Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming-Chapter 500 - 497: Seizing the Treasure
Chapter 500 -497: Seizing the Treasure
The Treasure Bead floating above Luo Xiao’s head was as large as a bowl, pitch black all over, yet it emitted a weird aura, accompanied by the sound of rushing water, as if a long river flowed within it.
The moment Luo Xiao activated the Treasure Bead, Qin Feng felt a jolt in his heart, his pupils shrank sharply, and a powerful sense of crisis spontaneously arose.
He understood that this Treasure Bead was definitely an Exotic Treasure with overwhelming power, not something ordinary Spiritual Treasures could compare to. Since Luo Xiao regarded it as his last resort and was confident enough to use it against him, its power must be extraordinary. Worse still, it might even be an Immortal Artifact that the Ghost Dragon City gave to Luo Xiao for protection.
Just as the Chief Disciples of the Spring and Autumn Academy had received various life-saving treasures, Fang Chengqian from the Scripture Interpretation Division obtained an Ancient Daoist Scripture inscribed on the bones of a Divine Beast, housed in the Ancestor Hall. It was only natural for Luo Xiao, as the present Chief True Disciple of one of the Ten Directions Ghost Cities, Ghost Dragon City, to possess treasures of equivalent status.
Qin Feng’s thoughts raced like lightning in response to sensing danger, and he stepped back, preparing to move away from Luo Xiao. He intended to see the power of this treasure from a distance before deciding how to respond.
However, before he could retreat, Luo Xiao let out an angry shout, and the Treasure Bead above his head suddenly emitted a great black light. A circle of pitch-black radiance engulfed Qin Feng’s figure, and instantly a vast Absorption Force came through, attempting to pull him into the space inside the Treasure Bead.
Qin Feng inwardly cursed his luck as boundless strength surged from his body. His feet were nailed to the ground as if rooted, while the Power of Laws flickered continuously outside his body, resisting the Absorption Force coming from within the Treasure Bead.
“Humph!”
Luo Xiao snorted coldly, changing the spells in his hand, pointing at the Treasure Bead above.
The sound of water gushed forth as a murky stream flowed out from the Treasure Bead, trickling towards Qin Feng.
The moment this stream appeared, Qin Feng’s sense of crisis immediately intensified to the extreme. His heart pounded fiercely, the Qi Blood Power providing a great surge of strength that filled his entire being, but this did not diminish the unease in his heart.
His eyes fixated on the murky stream of water.
The water was yellowish, not particularly wide, but impossible to see through, giving the impression that it was filled with danger and countless wailing souls. If one fell into it, it would be a situation of certain death without any chance for survival.
Qin Feng’s hands formed seals like a blooming lotus, and various Magic Divine Powers emitted from his hands.
He exhaled a breath of cold air, attempting to freeze the stream, but the cold air vanished without a trace upon contact, as if the chill within the water was even more bone-chilling than his breath.
He then used Gravity Divine Power, trying to pull the streams of water down from mid-air, but his Gravity Divine Power couldn’t even pause the flow for a moment.
Next, Qin Feng rapidly employed various Divine Power Magics in quick succession, yet regardless of whether he summoned Earth Element Primordial Power to erect walls of earth in front of him or any other Divine Power Magic, none could stop the onslaught of the water stream.
Though the water stream wasn’t wider than a few feet, it carried a momentum that seemed to sweep across heaven and earth, breaking through all of Qin Feng’s Divine Power Techniques, attempting to engulf his body within it.
“Is this… Netherworld Water?”
Amidst his shock, Qin Feng also sensed an aura from the water stream that seemed to be the most sinister in the world, carrying a strange feeling that could cause all beings to fall into it and be unable to escape. He instantly understood what he was facing.
“Hehe, right!”
Luo Xiao’s face bore a smug smile. “I’ve told you before, the strength of our Ten Directions Ghost Cities is unmatched by your ordinary Sects. What does a Major Sect amount to, and whom does it compare with?
You insisted on challenging me without knowing your own limits—now you’re just courting death!”
His tone was thick with arrogance, clearly proud of his origins from the Ten Directions Ghost Cities.
This Treasure Bead, named Netherworld, originated from the Netherworld River that swirls around the Ten Directions Ghost Cities. It was later obtained by chance by an ancestor of Ghost Dragon City and refined into an Immortal Artifact.
The Netherworld Treasure Bead had endured the scouring of the Netherworld River water for countless years, its material extraordinarily special. That ancestor of Ghost Dragon City refined it into a Space Magical Treasure with unique absorption and suppression capabilities. Moreover, a stream of Netherworld Water was captured and refined together with the Netherworld Treasure Bead, making it the most lethal part of this Immortal Artifact.
