Chapter 76: Battle of the Golden Core Realm (1/2)

Jiang Li moved around tentatively. His body was still extremely light. With a light tap of his foot, he could leap several meters horizontally.

His movement speed was still very fast, but if he was careful, he would not fall.

If he controlled himself a little more, he could already walk at normal speed. It would not be so easy to see through him.

He carefully tore off the Ancient Armored Horse Talisman on his body and put it into his bosom. It was very likely that he would return this thing to Elder Zhong.

However, it had to be said that the purple talisman felt better to the touch.

After tidying up his things, Jiang Li trotted towards the sect flying ship that was waiting not far away.

Jiang Li walked up the gangway to the deck. There were a few inner sect disciples and elders on the ship. They were looking at the distant city where the four of them were fighting.

Over 500 outer sect disciples had yet to come out, and only Jiang Li had returned to the ship.

”Someone is finally back. Kid, show your token!” An inner sect disciple went forward and asked Jiang Li to show his token to verify his identity.

Jiang Li thought for a moment before he took out two tokens from his waist and handed them over.

”Two tokens? Hmm? There's also an inner sect token?”

”Your name is Jiang Li? Where did you get this token from?”

This inner sect senior brother was dressed in black and was also a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall. Perhaps it was because of his usual working habits, he felt suspicious when he saw this.

Could it be that this inner sect disciple token was forged by him?

At this moment, the only elder present heard the keyword 'inner sect disciple' and walked over. He took the token and verified it before returning it to Jiang Li.

”You're the one who completed the mission? You found the sect defectors?”

This elder's brain was obviously much more alert than that law-enforcement disciple. He immediately hit the nail on the head.

”Elder, the lightning cracker in the city was indeed released by me. After the three elders arrived, they used a token of the defectors to refine this inner sect token for me.”

Jiang Li received the token and completely ignored that law-enforcement disciple. He only gave an affirmative answer to the elder.

In fact, chasing after traitors was the job of the Law Enforcement Hall. It was completely within the scope of their responsibilities.

However, the sect could not bear to part with the lives of the inner sect disciples, which was why the outer sect competition was changed and 500 outer sect disciples entered the city to risk their lives to search.

To be honest, these 500 outer sect disciples were actually sending themselves to death on behalf of the Law Enforcement Hall's disciples. However, it was one thing for them to not appreciate their kindness, but it was very excessive for them to be so arrogant.

”Looks like you've done quite well. You'll be an inner sect disciple from now on. Remember to work harder and cultivate.”

After encouraging Jiang Li for a moment, the elder no longer looked at him, and he looked once more at the battle in the city.

The battle between Golden Cores and the might of the lightning tribulation caused the entire city to tremble! All the buildings on the ground shook!

In this situation, it was naturally Duan Shuang—who had fallen to the demonic path—who was at an absolute disadvantage.

Duan Shuang had just broken through to the Golden Core realm and had used a 'demonic cultivation method' to forcefully break through. His foundation was unstable.

Relying on the wonderful balance of the yin-yang effect of the Zombie Core and Golden Core, he was barely able to keep his Golden Core from shattering under the lightning tribulation.

Relying on tribulation lightning to refine the Golden Core and Zombie Core was extremely dangerous.

The main reason why he could achieve this was because the ”spiritual root seed” in his body was inherited from the Golden Core zombie demon.

The Zombie Core and Golden Core were both his own items. Only then could he have some confidence in fusing the two cores.

Once the two cores fused, it would become the legendary Heavenly Lightning Indestructible Zombie Core. When the time came, his battle prowess would greatly increase and he would be able to resolve the siege. Where could he not go in this world?

However, there could not be any mistakes in an extremely delicate matter such as fusing the Golden Core. If he wanted to succeed, it would only be possible if no one disturbed him.

He was unlucky to have met a knowledgeable Elder Chen who recognized his methods!

Together with the other two elders, he withstood the lightning tribulation and attacked forcefully, catching Duan Shuang unprepared.

On one hand, he had to maintain the fusion of the two cores while resisting the lightning. On the other hand, he had to divert some of his attention to deal with the three cultivators who were not weaker than him or even stronger than him.

If not for the fact that his Golden Core Dao Heart could divert his attention to multi-task, and if not for the fact that his ice attribute spiritual root technique's defensive ability was outstanding, he would have probably died in the city by now.

Duan Shuang probably also knew that even if he faced the enemy with his full strength, it was impossible for him to defeat the three elders.

Therefore, after trying to collide a few times and injuring himself, he decisively gave up on counterattacking.

Instead, he used a large amount of spiritual qi to condense a dense ice crystal shield around him. He had two energy cores, and double the spiritual qi storage of others, which was a rare advantage in the battle.

The large-scale ice crystal formation that was condensed temporarily defended against the attacks of the three elders' artifacts.

The rebel cultivator, Duan Shuang, casually wiped away the blood that gushed out of his mouth and nose, and then began to speed up the merging of the Golden Zombie Fusion Core.

Boom!

At this moment, another bolt of tribulation lightning struck down!

Each tribulation was stronger than the previous.

If the first bolt of tribulation lightning in a tribulation cloud was only '1', then the final bolt of tribulation lightning would be '20' or even stronger.

Up until now, the power of the tribulation lightning was no longer the same as before. The silver bolts of lightning had already begun to mix with blue and purple colors.

At this moment, the rebel cultivator, Duan Shuang, had released more than half of his spiritual qi. The two Golden and Zombie Cores were emptied, so they could no longer completely block the tribulation lightning.