Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 277 Aoki Never Dies
In the sky, the aura belonging to Dao Foundation cultivators was being displayed without restraint.

Above the herb garden, the vine sea seemed to have suffered a heavy blow, its center caved in, but it was ultimately not pierced through.

With a whoosh, the vines regenerated, and Aoki Lei, with a burly figure resembling a strong man, materialized from them.

Seeing this scene, a look of solemnity flashed in Crocodile Abyss's eyes above the Black Water.

"This old ghost seems stronger than before. Could it be that he has broken through?"

With a glint of light in his eyes, Crocodile Abyss tried to see through Aoki Lei.

He charged forward with full force, and his attack just now was completely unrestrained, but unexpectedly, Aoki Lei blocked it so easily.

However, he wasn't too worried. His Dao Foundation was good at offense, while Qingmu Lei was good at self-preservation. Even if his cultivation improved, he couldn't do anything to it, not to mention that it had a backup plan.

"I'd like to see just how strong you are."

With his killing intent still burning, Crocodile Abyss opened his mouth and spat out a black, shiny pearl the size of a human head. This was a low-grade spiritual artifact, the Heavy Water Pearl.

"Covered in heavy water."

Empowered by a spiritual artifact, Crocodile Abyss unleashed his most proficient spiritual technique.

In the next instant, the black water surged and transformed into a rushing river, coiling around its body like a serpent, flowing endlessly.

During this process, its body collided further, and its strength surged.

"kill!"

Feeling his own power, fearless and undaunted, Crocodile Abyss pounced directly on Aoki Lei.

Seeing this, Aoki Lei's expression turned solemn, and he once again swung his withered vine staff.

With a whoosh, the vine sea surged and, influenced by Aoki Lei, thousands of vines curled up and coiled towards Crocodile Abyss, trying to bind it. However, this was of no use. No matter how the vine sea changed, Crocodile Abyss just charged around wildly.

At this moment, every move it makes has the power to shake mountains, and it is not something that those vines can restrain.

"Old ghost Aoki, hurry up and use whatever tricks you have, or you won't have another chance."

As he raged through the vine sea, Crocodile Abyss looked at Aoki Lei with a ferocious smile on his face.

Seeing this, Aoki Lei was not surprised. He had fought Crocodile Abyss many times and was familiar with Crocodile Abyss's methods.

"Crocodile Abyss, let's stay here for today."

With a thought, Qingmu Lei activated the power of his Dao Foundation.

At that very moment, his full head of green hair flew about, spreading out like threads and falling into the herb garden below.

Ah! One scream after another rang out. As strands of emerald green hair fell, the cultivators of the Qingmu family were all drained of their life force and turned into dried corpses. This was the Qingmu family's forbidden secret technique, "Green Vine Life Stealing".

In order to truly preserve Crocodile Abyss, Qingmu Lei treated all the Qingmu family cultivators left in the Spirit Herb Garden as sacrifices.

As the Green Vine Life-Taking Technique was activated, Qingmu Lei's aura suddenly surged.

"die!"

With bloodshot eyes, Aoki Lei slammed his withered vine staff down heavily.

At this moment, the power of the magical artifact was fully restored, and the vine sea underwent a new transformation, rising like a tidal wave before closing in from both sides, attempting to bury Crocodile Abyss within. At this time, the vine sea possessed not only vigorous vitality but also a strange death aura that could steal life force—this was the blessing of the withered vine staff.

Sensing this change, Crocodile Abyss's expression shifted slightly, but he wasn't too alarmed.

"Old Ghost Aoki actually used such a secret technique; he's really ruthless."

"Spiritualization, Explosion."

Drawing upon the power of his Dao Foundation and entering a state of spiritual transformation, Crocodile Abyss immediately activated another transformation of the Heavy Water Enveloping His Body. In the next instant, spiritual energy surged, the Heavy Water enveloping his body exploded, and terrifying power swept in all directions, instantly tearing apart the waves of the vine sea, and the dark sky was instantly illuminated.

