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Chapter 272 "The Insect Demon's Scheme" - A Step Higher [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Who are you trying to scare with this act!"

Feng Zhitao raised an eyebrow and pointed her hand towards the void.

Yun Qianzai instantly closed the formation, exposing an empty space for Feng Zhitao to cast spells. The two of them had worked together many times, so their tacit understanding was beyond question.

But then a bolt of purple lightning struck down from the sky.

Ji Yuan glanced at it roughly and realized it should be enough for him to refine his body!

But he couldn't just take it head-on. Just as he was thinking of throwing out the Dragon Beard Shield, he saw the formation change.

A column of water appeared in the rain, caught the purple lightning, and then transmitted the lightning outside the formation.

Conductive?

As expected of Yun Qianzai!

Before Ji Yuan could even be surprised, a giant fire phoenix, nearly ten meters tall, was already gathering and reforming in front of Feng Zhi Tao.

She whispered, "Go!"

Immediately, the fire phoenix flapped its wings and flew straight toward the Xuan Turtle Immortal in the distance.

On the surface, she still appears to be in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but in reality, she is already at the peak of Foundation Establishment. When she makes a move, it is earth-shattering.

The flames swept around, illuminating the dark night.

The Foundation Establishment elders who were originally escorting their ancestor were terrified and fled in panic when they saw the sect leader die and the ancestor rise from the dead. Now, seeing such a powerful fire spell coming towards them, they were already fleeing in panic.

Ji Yuan didn't move, but his divine sense was firmly locked onto the Xuan Turtle True Man opposite him.

He had just stretched and then casually flicked his sleeves, when nearly ten black lines immediately appeared behind him.

Each black line landed steadily on an elder.

Immediately, the elders stood upright as if frozen in place.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream before he became motionless... His breath rapidly declined, but then the old man's aura quickly increased.

In an instant, he transformed from a corpse with no cultivation into a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

But the speed didn't stop, and the cultivation aura rose extremely rapidly.

Mid-game, late-game, peak...

He then took a leap into the Core Formation Realm!

The Golden Elixir in a Single Thought!

The change came too quickly, and Ran Kui followed up with a fierce attack.

He knew that if he didn't sever these dark threads, the Xuan Turtle Immortal who had been resurrected from the dead would likely continue to grow stronger.

He held a halberd and transformed into a beam of light.

In the blink of an eye, he had already passed through the numerous black lines.

He brandished his halberd, leaving a trail of light blue tornado amidst the numerous black lines.

Ji Yuan felt that if he were to fall into the trap of a Core Formation cultivator's full-force spell, he would at least have to use a talisman.

Or perhaps one would have to use the protective scale armor given by the sect to have any chance of blocking it.

But now?

The numerous black lines remained completely still and unaffected by the water jet.

Oh no, a few of the more distant black lines swayed gently, as if a breeze had blown by.

Ran Kui, who had passed through the black line, looked back and was also somewhat incredulous at the scene before him.

He stood still, flicked his right hand, and threw out a three-bladed ring-shaped throwing knife.

The throwing knife transformed into a snow-white arc of light, slicing through the numerous black lines once more.

But the result?

The throwing knife was intact, as was the black line...

It continued to absorb the spiritual energy from those Foundation Establishment elders.

Ran Kui reacted quickly, throwing the knife out of his hand and then again.

Since we can't sever this black thread, let's just kill those Foundation Establishment elders to pieces first!

Immediately, a thought flashed through his mind, and countless dense water arrows condensed behind him.

He made a hand seal with his left hand and held it upright in front of him, then waved it forward.

Thousands of water arrows pierced the night sky, heading straight for the Foundation Establishment elders.

He was fast, but the Mysterious Turtle Immortal was even faster.

Just as predicted, the black lines behind Xuan Turtle Master trembled slightly.

Immediately, the corpses of these Foundation Establishment elders vanished into thin air, leaving only a black line piercing straight into the void.

The throwing knife missed its target, and so did the water arrow.

The current situation is that even though they know the corpses of those Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are lying there, they just can't hit them!

Ji Yuan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets... What the hell kind of technique is this?

Could it enable an ordinary person to attain the Golden Elixir with a single thought?

No way!

Moreover, its defensive capabilities are so outrageous that even a Core Formation cultivator couldn't stop it with all their might.

Once True Man Xuangui reaches the Golden Core stage again, Feng Zhitao's Foundation Establishment peak techniques will become somewhat inadequate.

The Mysterious Turtle Immortal reached out and gently pressed down on the fire phoenix's head.

The once mighty fire phoenix was transformed into an obedient pet in his hands.

The fire phoenix's size is shrinking rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, the fire phoenix shrank to the size of a palm, and was finally gently squeezed by the Xuan Turtle Immortal.

