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Chapter 381 Avatar
Shuiyue Palace Ancestral Hall.
The scent of sandalwood lingered in the air, and on either side of the altar were white jade vases, each containing a laurel branch with faint gold veins.
One after another, the life tablets were arranged behind, like a mountain range of varying heights, surrounding the painting at the top.
The painting depicts a figure in a plain white dress, holding a laurel branch, leaning against a railing gazing at the moon... her face is not visible.
The Second Palace Master, accompanied by several Nascent Soul stage elders, respectfully offered incense and prayed: "This unfilial disciple, Qi Yunqing, respectfully requests the Ancestral Master to incarnate and dispel my calamities..."
After a series of rituals, a jade pendant with a few missing corners appeared in her hand, and a stream of magical power was poured into it.
The jade pendant emitted a layer of hazy white light, not strong, but clear and bright, silently floating in mid-air.
"well……"
"The legacy passed down from our ancestors is being squandered in our generation..."
The old woman, leaning on her dove-shaped cane, sighed, and a piece of jade flew out, precisely the missing corner of the jade pendant.
"Tai Gui, with divine intervention, command all laws... Go!"
A cinnabar mole appeared between the brows of the Second Palace Master, and suddenly a drop of blood seeped out, landing on the jade pendant.
The jade pendant suddenly became whole, and the gaps on it disappeared without a trace, as if it had traveled through the void and disappeared into the portrait of the patriarch.
Wave!
A ripple appeared, and the woman in the portrait slowly turned around...
……
"Kill them!"
"Charge into the Water Moon Palace! Treasures, cultivation techniques, and the power to defy fate are right before your eyes!"
The moment the Water Moon Mirror Flower Formation shattered, not only low-level cultivators, but even many Nascent Soul stage monsters were quite envious.
Countless rays of light streaked across the sky, and clashes between magical artifacts and treasures occurred every moment…
One by one, the Nascent Soul stage monsters couldn't resist joining the raid on the Water Moon Palace.
Palace after palace was blasted down by magical artifacts, and vast amounts of precious light, spirit stones, cultivation techniques, elixirs, and inheritances were leaked out...
"The island lord?"
On Blood Fiend Island, the Second Island Master and other demonic cultivators gazed at the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster with longing in their eyes.
"If you wish to go, then go ahead..."
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes calm and serene.
Upon seeing this, the Second Island Master could no longer bear it and lunged at the Water Moon Palace with a snarling laugh.
A white bone banner appeared out of nowhere, growing enormous, and was planted in the white jade square of the Water Moon Palace. Inside, countless demon souls and spirits screamed and wailed...
Subsequently, the spirits of cultivators were drawn in, and all were treated equally, whether they were disciples of the Water Moon Palace or members of the demonic army.
For the demonic path, conquering such a powerful sect is simply the best opportunity to break through their magical power!
This is not just about resources, but also about the blood and essence of a large number of high-level cultivators, which are extremely rare and hard to come by under normal circumstances.
Blood and fire gradually engulfed the entire Water Moon Palace...
But at a certain moment, all of this suddenly came to an abrupt end!
A ray of moonlight fell, illuminating the location of the Ancestral Hall of Shuiyue Palace.
A woman in a simple dress strolled out in the moonlight, holding a laurel branch. Her face was like a silver plate, her eyebrows and eyes were exquisite, and a beauty mark was on her lips. With a slight turn of her eyes, she exuded a thousand charms...
The moment this woman appeared, the frenzied army of cultivators forgot to move.
It was not because we were intimidated by its divine sense or magical power!
Although this woman's magical power fluctuations faintly exceeded those of a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak, she was not the most terrifying.
The most terrifying thing is that when it appears, the spiritual energy in the world is 'frozen' and submits to it!
Cultivators primarily focus on breathing in spiritual energy to break through cultivation realms.
Once the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is unleashed, it's like a fish out of water, unable to struggle...
Under the moonlight, the woman sighed softly and then waved her hand gently.
The enormous White Bone Banner of Ten Thousand Souls instantly cracked inch by inch, turning into countless fragments.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a vast blue "sea" appeared between heaven and earth!
No, that is not a 'sea', but an 'ocean' constructed from water-based spiritual energy!
Endless spiritual energy from heaven and earth converged and flowed down from the Water Moon Palace.
Those cultivators who hadn't had a chance to escape, whether they were Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, or Nascent Soul stage cultivators, all rapidly dissolved in the sea; even the Nascent Soul stage cultivators couldn't escape...
"He's a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
When the old merchant saw this scene, he felt his soul tremble and cold sweat dripped down his back.
The Lord of Talisman Sword Island pondered in silence, then patted his chest, and a strange and ancient talisman armor was fully donned.
Dongmen Jin rushed too fast and too far ahead... At this moment, he was enveloped by water elemental power and turned into a ball of azure water. He only wanted to fly back, but it was too late.
Then the woman pointed with her delicate hand.
Stab it!
The azure light suddenly brightened, like a small sun.
Amidst countless rays of light, Dongmen Jin, clad in jet-black armor, pulled out one treasure after another, manifesting the forms of numerous ferocious beasts such as the Nine-Headed Serpent and the Qiongqi. Yet, he ultimately could not withstand the might of heaven and earth; even his jet-black armor was melted away, eventually turning into a pool of liquid, and even his nascent soul vanished...
"No, this woman is not a Nascent Soul cultivator, but merely an avatar of a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster suddenly spoke up: "Tao Jian, Shang Laogui... follow me and hold this woman off! If we can hold out for a while, she will vanish without a trace... I have roamed the world for so long, and I have never even fought a Nascent Soul Venerable! Haha!"
