sinovels Chapter 8 Winners, Like Against Like
Chapter 8 Winners, Like Against Like
In an open area of the Corpse Forest.
Now, a crater several meters deep has been blown out.
Inside the pit was a pile of charred, burnt flesh and bones, and a burnt smell permeated the jungle.
About ten steps away to her side, Zhang Xiaowan was panting heavily, kneeling on the ground. Half of her black robe had been ripped apart by Xie Gui's self-destruction.
Zhang Xiaowan was still somewhat shaken.
She never expected that Xie Gui had such a trump card: corpse explosion.
If the distance had been just a few steps closer, it wouldn't have been a simple matter of minor injuries.
Right now,
Suddenly, a swift blur swooped down from the forest on one side, snatched the storage bag from Xie Gui's body in the pit, and in the blink of an eye, it flapped its wings and flew into the dense forest above.
The whole process took only a few breaths.
Zhang Xiaowan, who had just been injured in the blast, hurriedly got up and tried to control her blood-blade magic weapon. However, as soon as she picked up the weapon, a sharp pain shot through her internal organs, causing her to pause her spellcasting.
When the blood-blade artifact reacted and emitted a bright crimson light, the blood-eyed crow that had flown into the air disappeared without a trace.
"Blood-Eyed Raven!!"
"Damn it!"
"My damn lotus!!"
Zhang Xiaowan was stunned for a moment, then cursed angrily before taking out two more lightness talismans and sticking them to her legs. She then chased after Lin Li in the direction he had left.
That Nether Lotus is a key elixir for advancing to the late stage of Qi Refining, and it is effective for anyone who takes it.
Such a miraculous medicine is extremely rare, and we absolutely cannot let a blood-eyed crow that appears out of nowhere take advantage of it.
A moment later.
Zhang Xiaowan, standing in the forest, looked at the lightness talisman that had been stuck to her legs. Its spiritual power dissipated, turning into a gray piece of paper that fell to the ground. Her eyes were filled with resentment as she gazed at the dense forest in front of her.
"I never expected to get pecked in the eye by a blood-eyed crow."
"No, there must be a cultivator controlling this blood-eyed crow."
"A blood-eyed crow of that size just now probably hasn't advanced to the Qi Refining stage yet, and hasn't gained intelligence. It would be impossible for it to have made such a judgment about the timing of its attack."
Zhang Xiaowan pondered for a moment, then suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
Looking around at the dense forest, he turned and left without hesitation, forced to endure it.
...
Fifteen minutes later.
In a dense forest about a hundred paces from the Black Fiend River, Lin Li stopped on the trunk of an extremely thick ancient tree.
Lin Li has not yet advanced to the first level of Qi Refining and does not have divine sense, so he cannot open this unclaimed storage bag. He can only wait to open it later.
With the spiritual items in this storage bag, a solid foundation can be laid for advancing to the second and third levels of Qi Refining.
This place is indeed a good place for cultivation. Although the evil energy is weaker than the previous place, there are no similar demonic birds threatening it in the vicinity. It is not far from the Black Fiend River, and there are many large green toads on the ground, providing ample food for hunting.
Next, eat and drink more to try to advance to the first level of Qi Refining as soon as possible.
On the tree.
Lin Li began to use his hard beak, like a woodpecker, to carve out a wooden hole large enough to accommodate himself. The hole was covered by vines that coiled around the tree, and the hole also provided shelter during acid rain and strong winds.
After having a place to live, Lin Li hid his storage bag inside and began hunting giant green toads in the vicinity.
After eating its fill, it flew into the tree hole and covered the entrance with vines and leaves.
This only serves as a simple cover. For Lin Li, if anything happens outside, he can immediately grab the storage bag, rush out of the tree hole, and escape.
In the blink of an eye.
Five days have passed.
Night had just fallen.
Now, Lin Li has grown even bigger and has been eating giant green toads every day, and he's gotten tired of it.
Just as Lin Ligang was about to explore the Black Fiend River and try something different, he discovered a huge old green turtle on the riverbank, its shell larger than a millstone.
Sitting cross-legged on the back of the old green tortoise was an old toad with a dark green body. The old toad was clearly a spiritual spirit that had gained intelligence. It wore a loose red robe and held a cane. Although it was small, it was only about half a foot tall.
