NABC Chapter 99 Deadly Sneak Attack, Thunder and Fire Refine Gold Radiance
Chapter 99 Deadly Sneak Attack, Thunder and Fire Refine Gold Radiance
Chapter 99 Deadly Sneak Attack, Thunder and Fire Refine Gold Radiance
Chen Yi had no difficulty resisting the lightning array at the peak of the second tier.
However, to directly endure the baptism of lightning with one's own body, or even to show signs of enjoyment, would be too ostentatious.
Even though Qin Chengcheng was present, Chen Yi was unwilling to reveal such a secret in front of her.
Moreover, there may be other spying people lurking in the shadows, and any unusual behavior could attract unnecessary attention.
Chen Yi calmly watched the purple lightning dancing among the treetops, and slowly reached his right hand into his storage bag, taking out a magnetic lightning ball the size of a fist.
The sphere is deep blue in color, with fine silver patterns covering its surface, and a swirling magnetic vortex can be faintly seen at its center.
When Chen Yi stepped into the area within three zhang of the lightning array, the tree canopy suddenly lit up with a dazzling purple light.
A bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl struck down like an angry dragon, ionizing the air and creating a scorching atmosphere.
In the distance, Qin Chengcheng saw the aura of lightning and her expression tightened. She looked at Chen Yi with slight worry.
But then,
With a flick of his wrist, Chen Yi caused the silver patterns on the surface of the magnetic lightning ball to shine brightly, emitting a visible ripple of magnetic light.
"Sizzle—"
The moment the lightning came into contact with the magnetic light, it was as if all rivers flowed into the sea; fifty percent of the lightning was forcibly reversed and entered the sphere along the magnetic light vortex.
Electric snakes suddenly danced wildly inside the magnetic lightning ball, emitting a buzzing vibration.
"what?"
"It's this treasure?" Qin Chengcheng exclaimed in surprise.
She recalled the Thunder Bracelet and the even more advanced Magnetic Thunder Ball that had recently been circulating in the Immortal City, and a thought struck her: Could this be the same thing?
However, after half of the lightning was absorbed by the magnetic lightning ball,
The remaining 50% of the lightning, still powerful, struck Chen Yi's shoulder hard.
"snort!"
Chen Yi groaned, his face turning deathly pale instantly.
His right shoulder robe ripped open, revealing charred flesh, and he staggered back two steps.
He looked incredibly disheveled.
In fact,
Amazing changes are taking place inside my body.
The lightning patterns on the surface of the golden bones lit up eagerly, absorbing all the lightning spirit power that entered the body.
The remaining stray lightning bolts were silently absorbed by the system's power and transformed into the same lightning spirit power for him to absorb.
The scorch marks left on his body by lightning were deliberately inflicted by Chen Yi.
He clutched his shoulder, frowned, and gasped for breath, perfectly portraying the illusion of "barely surviving a lightning strike."
The extent of the superficial injury was just right—it wouldn't make him appear weak, nor would it expose the abnormalities of his Thunder Spirit Golden Bone and the system.
After a bolt of lightning struck, taking advantage of the moment when the lightning patterns at the core of the lightning array dimmed and were slowly rotating to accumulate energy,
"The time has come; it's time to reap the rewards."
next moment,
Chen Yi made a move.
He stomped his toes hard on the scorched earth, and fine cracks immediately appeared on the ground.
His figure shot up like an arrow released from a bow, his robes fluttering in the aftershocks of thunder and fire.
He stepped across the scorching fiery ground, sparks flying from the crimson rock beneath his boots, and with his right hand, he formed a claw and went straight for the shimmering Crimson Flame Fruit.
Qin Chengcheng placed her delicate hands on the strings of the zither, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.
Seeing that Chen Yi had taken a bolt of lightning strong enough to shatter a magical artifact, yet only had the fabric on his shoulder charred black, and his movements remained fluid and graceful, her tightly clenched lips finally relaxed.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, which quickly turned into admiration.
She had sensed from the beginning that this person was extraordinary—which cook could so easily cultivate the Vajra Kung Fu to the point of having a copper-like body?
