Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 150 Fierce Battle Against a Second-Tier Monster

Meanwhile, the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" shone even brighter, as if it was still resentful that it had failed to cut through the giant tortoise's shell with a single strike.

If Li Yunjing hadn't gripped the sword hilt, it would have flown out on its own, vowing not to return until it had killed its opponent!

Sensing the sword's anger, Li Yunjing was startled and quickly gripped the hilt, using his divine sense to calm it down.

Li Yunjing absolutely cannot let the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" fly away like that!
A spiritual artifact is not a magic weapon after all. It only has a vague consciousness, and the power that it has nurtured in daily life is not enough to fight itself for a long time!

If the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" were to be exhausted, Li Yunjing would have no way to restore the sword to its current power.

After all, his magical power was too low to fully activate the full power of the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword".

Without the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword," it's like a tiger without teeth.

In such a dangerous place as the "Youlan Mountains", how could Li Yunjing dare to lose his ultimate weapon?
"Your tortoise shell is impenetrable! I refuse to believe that your head and limbs can withstand the power of my spiritual sword!"

Li Yunjing steadied himself, mobilized his magical power, and swallowed several "Qi-replenishing pills." He mustered his strength, changed direction, and once again fiercely slashed with the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword."

However, this time, Li Yunjing learned his lesson and refused to confront the giant tortoise head-on!

As he approached the giant tortoise, he paused, causing the tortoise's impact to miss its mark.

Taking advantage of the giant tortoise's momentary lapse in attention, Li Yunjing, holding his sword with both hands, plunged the sharp blade into the tortoise's head with a "whoosh."

As expected, the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" easily pierced the head of the second-tier demon beast!

Second-tier monsters possess human-level intelligence, but only at the level of human intelligence, not at the level of elite humans!

The second-tier giant tortoise was more than ten times stronger than Li Yunjing, but it was no match for Li Yunjing's tactical prowess.

The giant tortoise's strength was no match for its wisdom.

The reason why the human race was able to stand out from thousands of other races is because of its intelligence.

If it were only based on physical strength, the human race would never be able to stand at the top of the food chain among all races.

Li Yunjing possesses immense strength and unparalleled intelligence, which is the key to defeating the giant tortoise.

Although the giant tortoise in front of them possessed intelligence, it was far inferior to a human prodigy like Li Yunjing.

However, the giant tortoise was incredibly powerful. Although Li Yunjing had severely injured it, killing it completely was not an easy task.

"Ho~~~"

A series of painful cries rang out, and the giant tortoise roared. A stream of tortoise blood shot out with a "hiss" and shot into the air from the river!
The giant tortoise, in pain, writhed and rolled in the river, trying to throw Li Yunjing and his "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" out of the water.

"Heh heh! You beast! You think you can just throw me off like that? Not so easy!"

Li Yunjing clung tightly to the hilt of the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword," and no matter how much the giant turtle thrashed about in the river, it couldn't shake him off.

Li Yunjing even had the energy to keep urging the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" to unleash its emerald green sword energy, stirring up the giant skull and destroying its life force.

In just a moment, the surrounding river water was stained blood red, and the stench of blood in the river became even stronger!
Many river creatures sensed the giant turtle's ferocious aura and fled, not daring to approach within a ten-mile radius.

The giant tortoise was enormous, possessed boundless strength, and had an indomitable vitality. Even when faced with the fatal blow of the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword," the giant tortoise did not die. Instead, in pain, it became even more frenzied, roaring repeatedly.

Seeing that it couldn't shake off Li Yunjing, the giant tortoise finally regained a sliver of reason and spewed out a barrage of innate divine abilities, with endless water arrows flying out from all around it.

All the water arrows, controlled by his divine will, changed direction and shot towards Li Yunjing.

"That beast is amazing!"

Li Yunjing shouted and pushed his magic power to the limit, forcing him to pull the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" off the giant tortoise's head.

Li Yunjing took a step back and landed on the giant tortoise's shell instead of its head.

