NOVEL NEXT Chapter 217: Small Gains
Bai Yuqing took advantage of the situation to retreat, enduring the rampaging cloud energy inside her, and controlled three fingernails to shoot towards Lu Zheng.
But...
She only felt a blur before her eyes and lost sight of Lu Zheng.
Where is he? Illusion again?
No matter how Bai Yuqing widened her eyes, she couldn't find any trace of Lu Zheng.
The next moment, she felt a tight grip around her ankles. Looking down, she saw hands reaching out from the ground, grabbing her ankles.
"Earth Travel Technique!"
Lu Zheng, beneath the ground, pulled Bai Yuqing down, dragging her into the earth.
Before Bai Yuqing could resist, he released her and left using the Earth Travel Technique while Bai Yuqing remained buried.
"Whoosh!"
Lu Zheng emerged halfway beside her.
"Supreme Infinite, Three Pristine Imperial Decree, Freeze!"
With Bai Yuqing's head above ground, he swung the saber again.
"Roar!"
The tiger's roar was faint, and the saber wind was fierce.
"Open!!!"
Bai Yuqing's Dao practice was profound, even surpassing Lu Zheng. Having suffered the Body-Freezing Curse once and being prepared, Lu Zheng could only freeze her for an instant.
"Ah—"
Bai Yuqing opened her mouth, unleashing endless corpse qi to protect her head. Although the saber qi invaded her body, she avoided the disaster of decapitation.
Simultaneously, her figure twisted, exploding the earth, and emerged.
"Supreme Decree, Flying Cloud Breaks Evil, swiftly!"
"Hmph!"
Bai Yuqing, wounded by the saber and cloud qi, swung her hands. As three detached fingernails confronted the enemy, she moved away from Lu Zheng, heading towards Liu Qingyan and Hu Zhou.
She could clearly see that Liu Qingyan and Hu Zhou's cultivation was not much higher; her target was only Hu Zhou's essence of blood, no need to fight Lu Zheng to the death.
Being in the Netherworld, if she kills Hu Zhou and escapes, can Lu Zheng even chase her to Chaotic Corpse Pool?
Except...
In Bai Yuqing's perception, Lu Zheng disappeared underground again, and she felt the ground soften before her, then her legs were restrained by the earth.
The Body-Freezing Curse consumes much magical power, so Lu Zheng opted not to use it; instead, he used Earth Travel Technique to attack Bai Yuqing by surprise, followed with True Cloud Curse, Flying Cloud Evil-Breaking Skill, Tiger Roar Saber, attacking in succession.
Though Bai Yuqing and Hu Zhou seemed only a hundred meters apart, the distance was as vast as a chasm.
"Filthy Daoist! I want you dead!"
Bai Yuqing shrieked, and her remaining seven fingernails fell completely.
Ten fingernails consumed more spirit and magical power but increased in potency significantly. Under Bai Yuqing's control, they penetrated the earth beneath, shooting back and forth.
And Bai Yuqing, under the protection of these ten fingernails like flying swords, rushed ferociously towards Hu Zhou.
Liu Qingyan gathered her demon power, two dim white shadows appearing behind her.
Hu Zhou roared, unleashing the "Eighteen Mountain-Carrying Techniques," his full strength gathered in his right fist, ready to strike.
Then, Lu Zheng suddenly appeared from the ground beside Bai Yuqing.
"Break!"
Taking advantage while Bai Yuqing focused on the ten fingernails, he used the "Nine Heavens Golden Palace True God Transformation Technique," his spirit like a sharp sword, piercing Bai Yuqing's sea of consciousness.
"Ah—"
Bai Yuqing shrieked, her figure abruptly halting, her face twisted, black corpse qi surging from all seven apertures.
Her true spirit was heavily damaged!
In the next moment, Bai Yuqing endured her chaotic mind, watching Lu Zheng wield the saber and fly closer; she turned swiftly and fled far away.
