Just as the Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect felt victory was within his grasp,
Diao San's gold brick, crackling with lightning energy, smashed toward him.
Seeing the golden light hurtling toward him, the Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect roared. With a flip of his hand, he summoned his black bone whip.
The whip, shrouded in dense, dark yin energy, lashed out at the gold brick. The moment they clashed,
a deafening boom echoed, and the resulting shockwave sent the surrounding trees flying.
Diao San was forced back half a step. He was somewhat surprised that this guy's weapon hadn't snapped.
The Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect also stumbled back two steps.
He glared at Diao San, his expression grim, though the shock in his heart ran even deeper.
He hadn't expected Diao San's gold brick to be so formidable.
After all, the black bone whip in his hands was his sect's guardian magical artifact.
If it could withstand the black bone whip, did that mean this gold brick was also at the magical artifact grade?
At this thought, the Sect Master's breathing grew rapid, and greed instantly took over.
“If I can steal all of these, won't I strike it rich?”
With that, he clashed with Diao San once more.
While the two of them fought, Dog Shen and the others also engaged the disciples of the Ghost Erosion Sect.
The Thunderclap Bricks thrown by the group crisscrossed in the air, forming a massive net of lightning that blanketed the area.
The Ghost Erosion Sect disciples didn't even have room to dodge before they were electrocuted, screaming in agony.
This lightning was the ultimate counter to their cultivation techniques!
To make matters worse, their own weapons were utterly useless; they were instantly smashed to pieces by the enemy's gold bricks.
They truly couldn't understand why their Sect Master hadn't ordered a retreat after seeing that the enemies were wielding lightning-infused bricks.
“Wasn't this just delivering themselves to be beaten?”
The Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect, who was still locked in battle with Diao San,
grew furious when he saw his disciples being completely dominated.
“We both raised our cultivation levels rapidly, so why are we so much weaker than them?”
“Even if they have better weapons, the gap shouldn't be this massive!”
It seemed he had to use his ultimate move, or his disciples would be beaten to death.
His figure suddenly blurred as he pushed his spiritual energy to its absolute limit. The black bone whip erupted with several phantom black pythons.
Accompanied by a bone-corroding black mist, they coiled toward Diao San's limbs, attempting to lock down his movements.
A fierce glint flashed in Diao San's eyes. Instead of retreating, he lunged forward, enduring the stinging pain all over his body as he pushed his spiritual energy to its peak.
The gold brick in his right hand crackled with thunder once more, and he launched himself at the Sect Master like a cannonball.
The Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect hadn't expected Diao San to be so reckless, launching such a desperate counterattack.
He hastily conjured a black spiritual shield in front of him.
“Crack!”
To the Sect Master's absolute disbelief, his spiritual shield shattered with a loud bang.
With a muffled groan, he was struck squarely in the chest. His breastbone collapsed on the spot...
His eyes widened in shock, and a mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.
Staring incredulously at Diao San, he couldn't understand. The advantage was clearly his!
Why couldn't he defeat this kid who had artificially raised his cultivation?
He was a genuine, uninflated Nascent Soul stage cultivator!
“Captain... we're here to help!”
Just then, Dog Shen and the rest of the crew, having dealt with their opponents, rushed over.
When the Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect looked around, he realized all of his disciples were already dead.
His rationality instantly returned. His face paled, and he hurriedly shouted,
“You're using numbers to bully the few! If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!”
At the same time, he prepared to flee.
Diao San looked at him as if he were an idiot.
“How about you fight our entire group alone instead?”
The Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect froze.
“Get him!”
Diao San wasted no more words. With a wave of his hand, a barrage of gold bricks rained down on the Sect Master once again.
“Bang! Bang!”
Once he was certain the Sect Master of the Ghost Erosion Sect had drawn his last breath,
and even his Nascent Soul had been thoroughly fried by the lightning,
Diao San's body swayed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Captain, what's wrong?”
“I'm fine.”
Diao San muttered, popping a recovery pill into his mouth.
He had taken a massive risk just now to finish that guy off.
The recovery pill was highly effective. Within moments of swallowing it, Diao San recovered.
These recovery pills had been bought by Lu Ming at a hefty price.
Because of his Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, he couldn't yet refine pills suitable for the Nascent Soul stage.
Therefore, he had purchased a batch of Nascent Soul stage recovery pills for them.
Staring at the corpses on the ground, Diao San remarked,
“If Fu Chen hadn't trained us for a while, winning this wouldn't have been so easy.”
Hearing Diao San's words, Dog Shen and the others couldn't help but shudder.
They recalled the time Lu Ming had arranged for Fu Chen to hunt them down.
That guy's sword really could appear at their throats under any circumstance.
If it had been a real battle, they didn't even know how many times they would have died.
In the end, they had been utterly thrashed by the Great Sect Master, the Second Sect Master, and Fu Chen together.
Just thinking about it brought tears to their eyes, but the results were undeniable.
Now, they could handle these life-and-death battles with ease.
“Alright, let's clean this up quickly, just as the Great Sect Master instructed.”
The group quickly gathered the storage bags, burned the bodies, and scattered the ashes.
Since they didn't have something like the Hundred Million Soul Banner to deal with souls,
the Great Sect Master had taught them a set of incantations for soul deliverance.
Whether it actually worked was anyone's guess, but they had to recite it anyway...
Once everything was sorted out, the group finally walked out of the dense forest.
Upon leaving the forest, they realized their sound transmission talismans were working again.
Diao San immediately sent a message to Lu Ming. A moment later, he received Lu Ming's reply.
The Third Sect Master had stumbled upon a spirit stones mine, and they were needed to mine it.
Hearing this news, everyone was incredibly excited. The sect was truly striking it rich!
After replying to Diao San, Lu Ming turned to Big Yellow and said,
“Let's head back. Except for that kid Fu Chen, whom we haven't reached yet, everyone else has been contacted.”
“Fu Chen is no ordinary fellow either. We'll look for him once we get back.”
“Woof woof!!”
Big Yellow nodded in agreement.
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
Just as the man and dog were about to return,
three figures dressed in black robes and wearing terrifying masks blocked their path.
“Robbery! Hand over your storage bags!”
Lu Ming blinked, exchanging a look with Big Yellow. “Are we being robbed?”
Lu Ming's casual remark left the three robbers completely dumbfounded.
“Was our entrance not obvious enough?”
“We literally shouted that it was a robbery!”
But in that split second of hesitation, Lu Ming suddenly summoned his Weapon Vault.
“Boom! Boom!”
Dust swirled and grass flew in all directions.
The three robbers were slammed to the ground, knocked out cold in a neat row.
Lu Ming nodded in satisfaction. He hadn't expected his Weapon Vault's grade to be so high.
Even with his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, he could use it without any issues.
Just then, Big Yellow pulled out its mace, preparing to bash their heads in.
“Wait...”
Big Yellow raised its paw, looking at Lu Ming in confusion. It didn't understand why Lu Ming was stopping it.
Wasn't it time to kill them and burn the bodies?
Lu Ming stroked his chin, staring at the three unconscious figures.
“What do you think about taking them back to work in the mine?”
Big Yellow's eyes lit up, and it nodded repeatedly. “This is great, this is great...”
Then, Lu Ming used his Spirit Locking Technique to seal their spiritual energy.
“Let's go.”
Lu Ming tossed two onto Big Yellow's back, carried one himself, and made their way back to the spirit stones mine.
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