Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Hahahaha…”
The Black-robed Daoist priest watched Qin Yang staving off several ghost spirits with all his strength and also observed Qin Feng as his protective golden light gradually grew dimmer. He started to make a piercing laugh that was like the hoot of an owl, carrying a sense of cruelty and heartlessness.
Qin Feng did not want to use the Frozen Ice Sword Talisman on the 10 plus skeleton head and evil spirits. He knew that move was nothing for the black-robed old priest.
If he wanted more ghost spirits, he could head out to murder a few cultivators any time and replenish the souls he collected to cultivate ghostly creatures. Even if Qin Feng used his talisman to kill these ghost spirits, it would not be a big loss to the black-robed priest.
Qin Feng moved his fingers into spell-casting form, maneuvered the extremely faint spiritual energy within him to cast the strongest spell he knew.
Shifting with his spell, as the spiritual energy in his dantian was mostly depleted, it took all he had to manifest two phantom figures, a dragon and a tiger1.
That was the spell he had been cultivating from the Great Mystery Origin Reversal cultivation method, manifesting both tiger and dragon phantoms to protect himself and fight his enemies.
It was a shame as he had only begun cultivating a few days ago. Even with the help of the Qi Gathering Pills, he had not managed to accumulate much spiritual energy and remained in the first level of Qi Refinement Stage.
Whoosh! A gust of wind blew past as the tiger and dragon phantoms raced toward the skeleton head and viciously collided with it.
However, the skeleton head did not budge an inch.
Even though the tiger phantom managed to draw a gust of gentle breeze, the tiny bit of wind was only enough to blow dead branches and fallen leaves around. At the very most, it managed to cause a couple of small stones to roll away. If he planned to shake up this tough as nails skeleton head, it was far from enough.
Even though the skeleton head had lost two front teeth when it tried to bite through the golden light of the Warrior Protective Talisman, it did not mean that it was an easy target. On any account, anything cultivated by an advanced Foundation Establishment stage cultivator would not be something that he, a cultivator of the first level Qi Refinement Stage could defeat.
The tiger phantom was completely useless while the dragon phantom was only slightly stronger. As it was manifested from water vapor, there was a layer of mist on the skeleton head after the dragon phantom collided with the skeleton head. The skull gleamed brightly, looking smooth and shiny as though it was just given a bath.
“Hahaha…” the black-robed priest held his stomach in laughter, his laughter was filled with derision. He laughed at Qin Feng’s misguided attempt at using his first level Qi Refinement Stage to fight the skeleton head he had cultivated, it was an amusing moment to see him overestimate his own strength.
Qin Yang at the back was also rendered speechless.
This cousin of his was not an idiot, he knew for a fact that he was not a match. So why did he waste his spiritual energy pulling that stunt instead of preserving it to escape when a chance presented itself?
The black-robed priest stopped laughing and raised his hand once more to wave the banner. A cloud of black smoke rushed out, measuring over ten feet in circumference; it enveloped both Qin Feng and his cousin within it.
The two of them were frightened at the start because they thought that the old priest had summoned some powerful ghostly creature. However, they immediately realized that this black smoke was not made of ghosts but was merely a cloud of evil intent.
Pure evil intent can damage the body, but by using spiritual energy to protect oneself there would not be any harm caused in the short term.
However, those ghostly souls took to the cloud of evil intent like a duck takes to water. The speed of their movements increased by a couple of measures. Even those with deficiencies in their ghostly form started to heal and reform.
Qin Feng stared at the priest curiously.
Logically, an advanced stage cultivator was not limited to this. Why did it seem like the old priest was deliberately holding back and refraining himself from killing them?
Even if the old priest had reservations about the Frozen Ice Sword talisman in his hand, killing his cousin Qin Yang would be a breeze for the old priest.
Nevertheless, they were both alive and relatively unharmed. Since the beginning, the black-robed priest had only sent out a couple of ghostly spirits against them. That seemed… like something was off?
Furthermore, when he looked at the banner in the black-robed priest’s hand, it should be a spirit tool of the Evil Way known as the Hundred Ghost Banner. At that moment, he elected to deplete the energy of evil intent from within the Hundred Ghost Banner instead of releasing the rest of the ghostly spirits at them.
