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As soon as he finished speaking, the previously composed man shuddered, a flash of shock and anger crossing his eyes.

He took a step forward and threw out a long, narrow knife, which Li Shen immediately swung his sword to block.

"That was a pretty quick reaction."

The short Jie Xiu snorted coldly, and with a flick of his wrists, he had already caught four identical black throwing knives between his fingers.

The other two companions simultaneously revealed their respective magical artifacts.

"Attack together, and finish this quickly!"

With a command from the tall, powerful cultivator at the head, his spiritual energy surged as he strode forward, his ghost-headed broadsword poised to strike.

The impatient cultivator on the left grinned maliciously, holding a pair of water-splitting daggers, the tips aimed straight at Li Shen's waist and abdomen.

The short thief simultaneously unleashed a barrage of throwing knives, blocking Li Shen's space to dodge left and right.

The three worked together seamlessly and showed no mercy, clearly indicating that this was not their first time committing such a heinous crime of murder and robbery.

Despite being attacked from all sides simultaneously, Li Shen remained calm.

With a flash of light at his fingertips, the talisman in his hand was instantly activated, and his figure vanished.

The three men were taken aback as their attacks missed their target.

Where are they?

The high-level cultivator probed out with his divine sense, but found no trace.

Inside a brightly lit cave, a living person simply vanished right before our eyes!

"Be careful, that kid's technique is a bit strange."

He had barely finished speaking when he heard a painful scream from his right.

He turned his head and saw that the short Jie Xiu's right sleeve was tattered, and there were four or five bloody holes in his neck, with some icicles that had not completely melted inside.

He died so quietly?

But the other party's whereabouts remained nowhere to be found.

Fear and anger surged into my heart.

The two survivors gripped their weapons tightly, remaining vigilant of their surroundings.

"Sneaking around like that, come out if you dare!"

The calamity cultivator, wielding twin daggers, shouted angrily.

Upon hearing this, Li Shen, who had concealed his presence and aura, smiled helplessly to himself:

"You'd think I was robbing someone if you didn't know better."

His lips moved, and spiritual energy gradually gathered in his right palm. Before long, a thin, blood-red nail floated above.

He used the Concealing Breath Talisman and the Yin Soul Escape Technique to dodge the attack.

When he killed the short Jie Xiu, he used two first-grade mid-level Ice Cone Talismans and Azure Light Technique, and then followed up with a Concealing Breath Talisman.

Now, he was ready to test the power of this powerful killing move that required a short charging time, Blood Soul Nail!

"go!"

Li Shen gave a silent shout and delivered a palm strike.

The nail shot out rapidly, heading straight for Gao Dajie's face.

Within a breath, the tall, powerful cultivator stared wide-eyed in disbelief, a small blood hole between his brows slowly oozing black blood.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but his body stiffened and he fell backward.

The ghost-head broadsword immediately slipped from his hand, bouncing twice on the ground with a clanging sound.

The last remaining cultivator wielding the Water-Splitting Thorn witnessed his elder brother's instant death, his pupils suddenly contracting, fear seeping into his heart like ice water.

He trembled all over, took two steps back, and his back slammed against the cold stone wall.

There was only one thought in my mind.

run!

He immediately turned around and ran towards the cave entrance.

But after running only a couple of steps, he suddenly lost his footing and fell to the ground, his foot and calf sinking into the soil.

Before he could even wonder why there was a hole out of nowhere, and as he reached out to pull his leg out, he suddenly felt as if ants were crawling all over his body.

As he couldn't help scratching, Li Shen silently appeared not far from the cave entrance.

He looked down at the other person with a calm expression.

A ball of blue light swirled and gathered at the spot where the thumb and middle finger were clasped together.

In the blink of an eye, Li Shen relieved the other party of the pain from the ant bites.

The cave returned to silence, with only the faint sound of dripping water coming from deep within the rock walls and the lingering spiritual energy.

Li Shen let out a long breath and continuously cast spells and talismans, exhausting most of his spiritual energy.

He quickly retrieved the Soul-Devouring Ants, and then collected all the storage bags of the three cultivators and the magical artifacts scattered on the ground.

