AWB Chapter 196, give us an explanation.
Chapter 196, give us an explanation.
Chapter 196, give us an explanation.
After consuming one bottle of [Enlightenment Thunder Brew], Chen Yi transformed into a Thunder Spirit Body, achieving an unprecedented level of perception and control over the Thunder Spirit power within and outside his body.
The 108 Thunder Crystal Array, the Purple Lightning Soul-Nourishing Technique, the Thunder Crystal Core, the decomposition of Thunder Crystals into minute energies such as lightning bolts and lightning threads, the fusion and control of the divine soul with the Thunder Crystal Core, and so on.
They saw everything clearly.
Furthermore, the Thunder Spirit Body lasted for half a day!
This time, Chen Yi fused all 80-plus lightning crystals in his body into lightning crystal cores in half a day.
Then, in his Thunder Spirit form, with the aid of the White Dragon Jade Marrow, he fused it with the Golden Crystal Core, refining over fifty Golden Thunder Crystal Cores.
These fifty pills represent the limit his body can currently withstand, and that's only possible while he's in his Thunder Spirit Body state.
At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that Lei Ling's physical state was about to dissipate,
Chen Yi consumed more than ten golden crystal lightning cores in one go for refining.
His progress in the second level of purification reached 85%.
The remaining 30-odd Golden Thunder Crystal Cores can be temporarily kept in the body and can be used for body tempering without needing to enter the Thunder Spirit Body later.
Chen Yi predicted that he should be able to enter the second level of the Refining Realm before he runs out of the golden lightning crystal cores in his body.
This world places greater pressure on body refinement, making breakthroughs in body refinement even more difficult.
This is precisely why, as one progresses through the later stages of body refinement, the difference in strength becomes very pronounced with each breakthrough in the physical realm.
If we consider physical strength alone, a mid-stage third-tier cultivator can defeat five early-stage third-tier cultivators.
Moreover, because of the combination of Jade Bone, Five Elements, and Thunder Metal in body tempering, Chen Yi's body tempering strength had already reached the level of the early stage of the third rank when he first entered the third rank.
A year later, a large number of high-level demonic beasts occupied most of the wild areas of the central and southern parts of the Qi Kingdom, which spanned hundreds of thousands of miles.
Almost all first- and second-tier spiritual veins, markets, and family businesses were breached by the demonic beasts.
Even the few third-tier spirit vein areas couldn't withstand the onslaught of demonic beasts, which broke through the great formation and looted everything.
The spiritual community in Qi suffered heavy losses in terms of people and resources.
This situation has exceeded the bottom line for the Qi Kingdom in guarding against the invasion of demonic beasts.
After recuperating for more than a decade, Emperor Qi once again took to the battlefield wielding the Dragon Pattern Sword.
Over the past decade or so, the Qi Kingdom has not been idle; they have also secretly kept track of the whereabouts of several Nascent Soul Hall Masters of the Demonic Path.
Emperor Qi, carrying the Dragon Pattern Sword, found the demonic cultivator who was a genius at beast taming and controlled a demonic nascent soul belonging to a mid-stage fourth-tier demon king.
Negotiations failed, and then a major battle ensued.
In the last great battle, Emperor Qi fought to a draw against both a human and a demon.
This time, however, they unexpectedly won.
Moreover, when Emperor Qi unleashed his final attack, the mid-stage fourth-tier demon king didn't dare to take it head-on and instead teleported away.
As a result, the Nascent Soul cultivator behind him who controlled beasts suffered a full-force attack from Emperor Qi's top-grade magic weapon and was severely injured.
After the defeat, when the Beast Taming Nascent Soul begged for mercy and fled, it promised Emperor Qi to control the demon beasts under its command, so that they would no longer excessively devour cultivators or bully those below them by attacking small spiritual veins.
The Qi Emperor was also greatly exhausted in this battle, but he was still satisfied with the outcome.
This temporarily brought the momentum of demonic beasts attacking the spiritual veins of smaller factions and devouring cultivators under control.
But it only temporarily brought the situation under control and prevented it from worsening.
Now, there's a sense of impending doom on the entire battlefield of Qi.
