Chapter 159: Chasing
On the battlefield.
Taoist Xuan, Taoist Leng, Taoist Jing and Xu Yang did not fight alone like Ning Jing and Shangguan Aoyun, but coordinated their attacks. After all, the two generals were in the True Dan realm, and their combat power alone was not comparable to that of the four of them.
Most of the iron-armored spirit scorpions with lower cultivation levels could be dealt with by a single person, but the few high-level spirit scorpions with the cultivation level not inferior to that of the Peiyuan realm cultivators were more effective when the four of them coordinated their attacks.
Taoist Xuan drew out his icy sword, and the sword tip blew snow. The wounds of the iron-armored spirit scorpions that were hit would be sealed by the icy sword energy, and their movements and defense would be greatly reduced. Taoist Jing took the opportunity to add a sword with the purple wood sword in his hand, and most of them could kill the injured iron-armored spirit scorpion on the spot.
The four-illusion long stick in Xu Yang's hand was extremely domineering, especially the power of Taishan with Taishan refined gold. With his current cultivation level, he could not activate the full power of it, but the power of each stick he swung was also earth-shattering. Every time it hit the armored scorpion, it exploded like a hammer hitting a watermelon, either killing or injuring it. Leng Daoren watched the opportunity to supplement the attack, and he was unstoppable all the way.
The numerous armored scorpions on the opposite side were not afraid of death, and they continued to attack one after another.
The sounds of bombardment, slashing, and explosions mixed together, stimulating the nerves, and the scene was tragic.
The strange thing was that the broken limbs of the armored scorpion did not bleed, but burned to ashes in the purple flames emanating from its body, and a purple crystal core would be left in the ashes.
An even stranger scene happened. The later armored scorpions would eat up the purple crystal cores left by the dead armored scorpions, and the chewing sounds of "crackling" came one after another.
The purple flames on the armored scorpions that ate the purple crystal cores would be more vigorous, the size would become larger, and the strength would be improved compared to before.
The crowd was excited to kill, and did not pay attention to this subtle change at first, but after a long time, a terrifying scene happened.
Gradually, no more armored spirit scorpions rushed out from behind, and the number of remaining armored spirit scorpions became fewer and fewer. But they were all the remaining existences that devoured a large number of purple crystal cores, and each swallowing made them stronger.
The last dozen or so armored spirit scorpions that remained had grown to the size of a hill. Their appearance became even more ferocious and terrifying, with many sharp bone spurs growing on the originally smooth surface of the armor, flashing with a trace of purple spirit patterns. The purple spirit flames around them became more intense and warm, and the scorching high temperature made it difficult for people to get close.
The armor became as thick as a wall and as hard as iron. The power of the long swords of Xuan Daoist, Leng Daoist, and Jing Daoist could only leave a shallow mark on it, and even Xu Yang's four-illusion long stick only broke a small piece of the armor, unable to cause substantial damage.
A pair of iron pliers was even more fierce, and with its unparalleled strength, each strike was no less powerful than the secret skills of the Peiyuan realm cultivators. Every swing would make the four people exhausted and retreat again and again.
"The remaining ten or so spirit scorpions are already very close to the strength of demon beasts. I'll trouble you two generals to kill them." The West County Lord Lv Wujie standing behind said loudly, but he still did not make a move, just staring at the changes in front of him.
"I obey your orders." General Ning Jing of the West replied loudly.
"No problem." General Shangguan Aoyun of the East also replied in time.
After hearing this, Xu Yang and the other four flashed, jumped out of the battle circle, and retreated.
General Ning Jing of the West secretly used the spell, and his true essence was madly injected into the "Wolf Fire Long Ribbon" in his hand. A pressure that only a true Dan realm cultivator can have spread from his body, the void trembled, and the ground rumbled.
"Hundred Miles of Wolf Smoke."
With a loud shout, the long spear in his hand was thrown out, and the long spear was surrounded by red flames, like a fire dragon rising into the sky.
"Boom." The long spear penetrated the body of an armored spirit scorpion, rolling up red flames, and the hard iron armor of the spirit scorpion was torn to pieces, and the huge body fell down with a bang.
General Shangguan Aoyun of the East was not to be outdone. He held the long sword "Zhanfeng" in his hand across his chest, and quickly raised his true energy and injected it into it.
"Silver Dragon Slash".
He took a step forward, the blade came out, and the blade fell, and the silver dragon appeared.
With a loud bang, an originally aggressive iron armored scorpion was cut in half, and the remains burned in a purple spiritual flame, leaving only a purple crystal core the size of a walnut.
The remaining spiritual scorpions scrambled to eat the crystal core that fell on the ground.
The two fought hard, and in a series of critical hits, only the last three of the eleven iron armored spiritual scorpions were left.
But these only three spiritual scorpions began to evolve further after swallowing the crystal core of their own kind.
The body size became larger again, and the momentum was even more amazing. A ferocious horn grew on the head, like a ghost from hell, and purple spiritual flames rolled around the body, setting off a hot air wave.
Seeing this, Xu Yang was shocked. The pressure brought by the three spirit scorpions at this time was second only to the thousand snakes. They were probably quasi-demon beasts.
Taoist Xuan, Taoist Jing, and Taoist Leng also showed solemn expressions on their faces.
The two generals were about to use their killing moves when they saw this.
"I'll do it." Lv Wujie, who was standing behind everyone, suddenly spoke.
