Chapter 117: Chapter 118: Purple Cloud Scorpion?
Within the tri-color miasma, Ye Jingcheng took out a set of turtle shells and laid them flat. The spirit patterns on them surfaced one by one, still appearing obscure and hard to understand.
This turtle shell was the Hidden Spirit Armor.
With the input of spiritual energy, the Hidden Spirit Armor slowly expanded, finally providing simple protection in front of Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli. At this time, Ye Jingcheng only released the Golden Scale Beast and the Jade Ring Rat.
Under Ye Jingcheng’s transmission, Ye Jingli also put away the Earth Fire Lion.
After completing these actions, Ye Jingcheng took out a small jade box.
Inside the white jade box was insect-repelling powder.
Moreover, it was Tier Two high-grade insect-repelling powder. This tri-color miasma already isolated divine sense and eyesight.
But the scent could not be isolated, which was why many spirit insects could live here so prosperously!
With the simple concealment of the Hidden Spirit Armor, the insect-repelling powder was instantly sprinkled by Ye Jingcheng on the ground behind them, while he also performed a simple Clear Wind Skill.
This Clear Wind Skill was originally used for cleaning rooms, but at this moment, it was quite effective in quickly spreading the insect-repelling powder.
As expected, in less than the time of ten breaths, a low buzzing seemed to come from the shadow of the huge withered tree in the distance, and then the buzzing sounds gradually moved farther away.
The ear-flapping frequency of the Jade Ring Rat indeed slowed down.
This allowed Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli to breathe a sigh of relief.
But truly relaxing, Ye Jingli’s gaze towards Ye Jingcheng held not only a trace of admiration but also something more.
Just like the feeling the Xing Generation gave him.
And to know, he was Brother Liu, while Ye Jingcheng was only the Eleventh Sibling!
Regarding Ye Jingli’s gaze, Ye Jingcheng did not bother to address it, nor could he explain, and instead held his breath. The launcher of the Jade Ring Rat was full of Ice Freeze Talismans.
In Ye Jingcheng’s hand, there was a cyan mirror.
His right hand held the Golden Shadow Sword.
Although the Golden Shadow Sword was obtained from the Li Family, as long as it wasn’t the Jade Qilin Snake, he thought it could appear in front of his eldest brother.
After all, if he guessed correctly, most of the family’s support to Ye Jingteng would likely be Longquan Stone.
And if Longquan Stone appeared in large quantities in the Ye Family’s possession, it naturally had to do with the incident involving the Li Family, but this matter was tacitly understood, and it was quite likely that Ye Jingteng and his senior brother killed the Tribulation Cultivator and obtained them.
On this point, he trusted his eldest brother.
After waiting for about ten breaths, the sound of magical artifacts being wielded came from afar.
Although due to the tri-color miasma, they still couldn’t see Ye Xingyu and the others’ faces, it already set their hearts at ease.
What they were afraid of before was that those two might suddenly change direction again.
If that happened, their preparations might go to waste, and he would no longer have any insect-repelling powder to use.
Earlier, to ensure effectiveness, he didn’t hold back at all.
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Not far from them, Yongnan Double Tribulation had a challenging expression, with various injuries on their bodies.
Their faces were somewhat pale; they didn’t know how many spirit pills they had consumed along the way.
Fortunately, there were two huge golden spirit shields behind them, or they wouldn’t have been able to persevere this far.
The golden spirit shield was precisely the Golden Wood Shield, a top-grade defense spiritual artifact that had helped them escape numerous pursuits.
"Big brother, ahead lies the Purple Cloud Scorpion swarm, surely they won’t dare to continue chasing us. By then, we can use Earth Escape!" one person transmitted.
The two clearly relaxed significantly.
"We can’t be careless. Next, they will certainly fight desperately to hold us back. We should make as much commotion as possible, and if they seek death, we might seize the chance to kill one!" The broad-faced cultivator opened his mouth sharply, revealing a fierce intention.
They had been pursued so desperately for the first time.
And counter-killing operations like this, they didn’t know how many times they had executed, well-practiced.
Behind them, several figures soon appeared; leading were the Cyan-striped Leopard, Golden Armor Mountain-piercing Beast, and the Cyan-Scaled Python, followed by a Red Blood Eagle.
This Red Blood Eagle was also Ye Xingyu’s spirit beast.
A Tier One Late-stage Spirit Beast, though in the miasma, flying spirit beasts were at a disadvantage.
After all, if you fly fast, it’s easy to lose sight of the target.
After the spirit beasts, the figures of Ye Jingteng, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Xingyu emerged.
The three’s faces didn’t look as rosy as before, obviously consuming a lot of spiritual energy.
Among the three, Ye Jingteng’s face was the worst, even though he broke through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, casting Cyan Yuan Sword Light also exhausted the most spiritual energy.
"Seventh Brother, should we continue the chase?" Ye Xingyu, who was pursuing from a distance, hesitated, knowing they were about to see the Purple Cloud Scorpion.
"Chase, my Black Wood Ants have smelled a familiar scent!" Ye Xingqun laughed.
Initially, when the Black Wood Ants became uncontrollable, showing panicked expressions, he thought it was the Purple Cloud Scorpion emerging from their nest.
But soon, that chaos made Ye Xingqun familiar.
"Let’s seize this moment!" Ye Xingqun transmitted to the other two, taking out three large Silver Ring spiritual artifacts, instantly attacking the two Tribulation Cultivators.
Along with it, Ye Jingteng’s Cyan Yuan Sword Light and Ye Xingyu’s densely packed Sword Array Spiritual Artifact followed.
