Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 323

The entire cavern exploded in an instant. In this place buried who knows how deep underground, the Twin Beauties of the Secluded Valley suddenly unleashed a devastating offensive divine ability.

Wang Yu, who had been hiding behind them, could only feel helpless. He hastily used the Purple Dragon Earth-Escape Technique, allowing his physical body to travel through rock and stone. He shot upward like an arrow.

Once the Wind King Sword completely destroyed the cavern, the figures of the Twin Beauties had already disappeared. Blood was gathering within the cracks of shattered rocks. That demon had not been killed.

Yet the two sisters had chosen to leave.

This puzzled Wang Yu for a moment. He quickly realized he had been discovered. They had noticed him even before he used the Earth-Escape technique. Otherwise, they would not have used such a large-scale divine ability.

"I underestimated them. It must have been because of that drop of blood. Careless..."

Wang Yu mentally sighed, then stopped concealing himself.

His vast divine sense spread rapidly like a spiderweb. If stealth had failed, then he would fight openly. Half of this place's secrecy was already compromised.

There was no reason for him to give up here.

"And there is still this Blood-slave Demon."His thoughts sorted out in an instant. Wang Yu opened his mouth and spat out the Ice Chi Pill Flame. It surged forth, following the original path of the cavern, rapidly forming a blue ice-flame dragon.

This was a third-rank supreme-grade spell: Ice Dragon Technique.

The debris was burned into ash. Massive sheets of ice crystals reshaped the passage. The recovering Blood Shadow Demon suddenly suffered the agony of being burned by the Pill Flame.

It let out a shrill and miserable scream. Its blood evaporated under intense heat, then froze into shards under extreme cold, losing all vitality.

Clearly, the power of blood was restrained by the Ice Chi Pill Flame. Under such destruction, it hardly had any power to resist.

Repeated annihilation also weakened the vitality within its blood. It was at least a partial solution to the problem.

Once the passage fully took shape, Wang Yu advanced.

The Glazed Iceheart Pagoda materialized. Using the Ice Chains Divine Binding Curse, he ripped the Blood Shadow Demon into countless blood spheres, waiting for the deeply-hidden Myriad Spirit Blood Essence to reveal its true form.

Wang Yu grinned. Dozens of black paper boats surged from the space between his brows.

He used the Soul-Gouging Evil Boat Curse to annihilate its will and mutated soul completely.

With that, the connection between core and body was erased.

The blood spheres instantly lost vitality and rotted into black foul lumps on the ground. The Blood Shadow Demon was truly dead.

"Weak to fire, fearful of ice, and divine sense attacks can kill them completely."

These characteristics were practically tailor-made for him. His cultivation path suppressed these demonic entities perfectly.

Wang Yu continued forming hand seals.

Black ice condensed in his palm into a tiny ice coffin, three fingers wide and palm-length. This was the secret art: Ice Coffin Seal.

Having seen the legacy of the Heavenly Soul Sect, he was extremely cautious toward this treasure named Myriad Spirit Blood Essence. After all, this thing could merge into a Blood Corpse Giant.

Best to seal it first. If he ever needed to use it, he would perform numerous tests to confirm that all residual will had been wiped out before daring to refine and consume it.

After completing the seal, he stored the miniature ice coffin in his Sea Heart Ring.

Auroral light flickered. Wang Yu's figure vanished from the spot. Among Core Formation cultivators, few could match his speed. The Twin Beauties were certainly not among them.

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Meanwhile.

As the sisters fled after destroying the passage with the Wind King Sword, they were still conversing.

The younger sister, Wind Niaoniao, asked in confusion, "Elder sister, why retreat? With our strength combined, are we really no match for that man..."

"I do not know." Although they were twins, their personalities were entirely different. The elder sister was calm and cautious, prioritizing certainty in all matters.

The younger sister was far bolder and carried a sense of pride no ordinary person could compare to. Her self-esteem was immense.

"Strength or weakness must be tested in battle. Third-rank late-stage demons are already rare here.

"If we could collect a few more drops of Myriad Spirit Blood Essence of this quality, breaking through to late-stage Core Formation would not be difficult. What a pity."

Hearing this, the elder sister shook her head.

"That man’s concealment secret art is extremely advanced, and he deliberately drew the demon with blood. It is clear he harbors ill intent toward us.

"If we become entangled with the demon, he may use the chance to ambush us. We must not lose the greater for the lesser. Do not forget where we are."

These words instantly made Feng Niaoniao lose her eagerness.

The elder sister continued.

"Use the Wind Spirit Body secret art to leave concealed traces and lure that man elsewhere. Once we finish harvesting this place, we leave immediately."

"Fine..."

The Twin Beauties formed seals simultaneously. Gentle breezes blew out from their bodies, forming two identical clones. Guided by their thoughts, the clones flew in opposite directions.

This was an extremely rare temporary clone secret art. The Wind Spirit Clones deliberately left faint wind traces and subtle fragrance on their paths, akin to a young woman’s scent. Careful observation could reveal it.

"Let us go."

Moments later.

Although Wang Yu arrived slightly late, his speed and divine sense allowed him to cover vast distances. Combined with the Heavenly Soul Sect secret arts, his tracking was exceptionally efficient.

The twins had barely left when he arrived.

After a slight examination, he chose the correct direction without hesitation. Their attempt at deception was far too crude.

Still, to prevent reverse psychology tricks, he released a Thunder Corpse to chase the opposite direction. With the corpse’s immense offensive capability, it could endure combat if needed.

Half a stick of incense later.

Wang Yu stood before a wall, stunned. The road ahead was a dead end. He frowned.

"Did they really pull the reverse psychology trick after all?"

"Not right."