Now it seems that Chen Yi was indeed hiding his true intentions.
At this moment, amidst the interplay of lightning and fire, the power erupting from that seemingly frail body was even more astonishing than she had anticipated.
So, was Chen Yi's divine sense actually feigned?
Qin Chengcheng stared blankly at Chen Yi's retreating figure, pondering this extremely important question for her.
An unexpected change occurred!
Just as Chen Yi transformed into a blur and arrived beside the Crimson Flame Fruit Tree,
A dark glint suddenly flashed about a hundred feet away.
A very subtle fluctuation of energy flashed by.
Chen Yi suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
At that moment, he sensed a deadly threat!
The third-order divine sense in his sea of consciousness suddenly spread out and instantly captured a thin, invisible needle-like ray.
The needle tip gleamed with a cold, eerie blue light, and it tore through the air, emitting a ghostly shriek that arrived in an instant from a hundred feet away!
The gray-black evil energy wrapped around the needle actually carried the pressure of a fake core.
"A prototype of a magical artifact?!"
Chen Yi's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints, and his heart almost stopped beating.
This Shadow Needle must have been charging up for a long time. Now, it suddenly launches an extremely concealed and fatal attack, which is bound to take Chen Yi's life.
"Zheng—!"
Behind them, Qin Chengcheng and Chen Yi sensed the fluctuation of the hidden weapon almost simultaneously.
Her beautiful face paled.
The seven-stringed zither immediately emitted a tearing sound, and the ten fingers left afterimages on the strings.
However, the hidden weapon was extremely fast, clearly having been charged up for a long time, indicating that the user was very well concealed.
When someone is fully prepared, how easy is it to dodge a fatal blow?
The dark light pierced through a hundred feet in an instant, heading straight for Chen Yi's heart.
Fortunately, Chen Yi wasn't actually charred and stiff from being struck by lightning.
The three-colored golden radiance and thunderous golden radiance within his body had been dormant for a long time, ready to be unleashed.
At the critical moment,
"The willows sway in the wind!"
Chen Yi used his Willow Steps to move.
In an instant, it moved three inches in the air, within an extremely small space.
The poisoned needle, which should have pierced his heart, shot straight towards Chen Yi's ribs, tearing a charred rip in the corner of his clothes.
Just as the black needle was about to pierce his body,
Chen Yi bent his right middle finger into a hook, the golden light at the knuckle solidifying as if it were real, and flicked it against the side of the needle.
"clang--!"
The sound of metal clashing against metal sent sparks flying all around.
The needle-like tip deflected and pierced the rock wall, blasting open a deep pit the size of a bowl.
Chen Yi looked down and saw that his fingertip had been cut open with a line of blood, and dark red blood beads slowly rolled down his golden knuckle.
His pupils contracted slightly as he stared intently at the bloodstain on his fingertip that was gradually congealing.
The powerful, sinister chill within is being rapidly devoured by the system.
This is no ordinary hidden weapon; it is at least a prototype of a magical artifact that has been nurtured for over a decade, with the needle core even coated with a bone-corroding poison.
What's even more terrifying is its stealth ability. If it weren't for the warning from the third-tier divine sense, the completion of the Thunder Pattern Golden Bone, the powerful force of the three-colored golden radiance, and the emergency avoidance with the Willow Body Step, he would already be a corpse by now.
"What a ruthless person!"
Chen Yi slowly raised his head and looked out a hundred feet away, his face as cold as iron.
"Huh? They're still alive?"
In the shadow of the withered trees a hundred feet away,
A surprised voice came from the shadows.
At this moment, the sound of the zither suddenly arose.
"Zheng—!"
Qin Chengcheng's seven-stringed zither suddenly burst forth with the sounds of clashing swords and galloping horses.
Her slender fingers drew blood-red afterimages on the strings, and dozens of crescent-shaped sound blades tore through the air, cascading towards the shadows with piercing shrieks.
Wherever the sonic blade passed, it plowed a three-foot-deep trench into the ground, and withered trees instantly turned to dust!
"The Seven-Tone Zither of the Wonderful Sound Pavilion? How can it be so powerful?!"
