Chapter 178: It’s Over, Host, You’re Going To Die
The System said, “Actually, once you cultivate to the Deity Transformation stage, he will tell you everything.”
This way, there’s simply no need.
In the System’s view, Ming Zhaoshuang should just cultivate and level up honestly. Anyway, according to Ming Zhaoshuang’s adoptive parents, everything would be resolved when she reached the Deity Transformation stage.
Ming Zhaoshuang, however, said, “I know, which is why when I came, I didn’t expect to see everything clearly in one go.”
But as long as there was a sliver of a chance, she wouldn’t let it go.
Ming Zhaoshuang slowly sketched out the formation here amidst the icy heaven and snowy land, from day to night, from night to day, until her soul power was exhausted, and hot blood trickled from beneath her nose.
She wiped it away in disgust and sat down on the snowy ground.
The System said, “With your current soul power, you can’t even probe this formation, let alone break it open.”
What a pity, Ming Zhaoshuang was already at the Virtual Soul Realm, but her cultivation was only at the late Golden Core stage, so she still couldn’t see through or decipher this formation.
Ming Zhaoshuang sighed, “Indeed, I need to properly improve my cultivation first.”
As she spoke, she suddenly discovered something—the spiritual power contained in the air of the Setting Sun Mountain Range was more than ten times that of the Lower Realm, and on this land, she could obtain it with little effort.
Cultivating in this environment would be more than twice as effective!
The System said, “The spiritual energy in the air of the Upper Realm is already three times that of the Lower Realm. The Setting Sun Mountain Range is also a gathering place for Talisman Masters, with almost the entire Cangshan mountain range being a Spirit Gathering Formation, so the spiritual power contained within is naturally extraordinary.”
Logically, according to the cultivation level of the other five paths, among the Three Great Regions, the Setting Sun Mountain Range should not be comparable to Penglai Immortal Island. However, it is full of formations, and the Sword Cultivators there are usually much more powerful than those on Penglai Immortal Island, not to mention the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea. Therefore, among the Three Great Regions, the Setting Sun Mountain Range ranks first.
As for the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, it produced two Innate Spirit Roots. There’s no need to say more. Although it’s not comparable to Penglai Immortal Island now, it might not be in the future.
Once Ming Zhaoshuang understood, she said no more. She sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate.
No matter what, her low cultivation was her low cultivation, and there was nothing to argue about.
Once she stepped into the Nascent Soul stage, her strength at the Virtual Soul Realm would be equivalent to her soul power level reaching the Deity Transformation stage. The difference between Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation is a world of difference.
Moreover, the intense spiritual power of the Setting Sun Mountain Range was her great opportunity.
After several days and nights, with dawn and dusk blending, Ming Zhaoshuang’s internal spiritual power gradually replenished, and the Talisman Formation around the Phoenix Pool was also gradually being dismantled by her.
Ming Zhaoshuang speculated that if nothing unexpected happened, she should be able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage within three days.
Of course, every time she mentioned “if nothing unexpected happens,” something unexpected would occur.
That day, the wind and snow were about to turn white, and the Phoenix Pool was boiling.
Ming Zhaoshuang was still dismantling the Talisman Formation. As blood trickled down her nose and onto her body, she casually wiped her face and suddenly felt a bit dizzy. Before she could react, a torrent of sword qi came charging towards her.
“Who dares to trespass into this forbidden area!”
The Fushuang Sword moved, and without Ming Zhaoshuang’s prompting, it independently blocked this attack for her.
Ming Zhaoshuang had gone from initial surprise to being accustomed to it, knowing that this Fushuang Sword was likely not controlled by her alone, so she was not afraid of sudden developments.
She was fearless.
Ming Zhaoshuang looked up and saw a young girl in an apricot-yellow dress fluttering, like mist and rosy clouds, layered like brocade, light and ethereal as if a faint fragrance wafted, touching the heart.
Her face was elegant, her long eyebrows like distant green mountains, slanting towards her temples. She held a three-foot Heaven Rank long sword and was looking at Ming Zhaoshuang with raised eyebrows.
System: “It’s over, Void Refinement Mid-stage, Host, you’re going to die!”
Ming Zhaoshuang was speechless: “No, it’s just Void Refinement Mid-stage, and I still have you.”
