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Chapter 121: Chapter 119 Spirit Cage Silk
Tender golden bamboo shot upwards, and the sword intent within the array suddenly tightened!
“Buzz—”
Twelve flying swords moved like fish, heading straight for Ouyang Po!
“How dare you!”
Amidst his roar, Ouyang Po summoned a silver round shield. Immediately, the twelve Silver Moon Flying Swords struck the shield repeatedly, sparking a series of dazzling sparks.
The entire array was filled with a murderous aura, and strands of Jianjia green light shuttled back and forth—any hair that floated into it was quickly sliced into pieces!
In a moment, more than a dozen refined corpses were completely shattered.
Ning Daoran had purposely left the refined corpse transformed by Wen Zichen to preserve his full body.
“All of you, attack!”
Outside the array, Ning Daoran’s gaze was icy cold.
At once, two Class A paperfolk and a group of B Class paperfolk rushed from all directions toward the Heavenly Slaughter Sect Ancestor.
“Hmph!”
Ouyang Po, while maneuvering several spiritual artifacts to fend off the attacks from the Twelve Silver Moon Flying Swords, spread his fingers and suddenly a wisp of pitch-black fierce flames rose.
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Heavenly Slaughter Demon Skill, at perfect level!
As the demonic flames swept over, three B Class paperfolk immediately grunted, their bodies burned through, turning into ash in the air.
Ning Daoran’s gaze turned icy.
While Ouyang Po was slaughtering the paperfolk with his demon skill, Ning twisted his body and entered the large array using the Return to Nature-level Wind Riding Leisurely Technique.
“Buzz—”
Amidst the piercing sound, the spearhead of the Azure Dragon Spear turned into a dazzling silver light, falling straight from the sky, aiming for the opponent’s head!
Simultaneously, a sharp sound suddenly erupted in the air.
In an instant, Ning Daoran’s Divine Sense sensed blood-red silk threads appearing in the air.
These threads were initially loose, but seemed to be controlled by someone; as they wrapped around a group of paperfolk, they suddenly tightened!
‘This is bad!’
A great shock went through Ning Daoran’s heart.
“Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~”
In a series of light sounds, two Class A paperfolks and several B Class paperfolks were instantly cut into several pieces!
Even a blood-red thread swept across, heading straight for Ning Daoran’s waist!
“Buzz!”
Ning Daoran hurriedly infused mana into his inner armor, and immediately a Spirit Light Armor burst forth from within his body. Amidst the “sizzling” sounds, the suddenly intensified armor was directly sliced open by the blood-red silk thread!
This was a Second Order High-Grade Spiritual Artifact, the All Heaven Treasure Armor!
A chill shot up Ning Daoran’s spine; even a Second Order High-Grade inner armor was directly cut through, this blood-red silk thread must undoubtedly be a magical treasure!
He hurriedly leaped backward, and from his Storage Bag a jade-colored large cauldron appeared!
Chi Long Ding!
Immense mana was rapidly infused into the magical treasure, and the indigo-colored Chi Long Ding quickly expanded several times, directly blocking the attack of the blood-red silk threads.
“Sizzle~~”
Amidst the grating sound, the Spirit Light radiating from the cauldron was continually obliterated, and the patterns on the cauldron quickly distorted, but ultimately, it fully withstood this deadly strike!
At this moment, Ning Daoran didn’t have second thoughts.
Ouyang Po was not an ordinary Golden Core Middle Stage; he was among the strongest at this stage and also possessed an extremely formidable magical treasure.
Had Ning Daoran not acted quickly, he might have already been bisected!
“Swoosh swoosh!”
As the mana in the talismans surged, Ning Daoran instantly activated a Third-tier Lower Grade Green Vine Talisman and a Second Order High-Grade Divine Speed Talisman.
The Green Vine Talisman shot out like lightning, turning into countless vines that surged into the sword array from all directions.
“Third-tier Green Vine Talisman?!”
Ouyang Po was shocked and stricken.
How could such a rare talisman appear in the hands of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?
