Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 213 Bamboo Island (Please subscribe and vote!)
Both Queyun and Guilao are third-tier demonic beasts. They have devoured countless human cultivators as they have grown to this point.

Although both demons have now been tamed by Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu, their habits have not changed.

When Turtle Elder saw that Sparrow Meteor had swallowed that Golden Core cultivator, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, he immediately looked at Lu Chengan and Shi Ningyu, and when he found that the two of them did not stop him, he was immediately moved.

A beam of five-colored spiritual light shot out from the snake-headed staff in the old tortoise's hand, sweeping towards the body of one of the bandit cultivators in the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Moments later, this early-stage Golden Core cultivator was severely injured by Elder Turtle with his snake-head staff and then swallowed whole by Elder Turtle.

The physical body of a Golden Core cultivator is the most nourishing spiritual object for third-tier demonic beasts. If they refine the physical body of a Golden Core cultivator, their cultivation level can be greatly improved.

Although Que Yun and Gui Lao had devoured many human cultivators before, they had never devoured the physical body of a Golden Core cultivator!

Turtle Elder was more cunning than Sparrow Meteor. He only attacked and devoured the other human Golden Core cultivator after he saw that Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu did not stop Sparrow Meteor from devouring the human Golden Core cultivator.

At this moment, Shi Ningyu also used the minor divine power of Jade Soul Immortal Light to transform one of the early Golden Core cultivators into a jade statue, and she also severely injured the other early Golden Core cultivator.

The battle between Lu Cheng'an and the mid-stage Golden Core bandit cultivator has also come to an end. Although the mid-stage Golden Core bandit cultivator had a strong trump card and summoned several third-grade low-level talismans, he still could not escape Lu Cheng'an's killing blow!

The moment Lu Cheng'an killed the mid-stage Golden Core bandit, Shi Ningyu also made a move and rendered the two early-stage Golden Core bandits incapable of fighting.

"Our fight with these six bandit cultivators has caused too much commotion and has probably attracted the attention of the surrounding cultivators. We need to leave here quickly!"

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu spoke at the same time. After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, they took the two severely injured early-stage Golden Core cultivators and flew into the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp.

Not long after Lu Cheng'an and his group left, many Golden Core cultivators soon appeared at the place where they had fought with the six bandit cultivators.

"It was the Six Bandits from Zhu Island. They've been defeated this time!"

"What are the origins of those cultivators? Their strength is unexpectedly formidable?"

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The strength of these Golden Core cultivators who came to investigate was significantly different from that of the six bandits of Zhangzhu Island. It was precisely for this reason that when Lu Cheng'an and his group fought against the six bandits of Zhangzhu Island, they did not dare to investigate closely, let alone attack Lu Cheng'an and his group.

They didn't dare to get a closer look until Lu Cheng'an and his group left, but they ultimately didn't find any useful information.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu didn't care about the scouting cultivators. After quickly entering the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, they found out the origins of the six bandit cultivators and located the location of the Miasma Bamboo Island.

After a brief discussion, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu sped off towards Zhangzhu Island.

Zhangzhu Island is located in the outer area of ​​the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, about a thousand miles away from where Lu Cheng'an and his group were.

Lu Cheng'an and his party traveled at high speed, and after more than an hour, they arrived at Zhangzhu Island.

On the island of miasma, there is a top-grade third-tier spirit array set up by the six bandit cultivators. This top-grade third-tier spirit array is called the Thousand Miasma Illusion Spirit Array.

This spirit array blends perfectly with the environment of the Bamboo Island, creating an extremely powerful illusion array.

Even a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core realm could be trapped inside.

However, the attack power of the Thousand Miasma Illusion Array was not strong, so the six bandits set up a third-grade high-quality Black Water Corruption Immortal Array.

The Black Water Corrupting Immortal Array is an extremely vicious array. It can condense Black Water Corrupting Immortal Light, which can corrode the cultivator's physical body and magical artifacts.

The Blackwater Corruption Immortal Formation and the Thousand Miasma Illusion Formation work together so that even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator would have a high probability of perishing within these two formations.

Unfortunately, these six bandits were attacked by Lu Cheng'an outside of Zhangzhu Island. They didn't even have a chance to escape back to Zhangzhu Island before they were killed and suppressed.

After arriving outside Zhangzhu Island, Lu Cheng'an and his group did not enter Zhangzhu Island directly, but observed it for a period of time.

After questioning the two suppressed bandit cultivators about the situation on the Miasma Island, he knocked them unconscious.

