BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1085: Defeating the Enemy
Chapter 1085: Defeating the Enemy
The club projection was the first to break, allowing the giant lightning sword to crash down from above unopposed.
"Impossible!" She Chan exclaimed as a large crack appeared over her club, following which a long gash was sliced into her body from her shoulder to her chest, and she was sent flying back through the air.
Arcs of golden lightning clung tenaciously to her wound, and instead of dissipating, they infiltrated her body to attack her internal organs.
She Chan\'s skin was extremely resilient, even among early-Great Encompassment cultivators, but her internal organs were rather special and were far more vulnerable.
Hence, if she were to allow the golden lightning to wreak havoc in her body as it pleased, then even her cultivation foundation could be permanently damaged.
With that in mind, She Chan plunged straight down into a swamp below, clearly having decided that her best option was to flee.
Jin Liu immediately also fled the scene upon seeing this, but he was confronted by Wyrm 3 and Fox 3 before he could get away.
Instead of pursuing Jin Liu, Han Li remained hovering up in the sky in his three-headed devilish deity form, scouring his gaze over the landscape in search of She Chan.
Right at this moment, an agonized howl suddenly rang out from down below, following which a figure with silver flames burning all over their body flew up into the air.
Their clothes were in tatters, their hair was completely disheveled, their body was riddled with wounds, and it was none other than She Chan.
Chasing after her in hot pursuit was the Essence Fire Raven, and Han Li immediately pounced at her as well while swinging his sword through the air again.
Another giant, golden lightning sword came crashing down from the heavens, and conflicted looks appeared on the faces of the Lan siblings upon seeing this.
The two of them were very close with She Chan, and if her life were under threat, then they would be forced to intervene.
However, before they had a chance to do anything, She Chan suddenly roared in a resentful voice, "You\'ll pay for this!"
As soon as her voice trailed off, a gash suddenly appeared over her glabella, following which a longan-sized white bead flew out from within before rising up toward Han Li\'s giant lightning sword.
"Look out! She\'s going to detonate her own beast core!" Lei Yuce exclaimed as he reflexively positioned himself in front of Su Anqian.
"No, that\'s her Toad Moon Jewel!" Lan Yuanzi yelled, and Wyrm 3\'s expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
It was said that there was a special type of toad demon beasts that possessed a Toad Moon Jewel in their bodies in addition to their beast cores, and the jewel allowed them to enhance their rate of cultivation progression by absorbing the power of moonlight.
The importance of this Toad Moon Jewel was third only to their nascent soul and demon core.
As a Great Encompassment cultivator, the Toad Moon Jewel in She Chan\'s body had to have already been accumulating power for countless years, and its detonation was surely going to have catastrophic effects.
With that in mind, everyone hurriedly fled into the distance.
Xiong Shan knew that he was the weakest of everyone present, and he had already fled far into the distance ahead of everyone else.
A hint of foreboding had also welled up in Han Li\'s heart, but it was already too late for him to withdraw his sword.
The Toad Moon Jewel trembled violently for a moment, then exploded to produce an eruption of blinding light, which then suddenly faded away before the entire sky turned dark, as if day had suddenly transitioned into night.
A ray of cold moonlight shone down from above, basking the entire landscape in a silver glow.
It was as if the entire space had been frozen solid by the cold moonlight, following which everything shattered like a silver mirror, and countless dark spatial rifts appeared in the air.
Bursts of spatial turbulence could be seen raging within the spatial rifts, releasing terrifying spatial fluctuations that instantly had everyone fleeing for their lives.
However, there were simply far too many spatial rifts in the area, making it very difficult to avoid all of them.
In a lapse of concentration, Su Anqian was almost swallowed up by a spatial rift that had abruptly opened up behind her, and it was Lei Yuce who swooped in once again to save her.
Having been saved by him twice, Su Anqian had finally begun to develop a hint of affection for him, and her eyes were no longer as cold as before when she gazed upon him.
However, Jin Liu wasn\'t so fortunate. He had been surrounded by everyone earlier, so he was the last to flee the scene, and he had only managed to travel a few thousand feet before he crashed headfirst into an enormous spatial rift.
He forcibly twisted his body to the side to try and glide through the air in a parallel direction to the spatial rift, but the tremendous suction force released by the rift was too much for him to resist, and he was sucked in inch by inch, with not even his nascent soul managing to escape.