He hurriedly used his demon skill to try to dodge, but there were too many vines. In a blink, his legs and arms were quickly entangled by the green vines, leaving him unable to break free in the short term.
Amidst the tearing wind sound, a figure instantly appeared above Ouyang Po.
“Buzz~~~”
Operating the Returning to True-level True Yang Furnace Technique, Ning Daoran raised his hands, holding a huge red furnace, fiercely plunging it into Ouyang Po’s skull.
Amidst a loud crash, Ouyang Po’s skull fractured, his face splattered with blood.
“Ahhh, you scoundrel~~~”
He frantically maneuvered the blood-red silk threads to cut the surrounding space, but Ning Daoran, bolstered by the Second-Order High-Grade Divine Speed Talisman, was exceedingly swift and had already moved outside the array.
In the air, the Twelve Silver Moon Flying Swords turned into twelve luminescent beams, densely attacking Ouyang Po.
Even though this Heavenly Slaughter Demon Skill was cultivated to perfection by the Heavenly Slaughter Sect Ancestor, his protective mana was gradually chiseled away, and his skin and flesh were constantly penetrated by the flying swords.
He roared incessantly, continuously maneuvering the blood-red silk threads to intercept.
When the Silver Moon Flying Swords encountered the blood-red threads, they were all shaken off, and fine nicks appeared on the edges of the blades.
But Ning Daoran couldn’t care less about all this.
He directly pulled out a dozen Second-tier Blast Flame Talismans, Frost Freeze Talismans, and others, throwing them from all directions along with the few remaining paperfolk!
As they exploded, Ouyang Po, trapped in the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, turned into a bloodied mess.
But he still wanted to fight.
Golden Core Middle Stage Demon Ancestor, such terrifying strength!
Several breaths later.
Ouyang Po’s body was nearly devoid of intact skin, completely bloodied, and his vitality had dropped to about 30% of his peak.
“Buzz!”
In the wind, a subtle blood light silently swept across the array.
Instantly, Ouyang Po, who was in the midst of the battle, could no longer move; his head slowly began sliding from his neck.
His eyes widened, staring at a rapidly spinning broken porcelain piece several meters away!
Ouyang Po never imagined that he would be killed by a First-tier Magical Artifact in the end!
…
A ferocious battle finally ended.
Ning Daoran quickly cleaned up the battlefield, first collecting various Array Flags and Array Plates.
Regardless of whether they were damaged, he took them all to prevent any flaws from being left behind.
Wen Zichen’s refining corpses were stored in the Storage Bag.
As for Ouyang Po’s corpse, the Storage Bag at his waist was directly plucked.
Then, Ning Daoran noticed that Ouyang Po was wearing a dark gray ring on his finger, which surprisingly had spatial mana fluctuating within.
“A Storage Ring?! Damn…”
Ning Daoran’s heartbeat pounded, completely unsuspecting that Ouyang Po actually possessed a Storage Ring!
It was said that such a ring was extremely difficult to damage and had immensely spacious interiors.
A fourth-tier Artifact Refiner with rare materials was required to craft one!
Such treasures were generally beyond the means of a Golden Core Stage cultivator, rumored to be fit only for Nascent Soul Old Monsters!
Ouyang Po was indeed extraordinary!
Ning Daoran quickly removed the Storage Ring, naturally claiming it as his own.
Moreover, he discovered a strand of red silk thread between Ouyang Po’s fingers, glowing with a blood-colored fluorescence and incredibly strong.
Without a doubt, it was his terrifyingly lethal Magical Treasure.
No need to say more, severing his finger, seizing his treasure!
Afterward, Ning Daoran swiftly tidied up the battlefield and threw Ouyang Po’s head into the Storage Bag as well.
He unleashed numerous fireballs to incinerate Ouyang Po’s body, the refining corpses’ limbs and body parts, paperfolk shards, and more into ashes.
The Fourteenth-layered Evergreen Technique power swept through, cleansing every trace and scent from the battlefield.
Just then, Cheng Shuang finally awoke.
Upon seeing the disarray, he seemed to realize something.
“Senior Ning…”
He hurriedly knelt on the ground, frantically kowtowing with his forehead.
