Chapter 149 – Core Formation (5)
Wang Lin continued cultivating. Occasionally, he would glance outside, his gaze turning cold. A medicinal aroma wafted over, and after taking a whiff, Wang Lin calmly opened his storage bag and began arranging the items inside.
As he plucked out the dragon tendon, his eyes narrowed. This treasure wasn’t particularly powerful. Although it could split repeatedly to revolve around its target, if it encountered a sharp flying sword, it would be sliced in half.
Even powerful fire techniques could burn this dragon vein. As he thought about it, he smiled coldly. Once he reached the Core Formation stage, this dragon vein would be useful.
The sounds from outside grew louder. It was as if they were right beside him. When he looked towards Li Muwan’s room, his heart felt heavy and he sighed.
Li Muwan bit her lower lip until it bled and her eyes welled up with tears. The unfinished Distant Heaven Pill had failed at the very moment of its completion.
As an alchemist, he had failed many times, but none had ever felt as bad as this. This was one of those times where he truly could not fail.
Li Muwan stared at Wang Lin, who was cultivating outside, and tears finally began to flow. At this moment, she looked extremely weak. After a while, she gritted her teeth and pulled out the devil blood vine. Since the first one failed, she had to hurry and use the devil blood vine to make another one.
Time passed slowly, and the cave began to collapse. Chunks of rock fell from the ceiling, and the fog outside had diminished drastically. It seemed as if the cave might collapse at any moment.
Wang Lin’s calm expression slowly changed, revealing a hint of anxiety.
Just at this moment, Li Muwan rushed out of her room. Her hair was messy, her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked extremely exhausted as she threw a blood-red pill toward Wang Lin. A trace of powerful spiritual energy emanated from the pill, which excited Wang Lin.
“This is a Distant Heaven Pill made from the devil blood vine. Its effects aren’t… that good.”
Without a word, Wang Lin took the pill and looked at it. He looked back at Li Muwan and threw the pill into his mouth. After the pill entered his body, he felt a fire in his dantian.
Wang Lin patted his storage bag and drank a large amount of spiritual liquid. Then, he closed his eyes and began attempting to enter the Core Formation stage.
The cave trembled again as more rocks fell from the ceiling. Only a thin layer of mist remained outside. Li Muwan stared in shock for a moment before taking out her flying sword. She stood in front of Wang Lin, guarding him, and brushed aside the falling rocks.
Qian Kun continued to destroy the small mountain in the formation. His gaze swept over the other cultivators. He saw that they were all attacking the formation with gleeful faces.
His mouth curved into a thin, cruel smile and said, “Big Chief, we can give you the girl, but once this formation is broken, you have to let us play with her first.”
The big-headed cultivator was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly. “Head elder, since you’ve already spoken, how could I dare disagree?”
Qian Kun sneered. He controlled the small mountain to smash down again and said, “This brat is only at the pseudo-Core Formation stage, but he possesses a technique that can kill a Core Formation cultivator. He’s not simple. But today, he will definitely die.” With that, his eyes lit up and he thought, “I especially want that blue flame. It must be a rare treasure.”
The big-headed cultivator felt extremely gloomy. When he first saw the girl, he only glanced at her, but his heart itched, so he said those words. Initially, he thought no one would challenge him, but he didn’t expect the chief elder, who never cared about women, to say those words. He furiously attacked with his treasure to vent his anger.
The mist formed by the formation had become extremely thin. Only one of the ten thousand-meter-long dragons formed by the mist remained, and it was now only 30 meters long. Qian Kun waved his hand. The seal transformed back into its normal form and returned to Kun Sang’s hand.
After returning the stamp, Qian Kun roared and arrived beside the dragon. He closed his hands, and when he opened them again, an electric net appeared and enveloped the dragon. He laughed and shouted, “Destroy!”
The mist dragon let out a mournful cry as it vanished. Simultaneously, the mist dissipated, forming a nine-skeletal formation. Although the formation was powerful, under the attacks of ten Core Formation cultivators, it shattered after a three-day hiatus.
If only Li Muwan wasn’t refining pills and was instead controlling the formation, then this formation wouldn’t have shattered like this.
With the formation shattered, the tattered cave was revealed. Ten Fighting Evil Sect Core Formation cultivators rushed forward, but just as they reached within 20 meters of the cave, bolts of lightning struck from the sky. Although the lightning wasn’t powerful, they were numerous, making them extremely threatening.