Chen Yi felt that they couldn't delay any longer.
He had been hiding in the Miaoyin Sect for five or six years without leaving the sect, and it was time for him to go out and purchase some supplies.
Half a month ago, Chen Yi had asked his disciples to inquire which nearby immortal city was selling second-tier high-grade and near-third-tier puppet materials, spirit herbs, and high-level demon beast materials.
Recently, the monsters have been lying low and have stopped attacking the mountain gate formation, making it a good time to go out and purchase supplies.
That day, Lin Xiaoyu received the news.
She said she had just obtained a VIP token from the Qingfengxian City Chamber of Commerce, which allowed her to purchase some internal resources, including rare resources at the near-third and third tiers.
Chen Yi was overjoyed upon hearing this, accepted the jade token, and said that he would thank Lin Xiaoyu properly afterward.
In front of his disciples, Chen Yi asked Qin Chengcheng to stay behind at the sect while he went to purchase supplies, telling her to return quickly.
Half a day later.
After leaving the Thousand Sound Mountains, on the road leading to Qingfeng Immortal City,
In the northern borderlands, a deep canyon, as if cleaved by a giant axe, narrows into a gourd shape amidst the sheer cliffs.
The valley floor was filled with swirling, grayish-white miasma that obscured any divine sense. The thousand-foot cliffs on both sides were riddled with honeycomb-like wind-eroded holes, making it an ideal ambush site.
The Cold Crow Immortal was like a piece of withered wood embedded in a crevice in the rock, his gray robe blending seamlessly with the stone wall.
He waited for a long time, and finally the array card in his hand lit up, revealing that Lin Xiaoyu's VIP card location was getting closer and closer.
Not long after, a wisp of wood-attribute true core light, carrying the aura of spirit chef Chen Yi, passed over him at a height of several miles.
"Hehe, I don't believe anyone can stay out of the sect for so many years."
You finally couldn't hold back anymore, could you?
"You're still lacking in patience compared to me!"
Just as a streak of azure light flashed across the thirty-zhang-wide pass at the narrowest point of the canyon,
The cold, gray eyes of the Cold Crow Immortal turned cold, and the Soul-Destroying Nail in his sleeve suddenly transformed into a dark rainbow!
"Whoosh!"
The Soul-Destroying Nail pierced precisely through the core of the escaping light, and the demonic patterns on the nail tip surged.
"Pop~"
The escape light was instantly shattered, and the blue figure in the distance plummeted into the valley.
Just as Master Hanya was about to rejoice, thinking, "You little thief, you were killed by me so easily!"
But then he frowned: "Something's not right. That spiritual energy fluctuation seems too weak. How could the explosive spiritual energy pressure from the death of a Core Formation cultivator be so weak?"
Master Han Ya was filled with doubt and cautiously probed towards the landing spot.
Upon closer inspection, he was astonished to find a puppet lying in a crevice in the canyon!
"A second-tier flying puppet, plus a near-third-tier illusion rune?!"
Master Han Ya's expression changed.
Just as he was about to cast a spell to recall the Soul-Slaying Nails inserted into the flying puppet,
Suddenly, several beams of second-stage late-stage magical power lit up around him and attacked him.
Master Han Ya scanned the area with his divine sense and immediately sensed something was wrong.
"How dare you ambush me?!"
All around him were eight puppets of various types, each at the late stage of the second tier, positioned according to the formation, forming a puppet array to attack him.
Over the years, based on Chen Yi's powerful spiritual sense and knowledge of weapon arrays...
Chen Yi has already upgraded his puppet-making skills to the second-tier superior level.
These offensive puppets can only unleash second-tier high-grade magic attacks and have relatively poor mobility.
However, it is also very effective in positional warfare, especially after forming a puppet formation.
The Cold Crow Immortal hastily formed a magical shield, but under the successive attacks of the puppet's spells, the mid-stage third-tier magical shield began to ripple and undulate.
Although he failed to break through the shield, he still significantly depleted his mana output.
"You brat, how dare you plot against me from behind? You're courting death!"
You think these few shabby second-tier puppets can subdue me?!
