Fierce Battle Against Bandit Cultivators

Chapter 30 Fierce Battle Against Bandit Cultivators

Although Zhou Chun felt that with his current strength, he shouldn't run into any trouble by going in and out of the market alone, he wasn't really so careless as to do nothing.

He still sent the "Red-billed Sparrow," which he had trained for several years, ahead to scout the way, while carrying the black iron shield magic weapon in his hand, ready to be used for protection at any time.

Thanks to the early warning from the "Red-billed Sparrow," Zhou Chun did not encounter any cultivators ahead of him along the way.

But just as he was about to leave the Red Rock Mountains, he suddenly heard a panicked cry for help, a pleasant female voice.

"Help! Fellow Daoist, can any of you save my daughter?"

The soft, sweet cries of a woman for help echoed through the mountains and forests, startling countless birds into flight.

Upon hearing this voice, Zhou Chun paused slightly.

He glanced in the direction the sound came from, then quickly shook his head and ignored it.

Such cries for help occur frequently in the Red Rock Mountains, some genuine and some false.

Some were truly desperate and called for help, hoping for the best.

Some bandits deliberately exploit people's sympathy to lure people into their traps.

But for Zhou Chun, whether the person calling for help was truly in danger or was deliberately trying to bait him, he didn't want to pay any attention.

Do what you are capable of; this is Zhou Chun's principle in life and conduct.

His current cultivation level doesn't allow him to casually save others.

This is the world of cultivation; if you fail to save someone, you might lose your own life.

However, after walking a distance, Zhou Chun's expression quickly changed. He hurriedly waved his hand to summon the black iron shield magic weapon in his hand, and then quickly made hand seals to cast a spell, casting a first-level low-grade spell called "Earth Spirit Shield" on himself.

After doing all this, he stared grimly at the empty woods ahead and hissed, "Come out, your trick has been exposed!"

However, his shouts received no response, only the rustling of the mountain wind blowing through the branches and the chirping of insects in the mountains.

However, Zhou Chun seemed very confident in his judgment. Seeing that the person in the shadows refused to come out, he immediately said coldly, "Since you enjoy playing this hide-and-seek game, then continue. I won't play along!"

After saying that, he reached out and patted his storage bag, summoning the bamboo leaf-shaped flying artifact, and was about to step onto it.

Just then, a streak of crimson fire suddenly flew through the forest from the side, heading straight for Zhou Chun's head.

With a clang, a black iron shield suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Chun, deflecting the fiery red spear-like magic weapon that was thrusting towards him.

"So you've finally decided to let go?"

Zhou Chun sneered, immediately retrieved the bamboo leaf flying artifact, and then reached into the spirit beast pouch at his waist, releasing the rock tortoise inside.

At that moment, in the direction from which the fiery red spear-like magical weapon had been shot, a man in blue robes with triangular eyes leaped out of the bushes and raised his hand to recall the spear-like magical weapon that had failed in its attack.

Then, with a dark expression, he looked at Zhou Chun and said in a low voice, "Boy, how did you discover me? I believe my disguise, while not flawless, shouldn't have been discovered by a cultivator like you who doesn't even have late-stage Qi Refining cultivation!"

He couldn't understand how he, with his cultivation at the tenth level of Qi Refining and the disguise and concealment technique he had used many times without incident, could fail in front of Zhou Chun, a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun coldly laughed and said, "Your disguise was indeed flawless, but you had to add unnecessary details by having someone cry for help to distract me."

"Zhou has only walked a little over a hundred paces from where he first heard the sound to here, so why can't he hear the sound at all now?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a burst of laughter suddenly rang out from the woods behind him.

"Hehehe, so it was I who gave myself away! Thank you for pointing out my mistake, young master. I will definitely correct my error next time and never make the same mistake again!"

As soon as those sweet, coquettish words rang out, a charming woman dressed in revealing red gauze suddenly appeared and blocked Zhou Chun's escape route.

However, compared to the man with triangular eyes, the woman in red was much weaker, only on par with Zhou Chun, also at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage.

After hearing Zhou Chun's words, the man with the triangular eyes looked somewhat better.

This at least proves that his disguise was indeed not the problem, and the problem did not lie with him.

But he hadn't forgotten his place, and immediately looked at Zhou Chun with a cold glint in his eyes, saying, "Kid, you do have some skills, but you're just unlucky to have run into us today. If there's a next life, remember not to go out alone again!"

Before he could finish speaking, he shouted in a low voice, "Make your move!"

Then, with a flick of his finger, the fiery red spear-like magical weapon shot towards Zhou Chun once again.

Then he raised his hand, patted the storage bag at his waist, took out a crimson copper gourd magic artifact, and tossed it above his head.

As the magic was activated, the gourd lid exploded open automatically, and flames shot out from the gourd mouth, instantly spitting out six or seven fist-sized fireballs towards Zhou Chun.

At the same time, the woman in red gauze who appeared behind Zhou Chun also raised her sleeve with a cold smile, and a light blue longsword magic weapon flew towards Zhou Chun's back.