The attacker clearly hadn't expected that this seemingly delicate musician could unleash a sonic attack comparable to that of a pseudo-core cultivator.
What alarmed him even more was that the trajectory of those sonic blades was extremely cunning, sealing off all escape routes and forcing him to reveal himself—
This person was a tall, thin man wearing a gray linen cloak.
"Fellow Daoist, it's a misunderstanding. We're all prodigies, let's not hurt our harmony."
The tall, thin man urgently shouted a message.
However, Qin Chengcheng remained unmoved, her fingers moving as she played the zither, creating afterimages, while her spiritual power poured out as if it were free.
Even she herself didn't know why she was so angry!
"boom!"
The second wave of Boeing has arrived.
This time, Qin Chengcheng directly broke three strings of the zither, and the sound waves condensed into a materialized phantom of a blue phoenix, causing the air to distort and boil wherever it passed.
Enraged, Qin Chengcheng unleashed her full power.
At the cost of destroying the strings, she unleashed three powerful spiritual attacks, each nearly reaching the third rank of sonic attack!
The attacker hastily summoned the black gold shield.
Before it had even flown very far, it was already blasted into a shower of golden dust by the incoming sound waves.
The attacker's expression changed drastically!
Beneath the Crimson Flame Fruit Tree, Chen Yi burst forth like a burst of golden light.
He touched the ground with his toes, and the fiery ground exploded with a roar. Amidst the flash of golden light, he shot towards the cultivator like an arrow released from a bow, with a speed exceeding that of the late stage of the second rank.
A three-colored golden light shone from his right fist, and a violent energy accumulated, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, locking onto the tall, thin man's figure.
If this punch lands, even a Foundation Establishment Peak Body Cultivator's physical body will be shattered!
Chen Yi was filled with hatred and anxiety. Since transmigrating, this was the first time he had come so close to death!
The gray-robed man's pupils contracted sharply; he now had to focus all his energy on dealing with Qin Chengcheng's three terrifying sonic attacks.
They had no interest in caring about Chen Yi at all.
With a single thought, the protective mirror flew out on its own, expanding in the wind and instantly reaching a distance of thirty feet, blocking Chen Yi's path.
At the same time, his divine sense surged rapidly, and a cyan talisman flew out of his storage bag.
But then, Chen Yi punched the breastplate away, sending it flying.
But this delay also bought him a brief respite.
"unlucky!"
Seeing Chen Yi so fierce,
Sensing Qin Chengcheng's terrifying zither music locking onto him, and seeing the body cultivator charging towards him recklessly,
He finally realized he'd kicked a hornet's nest.
His facial muscles twitched, revealing an expression of extreme pain, as he activated the palm-sized cyan talisman.
The talisman was edged with gold thread, and the densely packed runes on its surface were now gleaming with an eerie blue light.
"disease!"
With a roar, the air within a ten-zhang radius suddenly froze the moment the talisman was ignited by the blood essence.
Immediately afterwards, a blinding blue light exploded like a volcanic eruption, and the violent spiritual energy turbulence formed a visible blue hurricane.
Qin Chengcheng's three near-third-tier musical blades were like fragile spider webs, easily torn to shreds and dissipated in the face of this hurricane.
Chen Yi's pupils suddenly contracted.
At the core of that hurricane, the azure light had become so intense it was almost black, and the dissipating energy fluctuations caused the surrounding ground to begin to crack.
This is actually a high-level talisman treasure, and its power has almost reached the third-level power!
He quickly tapped the ground with his toes, a golden light flashed, and his figure retreated dozens of feet, but his cheek was still stinging from the rubble kicked up by the aftershock.
"Click click click—"
A sickeningly painful sound of bones grinding together emanated from Chen Yi's body.
His exposed skin shone with a dark golden luster, and the underlying bone structure was fully activated in response to the stress.
Even so, the turbulent spiritual energy that penetrated the protective true essence was still like countless small knives scraping at the flesh.
There was a deep wound on his right arm, and you could even see the fine white marks scraped off the bone.
Simultaneously,
Dozens of feet away, the blue storm suddenly and strangely contracted.