“The array formation on Zhangzhu Island is very powerful, and we can’t completely trust what those two bandit cultivators say. We still need to be as careful as possible after entering Zhangzhu Island!” Lu Cheng’an said in a deep voice.

After he finished speaking, he took out an array plate and an array flag from the storage artifact of the mid-stage Golden Core bandit he had killed.

The array plate is used to control the Thousand Miasma Illusion Array, while the array flag is used to control the Black Water Corruption Immortal Array.

The array plate and array flags were stored in the storage magic artifact carried by the mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. After interrogating the two suppressed early-stage Golden Core cultivators, Lu Cheng'an found the array plate and array flags in the storage magic artifact.

The array plate and array flags still contained the divine sense imprint left by that mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. Lu Cheng'an's divine sense power was extremely strong, and since that mid-stage Golden Core cultivator was already dead, Lu Cheng'an easily erased the divine sense imprint he left behind.

After briefly refining the array plate and array flags, Lu Cheng'an took the lead in activating the array plate and then led Shi Ningyu and the two demons Queyun into the Zhangzhu Island.

The array plate and array flag can control the Thousand Miasma Illusion Array and the Black Water Corruption Immortal Array. Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu were also very careful. After entering the Miasma Bamboo Island, they pushed their divine sense power to the limit and kept a close watch on the surrounding movements.

The two bandit cultivators suppressed by Shi Ningyu were terrified by the ruthless methods of Lu Cheng'an and his group. Faced with Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu's interrogation, they dared not lie. They still hoped that Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu would take pity on them and spare their lives.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Miasma Bamboo Island!"

Lu Cheng'an quickly entered the Miasma Bamboo Island, and it was only then that they attracted the attention of the cultivators on the island.

These cultivators were all at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages. Some of them were subordinates of the six Golden Core bandits, while others were their blood relatives.

They had previously followed those six Golden Core cultivators, lording it over everyone and causing countless innocent lives to be lost.

Lu Cheng'an looked at the person who had spoken. This was a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. He looked very similar to the mid-stage Golden Core bandit he had killed, and his aura was powerful, so he had a great chance of breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

Clearly, this person is closely related to that mid-stage Golden Core bandit cultivator, and is very likely to be that mid-stage Golden Core bandit cultivator's offspring.

Thinking of this, a ruthless look appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face. He flicked his finger, and a finger imprint shot out, instantly piercing the brow of the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He then took the corpses of the two mid-stage Golden Core cultivators from his storage artifact and threw them directly in front of the group of cultivators on Zhangzhu Island.

"Now all six Golden Core cultivators on Zhangzhu Island have been killed by us. Call all the cultivators on the island over here. If you behave yourselves, we might spare your lives. Otherwise, we'll kill you all!" Lu Cheng'an said coldly. As he spoke, his divine sense spread out to investigate the situation on Zhangzhu Island.

Zhangzhu Island is not very large, about 100 li from north to south and about 150 li from east to west.

Lu Cheng'an's current spiritual power can detect a distance of nearly a hundred miles. Relying solely on his spiritual power, he can clearly understand the situation on Zhangzhu Island.

Like Lu Cheng'an, Shi Ningyu began to use her divine sense to investigate the situation on Zhangzhu Island after entering it.

The cultivators on the island were terrified when they saw Lu Cheng'an so swiftly kill the cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage and retrieve the corpses of the two mid-stage Golden Core bandits.

They cried out for mercy, and several cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage sprang into action, gathering the other cultivators on the island.

There are quite a few bandit cultivators on Zhu Island. Besides the six Golden Core cultivators, there are also nineteen Foundation Establishment cultivators and more than two hundred Qi Refining cultivators.

These are just the bandit cultivators on Zhangzhu Island. Besides these bandit cultivators, there are also two early-stage Golden Core cultivators and nine late-stage Foundation Establishment and Perfection cultivators on Zhangzhu Island.

These are all female cultivators. They were all abducted to the Miasma Bamboo Island by those six Golden Core bandit cultivators to cultivate the cultivation technique of absorbing the essence of the enemy.

These female cultivators had their bodies sealed, preventing them from unleashing their full power; they were even weaker than cultivators at the Qi Refining stage.

These female cultivators who had their essence extracted were not taken out by the bandit cultivators on Zhuzhu Island, but Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu had already detected their presence using their divine sense.

When the six Golden Core cultivators first saw Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu, they boasted that they would "slay the men and suppress and drain the women's essence."

After discovering the existence of the female cultivators who had been drained of their life essence, Shi Ningyu felt a surge of insane killing intent.

