(This chapter has been updated. It's a long chapter.)
Lu Xiaotian could sense that the Magnolia Purpurea had extended several enormous illusory roots into the earth through him. Everything within several thousand feet of him, even the tentacles of an underground ant, was within his grasp. It was a very subtle feeling.
If it weren't for this, Lu Xiaotian wouldn't have been able to sense that these Jade Water Ghosts were actually hiding underground. The liquid balls rolling underground were the real Jade Water Ghosts, while the ones extending to the surface were only their tentacles and other illusions. Therefore, even if Shao Zixia and the others killed all of the Jade Water Ghosts on the surface, they wouldn't be able to harm them at all.
However, Shao Zixia and Yu Dongbao couldn't be blamed for this. With Lu Xiaotian's powerful spiritual sense, he wouldn't have been able to discover the Jade Water Ghosts' true bodies if it weren't for the Magnolia Purpurea. Once entangled with them, it would be very troublesome.
The ghost race was only a general term. In fact, the ghost realm was similar to the Scarlet Abyss Continent, perhaps even larger. There were many races in the ghost realm, such as ghost birds, ghost beasts, skeleton demons, and even ghost cultivators. Orthodox human cultivators were used to calling the evil creatures of the ghost realm the ghost race.
After witnessing the Jade Water Ghosts' methods, Lu Xiaotian immediately felt that the ghost realm was indeed large and had some strange aspects. Even if one's cultivation was high enough, if one lacked knowledge of the ghost race, they would still be at a loss in battle.
It seemed that he would have to be extremely careful when fighting with the ghost race in the future to avoid capsizing in the gutter.
Hearing Shao Zixia, Yu Dongbao, and Huo Ying's warnings, Lu Xiaotian didn't slow down in the slightest. The liquid body of a nearby Jade Water Ghost wriggled and transformed into a ferocious giant crocodile in the blink of an eye. It shook its head and wagged its tail as it leapt towards Lu Xiaotian with incomparable vigor.
Lu Xiaotian's body rapidly descended as he sent out a seemingly ordinary palm strike, but the palm wind was incomparably strong. At the same time, through the roots of the Magnolia Purpurea, Lu Xiaotian could clearly see the cold and disdainful smile of the Green Water Ghost underground.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. It was hard to say who was scheming against who. Lu Xiaotian chuckled in his heart. Borrowing the wind generated by the huge palm strike, he controlled the Earth Splitter and silently drilled into the ground, along with the sand and the chaotic magic power vibration.
Boom! One of the Jade Water Ghost's tentacles turned into a water crocodile and swung its tail, hitting Lu Xiaotian's palm shadow. The sand and stones on the ground were sent flying, and the chaotic waves of magic power and the evil aura of the ghost clan caused some of the low-grade spirit grasses on the ground to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The water crocodile was unable to withstand the force and was pushed back several meters by Lu Xiaotian's palm strike. However, the Green Water Ghost underground still had a cold smile on its blurry face, but the smile of the Green Water Ghost's true body had yet to fade.
Suddenly, a biting cold killing intent came from the ground. In a flash of golden light, a golden saber covered in sharp saber aura appeared. The originally hard soil was easily cut apart like tofu under the saber aura. The aura of the saber aura had already surpassed its cultivation by a large margin.
What made the Green Water Ghost even more fearful was that the other party had only just arrived and had already discovered their true body. The Green Water Ghost was a ghost that was born from the accumulation of the evil power of the ghost world. Its true body was originally just sand and some muddy water in the river.
Because the ghosts had been in the river for a long time, they were mixed together and lived in the water. The further away they were from the water, the faster their battle strength would weaken. Their true body's battle strength could not be considered strong, and their biggest advantage was their strange methods.
However, now that even their true body had been discovered by the other party, it could not help but be frightened. The golden saber pierced through the ground, and the saber aura only suddenly erupted at this moment. Lu Xiaotian was already a Jin Dan late stage cultivator, and his realm had already surpassed the Green Water Ghost in front of him by a large margin.
By the time the Green Water Ghost realized that something was wrong, it was already too late to escape. The Green Water Ghost's body twisted. It opened its abstract mouth and spat out a cloud of hazy water vapor. The water vapor turned into a sharp arrow in the blink of an eye, meeting the Earth Splitter's saber.
However, the ice-blue water arrow and the Earth Splitter's saber were only in a deadlock for a few breaths of time before showing signs of exhaustion. The Green Water Ghost's body retreated in shock. However, there was a strange movement above its head. With a boom, Lu Xiaotian grabbed at the air and smashed the water crocodile to pieces. A giant palm formed from transcendence energy smashed the soil above its head and broke through the earth, directly grabbing at the Green Water Ghost's escape route.