The raging hurricane was as if it had been gripped by an invisible hand, and in the blink of an eye it collapsed into a bluish-black ball of light about half the size of a person.
The surface of the ball of light was covered with lightning-like patterns, and a chilling sound of spiritual energy compression could be heard from within.
"Whoosh—!"
The ball of light suddenly enveloped the black-clad cultivator, transforming into a streak of light like a shooting star.
Wherever the streaking light passed, it tore open visible vacuum channels in the air, moving so fast that it even left afterimages in place.
Chen Yi narrowed his eyes—this speed of escape was definitely at the level of a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation!
this moment,
From Chen Yi's pet pouch, the Crimson Flame Sparrow instantly flew out. Seeing the azure light fly away, it transformed into a fire escape technique and chased after it from afar.
Only after the blue light disappeared into the horizon did Chen Yi slowly loosen his clenched fist.
"A third-tier talisman?" Chen Yi's Adam's apple bobbed as he slowly calmed the sudden life-or-death battle.
This time, the opponent used a defensive escape talisman. If it were an offensive talisman,
It would probably be extremely troublesome for him and Qin Chengcheng to deal with, and there was even a possibility of serious injury.
The world of cultivation is truly dangerous!
I was too careless before.
He reflected on himself.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
Qin Chengcheng flew over quickly, a worried look on her face.
Even for her, it would probably have taken a precious life-saving magic item to block that Shadow Needle.
Chen Yi suffered some injuries to his fingers and body.
Fortunately, the poisonous energy on the Shadow Needle was absorbed by his system, which in turn provided him with some energy.
Meanwhile, under the nourishment of the jade-like Taiyi Longevity Power within his body, his injuries were rapidly improving.
However, Chen Yi's expression remained solemn:
"Who is this person? His ability to conceal himself is so superb, and his cultivation level is probably higher than that of an ordinary peak Foundation Establishment cultivator. He even dared to launch a sneak attack from behind?"
Qin Chengcheng had already thought about it and gave her answer:
"If I'm not mistaken, this person is one of the eight great prodigies, known as the Shadowless Feng Qingjun."
This person's cultivation has reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. He is especially skilled in concealment techniques and ambush methods, and escape techniques are also his specialty.
Whether hunting demons or killing to steal treasure, he prefers to ambush from behind.
The most terrifying thing is that his master is a third-tier talisman master who dotes on him. This master often uses his third-tier talismans to bully the weak.
Yes,
This person is virtually invincible among those of the same rank.
This time, as soon as I arrived in the vicinity, I sensed that someone was spying on me.
However, this person was able to evade the detection of a third-level divine sense while remaining hidden and motionless, and I was unable to detect his presence.
It seems he may have been lurking here all along. He might have had a way to deal with the spirit serpent, but he was unwilling to withstand the bombardment of the lightning array.
He waited for us to make the first move, then attacked from behind.
"A sneak attack or taking advantage of an opportunity, I can understand that, but why do you want to kill me from the very beginning?"
Chen Yi's sneak attack on the Shadow Needle is unforgivable.
He just found the Shadow Needle inside the mountain. After examining it, he discovered that the thin needle, about half an arm's length long, was crafted primarily from third-tier Shadow Stone.
The surface is engraved with intricate formations, including functions such as concealment, acceleration, air penetration, breath concealment, and armor penetration.
Its power reached the level of a near-third tier.
It's no exaggeration to call it a prototype of a magic weapon. If it weren't for its small size and limited materials, it could even have reached the level of a magic weapon.
Even so, this needle is still worth several thousand spirit stones.
Putting away the needle did not ease Chen Yi's resentment.
"This person probably thinks we're easy targets, planning to kill us, steal our treasure, and then leave."
Qin Chengcheng couldn't figure out why the other party would directly try to kill him, so this was the only reason she could give.
Chen Yi, however, felt that there might be some inside story he didn't know, but his identity hadn't been exposed much, and he hadn't made any fatal enemies.
Could it be that Qin Chengcheng's identity has been exposed?