But Lin Li felt a jolt in his heart when he saw it from afar.
This is the second intelligent spirit I've encountered near this market; the first was the white-haired rat monster I'd met before.
"Croak!"
"Croak!"
"Croak!"
The old toad emitted a series of deep croaks.
This summoned a large number of giant green toads from the vicinity to the riverbank.
Upon hearing the old toad's croak, the large green toads that had not yet reached the next level seemed to lose their souls and swarmed over. In less than half an hour, the entire riverbank was crowded with large green toads, numbering in the hundreds.
These large green toads stood quietly on the riverbank, looking at the old toad spirit on the back of the old green turtle among them.
"Come."
"Brother Snake, it's up to you now."
The old toad spirit on the turtle's back spoke in the voice of an old, hoarse man.
The words were spoken.
boom!
A black snake head emerged from the Black Fiend River behind them. The snake head was enormous, nearly ten feet in size.
Its pair of scarlet vertical pupils, as big as lanterns, stared excitedly at the crowded giant green toads on the riverbank. It opened its mouth wide and began to devour them one by one.
The giant toads on the riverbank sensed the terrifying presence of their natural enemy and tried to escape, but the giant toads were crowded together from all sides, making it impossible to move.
"That old toad is really poisonous."
Those of the same kind are even more ruthless when they attack each other.
Lin Li felt a chill run down his spine.
In less than a hundred breaths.
The enormous black snake, over ten zhang long, on the riverbank had devoured hundreds of large green toads, leaving their bellies bulging and much larger than before, as if they had been filled with a large amount of gas.
At that moment, the black snake spirit's body began to shrink visibly, transforming into a black snake that was two zhang long.
A faint red light emanated from the black snake's body. After a few breaths, it opened its mouth and spat out a pale red pill, about the size of a quail egg, which shimmered with a red halo.
"Brother Hei, you're really skilled!"
"The quality of this Blood Spirit Pill is comparable to that of a low-grade spirit pill refined by a human alchemist."
"It's just a pity that these big fat toads reproduce slowly."
The old toad on the turtle's back raised its hand and pulled the blood-red pill to its front, then put it into the storage bag at its waist.
"Haha, Brother Mu, you flatter me."
"If it weren't for Brother Mu's spirit-summoning technique, the giant green toads around here wouldn't have obediently gathered together."
"By the way, Brother Mu, did you know that a Corpse King at the peak of Qi Refining has appeared in this Corpse Forest?"
After the black snake spat out the blood-red pill, its bloated body returned to normal. When it spoke, there was a faint flash of blood-red light, indicating that it had gained many benefits after refining the so-called Blood Spirit Pill.
"A Corpse King who has reached the pinnacle of Qi cultivation!?"
"I don't know that."
"Then we can't go to the Forest of Corpses anymore."
When Old Toad Mu Xuan heard what the black snake said, his eyes widened, and his tone was full of fear.
"I heard it from that weasel spirit at the local temple during yesterday's little magical duel."
"That's what the black snake explained."
"However, since we two brothers are near the Black Fiend River, whatever happens in the Corpse Forest won't affect us. At worst, we can dive into the water and hide for a few days before coming out again."
"There were even a few daring ones who wanted to take advantage of the appearance of the Corpse King to make some money in the human market. They were truly fearless."
Black Snake said with some disagreement.
"The Corpse King at the pinnacle of Qi cultivation!"
"The Qinggu Market will definitely be affected."
Lin Li, hiding in the branches in the distance, vaguely heard the conversation between the black snake and the old toad, and pondered in his heart.
But at this moment,
Lin Li suddenly felt a chill envelop his entire body, and the black feathers on his body bristled like a hedgehog's quills.
hum!
The next moment, a semi-transparent black water shield enveloped him, making his body seem as if it were shackled, and every movement became extremely heavy.
It felt like being a low-level Yin Corpse in your first life, stuffed into a corpse bag.
"You little crow, you've been hiding here spying for ages, haven't you?"
"To gain intelligence without any cultivation, that's quite a talent!"
At this moment, the black snake that was originally on the riverbank a hundred paces away appeared beside Lin Li at some point. Its body had grown to more than ten zhang long, and its pair of huge snake eyes came close to Lin Li's eyes. It flicked its scarlet snake tongue and said something.