The fire phoenix transformed into a tiny flame and vanished.

"Interesting, but not much."

Master Xuangui clapped his hands casually, then straightened his slightly hunched back.

The black lines that originally connected those Foundation Establishment elders did not break; instead, they grew even thicker.

Even without seeing the corpses of those Foundation Establishment elders, Ji Yuan could imagine what the situation would be like.

Their bodies must have shriveled up at an extremely rapid pace.

The spiritual energy, essence, and blood energy all vanished.

Xuan Gui Zhenren's body gradually straightened, and his aura rose to another level.

Golden Core... Mid-stage!

However, after reaching the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, those black lines gradually weakened until they disappeared completely and were eventually absorbed into his body.

"What a pity, he's still a good-for-nothing after all."

The Xuan Turtle True Man, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, sensed the condition of his body and said with extreme disdain.

After saying that, he looked at Ran Kui with a resentful gaze.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ended up on this dead man."

Ran Kui brandished his halberd, stirring up countless spiritual lights, and said calmly:

"Don't worry, death is your final resting place."

Master Xuangui scoffed and didn't argue with him.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan knew that this old devil was probably not easy to deal with, because... he didn't talk much!

But then he noticed that the Xuan Turtle Immortal's gaze had fallen on him.

...No, why are you staring at me?!

"Heh, of course, you cunning brat deserve even more damnation. If you hadn't planned to wait three days before making your move, how would Li Yuan have noticed anything amiss?"

"If he hadn't noticed anything amiss, why would he have used this formation to warn you?"

The old man with the black tortoise shook his head. "It's all because of you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Ji Yuan didn't speak, but silently took half a step back.

He worried that he had attracted too much hatred, and that the old devil would target him specifically to kill him.

As for running away... there's the Black Dragon Island's protective formation blocking our way from the outside, and this old demon dragging us away from the inside.

Want to run?

If you don't solve one of them, you can't escape it at all.

Moreover, even if the formation is broken, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator would have nowhere to run if they were to chase after you.

"You are not a Xuan Turtle."

Yun Qianzai suddenly spoke up, then asked in a confident tone, "Who are you?"

"A black tortoise?"

The old man sneered again, "If anyone dared to attribute that bastard's name to me, I would probably drag out his ancestors for eighteen generations and thoroughly humiliate them!"

"You're from the Commercial Court!"

Ji Yuan, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke.

"Um?"

The old man raised his head, and once his expression changed, it was a mocking smile.

"The Commercial Court? Ha, what's the Commercial Court? Doesn't it still come to me for help?"

After speaking, he, who was not very tall, glanced at the four people with a disdainful look.

"I never change my name or surname; everyone calls me... the Old Demon Who Crosses the Sea!"

After saying this, the old demon who crossed the sea began to laugh "hehehe".

...The Old Demon Who Crossed the Sea?

Ji Yuan recalled the memories in his mind, but he had never heard of this person. Before he could ask, the voice transmissions of his other senior brothers and sisters rang in his mind.

"Never heard of it."

"Never heard of it."

"I don't know where it came from."

"..."

As the old demon of crossing the sea laughed, a figure suddenly flashed through Ji Yuan's divine sense. He had barely caught a glimpse of it when the figure stopped right in front of the old demon of crossing the sea.

It was a hyena-like monster, covered in fine black scales, with blood-red eyes and a pure white vertical eye between its brows.

The monster's two front legs were slightly bent, its hind legs were stationary, and its mouth was grimacing, as if it was about to attack at the slightest provocation.

"The Three-Eyed Dark Beast... it was actually raised by that old demon who crossed the sea!"

Ji Yuan heard Feng Zhi Tao's voice transmission in his mind.

Looking at the white vertical eye between the three-eyed dark beast's brows, Ji Yuan couldn't help but think back to his time on Icefire Island... Back then, when he was having a banquet and chatting with the old man in the dragon robe, the old man had mentioned his experience of slaying the three-eyed dark beast.

He said the only weakness of the Three-Eyed Dark Beast was the white vertical eye between its eyebrows.

Besides that, hitting it anywhere on its body has little effect.

Unless there is a huge difference in cultivation level, and you can kill it with one blow... otherwise, you have to start with the vertical eye between its eyebrows, which happens to be the strongest point of attack for this three-eyed dark beast.

It emitted a beam of extremely high temperature from the vertical eye between its eyebrows, with astonishing destructive power. At the same cultivation level, almost no one could withstand it.

After learning about the three-eyed dark beast, Ji Yuan pondered it carefully.

After much thought, he realized that he had something on him that could perfectly counter the three-eyed dark beast: the Soul-Devouring Bee!

