I'm determined to become an immortal!

Chapter 90 Unexpected

It's a mental attack!

A black, eerie light, like a venomous snake, pierced through the air and aimed straight at He Sheng's brow.

He Sheng felt a chorus of alarm bells in his heart, but he remained completely calm and immediately activated the technique of transcending divine sense, Scattering Stars!

In an instant, the divine consciousness in the sea of ​​consciousness scattered like stardust, turning into thousands of tiny silver lights that fluttered and adhered to the outline of the exquisite vase.

The already radiant bottle seemed to be coated with a layer of starlight at this moment, and every taboo pattern was dazzlingly bright.

The moment the black light pierced into the sea of ​​consciousness, it collided head-on with the star-shrouded treasure bottle.

boom!

As if a rusty sword had struck a mountain, the black light shattered the moment it touched the bottle, turning into countless tiny black wisps that melted away like snow under the starlight.

At the same time, his divine sense had already detected the attacker.

However, at the edge of the Blackwater Marsh, behind an inconspicuous mountain hollow, a trace of the aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was revealed.

There was clearly some kind of concealment formation set up here in advance to hide the whereabouts of the attackers, preventing He Sheng from noticing them beforehand.

He Sheng only managed to detect this person when the fluctuations in their magical power revealed their location.

Was this person specifically waiting here? Are there other ambushes ahead? Does this person have any accomplices?

With a thousand thoughts racing through his mind, He Sheng simply pretended to be severely injured, letting out a muffled groan, and his body seemed to fall uncontrollably into the depths of the swamp.

A figure emerged from behind the ravine.

It was a tall, thin middle-aged man with a sinister face, prominent cheekbones, and slightly narrowed triangular eyes. A centipede-like scar snaked down from the corner of his eye and disappeared into his collar.

He wore a dark blue robe with twisted blood-red patterns embroidered on the hem, and exuded an aura of intense malevolence.

This person is actually a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator!

He stepped out of the protective formation, looked in the direction where He Sheng had fallen, and a sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

He was always confident in his ability to launch attacks using his divine sense, and over the years he had killed quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"You've been hit by someone's Dark Demon Soul-Piercing Technique, and you still want to run away?"

The sinister-looking man sneered and flipped his palm to take out a trident that was about ten feet long.

The trident was entirely black, with intricate forbidden patterns engraved on its body. Each of the three tips gleamed with a cold light of three different colors: dark blue, crimson, and pale green. The spiritual pressure it emitted clearly surpassed the category of a top-grade magic weapon.

This is indeed a genuine prototype of a magical artifact!

Swish!

Then the man wielded his trident and slammed it into the marsh. The turbid black water was as if it had been cleaved by an invisible blade, surging and retreating to both sides, creating a waterway.

The sinister-looking man then rushed into the waterway at an astonishing speed, catching up to He Sheng within a few breaths, a hundred feet behind him.

He Sheng then pretended to have recovered and quickly steered himself through the water, escaping into the depths of the marsh.

"Do you think you can escape?"

"Have the neck ready to be laid to rest, and I'll spare your corpse."

The voice of the tall, thin middle-aged man came from afar, vaguely causing He Sheng's consciousness to ripple. The voice even carried a hint of sonic attack, but it had no effect on He Sheng at all.

However, He Sheng cooperated by pretending to be deeply troubled, and gradually slowed down.

Eighty feet.

Fifty feet.

Thirty zhang (approximately 33 meters).

As they drew closer, a fierce glint flashed in the man's eyes, and he unleashed his magical power. The three halberd tips shone brightly at the same time, their dark blue, crimson, and pale green rays intertwining to form a large net that enveloped He Sheng.

boom.

However, before the net could get close, He Sheng's figure exploded, turning into more than ten streams of light that scattered in all directions, causing the net to lose its target.

"Um?"

The sinister-looking man was somewhat surprised, and a sudden sense of alarm arose in his heart. He turned his head and saw the black water, as if summoned by some force, surging wildly from all directions, gathering, condensing, and taking shape above a streak of blood-red light.

Roar!

A poisonous dragon over ten zhang long appeared, its head held high and its body coiled. The multicolored poison spread through the water, instantly killing even the unknown planktonic creatures in the black water wherever it passed.

