"That's not right, this is …!"
Liu Ming's eyes suddenly narrowed!
Through his spiritual sense, he could sense a ball of black mist floating in the center of the quagmire. It was several meters in size and emitted waves of eerie ghostly Qi.
As soon as his spiritual sense came into contact with the ball of mist, it was immediately repelled, making it impossible for him to probe the situation inside.
After a moment of thought, Liu Ming made up his mind. He formed a hand seal and black smoke surged from his body as he flew toward the center of the island.
Since he had spent a great deal of effort to come here and discovered the abnormality, he naturally didn't intend to return empty-handed.
However, after flying forward for a while, he heard a scalp numbing buzzing sound in front of him. Immediately afterwards, a large black cloud suddenly appeared and rushed toward him.
"There really are Poisonous Corpse Wasps!"
Liu Ming's eyes focused on the black cloud rushing toward him. His face didn't reveal any surprise.
The black cloud was formed by the convergence of strange black wasps that were half a foot long. Each of their bodies were long and flat. In particular, there was a dark green stinger like a dagger attached to their tail, causing one to tremble with fear.
The Poisonous Corpse Wasps were the accompanying Demonic Beasts of the Tentacles.
According to legend, the Tentacles usually lurked underground. Thus, the enemies flying in the sky were somewhat out of reach. The existence of these Poisonous Corpse Wasps just happened to complement the Tentacles.
The Poisonous Corpse Wasps' cultivation wasn't high, but their stingers carried a kind of paralyzing poison that would cause a headache for the cultivators of the Jin Dan Sect. Once stung, no matter how high one's cultivation was, it would be difficult to escape from the large number of Tentacles.
Liu Ming's face froze and he didn't hesitate to summon the Pearl of Mountain and River. A yellow cloud enveloped him and with a shake, he turned into a dazzling meteor that brutally crashed into the swarm of wasps.
Against this swarm of Demonic Beasts, he didn't have any good methods. He could only rely on the power of the Pearl of Mountain and River to forcibly break through.
Immediately afterwards, a series of loud rumbling sounds rang out, and the sound of metal tearing and cloth tearing intertwined with the buzzing sound. However, following a muffled boom, everything quieted down again.
Liu Ming had used the power of the Pearl of Mountains and Rivers to charge straight through the swarm of Corpse Poisonous Bees. As a large number of poisonous bees were crushed into pieces, the protective yellow cloud around him was also riddled with holes.
In the next moment, as Liu Ming's ten fingers moved like a wheel, a yellow light flowed in the Bead of Mountains and Rivers, and the broken yellow cloud quickly recovered.
In the following journey, he was attacked by two more swarms of Corpse Poison Bees. However, with the protection of the Orb of Mountains and Rivers, he successfully escaped from them.
After the time it took to have a meal, Liu Ming finally arrived at the center of the island after cutting his way through all the obstacles.
At this moment, in the air not far away, there was the black mist ball that was exuding a gloomy and ghostly aura that his Divine Sense had sensed before. The mist ball was tightly attached to the mud below.
"This thing, could it be …"
Liu Ming looked at the mist ball in front of him and furrowed his brows.
Suddenly, he waved one hand and a purple light flashed. A purple sword light several feet long shot out, heading straight for the black mist ball in front of him.
Poof!
Just as the sword light was less than ten feet away from the black mist ball, a long black shadow shot out from the mud below. After circling a bit, it blocked the Bitter Wheel Sword and the two began to fight.
Liu Ming's eyes flashed and he quickly saw that the black shadow was a long tentacle of a Horned Dragon Beast. However, this tentacle was covered in a layer of fine scales and did not fear the sharpness of the Bitter Wheel Sword at all.
Liu Ming snorted coldly and waved his hand to form a sword technique. The Bitter Wheel Sword suddenly shone with a purple light. The body of the sword blurred and turned into nine identical sword lights. One continued to fight with the tentacle, while the other shot towards the black mist ball.
"Roar!"
A low, angry roar came from the mud below. The mud churned and suddenly, a huge creature the size of a small mountain came out. It was bloated and had a dozen black tentacles that were the same as the previous one that danced up and down. It was like a huge octopus sea monster.
There were a few sounds of air being torn apart.
The dozen tentacles in front of the beast shot out at the same time, transforming into countless black shadows that whipped towards the sword light from the Bitter Wheel Sword.
The beast seemed to be extremely nervous about what was inside the black mist ball. As it used its tentacles to block the sword light of the Bitter Wheel Sword, its huge body completely emerged from the mud and blocked the black mist ball. It opened its mouth and spat a thick black liquid at Liu Ming.
Liu Ming raised his eyebrows and dodged. With a shake of his other hand, the yellow Pearl of Mountain and River appeared in a flash.
He did not plan on delaying any more time. He wanted to quickly finish off this Horned Dragon Beast!
After all, the fluctuations of Fa Li caused by the fierce battle had already spread. If the Corpse Wasp and other Horned Dragon Beasts heard the news and rushed over, things would become much more troublesome.
The Pearl of Mountain and River flashed with spiritual light and transformed into the image of a black river. It flowed down and wrapped around the Horned Dragon Beast's body.
Rolling grey mist surged out of the Horned Dragon Beast's body and fiercely attacked the image of the black river, dispersing quite a bit of it.
"A cornered beast's struggle!"
Seeing this, Liu Ming waved his hand to form a sword technique and put away the Bitter Wheel Sword. At the same time, he coldly smiled and began to activate the Pearl of Mountain and River with all his strength.