As soon as he used Golden Vision of Qi Observation secret art, a blood red earth qi vein penetrated deep into the wall. Wang Yu activated his Feng Shui Compass, calculated briefly, and immediately understood.

"A layered Bewildering Soul Formation."

He had encountered both clone secret arts and Bewildering Soul Formations many times and already had experience in dealing with them. His divine sense controlled the Thunder Corpse and commanded it to swiftly return.

The Feng Shui Compass continued to spin and precisely calculated the steps needed to break through the formation. Half a stick of incense later, he retrieved the incoming Thunder Corpse.

Wang Yu took strange steps, sometimes left, sometimes right, finally stopping in front of the stone wall.

An ordinary person would definitely walk straight ahead, thinking the stone wall was an illusion, but that was not the case.

With a light leap, Wang Yu vanished like a fish diving into water.

He entered the stone wall from above. In an instant, heaven and earth seemed to invert. He landed steadily on the floor of a hidden space, where countless demons filled his view.

Most were first-rank and second-rank Blood Slave Demons.

Only a few had reached third-rank. The Twin Sisters of the Secluded Valley were each wielding the Wind King Sword, slaughtering the demons in great numbers.

Floating beside them were spotless jade bottles, which were the containers they used to collect the Myriad Spirit Blood Essences.

"He caught up."

"Impossible."

The moment Wang Yu discovered the sisters, they naturally also saw him. The instant their eyes met, the elder sister made a decisive choice.

"Fight."

Feng Niaoniao smiled upon hearing that.

"We should have done this earlier. A sneaking thief dares to covet on the Feng Clan of the Secluded Valley. Courting death."

Wang Yu was not acquainted with them and had no intention of exchanging meaningless words. His Aurora Escape Technique turned into yellow light. He deliberately merged the aura of the Yellow Springs Demonic Sword into it.

Combined with the concealment of the Earth-Net Ghost Mask, at a glance he appeared to be a direct disciple of the Yellow Springs Monastery.

The two sisters noticed something was wrong.

The Wind Pearl treasure that Feng Niaoniao was about to unleash suddenly erupted into a sky spanning storm midway, only to be forcibly pulled back by her, her expression showing great shock.

As expected.

The Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal erupted. Muddy currents clashed with the azure winds and instantly tore apart the storm. Both sisters cultivated wind spiritual roots.

However, neither had reached the Heavenly-grade Spiritual Root level. One could tell from the strength of their spells. Heavenly-grade spiritual roots greatly enhance divine abilities of their corresponding attribute.

Wind attributes grant extreme speed and excel at large area attacks.

When pushed to the limit, single-target destructive power was no weaker than lightning or fire, but its true strength depended on the wielder. The Feng Clan of the Secluded Valley practiced wind spiritual root techniques.

These two sisters clearly had not mastered them yet.

They had wide range attacks but weak single-point breaking power, so they were crushed by the almost perfected Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal. Feng Niaoniao was still trying to pull back her Wind Pearl treasure.

The elder sister moved to support her, gathering fierce winds.

A giant wind sword spans over a hundred meters, striking at the muddy Yellow Springs Hand Seal from the side. It was the Wind King Sword.

Wang Yu had no intention of letting such a counterattack happen. He reversed his grip on the Yellow Springs Demonic Sword and hurled it. The Yellow Springs demonic aura erupted, not only corroding the Wind King Sword completely.

The countless roaring demons on the ground dissolved into foul water.

Droplets of low-grade Myriad Spirit Blood Essence surged of their own accord into Wang Yu’s palm, where they were sealed away inside an Ice Coffin for temporary storage.

Feng Niaoniao’s situation was even worse. Her aggressive temperament at the start of the battle cost her dearly. The Wind Pearl treasure was washed by the Yellow Springs miasma, its aura weakening visibly.

Its original owner spat a mouthful of blood. That pearl was her life-bound treasure.

"Niaoniao."

The elder sister was shocked. She used the Wind Spirit Body secret art again. A wind-formed clone charged at Wang Yu, while her main body flew toward her sister. Her right hand gathered spell force.

It transformed into the shape of an eagle’s talon. She forcibly fished the Wind Pearl out of the contaminated currents and grabbed Feng Niaoniao, attempting to retreat.

Wang Yu would not give them such a chance.

Shrouded in dim aurora, as he crossed paths with the Wind Spirit clone, the Yellow Springs Demonic Sword beheaded it. The burst of wind from the clone's death was completely ignored.

"Yellow Springs Sword Execution Slash."

As the black-yellow sword light pierced forward, the elder sister abruptly raised her head and stared into his eyes.

"Thief of the Yellow Springs Monastery, we will remember you. Do not think you can leave the Blood Abyss Sacred Land."

After speaking, spatial ripples fully formed.

The sword aura sliced through the air and annihilated a distant rock formation.

Wang Yu sighed helplessly.

This was exactly why he disguised himself as a Yellow Springs Monastery cultivator. Among the geniuses entering the Blood Abyss this time, third-rank Void Escape Talismans were practically standard equipment.

He only had one Sealing Heaven-Earth Treasure Talisman, and it was single-use. He intended to use it on Zhuo Shouyun, so he could not reveal his own identity to seize treasures.

His foundation was still shallow. He should not offend too many people.

This was the greatest weakness of a grassroots cultivator's rise. Since he had come, conflict was inevitable. Pretending to be a Yellow Springs Monastery cultivator was the best solution.

As for being exposed later.

The Blood Abyss Sacred Land was not a fully sealed secret realm. Spatial rifts constantly opened to the outside world, and the number of illegal entrants was already high.

Wang Yu let out a regretful sigh.

His divine sense swept around and suddenly froze.

A demonic blood shadow was staring at him in a daze, seemingly stunned.

"Brother Zhao Shang?"