Immortal Herbs Seized, Reunion with the Holy Spirit Cult

Now that things had come to this point, Du Busi no longer hesitated. With a wave of his hand, he led Elders Lang Ya and Yu Tao to Xuan Zi's side.

The stalemate between the three parties instantly turned into a crushing four-on-two situation.

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe attacked almost at the same instant that Du Busi took his position.

Zhongli Wu's cold smile vanished at this moment.

The dark Death God Demon Puppet behind him let out a shriek, and a massive Bone Dragon King appeared, joining Zhongli Wu in the attack.

At the same time, Jing Hongchen slammed his metal staff to the ground, and more than thirty high-level Soul Tool around his body unfolded simultaneously.

Layers upon layers of defensive shields lit up in front of him and Zhongli Wu.

However, the two level-eight Soul Guidance Ray Gun on his shoulders were not aimed at Xuan Zi and the others. Instead, the muzzles were slightly off-center, and several blinding high-explosive beams grazed Xuan Zi's protective Soul Power and shot straight towards the herb gardens behind him!

"Jing Hongchen, have you no shame?!"

Xuan Zi's expression changed drastically. He couldn't care less about pursuing the enemy and was forced to twist his waist in mid-air, diverting most of his Soul Power to form an earth-yellow light barrier that blocked the beams of light that were shooting towards the Immortal Herb.

Jing Hongchen's offensive continued unabated. The firing mechanism on the other side of his shoulder sprang, and a Fixed-Installation Soul Cannon Shell engraved with red patterns was fired from the barrel.

"You think you can fight with numbers against fewer people and then you have any shame?"

"Despicable!" Xuan Zi was so angry that his beard trembled.

Behind them, the phantom of the Godly Taotie Bull roared to the sky, and a giant yellow Palm rose into the air, lifting the cannonball away from above the herb garden.

Immediately afterwards, the powerful Soul Power forcefully converged inward, suppressing the fire and shockwave from the cannonball explosion into the palm of his hand, for fear that even a trace of aftershock would leak out and destroy the Immortal Herb below.

Even with the underhanded tactic of "attacking the enemy's defenses" to keep Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe tied up around the medicine garden, Zhongli Wu and Jing Hongchen were still forced to retreat step by step in the face of the siege of five Titled Douluo.

But this retreat was not a panicked defeat.

The two moved quickly, back to back, always staying close to the edge of the herb garden, their eyes scanning the Immortal Herb like eagles.

Tang San, who was hiding in the safest corner at the back, was the first to notice that something was wrong.

These two aren't fighting desperately at all; they're using their retreat to choose their targets!

"Stop them! They're trying to steal the medicine!" Tang San shouted angrily.

This Herb Garden belongs to him!

Even when Shrek offered two plants for a marriage alliance, he was heartbroken; how dare these foreign thieves openly steal them right in front of him!

Upon hearing Tang San's warning, Zhongli Wu and Jing Hongchen exchanged a glance and immediately stopped hiding their intentions, splitting up and rushing off to their respective locations.

"Stop them!" Yan Shaozhe's Bright Phoenix wings flapped violently, transforming into a white light that shot Zhongli Wu.

"Roar--!"

The Bone Dragon King roared, and its thick, Bone Dragon swept out, forcing Yan Shaozhe back several feet.

Taking advantage of this moment of cover, Zhongli Wu had already rushed to a medicinal herb garden. With a swift movement of his withered Palm, a grayish-white Ganoderma lucidum instantly sprang up from the ground.

The crown of the Ganoderma lucidum is layered, like a hard bone plate, and the nine grayish-white rhizomes below are twisted and gnarled, like a miniature dragon's spine.

The moment it touched his palm, a rich, warm medicinal power seeped into his meridians.

Zhongli Wu was overjoyed. He could consume this Immortal Herb himself, or leave it for his disciple Yan Feng. However, with figures like Gu Mingyuan and Tang Ya preceding him, and Ma Xiaotao following him, Yan Feng was beginning to fade into obscurity...