They then searched the three people's entire bodies but found no close-fitting protective inner armor.

Li Shen took out the Yin Soul Banner, which was emitting black mist, and used the Soul Extraction Technique to collect the souls of the three people into it.

He then unleashed three low-grade first-tier fireball talismans to incinerate the corpse.

Although this place is on the outskirts of Laoshan, there may still be demonic beasts attracted by the blood energy.

Having done all this, and just to be on the safe side, Li Shen left quickly without hesitation.

On the way, he summarized the short but dangerous battle he had just fought.

The combination of the Concealing Breath Talisman and the Yin Soul Escape technique was even more effective than expected.

It is particularly effective in surprise attacks.

Although the Blood Soul Nail is incredibly powerful, using it at my current cultivation level consumes a great deal of spiritual energy and mental strength, so I must be more cautious in the future.

The path to immortality is fraught with thorns at every turn.

In the future, we may encounter even stronger enemies. Only by constantly improving our strength and acting cautiously can we go a little further on this path.

Once Li Shen made up his mind, he headed west.

...

Inside the room, Li Shen closed the door latch.

Place three storage bags and several magical artifacts on the table.

Judging from its appearance and the aura emanating from the opponent earlier, that ghost-headed broadsword was at least a mid-grade magic weapon.

After feeling its weight, Li Shen put it aside and picked up the pair of water-splitting spikes. Their quality was slightly inferior, being only a low-grade magic weapon, but they were lighter and more flexible and convenient to use.

The five black throwing knives left behind by the short thief were rather unusual.

When the five are placed together, they seem to have a faint resonance with each other.

Li Shen guessed that if it were used in conjunction with specific techniques or skills, its power should be considerable, but unfortunately, he did not know how to activate it at the moment.

Next, check the three storage bags.

Li Shen inexplicably felt a thrill, like opening a lucky bag.

The first one was a high-level cultivator. He probed into the space with his divine sense and found that it was not much different from his own.

There's quite a lot inside:

Thirty low-grade spirit stones.

Four bottles of first-grade low-level Qi-restoring pills and two bottles of first-grade low-level hemostatic powders were all ordinary pills.

Then, there were some dried spirit beast meat, two books, and three changes of clothes.

One of the books is the basic cultivation technique "Thick Earth Technique," which can only be cultivated up to the sixth level of Qi Refining, far inferior to his own "Evergreen Technique."

The other book was "The Tribulation Cultivator's Handbook". Li Shen opened it and his lips twitched slightly. He couldn't help but marvel that this was actually a heirloom.

The first part records his master's experience in robbery, while the second part, written in a crooked and messy manner, records this person's robbery experiences.

Then there are the areas surrounding Laoshan Mountain that are suitable for encirclement and interception, destruction of evidence, and some information on possible monsters, which are of some reference value.

Li Shen was very satisfied with the first "lucky bag," and when he looked at the second one, his gaze became even more intense.

I probed into it with my divine sense. The space was a bit small, but the things inside were quite nice.

There are twenty spirit stones.

There were no elixirs, but there were more than a dozen talismans, mostly of the first-tier low grade, including fireball talismans, golden shield talismans, ice cone talismans, earth-trapping talismans, and cleansing talismans.

Finally, there was a thin booklet called "The Flying Locust Knife Technique," which recorded the method for driving the black flying knives and a traction technique.

Once mastered, the throwing knife can be thrown at will.

Li Shen was quite satisfied; what he lacked most right now was various kinds of magic.

Finally, the one cultivated by the impatient calamity was the most shabby.

The space was minimal, containing only five spirit stones and a single bottle of hemostatic powder.

Apart from a widely available copy of the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" and a rough map of the outer area of ​​Laoshan, there was nothing else.

After taking stock and categorizing everything, Li Shen had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

He carefully collected the spirit stones, pills, talismans, and other consumables and put them into his storage bag.

The three ritual implements and the book were also put away.

After doing all this, Li Shen did not relax.

He sat cross-legged and silently circulated the Evergreen Technique, slowly recovering his depleted spiritual energy while waiting for midnight to arrive.