Should an adversary be sucked into the space within the bead, they would inevitably meet a fate of ten deaths with no life surviving. The Netherworld Water would cleanse away all vitality, causing the opponent’s Divine Soul to completely descend into the Netherworld, becoming a soul that could never transcend.
When the master commanded the Netherworld to attack the adversary, these wretched souls within the Netherworld Water would also reach out, pulling in all living beings to share in their resentment and despair.
Luo Xiao was also rewarded with this treasure by Ghost Dragon City Lord due to the merit of this trial, hoping that Luo Xiao might claim a good ranking in this trial, and later contribute a Golden Immortal Great Power to Ghost Dragon City.
Having said this, Luo Xiao stood still, his chin slightly raised, his demeanor arrogant as he watched Qin Feng.
He was waiting.
Waiting for Qin Feng to beg for mercy.
Not only would this satisfy his inner sense of superiority, but it would also mean holding the life of his opponent in his hands.
At that time, whether Qin Feng lived or died would depend on his mood.
But just as the thought hadn’t fully formed, and while the complacency had yet to fade from his face, he saw a Red Lotus sprout in front of Qin Feng.
The lotus was delicate and radiantly red as fire.
Yet, the intense Sword Qi on it was even more alarming.
Qin Feng pointed out, his fingertip landing on the bud of the red lotus.
The fiery Red Lotus suddenly bloomed layer by layer, and flames rose, standing between Qin Feng and the Netherworld Water.
Although the Flame Principle within the Red Lotus Sword was powerful, the Immortal Sword that had fallen in grade couldn’t possibly withstand the onslaught of the Netherworld, even if it hadn’t fallen and retained its former strength; the flames alone would not be enough to block it.
The Netherworld was not only the greatest river of the Netherworld Great World but also an existence evolved from the Laws of the Netherworld Great World, closely related to the World Origin of the Netherworld Great World. Even though the Ghost Ancestor only captured a portion of the Netherworld River water in the past, it had become the strongest defense of the Ten Directions Ghost Cities.
Luo Xiao’s Netherworld Treasure Pearl did contain some Netherworld Water, although not an excessive amount, but it was still not something a dropped-grade Red Lotus Sword could resist.
As soon as they made contact, the flames were immediately overwhelmed by the surging Netherworld Water and extinguished for the most part.
Qin Feng pointed again, and thousands of Sword Lights appeared on the Red Lotus Sword, with each stream of Sword Qi fierce and powerful, attempting to stir the small stream into a mist of water.
Unfortunately, although the Sword Qi caused ripples in the stream and even whipped up large waves, it was still far from dispersing the Netherworld Water.
The main issue was that Qin Feng didn’t fully unleash the power of this Sword Artifact; otherwise, at the very least, he could have resisted the spread of the Netherworld Water.
As for now, seeing that it was hard to block the onslaught of Netherworld Water, Qin Feng gritted his teeth, his body’s Gold Element Principle wrapped around a massive amount of True Yuan and surged into the Red Lotus Sword. In an instant, the Red Lotus Sword transformed into a lotus flower dozens of feet in size and blocked in front of him, while he took advantage of this brief moment to quickly retreat to a distance.
Although using the Red Lotus Sword to resist the Netherworld Water could potentially taint the spiritual nature of the once Immortal Sword, compared to his own life, a single Red Lotus Sword wasn’t something to regret losing.
Besides, the sword was originally a treasure of inheritance from Taiyi Mountain and not from his own Sect; even if it were ruined, he wouldn’t be heartbroken.
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With a boom, the Netherworld Water collided with the Red Lotus Sword, immediately stirring up a sky full of Spirit Light.
Countless streams of Sword Qi and fire soared into the sky, turning the surrounding area of several hundred feet into a desolate battlefield.
The Red Lotus Sword, after all, had its own spiritual nature. Sensing the dirtiest aura in the world trying to wash over its body, it erupted with the most potent power, and the Sword Qi at this moment was even more formidable than when Qin Feng wielded it.
However, it was only a moment. The resistance weakened more and more, and under the washing of the Netherworld Water, it gradually shrank.
Finally, the Red Lotus Sword was directly swallowed by the Netherworld Water and disappeared without a trace.
Nevertheless, the spirit within the sword still stubbornly resisted the washing of Netherworld Water, and for a short time, it was not yet contaminated.