Therefore, after those Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered all the bandit cultivators on the island, Shi Ningyu didn't give them a chance to speak at all. She directly used Jade Soul Immortal Light to turn all the bandit cultivators into jade statues.

Jade Soul Immortal Light is a minor divine power, and even a bandit cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm cannot withstand the attack of this minor divine power.

Moreover, these cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages instantly lost their life force after being invaded by the power of the Jade Soul Immortal Light.

When Gui Lao and Que Yun saw Shi Ningyu suddenly become angry, they were startled and then felt very sorry.

There are quite a few of these human cultivators. If they could all be refined and devoured, their cultivation levels might break through soon.

Of course, these were just their inner thoughts, and they naturally dared not show them to the murderous Shi Ningyu.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, let's go and see where those female cultivators are being held!" Lu Cheng'an sighed softly, without saying anything more.

Shi Ningyu nodded slightly, her killing intent receding, and together with Lu Cheng'an, they flew towards the place where the female cultivators were imprisoned.

The female cultivators were imprisoned in different caves, which were extremely luxurious and rich in spiritual energy, clearly the caves of the six Golden Core bandit cultivators.

After Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu arrived at the location of these cave dwellings, Lu Cheng'an did not enter the cave dwellings. Instead, Shi Ningyu entered the cave dwellings one by one and brought out the female cultivators.

Although these female cultivators possessed the Golden Core, late Foundation Establishment, and Perfection realms, they were the targets of the six bandit cultivators' sexual exploitation, living conditions similar to slaves.

The clothes they were wearing couldn't cover their bodies, and it's unknown what kind of torture they had endured.

After bringing these female cultivators out of the cave, Shi Ningyu also removed the seals from their bodies.

These restrictions weren't particularly severe, and it didn't take Shi Ningyu much effort to remove them.

However, these female cultivators had been subjected to sexual exploitation for too long. Even if the seals within their bodies were lifted, their very essence was severely damaged, leaving them with virtually no chance of recovery.

Three female cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage had been subjected to excessive sexual exploitation. After Shi Ningyu released the seals from their bodies, their physical bodies were too weak to withstand the restored mana, and they died instantly.

"We are deeply grateful to you, fellow Daoist (senior), for saving our lives!"

After being brought out of the cave by Shi Ningyu, the female cultivators immediately bowed down to Shi Ningyu and Lu Chengan.

"You don't need to be so polite. Saving you was just a simple thing to do."

Shi Ningyu turned her gaze to the two female cultivators at the early stage of the Golden Core realm and asked, "How much do you know about the six bandit cultivators on this island...?"

These female cultivators were able to be abducted to the island by the six bandit cultivators of Zhangzhu Island, so they must not have any powerful background. They are most likely rogue cultivators active near the Poison Swamp Immortal City, or cultivators from weak Golden Core forces.

They had spent quite some time on Zhangzhu Island, and they certainly knew more about the six Golden Core cultivators on the island and the situation in the Poison Swamp Immortal City than the others.

Therefore, after bringing these female cultivators out, Shi Ningyu directly inquired about the six Golden Core bandits on Zhangzhu Island and the situation in the Poison Swamp Immortal City.

"The six Golden Core cultivators from Zhuzhu Island..."

After pondering for a moment, the two Golden Core female cultivators told Lu Cheng'an and his companion everything they knew about the Miasma Bamboo Island and the Poison Swamp Immortal City.

According to them, the bandit leader of the Miasma Bamboo Island, who was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, was named Ding Heng.

Ding Heng was originally a rogue cultivator. He was lucky enough to receive the inheritance of the Golden Core cultivator Blackwater True Man when he was in the Qi Refining stage, and then successfully cultivated to the Golden Core stage.

Golden Core cultivators consume a great deal of resources, and it is not easy for a rogue Golden Core cultivator to obtain enough cultivation resources.

At this time, Ding Heng entered the Swamp of Ten Thousand Poisons. He was a very capable person.

After entering the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, they quickly gathered two other Golden Core cultivators. The three of them seized the Miasma Bamboo Island and made it their base, thus establishing a firm foothold in the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp.

Of the three people who initially established Zhangzhu Island, one died, and the remaining two Ding Hengs both broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Qiao Dongsheng and the other four early-stage Golden Core cultivators joined the Zhangzhu Island later.

After these four joined Zhangzhu Island, the bandit cultivators on Zhangzhu Island became increasingly powerful, and the number of cultivators they robbed increased rapidly.

(End of this chapter)