This was He Sheng secretly releasing the Blood Poison Mother-Child Blade, unleashing the Thousand Condensed Poison Dragon Break!

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The moment He Sheng's almost transparent figure appeared, the treasure bottle constructed from his divine sense instantly tipped over, and countless silver needles, formed from stardust, silently pierced through the turbid black water, aiming straight for the sinister man's brow.

What is done to them will be done to them in return!

He Sheng almost perfectly replicated the sinister man's methods, taking advantage of the moment when the man was intimidated by the poisonous dragon, and used the Scattered Star technique to launch a divine sense attack.

"what!"

The sinister-looking man let out a scream, his body stiffening abruptly. He felt as if his consciousness had been pierced, and excruciating pain instantly swept over his entire soul.

In an instant, even the trident could not be maintained, and the nascent magical artifact lost its luster.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the dragon opened its mouth wide, and five balls of water containing deadly poison spewed out in succession.

Boom boom boom...

Five clumps of poisonous water, like five meteorites, hurtled straight at the man in the shadows.

At the critical moment, the sinister man used some secret technique, his face turning black and his eyes turning bloodshot as he regained his senses.

"Freeze!"

With a furious roar, he summoned a large, gleaming silver shield. This magical artifact was quite extraordinary; it was a top-quality defensive artifact.

However, when faced with a highly toxic water mass, its magic vanished in a single strike.

A large hole was corroded into the surface of the shield, through which the remaining four globs of highly toxic water passed without hindrance.

However, taking advantage of this momentary obstruction, the sinister man summoned his trident, and the three tips of the trident crossed to form a net of light in front of him.

The poisonous water sizzled as it hit the light net.

The surface of the light net flickered violently, as it was being eroded by the terrifying corrosive power contained in the poisonous water, making it teeter on the verge of collapse.

"How is that possible?!"

The sinister man was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected that his nascent magical artifact would be so vulnerable to the opponent's offensive techniques.

It immediately turned into smoke in an attempt to dodge, but the poisonous dragon's main body had already closed in and surrounded it.

"court death!"

The sinister man immediately flew into a rage. He made a hand seal, and a layer of dark red blood mist suddenly surged from his body. The blood mist condensed in the air into a blood-red claw about ten feet in size. It was the Blood Fiend Dragon Capturing Hand, a transcendent technique he had painstakingly cultivated for many years!

The blood-red claws aimed straight for the dragon's head, but the venomous dragon's massive body was incredibly agile in the water.

Then the dragon's head retracted and hid inside its body.

Immediately afterwards, it swung its tail, stirring up towering waves that forcefully shattered the blood-red claws!

In this direct confrontation of transcendent techniques, Thousand Condensed Poison Dragon Break emerged victorious.

At the same time, the light net formed by the trident finally gave way, and four balls of poisonous water exploded one after another, dimming the spiritual light on the surface of the magic weapon. The poisonous water also directly contaminated the magic weapon's spiritual energy, making it difficult to control.

snort!

Just then, another cold snort rang out, as He Sheng once again used the Scattered Star Attack Technique, his invisible needles of divine sense piercing the sinister man's sea of ​​consciousness once more.

Despite being on guard, the man was momentarily distracted, and the poisonous dragon seized the opportunity to spew out five more spurts of poisonous water.

This time, the trident could no longer hold on, and the magical light of the artifact flickered rapidly, seemingly about to go out at any moment.

Worse still, the poisonous dragon coiled around him, further shrinking the man's space. Due to the poison's contamination, the surrounding black water had already turned into highly toxic water, and the man's protective aura began to falter.

At this point, how could this man not understand that He Sheng had intentionally led him to this depths of the marshland?

In this environment, the opponent's poison dragon and poison water were incredibly powerful, leaving him with almost no chance to fight back, and he gradually fell into a desperate situation!

However, this person had been able to roam freely in the Blackwater Marsh for many years and had cultivated to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, so naturally he would not surrender so easily.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and then he bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"burst!"

The trident, soaked in essence blood and infused with a frenzy of magical power, instantly shone brightly. The three beams of light intertwined wildly, and a terrifying aura of destruction emanated from the trident.

not good!

He Sheng, who was not far away, narrowed his eyes and quickly made the huge body of the poisonous dragon coil up to protect him.

Boom...

