Chapter 1639
The Great Battle Ends with Huge Gains
'If we lose this battle, I fear I will meet a terrible end.'
'However, if I could take this opportunity to kill some righteous cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and obtain their corpses to refine some special ghostly artifacts, perhaps the energy consumed by my use of the Shadow Devouring Demon Great Divine Power could be fully compensated.'
The Shadow Leopard King stared at Ling Pengyun and the dozen or so other Nascent Soul cultivators from the Cangxuan lineage, his brows furrowed with killing intent and resentment.
Its desperate move was not merely an attempt to break the deadlock, but a direct attempt to kill Ling Pengyun and the others.
After all, if Ling Pengyun and his group are not eliminated, the Shadow Leopard clan, which is currently severely injured, will likely never have peace, given their ability to break through the special restrictions of the secret realm.
In addition, it also had a chance to escape during this opportunity.
But it really didn't want to give up the Shadow Realm like it did in the battle of the Rocky Mountain Range.
This place is its last escape route.
Although the ghost lands here are not of high grade.
However, it does possess a few fifth-tier superior ghost veins, which offer some minor assistance in its cultivation.
Once this place is gone, its future path will truly be over.
It immediately pounced and fought with increasing ferocity.
Even those attacks that posed a significant threat to it were simply swatted away by a single swipe of its claw.
Some relatively ordinary fifth-tier low-grade orthodox attack spirit treasures were no match for it and were shattered.
It bravely withstood the various attacks launched by Ling Pengyun and others, fought its way out, and arrived at the face of a newly promoted early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from Xinghai Pavilion, intending to kill him.
However, the newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator of the Star Sea Pavilion was of average strength, so his situation was extremely bad, and even his defensive measures were shattered one after another.
"Ancestor, save me!"
The newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator from Starsea Pavilion was in a panic and hurriedly sought help from the Starsea Ancestor.
"Evil beast."
"court death!"
Ancestor Xinghai was immediately enraged, and he even saw that the Shadow Leopard King was now extremely powerful and difficult to deal with with his current abilities.
He then used a method to enhance his strength.
As his cultivation level accumulated over time, it improved considerably, even ranking him among the top in his class. He had a fairly solid foundation.
With the emergence of methods to enhance his strength, his cultivation level barely rose to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
His strength also increased dramatically.
"Nebula Sea Dragon Banner!"
"Starry Sea Flying Sword!"
"Great Divine Power... Star Sea Seal!"
"A remote fifth-tier Star Sea Array!"
"go with!"
Ancestor Xinghai continuously channeled his abundant spiritual power into his four strongest attack methods.
In an instant, the power of the Nebula Sea Dragon Banner and other techniques increased several times, even barely reaching the level of the Nascent Soul Perfection stage.
Then, they all charged towards the Shadow Leopard King.
'To risk so much effort for a mere early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator? This is truly strange.'
'Furthermore, that little early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator doesn't seem to have anything special about him. Judging from his aura, he shouldn't be related to the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator by blood.'
The Shadow Leopard King dared not underestimate it; in fact, it was slightly surprised.
The reason it resorted to desperate measures earlier was mainly because it had no other choice.
If we don't do it this way, it won't be long before it becomes incredibly troublesome.
On the other hand, the Star Sea Ancestor can rest easy for the time being.
After all, the Shadow Leopard King is currently only targeting the early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Star Sea Pavilion.
Furthermore, the Shadow Leopard King had already subtly discovered that while the method used by the Star Sea Ancestor to enhance his strength was effective, it also had significant side effects.
No one would dare to do such a thing lightly.
However, the Star Sea Ancestor was no ordinary person; he was extremely protective of his own.
Moreover, that newly promoted Nascent Soul stage cultivator from Starsea Pavilion was someone Starsea Pavilion had recently nurtured with great difficulty, and could be considered his disciple and grand-disciple.
He was unwilling to let his disciples and followers die tragically at the hands of the Shadow Leopard King.
However, since the Star Sea Ancestor's current strength is quite good, he managed to hold off the Shadow Leopard King for the Star Sea Pavilion cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm and engaged in fierce combat with him.
Fortunately, the patriarch intervened in time.
'Otherwise, I'm afraid my life would be in danger this time.'
The Star Sea Pavilion cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the Star Sea Ancestor had intervened in time, and his respect for the Star Sea Ancestor grew even stronger.
“Ancestor, I am deeply grateful for your rescue this time, and I will definitely repay you in the future.”
Immediately, he transmitted his voice to Ancestor Xinghai and offered his full assistance in dealing with the Shadow Leopard King.
"This disciple... truly deserves my utmost rescue!"
Ancestor Xinghai was extremely satisfied with his disciple's actions, and then he focused all his attention on fighting the Shadow Leopard King.
……
at the same time.
The other side of the battlefield.
"Our ancestor was truly reckless this time."
"The side effects of such methods to enhance strength are extremely severe."