Chen Yi stopped thinking about it. No matter what, this person dared to treat him like this, and if they met again, he would not let him off lightly!
Although the opponent possessed exceptional skills in concealing their presence and escaping, and also had a relatively strong spiritual sense,
However, when Chen Yi blasted away the opponent's protective mirror with a single blow, he also sent out a wisp of divine sense to remember the opponent's magical aura.
If they meet again, Chen Yi will recognize him as soon as the other party makes a move.
"Don't worry, I've memorized his scent. Next time we meet, I'll kill him!"
Qin Chengcheng spoke in a cold, sharp voice, saying the same thing.
Chen Yi had the treasure-hunting rat come over and collect the fragments of Xuanjin gold and the heart-protecting mirror from the ground.
He returned to the Crimson Flame Fruit tree, and after enduring a slightly weaker lightning strike, he picked the near-third-tier Spirit Flame Fruit, put it into a jade box, and sealed it.
Soon,
In the air, the Crimson Flame Sparrow returned with its wings broken.
It ultimately failed to catch up with the opponent; the opponent's third-tier escape talisman was simply too fast.
It flew back and landed in the air, drooling over the near-third-tier Crimson Flame Fruit, but Chen Yi slapped it away.
"This is almost a Tier 3 item. You, with your small frame, dare to eat it? Aren't you afraid of exploding?"
Several years have passed, and this Crimson Flame Sparrow has advanced to the mid-stage of the second tier of demonic beasts, but this is almost the limit of its own bloodline.
There's still no hope of reaching the late second-tier stage.
If Chen Yi hadn't given it that opportunity, it might never have reached the late stage of the second tier in its entire life.
If it hadn't seen its master injured and taken the initiative to fly out and chase the enemy, Chen Yi would have given up on it.
After a while, Qin Chengcheng and Chen Yi sat under a large tree at the corner of a mountain. After Qin Chengcheng set up a concealment formation,
Chen Yi was focused on making snake soup.
The Crimson Flame Sparrow was responsible for breathing fire from the side for cooking.
"If your bloodline isn't strong enough, then break through to a pseudo-core one day. You can be my mount later."
Chen Yi lowered his requirements for the Spirit Flame Sparrow.
The treasure-hunting rat, however, was somewhat useful, and Chen Yi planned to train it a little.
Soon, the snake soup was ready, and Chen Yi tossed the spirit flame snake's gall to the Crimson Flame Sparrow.
The Crimson Flame Sparrow's eyes lit up, and it precisely caught the snake's gall and swallowed it.
After a few breaths,
Its feathers instantly stood on end like flames, and crackling sounds rang out from inside its body.
With a clear cry, its tail feathers burst forth with crimson light, and its entire body was enveloped in a cocoon-like red glow.
Under Chen Yi's pressure, it also had to try to evolve its bloodline and increase its strength.
Chen Yi and Qin Chengcheng took two pairs of chopsticks and began to eat the snake soup.
To thank Qin Chengcheng for expending so much of his magical power to help him, Chen Yi deliberately absorbed about 95% of the demonic energy within the spirit snake.
This almost reaches the skill ceiling of a second-tier spirit chef.
Snake soup was incredibly delicious.
But Qin Chengcheng seemed oblivious.
She was thinking that even with her senses, it would have been extremely difficult to dodge the Shadow Needle that Feng Qingjun had just used to sneak attack Chen Yi.
Even if Chen Yi possesses advanced body refinement skills and can avoid vital points in a very short time, he still needs to sense it beforehand.
In other words,
To be able to sense Feng Qingjun's sneak attack with his Shadow Needles in advance, one must possess extremely strong spiritual perception.
At the very least, it must surpass the peak of the second tier and reach the near third tier, or even the third tier.
Qin Chengcheng looked at Chen Yi with suspicion, certain that Chen Yi was not telling the truth and that his spiritual sense was definitely more than what he had shown at the initial Foundation Establishment stage.
I was just about to ask a question,
But then Chen Yi finished half of the snake soup. Amidst the swirling smoke, spiritual energy flowed around him, indicating that he had entered a deep state of meditation.
Qin Chengcheng did not speak to disturb him for the time being.