Despite being trapped within the puppet formation, Master Hanya remained calm and composed. He spread his divine sense to search for Chen Yi's location.
A single puppet can be controlled remotely, but to control eight puppets simultaneously, the puppeteer must be nearby!
The next moment, a faint fluctuation of divine sense was sensed from the grass a hundred feet away.
Master Hanya sneered, "Found you! Die!"
The next moment, another black nail-like shadow flew out from his sleeve, heading straight for the source of the divine sense fluctuation.
Furthermore, this black nail is a nail-shaped magic weapon that is even stronger than the previous Soul-Destroying Nail. It has extremely terrifying magical power fluctuations, and its power is almost at the peak of the mid-stage of the third rank!
"I have nurtured this exquisite Soul-Destroying Nail with my magic power for over ten years. Even a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator would surely die from such an attack. Boy, die!"
You're still too green to play the ambush game!
The next moment, the Soul-Slaying Nail, glowing with black light, shot out like lightning, as if shattering some space, causing a ripple in the air.
The black light pierced through and struck an ancient tree a hundred feet away, instantly draining the tree of its life force, causing it to wither and die.
"Hmm? An illusion array?"
It's a third-tier illusion array! When was it set up?!
The black-robed raven's expression changed. When he realized what had happened, he discovered that one of his trump cards, the exquisite Soul-Slaying Nail, had only broken through a corner of the illusion array and hit a tree outside.
It turns out that the faint aura he had previously developed was also an illusion within the illusion array.
He recalled what Lin Fan had said that day: Chen Yi seemed to be proficient in illusion arrays.
Within the illusion array, his magical power could blend seamlessly with the surrounding environment, making it impossible to find the boy's physical form.
Previously, he didn't believe it when he heard it, but he looked down on Lin Fan for his weak magic power and spiritual sense, which couldn't even see through a simple third-order illusion array.
As it turned out, when it was his turn today, he didn't even know when the illusion array had been set up.
He thus tricked away one of his strongest attacks.
The Crow Master was furious, but there weren't many ways to contact the outside world at the moment.
Once the illusion array was activated, this area was isolated from the outside world for several miles, and his urgent messages could not be transmitted.
If that cook Chen Yi were even more wicked and directly informed the righteous people while he was trapped here, it wouldn't be long before several Core Formation cultivators would surround him, and he might really have to pay a price for escaping.
However, True Man Cold Crow was, after all, a veteran in the mid-stage of Core Formation, whose spiritual sense, magical power, and combat experience were extraordinary.
"A mere third-tier illusion array and a few tattered puppets think they can trap this old man?"
Master Hanya snorted coldly.
His grey robes billowed, and his gaunt chest suddenly caved in as the seven [Heart-Eating Demon Seeds] embedded in his flesh simultaneously glowed with a ghostly blue demonic light.
Then, his arms suddenly spread out, and the icy demonic energy of the mid-stage third tier exploded out like a tide.
call--
Wherever the grayish-white chill passed, spiderweb-like ice crystals instantly condensed on the surface of the eight second-tier puppets, and their joints made a crisp "crackling" sound.
The wolf-shaped puppet at the forefront bore the brunt of the attack; its claws, forged from black iron, shattered like porcelain under the onslaught of demonic energy.
The other puppets were also targeted and attacked one by one by the demonic energy.
The three demonic seeds, having exhausted their energy, turned to dust, transforming an area of hundreds of feet in radius into an extremely cold demonic realm.
However, after the Frigid Demon Realm returned to calm, only the most recently damaged of the eight puppets, the wolf-shaped puppet, was among them.
The remaining seven puppets had already been created by Chen Yi using an illusion array to leave illusory clones, allowing the real puppet bodies to retreat quickly.
The damage to the seven-headed puppets targeted by the extreme cold demonic energy was all an illusion; their true forms were almost unharmed.
"What? This illusion array can even connect the puppets together, deceiving my divine sense?"
The appearance of the Crow Master was grim.
This is equivalent to him having just unleashed another powerful trump card—his demonic seed—and he's used up 85% of its power.
As for the icy power associated with the Extreme Cold Demon Realm, it is almost useless to the puppet.
