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Translator: Cinder Translations
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"Since you're already here, why are you in such a hurry to leave, Daoist friend?"
Yu Jiao summoned a flying sword and thrust it towards Song Wen.
Song Wen released a metal scroll from his body, which was the 'Ten Directions Map.'
The Ten Directions Map hovered above Song Wen's head, emitting a golden glow. The yellow light condensed into a protective barrier, shielding his entire body.
The protective barrier blocked the flying sword.
Seeing this, Yu Jiao showed a mischievous smile on her face.
"You won't be able to escape."
Before her words had finished, a sword light suddenly burst from the sea ahead, aiming directly at Song Wen's face.
At the same time, another flying sword appeared from the mist on Yu Jiao's left side, targeting the back of Song Wen's heart.
Yu Jiao, Shi Bo, and Shi Zhong were ambushing from three different positions, forming a fan-shaped encirclement, blocking Song Wen's path to the island.
"Two late-stage Golden Core cultivators and one mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. It's going to be tricky to leave them all behind," Song Wen thought to himself.
The person hiding in the sea was Shi Bo.
He controlled his flying sword, which shot out like silver lightning, breaking through the water and heading straight for Song Wen.
The flying swords from Shi Zhong and Yu Jiao came from behind, aiming at him.
The three flying swords formed a front-and-back encirclement, trying to quickly finish him off.
Song Wen knew that the Ten Directions Map alone would not be enough to withstand the combined attack of the three of them, so he withdrew it.
A large amount of black evil Qi surged out, quickly enveloping Song Wen's figure. The Gui Yuan Qi swirled around him, forming a black egg-shaped shield around his body.
"Ding, ding, ding."
The three flying swords struck the shield in succession.
The shield trembled and shook, but it didn't break. It barely held up.
Seeing this, Yu Jiao and the others were not surprised, but pleased.
"It really is Gui Yuan Qi. Just the evil Qi alone can block our combined attacks. The amount must be substantial."
Although the evil Qi shield blocked the three attacks, the powerful shockwaves sent Song Wen plummeting uncontrollably into the sea.
He decided to use the momentum from the impact to dive deeper into the ocean.
The water resistance was immense, greatly affecting his speed. After diving for only thirty to forty meters, the three were already hot on his heels.
Song Wen's mind raced, and two figures suddenly appeared beside him.
The Silver Corpse and Ghost King charged at the three pursuers from behind.
"You actually raised a corpse and a ghost, both in the mid-stage of the third level. Luckily, I was cautious and didn't come alone to kill you. But do you think you're the only one who refines corpses and raises ghosts? Shi Zhong, Shi Bo, summon your own corpse puppets and let our Outer Sect Golden Core elder here have a look."
As soon as Yu Jiao finished speaking, Shi Zhong and Shi Bo each summoned a corpse puppet, both with mid-third-level strength.
The two corpse puppets charged toward Song Wen's Silver Corpse and Ghost King.
Yu Jiao and the others continued to chase Song Wen, heading deeper into the sea.
"Ji Yin, you can't escape. Surrender, and I'll give you a quick death," Yu Jiao called out confidently.
She raised her hand and took out a black soul banner. As the banner flickered, a ghostly figure appeared—it was a mid-third-level Ghost King.
The Ghost King's speed was astounding, a shadow flashing through the deep sea in an instant.
Song Wen estimated that the depth of the sea here was nearing several thousand meters. It would be hard for anyone to notice a fight at this depth.
Suddenly, he turned around. A cold gleam flashed between his brows, and three formless blades of spiritual power condensed and shot toward Yu Jiao and the others.
"Careful, it's a spiritual attack!" Shi Bo shouted.
His expression changed slightly, and he quickly gathered all his spiritual power to defend his sea of consciousness.
Yu Jiao and Shi Zhong followed suit, attempting to shield their minds.
The spiritual blades pierced their sea of consciousness.
"Ah…"
Yu Jiao let out a tragic scream.
She realized that Song Wen's spiritual strength was far beyond hers.