Faced with this pincer attack from the front and back, Zhou Chun's expression was solemn, but he was also eager to try.

In just over a month, the martial arts competition held by the five major cultivation families will begin, at which time he will inevitably face off against the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators from those families.

Those people, as outstanding members of the younger generation of various cultivation families, are certainly no weaker than the triangular-eyed man in front of them.

Today, he could use this triangular-eyed man and his wife to test his own strength and see just how powerful he really was.

"Stone……"

As soon as he had a thought, the rock tortoise beside him knew his intention. It immediately opened its mouth and hissed, spewing out a large amount of earthen-yellow spiritual light, instantly creating an earthen-yellow stone wall two zhang long and two zhang wide three steps away from Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun, on the other hand, changed his mind and used his black iron shield magic weapon to block the light blue longsword magic weapon that was thrusting from behind.

At the same time, he reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, and a silver-black circular magic artifact appeared, which he grabbed in his hand.

Rumble!

Explosions rang out one after another, causing the stone wall in front of Zhou Chun to shake violently and crack.

Although the "Stone Wall Technique" used by the Rock Tortoise was a mid-grade first-level defensive spell, the fiery red spear and copper gourd magic weapon wielded by the triangular-eyed man were also mid-grade first-level magic weapons. It was already quite impressive that they could withstand this wave of attacks.

Before the triangular-eyed man's second wave of attacks could arrive, Zhou Chun threw the silver-black circular magic weapon in his hand into the air. With the help of his magic power, the object shone with silver light and flew towards the triangular-eyed man like a silver meteor.

"A high-grade, first-tier magic weapon!"

An exclamation came from the triangular-eyed man, who immediately discerned the grade of the magic weapon by the powerful energy released by the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel].

Then his expression suddenly turned much uglier.

With a thought, the fiery red spear he was about to use to attack Zhou Chun suddenly emitted a ring of fiery red light and swiftly flew towards the oncoming silver meteor.

At the same time, he patted the storage bag at his waist with both hands, and soon summoned a round, earth-yellow shield magic weapon that flew around his body, and patted a "Diamond Shield" magic talisman on his body.

Just as the pale golden shield around him rose, the silver meteor and the flaming spear collided in mid-air.

Then came the scene that made the man with the triangular eyes twitch.

After the two magical artifacts collided and clashed in mid-air, the flaming spear lasted for less than a breath before being blasted away by the silver-black wheel artifact.

The man with the triangular eyes was even able to sense through his divine sense that multiple cracks had appeared on the blade and shaft of the gun.

This magical artifact, which accompanied him in killing many powerful enemies, will probably be completely discarded after this!

After blasting away the flaming spear, the silver-black wheel artifact still had some power left, and continued to spin and bombard the earthen-yellow round shield artifact.

This time, the round shield magic weapon finally lived up to the triangular-eyed man's expectations and successfully blocked the attack of the silver-black round wheel magic weapon.

However, looking at the several knife marks cut into the round shield by the sharp moon blade, the triangular-eyed man felt no joy whatsoever.

He knew very well that his two first-grade mid-grade defensive magic weapons might be able to withstand the attack of a first-grade high-quality magic weapon once or twice, but they definitely could not withstand it three or four times!

So now he only has two choices: either retreat from the battlefield immediately, or capture Zhou Chun before his magical artifacts are completely destroyed.

The first option had barely formed in his mind when it was immediately ruled out by the man with the triangular eyes.

Putting aside whether Zhou Chun would sit idly by and watch the couple withdraw from the battlefield, even he himself didn't want to let Zhou Chun, this "fat sheep," go.

He was only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining when he went out alone with a first-grade high-quality magic weapon. If he missed this "good thing", he might not be able to encounter it again even if he stayed in the Red Rock Mountains for several more years.

So he quickly made his choice and immediately shouted, "This is a tough one, my wife, don't be stingy anymore!"

Before he could finish speaking, and before Zhou Chun could recharge the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel] with mana to unleash a second attack, the triangular-eyed man patted his storage pouch at his waist again and took out a gleaming first-grade high-quality magic talisman.

He channeled his magic power into the talisman, then raised his hand and struck Zhou Chun. The burning talisman instantly transformed into a ten-foot-long fire snake that lunged at Zhou Chun. It was a first-tier, high-grade talisman called the "Fire Snake Talisman."

Behind Zhou Chun, the woman in red gauze, upon hearing the words of the man with triangular eyes, continued to wield her blue longsword magic weapon while engaging in a fierce battle with Zhou Chun's jet-black iron shield magic weapon.

He then took out a first-grade high-quality magic talisman, the "Golden Spear Talisman," and activated it, instantly transforming it into a gleaming golden spear that pierced towards Zhou Chun.

This pincer attack uses first-tier high-grade magic talismans as its means of attack.

Let alone Zhou Chun, a mere mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, even a typical late-stage Qi Refining cultivator would be severely injured, if not killed, without a high-grade first-tier defensive magic weapon.

The man with the triangular eyes was very confident about this.

But in the next instant, Zhou Chun's response made his expression change drastically, leaving him dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)