Chapter 1247
Langhuan Secret Realm 3
Chapter 1247 Langhuan Secret Realm 3
Almost simultaneously, everyone present vanished from the island in the middle of the lake. This time, they appeared on the shore without returning to their original positions. Only Dugu Ye was unable to escape for the time being due to the counterattack from the island.
However, the group did not leave. Instead, they looked towards the churning center of the lake. At this moment, the island in the middle of the lake had revealed its true form: a huge monster that was a combination of a tortoise and a snake. It had a thick tortoise shell, and the snake's head was launching the attack. The monster was flicking its tongue and fighting against Dugu Ye.
Dugu Ye's attack shattered the rocks covering the tortoise shell, leaving a black mark on it and tearing the snake scales wrapped around it, thoroughly enraging the monster.
Di Fei clicked her tongue twice and said:
"Isn't this the Xuanwu divine beast? How could it appear in the secret realm? I haven't heard anyone who left mention it."
Yunxi responded calmly:
"Of course no one will mention it. Only one person was able to leave alive. Would he go around proclaiming that he killed his companion to gain this opportunity?"
Difei covered her mouth with her hand:
"Oh! How could I forget that? Thank you for reminding me, sister."
The other four people around him twitched at the corners of their mouths. They really didn't want to say anything, but they didn't leave either, clearly hoping to get something for nothing.
At this moment, the Black Tortoise in the center of the lake had already stirred up the water of the entire lake and begun to attack Dugu Ye. Countless streams of lake water mixed with the aura of blood attacked Dugu Ye relentlessly, making him somewhat flustered and exposing his weakness of not having a solid foundation in cultivation.
Di Fei pouted, feeling that Dugu Ye was somewhat disgracing the Ghost Immortals. She really didn't want to deal with this guy, but she couldn't just stand by and watch the half-evil Xuanwu succeed. So she was about to make a move when Yun Xi stopped her.
As Dugu Ye leaped out of the lake again, Yun Xi released a wisp of ice-elemental power into the lake. In the next instant, the entire lake surface was frozen. Xuanwu sensed the danger and accelerated its speed to leave the lake, but its size was too large, which slowed it down. Before it could even step onto the shore, it was frozen. The entire lake surface fell into a deathly silence.
Dugu Ye didn't dare to step onto the frozen lake. He quickly moved to the shore and landed. He looked at the two sisters, who were dressed in colorful clothes, with a complicated expression. He admitted that he had been blind and had judged them by their appearance.
Seeing that Yunxi had frozen Xuanwu, Difei turned to look at Dugu Ye:
"Dugu Ye, my sister can't help you for nothing. What will you offer as a token of your gratitude?"
Dugu Ye frowned but did not respond.
Di Fei ignored Dugu Ye and looked directly at the other four, her gaze intense as she said:
"The opportunity here belongs to us sisters, please leave!"
Wu Shen stepped forward and said:
"Amitabha! Fairy Qianjiao's magic probably won't be able to freeze Xuanwu for long."
As soon as he finished speaking, cracks appeared in the ice on the frozen Xuanwu's body, clearly proving that Wu Shen's prediction had come true.
Yunxi sensed something, then flashed to the top of the ice sculpture Xuanwu's head. With a swift movement, she struck the snake coiled around the tortoise shell, successfully sending the purple smoke into the green snake's body. Then, she flashed onto the frozen lake surface, merely raising an eyebrow as she watched the green snake suffering after the Xuanlei Ziyan entered its body.
In Yunxi's eyes, wisps of black, malevolent energy emanated from the snake's body, and even its scales began to fall off. The dark green snake wrapped itself around the tortoise shell even tighter, as if only in this way could it alleviate the pain within its body.
Di Fei glanced at the five people smugly and said:
"Thank you for the reminder, Buddha Wushen. My sister knows what she's doing."
After saying that, she flashed to Yunxi's side, but the ease she had shown when dealing with the five people was gone. She asked telepathically:
"Ranxi, how is it?"
Yunxi replied with a deep gaze:
“This Xuanwu has been corrupted, but not completely. I want to force out what corrupted it. Be careful.”
Di Fei's eyes sharpened, and while nodding in agreement, she reminded him, "None of the five of them have left. They seem to be trying to pick up any leftovers. I'll keep an eye on them, so you can proceed with confidence."
Yunxi nodded and said:
"Don't reveal your identity. You'd better change to a different natal soul weapon."
Di Fei understood Yun Xi's meaning. After the battle at the Thousand Water Mountains, everyone in the entire Immortal Realm knew about her and Yun Xi's natal immortal treasures. If she took out the bone whip, it would be tantamount to exposing her identity.
So she turned her wrist and held a round, hollow bone carving ball the size of a goose egg in her palm. As she poured her soul power into it, the hollow ball began to rotate. There were sixty layers of bone carving balls, one inside the other, each layer carved with a different scene, seemingly able to absorb the souls of everyone present.
Dugu Ye exclaimed in surprise:
"Ghost ball! Don't stare at that ball."
After speaking, he immediately retreated, clearly wary of the soul weapon that Di Fei had taken out.
Di Fei smiled alluringly and said:
"You do have some knowledge!"
Seeing how wary Dugu Ye, who was also a ghost immortal, was of the soul weapon that Bai Mei had taken out, the other four knew that this item was extraordinary, so they wisely retreated and did not make a move rashly.
Yunxi took in everyone's reactions and confidently handed her back to Difei. She kept a close eye on Xuanwu, because the green snake could not bear the pain of the strange fire burning its internal organs. It kept swinging its tail and hitting the turtle shell, shattering the ice that had frozen the turtle.
The tortoise slowly shook its shell and crawled forward two steps, but in the next instant, the power of ice-elemental origin spread upwards along its limbs, freezing it once again.
The turtle would crawl a few steps before getting frozen solid. Then the green snake would flick its tail to break the ice, giving the turtle a chance to leave the lake. This process repeated several times, and the turtle got closer and closer to the shore.
Yunxi simply watched without doing anything, but the ice and lightning immortal energy within her body was rapidly depleting. The small nascent soul in her dantian held the immortal spirit grass, continuously injecting pure immortal energy into its body to maintain the power of the strange fire and the ice seal.
The five people who had retreated looked at the sisters who had revealed their claws, but did not go forward again. However, they did not intend to leave either. They were waiting for an answer and wanted to know what the opportunity here was.
Dugu Ye's gaze flickered, and he was the first to slip away. The treasures here were destined to be out of his reach, so he might as well go somewhere else.
Cuiying, however, stepped in front of Dugu Ye, blocking his path, and said coldly:
"Dugu Ye, did I say you could leave? I haven't settled the score for your attack on me yet! Do you really think I'm a pushover you can bully!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his hands transformed into sharp bird claws, striking towards Dugu Ye's face with lightning speed.
Dugu Ye dodged aside, and said angrily:
"I didn't intend to kill you. I was just trying to lure out the person behind the scenes from this show. You can't target me just because of a few words of provocation."
"Hmph! Did I agree to cooperate with you in this charade? You only attacked me because you thought I was easy to bully. Why don't you attack the others?"
Cuiying continued her relentless attack, determined not to let Dugu Ye leave.
Desperate to escape, Dugu Ye could only say:
"I advise you not to bother me, and don't focus on the opportunities here. You'd better leave as soon as possible, or you won't even know how you died."
"What do you mean?"
"The 'Ghost Craft Ball' in Bai Mei's hand is a soul weapon once used by the Ghost Emperor Mei Huan!"