The Green Water Ghost cried out in alarm, and its body formed from liquid wriggled rapidly. Its lower limbs turned into a tail and lashed out at the giant palm. The previously somewhat disorderly ground now looked as if an earthquake had occurred. Large amounts of trenches and messy palm prints appeared.
In the giant pit of dust, a shrill scream rang out. As the Green Water Ghost repelled the giant palm, the Earth Splitter, which was controlled by Lu Xiaotian's sub-primordial spirit, attacked from the front and back, splitting the water arrow into two. The saber continued to slash at the Green Water Ghost's true body.
The Earth Splitter directly split the Green Water Ghost's body. With a twist of the blade, the Green Water Ghost's weak body was instantly torn to pieces. With a boom, a giant pit hundreds of meters deep appeared in the ground, and large amounts of soil and sand flew in all directions. The Green Water Ghost's body turned into water droplets carrying an evil aura, and mixed with the mud and sand as they fell.
"What!" From the aura of Lu Xiaotian's attack, Huo Ying felt that Lu Xiaotian was far from using his full strength. He only trapped the three of them and made them helpless against the Green Water Ghosts. As soon as Lu Xiaotian appeared, he easily killed one of them.
A few years ago, he and Yu Dongbao were captured by Tuoba Hong and the others and were trapped in a cage. When he saw Lu Xiaotian attack, it was already the end. Tuoba Hai had already been captured alive by Lu Xiaotian.
Only Shao Zixia had seen Lu Xiaotian attack a bit more, but even Shao Zixia had a confused look on her face. From what she saw last time, Lu Xiaotian's close combat strength was not at all inferior to the Boulder Tribe's warriors, who were known for their close combat abilities. This was especially true for that silver armor, which was flexible and versatile, combining both offense and defense.
Shao Zixia had thought that Lu Xiaotian walked the path of a body cultivator, but judging from the situation before her eyes, especially the frightening saber Qi emanating from the ground, Shao Zixia's mind was in disarray. The Lu Xiaotian in front of her was not only a rare body cultivator, but also a cultivator of both body and energy. At the same time, he also had extremely high attainments in alchemy.
If she had not seen it with her own eyes, Shao Zixia would not have believed that there was such a monstrous existence in the same realm.
Of course, what shocked them even more was that Lu Xiaotian had easily discovered the true body of the Green Water Ghost, which the three of them had been unable to distinguish. Moreover, he had killed one of the Green Water Ghosts in practically the blink of an eye.
Huo Ying thought back to the first time he had met Lu Xiaotian. He had been arrogant and conceited, coming from a large cultivation clan. He had thought that Lu Xiaotian was just a Loose Cultivator, and his aura had been ordinary and mediocre. It seemed that Lu Xiaotian had not taken him seriously at all. When he thought of this, Huo Ying wished that he could find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Lu Xiaotian had no idea that the three of them were feeling so complicated at this moment. With his saber successful, Lu Xiaotian repeated his old trick. The Earth Splitter once again pierced through the earth at high speed, slashing at another Green Water Ghost. At the same time, he reminded the three of them, "The true bodies of these Green Water Ghosts are underground. Their camouflage is not bad, but their strength is only average. As long as we see through their tricks, dealing with them will not be difficult."
"These beasts, see if I don't tear them apart."
Huo Ying thought about how he, a late Jin Dan cultivator, had been forced into such a state by a few ghosts that could not be considered strong. Now that Lu Xiaotian had exposed him, he could not hold back his anger.
His cultivation was not low to begin with, and under Lu Xiaotian's control of the Earth Splitter, the movements of the Green Water Ghosts underground were not small. With Lu Xiaotian's guidance, if he still could not sense the approximate location of the Green Water Ghosts, then he would not be worthy of cultivating to his current level.
Huo Ying roared angrily and patted a small green pouch at his waist. Inside it was a pitch-black gourd.
"Rise!" Huo Ying's ten fingers moved like phantoms, and his fingertips sent out strands of magic power. The black gourd swelled in response. It grew until it was about ten feet tall. The mouth of the gourd was facing downwards, in an inverted position.
"Saber Sword Dance!" Huo Ying spat out word by word. Every word seemed to consume a great deal of energy, and cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Following Huo Ying's movements, a large number of palm-sized sabers and swords flew out from the mouth of the gourd. The number was densely packed, and in the blink of an eye, close to a thousand sabers had been spat out from the black gourd.
Although these sabers and swords were not large in size, their magic power was not as strong as that of an ordinary Jin Dan cultivator's Jindan essence magic weapon. But compared to an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator's magic weapon, it was much stronger. Even if an ordinary Jin Dan cultivator wanted to take out close to a thousand magic weapons, other than a very small number of extremely wealthy descendants of aristocratic families, ordinary itinerant cultivators, or disciples of immortal sects, who would be so generous?