“I truly didn’t do it on purpose, the demon cultivator’s methods are incredibly vicious, I too was compelled…”
A sword light flashed by, and Cheng Shuang’s head rolled off.
Ning Daoran’s thought was simple.
It didn’t matter whether it was intentional or not, actions spoke louder.
As usual, he cast out fireballs, turning Cheng Shuang’s body to dust.
“Old Lu, let’s go!”
After hastily performing a Soul Search, he took Big Stupid Deer and promptly used Earth Tunneling to return.
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Yellow Dragon Square.
Ning Daoran disguised himself as a stooped old cultivator.
He hurriedly arrived at Cheng Lingyu’s residence, which was indeed already empty, Cheng Lingyu nowhere in sight.
From soul searching Cheng Shuang, he learned that he truly didn’t know this girl.
The girl was merely a pawn in Ouyang Po’s play, now already missing.
And from soul searching Ouyang Po, it was confirmed that the girl indeed possessed a third-grade Spirit Root, Fire Body.
But Ouyang Po never intended to save her, merely using her as a tool to construct his schemes.
With many talents in the Demon Path, including those with first and second-grade Spirit Roots, such a conflicting third-grade Spirit Root like hers didn’t interest Heavenly Slaughter Sect.
Ning Daoran frowned, the girl was temporarily unfindable, he’d address it later.
First, back to the Sect.
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Qiongbi Peak, inside the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven in a secret underground chamber.
Ning Daoran took a deep breath, finally feeling a long-lost sense of security.
He first revisited the events that occurred today.
Cheng Shuang acted as the hook, Primordial Yang Warm Jade and Cheng Lingyu as bait, and Ouyang Po’s ambush as the fisherman; this arrangement was near impossible to guard against.
Nothing else, just firmly believing that Primordial Yang Warm Jade was sufficiently attractive to him.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough, using several Arrays and a large number of paperfolk, talismans, Magical Artifacts, and Spiritual Artifacts to drain most of Ouyang Po’s combat strength.
Otherwise, one-on-one, Ning Daoran’s chances of survival would have been extremely low.
Of course, that was in a desperate fight.
Ning Daoran dared to venture out because he held another ace up his sleeve.
Returning to Nature Wind Riding Leisurely Technique combined with Flying Cloud Shoes; this speed was already terrifying, plus the ten points of speed talent from the Talent System.
A conservative estimate put these ten speed points as increasing his speed by more than fifty percent, hence even if he couldn’t beat his opponent, he could certainly outrun them!
He furrowed his brows deeply.
The more he recreated it in his mind, the more it pained him.
A First-tier High-quality Five Elements Wander Array, a Second-Order Lower Grade Sea Ice Array, and a Second-Order Middle Grade Blood Transformation Soul Chasing Array.
The flags and plates of these three Arrays were completely destroyed, beyond repair, requiring a brand new craftsman’s set.
Among them, just the cost of the Five Elements Wander Array was a full 5,000 Spirit Stones. The others were estimated to exceed 10,000 each, a heavy loss!
Moreover, Ouyang Po’s Perfect-level Heavenly Slaughter Demon Skill was too tyrannical, even slightly damaging the flags and plates of the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation.
At least 2,000 Spirit Stones were needed for repairs!
Although this battle was won, it was Ning Daoran’s first significant loss after having made a large fortune.
Additionally, all five Class A Paperfolk perished, and barely a few Second-class Paperfolk remained.
Refining the substitute paperfolk required Mystic Frost Tree sap for papermaking, and a lot of time spent in ritual, infusing mana, and integrating Divine Souls, all invisible losses.
Moreover, a loss of a Second Order High Grade Spiritual Artifact All Heaven Treasure Armor.
Chi Long Ding’s spiritual energy was damaged, needing about a year and a half to recover.
“Damn it…”
His mouth twitched slightly, his heart aching faintly.
…
Ning Daoran’s face was pained, until his eyes landed on the red silk thread Magical Treasure in his hand, and he finally showed a smile again.
Spirit Cage Silk, a third-tier top-grade magic treasure!