However, at this moment, pure white vines spread out, weaving into a net that enveloped and blocked the location of Crocodile Abyss, preventing him from escaping for the time being.

"Azure Vine Binds the Spirit".

With his green hair flying and strange patterns spreading around his body, Qingmu Lei also entered a spiritual state and unleashed the killing move he had been preparing for a long time.

Roaring repeatedly, Crocodile Abyss struggled frantically as he felt his connection with heaven and earth being severed. The Azure Wood Clan's Azure Vine Binding Spirit had the wondrous ability to sever the connection between cultivators and heaven and earth, which was quite mysterious.

Originally, breaking this technique wouldn't have been difficult, since its biggest weakness was that its own suppressive power wasn't strong enough, making it easy to break free and often only able to block the target for a very short time. However, the appearance of the Jade Bone Vine made this spiritual technique exceptionally troublesome. The two merged, forming a cage.

“Crocodile Abyss, Qinghua should have already advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, but it seems to have its own ideas.”

Sensing the weakening aura emanating from Crocodile Abyss, a smile finally appeared on Aoki Lei's rugged face.

He had been staying at home and making concessions repeatedly, but he noticed something strange about Crocodile Abyss's actions and suspected that Qinghua had already established a foundation for the Dao. However, the news that came from Qingyuan County later gave him an opportunity.

That's why he went with the flow this time. Although he didn't know what kind of conflict had arisen between E Yuan and Qing Hua, this was indeed his opportunity. Once E Yuan and Qing Hua reached an agreement and truly joined forces, he would be in trouble.

He wanted to take this opportunity to cripple, or even kill, Crocodile Abyss and completely resolve the crisis.

"Kill withered tree!"

Seeing that Crocodile Abyss was about to fall from its spiritual state, Qingmu Lei seized this moment and swung his withered vine staff, unleashing his final killing move.

At that moment, the spiritual energy within his body surged and poured wildly into the withered vine staff.

As the emerald light burst forth, the withered vine staff transformed, turning into three intertwined withered vines that spread out like a long spear, piercing towards the Crocodile Abyss with extreme sharpness.

Once it tears through Crocodile Abyss's defenses and successfully takes root inside, the withered vine staff will drain Crocodile Abyss dry.

"Qu Shize, what are you waiting for..."

Falling from his spiritual state, with life and death looming, Crocodile Abyss immediately let out a roar.

At that moment, a dark, spiritual light flashed, and a sudden water-splitting thorn appeared in front of Qingmu Lei.

"Crocodile Abyss's true ally is not Qinghua, but the Qu family. I've been deceived..."

Realizing something was wrong, Aoki Lei frantically channeled his power, trying to mount a defense.

Unfortunately, his strength was almost exhausted at this moment, and he was at his weakest. In addition, the water-splitting spike came too suddenly, and he was unable to make any effective defense.

The next instant, a strange power descended, and the Water-Splitting Thorn instantly tore through Qingmu Lei's body, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Seeing this, Qu Shize, who was hiding in the shadows, revealed a smug smile. This was a classic case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

"Fellow Daoist, you are in a bit too hasty."

With a smile on his face, Qu Shize turned his gaze to Crocodile Abyss, a dark light flashing in his eyes.

Because of Aoki Lei's death, Crocodile Abyss escaped with its life, but it still suffered serious injuries.

Sensing Qu Shize's gaze, E Yuan said nothing, but immediately summoned the Black Water to protect himself and silently moved away from Qu Shize.

Just as the atmosphere between Crocodile Abyss and Qu Shize became delicate, the Jade Bone Vine grew wildly, and under its influence, Qing Mu Lei's originally shattered body was pieced back together.

"I will remember this grudge against the Qu family."

With a contorted face and without turning his head, Aoki Lei vanished into the jungle.

Noticing this change, Qu Shize's expression shifted slightly, and he tried to stop it, but it was too late.

(End of this chapter)