Chapter 172 Ambush
The temperature in the stone room was very high, and even Gao Xian felt the heat was unbearable even when he was wearing shadowless robes to protect his body.
The high temperature causes the blood to evaporate, giving off a strong smell of blood.
The death of the two foundation-building cultivators was a bit miserable, and their outer robes were in tatters from the flames.
The main reason is that the semi-enclosed stone chamber is very strong, and there is nowhere to vent the violent fire magic of the flame bombs, which greatly increases the power of the flame bombs.
In an open place, the two foundation-building monks would not be so embarrassed.
Gao Xian put away the two people's storage bags and swords, and then used the storage charm to put away the two bodies.
There must be some personal magic weapons and other items. The other party died in a miserable state, so he didn't want to touch it. It was better to go back and let Qiniang handle it.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Gao Xian used the clone technique to summon a clone, which crashed into the ambush left by the two foundation-building monks.
The clone touched the spider silk, triggering the metal box hidden in the corner. The metal box suddenly opened and sprayed out a large amount of black arsenic sand.
I don’t know what it was made of, but the clone was shot into a sieve by the black poisonous sand, and the body was quickly corroded and melted by the poison.
The stone walls on both sides were corroded by arsenopyrite and formed deep black pits.
Gao Xian also frowned slightly, this stuff is really vicious. Its frightening corrosiveness is much more powerful than aqua regia. The key is that it also has severe toxicity that can corrode the cultivator's mana.
There is also a box at the entrance at the other end, which should be useful for assassinating people.
I just don’t know how the runes inside this box are designed so that they can be triggered by a piece of spider silk. It’s too sensitive. It’s not very safe to hold in your hand.
Gao Xian also triggered another box. He put away the two used metal boxes and prepared to take them back to find someone to look at.
Gao Xian moved quickly, packed up his things, and then sent the shadowless robes into the stone room next door.
This stone room was very small and empty with nothing in it. It looked like it was originally a small warehouse used to store supplies.
Gao Xian chose to hide here because no one would pay attention to an empty room. It was also very small and no one would choose to rest here.
He waited for a long time before he saw several Lianyun Sect cultivators approaching cautiously.
The few people exploring the path in front were all in the middle stage of Qi training, and there were balls of bright light floating in front of them turned into bright light talismans.
Gao Xian felt a little sympathy for these cultivators. Those in the front row exploring the path were always cannon fodder.
Foundation-building monks like Zhang Chunjiang do not need the help of Qi practitioners to fight.
He brought so many people with him mainly to protect himself.
The environment of the underground ruins is complex, and Qisha Sect cultivators like to hide in the dark and make sneak attacks.
A large group of Qi Practitioners will naturally form a large protective circle. No matter what ambush is laid by the Qi Sha Sect cultivators, they can use Qi Practitioners to defeat it.
There are dozens of Qi practitioners with different statuses. Those who are driven to the front row to explore the path must be the ones with the lowest status and the weakest cultivation.
After several Qi practitioners checked it, Zhang Chunjiang strode over.
He first noticed the large black corrosion mark at the entrance of the passage, and looked at it for a long time.
"Soul-eating poisonous sand!"
Zhang Chunjiang recognized this vicious magic weapon because a foundation-building monk was seriously injured by it, and it took two days to delay. After all, he could not withstand the severe toxicity of the arsenic sand.
When he died, most of his body had been corroded, and his death was miserable.
Such a vicious magical weapon also left a deep impression on Zhang Chunjiang. Seeing it here made him feel heavy.
Zhang Chunjiang then went to the stone chamber where the two foundation builders were killed. Balls of bright light shone brightly, making the stone chamber as bright as day.
Large splatters of blood on the ground, burnt and carbonized meat, and thousands of shattered cracks on the rock wall are all clearly visible.
Zhang Chunjiang drove everyone out and walked around the stone room.
The strong mana aura from the battle has not dissipated yet, and the stone wall is still a bit hot to the touch.
"Two foundation-building monks were killed?"
Zhang Chunjiang checked the traces of the battle and was very confused. There were three types of mana in the stone room.
Needless to say, the blazing fire magic power was extremely violent and powerful. The violent explosion caused him to hear the sound on the upper floor.
The other two mana auras both carry a sinister aura, and at first glance they are the foundation-building monks of the Seven Evils Sect.
Huang Cheng, who was plotted against by the Soul-Eating Poisonous Sand, also said that the people who attacked him were a man and a woman, and they should be the famous Soul-Eating Twins of the Seven Evils Sect. The black traces at the two entrances of the passage also proved the identity of the Soul-Eating Twins.
identity.
The two soul-eating evil spirits are insidious and vicious. They have plotted against countless people in the underground ruins. Who can plot against their husband and wife?
The other party even killed the two demons by himself?!
Zhang Chunjiang has contacts with several other foundation-building monks in the sect and knows their locations.
