Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses

Chapter 702: Chapter 623: Vortex, Battle Recording (Combined Chapter) 2

He turned his head to look back.

Just in time to see the members of Lin Xuan’s team, all of them casually watching him, some with arms crossed and smiling, as if watching a play, just like he used to do before.

Who would have thought, the boomerang would hit him so quickly, making Cui Rong both shocked and furious.

“What are you all looking at? Come and help me!”

After shouting a few times, seeing that no one was moving, Cui Rong immediately stopped speaking, at least it could save some primordial qi.

’Damn it, you’re leaving me to die, when I get out, I’ll definitely report this to Lord Trench Patrol Guest…’

Cui Rong quickly stopped overthinking, simply because more and more demons were swarming towards him.

His spiritual essence was depleting rapidly, his aura was continuously declining, and in the blink of an eye it reached a dangerous critical point.

“Ah!!”

A high-tier black-armored demon, dressed in armor, steel helmet on head, riding a war horse, charged out.

With a heavy thrust to Cui Rong’s chest, letting out a piercing scream.

“Get lost!!”

At the critical moment, Cui Rong invoked a secret technique, significantly enhancing his aura.

He also summoned a powerful spirit ghost, and with the combined strength of three spirit ghosts, finally tore the high-tier demon apart.

Cui Rong stumbled and staggered his way out.

But now his aura had plummeted to the bottom, with disheveled hair, a mouth full of blood, and a pale face… practically no different from a roadside beggar.

“Fellow Daoist Cui, indeed, impressive strength!” Elder Gui came over, smiling as he ’complimented’, “So many demons, yet you managed to get out by yourself.”

“How could someone without skills be noticed by the Trench Patrol Guest?” Qin Dong chimed in from the side.

Hearing this, Cui Rong was furious, but knowing that there’s no point in getting angry, he could only swallow the bitter fruit internally, silently muttering in his heart, “Just you wait…”

Since Cui Rong had killed most of the demons, the rest were easily eradicated by the others without much effort.

“It’s all thanks to Fellow Daoist Cui’s hard work earlier…”

Hearing such words, Cui Rong felt he could vomit blood.

Determined, next time when Lin Xuan’s team is purging demons, he would definitely hide far away.

For the several subsequent demon purges, Cui Rong indeed kept his distance, making it hard for Lou Yi to mess with him.

Of course, if they really wanted to mess with or even kill him, it would still be easy, but it wasn’t necessary.

With one Cui Rong dead, the Trench Patrol Guest would just send more people, or even find an excuse to personally intervene.

However, Cui Rong’s attitude towards everyone became much more humble, no longer speaking sarcastically or acting high and mighty, but instead, trying to be as transparent as possible.

…

Days later, Lou Yi discovered a den of a spiritual creature, and the team went there together.

However, the familiar story repeated itself.

Just halfway through cleaning, the alluring Zhou Nan, leading a team, precisely found their location.

“Lord Trench Patrol Guest orders, there’s a demon outbreak on Lu Yun’s side, insufficient manpower, commands you to go and support immediately!” Zhou Nan said loudly, a mocking look in his eyes.

’Again?’

Lin Xuan was infuriated, his body exuding a strong and sharp Gold Element Spiritual Essence, about to make a move on Zhou Nan, but was firmly held back by Elder Gui.

“Alright, we’re leaving now!”

With the lesson from last time.

To avoid giving the Trench Patrol Guest a reason to act, Lin Xuan’s team painfully abandoned the spiritual creature’s den and headed to the area where Lu Yun’s team was located.

However, when they arrived, Lu Yun’s group told them they had already finished clearing the demons, making the trip a wasted effort.

“Damn it, it must be that Cui Rong who ratted us out!” Lin Xuan said angrily, “Next time a spiritual creature’s den is found, we must avoid him!”

“I’m afraid it won’t help.” Elder Gui smiled wryly, “If they really want to target you, there are a thousand and one ways to do so.”

Afterward, Lou Yi found two more spiritual creature dens.

This time, the team learned their lesson, dispersing the team to clear the dens, making it impossible for the lone Cui Rong to identify their actions.

But the good times didn’t last long, as Trench Patrol Guest soon sent two more people over, under the guise of helping to purge demons, but really to monitor the entire team’s activities.

At this point, the means for the team to kill spiritual creatures to boost their strength was effectively blocked.

As soon as they acted, the Trench Patrol Guest’s men would immediately get the news and come to take the spoils.

The Lingxuan team seems to have really hit a dead end. They can only clear out demons, unable to improve their cultivation, which is tantamount to chronic death.