Was that deliberate, or his Hundred Ghost Banner might be out of ghostly spirits?
Before Qin Feng had figured it all out, the old priest suddenly changed his expression and exclaimed, “How dare you juniors act impudently before me. I’ll send you to hell.”
With that, the old priest waved his sleeve and pulled out his Bone Crusher Hammer. With vicious and explosive force, he smashed it upon Qin Feng’s body. With a loud slam, Qin Feng was thrown flying into the air, by the Bone Crusher. He flew countless feet away until he crashed directly into a large tree; only then did he drop to the ground.
With that single hit, the fading golden light was completely smashed into pieces. His internal organs were injured from the attack; with a splutter, a great gush of bright red blood poured out from his mouth.
Qin Feng was deep in shock, he finally experienced the power of a cultivator of the advanced Foundation Establishment stage.
Even though he could argue that the strength of his Warrior Protective Talisman was mostly depleted, he was still injured so easily by his opponent with just one move. It was likely that even if that talisman had been at full strength, it would still be unable to withstand a few hits from this old priest.
All his senses were sending signal after signal of pain, Qin Feng almost fainted from it all. However, Qin Feng knew that he could not fall because once he did, he might not be able to stand back up again.
Fighting hard against the pain, Qin Feng used his trembling arms to support his body. He planned to get up and hide, thus avoiding the next attack. At the same time, he was going to manipulate the last vestige of spiritual energy left in his inner core to activate the Frozen Ice Sword Talisman.
Even with that talisman, he might still be unable to hurt that black-robed priest. However, if it helped him to hold on for even a short while, that would be considered a good thing.
On the other side, after sending Qin Feng flying with one blow, the black-robed priest then swung his hammer at Qin Yang.
Qin Yang’s body did not have any protective talismans. If he received such a powerful blow to his body, he would definitely be killed on the spot, his life would be snuffed out in that instant!
“Insolence!”
Right when the hammer was about to land on Qin Yang’s body, a loud shout came from afar.
At the same time, the gleaming sword light1 flew through the air like a lightning bolt and with a loud clang, knocked the hammer away, saving Qin Yang’s life.
Qin Feng and Qin Yang both let out a sigh of relief.
Li Tianchou finally made it.
If he was delayed by even another second, both of them would have died at the hands of that old priest. If that happened, even their souls would be taken by the evil cultivator into the Hundred Ghost Banner and refined into evil spirits.
Li Tianchou’s figure approached at lightning speed. He had started searching in a different direction which was quite a distance from there. Hence, he was a little slow getting there. He hoped that Qin Yang and Qin Feng were unharmed. Even if he was not worried about Qin Long going crazy, or the small insignificant Qin family causing him trouble, it would still tarnish his reputation.
Li Tianchou glanced at the two cousins. Once he saw that they were not in a bad condition, he started to relax. He turned toward the old priest and said in a cold tone, “How dare you harm people in the presence of Li Tianchou, I will destroy you!”
Li Tianchou was clearly a true swordmaster cultivator. Before he had finished speaking, his sword had started to swing. With a quick flick of his hand, he cast a sword spell and the flying sword suddenly skyrocketed in midair, becoming a 10 foot-long gleam of sword light. It carried a chilling and terrifying aura as it hurtled toward the black-robed old priest.
The old priest scoffed, “Do you really think I’m scared of you?”
As he spoke, he swung the hammer in his hand directly at the flying sword, making contact.
Only, Li Tianchou and the strength of his swordplay far exceeded his imagination. The hammer could not withstand its force and was thrown back into the black-robed priest’s hand by Li Tianchou’s flying sword.
“What an impressive swordsman cultivator. I won’t play games with you any longer…” the Daoist priest let out a strange shriek. Turning around, he rode on a gust of black wind and flew into the distance.
“Where are you going! Surrender your life, then we’ll talk!”
Li Tianchou of course could not let the old priest escape. With the pull of a sword spell, the long sword flew back. He stepped onto his sword and started to soar in the air in the direction of that black-robed priest he chased.