That "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" is extremely powerful. It is originally a top-tier water-type spiritual sword. In the water, it transforms into a stream of light, dancing so tightly that it is impenetrable, constantly slashing away at the water arrow attacks.

No matter how strong the giant tortoise's innate abilities are, it cannot harm Li Yunjing in the slightest when facing a top-grade spiritual weapon!
At this moment, Li Yunjing secretly rejoiced, realizing that if he hadn't possessed such a magical artifact, he would have been no match for this beast.

To defeat this tortoise, it would probably be necessary to waste a "Divine Thunderbolt".

Such trump cards are rare, and Li Yunjing is reluctant to use them. He doesn't want to waste any forbidden artifacts if he has the chance to fight his opponent!
At this moment, the giant tortoise broke free from Li Yunjing's sword, shook its head, turned around, and charged at Li Yunjing again like a ferocious demon.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Another barrage of water arrows rained down from the sky!

This time, the giant tortoise didn't seem to intend to kill Li Yunjing with water arrows. Instead, it placed the water arrows around Li Yunjing, reducing his range of movement, while its main body crushed towards Li Yunjing!

On the giant tortoise's head, its eyes flashed with hatred. Suddenly, its neck stretched out like lightning, shooting forward ten feet, its sharp teeth about to bite Li Yunjing and swallow him whole!
That gaping maw could easily swallow an elephant whole.

The gaping maw contained sharp, gleaming teeth, as long as ivory and incredibly razor-sharp.

If Li Yunjing were bitten, he would surely die!

"That giant tortoise's head popped out, and it was moving so fast!"

Li Yunjing was startled. Ignoring the water arrows that had injured him, he continued to retreat. At the same time, a flash of light appeared on his left hand, and a "Gui Water Divine Thunder" was suddenly formed and thrown directly into the giant tortoise's mouth.

"Crack!"

The giant tortoise bit down on the "Gui Water Divine Thunder," and with a "boom," half of its head was blown off!
This second-tier giant tortoise suddenly became completely still!
Like cultivators, demonic beasts can only escape their calamity by releasing their divine souls once they advance to the third rank and reach the Golden Core realm.

Those at the second or Foundation Establishment stage cannot escape their souls; if their physical body dies, their consciousness will also dissipate.

"what……"

Li Yunjing screamed as he killed the giant tortoise, only to be hit repeatedly by water arrows from behind.

Although they couldn't break his low-grade spiritual artifact robe, the blunt force was like a series of iron hammers, slamming hard into his back, causing Li Yunjing to vomit blood repeatedly.

The giant skull in front of him was blasted open by the "Gui Water Divine Thunder," with skull and flesh flying everywhere.

The force was immense, striking Li Yunjing and causing him extreme pain!

"Beep!"

Li Yunjing stumbled backward and landed hard on the turtle's back.

"call……"

With the enemy gone, Li Yunjing sat on the turtle's back and let out a long sigh of relief.

Without daring to rest, Li Yunjing took a few pills and regulated his qi and blood slightly before quickly standing up.

"Shhhhh..."

Seeing that the giant tortoise was dead, Li Yunjing disregarded the injury on his back and used his "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" to attack the limbs and head exposed outside the tortoise shell.

Those thick limbs were extremely hard, and the old skin on them was like armor!
These are all excellent materials for refining magical artifacts!

Li Yunjing slashed with his sword, targeting a single spot, and after ten strikes, he finally severed one of the front legs.

"receive!"

Li Yunjing held up a "treasure pouch," and with a surge of his magic, the foreleg flew up and was put into the "treasure pouch."

With the first leg secured, things became much easier. Li Yunjing vigorously wielded the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword," gradually severing the other forelimb, both hind limbs, along with the head and neck.

This whole fuss took Li Yunjing a full fifteen minutes.

The giant tortoise's limbs and head were cut off, and the blood had stained the river red.

Smelling the pungent fishy smell, Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief. After a quick search of the surroundings, finding nothing amiss, he began the most arduous task.

That's the shell of the giant tortoise that was dissected!

This tortoise shell is too large; if it isn't disassembled, Li Yunjing's "treasure bag" won't be able to hold it.