He laughed loudly, like a madman, and suddenly made a hand seal. Streaks of purplish-black demonic lightning gathered and formed a strange demonic image behind the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster!
This demon had three heads and six arms, a ferocious face, and a purple lightning dragon wrapped around its waist. Suddenly, it stretched out its six arms and grabbed at the Water Moon Ancestor.
Upon seeing this, Master Shuiyue frowned slightly and gently scattered the laurel branch in her hand.
puff!
A flash of cold light appeared, and the demonic figure was swiftly severed at the waist.
Stab it!
But at this moment, the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster also rushed to the Water Moon Ancestor, his hands swirling with purple-black demonic lightning, and he unleashed a thunderous punch!
Countless magical patterns appeared on his arms, wriggling like earthworms.
The void was compressed to its limit, and then emitted a crystalline light of demonic lightning.
boom!
With a single punch, the armor on the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster's arm shattered, revealing streaks of blood.
But the woman also retreated several steps, a look of surprise and uncertainty appearing on her face: "Among the younger generation of Nascent Soul cultivators, there are indeed outstanding individuals, but it's a pity..."
She gently raised her hand, and boundless water elemental energy appeared between heaven and earth, pressing down like a vast ocean...
puff puff!
Just then, two thick beams of light appeared on the left and right sides, which were none other than the Island Master of Talisman Sword and the Old Ancestor of the Merchants!
As late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, their grasp of the battle situation was exquisite.
Since the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster was willing to take the lead and snatch the most dangerous mission, they didn't mind joining forces with him and going up against the Water Moon Ancestor.
After all, this is an external avatar of a Nascent Soul cultivator!
No cultivator aspiring to the Nascent Soul stage would want to miss such a golden opportunity!
Above the sky, a huge five-colored talisman sword appeared out of nowhere, its blade covered with talismans, and then it slashed down with a roar!
Beside it was a long river made of magical artifacts.
Countless high-level magical artifacts exploded instantly, detonated by the merchant patriarch using a secret technique!
For a merchant of such immense wealth, these losses are nothing at all.
"Stubborn to the end!"
The Water Moon Ancestor radiated a brilliant blue light, and the ocean of spiritual energy from heaven and earth instantly enveloped and eroded the giant talisman sword and the river of magical treasures...
The full-force attack from the two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators seemed to have little effect on her.
Upon witnessing this scene, the merchant patriarch and the island master of Fujian Island felt a sense of despair.
"We cannot compete with it in terms of magical power... Although it is merely an external avatar, it possesses the ability of a Nascent Soul Venerable to manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and its magical power is virtually inexhaustible..."
The old merchant instantly understood.
"Haha, well done."
At this moment, the old monster Tian Sha made a hand seal with one hand, and with the other hand, he forcefully inserted it into his own side waist and pulled out a strange rib.
The ribs were pure white, covered with countless dark, magical patterns.
Amidst the chanting of incantations, the rib transformed into a giant white bone sword, which the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster wielded with both hands and slashed at the Water Moon Ancestor.
"Dragon-Slaying Blade? It seems you're also a descendant of someone I knew before..."
As Master Shuiyue gazed at the demonic blade, a hint of nostalgia flashed across his face, and he gently blocked it with a laurel branch.
Stab it!
The Dragon-Slaying Blade sliced through the laurel branch, shaving off a single laurel blossom.
Meanwhile, Master Shuiyue had already arrived in front of Old Monster Tiansha and pointed out with a finger!
Her hands were slender and white; this single finger gesture possessed no supernatural power, yet it gave the impression that the entire world was repelling and squeezing it...
puff!
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster coughed up blood and flew backward, his armor exploding into countless fragments!
Not only that, his skin peeled off piece by piece, revealing a completely different face.
"As expected... it's just a corpse refining technique, a demonic possession method? This corpse refining was also at the late Nascent Soul stage in life, which is why it was able to unleash most of your power."
Master Shuiyue was not surprised, but simply narrated calmly.
The Island Master of Talisman Sword and the Old Ancestor of the Merchant Clan recognized the face immediately: "Master Xuan Yan? So... Heavenly Fiend, you secretly refined this person's corpse for possession? Your true self has been hidden away all along?!"
The merchant patriarch was filled with regret. He knew that the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster must have known about the Water Moon Palace's Nascent Soul stage through some secret channel, yet he didn't take the risk himself and instead used corpse refining as a substitute.
Although a high-grade fourth-order refined corpse capable of bearing most of its power is extremely rare, for a Nascent Soul old monster, his own life is the most important thing!
"How ruthless! Tian Sha has betrayed me and the Lord of Talisman Sword Island!"
The old merchant had a sudden thought, so he bit his tongue, transformed into a black whirlwind, and retreated madly, leaving only a rag doll behind.
When the Island Master of the Talisman Sword saw that the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster was fighting only in an avatar, he did the same. He stuck an ancient talisman on his body, and surrounded by many tadpole-like characters, he turned into a ball of light and disappeared in an instant.
"Can you escape?"
With a gentle palm strike, Master Shuiyue sent a stream of water that transformed into a talisman, which was then affixed to the body of the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster.
In an instant, this fourth-tier high-grade refined corpse turned into an ice sculpture.
"The demonic possession technique requires the splitting of a portion of the soul... Killing this avatar is useless, but if this portion of your soul is sealed, your true self will inevitably be greatly affected..."
Master Shuiyue smiled lightly, then looked in the direction where the two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators had left, casually chose a spot, and chased after them.
"Counterattack!"
At that moment, the Second Palace Mistress's voice, filled with hatred, suddenly rang out from the Water Moon Palace.
"Oh no, run!"
Zhong Lingxiu felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and fled frantically with many other cultivators; their defeat was truly utter and devastating...