
Chu Sang had arrived at a completely unfamiliar new place. The terrain and scenery here were entirely different from Wind Valley.
Damn, where had she been teleported to?
Before she could react to the situation, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck fiercely from the sky.
Boom—
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Meanwhile, at the top of the Soul-Breaking Cliff in Wind Valley, Gu Chang'an and the others saw their Little Junior Sister instantly dragged down the cliff bottom by the Kun Peng. He reacted immediately, wanting to save her, but the distance was too great, and he was a step too late.
Disciples from other sects also gathered around. "Young friend Chu Sang has been captured by that Kun Peng and taken down. What do we do now?"
"We'll go down to find her!"
"We'll go with you Lingqing Sect members to find her!"
"We can't see anything clearly at the bottom of this Soul-Breaking Cliff, and who knows what dangers are hidden there. If we go down rashly, we might all be wiped out... Moreover, with the many crises, we don't know what we'll encounter next. We must leave some people up here to keep watch."
"Who goes down? Who keeps watch?"
"I haven't been to this place much either, but comparatively speaking, I'm more familiar with the demon realm than you are. I'll go down to rescue her. No need to leave anyone to keep watch. You all go directly to the beast king's palace. I'll meet up with you after I find Little Junior Sister," Mu Changqing stepped forward and said.
"Alright, contact us if anything happens," Gu Chang'an nodded. In this situation, Mu Changqing going was indeed the most stable option. He hoped he could bring Little Junior Sister back safely.
The others had no objections. Without wasting time, they flew on their swords to the beast king's palace.
The Wind Beast King was also not in the palace, leaving only some beast demon guards.
With the experience of searching several palaces before, they were now well-versed in dealing with these beast demons. They obtained a wind-attribute divine sword.
Lou Qing had an extremely high-grade wind system variant Heaven Spirit Root. This brought a great boost to her already outstanding sword techniques. The speed bonus of the wind attribute made her attack speed extremely fast, but it also brought great trouble to her cultivation, as her spirit swords were often damaged.
This wind-attribute divine sword was extremely compatible with her spirit root.
In the end, she personally tamed this divine sword.
The others divided up the other items in the palace. After continuously looting the palaces of several major attribute beast kings, the disciples' strength and equipment had seen a qualitative improvement.
After leaving the palace, Mu Changqing also returned, but unfortunately alone.
Mu Changqing's expression was somewhat grim. "I searched the bottom of the Soul-Breaking Cliff but couldn't find her."
"Little Junior Sister hasn't been eaten by a beast demon, has she..." Tantai Ming blurted out, then quickly shook his head.
That's Little Junior Sister! The invincible Little Junior Sister, how could she possibly be taken down by mere beast demons? Definitely not, Little Junior Sister must be fine!
"Shouldn't be. Although I didn't see Little Junior Sister at the bottom of the cliff, I also didn't see any other beast demons. The beast demons are all dead, turned to dry bones. Most of the bones were almost decayed, not recently killed, but dead for a long time, so it couldn't have been Little Junior Sister's doing," Mu Changqing analyzed. "But there were indeed signs of intense battle at the bottom of the cliff. I deduce that Little Junior Sister and that Kun Peng must have fought again at the bottom. There was also some lingering ghostly aura. Little Junior Sister must have used that Ghost King."
"However, strangely, I didn't see that Kun Peng, nor did I see Little Junior Sister."
Both seemed to have suddenly vanished.
"Are there any other findings?" Gu Chang'an frowned.
He believed Little Junior Sister was fine. Don't ask why, just intuition.
"The bottom of the cliff is very large. I searched roughly once around, and after not finding any trace of that Kun Peng or Little Junior Sister, I came back to find you all," Mu Changqing said.
"Since the bottom of the cliff is so large, could there be places we missed? For example, some hidden caves or the like, where Little Junior Sister might be hiding to heal after being injured by a beast demon?"
Mu Changqing hadn't failed to consider this possibility, which is why he had transformed into a large black dragon at the bottom of the cliff and even roared loudly. Logically, if Little Junior Sister were really there, she couldn't have failed to notice such a commotion, right? His expression unchanged, he thought for a moment and said, "We can't rule out that possibility. Should we go down and look again?"
Now that they knew there were no beast demons at the bottom of the cliff, there was no danger, so there was no need to specially assign people to keep watch above. Therefore, disciples from all the major sects went down to search.
But after searching for a long time, they indeed couldn't find any trace of Chu Sang. They couldn't sense her aura with their divine sense either.
She really wasn't at the bottom of the cliff anymore.
The group discovered what seemed to be the Kun Peng's nest.
There were signs of intense battle near the nest.
Tang Yanling, being attentive to details, discovered a hidden formation that appeared to be a teleportation formation. It was unclear who had set it up.
"This place actually hides a teleportation formation. Who knows where it leads to," Mu Chihuai stroked his chin and said solemnly.
Everyone's hearts jolted. Little Junior Sister was very likely to have been teleported away by this formation!
Knowing that Little Junior Sister was temporarily safe, the other Lingqing Sect members all breathed a collective sigh of relief. However, the sudden appearance of this formation was also strange. Who knew where it would teleport to?
What if it teleported to an even more dangerous place?
Wen Renyue tried to contact Little Junior Sister with a communication jade slip but received no reply. This made the Lingqing Sect members, who had just relaxed, tense up again.
"If Little Junior Sister really was teleported away by this formation, no matter where she was sent, whether there's danger on the other side or not, we have to go through! We can't let Little Junior Sister face danger alone!" The young man gripped his sword tightly, like a reckless young bull, and charged in without a second thought.
Gu Chang'an couldn't stop him in time. Although Junior Brother was impulsive, all the other Lingqing Sect members thought the same without exception. Even if this formation teleported them to a more dangerous place, they had to go through. They absolutely couldn't leave Little Junior Sister to face danger alone.
Seeing all the Lingqing Sect members enter the formation without hesitation, their forms disappearing, the members of the other major sects hesitated for a moment, but not for long, and followed one after another.