"If his life force is depleted too much in this battle, I'm afraid his future path will be troublesome."
Seeing the rapid shift in the battle situation, and that the Star Sea Ancestor had even used that extremely special method to enhance his strength, Ling Pengyun frowned, somewhat worried.
Then, considering that the Star Sea Ancestor had treated him well in his early years, he gritted his teeth and used a method to enhance his strength in order to kill the Shadow Leopard King as soon as possible.
In this way, the Star Sea Ancestor can consume less energy when using the method to enhance his strength.
That troublesome Shadow Leopard King can also be eliminated as soon as possible.
However, his foundation was no less than that of the Star Sea Ancestor, and his cultivation level temporarily rose to the perfect Nascent Soul stage.
"The Five Elements Morning Glow Thunderfire Dragon!"
"The Five Elements and a Hundred Treasures River!"
"The Realm of the Underworld"
"Congeal!"
Then, Ling Pengyun began to fully absorb the large amount of gentle spiritual energy temporarily stored in the Black Dragon Armor on his body, and kept raising his hand to wave the Morning Gourd and the Nine Heavens Thunder Banner.
As they flashed with spiritual light, they spewed out countless bolts of lightning from the heavens and flames of dawn.
Ultimately, they even condensed into three terrifying thunder and fire dragons, whose power reached the perfect level of the Nascent Soul stage.
They were even more powerful, with a size of tens of thousands of feet.
They traversed the void simultaneously, as if they could blot out the sky and the sun.
The surrounding area suddenly darkened.
Furthermore, the Five Elements Treasures River has long been a fifth-tier superior-grade treasure, and it is also Ling Pengyun's natal spiritual treasure, making its power particularly terrifying.
It instantly transformed into an extremely vast, towering Milky Way, falling from the sky with an overwhelming force, sweeping outwards.
The Netherworld Blade transformed into an incomparably powerful Netherworld Domain, directly trapping the Shadow Leopard King.
Even with its formidable strength, the Shadow Leopard King could not escape in a short time.
It became a trapped beast, and even if it noticed the attack in time, it could only endure it.
'Moreover, how could that cultivator possess so many high-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasures, and how could his techniques in the Dao of Spells be so powerful, capable of simultaneously unleashing three such formidable lightning-fire dragons?'
'Just who are these cultivators?'
'...' The trapped Shadow Leopard King was somewhat astonished to see that Ling Pengyun's methods were no less than those of the Star Sea Ancestor.
It should be noted that even in the ancient ghost realm, there are very few powerful individuals with such extraordinary abilities.
Not to mention two at the same time.
Even though it used a method to enhance its strength and its power surged, it was still struggling to keep up.
"Pengyun, thank you very much this time."
When the Star Sea Ancestor saw that Ling Pengyun had helped him in time, he was deeply touched and immediately expressed his gratitude.
"Ancestor, there's no need to be so polite."
Ling Pengyun answered.
Afterwards, he and the Star Sea Ancestor and others continued to besiege the Shadow Leopard King.
During this period, the techniques used by the other Nascent Soul cultivators also became increasingly powerful.
Therefore, even with the help of many ordinary Shadow Panthers, the situation for the Shadow Panther King was becoming increasingly dire.
Moreover, the Shadow Panther King still had extremely serious injuries.
When it comes to fighting, it also requires immense demonic power to suppress it.
Otherwise, if the injury flares up, it will be in serious trouble.
As time went on, it gradually became strained and could no longer withstand the methods of Ling Pengyun and the others.
Even its full suit of armor was directly shattered by the dragon spirit conjured by the Star Sea Ancestor's Nebula Sea Dragon Banner.
"go."
Ling Pengyun's eyes lit up, and he quickly summoned the three incredibly powerful Thunderfire Dragons to smash its head to pieces.
Its life force vanished instantly.
Only his primordial spirit managed to escape, but since there was the Netherworld nearby, he could not escape very far.
"His primordial spirit is quite slippery."
"But with only his primordial spirit remaining, he still wants to escape?"
"That's just wishful thinking."
Ling Pengyun sneered, then, to prevent the Shadow Leopard King's primordial spirit from causing any trouble.
With a thought, his Five Elements Hundred Treasures River, like a mighty dragon, chased after him and gently swept over him, imprisoning and suppressing his primordial spirit.
Even if its primordial spirit intended to self-destruct, it would be impossible for it to do so.
'This is it, we're doomed.'
The Shadow Leopard King's primordial spirit was utterly helpless, and countless resentments gradually rose in its heart.
But Ling Pengyun was too lazy to care and simply put it into a high-level Soul-Locking Bottle that he had prepared beforehand.
However, the Soul-Locking Bottle had a special effect, and it sealed the primordial spirit of the Shadow Leopard King with a special power.
"Although much of the primordial spirit of this ghost leopard was burned by the method to enhance its strength, at least most of it is still left. With this, it can barely serve as the main material for those high-level breakthrough spiritual objects."