These things are densely packed, making them extremely useful for attacking such small areas. Moreover, the Three-Eyed Dark Beast is fast, and the Soul-Devouring Bees are equally fast for short distances.

Even if the Three-Eyed Dark Beast uses the power of its vertical eye between its eyebrows, the Soul-Devouring Bees can scatter to avoid it.

Even if some Soul-Eating Bees are hit due to bad luck, the vast majority will be fine.

Seeing this, Ran Kui, who was closest to the camera, began to devise a countermeasure. He transmitted his voice and said:

"I'll hold this old demon back for a while. Second brother, you break the protective formation of Black Dragon Island first. Third brother, I'll leave the Three-Eyed Dark Beast to you. Fourth brother... you're not strong enough, so act when the opportunity arises. You also know formations, so see if you can help third brother."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yuan immediately sent a message to his senior brothers and sisters.

"Give me the Three-Eyed Dark Sword. I have a way to deal with it. Third Senior Sister, do you think you can help Senior Brother?"

"What? Junior Brother, you..."

Feng Zhitao was quite surprised to hear that Ji Yuan was going to deal with the Three-Eyed Dark Beast alone.

Before she could finish speaking, Ji Yuan interrupted her, simply saying three words.

"Believe me."

Because... the Old Demon Crossing the Sea has made his move!

His first move was aimed directly at Ran Kui, who was closest to him. He leaped up from the dragon-shaped carriage and instantly transformed into billowing black smoke, which swept over Ran Kui.

At the same time, streaks of purple lightning crashed down from the sky.

"Oh!"

Ran Kui chuckled and charged forward, brandishing his halberd. A light blue screen appeared around him, shielding him from the divine lightning bolts.

Holding the array plate, Yun Qianzai rode his flying boat up into the sky, his body enveloped in an array.

They have already begun to break through the formation.

After all, if the formation is not broken, everyone will be imprisoned on this small Black Dragon Island, and someone like Ran Kui, who is at the Golden Core stage, will not be able to use his skills at all.

Ji Yuan then piloted the Wind Locust Flying Boat to meet the three-eyed dark beast.

Feng Zhitao looked around, and while blocking a divine lightning bolt, she ultimately fanned herself with her fiery red feather fan and followed behind Ran Kui to confront the old demon of the Crossing Sea, who was in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Ji Yuan's divine sense was locked onto the three-eyed dark beast, but his speed and reaction were still not fast enough.

In the blink of an eye, it charged forward with tremendous force.

Ji Yuan held the Dragon Beard Shield tightly, but he could still feel it frantically biting and scratching at the shield.

"go!"

With a thought, Ji Yuan unleashed the Thunderstrike Sword from his dantian.

The moment it appeared, it unleashed a divine lightning bolt that struck the three-eyed dark beast.

The latter, in pain, immediately stopped.

Ji Yuan suddenly raised the Dragon Beard Shield in his left hand, while simultaneously summoning the Earth Pressure Hammer with his right hand and smashing it upwards.

But he underestimated the reaction speed of the three-eyed dark beast.

The moment he raised his dragon whisker shield, the three-eyed dark beast fled backward in a bizarre manner.

Before he could retract the ground-pressing hammer, the three-eyed dark beast pounced again, its feet treading on the void.

With a thought, Ji Yuan summoned the magic treasure, the Heavenly Net, to protect him.

The three-eyed dark beast crashed straight into it.

Ji Yuan withdrew his divine sense, and was about to inject spiritual energy to trap it, but with only a tiny gap left, the three-eyed dark beast still managed to escape.

They're not even in the same league!

He could already hear Feng Zhitao's urgent voice transmission in his mind, "Junior Brother, should I come?"

Ji Yuan didn't say anything, but he answered her with his actions.

...An army is raised for a thousand days, but used for only one.

After raising these Soul-Devouring Bees for so long, it's time to finally bring them out and make an appearance!

Ji Yuan piloted the flying boat backwards, and at the same time, he reached out and gently patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

In an instant, countless Soul-Devouring Bees flew out from the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

Although the vast majority were first-tier Soul-Devouring Bees, there were also some second-tier Soul-Devouring Bees with darker colors and patterns mixed in.

The swarms of bees were overwhelming.

The buzzing sound was incessant, instantly resounding throughout the entire Black Dragon Island.

His unusual movement immediately attracted the attention of the others.

The first to react was naturally the old demon who crossed the sea. Hidden in the billowing black mist, he snarled:

"They even have this strange insect, the Soul-Devouring Bee, and they've bred so many of them. It seems we really can't let you live!"

After he finished speaking, a huge black hand suddenly emerged from the black mist and slammed straight down towards Ji Yuan from the sky.

"Ha, you old bastard, your opponent is me!"

