Chapter 81: Ten Thousand Year Cloud Swallowing Sparrow
Sunset Forest, renowned as one of the Three Great Forests, was also home to a great many Soul Beasts inside.
But finding a suitable Soul Ring was not an easy task.
“Metal Wood Water Fire Earth! Now the first three are all here, just missing Fire and Earth…”
Ling Mo sped through the forest, constantly searching for Soul Beasts that matched the characteristics of both.
For the fourth Soul Ring, whether Fire Attribute or Earth Attribute, either would suffice!
As long as he could ultimately achieve the situation of the Five Elements mutually generating each other, that would be enough…
With Peacock Wings activated, Ling Mo shuttled through Sunset Forest, ceaselessly searching for Soul Beasts matching the characteristics.
Late at night! Suddenly a burst of firelight shot into the sky, and a tearing cry came from the col.
“There’s movement…”
Ling Mo immediately stopped on a tree, activating his Dual Pupils, and clearly saw that below the col was actually a lava pit!
Lava kept erupting from the ground, the scorching high temperature devouring the surroundings, leaving no grass or trees within a radius of several li.
“Hm? What kind of tree is this?”
What puzzled Ling Mo was that beside the lava, on the barren ground, there was actually a tree growing.
A towering giant tree with withered leaves, yet it was not hard to see that it was still alive.
“Fire Tree Fusang…”
In astonishment, suddenly from behind the giant tree flew a colossal bird tens of meters long, its wings spreading to cover the sky and earth as it came.
The gale carried blazing high temperatures, burning up all the flowers, plants, and trees in this area.
In that area, apart from that one tree, nothing could withstand its scorching heat.
“Ten Thousand Year Cloud Swallowing Sparrow!”
The moment he saw the real thing, Ling Mo was completely stunned! He never expected to see such a rare exotic beast with his own eyes; it was truly too shocking.
According to the diagram of living beings in the Three Lives Scripture, this exotic beast traced back to ancient times and had bloodline ties to the phoenix!
He never expected to encounter one here; Ling Mo was truly too lucky!
Just from the surface, this Cloud Swallowing Sparrow was at least a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast! It might even be higher…
Using it as his fourth Soul Ring could not be more perfect…
“Hm? It… seems injured! Was it because of that tearing cry just now?”
Ling Mo suddenly noticed that the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow’s wings were stained with quite a bit of blood! The entire wing was dyed red.
If nothing unexpected happened, a major battle had likely taken place here just now!
From the scattered lava around and the chaotic, messy col, this battle had clearly been very intense.
It was injured! And badly so…
“This is an opportunity!”
Ling Mo’s eyes turned cold, instantly activating his Martial Soul! Peacock Wings detached from his body, and on his back grew the wings of the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow…
With Light Blade in hand, Ling Mo’s body actually emitted firelight, flames from the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow—very domineering flames.
Even the Light Blade was coated with a layer of flames, and Ling Mo could clearly feel that this blaze could instantly take a person’s life!
“Worthy of an exotic beast’s descendant; these flames are very domineering…”
Ling Mo did not know what words to use to describe it; with the Light Blade in hand, the bright red wings on his back suddenly spread wide.
His body erupted with a burst of intense light, enveloping his entire form! Like a thick suit of armor.
Swoosh…
The gale blew past, startling the grass and trees…
In an instant, Ling Mo’s figure vanished from the spot. He made his move!
Light Blade activated directly, stealing the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow’s flame ability, charging in an instant…
The speed was extremely fast; on that Fire Tree, the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow was still healing and had no idea it had been targeted by a hunter.
“Hiss…”
Suddenly a tearing cry rang out, as Ling Mo appeared silently behind the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow, the Light Blade instantly slashing down.
The sharp blade tore through the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow’s tough feathers, carving a massive wound.
This Light Blade was from the peacock’s feathers, evolved from Eight Spider Lances, but through the evolution of Five-Colored Divine Light, it had long become true Peacock Wings.
One of the sharpest weapons in the world, the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow’s defense could not block it at all.
With a roar of fury, the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow unleashed a burst of flames skyward; a beam of light erupted from Ling Mo’s body, forming a thick defensive shield around him.
But alas, the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow’s strength was too powerful; with a boom, Ling Mo was directly blasted away.
This was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast; even injured, it was not something a mere Soul Sect could defeat.
Crashing heavily to the ground, Ling Mo struggled to his feet; from that single impact just now, his internal organs felt as if they had suffered a violent shock, the pain excruciating.
It had been a long time since he felt this way!
“Cough cough, such domineering flames! If it were anyone else, they might really not be able to handle you, but unfortunately, today you’ve run into me…”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than Ling Mo dragged his heavy steps and took to the air once more!
Suddenly, his dual eyes formed a shadow, and with a bang, a fatal Soul Ring shot from Ling Mo’s eyes…
Boom…
The entire area erupted in a massive explosion, kicking up dust thousands of meters high! Lava surged…
With the Dual Pupils’ strike hitting home, Ling Mo smoothly pulled a strange metal object from his hand—a small metal box in the shape of a peacock fanning its tail.
That’s right, this was the simplified version of Peacock Plume! One of Tang Sect’s most lethal hidden weapons.
With Peacock Plume in hand, Ling Mo aimed steadily and, in the nick of time, pulled the trigger!
Three hundred sixty-five needles inside, in twelve categories!
The twelve categories of needles were: Bone-Piercing Needle, Thunderfire Needle, Armor-Breaking Needle, Blade-Splitting Needle, Demon-Suppressing Needle, Overlord Needle, Nether Yin Needle, Dragon-Breaking Needle, Desire-Exterminating Needle, Dragon Whisker Needle, Meteor-Destroying Needle, Seven Kills Needle.
Each needle carried deadly poison; once struck, it could kill instantly…
Trigger pulled, three hundred sixty-five needles launched in an instant…
With a swoosh, in a flash of lightning and fire, the three hundred sixty-five needles struck the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow directly.
It had no chance to react; already gravely wounded by the Dual Pupils, now facing so many steel needles, it could not resist at all! It was struck head-on by Ling Mo.
The steel needles launched too quickly, and they were so close; from this angle, evasion was impossible!
Hiss…
With a tearing scream of agony, the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow plummeted desperately from the sky.
The instant the steel needles entered its body, the deadly poison instantly devoured its bodily functions, ending its life.
Everything happened too fast! Even a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast had no chance to react.
“Hm, wasted one…”
When refining Phoenix Cloud Colorful Clothes, Ling Mo had incorporated five Peacock Plumes; he had only three on him, and now with one used, only two remained.
The crafting method for Peacock Plume was extremely complex; once fired, it could not be restored! Ling Mo also lacked the patience to restore it…
Perhaps Ling Mo had not yet cultivated to that realm! Moreover, this Peacock Plume was a simplified version, so inevitably it had some flaws.
With one shot from the Peacock Plume, the Cloud Swallowing Sparrow was taken down; Ling Mo dragged his heavy steps to its side, looking at the slowly rising black Soul Ring and revealing a smile.
“Ghost Lord, stand guard for me…”
The toolman Ghost Lord duly stood guard for Ling Mo once again! If he could speak, he would surely want to complain.
But since knowing him, Ling Mo had never seen him speak…
This Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring was definitely absorbable by Ling Mo, with no need to worry about any risks.
His physical strength had long surpassed the Soul Sect limit, and moreover… through prior body refining in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, plus the two immortal medicines Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Fire Apricot Bush, absorbing this Soul Ring would be exceedingly simple for Ling Mo.
Couldn’t last through the second round! Begging for a wave of recommendation tickets