“This is driving us to our deaths!” Ding Shiniang, who was in the midst of recovering her cultivation, was also alarmed, her expression gloomy.

Elder Gui was deeply worried: “I’m just afraid this is only a precursor… These cultivators also need to cultivate; they can’t stay with us all the time. The Trench Patrol Guest may already be considering making a move.”

Hearing this, everyone’s hearts sank.

“Then let’s fight him!” Lin Xuan said angrily.

“We can’t win; you don’t know the power of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform,” Elder Gui sighed. “Even with you and Shiniang combined, and using a joint secret technique, you probably couldn’t hold him off for even ten breaths.”

“Is the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform really that powerful?” Lin Xuan’s face was full of disbelief.

Elder Gui didn’t say much, just sighed and looked despondent.

At the back, Lou Yi narrowed his eyes, his mind racing to come up with a plan.

There’s no such thing as guarding against a thousand days for a thief.

Since the Trench Patrol Guest is bound to attack them sooner or later, it’s better to strike first.

He wasn’t too panicked because he still had the trump card of his avatar.

His avatar had accumulated a large amount of belief power, and once unleashed, its strength would far surpass his main body, even exceeding Lin Xuan by quite a bit.

However, the avatar lacked endurance and could probably only be used once.

Also, whether he could reach the level of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform, Lou Yi wasn’t very confident.

’I need to first understand the strength of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform, so that the chances of success will be higher.’

With this thought, Lou Yi approached Elder Gui: “Daoist Brother Gui, you are experienced and knowledgeable.

Could you tell me about the strength of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform? Just how strong is it?”

“As the saying goes, the first and second layers establish the Dao foundation, the Third Level of the Spirit Platform gives birth to the sound of the Dao, the Fourth Layer of the Spirit Platform forms the heart lamp, and the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform solidifies the true form.

The biggest change with the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform is that the Spirit Platform is almost tangible, and can be used as a magic treasure.

Moreover, it is the most compatible with one’s own innate magic treasure, capable of both offense and defense, with power far exceeding a top-grade spiritual artifact, not much inferior to a treasure artifact…”

“To kill a cultivator at the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform, you must first break through their Spirit Platform to have any hope.”

Elder Gui thought for a moment, then took a semi-transparent stone out from his storage bag, resembling black crystal, about the size of a palm. It was the Shadow Stone used in the Cultivation Realm to record images,

“About a hundred years ago, I was fortunate enough to witness a life-and-death battle between two experts at the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform, and I secretly recorded part of it.”

As Elder Gui input Spiritual Essence, the Shadow Stone projected a beam of light into the empty air before them, stretching into a colorful screen.

On the screen, two experts were dueling in the void.

One had a five-layered golden glass pagoda above his head, glistening like a descending deity.

The other had a five-layered black battle fortress atop his head, filled with ominous aura, black smoke rolling, starkly contrasting with the other’s demeanor.

Their clash was also very brutal, directly using their Spirit Platforms above their heads to collide.

Sparks flew, lightning flashed, and the surrounding gray mist in the void was blasted into a frenzy, creating a vast vacuum.

Moments later, this exchange of blows resulted in a clear outcome.

The golden pagoda shattered the black battle fortress, leaving a mass of cracks on its surface, causing the cultivator to vomit blood continuously, ultimately being killed outright.

Having watched this piece of precious footage, Lou Yi now had a fairly clear understanding of the cultivation of practitioners at the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform.

However, this still depends on the individual, as everyone’s combat power varies.

For instance, Lou Yi himself, his cultivation was only at the mid-stage Martial Saint, equivalent to mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

But he had already killed many experts at the Second Layer of the Spirit Platform, and even several that restrained the Third Level of the Spirit Platform.

’If the avatar goes all out, there should be some confidence,’ Lou Yi thought silently, ’Of course, before that, if we can weaken that raccoon’s strength, it would be best.’

With this in mind, Lou Yi’s eyes lit up and he began to divine.

Once wasn’t enough, so he divined a second, third, tenth time…

The Lingxuan team lived under such a strain for seven or eight days.

One day, Lou Yi conveyed to the team that he had discovered another nest of spiritual creatures and urged everyone to go together.

“You go by yourself. With Cui Rong, that bastard, around, if we move, that effeminate one will know immediately,” Lin Xuan said angrily.

“It’s precisely to let him know.” Seeing the puzzled looks of everyone, Lou Yi explained, “This spiritual creature is very strong, and we can’t handle it.”

Upon hearing this, Elder Gui’s eyes brightened first.

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