I did not see Ran Kui, but I heard his voice.

A dazzling arc of light also slashed out from the black mist, instantly shattering the huge black handprint into pieces.

"court death!"

The old demon who crossed the sea roared angrily.

Then, Ran Kui was seen falling from the clouds, spitting out blood, and crashing to the ground.

But then another flame appeared.

Ran Kui's figure once again soared from the ground into the sky.

Higher in the sky, although Yun Qianzai was charred black from being struck by divine lightning, he finally managed to find several nodes of the island-protecting formation.

Ji Yuan manipulated these Soul-Devouring Bees, making them protect him.

The three-eyed dark beast charged forward again, and the spirit-devouring bees trembled as they swarmed around it, immediately enveloping the beast completely.

"Ding ding ding—"

Tens of thousands of spirit-devouring bees stung the three-eyed dark beast's body with their poisonous stingers, but they were all blocked by its scales.

The few second-tier Soul-Devouring Bees that Ji Yuan was paying special attention to and manipulating hid in the shadows and seized the opportunity to suddenly pierce the three-eyed dark beast's brow with their poisonous needles.

The three-eyed dark beast, feeling pain, rolled wildly on the spot.

Then its vertical eye between its eyebrows closed and opened again.

A bright light appeared, and Ji Yuan quickly used his mind to urge all the Soul-Devouring Bees to disperse.

Tens of thousands of Soul-Devouring Bees exploded like fireworks, while Ji Yuan urged the flying boat to hurriedly land on the ground.

A beam of snow-white light shot out from the vertical eye between the three-eyed dark beast's eyebrows, sweeping across the void without any pattern.

Ji Yuan's divine sense could clearly see hundreds of Soul-Devouring Bees being evaporated in an instant. The light had not been extinguished, and more and more Soul-Devouring Bees were being evaporated.

...Damn, these are all my treasures!

Ji Yuan is still waiting for these Soul-Devouring Bees to upgrade the [Beehouse] to level 3!

But now!

Before he could finish feeling sorry for Ji Yuan, the three-eyed dark beast seemed to be drawn by something, and suddenly lowered its head, its vertical eye between its brows aimed at Ji Yuan on the ground.

As the light shone, Ji Yuan's dragon whisker shield protected him.

The shield... was instantly burned with a small hole.

Fortunately, the light was also weakened considerably, so when it hit Ji Yuan, whose physique was comparable to that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, it felt like a mosquito bite.

Even cultivators of the same level couldn't withstand the light from this three-eyed dark beast, but it was a magic cultivator.

But Ji Laomo is a body cultivator at the same level as the Three-Eyed Dark Beast!

The light lasted for about four or five breaths before going out, and the surviving Soul-Eating Bees swarmed around it again.

Ji Yuan manipulated them, and they pounced one by one towards its vertical eye between its eyebrows.

The Level 2 [Beehouse] comes with the "No poison, no bee" effect, which makes these bee colonies carry extremely strong "beeswax corrosive" toxins.

It not only hindered the flow of spiritual energy in the three-eyed dark beast, but also caused it immense pain.

Not to mention that the Soul-Devouring Bees can also devour the spiritual energy on the three-eyed dark beast.

Despite its natural restraint, the three-eyed dark beast struggled for about half an incense stick's time before being completely devoured by the Soul-Devouring Bees, finally turning into a cold corpse that crashed to the ground.

Ji Yuan reacted quickly and put it into his storage bag.

He then looked up and, in just one glance, saw that Ran Kui, covered in blood, had been slammed back into the ground.

Not to mention Feng Zhitao, whose cultivation level was already far inferior, she was swaying precariously even while standing on the flying boat.

The difference in their levels of understanding... is simply too great.

Not to mention that this is an old demon who has possessed another body.

As Hua Yaoyue's disciples, Ran Kui and the others are indeed much stronger than other cultivators of the same level.

The old demon who might live a second life is not necessarily weak!

The only one who was fortunate was Yun Qianzai, who not only broke through the formation but also remained physically intact.

Once Ji Yuan realized this, he knew that the only option was to use that move...

He transmitted his thoughts telepathically, saying, "Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Sister, do you have any way to imprison this old demon for ten breaths? I have a way to kill him!"

"Junior Brother, you...you have a way to kill a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator?"

Feng Zhitao's weak voice rang out.

"have!"

Ran Kui's voice rang out immediately, "I have one too, junior brother, feel free to use it."

"I'll join in too."

Yun Qianzai said.

Ji Yuan responded with another "Okay".

If that's the case, then what's there to be afraid of?

...It's time to bring out Lao Tzu's Italian cannon!

What kind of old demon crosses the sea? Bomb that damn old demon!

(End of this chapter)