By now, Qin Feng had retreated a thousand feet away, safely out of the absorption range of the Netherworld Treasure Pearl.
Various thoughts spun in his heart before he issued an order for his Spiritual Beasts to strike with full force, quickly killing off the ghost creatures under Luo Xiao’s command, before joining him in confronting this person.
Then, his figure flickered unpredictably. With the aid of the Shrinking Ground to Inch, he constantly dodged the range of power of the Netherworld Treasure Pearl, attacking from a distance with spells.
At the same time, the many Spiritual Beasts under his command repeatedly exhibited their might, and their various powerful Divine Power Magic continuously emerged, sending the Ghost Generals retreating continuously. In no time, several Ghost Generals were scattered by the attacks of these Spiritual Beasts.
The main reason was that most of these Ghost Generals had been recently captured by Luo Xiao and incorporated into the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner. Their strength wasn’t too formidable, whereas Qin Feng’s Spiritual Beasts were quite powerful. In addition to the Ghost-Faced Spider’s Soul Burning Demon Flame, which countered Soul Bodies, the endless vitality within the Soul Devouring Vine Demon was likewise a bane to the Undead Spirit Ghosts.
Under their vigorous onslaught, the Spiritual Beasts quickly dispatched their foes.
The remaining Spiritual Beasts each had their terrifying strengths. The Pure Yang Flame cultivated by the Qingluan also countered the yin and evil spirits, and the power of the Curse from the Death Curse Crow was even harder to guard against. Thus, in short order, nearly half of the Ghost Generals were destroyed, and those that remained were in precarious situations under the attacks of the many Spiritual Beasts.
Luo Xiao hadn’t expected Qin Feng to be so difficult to deal with, nor had he anticipated that the Spiritual Beasts under his command were so formidable.
After being repeatedly provoked by Qin Feng and enraged, Luo Xiao no longer cared about the rest and directly released the Netherworld Water, sending it far behind Qin Feng in pursuit, attempting to capture this member of the Beast Taming Sect into the Netherworld.
To his surprise, Qin Feng’s speed was incredibly fast. He dodged left and right, leading the Netherworld Water away for several thousand feet. Then, as quick as lightning, he suddenly appeared in front of Luo Xiao. Nine Jiao Dragon skulls appeared behind him, each opening their mouths wide, simultaneously spewing a Ruyi Spiritual Golden Light that gathered into a tremendously thick Golden Wind, sweeping toward Luo Xiao.
“Not good!”
Seeing Qin Feng unleash such a formidable Divine Power, Luo Xiao was shocked and realized that he had been somewhat careless before. He shouldn’t have used the Netherworld Water to pursue so far, leaving him needing to expend much more energy to defend now.
A dark light from the Netherworld Treasure Pearl shrouded him for protection, but this dark light was ultimately just an accompanying Divine Power from within the treasure pearl. Compared to its defensive power, it was weaker than that of the Netherworld Water, so in just a few moments, the dark light was shaken by the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind and was on the verge of collapse.
Luo Xiao quickly summoned the Netherworld Water to return.
As long as the Netherworld Water returned, not only could he scare Qin Feng away but also drive back those Spiritual Beasts, preserving the few remaining Ghost Generals!
However, what he never anticipated was that before the Netherworld Water could return, he saw the dark light outside his body shatter with a loud bang, and then the sharp Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind blew toward him.
“Ah…”
Luo Xiao yelled in surprise as the vast True Yuan inside his body rose, transforming into various Defensive Divine Powers attempting to block the Golden Wind.
However, his sole focus on defense meant he failed to notice that the primary target of the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind was the Netherworld Treasure Pearl above him.
While he was resisting the assault of the Golden Wind, the Netherworld Treasure Pearl had already been blown dozens of feet away from above his head.
After he withstood the wave of attacks, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart and realized that he had lost contact with the Netherworld Treasure Pearl.
“What’s going on?”
Luo Xiao was shocked.
He looked around and couldn’t spot the Netherworld Treasure Pearl. Instead, he saw that Qin Feng had somehow reached a hundred feet behind him, watching him with a smile.
“You… you subdued my Netherworld Treasure Pearl?”
Luo Xiao’s face was full of disbelief: “With your strength, how could you possibly subdue such a treasure?”
After all, the Netherworld Treasure Pearl was an Immortal Artifact, with an Artifact Spirit seated within it, incomparable to any ordinary Spiritual Treasure. How could it possibly be subdued by Qin Feng, a cultivator who hadn’t even advanced to the Purple Mansion stage?