At this moment, Li Yunjing was very fortunate that he had five "treasure pouches" and more than a dozen storage bags on him.

This is a high-quality second-tier demon turtle. Its flesh, shell, bones, teeth, and claws are all invaluable treasures that can be used to forge magical artifacts!

The tortoise shell was extremely difficult to dissect. The "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" was inserted into the gap between the flesh and the tortoise shell, cutting it bit by bit. It was only with great difficulty that the flesh and the tortoise shell were separated.

Flesh, bones, and internal organs were easy to handle; they were slowly cut into small pieces and collected.

But that huge tortoise shell is troublesome.

This thing was too hard, so Li Yunjing had no choice but to use the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" as a saw to grind it bit by bit. It took him three hours to break the tortoise shell into small pieces.

It took a full four hours to fight the giant tortoise and dismantle it.

Li Yunjing had filled two "treasure bags" to the brim before he had collected everything from the giant tortoise.

This giant tortoise was quite old, and every part of it was valuable; Li Yunjing couldn't bear to waste a single drop. The only regret was that most of the tortoise's blood flowed into the river during the struggle and decomposition, drifting away with the current.

However, there's nothing we can do about it!
These four hours were far from peaceful.

The thick, pungent smell of blood attracted countless aquatic monsters.

Upon seeing the giant tortoise's enormous corpse, the demonic beasts launched a frenzied attack on Li Yunjing.

Therefore, Li Yunjing activated five more "Gui Water Divine Thunders" in succession, which finally dispersed these attacks.

In this battle, Li Yunjing probably killed several thousand monsters in the river.

Fortunately, most of the aquatic monsters were only recently transformed into demon beasts.

Many demonic beasts are not even of the middle or high level of the first rank; otherwise, Li Yunjing would not have been able to collect the giant tortoise's corpse so easily.

Li Yunjing did not collect the corpses that were blasted apart by the "Gui Water Divine Thunder". Those aquatic monsters were too low-level to be of any use.

In the past, the only use for these aquatic creatures was to catch them alive and use them as a dish.

Now that it's all in pieces, it has even less value.

In fact, Li Yunjing was already aware of the situation where he was suddenly attacked by countless monsters.

A monster like the second-tier giant tortoise is definitely the overlord of this river area.

Within its territory, it certainly wouldn't allow other powerful creatures to approach.

In this way, after the giant tortoise dies, it will not attract other second-tier monsters for a short period of time.

However, those demons who had once attached themselves to the giant tortoise saw a good opportunity and wanted to drive away Li Yunjing, devour the giant tortoise's flesh and blood, hoping to evolve to a higher level.

This allowed Li Yunjing to retaliate with "Gui Water Divine Thunder," wiping out all the first-tier demons in the nearby river area.

Having resolved the problem in the water, Li Yunjing quickly swam to the other side of the river.

He felt much more at ease once he reached the shore.

Li Yunjing looked around. The riverbank was lush and green, with tall trees everywhere. After the rain, the forest was full of the sounds of insects and birds, teeming with life.

In the sky, a rainbow of seven colors pierced through the void and extended to the deepest part of the "Youlan Mountains".

"According to the map, we'll reach our destination in about five miles!"

Li Yunjing emerged from the river, his entire body enveloped in a scorching heat.

Before long, all the moisture on Li Yunjing's body evaporated, and he became clean and refreshed again, without any water stains.

Following the map's directions, Li Yunjing soon found a sheer cliff.

The cliffs stretch for miles, like a giant wall, blocking the way.

This cliff was thousands of feet high, and Li Yunjing could only look up to the middle of it. As for what was above the cliff, he had no idea.

Li Yunjing did not choose to fly up, but instead followed the cliff to observe it closely. Before long, he made a discovery.

"found it!"

Li Yunjing murmured to himself, a hint of joy in his voice.

Li Yunjing walked along the steep cliff for a mile and found something unusual on a cliff face.

Li Yunjing, leaning against the cliff face, looked at a crevice in the cliff and confirmed that it was a passage carved out by man.