"In addition, the time it took to kill him was relatively quick. Even though the Star Sea Ancestor and I had used methods to enhance our strength beforehand, the cost to me and him was not much."
"At most, he will need several decades of quiet meditation to recover to his full strength."
"Furthermore, with the Shadow Leopard King dead, the battle here will be easier to manage."
"It's time to deal with those small fry and crab generals."
Ling Pengyun glanced at the high-level Soul-Locking Bottle in his hand, his brows furrowed with joy. Then, he communicated with Ancestor Xinghai and the others, and together they attacked the remaining ordinary Shadow Leopard Clan members around them.
"How can it be."
"The Leopard King is dead?"
"..."
The Shadow Leopards were terrified when they saw this. They never expected that a Nascent Soul cultivator like the Shadow Leopard King would be killed by Ling Pengyun and the Star Sea Ancestor, who were Nascent Soul cultivators at the early, middle, and late stages.
However, the Shadow Panther King was severely injured and was not at its strongest.
Not to mention, Ling Pengyun and the other righteous cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage possessed extraordinary abilities and were numerous, even several times more numerous than the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Shadow Leopard clan here.
It's not surprising that the Shadow Panther King met such an end.
At this moment, although the number of Shadow Leopards was large, there were few strong individuals among them.
They were no match for Ling Pengyun and his group.
The situation suddenly became one-sided.
In addition, the Netherworld had already covered them.
Even if they wanted to run away, they couldn't.
A massacre suddenly ensued.
In the end, they were all blasted to pieces by Ling Pengyun and his group.
Ling Pengyun and his group also had a good harvest. They not only obtained several powerful fifth-order battle formations, but also some ordinary fifth-order formations, as well as a large number of ordinary ghost artifacts and other items.
Then they began to plunder the entire Shadowlands.
Although some evil spirits here were lucky enough to have escaped the summons of the Shadow Leopard King and did not participate in the battle to defend the spatial rift, they were stationed in various ghostly treasure lands and barely survived the ordeal.
But with the arrival of Ling Pengyun and others, they quickly followed in the footsteps of the other evil spirits and died tragically.
After spending half a day plundering the secret realm, Ling Pengyun and his group reaped considerable rewards.
According to statistics, there are a total of 23 fifth-tier ghost lands here.
There are even three places with fifth-grade superior quality.
As for ordinary ghost places, there are many more.
'Upon closer examination, the Ghostly Leopard clan's foundation in the Ghost Realm is truly formidable. Given another million years, they might even be able to cultivate a top-grade fifth-tier Ghost Vein, possessing a foundation no weaker than that of the ancient Ghost Realm.'
'This clan truly lives up to its reputation as the strongest of all the evil spirit forces in the ancient ghost realms.'
Ling Pengyun was secretly alarmed.
The Shadow Leopard clan within the Shadow Secret Realm only recently found an opportunity to leave this secret realm thanks to the spatial rift opened by Ling Pengyun.
However, in the past, during the once-every-thousand-year-old Limitless Storm in the Ancient Ghost Realm, some cultivators from the righteous forces of the Heavenly River Realm had the good fortune to reach this place during their training in the Ghost Realm and escaped successfully.
This has led to rumors circulating about the area.
Moreover, this is also true of most of the hidden secret realms in the ancient ghost realm.
However, most of the evil forces within the secret realm are not as strong as the Shadow Leopard clan.
After all, the original Shadow Leopard clan was already strong, with many Nascent Soul stage figures appearing in ancient times, leaving behind a strong foundation.
With the destruction of this clan in the ancient war, the Shadow Leopard clan, which was naturally formed by the special laws of heaven and earth of the Shadow Realm and the remnant souls of the Shadow Leopard clan, benefited from the misfortune and obtained many good things, so its development speed was relatively fast.
In addition, he had a good chance of success.
This is how the powerful Shadow Leopard clan came to be.
Furthermore, with this place now occupied by powerful figures like Ling Pengyun and Xinghai Ancestor, the ghost veins here can undoubtedly become their aid.
Most importantly, the powerful figures like the Star Sea Ancestor were self-aware enough to know that although the treasure land within the Shadow Secret Realm was good, it was a strange place and not a place where righteous cultivators like them could stay for long.
Moreover, they cannot freely enter or leave this place on their own.
They would then be unable to maximize their benefits.
They then gave all those precious lands to Ling Pengyun, who possessed the Netherworld Blade.
However, they didn't give it away for nothing; they did have a request.
The profits generated by those precious lands over the next thousand years should belong to them.
Although the potential profits were substantial, they were insignificant compared to the value of those precious lands, so Ling Pengyun immediately agreed.
'With this treasure land, our clan now possesses another unique ghost-path secret realm within the ancient ghost domain.'
Ling Pengyun was secretly delighted upon hearing this. (End of Chapter)