Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 166 Huge Consumption

Instantly, countless wind blades condensed into sharp arrows, which rained down on the monster.

Gao Kuo was not to be outdone. He slashed his longsword with a streak of light and unleashed "Myriad Sword Shadows," sending countless hard objects toward the monster's legs in an attempt to restrict its movements.

Other Nascent Soul stage experts unleashed their respective strategies, unleashing a barrage of spells upon the monster.

The monster showed no fear in the face of being surrounded by the crowd.

Its black scales shimmered with an eerie light, deflecting most attacks.

It swung its spiked club, creating a gust of wind that blew away the incoming wind-blade arrows.

At the same time, it raised its leg and shattered all the tall, broad sword shadows.

Liu Sijun's expression turned solemn as he fully activated the Taixu Mirror, sending out beams of runic light imbued with powerful spiritual energy towards the monster's eyes.

Sensing danger, the monster quickly closed its eyes, and the runic beam struck its eyelids, sending sparks flying.

Taking advantage of the moment the monster closed its eyes, Tong Lei launched another attack.

He poured all his spiritual power into his longsword and unleashed an enhanced version of the "Flaming Dragon Burns the Heavens Technique"—"Flaming Dragon Annihilates the World."

A gigantic fiery dragon roared out from the longsword, its flames burning even more fiercely, charging towards the monster with a world-destroying momentum.

The monster sensed the immense power of the attack. It roared, and its black scales stood up, forming an even stronger defense.

The Fiery Dragon collided with the monster, and the passage was instantly filled with flames.

The high temperature caused the surrounding rocks to begin to melt.

As the flames subsided slightly, everyone was surprised to find that although the monster had suffered some damage, it still stood upright.

Some of its scales were broken, revealing dark red flesh underneath, with blood flowing continuously, but the ferocity in its eyes grew stronger.

Min Rui shouted, "This monster is too tenacious! Everyone, attack together! We can't give it a chance to breathe!"

Hearing Min Rui's shout, everyone roused themselves and launched another attack.

Gu Changzhou channeled the power of the stars and unleashed the advanced move "Star Shattering Slash" – "Star Shattering Shadow Annihilation". Countless tiny star sword energies poured towards the monster like a sky full of stars, each sword energy containing powerful star power, attempting to tear more wounds on the monster.

Min Rui quickly formed hand seals while chanting, "Wind Spirit Shield, Wind Blade Pierces the Heart!"

A massive wind shield appeared before them, blocking any possible counterattack from the monster. At the same time, countless tiny wind blades shot out from the shield, like sharp silver needles, aiming to pierce the monster's wounds and try to aggravate the injury.

Gao Kuo knew that the monster's legs were key to its movement. He once again channeled his late-stage Nascent Soul spiritual power, and the longsword in his hand shone brightly as he unleashed "Sword Controlling Mountains and Rivers." A sword aura containing the power of mountains and rivers slashed towards the monster's legs. This strike concentrated all his power, aiming to completely sever the monster's legs and render it unable to move.

The six Nascent Soul stage experts each used their abilities. One of them gathered the power of lightning in his hands and unleashed "Purple Lightning Illuminates the World," a thick bolt of purple lightning shot out from his hands and struck the monster directly. Another person summoned countless ice spikes and unleashed "Ice Prison Descends," the ice spikes raining down on the monster in an attempt to freeze it.

While continuing to activate the Void Mirror, shooting out runic beams to disrupt the monster's vision, Liu Sijun quickly retrieved several pills from her mustard seed. These pills contained powerful spiritual energy. She tossed them into the air, using her spiritual energy to crush them, transforming them into a mist of spiritual energy that spread throughout the passage, helping everyone recover their spiritual energy to prepare for the even more intense battle to come. Facing the group's relentless onslaught, the monster roared in fury.

It brandished its spiked club, trying to fend off the barrage of attacks, but its movements became noticeably slower due to multiple injuries.

Although the spiked club could block some attacks, many sword energies, wind blades, lightning, and ice spikes still struck its body. The tall and broad "Sword Controlling Mountains and Rivers" sword energy slashed heavily on the monster's leg. With a "crack," the scales on the monster's leg were cut off, revealing the bare white bone. The monster cried out in pain and knelt on one knee.

However, the ferocity in its eyes intensified, and it endured the pain, plunging its spiked club into the ground to support its body. Then, it suddenly shook its head, spitting out a stream of green venom towards the group.

Seeing this, Tong Lei quickly plunged his longsword into the ground, formed hand seals, and shouted, "Flame Wall Guard!" A huge wall of flames instantly rose up, blocking the venom.

The venom splattered onto the wall of flames, making a hissing sound and producing a large amount of poisonous mist.

Gu Changzhou seized the opportunity, his figure flashed, and he appeared in front of the monster like a ghost. The sword in his hand shone brightly, and he unleashed "Star Return to One," his strongest attack that combined the power of the stars. A huge star sword aura condensed and took shape, carrying a world-destroying momentum, and slashed towards the monster's neck.

At the same time, Liu Sijun saw that the monster could not dodge in time, and activated the Taixu Mirror with all his might. A huge beam of light containing the power of purification shot out from the mirror and struck the monster's neck together with the Star Sword Qi.

The monster let out a shrill scream, its scales shattered, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Under the combined attack of everyone, the monster's body began to sway and finally collapsed to the ground, turning into a cloud of black smoke and dissipating into the air.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But they knew that the dangers deep within the Burial Valley were far more than that; each of the many obstacles set up by the Mysterious Hall could be fatal.

"Everyone, check yourselves to see if you are injured."

As Gu Changzhou spoke, he checked his spiritual energy depletion.

Although they successfully defeated the monster, everyone was greatly exhausted in the battle.

Liu Sijun's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and her face was slightly pale. Casting the powerful spell of the Taixu Mirror was quite a burden for her.

However, she still mustered her spirits and said, "I have some pills here to restore spiritual energy. Everyone take one and recover as soon as possible."

As she spoke, she took out pills from the mustard seed again and distributed them to everyone.

After taking the pills, everyone circulated their spiritual energy to accelerate the absorption of the medicinal effects.

After a short while, everyone's complexion improved significantly, and their spiritual energy also recovered.

"Let's keep going. We don't know what dangers we'll encounter ahead." Tong Lei gripped his long sword tightly, his eyes resolute.

The group continued deeper into the passage, and as they went, the passage gradually widened, and strange reliefs began to appear on the surrounding walls.

The reliefs depict various mysterious patterns and ancient war scenes, as if telling a little-known story.