Standing in front of the passage, Li Yunjing saw that it was only three feet wide and seven feet high, a mere speck of dust compared to the massive cliff.

If Li Yunjing hadn't had Cong Rujin's map as a clue, he wouldn't have been able to find such a tiny gap.

Especially since there are some flower bushes around this passage, it is even more difficult to be discovered.

It was barely wide enough for one person to pass through. This place was extremely remote. Li Yunjing was amazed at who had the patience to open up such a passage.

Cong Rujin confessed that he did not create the passage; rather, he came here by chance and saw the crevice.

Even Cong Rujin didn't know who found this place and opened up this road.

Without any hesitation, Li Yunjing, fully alert, entered the crevice and walked a full hundred feet before passing through the cliff.

Just as Cong Rujin had said, there was a hidden paradise at the end of the cliff passage.

Behind the cliff is a small valley about 300 feet in diameter.

"Boom!"

Thunderous sounds occasionally erupted from this small valley.

Every now and then, without any warning, streaks of azure lightning would erupt from the ground of the valley.

Li Yunjing looked around and saw piles of rubble everywhere on the ground!
The valley was filled with scorched earth and deep pits.

These were all formed by being struck by lightning.

Within a radius of 300 feet, there were more than 100 "Thunderstones" that emitted lightning.

The smaller ones are the size of a fist, while the larger ones are so big that one person cannot wrap their arms around them.

Especially in the very center, there is a "Thunderstone" that is three zhang in size.

There was a blue light and rolling thunderous sound coming from this giant rock.

This small valley, hidden among towering cliffs, could even be called a miniature thunderstone mine.

After observing from a distance, Li Yunjing realized that this place was indeed very dangerous.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck!
There were absolutely no warning signs!
No wonder Cong Rujin dared not venture deeper into the area, only picking up a "Thunderstone" on the outermost edge before leaving.

The danger here is indeed such that it is not a place that cultivators without the "Thunder Spirit Root" should venture into.

Others who come here, looking at Baoshan, are helpless, but for Li Yunjing, it's no problem at all.

This place is not a dangerous place, but rather his paradise.

Li Yunjing strode into the valley, grabbed a "Thunderstone" and put it into his "Treasure Pouch".

"Crack!"

An arc of electricity exploded on Li Yunjing's body, but it did not cause him any discomfort. Instead, a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"That feels so good! Keep it up! The electric arcs here aren't as comfortable as the thunder from the heavens!"

Li Yunjing chuckled and, with a swift and powerful stride, collected one "Thunderstone" after another into his pocket.

This valley is not large, only three hundred feet wide.

Li Yunjing moved extremely quickly, and soon collected all the "Thunderstones" in the surrounding area, leaving only the three-zhang-long boulder in the center of the valley.

"Boom!"

Just as Li Yunjing was about to approach the center, a bolt of lightning exploded from the boulder!

This bolt of lightning, extremely powerful and yang, illuminated the entire valley in a blue light. Li Yunjing subconsciously covered his eyes with his sleeve.

It was so bright, so dazzling, that even a Qi Refining cultivator would be blinded by the light.

"Something's wrong!"

Li Yunjing's expression turned serious. He slowly stepped back, moving three zhang away from the central boulder!
Based on Li Yunjing's experience dealing with thunder, the thunderous power erupting from this "Thunderstone" was no weaker than ordinary thunder, and it also exuded a peculiar earthly evil aura, making Li Yunjing dare not take it.

"The Five Elements of Heaven and Earth! Commanding All Thunder!"

After thinking it over, Li Yunjing was still unwilling to give up. He activated the "Five Thunder Orthodox Method" and used the technique of controlling thunder to forcefully grab the "Heavenly Thunder Stone"!

"Boom!"

The "Heavenly Thunder Stone" seemed to have come to life, immediately unleashing a bolt of lightning to counterattack Li Yunjing.

"hiss……"

Seeing his fair and delicate hands scorched by lightning, Li Yunjing couldn't help but gasp.

This is the second time he has been injured by lightning!

(End of this chapter)