C69 (1/2)
If there was anything else within the Heavenly Desolate Domain that people were afraid of, it was the Bone Beasts that were everywhere, as well as the Phantom Infants that were not completely dead yet.
At that time, only Hong Ling himself had killed a Ghost Soul, and as for the rest, they were gone. He did not expect that the appearance of the Kun Steel had attracted these guys.
Hong Ling could sense that the aura of these Ghost Souls were even stronger than before and had already reached the level of the middle stage of Qi Refinement into Spirit.
There were a total of seven infant ghost beasts chasing after them, and a few bone beasts whose auras were not any weaker than the infant ghost. Hong Ling brought Lian Chengyue along and pushed his body to the maximum speed possible.
Although the two of them had already stepped into the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit, they were still only in the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit. Furthermore, refining Kun Steel had expended a large amount of cultivation.
At this moment, a large group of people were quickly rushing over. However, when they saw countless powerful bone beasts blocking the way, no one dared to easily approach that area anymore.
Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue constantly circulated their cultivation techniques as they escaped, slowly restoring the lost Authentic Qi bit by bit. The two of them were cultivators who had broken through the Heaven's Mandate Barrier, and Authentic Qi's recovery speed was extremely fast.
However, these Ghost Souls and Bone Beasts were not easy to deal with. They roared out, and waves of tyrannical Qi spread out from their mouths.
Roar! A ghost infant spat out a black ghost fog and charged towards the two of them.
Hong Ling's originally swift figure suddenly stopped, he turned his head, and coldly stared at the mass of black mist. The youth casually condensed a dark golden Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame, flew past the mass of black mist, and fiercely pressed the sacred flame into the ghost's body.
Ga, the ghost cried out miserably. Dark golden flames surged out from its body and wrapped around it. It struggled and screamed, but the flames were not extinguished because of its struggles.
The other six Ghost Infants surrounded it, staring at the dark golden flames on its body with fear. Finally, when the flames were extinguished, the Ghost Soul had already been burnt to ashes.
”The Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame will deal fatal damage to the infant ghost!” Lian Chengyue focused and casually summoned his white-gold Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame. He stared at a ghost baby with a smile on his face.
In a flash, she had already arrived beside one of the infant ghost's body. Lowering her body to avoid its grasp, she pressed the white-gold flame into its lower jaw.
With a ”chi” sound, a huge hole was burned through the bottom of the Ghost Infant's jaw that was congealed from the corroded black flesh and blood. The flame instantly sunk into the Ghost Infant's body.
Another miserable scream, just like the heart-wrenching scream of a spider before it was burned to death, sharp yet sad. Another ghost baby turned into ashes, Lian Chengyue stood beside Hong Ling while clapping his hands, holding a white-gold sacred flame.
Hong Ling casually took a step forward, and the five demon spirits that were surrounding them immediately jumped backwards, obviously fearing of him. Lian Chengyue then stepped forward, and those ghost babies that were originally baring their fangs and roaring in protest instantly screamed out and retreated.
Hong Ling walked to the side of the ghost baby's ashes that was just burnt away, carelessly touched it, and took out a transparent pearl from within the black ashes.
As if he had realized something, he walked over to the pile of ashes that Lian Chengyue had burned into a ghost, and took out an identical bead. He carefully examined it, and very quickly, he found a weak soul within.
”This is the soul orb mentioned in the ancient Alchemy Book?” The youth handed a pearl over to Lian Chengyue and indicated for her to take a look. The young girl sent her consciousness into the pearl and saw a pure soul.
”It's really a soul orb, I never thought that we would actually be able to obtain it!” Lian Chengyue was extremely excited, ”With this soul bead, we can start forging weapons!”
Yes, the soul inside this soul bead doesn't have any consciousness right now. It's neither a human soul nor a beast soul, more like a treasure that has been nurtured after the ghost's soul devoured many things. With it, we should be able to forge souls for artifacts while we forge them.
The smile in his eyes became wider and wider. He really did not think that his and Lian Chengyue's luck would be so good, to actually be able to obtain such a precious treasure.
The two of them continued to run forward. Without the Ghost Soul leading them, the bone beasts had already dispersed on their own, bringing the two of them no more trouble.
Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue looked at the Inhibition Formations that lingered around the palace, and a smile flashed past their eyes. Each of the palaces in the Ancient Desolate Land were protected by its own Inhibition Formations, and the bigger the palace, the stronger the Inhibition Formations themselves, and the more precious the treasures contained inside.
Many treasures had already lost their spirituality. Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue's purpose for this trip, was not to obtain the treasures within the palace, but to rely on the palace's restrictions to protect themselves.
When the two of them arrived in front of the palace, they looked at the four stone puppets that were slowly emerging from the ground below the Qi Refinement into Spirit, and were instantly stunned.
”Hee hee, Hong Ling, let me handle these four big guys!” Lian Chengyue stared at the four ten meters tall rock puppets and grinned.
A distant phoenix cry rang out. A pair of fiery red wings flapped at the back of the young girl's back as she slowly floated into the air. With a flash, she had already entered the perception range of the puppet.