Yin-Baleful Corpse Flame
Song Wen looked at the heavily injured Nethersea Ghost Hound lying on the ground with a strange expression.
He had expected a tough battle, but to his surprise, the Nethersea Ghost Hound was seriously injured, so much so that it didn't even notice him, a human, entering its lair with only a pile of rocks separating them.
With a thought, Song Wen unleashed a flash of cold light, Void-Breaking Blade suddenly shot out, aiming for the Nethersea Ghost Hound's burned left eye.
The Nethersea Ghost Hound was suddenly startled, and a look of terror appeared in its remaining right eye.
It suddenly raised its head, avoiding being pierced through the right eye and into its skull by the Void-Breaking Blade.
The Void-Breaking Blade struck its skull.
The ghost dog's skull is exceptionally hard, even harder than its scales.
Song Wen only had Middle Golden Core Stage cultivation level, and the Void-Breaking Blade was only a mid-grade Law Treasure. Normally, the Void-Breaking Blade would never be able to break through his skull.
However, the skull, which should have been indestructible, appeared extremely fragile. Although it blocked the Void-Breaking Blade, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on it.
Its skull, after being scorched by the intense fire, became extremely fragile, like a clay sculpture after being exposed to the blazing sun, easily broken.
The Void-Breaking Blade was sent flying several feet by the skull. It rallied and shot at the Ghost Dog's head again.
The ghost dog hurriedly raised one of its sharp claws and slapped at the Void-Breaking Blade.
Before the Void-Breaking Blade even arrived, it suddenly felt a sharp pain in its anus.
A Shadow Gu burrowed into its body.
In the previous battle, its anus seemed to have been targeted and was severely damaged, with most of its scales peeling off. Caught off guard, it was easily ambushed by the Shadow Gu.
The Void-Breaking Blade was merely a feint by Song Wen to attract the attention of the Nethersea Ghost Hound; the Shadow Gu, hidden in the shadows, was the real killing move.
Soon, the Nethersea Ghost Hound died because its internal organs had been eaten by the Shadow Gu.
Song Wen summoned the Shadow Gu from the ghost dog's body, devoured its Essence Blood and soul, and began to dispose of the ghost dog's corpse.
Its remaining scales and sharp teeth are excellent materials for refining weapons; Song Wen estimates they could sell for 100,000 Spirit Stones.
Unfortunately, its skull was first scorched by the raging fire and then shattered by the Void-Breaking Blade, rendering it useless for weapon forging.
Looking at the skull in his hand, Song Wen noticed that it still retained a strong yin Yin Qi.
"This was caused by Yin-attribute spiritual fire! Could it be the <Heavenly Net Ghostfire Formation>?"
But Song Wen quickly dismissed this conjecture.
Judging from the residual Yin Qi in the skull, the yin fire of the burned ghost dog was not the ghost fire in the <Heavenly Net Ghostfire Formation>.
"Could it be that someone else possesses Yin-attribute spiritual fire within this underwater fissure? Who could it be? Is it someone from Zhu Yin and Yuan Qing, or has another cultivator entered the underwater fissure?"
Suddenly, Song Wen remembered that more than half a month ago, on Limitless Island, Yuan Qing had said that the Yellow Springs Tainted Flame was no longer useful to him.
"Could it be that Yuan Qing obtained some kind of Yin-attribute spiritual fire?"
"Could it be that Yuan Qing issued the mission to find the Yellow Springs Tainted Flame for this trip to the Rebirth Valley? But dealing with the Nethersea Ghost Hound doesn't necessarily require using Yin-attribute spiritual fire. Could it be that Yuan Qing has another purpose in searching for the Yellow Springs Tainted Flame?"
Song Wen was filled with a myriad of thoughts.
With so little information at his disposal, he couldn't analyze the situation clearly for the time being.
To prevent the ghost dog's corpse from being discovered, Song Wen stored it in his storage ring.
Song Wen picked up the broken piece of wood and pondered its origin.