The next instant, a muffled thud echoed through the water.

A three-colored beam of light shot into the sky, evaporating all the black water within a radius of several tens of feet, creating a huge vacuum zone.

The shockwave, carrying destructive power, swept in all directions. Despite the venomous dragon's valiant resistance, its form gradually disintegrated.

The self-destruction power of this nascent magical artifact is truly terrifying!

That's right, this sinister man actually chose to self-destruct his trident.

Before the aftershocks of the explosion had subsided, a streak of crimson light shot out from the vacuum zone.

The man was covered in blood, and half of his robes were blown to shreds, revealing his charred flesh underneath.

He recklessly channeled his life essence, attempting to escape from the water using a blood escape technique that severely depletes lifespan.

"Do you think you can escape?!"

He Sheng's voice was as cold as ice.

In just a few dozen breaths, the roles of hunter and prey had been reversed.

He then unleashed his full power to activate the Rippling Water Escape technique, moving faster than his opponent by a fraction of an inch. As he caught up to the person by more than ten feet, he unleashed another burst of Star Scattering!

This time, he mobilized almost all the star sand in his sea of ​​consciousness, condensing it into a small, gleaming silver sword.

The small sword was only about an inch long, but its blade was covered with intricate and mysterious star patterns, exuding a sharpness that directly approached the very essence of the soul.

Whoosh!

The silver sword shot through the air, arriving first despite being behind, and precisely pierced the blood-red escape light.

"what!"

A bloodcurdling scream, almost inhuman, came from the escape light, and the sinister man slowed down.

He Sheng immediately leaped over the man, and Fu Baohan's Yin Palm, which had been ready to strike, burst forth from the waves. Wherever it passed, the black water froze, and a thick layer of ice blocked the man's path.

At the same time, the power of the Cold Yin Palm itself also shattered the protective aura of the sinister man.

It's now!

A glint flashed in He Sheng's eyes as he saw a blood-red line chasing after the sinister man from behind. It disappeared in the waves and reappeared wrapped around the man's neck.

laugh...

A soft sound.

A large, handsome head of a sinister-looking man flew into the sky.

The sinister man's triangular eyes were still frozen in disbelief and terror. His mouth was slightly open, and he was sweating profusely. He still couldn't understand how he had fallen for such a fat sheep on the shore.

He Sheng raised the boat and used the Water Gathering Strike to blast the headless body into dust.

Then, he lifted the shore and looked over the head that was floating in the water. His five fingers gripped the top of the head, and the Soul Searching Technique was activated.

hum!

The remnant soul of the sinister man let out a resentful shriek in his sea of ​​consciousness, and a violent backlash surged back through the connection of his divine sense.

He Sheng was prepared. The starlight bottle in his sea of ​​consciousness trembled slightly, but the backlash could not shake the bottle at all, and not even a ripple was stirred.

A moment later, a look of understanding flashed in He Sheng's eyes.

"Xu Kun, the second-in-command of the 'Leave No Trace in the Blackwater Swamp,' possesses the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage. He specializes in ambushing lone cultivators on the edge of the Blackwater Swamp..."

"Leaving No Trace" is a top-ranking gang of cultivators in the Blackwater Marsh. Their leader is said to be a pseudo-core cultivator, and there are several other Foundation Establishment stage leaders on the shore.

Xu Kun, as the second-in-command, usually preferred to work alone. Relying on his many secret techniques, he would target those who had just escaped from secret meetings and thought they had made it out of danger.

"This Xu Kun is indeed extraordinary. He not only has the prototype of a magic weapon, but also knows a transcendent technique and has the ability to attack with divine sense."

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would find it extremely difficult to reach the other side.

"If I hadn't feigned injury at the beginning, luring him into the depths of the swamp and using the water's advantages to trap him, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to capture him."

Xu Kun ultimately used a Blood Escape technique. If he were to be swept out of the water, He Sheng felt that the speed of the Rippling Water Escape technique was not particularly advantageous outside of aquatic environments.

Moreover, although this is the edge of the Blackwater Swamp, it is still the territory of the Tribulation Cultivators. Once a battle breaks out with them, reinforcements will likely arrive.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." Xu Kun's demise was already predetermined when he chased Xu Kun into the deep water.

However, this guy has a short temper; he's still holding a grudge even after the feast.

