Chapter 269 Picking Up a Bargain Right Before Divinity Transformation
"Hahaha– Bachahei, you've always prided yourself on being an ancient mystic creature with the bloodline of dragon, too arrogant to look up to anyone. To think you are now hoping for another Demon Venerable to save you, you're the one dreaming!"
"Submit early, and you can save your life; otherwise, my spear has long been thirsty for action!"
The speaker was Tu Wanxiong, the Ten Thousand Heroes Revered One.
His words caused a jolt in Bachahei's heart.
"Could it be that those bastards are really going to watch me being besieged by the Human Race without doing anything? No wonder no demons have come to help after such a long time. Damn it!"
However, he still bellowed fiercely yet with fear inside, "They will definitely come! And even if I'm to die, I'll take a few of you down with me! Hiss–"
Bachahei began to burn his lifeblood, using desperate measures.
The eight God Transformation Honorables from Extreme Path Demon Sect also looked serious and prepared for battle.
Reaching the Demon Venerable or Divinity Transformation Stage makes one very difficult to kill, and this is even more true for the demon race with their tough skin and strong vitality.
Moreover, one had to be cautious of their use of self-destruction as a last resort.
Therefore, they deployed nine God Transformation Honorables this time. Honorable Luomu was there to guard against any Demon Venerables that might come to provide support. They were fully prepared to make sure to capture Bachahei.
Yet, despite all the preparations, they still tried to avoid injuries as much as possible.
Although they were very difficult to kill, once injured, healing became even more difficult.
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Yu Qingtan was unaware of the conversation and the specifics of the battle inside the Great Array.
She was busy sneaking into a Demon King's lair in search of treasures.
The Viper Forest was already towards the inner areas of the Yunhua Mountain Range. There were seven Major Demon Kings among the viper clan, and at this point, all had fled.
And the Fifth Stage great battle did not cover the entire Viper Forest, only a particular area of it.
Soon, Yu Qingtan, relying on the Blue Clear Spiritual Pupil Technique, found a Demon King's nest, a cave one mile underground.
Inside the cave was a Spiritual Spring, and there was also a green lotus growing in the spring.
Yu Qingtan harvested fourteen Fourth Stage Spirit Spring Green Lotus Seeds.
Next to the Spiritual Spring, there were also over a dozen Fourth Stage Snake Saliva Grass plants.
Below the Viper Forest was a Fourth Stage Spirit Vein.
"What a pity, the valuables have all been taken away!"
Yu Qingtan did not feel disappointed and continued her search.
Soon she harvested many high-rank spirit herbs and Spirit Ores.
At that moment, Yu Qingtan's eyes lit up, and she continued to delve deeper.
Ten miles underground, Yu Qingtan discovered a lower-grade Fourth Stage Formation.
It was the kind set up with an Array Plate.
Using the Blue Clear Spiritual Pupil Technique and her knowledge of formations, she found a weak spot in the array and then, with her Nascent Soul Stage strength and using the Dao Fishing Rod as a sword, she executed the Xiangfei Sword Technique.
After a dozen or so strikes, she broke through the Great Array, revealing the hidden treasury within.
Indeed, the viper clan couldn't possibly have taken all the treasures with them in time.
Yu Qingtan's smile nearly split her face, eagerly putting all the treasure from the treasury into the System Space.
Wasteland Crystals, Fourth Stage Spirit Dew, Top-Grade Spirit Stones, Fourth Stage spirit herbs - they had everything.
The most precious items might have been carried by the Demon Kings, but this viper clan's treasury alone, with a rough estimate, was worth around thirty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
"Boom–"
Just as Yu Qingtan was about to continue treasure hunting elsewhere, a violent noise came from above.
Immediately afterward, a shockwave with terrifying power instantly reached where Yu Qingtan was.
Yu Qingtan immediately used her Nascent Soul Stage strength to cast the Five Elements Protective Barrier.
However, it was of no use.
The shockwave instantly tore through the Five Elements Protective Barrier, and Yu Qingtan's body was annihilated.
This was Bachahei, the Demon Venerable of the snake race, choosing self-destruction when he was at his wits' end.