Judging from the wood grain on the broken piece, it should be some kind of naturally formed sacred wood.
Song Wen speculated that the place where this broken tree grew was very likely to contain Five-Colored Gold. During its long growth process, this thing absorbed Five-Colored Gold in order to strengthen itself.
With a plan in mind, Song Wen had a direction to search for: he only needed to find tall, spirit-woody trees.
When Song Wen stepped out of the Cave, he found the cliff face was completely bare, devoid of any tall spiritual trees or even a single seaweed.
He darted deeper into the crevice.
Sudden.
Song Wen noticed a violent tremor coming from the seawater to his lower left.
Someone's using magic!
Song Wen concealed his aura and slowly moved towards the direction of the battle.
Before long, Song Wen approached the bottom of the crack.
Here, the distance between the two cliffs is only a few meters.
Several miles ahead of Song Wen, Yuan Qing and Zhu Yin were battling nine vines.
These nine vines grew from the same root system, which was located on a narrow platform at the edge of a cliff.
The vines were entirely black, resembling nine long whips, and each lash stirred up the seawater.
"Bang!"
Zhu Yin dodged the vine's attack, and the vine struck the cliff.
In an instant, countless rocks burst open and fell to the ground.
Zhu Yin had no intention of fighting; she kept dodging the vines' attacks while trying to get out of their range.
But with nine vines surrounding her, like a cage, she couldn't escape for the time being.
"Junior Sister Zhu Yin, the Deepsea Demon Vine fears flames! Quickly unleash the Yin-Baleful Corpse Flame and burn it to death!" Yuan Qing shouted.
He had now transformed into a thousand-year-old corpse, his black spear swirling with Sha Qi, like Flood Dragon in the water, constantly repelling the attacking demonic vines.
The magic vines shimmered with a metallic luster, as if forged from gold and iron, making them indestructible.
The black spear could only repel it, but it was powerless to cut it in half.
"We have each obtained an Earth Dragon Ganoderma, so there's no need to fight the Demon Vine for this small area. The Demon Vine can only extend for a little over ten miles at most, so we should just withdraw from its attack range," Zhu Yin said loudly.
Her Movement Method were as agile as a swimming fish, skillfully weaving through the dense encirclement of demonic vines.
A Red Silk surrounded her, Red Silk and emitting a faint red glow.
A crimson glow condensed into a defensive barrier, protecting her entire body.
A demonic vine lashed out from below, and Zhu Yin seemed unable to dodge in time, getting struck hard by the vine.
The defensive barrier flickered with red light, as if it might shatter at any moment.
Using the force of this attack, Zhu Yin's figure suddenly soared into the sky. At the same time, she dodged left and right, avoiding the constantly attacking vines, and quickly escaped the encirclement of the demonic vines.
Seeing that Zhu Yin had already escaped, Yuan Qing stopped entangled with the demonic vine.
He wielded his spear, constantly swinging away the vines, and after much effort, finally escaped An Ran.
Yuan Qing swallowed a pill to restore his Law Power, a hint of displeasure on his face, and said in a deep voice.
"Junior Sister Zhu Yin, you possess the Yin-Baleful Corpse Flame. With the two of us joining forces, dealing with the Deepsea Demon Vine shouldn't be difficult. Why are you fleeing?"
Zhu Yin stared at Yuan Qing, her gaze filled with a hint of doubt.
"Yuan Qing, why are you so determined to eliminate the Deepsea Demon Vine? Could it be that this demon vine is hiding some secret?"
Yuan Qing frowned slightly, seemingly realizing that he had lost his composure, and explained.
"What secrets could a single Deepsea Demon Vine? I simply want to find a few more Earth Dragon Ganoderma. After all, the Infant Spirit Pill is extremely difficult to refine, and since we each only have one, we might not be able to succeed."
Zhu Yin, however, was not so easily fooled and continued to press for answers.
"How do you know that there must be Earth Dragon Ganoderma beneath the demonic vine?"