Fire Monster

Chapter 359 Strengthening 16 Spirit Ash Shield

Zhao Guanshan only looked at it for a while and knew that this Skull Mountain would definitely be captured by the witchers of Tianlong Taoist Palace.

Because they are really strong. In addition to Mei Xun, the former immortal, there is actually another unknown immortal. In addition, there are four demon hunters with ninth-level spirits, and the rest are all with the weakest fifth-level spirits.

That's it, unstoppable.

So without hesitation, Zhao Guanshan turned around and ran back along the mine he had dug, and hid deep in the mine.

No matter how the fighting goes on outside, he will not interfere, participate, watch or observe.

Soon, a huge roar was heard, followed by a sound like an earthquake, as if the entire mountain was about to collapse.

Very scary.

But Zhao Guanshan remained unmoved, as he knew very well what had caused this. It should be the evil spirit guarding the Skeleton Mountain that had sent out that rotten hundred-foot-tall giant. This thing was running rampant and could actually collapse half of the mountain.

However, he knew very well that the location of this rotten giant did not conflict with his own location at all, so what was there to be afraid of?

Sure enough, this kind of noise lasted for less than half an hour before it became quiet. Then there was an even quieter wait. The fighting and killing between the two sides were so quiet that the sounds could not be heard here at all.

In this way, half a month passed. Seeing that the mine had not been discovered, Zhao Guanshan covered his body with a large shield of spiritual ash, carefully left his body, and went out to investigate the situation.

As expected, this Skull Mountain has been taken over by the Witcher Corps. No one knows whether the evil spirit leader escaped or was killed. None of the spirit soldiers are left, including the spirit miners who were mining in the mountain. The entire Skull Mountain has been transformed into a witcher stronghold.

But what is strange is that the witchers of Tianlong Taoist Palace don't seem to care about those mines, and don't send people to mine them. It may be because mining is too difficult. After all, without spiritual weapons strengthened to +14, there is nothing they can do about the rocks of Skull Mountain.

However, the rotten giant had been smashing away for an hour, and the amount of ash that came down must have been hundreds of thousands of cubic meters. Transporting these ashes back would be a fortune for the Tianlong Taoist Palace.

This thing is hard currency, and it would be a waste to use it to strengthen spiritual soldiers.

Its real purpose is to train new Qi Refiners, to assist and guide mortals to sense the Tao, and thus embark on the path of no return of Qi Refiners.

In addition, building a few statues or something like that would require a huge amount of ashes.

This was exactly the scene that Zhao Guanshan saw when he sneaked out.

Dozens of witchers were on high alert, with three layers of guard inside and outside, and in the middle were hundreds of witchers rubbing rocks with their hands, which was what Zhao Guanshan had done before, using small pieces of rocks to chisel larger pieces of rocks, and through continuous and strong friction, they obtained uniform, high-quality ash.

If you don’t know, you might think this is an ash processing factory.

The ashes produced will be put into ash bags by special personnel, and then packaged. They will then be returned directly to the Taoist temple by special personnel to transport the ashes back. It can be said that this is an one-stop service integrating production, loading and transportation.

If it were in the past, Zhao Guanshan would have wished he was among them. So much ashes, hundreds of thousands of cubic meters, he would have woken up laughing in his dreams.

But now, he could only sigh softly.

He didn't even need to collect evidence or use the karma hourglass to test it, he could be sure that the part of the rock destroyed by the rotten giant should be the area with the most serious karma pollution in this Skeleton Mountain.

And someone must have done something to gather most of the karma here.

When the time is right, we will use some higher-level connections to lure the witcher here, drive the rotten giant crazy, and smash things down with a bang, bringing down the most polluted rocks.

Then, the witchers who occupied this area would be overjoyed to grind these rocks with extremely high karmic pollution into ashes and bring them back to the Taoist temple. If they were used to build a Taoist statue, then the statue would be born with a huge karmic debt from the moment it was successfully built.

If it is used to guide young mortals to embark on the path of cultivation, then these Qi-refining practitioners are born with a huge debt.

"So, it's a joke to think you can get over this. How can you possibly get over this with such a huge debt?"

Zhao Guanshan smiled bitterly in his heart. He couldn't help but think of himself. He had also handled a lot of spiritual ashes in a highly polluted area like this one. It was only because he had taken advantage of the Lihuo Immortal that he was able to resolve this difficulty invisibly.

Even later, the reason why he built the statue of Lihuo Immortal and was able to awaken the memories of Lihuo Immortal in his youth might be related to this.

Otherwise, the one he awakened could not have been the fairy girl in her youth, but the fairy girl who had become a fallen fairy.

Then he should have finished the game a long time ago.

There is no second possibility.

After taking another look at the ash processing factory, Zhao Guanshan quietly retreated. He planned to wait until the people from Tianlong Taoist Palace had processed all the ashes that could be processed and relaxed their vigilance. It would not be too late to leave then.

These witchers are very alert and cunning, especially when it comes to important and huge interests, it is as if their bodies are covered with eyeballs. Maybe there are already secret sentries everywhere outside Skull Mountain.

So, this little time is not a big deal.

