A deep humming sound slowly rose from within the Pill Furnace. As the lid slowly opened, the fine spiritual light that had been flowing out transformed into a soaring beam of light that swept out in all directions.
"It's open!"
The middle-aged cultivator from the Painstaking Heart Sect let out a soft exclamation, his eyes filled with barely concealed excitement and longing.
But in that very instant...
A gust of wind swept past his ears as a flying sword and a flying wheel slashed down from his back, severely injuring him as he was engrossed in his attack. The sword cleaved him in two from his abdomen in mid-air, followed by a burst of true fire that soared into the sky, accompanied by a piercing scream.
At the same time, a streak of crimson light suddenly rushed into the soaring spiritual light of the Pill Furnace and disappeared without a trace.
Upon seeing this, Liu Wenyan gasped in surprise. Then, upon closer inspection, he flew into a rage and demanded, " Sun Yuan... you two... are you trying to take it all for yourselves?!"
Both of the two Foundation Establishment from the Setting Sun Sect are in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
Chen Shuangbai was not from the Wu Country and could only vaguely recognize them, but Liu Wenyan knew clearly about the origins of the two men.
One was named Sun Yuan, and the other was named Wu Qiong. They were the mainstays of the Setting Sun Sect and were well-known throughout the entire Wu Country Kingdom.
Just now, the two of them joined forces to launch a sneak attack on the only Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Painstaking Heart Sect. The opponent was completely unprepared and was killed in an instant.
now.
Sun Yuan stood in front of the two, the flying wheel spinning around him, buzzing as it split into two, then four, then eight. In the blink of an eye, countless flying wheels floated, flowing with silver spiritual light as they spun, blocking all directions that Chen Shuangbai and Liu Wenyan could take.
The other one, Wu Qiong, was the one who had just entered that spiritual light.
Faced with Liu Wenyan's questioning, Sun Yuan merely smiled slightly, seemingly unconcerned. His gaze, however, fell upon Chen Shuangbai, and he narrowed his eyes, saying gravely, "Why bother saying so much?"
"This precious elixir has already possessed such a magnificent aura even before its official release; whatever its effects, it is truly a rare treasure in the world."
"I want all of these Setting Sun Sect!"
"Fellow Daoist Sun is quite frank."
Chen Shuangbai showed little surprise, seemingly having anticipated this betrayal, though her eyes remained icy cold. "But are you so certain you can stop the two of us? That your fellow disciple can safely retrieve the treasure once he enters the Pill Furnace?"
Whether we can stop them or not, we'll only know after we try!
Sun Yuan's smile vanished, replaced by a chilling expression. "Fellow Daoist Chen's Divine Ability are astonishing; I, Sun, am ashamed to admit my inferiority. But if it's merely to hold you off for a moment, I suppose... even at the cost of my life, I can manage it."
So that's what they were planning.
After understanding the other party's plan, Liu Wenyan stepped forward, and three flying swords emerged, circling around him in the air. He said, " Junior Brother Chen, go and stop Wu Qiong. I'll take care of Sun Yuan!"
Chen Shuangbai glanced at Senior Brother Liu with amusement, then took a step forward. The cool, watery moonlight fell down, fluttering and swirling, and a Sword Essence of frost-blue color flew out.
Sun Yuan had never underestimated this disciple of the Jade Spring Sect, and he was well aware of the power of this Sword Essence. Therefore, with a thought, the countless silver flying wheels spun even faster, emitting a heart-palpitating buzzing sound. The silver light surged like a tide, converging into one place to block this move.
In an instant, the light tide formed by the silver flying wheels was pushed back step by step, and was almost annihilated upon colliding with the Sword Essence.
In the blink of an eye, most of them perished.
Sun Yuan was slightly surprised. At the same time, he made a hand Method Formula and was about to cast another spell, but at this moment, he heard Chen Shuangbai point with her sword finger and say "Transform".
In an instant.
The Sword Essence, originally sharp and gleaming with the color of frost and snow, split into two, then four... In the blink of an eye, it transformed into sixteen identical swords, each gleaming Mingguang and exuding a chilling aura, instantly striking down.
Sun Yuan's face turned pale. He couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly unleashed his trump card.
A pale golden talisman shot out and spontaneously combusted without wind!
The moment the talisman ignited, a vast and powerful pressure, far surpassing that of the Foundation Establishment Realm, descended with a deafening roar!
" Golden Core Talisman Treasure?!"
Liu Wenyan's expression changed drastically, and he cried out in alarm.
But Chen Shuangbai didn't find it particularly strange.
Fang Yan was also a direct disciple of Golden Core True Person. However, among demonic masters and disciples, suspicion and scheming often outweighed genuine support, so it was normal that he did not possess Golden Core techniques.
At the birthday banquet, True Person Qian from the Setting Sun Sect seemed cheerful and close to Gongye Chun. However, when it came to the fortuitous opportunity of a blessed land, even the best of friends were just fleeting clouds.
" The Golden Core Talisman is indeed powerful!"
Chen Shuangbai slowly approached Sun Yuan, who was protected by the talisman, and said with a smile, "But you also need to have the ability to control this talisman!"
Sixteen Sword Essence with the colors of frost and snow, soared up and down, shooting forth like jade arrows, their sharpness leaving trails of frost wherever they passed, completely obliterating the illusory silver flying wheel. Then, like white dragons and snakes opening their blood-red maws, they slashed hundreds of times over the golden aura slowly emerging from the Golden Core Talisman in just a few breaths.
Sun Yuan's face began to turn pale.
Because he could sense that the power of his Golden Core talisman was rapidly decreasing.
Chen Shuangbai's Sword Essence was indeed more powerful than he had expected.
"Even Golden Core talismans and treasures can be slain by his Sword Essence... Just what kind of monster has emerged from the Jade Spring Sect?"
Take advantage of this time.
Chen Shuangbai transformed into a streak of azure-white light and followed into the soaring spiritual light. Soon after, two streaks of light emerged from it and collided several times in the air. The crimson streak of light then crashed into the wall of the alchemy room, revealing Wu Qiong's figure.
At this moment, Wu Qiong had blood at the corner of his mouth and was unleashing all sorts of techniques. Just like his fellow disciple Sun Yuan, he was also covered by a layer of pale golden light. He was looking at the layer of dark radiance on the Treasure Light with a horrified gaze.
"What... is this?"
"What a pity, just a little bit short!"
Chen Shuangbai materialized from the escape light, the dark jade disc between his brows slowly rotating, with a faint light rippling around its edges. The entire alchemy room was filled with a low, indistinct croaking sound.
"If it weren't for this talisman, you would already be a corpse."
"Junior brother, what's wrong?"
Sun Yuan wanted to reunite with Wu Qiong, but one of them was surrounded by Chen Shuangbai's sixteen extremely sharp Sword Essence and could hardly protect himself, while the other... had already been tainted by Chen Shuangbai's innate divine Divine Ability [ Fallen Toad Light ] and could not protect himself either.
All he could do was stare blankly at his opponent, feeling the power of the Golden Core elixir he had activated rapidly diminishing. The confident expression on his face gradually turned pale.