He knew very well that the person who did this was not a fellow monk.
So, in addition to their Lianyun Sect and Qisha Sect, there is also a third sect of cultivators here?!
The other party has a high level of cultivation, so he strikes back with poison!
Zhang Chunjiang couldn't guess the origin of the other party, nor did he know what the other party wanted to do. He felt very uneasy.
Twenty steps away, Gao Xian was examining Zhang Chunjiang through several layers of stone walls. From this distance, he could rush in front of Zhang Chunjiang in one breath using his shadowless robe.
With his master-level swordsmanship combined with the Green Lotus Feihong Sword, plus the Vajra and Lingxi Sword, he was 70% to 80% sure of killing Zhang Chunjiang.
Gao Xian weighed it up and decided not to take action. Being too close would be risky, and it would be difficult to deal with the group of people outside.
You shouldn't have killed the man and woman just now, but left them to fight with Zhang Chunjiang, so that he could benefit from it.
Gao Xian sighed inwardly, he was just kind and generous and couldn't bear to do bad things.
Zhang Chunjiang stayed in the stone room for a long time before he came out with a serious face.
Seeing this, many cultivators did not dare to breathe, for fear of angering the great foundation-building cultivator.
"Let's go, be careful..."
Zhang Chunjiang doesn't want to stay here anymore. There is a mysterious and powerful guy who is too dangerous.
Surrounded by the group of casual cultivators, Zhang Chunjiang and his party quickly returned along the original road.
Gao Xian didn't follow. He remembered the scent of Zhang Chunjiang and the people around him.
In a closed underground site, the smell of several people can be preserved for several days without dissipating.
After Zhang Chunjiang and his group had gone away, Gao Xian took out the storage bags of the two foundation-building monks and easily broke their spiritual imprints and opened the storage bags.
Gao Xian was a little disappointed. There were a lot of elixirs, talismans, and some scattered magic weapons in the storage bag.
Most of them are low-level magic weapons, which should be taken by them when they kill Qi practitioners.
Altogether, there are two to three hundred low-level magic weapons.
There are only a few dozen mid-grade spiritual stones and a few hundred low-grade spiritual stones. They don’t add up to much.
In fact, this is very reasonable. The two foundation-building monks came here to kill people and fight, so it is impossible to carry a large number of spiritual stones with them.
They have a powerful sect behind them and have their own foundation and property. Unlike casual cultivators, they have no place to put their money, so they have to carry all their family wealth with them.
Gao Xian searched for a long time and found only a few second-level magic weapons, all of which were of mediocre quality.
The most valuable is the two-person sword, which should be worth thirty to forty thousand spiritual stones. The Yinsha Banner and the Arsenopyrite are both of high quality, but these magic weapons require special secret techniques to exert their power, so it is difficult to sell them at a high price.
Both of their robes were torn apart, which was a pity.
A rough calculation shows that all the items added up could be sold for 50,000 spirit stones. That's a lot of money.
Gao Xian was quite satisfied. It was easy to get anyway, so there was nothing to fault.
With the Lingxi Sword in hand, it is really easy to kill the early stage of foundation building.
Gao Xian once again had a strong interest in sword cultivators. The "Seven Absolute Sword Classics" was mysterious and vague, and it was unlikely that he could learn anything about how to wield a sword.
It's best to find a famous swordsman for guidance. Even if you're not a swordsman, you can still understand how to use Lingxi Sword...
Anyway, he has enough spiritual stones, so it shouldn't be difficult to hire a teacher.
Gao Xian was thinking about his future path of spiritual practice when he suddenly sensed a strong fluctuation of magic power above him.
"It's Zhang Chunjiang..."
Gao Xian had studied Zhang Chunjiang and knew that this man practiced the "Xuan Yuan Sutra" and that his natal magical power, the Xuanyuan Hammer, was strong and violent, but he actually controlled water magic power, which was very special.
In the surging mana aura, there is a violent water mana.
Gao Xian activated the geomagnetic wheel and quickly rushed towards the location of the mana fluctuation.
When Gao Xian arrived at the battlefield, he found that the ground was covered with blood and flesh, and the scene was very tragic.
There were several Qi practitioners who were not dead, but their bodies were bruised and badly injured. They were lying there wailing and screaming, looking even worse than dead.
Zhang Chunjiang was fighting with a thin foundation-building cultivator. This foundation-building cultivator had an old face, wore a golden robe, and had a golden sword in his hand.
Gao Xian had seen this man, his name was Mu Yunxiu, and he once led people to invade Pegasus. In that battle, Yun Taihao took action and killed several foundation-building monks of the Qisha Sect.
Mu Yunxiu was lucky and escaped with his life.
Zhang Chunjiang and Mu Yunxiu are both in the early stages of foundation building and have similar cultivation levels, so they play very lively together.
Gao Xian was a little confused, what happened to those Qi practitioners?