This wait lasted for three months.

During this period, Zhao Guanshan's soul left his body several times and found that it was just as he expected. When the spirit ash that could be mined in this Skull Mountain was basically plundered, the witchers' vigilance against this Skull Mountain suddenly dropped sharply. At the peak before, there were nearly 2,000 witchers online to grind spirit ash, but now there are only less than 200 to 300 left.

Once they relax a little, Zhao Guanshan can leave.

However, when he returned to the mine and waited patiently, he measured the karma hourglass and the result surprised him.

Because before, the karmic black air in the mountain stone spirit ashes had reached about four wisps of gray air per cubic meter, but after such a wave of tossing by the demon hunters of Tianlong Taoist Palace, the karmic gray air actually dropped drastically to only one wisp of gray air per cubic meter.

What the hell!
The speed of whitewashing is unprecedented and will never be surpassed.

There was nothing to say. Without any hesitation, Zhao Guanshan took out his purple fire dagger with enhancement +14 and started the silent mining.

I have to say, after strengthening to +14, this purple fire dagger is very sharp. The hard rock is like tender tofu. One cut through it is so sharp that it moistens everything silently.

In addition, considering the future development path and in order to avoid leaving any traces, Zhao Guanshan also deliberately consumed some of his own merits to offset the karmic black energy on the purple fire dagger.

We are upright human beings, and we should mine in an upright manner. The ash ore with such low karmic debt should be mined with a clean mind.

However, due to the lack of control and the fact that the Purple Fire Dagger was too sharp, Zhao Guanshan successfully dug out three thousand cubic meters of spirit ash in just five days and successfully strengthened the spirit ash shield to +15.

It is worth mentioning that after offsetting the original karma black energy of the Spirit Ash Shield, the karma black energy obtained after this strengthening is only one tenth of the original amount.

This is very, very comfortable.

After all, the golden sand of merit is too precious, so the more you save, the better.

As for the blood of immortals, it is very difficult to come across, so Zhao Guanshan did not desire it and just focused on digging spiritual ashes. He used to think that the blood of immortals was the most precious.

Only now do I realize that this kind of ashes, which are almost interest-free loans, are the most fragrant.

To be frank, even if a drop of immortal blood appeared in front of him now, he would remain indifferent. He should hurry up and dig up the ashes, they smell so good.

Another ten days passed, and Zhao Guanshan successfully strengthened the Spirit Ash Shield to +16, and the karmic black energy on it was easily offset.

But just when he was about to continue fighting and try to strengthen the Ash Javelin to +15, as expected, the demon came back.

Zhao Guanshan did not hesitate. While the demon hunters of Tianlong Taoist Palace were fighting desperately with the army of demons, he emerged silently from a crack in the rocks.

Although the chance of him being discovered was not very high if he continued to stay and mine, he felt that it was not necessary to take risks. What if some big shot suddenly wanted to check out this laundered industry?
In the distance, the army of spirits and demons covered the sky and the earth, and there were constant shouts of killing. The Qi cultivators of Tianlong Taoist Palace were actually still very strong, especially since they would not really die, so their strong fighting spirit was comparable to that of a group called players.

Since the alarm of the demonic attack was triggered, two to three thousand demon hunters have entered the Skull Mountain stronghold from the Tianlong Taoist Palace and fought with the demonic army, but there are no scattered immortals...

Zhao Guanshan roughly sensed the battlefield and sneered. He let out his soul and left his body. Holding a large shield of spiritual ash with a +16 enhancement in one hand and his body in the other, he moved out carefully, in other words, dragging his body forward.

This is the safest method.

The Spirit Ash Shield is a spiritual weapon, and it is possible to control it directly with the physical body, but the mental energy consumed is approximately several times that of the spiritual body state.

So it’s better to let your soul leave your body.

The Ash Shield that has been enhanced to +16, in addition to having stronger defense, has the greatest feature of being able to absorb inductive rhythms from any direction.

In other words, its concealment is super awesome.

Even if you look over there, you won't be able to see it. Any high perception cannot penetrate or lock onto this huge shield of spiritual ash.

This was tested by Zhao Guanshan himself. He had also tested it when he was still holding the Imperial Seal Oil Lamp.

This is also one of the reasons why he must prioritize strengthening the Ash Shield.

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan was holding a large shield of spirit ash and dragging the corpse forward on the ground. Above his head were spirit demon flying soldiers flying and shuttling back and forth at a rapid speed.

The demon spirits are not stupid, especially since they are originally transformed from immortal cultivators. How could they be so careless as to not pay attention to the surroundings of the battlefield?
This is the day of autumn harvest, who dares to take it lightly?

However, no demon soldier could discover it.

Zhao Guanshan ran dozens of kilometers smoothly. When he had run hundreds of kilometers, the battle inside Skull Mountain finally ended. The army of spirits and demons crushed the witchers with absolute advantage and regained Skull Mountain.

A large number of demon soldiers and demon miners roared excitedly, took out karma debt pills from their pockets, and rushed forward with a howl. It was time to repay the debt again.

The day of being debt-free seems not far away.

(End of this chapter)