Chapter 85: Chapter 85 - 73: Bountiful Harvest, Changes After Returning to the Peak
"Do not hold back any longer!"
As Mu Yuanlong spoke, he immediately took out a black Yin Talisman from his storage bag. As soon as it appeared, the surrounding temperature rapidly dropped, and a chill so cold that even a cultivator at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation would find it unpleasant swiftly spread.
Upon seeing this talisman, the old woman and the strong man were visibly stunned and then began to fight and retreat simultaneously.
Celestial Yin Talisman.
Tier One Top-Grade Talisman.
Comparable to the attack of a Qi Cultivation Perfection Cultivator.
Its value is self-evident, with a price but no market, because there is currently no Yin Talisman Master of such grade in the entire Cultivation Realm of Deadman Peak.
Clearly.
This was obtained from a Secret Realm.
However.
Just as the old woman and the strong man were about to retreat, Ye Chen stuck close, with the Thousand-Pound Tyrant Axe continuously striking down. The two struggled to cope, wanting to pull away but unable to, and could only feel anxious in their hearts.
Seeing this, Mu Yuanlong immediately sent the Black and White Duo to assist, trying to entangle Ye Chen and create an opportunity for the two to retreat.
"Ridiculous!"
Ye Chen merely sneered coldly. The Thousand-Pound Tyrant Axe suddenly increased in power, unleashing a vast and awe-inspiring force, splitting an Yin Soul with a single axe, scaring Mu Yuanlong into immediately retrieving the other Yin Soul.
Seeing this scene, Wen Jiu couldn’t help but feel turmoil in his heart. His understanding of this Main Peak Elder from the Inspection Hall became clearer.
Although he didn’t know how powerful the other Main Peak Elders were, just from looking at Ye Chen, it was obvious that someone with a Middle-Grade Spirit Root didn’t even have the qualifications to enter.
It seems that only those like Du Feng, with Top-Grade Single-Attribute Spirit Roots, would be worthy in their eyes.
Fortunately, Wen Jiu didn’t aspire to be taken as a disciple by an Elder; as long as he could go to the Main Peak and become a disciple, gaining access to high-level resources was enough.
Just as Wen Jiu’s thoughts were running wild, he heard a shrill scream. The old woman, along with a swarm of poisonous insects, had been struck by Ye Chen with an axe, her body directly severed in half, falling from the Flying Spiritual Artifact.
The swarm of poisonous insects then instantly turned into headless flies, scattering in all directions, flying furiously away.
Seeing this, Mu Yuanlong and his companion’s expressions changed drastically, their fighting spirit gone. They immediately used their Flying Spiritual Artifact to flee further.
But Ye Chen relentlessly pursued.
And still, he didn’t let go of Mu Yuanlong.
Because the Three Thousand Blood Ink Corpses were on him.
Seeing the three figures disappear, Wen Jiu immediately used the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment to follow. Unfortunately, the storage bag had already been taken by Ye Chen, but Wen Jiu didn’t give up because the most precious thing to him wasn’t the storage bag.
It was the old woman’s soul and blood energy.
After soul capturing and absorbing blood, Wen Jiu continued his pursuit but didn’t immediately check the old woman’s memories.
However, as he continued forward, issues with the consumption of Yin Technique and corpse energy arose, as there was no Spiritual Qi in the mortal world. Hence, Wen Jiu could only frantically consume Spirit Stones to constantly replenish his Yin Technique, but he couldn’t replenish the corpse energy.
Luckily, under the sensing of the Three Evil Corpses, the corpse of the Three Thousand Blood Ink stopped again after sprinting for a quarter of an hour.
Wen Jiu quickly caught up, only to witness an unforgettable scene.
The strong man at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation was held in place by a talisman, and Ye Chen leaped high, striking him down with an axe. Even the Giant Python was split in two, along with the Tier One Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact protecting him.
If he remembered correctly, that strong man could block Ye Chen’s attack with his body, indicating he was a Body Cultivator.
But now he was dead so suddenly.
Clearly.
Ye Chen had held back earlier.
A single person fighting against three, yet still able to hold back, this Main Peak Elder from the Inspection Hall was truly terrifying.
At that moment, Mu Yuanlong was also horrified, but Ye Chen’s Thousand-Pound Tyrant Axe had already struck heavily.
With one axe strike.
Mu Yuanlong’s Artifact and Protective Talismans were all split open, his body also being split open with a huge wound from shoulder to abdomen, shallow black blood gushing out nonstop.
"No!"
Mu Yuanlong exclaimed in horror. His entire body then suddenly transformed into several bundles of ghost energy, dozens of them in total.
The next moment.
Dozens of ghost energy bundles rapidly fled, scattering in all directions.
Ye Chen’s expression tightened, and he quickly scanned all the ghost energy with his Divine Sense, swiftly pursuing one and splitting it open with his axe.
But he struck the wrong one.
Ye Chen immediately pursued the next.
However.
There were simply too many ghost energy bundles.
And their speed was extremely fast.
Within ten breaths, Ye Chen had slain over a dozen ghost energy bundles but had lost track of the other twenty or thirty.
"So this is the Yin Five Elements Ghost Skill obtained by Celestial Left Alliance in the ruins?" Ye Chen’s expression darkened. "Useless in a fight, but top-notch for escape. Too bad, you still took my Thousand-Pound Tyrant Axe strike!"
Ye Chen didn’t pursue further.
Because he was confident that a cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer would certainly die from his Thousand-Pound Tyrant Axe, with no one able to save them.
As for the Three Thousand Blood Ink Corpses, he had thoroughly checked, and the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body was not on them.
Clearly, the Yin Sha Blood Curse Body had long been taken by the person behind the release of the Three Thousand Blood Ink Corpses.
So pursuing was meaningless.
"Although I don’t know what your intention was in releasing the Three Thousand Blood Ink Corpses, or what you’re planning, you indirectly helped me kill the Guardian of the Three-headed Mountain Lineage... I really have to thank you!"
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Ye Chen’s mouth, but it was only for an instant.
Because being used as a pawn.
Truly made him feel a little displeased.
After searching the corpses, Ye Chen quickly left.
Wen Jiu then used the Three Rivers Ghost Concealment, hiding in the dense forest, and after Ye Chen left, he stored Warrior Han’s corpse in his storage bag.