Before Xu Kun sat down at the banquet, he thought that He Sheng was some kind of disciple of a major sect who was pretending to be weak while actually being strong, and that's why he had just been defeated. He couldn't help but feel indignant and full of resentment.

He Sheng didn't quite understand this idea, but that didn't stop him from making the best use of resources.

He then made a series of hand seals with his fingertips, using the resentment seal technique to expel all the resentment from the remnant soul, and then gradually condensed it.

A moment later, a wisp of soul thread, dark as ink yet faintly glowing with blood, gradually appeared in his palm.

This is precisely the vengeful spirit seal forged from Xu Kun's resentment.

"The resentment of a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage is far stronger than that of a Qi Refining cultivator like He Yiyang. If this Resentful Soul Seal is used in conjunction with the Scattered Divine Sense attack, it might just become a devastating move!"

He Shengsui put the vengeful spirit seal into his storage bag, and then took Xu Kun's storage bag.

This is...

As soon as He Sheng's divine sense probed into the storage bag, he saw a rather familiar, luminous white box.

He immediately opened it and saw a pill lying inside.

The pill was pale gold in color, with a restrained and gentle radiance, and emitted a strange and rich fragrance that was almost impossible to dispel.

"This is the Golden Elixir!"

He Sheng found the box familiar because the Golden Core Pill was the same one that had appeared at the previous exchange meeting.

Fearing there might be a mistake, he quickly used his divine sense to carefully investigate.

"That's right, it's the genuine Golden Core Pill, with perfect medicinal properties."

At the same time, He Sheng also recalled the scene he had seen during the soul search, which was that Xu Kun had successfully killed someone before ambushing him.

The man's figure and outline were quite similar to those of the Golden Core cultivators at the exchange meeting.

This is truly a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Xu Kun stole someone else's Golden Core, then turned around and tried to kill me, but in the end I benefited the most.

With this Golden Elixir in hand, achieving the False Elixir should now be on the agenda.

He Sheng carefully put away the Golden Elixir, and began to plan the matter of forming the elixir in his mind.

Even though it's just about breaking through to the fake core, we can't be careless in the slightest.

To successfully overcome the foundational hurdle, the Spirit Water Tempering Technique should be put on the agenda, while for the spiritual consciousness aspect, it would be best to master the "Divine Artifact Treasure Bottle Forging Method."

Upgraded to the third level;

The next stage, the Dao Heart Test, requires cultivating the "True Nothingness Tranquility Technique" to its Great Perfection.

This is merely preparation for cultivation.

In addition, a third-tier spiritual land needs to be found.

He Sheng made a quick calculation in his mind. He realized that all the preparations for the light project would take several years, and there was no way to rush it.

..."

He then focused his attention back on the spoils and quickly scanned the other items in the storage bag.

Xu Kun truly lives up to his reputation as a leader of the traitors; his wealth is indeed immense.

This guy has over 200,000 spirit stones.

There are four magical artifacts, all of which are top-grade. Two of them are even fine magical artifacts. In addition, there is the large shield that was destroyed by the Thousand-Condensed Poison Dragon. Kang is a total of three fine-grade top-grade magical artifacts.

In addition, there were many pills, talismans, and several jade slips containing cultivation techniques and secret arts.

All things considered, the contents of this one storage bag alone are worth no less than 300,000 spirit stones.

Adding that Golden Core pill, the harvest this time is at least six or seven hundred thousand!

"A horse won't get fat without night grass, and a person won't get rich without unexpected wealth."

He Sheng had originally run out of spirit stones on the shore, but now, his purse was full again.

After storing all the spoils in his own storage bag, He Sheng also completely destroyed Xu Kun's head, leaving no trace.

Without pausing for a moment, he flashed and plunged back into the black water.

This time, instead of rushing to do it, he dived into the deep water, found an extremely hidden water cave to hide in, and began to regulate his breathing to recover his magical power.

After several days, He Sheng felt that the turmoil of the Black Demon's secret meeting had passed, so he quietly opened the Blackwater Marsh and headed towards Tiandu Mountain.

Little did he know that during the time he was hiding in the Blackwater Marsh, a momentous event occurred in the Silver Sand River that had a profound impact and completely changed the landscape of the Silver Sand River!