The power of these close to a thousand magic weapons was very impressive. Even Lu Xiaotian felt his scalp go numb when he saw it, and did not dare to underestimate it.
Because the Jade Water Ghosts were hiding deep underground, even if Lu Xiaotian had pointed it out, Huo Ying and the others could only sense the general situation, as their divine senses were not as strong as Lu Xiaotian's. However, these close to a thousand magic weapons were spat out from the black gourd and plunged into the ground like a large net. There were almost no blind spots, and it was more than enough to force the Jade Water Ghosts to show themselves.
Lu Xiaotian had only just pointed it out, and Huo Ying had already taken out the black gourd. His reaction speed surprised Lu Xiaotian, but he had survived the war between the Stone Golem Tribe and the Ghost Tribe for many years. Although he had suffered defeat sometimes, he still had some tricks up his sleeve.
As expected, close to a thousand magic weapons bombarded the approximate location that Huo Ying had sensed.
A few Jade Water Ghosts were forced to show themselves.
"Lowly animals, very cunning indeed." Yu Dongbao's expression was not good either. Lu Xiaotian had indeed saved them, but as a fellow Jin Dan cultivator, he did not want to be looked down upon by others.
Yu Dongbao clasped his palms together and separated them. His body leaped forward rapidly. The Cyan Moon Saber floating in the air let out a soft hum and emitted a bright cyan light. It merged with Yu Dongbao, becoming one with the saber and shooting forward like a crescent moon.
With a whoosh, a hastily fleeing Jade Water Ghost was cut in half. At the same time that Shao Zixia intercepted a Jade Water Ghost, Huo Ying controlled the black gourd. Close to a thousand magic weapons had already pierced a Jade Water Ghost full of holes, like a beehive.
The two Jade Water Ghosts that had rushed over aggressively from the river, wanting to help their fellow clansmen, were frightened out of their wits when they saw that the situation had taken a turn for the worse. They fled into the river with their clansmen.
"They sure are quick to escape!" Yu Dongbao slashed forward with his saber, and an azure crescent moon shot into the river. The river water surged into the sky, and a series of miserable shrieks rang out. Clearly, many Ghost Monkeys that only wanted to be Foundation Establishment cultivators had suffered.
"Brother Lu, it's a good thing that you saw through these Jade Water Ghosts' scheme. I haven't even repaid you for your previous kindness, and now I owe you another one. If not for Brother Lu's timely arrival, the three of us might have really died at the hands of these Jade Water Ghosts that aren't all that strong. "
Huo Ying looked at Lu Xiaotian gratefully. The black gourd was still floating in the air, and the thousands of magic weapons, small knives, and small swords, revolved above its head. It was a spectacular sight. At the same time, Huo Ying looked over at Tuoba Hai, who was fighting with three Dark Cloud Ghosts. Once Lu Xiaotian gave the order, the black gourd would immediately turn around and attack the Dark Cloud Ghosts.
"We were just lucky. This is not the place to talk. Let's go." Lu Xiaotian glanced at Tuoba Hai and said without the slightest bit of sympathy before flying off in another direction.
"Serves you right!" Shao Zixia snorted and reached out with her hand. A spirit root bone that was as soft as water entered her palm. She stomped her left foot on the ground and chased after Lu Xiaotian's figure.
"Damn it, those who aren't of my race will definitely have different intentions!"
Tuoba Hai saw that Lu Xiaotian's group had actually abandoned him while he was fighting with the Dark Cloud Ghosts and left. He was instantly enraged. In his distraction, the Dark Cloud Ghosts had almost taken advantage of him. Tuoba Hai's face was scratched by a long claw from the dark cloud, and he felt a burning pain on his face.
In his rage, Tuoba Hai had completely forgotten what he had done earlier.
Lu Xiaotian's group did not care about Tuoba Hai's thoughts and anger. Even if they died at the hands of the Ghost Race, it would save them a lot of trouble.
However, the few of them had only flown a little over a hundred miles when they saw a huge flying horse in the distant sky that seemed to have descended from the heavens. Its aura was grand and valiant. Wherever it passed, the Ghost Clan would wail and howl. Just its aura alone was enough to shake the hearts of the few people, including Lu Xiaotian.
Without a doubt, it was a Nascent Soul expert of the Stone Golem Tribe. In other words, a warrior above Class 10 had made a move. The direction of the attack was obviously where Tuoba Hai had been.
Lu Xiaotian glanced at Huo Ying and the others and discovered that their expressions were not very good. Clearly, they had thought of the possible relationship between the Nascent Soul expert of the Stone Golem Tribe and Tuoba Hai.
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