Ye Xingyu was an artifact refiner; this set of six Tier One High-Grade Spirit Swords was his prized possession.
With the six swords unleashed, the sword humming was unstoppable, accompanied by a flood of crimson sword aura.
This sword aura was not at all inferior to the Cyan Yuan Sword Light.
The two Tribulation Cultivators were astonished but showed no trace of panic.
The Golden Wood Shield still blocked the front, as each of them took out two long spear spiritual artifacts, shooting towards the Magic Sword!
A long spear spiritual artifact shot towards the Cyan Yuan Sword Light, while another spear aimed at the Crimson Sword Aura!
With a thunderous crash, the sword light vanished, the sword aura dissipated, and the two long spear spiritual artifacts flew back, greatly dimmed.
A few spirit beasts took the opportunity to approach.
Dazzling cyan light emanated, with the Cyan-striped Leopard unleashing the Cyan Rattan Skill, alongside the brutish charge of the Golden Armor Mountain-Piercing Beast, and the spirit talisman launcher of the Cyan-Scaled Python firing several spirit talismans.
Two more crimson broad spirit talismans were taken out and slammed onto the ground.
The brilliant firelight engulfed all the spirit beasts!
Then the two retreated a few dozen yards.
At this moment, one was in front, the other behind, their figures overlapping. Taking advantage of the three-colored miasma, they began to take out the array disc, setting up an array!
Just as the array disc fell, and three array banners were placed, the Cyan Heart Mirror suddenly shone, illuminating the two!
Simultaneously, several earth spikes fiercely stabbed towards them!
Boom!
The earth spikes shattered, turning into rubble, and at the same time, two spirit shield talismans also shattered into spiritual light, dissipating gradually.
Bang!
Then, three ice freeze talismans fell around them, instantly forming a layer of ice.
Before they could break free, a blaze of fire arose!
Two fireballs, the size of wells, fired continuously!
The Golden Wood Shield was moved to block in front.
This time, however, the two large fireballs violently blasted it apart.
Another slightly smaller fireball appeared before them; its power was much weaker, but they dared not face it directly. They took out their last defense spirit talisman.
The spirit talisman continued to dissipate in the firelight.
A Golden Shadow Sword had already fallen in front of them, slashing at the thin-faced cultivator!
The Golden Shadow Sword was extremely fast, and this series of attacks left them no time to breathe!
The Cyan Heart Mirror was the first to activate, the Earth Spike Skill was instant, the Fireball Skill was instant, including the supplemental Fireball Skill launched instantly by Ye Jingcheng through beast communication spiritual power.
Not to mention the Golden Shadow Sword, which was equally powerful.
Accompanied by the breath of the Earth Fire Lion, and two flying knife spiritual artifacts from Ye Jingli.
Despite this, the thin-faced cultivator twisted his body, narrowly avoiding a fatal blow, although his shoulder was covered in blood, and his face contorted to the extreme.
"Second Brother!" The broad-faced cultivator was instantly enraged.
At this moment, nine Silver Snow Needles shot towards the thin-faced cultivator again.
The broad-faced cultivator immediately stood in front of the thin-faced cultivator!
Yet another round of Earth Spike Skill and Fireball Skill came their way.
The broad-faced cultivator had to summon the Golden Wood Shield again, but Ye Xingyu and others pursued them, with Ye Xingyu’s sword array and Ye Jingteng’s Cyan Yuan Sword Light falling once more.
This time, there was no surprise as the thin-faced cultivator was first to be slain.
"Second Brother!"
The remaining broad-faced cultivator wore a grim mask of anger, teetering on the brink of madness.
"You all must die too!"
He took out a flying sword, slashing towards that withered tree.
"With the Purple Cloud Scorpion, you all will die, hahaha!"
At this moment, the broad-faced cultivator had gone mad, laughing maniacally, yet there was a tint of sorrow in his laugh.
The next moment, he was engulfed by two massive fireballs.
Ye Jingcheng was not accustomed to letting this cultivator witness a deeper level of despair!
"Seventh Uncle, Fifteenth Uncle, Big Brother!" Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli stepped forward.
Simultaneously, Ye Jingcheng also handed the two storage bags of the tribulation cultivators to Ye Xingyu.
"Let’s go, we need to leave, it’s not safe here!" Ye Xingqun spoke up.
"Although the insect-repelling powder is good, it might also provoke other strong spirit insects from the Five Poison Peak!"
Ye Xingqun spoke, and the five of them hurriedly retreated towards the outside of the Five Poison Peak.
As for the Five Poison Bees, and the cave dwelling of the Wu Du Ascendant, not a single person mentioned them.
At this point, even Ye Jingli knew that Ye Jingteng’s mission this time was a trap.
It was clearly a targeted scheme.
And the motive behind it was easy to explain, aimed at reducing Ye Family’s influence in the Taiyi Sect.
Among the Four Great Foundation Establishment Clans, the Li Family has one foundation establishment cultivator, the Xianyun Chu Family has one, but the Ye Family and the Chen Family don’t have any currently.
The Purple Mansion Clan, however, has many foundation establishment cultivators in the Taiyi Sect.
Thus, the conspiracy is easy to trace back to its origin.
Almost half a moment later, indeed, the terrifying commotion from behind, as well as the piercing sound of insects, arose.
"Don’t look back, I’ve sent the Black Wood Ants to divert their attention!" Ye Xingqun’s voice rang in their ears, and the five sped up even more until they saw the outskirts of the Five Poison Peak, finally letting out a sigh of relief. An array banner flew in, and the array instantly activated.
Ye Jingcheng also took out an array banner.
The trapping array was also activated!