Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 126: The Power of the Cavern Scorpion Foundation
The inner ring of the secret realm, the central area.

A group of people were walking through the forest, four of them were wearing purple clothes, they were disciples of Zi Yang Sect.

The other two monks, wearing the standard robes of Guiyuan Sect, followed behind the four people, nodding their heads and lowering their eyebrows.

The leader was tall and thin, with slightly red eyes that revealed a fierce light. His body was light and he floated ten feet away with a tap of his foot. Everyone behind him had to try their best to keep up.

About quarter of an hour later, the six people came to a lake and stopped.

It was quiet here, but the ground near the lake was a quagmire and a mess, as if it had been flooded by a flood. There were also large stains of blood, which was shocking to see.

Seeing this, everyone's faces changed slightly, and the leader's face darkened: "Which place is this?"

A round-faced, beardless monk beside him replied, "Brother Yin, this is the fifth place."

Obviously, both of them were Qi-refining cultivators, but his attitude toward the tall and thin cultivator was extremely respectful, as if he was facing a teacher.

The tall and thin monk waved his sleeves, performed the Light Body Technique, and walked in another direction, saying, "Let's go to the next place!"

The other five people hurriedly followed, but they all felt a strong sense of doubt in their hearts.

After they met in the outer ring, they entered the inner ring under the leadership of Senior Brother Yin and headed straight to the central area, specifically looking for second-level monsters and collecting spiritual herbs.

Moreover, the places they went to were all inhabited by second-level monsters with powerful bloodlines, which the disciples of various sects had never dared to provoke in the past.

However, they dared to do so because they were fully confident.

But when the six confident people arrived at the first dangerous place, they came up empty-handed.

The monsters in this place had actually been killed, and all the spiritual herbs had been picked, not even a corpse was left.

They just thought they were unlucky and didn't take it to heart.

In every dangerous place in the secret realm, there grow magical herbs that can help monsters increase their power, and monsters often fight over this.

The monster in this dangerous area should have been killed by another level 2 monster.

The winning monster must have been seriously injured, so it did not occupy this place, but ate up all the spiritual herbs and looked for another place to heal its wounds.

This kind of thing has happened in the past. Disciples from various sects often encounter seriously injured level 2 monsters, and work together to kill them and obtain a batch of valuable monster materials.

The six people rushed to the next dangerous place to hunt monsters.

But what frightened them was that the monsters in the second dangerous place had also been killed and all the spiritual herbs had been taken away.

Not only that, the magical beasts and herbs in the third and fourth dangerous places were nowhere to be seen.

This lake was the fifth dangerous place the six people came to, but they still gained nothing.

Even if there were fights among monsters, it would not happen so frequently, and it was even more impossible for all the monsters to devour all the spiritual herbs.

But if someone gets there first, that doesn’t make sense.

Although there were no corpses of monsters left in these five dangerous places, judging from the traces, it seemed very much like two monsters were fighting in close combat, and not being hunted by cultivators.

Moreover, apart from the Zi Yang Sect, they did not believe that there were other cultivators who could hunt down these powerful second-level monsters.

However, after visiting five dangerous places in a row, they gained nothing, which made everyone very depressed.

Senior Brother Yin, who was in the lead, was even more furious. He wanted to find the culprit and have a good fight with him.

Less than half an hour later, the six people arrived at the sixth dangerous place, which was a dark cave entrance, about ten feet in size and bottomless.

This cave entrance leads to an underground cave. Disciples of Zi Yang Sect once teamed up to explore inside, but several of them were eaten by the second-level monsters in the cave, leaving only two lucky ones alive.

They did not gain nothing, as they saw a magical herb growing in the cave, called "Moyin Mushroom", which is a 500-year-old magical herb and is quite rare in the outside world.

Later, Zi Yang Sect disciples also entered the cave one after another and tried to collect this kind of magical herb.

Although the monsters in the cave were replaced several times, they were all ferocious. The disciples of Zi Yang Sect suffered heavy casualties and returned empty-handed. Gradually, no one dared to enter the cave.

But this time, Senior Brother Yin walked in first without hesitation.

The other five people had to be much more cautious, spread out their spiritual awareness, and follow carefully behind.

After entering the cave, the passage slopes downward and is pitch black.

Senior Brother Yin's eyes emitted a faint red light. He did not take out any lighting equipment, but he was still able to move freely.

The next five people took out night-shining pearls, fluorescent stones, etc. to light up the way forward.

The six people walked for dozens of feet, and the view in front of them suddenly became clear, and they arrived at a cave.

This cave is dozens of acres in size and more than ten feet high, with strange-shaped stone pillars scattered throughout, connecting the upper and lower parts.

Stalactites hung down above everyone's heads, and water kept dripping down, landing in the pits on the ground, making a dripping sound.

The walls of the cave were covered with mosses that emitted green fluorescence, illuminating the entire cave. When Senior Brother Yin stepped into the cave, he immediately shouted, "Any monsters here? Get out!"

This loud shout was like thunder, spreading throughout the entire cave, and the rumbling echo startled the five people behind him.

But they did not dare to complain at all and hurriedly spread out their spiritual awareness to guard against sneak attacks from monsters.

"Fizz!"