Lv Wujie is indeed a strong man at the peak of the True Dan Realm. He took a step forward, and before the voice fell, he had arrived. The purple robe behind him fluttered, showing the aura of a king.
With a flip of his wrist, a blue long sword was grasped in his hand.
This sword is called "Rage Waves". It is said to be the number one existence among the famous swords in the Xiaoxian Realm. Above the sword body, under the blue, waves of rolling waves can be vaguely seen. The sword body hums, and the spiritual energy in the surrounding void vibrates. The sword has not been drawn, but its momentum is already there.
Lv Wujie stretched out his arms to the left and right, and leaped straight up, his feet stepping into the air, his clothes dancing wildly, his figure silhouetted in a blue light, like a true god hovering in the air.
"Dan Sha Shu - Galaxy Tianshui."
The outer core of the real elixir in his body melted rapidly, and the powerful mana was injected into the long sword in his hand like a raging wave, and the ultimate move that only the real elixir cultivators have was performed.
The sword came out, and the sword intent was like the Milky Way falling from the sky. The whole underground palace shook for a while. Lv Wujie was actually a sword cultivator.
The huge azure sword light chopped down from high, and in the blink of an eye, it rolled over the three armored scorpions below. Where the sword tip reached, a straight blue line was left, and the blue line flashed and sank into the bodies of the three armored scorpions.
Looking at the three armored scorpions again, they were somewhat at a loss after being hit by this sudden and terrifying blow. A pair of iron claws clacked, and the iron hook-like tail behind it kept shaking. The huge body turned in circles at high speed in place, but it was impossible to dodge. However, after being hit, it seemed to have no reaction.
The three behemoths squeaked and rushed towards the crowd, but as they ran, spider web-like cracks appeared on the surface of the armor. The cracks connected into large cracks, and dazzling blue light splashed out of the cracks.
"Boom!"
The three running armored scorpions completed the last moment of their lives, and their huge bodies were torn to pieces in the blue light.
Purple fireworks ignited, and with a crisp "ding-dong" sound in the flying ashes, three fist-sized purple crystal cores rolled to the ground. In each crystal core, a scorpion phantom could be seen trembling, as if it was still afraid of the previous attack.
"I didn't expect that Lu Wujie's skills have improved a little bit. As a fellow practitioner, he would be relied on, but as an opponent, he would be fatal." The voice transmission of the black cat Ye Tu came to Xu Yang's ears.
"I've got it down," Xu Yang replied.
"This demon crystal looks like a rare spiritual material." Leng Daoren said, and was about to pick up the three demon crystals left on the ground.
At this moment, tiny cracks began to appear on the three demon crystals, accompanied by a light cracking sound.
After a while, the three purple demon crystals shattered one after another. The three fist-sized spirit scorpions inside quickly gathered together, twisted for a while, and turned into a palm-sized three-tailed spirit scorpion. Then, it turned around, shook its three tails, and fled towards a passage behind it.
"It can actually evolve to the state of three tails. Could it be that this scorpion has the blood of a true demon?" Black Cat Ye Tu thought to himself.
The true demon blood is an extremely sacred existence among the countless demons in the evil spirit world. They are rare in number and extremely powerful. They are the kings of every race in the evil spirit world.
"Chase! The origin of this scorpion should be the exit of this maze." Lu Wujie said loudly.
The two generals still led the way, and the others followed closely.
The three-tailed scorpion was only the size of a palm, but it was extremely fast. The eight scorpion legs seemed slender, but they were extremely agile, shaking back and forth like a plucked string. In an instant, the body was already ten feet away.
"If you want to run, it's not that easy." Lu Wujie shouted, pinched his fingers with one hand, and his middle finger quickly popped out.
With a "pop" sound, a flash of blue light shot out from the fingertips like lightning.
"Pah", accurately shot at one of the tails of the three-tailed scorpion running in front.
"Bind!"
The blue light spun strangely, turning into a rune imprinted on the scorpion's tail, and a wisp of white smoke rose from the imprint.
Immediately afterwards, a trace of blue rune power spread out from the imprint like water ripples.
The body of the three-tailed scorpion shook for a while, and the speed of running suddenly dropped a few points.
Seeing that everyone was getting closer and closer to the three-tailed scorpion.
At this moment, the ground under their feet suddenly shook, and the original three roads moved again, and with a click, they turned into a criss-cross and chaotic appearance.
The running three-tailed scorpion was also startled by this sudden situation. It stopped, turned around, and continued to run in one direction.
The people behind it were even more relentless in pursuit.
Seeing the three-tailed scorpion run into a closed corridor, a stone wall on the opposite side blocked its way.
Just when everyone thought that the scorpion had nowhere to escape, the three-tailed scorpion crashed into the stone wall.
Amid the surprise of the crowd, white water ripples appeared on the stone wall, and the scorpion passed through the wall.
"It turns out that this maze is not the Nine Numbers Formation of the Confucian School at all, but a blinding formation disguised as the Nine Numbers Formation. The hidden means are indeed brilliant. The information I left on this scorpion is still there. It didn't run far. Keep chasing." Lu Wujie said loudly.
Hearing this, the Western General Ning Jing and the Eastern General Shangguan Aoyun, who were rushing in front, used their weapons in their hands to probe the wall. The weapons sank into it as if nothing, and also splashed circles of white water ripples.
Without any pause, the two tall figures disappeared in an instant in the rippling white water ripples on the wall.