The eight Divinity Transformation members of the Extreme Path Demon Sect had prepared various methods, but they still failed to prevent his self-destruction.
The power of a Fifth Stage Demon Venerable's self-destruction was far more terrifying than nuclear explosions from Yu Qingtan's previous life.
The lower-tier of the Fifth Stage Eight Extremes Demon Slaying Formation was directly blasted apart, and the prepared eight God Transformation Honorables were all injured to varying degrees.
A hundred zhang below, the entire surface evaporated, and one li deep turned into glazed earth, forming a huge pit five li deep.
Located ten li underground, a clone of Yu Qingtan, whose power was comparable to the late Nascent Soul Stage, was directly obliterated.
Three breaths later, the disguised True Lord of Niu Lanshan, Yu Qingtan, reappeared on the spot, swiftly dressed herself, and used the Breath-Concealing Technique and Five Elements Qiankun Escape, moving through the compacted earth below.
She had left a Soul Marking Seal in the original place.
Two breaths later, Yu Qingtan found her target.
A scale of the Fifth Stage Demon Venerable Bachahei.
As Bachahei self-destructed, countless scales flew off his body due to the blast's shockwave.
Because they were inherently hard and had immediately distanced from the center of the explosion, a considerable amount remained undamaged.
This was all prime material, and Yu Qingtan hurried to collect it.
While Yu Qingtan was collecting the 136th scale from Bachahei, a binding force froze her in place.
Then Yu Qingtan felt an invisible hand rapidly pulling her out from underground and suspending her in midair.
"Quite bold indeed, daring to steal my spoils of war right under my nose. Are the younger generations so brazen these days? Do you not understand the concept of death?"
A figure appeared before Yu Qingtan, an aura of terrifying killing intent enshrouded her, causing an involuntary shudder in Yu Qingtan's heart.
It was none other than Tu Wanxiong, the Ten Thousand Heroes Revered One.
The Ten Thousand Heroes Revered One himself resembled a lean old man in hemp clothes; if not for his terrifying killing intent, one might think he was a rustic old farmer.
It is said, to kill one is a sin, to kill ten thousand is a hero, and to kill a million is a paragon among heroes!
The number of cultivators Tu Wanxiong had killed was incalculable, but he had slain even more members of the Demon Race and the Sea Clan.
"Judging by the appearance and aura, this should be the True Lord of Niu Lanshan from the Southern Region's Hundred Beasts Sect. I have heard that this man has been active in the Southeast Region recently. However, something doesn't add up; I can't detect the presence of his life's spiritual beast, the Sky-Treading Green Ox, on him."
At this moment, a beautiful female cultivator dressed in ice-blue attire, with long blue hair, an oval face, and willow-leaf eyebrows, frowned and spoke.
It was Ice Jade Venerable, Wan Yanbingyu.
"No matter, under my Truth-Revealing Technique, this junior will tell us all their secrets without reservation," said another person, a clean-shaven youth in scholar's attire, who appeared next to the Ten Thousand Heroes Revered One, speaking nonchalantly.
He was the Six Desires Venerable, Emperor Huang Wan, disciple of the Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel.
"I am none other than your grandfather Niu Lanshan. If you think to get information from me, think again!" bellowed the person disguised as "True Lord of Niu Lanshan" Yu Qingtan, and then she immediately obliterated this body.
"What kind of technique is this? There are no spatial fluctuations; how did they disappear into thin air?" the Six Desires Venerable furrowed his brows and muttered, extending his Divine Sense to probe meticulously.
"It seems to be some sort of clone technique, but I've never heard of the Hundred Beasts Sect possessing such a profound method of cloning; this person is likely not Niu Lanshan."
Ice Jade Venerable analyzed.
"Nevertheless, they must be related to Niu Lanshan. When we have time, we'll capture Niu Lanshan and interrogate him thoroughly. This place is not safe for a long stay, let's quickly clean up the battlefield and return to the sect," said the Ten Thousand Heroes Revered One, licking his lips with a bloodthirsty smile, speaking in a cruel tone.