The black river suddenly released a black light and flew around the Horned Dragon Beast. It wrapped around the Horned Dragon Beast and turned into a huge black ball of water in the blink of an eye.
The Horned Dragon Beast roared again and again inside the ball of water. Countless tentacles pierced out from the river, but it could not completely break free of the ball of water.
A murderous intent flashed in Liu Ming's eyes. Without any hesitation, he spat out the word, "Appear!"
Immediately after, there was a loud rumble and the image of a small earth-yellow mountain appeared in the air. With a shocking momentum, it directly smashed into the ball of water.
An earth-shattering sound rang out!
The Horned Dragon Beast, which had a high level of cultivation, didn't even have time to scream. In an instant, black mist surrounded it and it was crushed into countless pieces of flesh that flew in all directions.
Immediately after, Liu Ming's figure flashed and appeared in front of the ball of black mist. With a wave of his arm, a ray of black light struck the ball of mist.
With a muffled sound, the black mist scattered and revealed what was inside. It was a strange, pitch-black tree about three meters tall.
The tree's roots were rooted in the quagmire and its entire body shone with a jet-black luster. Its curved trunk sporadically had a few jet-black leaves that emitted a strong, cold, ghostly aura.
"It really is the Heavenly Abyss Ghost Shadow Tree!" Seeing this, Liu Ming's eyes suddenly showed a look of ecstasy.
Although he had a hunch before, he still couldn't help feeling excited when he saw this tree.
According to the records of the Sect's Scriptures Pavilion, the Heavenly Abyss Ghost Shadow Tree was a treasure that could assist in the cultivation of ghost techniques. It was difficult to find a trace in the Middle Sky Continent. Perhaps it could only be seen in the real Netherworld.
Strictly speaking, this tree had no other use. It could only absorb the natural aura and slowly transform it into pure yin qi.
The value of pure yin qi for ghost cultivators could be imagined.
Looking at the size of this tree, it had grown to a height of ten meters. It was at least tens of thousands of years old. If this tree was transplanted to the Fallen Serene Peak, the yin qi of the Fallen Serene Peak would increase a bit after more than a hundred years. The benefits to the cultivation of the Fallen Serene Peak's disciples were naturally immeasurable.
Liu Ming immediately waved his hand, and a yellow crystal ball appeared in front of him. It was a mountain river pearl embryo that he hadn't had time to condense.
Although this thing hadn't been sacrificial refined yet, it still had some effect.
He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of pure magic power onto the yellow ball. Immediately, a yellow cloud gushed out and enveloped the Heavenly Ghost Tree, as well as the surrounding quagmire in a radius of several hundred feet.
"Rise!"
Liu Ming chanted, and the yellow cloud began to shrink. After a while, the Heavenly Abyss Ghost Shadow Tree and the surrounding black mud were slowly absorbed into the yellow ball.
After doing all this, Liu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
The mountain river pearl embryo was condensed from the golden essence resting soil. It was the most suitable for transplanting the Heavenly Abyss Ghost Shadow Tree. It would not cause any damage to the Heavenly Abyss Ghost Shadow Tree.
"Roar …" From a distance, a low roar came over. Several thick bulges could be seen in the quagmire in all directions. They were swimming toward this side quickly.
Immediately after, a buzzing sound came from the sky, and patches of black clouds were also flying towards him at high speed.
Liu Ming had already gotten the treasure, so he naturally didn't intend to entangle with the tentacle dragon beast and the corpse poison bee. A purple sword light lifted his body and galloped away from the island.
…
Two months later, there was a deafening sound of fighting in a huge canyon. It was two groups of cultivators fighting each other.
For a time, spiritual weapons were flying everywhere, and various colors of light intertwined and danced.
On one side, there were four people, all dressed in blue star robes. They were the disciples of the Big Dipper Pavilion.
The leader was a handsome man, but there was a scar on the left side of his face that ran across the corner of his eye, adding a bit of valiance to his appearance. The other three people beside him were Yin Se, Lu Meng, and a thirteen or fourteen year old delicate and pretty youth.
The other side was a group of cultivators in white robes. They were the mysterious Heavenly Palace cultivators in the Middle Sky Continent. There were six of them, but for some reason, there was one more person than when they first entered.
In a pile of rocks not far from the battle group, there was a stone that was as tall as a person, shining with a little blue light, as if countless stars were twinkling. It looked very mysterious.
A middle-aged Heavenly Palace cultivator shouted, "Brother Xu, this star sandstone was found by us first. Do you plan to rob it?"
The middle-aged man was the leader of the Big Dipper Pavilion, the youth surnamed Xu. He waved two starlight hooks in his hands, shooting out a shuttle of starlight.
The middle-aged man and the other two Heavenly Palace cultivators joined forces to fight the youth surnamed Xu.
Grand Immortal Xu laughed and said, "Brother Yao, searching for treasures in the ruins of the Upper Realms has always been a competition of strength. If we were the first to discover this Starsand Stone, then I'm sure you would try to snatch it as well. Let's see who's stronger."
The middle-aged man was speechless for a moment, his face flushed red. He controlled a mountain splitting axe and shot out a series of axe shadows.
But no matter how he attacked, it was easily resolved by the youth surnamed Xu.
Yin Se and the other two were fighting with the other three Heavenly Palace cultivators. It seemed that they couldn't win for a while.
However, neither of them noticed that behind a boulder a few thousand feet away, there was a faintly discernible silhouette lurking.
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