Before Zhongli Wu could continue pondering, another angry roar came from behind:

"You scoundrel, how dare you!"

Just as Zhongli Wu sealed the Immortal Herb into a specially made Storage Soul Tool, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe's combined attack arrived with a thunderous roar.

The gluttonous giant hand and the phoenix fire meteor slammed down from the left and right, respectively. The bone wing on the left side of the Bone Dragon King's protective wing was instantly shattered into pieces, with fragments of bone mixed with black mist flying everywhere.

The Bone Dragon King was injured, Zhongli Wu groaned, a trace of black blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. But he dared not continue fighting, and immediately used the Bone Dragon King's broken body as cover, he transformed into a black mist and retreated rapidly towards the valley entrance.

Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen had already succeeded.

He spotted a Immortal Herb growing on the edge of Yang Spring and used his Soul Power to capture it in his palm, roots and all. It was a wondrous flower with petals that opened and closed in layers like golden dragon scales, and between a few translucent jade-like leaves, a fine metallic luster flowed.

Jing Hongchen's eyes lit up. "Golden Scale Jade Leaf Flower!"

This item possesses perfect alloy properties, making it a treasure tailor-made for Xiao Hongchen's Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.

If the medicinal power of this Immortal Herb can be used to nourish the meridians and re-condense the Soul Power, the hidden danger of Xiao Hongchen's unstable foundation caused by taking medicine to improve his cultivation can be largely eliminated!

The laughter is there, but the dreams are yet!

Jing Hongchen swiftly stored the Golden Scale Jade Leaf Flower into his Storage Soul Tool. Just as he turned his head, he cast a greedy glance toward the Extreme Cold Ice Spring, trying to find a suitable Immortal Herb for his dream.

Before he could get a good look, a loud shout came from behind him:

"Take this palm strike!"

Du Busi's massive, dark green palm print had already struck out, almost arriving simultaneously with the sound.

Jing Hongchen didn't have time to pick the ice-attribute Immortal Herb; in his haste, he could only frantically pour his Soul Power into the Soul Tool in front of his chest.

"Snap!"

The outermost level eight Soul Tool Shield shattered in less than half a breath.

Immediately afterwards, the level nine Defensive Soul Tool "Red Dust Protection" that was deployed close to his body was also shaken by Du Busi's palm, causing it to flash with light and crack with fine lines on its surface.

Jing Hongchen felt as if struck by lightning, his blood surging.

He dared not harbor any more greed. Using the force of the Du Busi Palm strike, he swiftly flew backwards towards the valley entrance. Before leaving, he gave a resentful glance at the Immortal Herb beside the cold spring, gritted his teeth, and roared:

"Walk!"

Zhongli Wu had also gathered the Bone Dragon King by this time. The two of them were like stray dogs, but they returned with a full load and rushed side by side into the Seven-Colored Poison Miasma.

"Leave the Immortal Herb behind!"

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe's eyes were bloodshot. How could they let such Immortal Herb be snatched away right under their noses? They immediately gave chase.

Du Busi was now truly enraged. He left one elder to guard the Herb Garden while he, along with another elder, transformed into a streak of light and gave chase.

Four Titled Douluo pursued him relentlessly, charging straight into the Seven-Colored Poison Miasma.

Visibility was extremely low within the Poison Miasma.

To block the enemy, Jing Hongchen detonated several high-level Soul Tool on his shoulders one after another, but he still couldn't shake off Xuan Zi and Du Busi attacks. Zhongli Wu was also in bad shape, using the Death God Demon Puppet to withstand several heavy blows.

The two sides chased and fled, and were about to break out of the Poison Miasma miasma.

Just as Jing Hongchen and Zhongli Wu were about to step out of the poisonous fog, two auras swept in from the dense forest ahead.

"Boom!"

The black flames, like a sea of fire, blocked the pursuers' path, forcing the Poison Miasma miasma back several feet.