The next moment, a hissing sound was heard, followed by a sharp friction sound that continued to ring out.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a poisonous scorpion about ten feet long, with a white shell and a several-foot-long curved hook on its back. It waved its two ferocious claws, and went out from behind the stone pillar and headed straight for Senior Brother Yin.

The red color in Senior Brother Yin's eyes suddenly became more intense, and he laughed loudly, "Well done!"

He touched his storage bag, took out a big knife, and rushed forward, intending to fight the poisonous scorpion in hand-to-hand combat!

The five people behind him, seeing this scene, looked calm as usual, and together they raised their magic weapons to help.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Senior Brother Yin brandished a broadsword and fought with the poisonous scorpion. With his tremendous strength, he actually suppressed the level 2 poisonous scorpion.

However, the poisonous scorpion is not known for its strength. After it fell into a disadvantage, it used its tail hook, which was several meters long, to continuously stab Senior Brother Yin.

The tail hook was moving at an extremely fast speed, leaving a trail of afterimages, but Senior Brother Yin did not dodge or evade. He shouted loudly, and his muscles suddenly swelled up. The red light in his eyes was as thick as substance. He changed from a tall and thin man to a burly man. He ignored the tail hook and continued to attack the poisonous scorpion!
Bang bang bang!
The tail hook pierced Brother Yin's body, making a dull sound like hitting rotten leather, and left white spots, but it could not pierce Brother Yin's skin.

At the same time, the other five people attacked with their magical weapons. The poisonous scorpion was surrounded and had to raise its claws to resist. It opened its mouth and sprayed out large amounts of green venom, trying to defile the magical weapons.

But the five men were only feinting to distract the enemy. Seeing this, they immediately withdrew their magic weapons and avoided the venom.

Senior Brother Yin took this opportunity, stomped his foot on the ground, rushed to the side of the poisonous scorpion, swung his sword, and cut off its left chelicerae!

"Fizz!"

The poisonous scorpion was severely injured and became frightened. It sprayed a large mouthful of venom at Senior Brother Yin and turned around to escape.

After Senior Brother Yin's body grew bigger, not only did his strength increase greatly, but he also became extremely agile. He dodged and stopped the poisonous scorpion, preventing it from escaping.

The other five people controlled their magic weapons and held the scorpion at the side. Within a quarter of an hour, Brother Yin successfully killed the poisonous scorpion which was distracted by the distraction.

Senior Brother Yin looked at the corpse of the poisonous scorpion on the ground, snorted coldly, and the anger in his heart subsided a little.

After passing through six dangerous places, I finally gained something.

He put away his sword, and his figure turned back into that of a master. The red color in his eyes also faded a little.

At the same time, the round-faced monk from the Zi Yang Sect went deep into the cave and plucked the six Mo Yin mushrooms guarding the poisonous scorpion. At the same time, he removed the monster materials from the poisonous scorpion one by one and put them into the storage bag.

Senior Brother Yin nodded slightly: "Let's go to the next place!"

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the cave.

The remaining five people hurriedly followed, looking at Senior Brother Yin with eyes full of awe.

They knew that Senior Brother Yin was confident that he could deal with a level 2 monster, but they didn't know that he would use such a barbaric and brutal method.

After everyone walked out of the cave, the round-faced monk's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Brother Yin, could it be that the people who killed all the monsters in those five dangerous places were the other brothers in the sect?"

As far as he knew, in addition to Senior Brother Yin, Zi Yang Sect also sent five other disciples who were capable of fighting against level 2 monsters to search for spiritual herbs during this trip to the secret realm.

Senior Brother Yin can fight a poisonous scorpion in hand-to-hand combat, so can the other five also fight against monsters?

Senior Brother Yin was slightly startled when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "I have fought with them before. If they did it, there would definitely be traces left. It must be someone else."

The round-faced monk's expression changed slightly: "Doesn't that mean that, in addition to our sect, there are people in the secret realm who are as powerful as those who have established their foundation?"

The expressions of the other four people all changed, and the two Guiyuan Sect disciples were even more horrified.

They have always believed that only Qi-refining cultivators could enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.

The fact that Zi Yang Sect sent in Brother Yin, a person with strength comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, was beyond their imagination.

Could it be that other sects also have ways to circumvent the restrictions of the secret realm?
Senior Brother Yin sneered, “Don’t worry, Junior Brother Tang. This guy is just walking ahead of us and killed a few Level 2 monsters. Even if he has the strength to build a foundation, with the six of us working together, what is there to be afraid of? Just chase him and kill him!”

When everyone heard this, they remembered the scene where he had just displayed his supernatural power, and they felt relieved and followed Senior Brother Yin forward.

Five hours later, the six people had penetrated nearly a hundred miles into the inner ring.

After coming out of the cave, they never went empty-handed again. Wherever they went, led by Senior Brother Yin, they killed monsters, picked spiritual herbs, and had a rich harvest.

This time, they killed a second-level python monster, took a short breath to recover their magic power, and then continued on their journey to the next dangerous place.

Just as everyone was about to set off, a beam of light flew over from a distance and stopped in front of everyone.

The six people's faces changed drastically. They looked up and saw a young monk with sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes and a lively look. He stood with his hands behind his back, suspended in the air, looked down and said lightly: "Hand over your storage bags!"

(End of this chapter)