Bai Yuqing truly feared; Lu Zheng's Dao practice was clearly inferior to hers, but he was Daoist and Martial Dual Cultivation, with multiple means.
Sword Technique, Cloud Mist Daoist Skill, Body-Freezing Curse, Earth Travel Technique, and now a spirit secret technique!
Bai Yuqing felt if she stayed longer, she would be killed by Lu Zheng before reaching Hu Zhou.
"Can you escape?"
Already battling fiercely, how could Lu Zheng let the Light of Fortune escape again?
Bai Yuqing's true spirit was already shattered by Lu Zheng, so Lu Zheng interfered with illusion, then attacked with spirit secret technique, Brocade Spring Saber, and True Cloud Curse in succession, firmly trapping Bai Yuqing.
Bai Yuqing shrieked harshly, "Filthy Daoist, let me go, or the giant corpse and stone corpse will destroy Yelan Mountain and level Tonglin County!"
"Supreme Infinite, Three Pristine Imperial Decree, Freeze!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Crack!"
This slash, with Lu Zheng's blood qi pouring, exerted full force, the tiger's void shadow roared to the sky, breaking Bai Yuqing's illusionary array.
"Ah—"
The enchanting corpse's head soared, a black smoke of corpse qi fled from her neck, about to escape into the earth.
"Supreme Decree, Gathering Qi and Summoning Clouds, swiftly!"
"Ahhhh! Spare me, Daoist!"
Three Exorcism Curses flew from Lu Zheng's hand into the black smoke, directly dispersing Bai Yuqing's already weakened true spirit, returning her soul to the heavens.
"Poof!"
The black smoke vanished.
"Boom!"
Bai Yuqing's head rolled onto the ground, rolling to Lu Zheng's feet.
"Buzz!"
The Mind Jade Seal trembled gently, collecting seventy-five strands of Light of Fortune.
"Not bad, still okay!"
Lu Zheng rubbed his chin, feeling quite satisfied—a two-hundred-plus-year Dao practice enchanting corpse, the leader of Chaotic Corpse Pool, was suppressed by him all the way.
Feels good; single-handedly, his Daoist cultivation should be just over a hundred and fifty years... right?
Sigh, without context, the comparison isn't straightforward.
.....
"Lu Lang!" Liu Qingyan flew over.
Lu Zheng tossed the Brocade Spring Saber to Hu Zhou, then reversed his hand to hold Liu Qingyan's hand, "It's okay now, it's over."
And just as Lu Zheng broke through Bai Yuqing's illusionary array with one slash, his aura spread, attracting the attention of Underworld soldiers from afar, who rushed over.
"Young Master Lu!"
"Mm." Lu Zheng nodded, tapping Bai Yuqing's head with his toe, "Take this corpse back to General Xin, tell him it's the enchanting corpse Bai Yuqing from Chaotic Corpse Pool."
"Enchanting corpse Bai Yuqing!" Several ghost soldiers exclaimed, looking at the head.
They saw the disheveled black hair of the head reveal a charming face, but its pure black pupils had lost their shine.
"Hiss—"
Lu Zheng glanced at them uncertainly, he wondered if they could even gasp as ghosts.
"Aware of the Netherworld's dangers now?"
"Understood!" Hu Zhou nodded repeatedly, "I'll be in the City God Temple practicing saber techniques."
"Mm."
"Lu Lang, look at this."
Liu Qingyan approached Lu Zheng, opening her palm to reveal ten red fingernails.
"Bai Yuqing's fingernails?"
Liu Qingyan nodded, pinching a fingernail with her right hand, demon power infused.
Then it lengthened into a slender sword three feet long.
"Whoa!" Lu Zheng was startled, taking a fingernail himself, channeling his True Qi.
"Whoosh!" That fingernail also became a slender sword three feet long.
Lu Zheng blinked, "This... how can any power activate them?"
"It should be a sword cultivation technique. Bai Yuqing, after becoming a corpse ghost, modified the sacrificial refining technique, requiring no specific power, allowing other forces to activate and command them after her death."