The feeling of repeatedly exerting all one's strength but failing to strike the enemy's true form was extremely unpleasant for Master Hanya.
The remaining seven puppets regrouped two hundred feet away, unleashing their second-tier superior magical power once more to launch a ranged attack on True Immortal Cold Crow.
Simultaneously,
Swoosh, swoosh,
Two Core Formation stage auras simultaneously appeared five hundred feet to either side of Han Ya.
One of them was launching a sneak attack with purple lightning. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a rat demon with a purple back and gray fur, its body brimming with the dual aura of earthly lightning.
The other person was a man in a green robe. He made a hand seal, and a green light shone. Several third-order vines rose from the ground and bound Han Ya Zhenren from afar.
Ranged wood-based spell control, enhancing the attacks of monsters and puppet formations.
Chen Yi planned to wear down Han Ya Zhenren.
"Kid, it really was you!"
Master Han Ya's gaze turned cold.
He felt deeply distressed. He and Lin Xiaoyu had clearly plotted to ambush Chen Yi, but how had he ended up falling into Chen Yi's trap himself?
His opponent not only had a troublesome puppet formation, but also a disgusting illusion formation that prevented him from hitting the enemy.
His true form is now casting spells remotely, while a third-tier demonic beast is unleashing lightning attacks that counter his demonic arts, making him extremely annoyed.
But even now
Master Hanya was not afraid. Even if he couldn't win, he had a trump card to save his life.
"However, with your mediocre magic and pet attacks, you're delusional to think you can keep me here!"
The next moment, Master Hanya transformed into a beam of icy demonic light, quickly freezing the magical vines that were wrapping around him.
Transforming into a black streak of light, it flew into the air, intending to forcefully crush and break through the illusion array to escape the encirclement first, and then settle accounts with them later.
however
next moment,
"Eh-!"
The cry of the demonic bird echoed through the sky.
The Crimson Soul Sparrow swooped down from the clouds, its dark red tail feathers suddenly gleaming with purple-gold lightning patterns.
When the bird opened its beak, it spewed out a stream of ghostly blue soul fire. The flame had no real temperature, yet it caused the air to distort and ripple at the level of divine consciousness.
It was the Soul Fire that it comprehended after devouring the Soul Raven.
puff--
The edge of Master Hanya's black escape light was grazed by the soul fire, and the demonic energy on the surface of the escape light boiled violently like boiling oil meeting water.
The previously high-speed flight suddenly became sluggish, and the speed dropped sharply.
The person was briefly suspended in the air.
Master Han Ya's expression changed.
"Another Tier 3 monster?!"
And it's a demonic sparrow that can burn one's soul? How could that be?
"Hehe, Little Sparrow was able to advance to the third rank through bloodline mutation thanks to True Person Cold Crow's Soul Crow."
Chen Yi's voice came from all directions within the illusion array.
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, Han Ya's face darkened. It had actually devoured my Soul Crow to advance, and now it was using it against me?!
A sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
Now, there's a puppet killing formation below, vines entwining me on the left, lightning locking me in on the right, and soul fire blocking my way above.
In just a dozen or so breaths, he was almost simultaneously locked onto by the auras of three Core Formation level cultivators.
Even considering the illusion array and puppet killing array, they would be troublesome even for ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivators.
Moreover, he had already emptied two of his natal magic treasures, unleashed the Extreme Cold Demon Domain divine power, and had his Soul Crow spirit pet taken away. He was essentially a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator who had his teeth pulled and armor removed.
"You scoundrel! All you do is hide behind illusion arrays and set traps to attack me in groups. If you have the guts, come out and fight me one-on-one to the death!"
At this moment, the black-robed crow master was all that remained, his voice fierce but his heart was in a panic. His divine sense was frantically scattered, searching for a weakness in order to escape.
"Shameless demonic cultivators have manipulated monsters to attack my Miaoyin Sect multiple times."
We must give Chen an explanation today!
As soon as he finished speaking, the seven puppets unleashed their attack again, unleashing cyan vines, lightning strikes, and third-tier soul fire towards True Immortal Cold Crow.
It was almost completely sealed off, enclosing it completely.
(End of this chapter)