Even if Zhang Chunjiang didn't care about the life and death of his men, he couldn't let Mu Yunxiu kill him randomly.
He couldn't help but sigh secretly. Ordinary cultivators were like ants, unable to resist a little storm. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty Qi practitioners were almost dead.
Looking at Zhang Chunjiang again, Xuanyuan Gangqi kept erupting, and the sword in his hand shone with green light. Every time he slashed, he would stir up heavy sword energy. He looked extremely impatient.
Gao Xian turned his eyes and saw a deep pit on the ground of the passage. He didn't know where it came from.
He summoned the Flower Appreciator Mirror to check the ground, and suddenly found a figure swimming like a fish underground.
It can't be said to be a fish, its posture is more like a mouse scurrying around in a hole in the ground.
"What is this?"
Gao Xian was shocked and walked freely underground. This ability was amazing!
Regardless of what the Five Elements Escape Technique is, this is the name.
It is easy for a foundation-building cultivator to fly in the sky, but it is not so easy to escape among metal, wood, earth, water, and fire.
It is very difficult to travel freely through matter with the physical body, and even normal foundation-building monks cannot do it.
He can easily penetrate material barriers, which is due to the magic of the shadowless robe. Moreover, he can only travel through matter briefly.
It is precisely because of this miraculous change that he can come and go without a trace, playing with the foundation-building monks at the palm of his hand.
It's not that the foundation-building monks are incompetent, it's that they didn't think of this. However, he can't wander back and forth underground.
Gao Xian was well aware of the difficulty of escaping to the ground, so he was greatly surprised as to what kind of cultivation this guy underground had and how he could roam around and escape underground at will.
He calmed down quickly. If the opponent had the golden elixir, he wouldn't have to crawl around underground. It would be great to capture Zhang Chunjiang directly!
After all, running around under people's feet is not a glorious thing.
Through the flower appreciating mirror, Gao Xian saw clearly that guy, with a deer head and rat eyes. This was not an adjective, but an accurate description.
This man has a mouse head, a long pointed mouth, and buck teeth protruding from his lips.
He was thin and stooped, and wore a shiny black tights, which looked a bit like the black gelcoat he wore in his previous life.
All in all, this man is like a mouse transformed into a spirit. Although he is in human form, he looks very much like a mouse in every aspect.
Gao Xian has seen ugly people, but never such an ugly person.
Although this rat spirit is ugly, his cultivation is very pure. A sparkle of light shines in the center of his eyebrows, and he has strong magical power. He is clearly a foundation-building monk.
Zhang Chunjiang should have known that someone was hiding under his feet. He kept changing his position and attacked Mu Yunxiu wildly.
Mu Yunxiu activated the golden Qi and attacked steadily, clearly intending to hold Zhang Chunjiang back.
Zhang Chunjiang tried to rush over many times, but was stopped by Mu Yunxiu. He became more and more impatient.
Suddenly he raised his hand to activate a thunder talisman, and in an instant, blazing blue and white thunder suddenly burst out.
Mu Yunxiu was shocked. Zhang Chunjiang himself would be injured if he unleashed the lightning method at such a close range.
He hurriedly turned into a phantom and retreated several feet away, avoiding the fierce lightning strike.
Seeing an opening, Zhang Chunjiang rushed forward without hesitation, but the rat spirit hidden underground suddenly took action.
He kneaded the spell with his hands and recited the spell silently, and thorns suddenly pierced out from the ground.
These ground thorns, which are made of mana and soil, are more than ten feet long.
Under the influence of the rat essence, hundreds of ground thorns covered an area of more than ten feet. Several Qi practitioners who survived were directly pierced by the ground and turned into meat skewers, and died on the spot.
Zhang Chunjiang was not hit by the ground thorn, but in order to avoid the ground thorn, he inevitably slowed down.
Mu Yunxiu seized the opportunity, and the Jinxia Sword in his hand glowed with golden light, turning into a huge golden sword and slashing Zhang Chunjiang.
This sword calculated Zhang Chunjiang's position so that he could not avoid it.
Zhang Chunjiang had no choice but to activate his natal magical power Xuanyuan Hammer. The green light gathered into a huge cone shape and struck directly at the golden giant sword.
The two powerful magic powers clashed head-on, causing a sudden surge of magic power. Zhang Chunjiang's whole body was rippling with energy, his protective spell Golden Light Technique flickered on and off, and the purple energy shield on his robe also rippled like smoke.
Both sides used their magical powers to attack head-on. Zhang Chunjiang actually had the advantage and blew Mu Yunxiu away.
But he wasn't feeling well either, and his protective spells were about to break down.
The underground rat spirit seized the opportunity. He formed seals with his hands, and the ground suddenly rose. Countless sands formed into a giant rat head and swallowed Zhang Chunjiang in one bite...
Chapter completed!