The area directly surrounding the Toad Moon Jewel had the highest concentration of spatial rifts, and at this point, She Chan was already nowhere to be seen. All that remained was Han Li with his Mantra Treasured Axis hovering behind him, releasing waves of golden light to slow the expansion of the spatial rifts.
At this moment, he was holding a green gourd with its mouth pointed directly up ahead.
A green vortex was swirling incessantly at the gourd\'s mouth, and it was gathering some translucent silver particles in the surrounding area before condensing them to reform the Toad Moon Jewel.
The jewel had been absorbing moonlight for countless years, and Han Li instinctively felt like it would be very useful to him, so he had chosen to recover it.
After that, he summoned his Essence Fire Raven back to his side, then traversed through the multitude of spatial rifts as he descended back down to the ground.
There seemed to be some type of tacit understanding between everyone as they all remained silent, with no one mentioning the battle that had just taken place, and all of them took a few pills before sitting down to meditate.
After taking some to rest and recuperate, Han Li rose to his feet as he cupped his fist in a grateful salute toward everyone.
"Thank you, fellow daoists."
Even though all of them had chosen to refrain from helping She Chan mostly out of consideration for their own self interest, it was still undeniable that their decision had helped Han Li.
"There\'s no need to thank us, Fellow Daoist Han. You dealt with her purely through your own powers," Lei Yuce said.
"My eyes have truly been opened, Brother Han..." Xiong Shan mused with mixed emotions in his eyes.
"Time is of the essence, so let\'s continue onward," Han Li said, and everyone nodded in response before making their way into the spatial door one after another.
Han Li\'s vision blurred momentarily, following which he found himself standing in a gray cave.
The cave was quite large, and it extended into shadowy darkness up ahead, making it impossible to tell how long it was.
Gusts of yin wind were blowing toward everyone from up ahead, and the air temperature in the cave was quite low, as evidenced by the layer of black frost on the stone walls on either side.
Lei Yuce and the others appeared nearby one after another, then also began inspecting their surroundings.
All of a sudden, Han Li\'s brows furrowed slightly as he noticed that Qu Lin was nowhere to be seen, even though he had come through first.
Everyone else\'s expressions also darkened slightly upon noticing Qu Lin\'s absence, but Han Li chose not to bring up the matter as he said, "Let\'s go. Make sure to be on your guard, everyone."
In the wake of his most recent display of power, no one felt it inappropriate for him to adopt a leadership role, and everyone was content to follow him.
Spiritual sense was suppressed even further on the seventh level, so as a safety precaution, everyone chose to proceed on foot rather than by flight. Thankfully, given everyone\'s lofty cultivation bases, they were still able to make very fast progress, nonetheless.
However, this underground cave was unexpectedly long, and even after traveling for over ten minutes, there was still no end in sight. On top of that, the further they went, the more fierce the surrounding yin winds became.
All of a sudden, Han Li stopped in his tracks as he warned, "Be careful, everyone!"
As soon as his voice trailed off, seven or eight monstrous creatures with human faces and wolf bodies appeared up ahead.
Each of these creatures was several dozen feet in length, and their bodies were covered in long, reddish-brown fur that resembled bamboo fiber cloaks, and as they pounced at Han Li\'s group, they displayed exceptional speed and offensive prowess.
Gust of black wind erupted out of the claws, easily leaving deep marks on the ground and walls of the cave, the edges of which were charred black as if by some form of corrosion.
Lei Yuce and the others were alarmed by this sudden turn of events, but they remained composed as they lashed out in retaliation against these creatures.
The wolf-like creatures seemed to have realized that they had bitten off more than they could chew, and they opened their mouths to release a sea of reddish-black flames in an attempt to ward off everyone\'s attacks.
However, this proved to be futile as the barrage of attacks tore through the sea of fire with ease before destroying the wolf-like creatures on the other side.
After they were slain, the bodies of the wolf-like creatures quickly disintegrated into black smoke, but each of them left a fist-sized reddish-black bead behind.
"What are these things?" Wen Zhong asked with an intrigued expression as he raised a hand to release a burst of golden light toward the beads.
"Don\'t touch them!" Han Li hurriedly yelled, but it was already too late, and as soon as the golden light released by Wen Zhong came into contact with the beads, they immediately exploded into balls of radiant reddish-black light that swept through the air in all directions.