She withdrew her gaze, raised her hand to form a hand seal, and the materials for setting up the array flew out of her storage bag one by one.
She layered concealment, isolation, and defense arrays to ensure that no external aura could penetrate.
Starlight fell, and the array patterns flickered slightly. She stood quietly in the array, her divine sense scanning the surrounding dense forest to check for any possible disturbances from the outside world.
Chen Yi did not completely shut down his five senses, but instead sent out a wisp of his divine sense to keep watch.
He clearly sensed Qin Chengcheng's actions in reinforcing the formation, as well as the concern in her gaze.
See here,
Chen Yi sighed inwardly, then withdrew his divine sense and focused all his mind into his body.
The intense fire elemental power contained in the Spirit Flame Serpent's flesh surged through its meridians, intertwining with the two lightning elemental powers it had previously absorbed.
Chen Yi used his divine sense as a guide to slowly merge these two completely different energies.
Lightning and flames intertwined, forming a violent ball of lightning and fire spiritual power within the body.
He circulated his internal energy, repeatedly refining the energy.
The lightning and fire spiritual energy gradually solidified during compression, merging with the blood and qi of the second-tier peak spiritual flame snake flesh.
More than an hour later,
Ultimately, it transformed into more than twenty golden sparks of lightning, gleaming with a golden-red luster.
These golden surfaces crackle with tiny electric sparks, yet their interiors contain scorching heat.
Thunder and fire refine gold brilliance,
The newly refined golden radiance was surprisingly comparable in energy intensity to the three-colored golden radiance synthesized from Azure Spirit, Earth Fiery Force, and Golden Radiance.
In the absence of the two special energies, Azure Spirit and Earth Fiend, this became a new substitute for high-level golden radiance.
It was a pleasant surprise.
Chen Yi took out half of the golden light and guided it deep into the bones.
The golden light seeped into the periosteum and fused with the unrefined bones.
He could clearly feel his bones gradually strengthening under the tempering of the power of thunder and fire, and the last 20% of the golden bones had completed about one-fifth of the process.
He absorbed the remaining ten Thunderfire Golden Radiances into his bone cavity and nurtured them.
He planned to find time to try compressing it, hoping to condense the five ordinary golden glints into a dark gold crystal, just like he had done at the beginning.
Then the destructive power of the lightning crystal formed by the condensation of the golden lightning radiance would probably reach the quasi-third rank.
Don't underestimate it just because it's only at the near-third tier; it still exceeds the power range that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can control. This is an attack method even more powerful than the three-colored golden light.
Moreover, if successful, Chen Yi can mass-produce this thing!
However, this may not be the right time.
Chen Yi slowly opened his eyes, the lingering spiritual energy in his pupils not yet completely dissipated.
The two-hour seclusion made his senses more acute, allowing him to clearly perceive the subtle changes in the flow of spiritual energy within the secret realm.
The sky was completely dark, and the unique starlight of the secret realm replaced the moonlight from the outside world, shining down on the two people sitting quietly.
Qin Chengcheng leaned against the ancient tree, the array plate in his hand still slowly turning.
Under the starlight, her ordinary features were shrouded in a hazy glow. She had not cultivated; she had been protecting Chen Yi all along. Her bare feet were crossed under her hips, revealing only a glimpse of her fair skin.
Chen Yi looked up and found that her eyes were exceptionally bright, like the most steadfast star in the night sky, calm and profound.
"Have you finished your meditation? There's still some snake soup left, you can eat it all." Her voice was very soft, yet it pierced through the rustling of the night wind.
The rough pottery bowl was suspended between the two people by spiritual power, with wisps of heat rising from its rim.
Chen Yi noticed subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy at her fingertips, indicating that she had maintained the spiritual energy array for more than two hours.
"You continue your cultivation after you finish eating; I'll keep watch."
She put away the array plate, and a small patch of starlight flickered from her sleeve.
As the starlight shifted, she turned to face the dark, dense forest.
In that instant, the ordinary silhouette, outlined by starlight, revealed a beauty that transcended mere appearance.
(End of this chapter)