Mimi is already at the Mahayana stage cultivation, I don’t know what the System is afraid of.
Although she is only at the late Golden Core stage cultivation, she has a backer.
Seeing that Ming Zhaoshuang had blocked her attack effortlessly, Gu Cixi was slightly surprised. Looking at the Fushuang’s appearance, although she couldn’t discern its rank, it was clear it was no lower than Earth Rank.
She frowned and began to examine the cultivation of the person before her, becoming increasingly incredulous.
Golden Core… late stage?
Gu Cixi couldn’t believe that someone at the late Golden Core stage could block her attack.
Could it be that this person was holding back?
She raised her long sword again, and a spiritual flow imbued with earth element spiritual power charged towards Ming Zhaoshuang irresistibly.
Ming Zhaoshuang naturally couldn’t block a Void Refinement sword strike. She retreated several steps, her sword edge cutting out patches of flying snow: “Mimi! Come out and get beaten!”
As soon as Sang Biao was summoned, a sharp sword edge was before him.
Sang Biao: “?”
Why is this human more troublesome than his previous master! Mimi is truly impressed!
The sword qi struck Sang Biao, emitting bursts of cold light and scattering spiritual energy. Ming Zhaoshuang was thrown back several meters by the residual sword qi. The wind and snow obscured her vision, and she coughed violently.
Blood splattered onto the white snow, like dots of red plum blossoms.
The gap in cultivation was indeed significant.
The spiritual flow dispersed, and Sang Biao roared, shaking the heavens and earth. Layers of white snow fell from the mountains, as if the sky and earth were collapsing.
However, the residual power of the Void Refinement sword strike, which Ming Zhaoshuang could barely withstand, didn’t even dislodge a single hair from Sang Biao’s body, leaving only a faint trace of spiritual flow to prove it had existed.
Ming Zhaoshuang covered her ears, thinking that as expected of a Divine Beast, Mimi was truly powerful.
As soon as Sang Biao appeared, Gu Cixi’s expression changed drastically, and she increasingly felt that Ming Zhaoshuang was not to be trifled with. She burned a talisman and shouted angrily:
“Who are you! How dare a mere Golden Core trespass into my Cangshan territory!”
The talisman exploded, entering Ming Zhaoshuang’s vision.
Ming Zhaoshuang did not expect this person to be so decisive, immediately using a healing talisman upon seeing Sang Biao.
Immediately after, Gu Cixi struck Ming Zhaoshuang with another sword strike, completely disregarding Sang Biao’s presence as the spiritual flow flew rapidly and fiercely.
Sang Biao naturally wouldn’t let her succeed. His tall and mighty body pounced directly towards Gu Cixi, not only blocking the sword strike for Ming Zhaoshuang but also launching an attack on Gu Cixi.
In the afterglow of the sword flow, this time Ming Zhaoshuang didn’t foolishly use the Fushuang Sword to block. Instead, she threw out three or four Defense Talismans, forming a protective shield in front of her.
At this moment, Gu Cixi, who was at the Void Refinement stage, was naturally no match for Sang Biao. She also used a Defense Talisman drawn by the Kunlun Palace Master!
Two Defense Talismans, one large and one small, one dense and one light, yet the direction of their spiritual flow was identical.
Gu Cixi’s expression froze, and her distant eyebrows knitted together.
“You are from the Setting Sun Mountain Range, how could I not know?”
Before Ming Zhaoshuang could speak, she immediately spoke and overturned her own thought: “Impossible, the talismans drawn in Cangshan would not be so inferior.”
The Setting Sun Mountain Range rarely sees even Deity Transformation cultivators, how could there be Defense Talismans with such low spiritual power.
Gu Cixi had no talent in the path of Talisman Arts, so she couldn’t discern any hidden mechanisms in Ming Zhaoshuang’s talismans and could only judge based on her own common knowledge.
She stared at Ming Zhaoshuang and asked, “Who exactly are you!”
If Ming Zhaoshuang knew who she truly was, she wouldn’t have come to the Setting Sun Mountain Range to seek the truth.
But she still stood with her long sword behind her back, her voice firm and unwavering: “Ming Zhaoshuang of the Ming Ye Sect, here to ascertain a truth, what is my relationship with the Setting Sun Mountain Range.”