She felt a sharp pain in her mind as the sea of consciousness was churned by the spiritual blades, as if it were about to be torn apart. Her consciousness began to blur.
Shi Bo and Shi Zhong, both late-stage Golden Core cultivators, were in a much better situation. They only felt severe pain in their sea of consciousness, but their minds remained clear.
Seeing that all three were injured by the spiritual blades, Song Wen felt a sense of relief: None of them have spiritual defense treasures.
As the three struggled to block the spiritual blades, Song Wen took advantage of the moment to charge toward the Ghost King.
The Ghost King let out a surge of ghostly energy, which transformed into a ghostly serpent that lunged at Song Wen's face.
Song Wen did not dodge. The Gui Yuan Qi surged around him, forming a thick shield to block the ghostly serpent.
At the same time, his hand transformed into a zombie-like claw, aiming for the Ghost King's chest.
The claw was stopped by the ghostly energy emanating from the Ghost King's body.
However, a violent explosion of lightning burst from the claw, releasing blinding rays of light.
The lightning was like a glowing blade that cut through layers of ghostly energy, piercing the Ghost King's soul.
The thunder exploded inside the Ghost King's soul, the blinding light seemed like a heavenly ray, illuminating the dark depths of the sea.
The ghostly energy surrounding the Ghost King was devastated by the lightning, gradually dissipating into nothing.
The Ghost King let out a tortured howl, and its voice echoed through the deep sea, causing the surrounding water to churn.
As time passed, the ghostly energy on the Ghost King became thinner and thinner. Finally, with a deafening roar, the last trace of the Ghost King's ghostly energy was shattered by the lightning.
The Ghost King's figure became blurry and ultimately dissolved into nothing.
Shi Bo and Shi Zhong looked on in shock at the Ghost King's disappearance.
"Thunder magic!"
This Ji Yin had claws resembling dry branches, which clearly indicated he practiced corpse cultivation techniques.
A demonic cultivator like him could use thunder magic was simply shocking beyond belief.
They exchanged a glance and both felt the urge to retreat.
Ji Yin not only had the Gui Yuan Qi as protection but also had spiritual attacks and thunder magic. If they teamed up, they might not stand a chance.
It might be better to return to Wu Ji Island and report the secret of "Ji Yin," a demonic cultivator capable of using thunder magic. That would surely pique the interest of Yin Shuo and Ye Hua, possibly earning them a generous reward.
They ignored the still-wailing Yu Jiao and turned to flee toward the surface.
"Trying to escape? It's too late!"
Three transparent blades of spiritual power shot out from Song Wen's forehead, aimed at the nearest Shi Zhong.
The three blades pierced Shi Zhong's sea of consciousness from the back of his head.
"Ah!" Shi Zhong screamed, his speed drastically slowing.
Shi Bo looked back at his suffering brother. A trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and after a brief pause, he continued his escape toward the surface.
At that moment, a tiny Gu emerged from the water above.
Shi Bo's gaze sharpened, and he unleashed a flying sword to strike the Gu.
The Shadow Gu, realizing it couldn't fight, quickly shifted directions and attempted to flee.
As Shi Bo was about to turn his flying sword to pursue, he sensed that Gu were attacking from all directions.
He had no choice but to give up on chasing the Shadow Gu, summoning a copper mirror to hover above his head. The mirror emitted green light, forming a protective shield around him.
The Shadow Gu couldn't break through the copper mirror's defense, and Shi Bo didn't want to waste time on them. He hurriedly flew toward the surface.
Meanwhile, Song Wen summoned the Void Breaking Blade, which flashed with a cold gleam.
As Shi Zhong was focused on defending against the spiritual blades, he was caught off guard and had no chance to resist before the Void Breaking Blade decapitated him in one strike.
Song Wen quickly flew over, using Soul Binding Technique to imprison Shi Zhong's soul in his head. Afterward, he stored the corpse in his storage ring.
Looking up, he saw that Shi Bo was almost out of the water.
Song Wen dove deeper, sending his Sacred Gu to surround Yu Jiao.
He then used the Blood Escape Technique to block Shi Bo's escape route.
(End of the Chapter)
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