The hundreds of basic formations Wang Lin had laid down began to take effect. However, they were only basic formations, so they were constantly being shattered by the furious roars of the Core Formation cultivators.
Qian Kun stared coldly ahead, but he didn’t do anything. His target was the pseudo-Core Formation junior. He prepared an electric net in his hand and decided to capture the junior as soon as he appeared.
When all the basic formations were destroyed, the cave no longer had any protection, so the demonic cultivators could see inside.
A stunningly beautiful figure appeared at the cave entrance. Her clothes were plain, but she looked incredibly elegant and sophisticated. Her skin was fair and her cheeks were rosy. Her appearance would make anyone’s heart beat faster.
Even Qian Kun couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. However, he quickly looked into the cave, but it was completely dark and he couldn’t see anything.
Li Muwan looked at the Demon Core Formation cultivators. She waved her hand, and the Hundred Beast Pill Furnace appeared. She asked coldly, “Is this all you guys here for?”
Qian Kun saw this and smiled. The person who had chased Wang Lin at the beginning, Kun Song, looked at the pill furnace and laughed. “I didn’t expect that brat to actually have a pill furnace, and it’s even the Hundred Beast Pill Furnace that costs 100,000 high-quality spirit stones from the Treasure Refining Pavilion. You’re right; originally, our goal was this pill furnace. Little girl, hand over the pill furnace.” With that, he reached out and took the pill furnace from Li Muwan. Everyone here knew the value of this pill furnace, so he decided to show it off in front of everyone.
Kun Song and the other elders who had been chasing Wang Lin from the start held hands and said, “Head elders, this pill furnace will belong to the two of us. In the future, we will definitely send gifts to thank you all. How about it?”
Qian Kun’s gaze swept over the pill furnace, then he nodded silently. The large-headed cultivator smiled slyly as he reached out to grab Li Muwan. “Little girl, after you’re done serving my fellow sect members here, you’ll be my personal cultivation furnace.”
Li Muwan’s face turned pale. Just as she was about to end her life, the big-headed cultivator stopped and let out a miserable scream.
He coughed up a large amount of blood, and the blood that gushed out of his orifices increased. His body was thrown backward as if struck by a powerful force. However, before he landed, he was grabbed by another force and pulled back. His head exploded, and his golden core shot past Li Muwan and into the cave.
“From now on, I will be the strongest person below the Nascent Soul stage. If there are no Nascent Soul cultivators who hide their cultivation level, then all of you can… die!”
A chilling voice sounded from within the cave. Then, a dark figure stepped out and appeared before everyone.
His head was covered in black hair, his expression cold, and his eyes held a cruel gaze. It was as if he were a piece of ice that would never melt.
The feeling of meeting their natural predator took over the hearts of everyone present. This feeling came from their souls. It was as if they had met a prehistoric beast.
This disturbance caused their entire psyche to become so chaotic that they nearly collapsed. This disturbance raged within them like thunder, striking right next to their ears.
Pu Lin’s soul had already been injured by the Ji Realm’s previous attack, and even though he had endured it, he hadn’t had time to recover. At this moment, his soul was shattered, and he coughed up blood before fainting. His body twitched on the ground, and with each twitch, blood gushed out of his orifices.
Qian Kun’s heart trembled. The shock caused the electric net in his hand to break. His expression was troubled as he took a few steps back and tried to escape. The idea of stealing the blue flame had vanished without a trace.
He was afraid. As a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator in Nan Dou City, he had never been afraid before. He had even encountered late-stage Core Formation cultivators before. They were envoys from the depths of the Devil Sea who would come every year to collect materials. Although he couldn’t defeat them, he had never been afraid of them.
This was the first time since he reached the Core Formation stage, and the last time, that he felt fear. As a result, he decided to flee without hesitation. Normally, he would never be the first to flee. He would wait for others to flee first, then choose a safe direction to flee.
But now he had a feeling, if he didn’t run away immediately, there would only be one result, namely his death.
As for the others, after seeing each other’s faces change, Pu Lin mysteriously died, and the head elder Qian Kun ran without hesitation, they all activated all the spiritual energy in their bodies and fled in all directions. They were afraid that if they were even the slightest bit slower, they would die.