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The black spear suddenly appeared. Ji Qing held it in his right hand, gathering all his spiritual energy into the spear's shaft.
With a movent, the spear shot forward like a dragon, accompanied by a sharp whistle as it struck the formation barrier with trendous force.
This strike seed to tear apart the surrounding air, the spear's tip gleaming with cold light.
"Boom!"
The spear collided with the formation, like thunder crashing, shaking the entire tomb.
The formation barrier trembled violently, flickering like a candle fla in the wind, dimming and brightening erratically.
"Break!"
Ji Qing shouted, swinging the spear again.
The spear, infused with the might of heaven and earth, struck the formation barrier once more.
The formation finally couldn't withstand Ji Qing's relentless attacks and shattered like glass.
"Poof!"
Si Xi spat out a mouthful of blood.
As the formation was forcefully broken, Si Xi bore the backlash as he was struck by a thunderbolt, his energy quickly weakening.
"Die!"
Ji Qing did not hesitate, directing the spear straight for Zhu Yin's face.
Zhu Yin's eyes glowed with an eerie green light, like two ghostly flas flickering in the dark sea tomb.
The green light in her eyes seed to possess a soul-stirring power.
In Ji Qing's eyes, Zhu Yin's figure began to blur, and everything around her gradually twisted.
He felt a sudden wave of dizziness, as if his head was heavy and his body light.
An illusion!
"Spiritual attack! Zhu Yin's Illusory Realm!"
Ji Qing's mind flashed with this thought.
However, he didn't take Zhu Yin's spiritual attack lightly.
Zhu Yin hadn't reached the peak of the Golden Core stage yet, which ant her spiritual power was still only at the later stage of the Golden Core.
With his higher spiritual power, he should be able to easily see through the illusion.
But when Ji Qing steadied his mind and extended his spiritual sense to probe, he found no cracks in the illusion. Instead, several fierce ghosts appeared before him.
The illusion was continuing to grow!
"When did Zhu Yin break through to the peak of the Golden Core? How co I didn't know about this?" Ji Qing thought in shock and confusion.
Zhu Yin's cultivation had not broken through to the peak of the Golden Core, but after consuming the Spirit Awakening Pills refined by Song Wen, her spiritual power had already reached the peak of the Golden Core.
The fierce ghosts had twisted faces and forms, their claws bared as they pounced on Ji Qing.
The ghosts were illusory beings—phantoms with no substance.
Ji Qing's spear and his various techniques had no effect on them.
The ghosts surged toward Ji Qing's head and then bizarrely entered his body, invading his sea of consciousness.
In an instant, his sea of consciousness was in turmoil, with the ghosts wreaking havoc and howling as if they wanted to tear his sea of consciousness apart.
Ji Qing felt an excruciating pain, as though countless steel needles were stabbing into him.
"Zhu Yin, do you think I'm unprepared for your illusions?"
Before his words could even fall, a jade pendant, about a foot long, suddenly appeared in front of him.
The jade pendant glowed with a pale white light and was shaped like a crescent moon.
The glow from the jade pendant intensified, dazzling and radiant, resembling a new crescent moon hanging high in the night sky, casting down soft and hazy moonlight.
Under the illumination of this glow, the ghosts in Ji Qing's sea of consciousness gradually began to dissipate, and the intense pain slowly faded. Even the distorted vision before him began to return to normal.
Ji Qing's feet were surrounded by nurous pits of varying sizes, the result of his chaotic attacks while trapped in the illusion.
Looking at the jade pendant floating in midair, Zhu Yin's face finally showed a hint of fear, her resolve wavering.
The jade pendant was a mid-grade spiritual defense artifact, and with it, her illusions could no longer pose a threat to Ji Qing.
She slightly exerted force with her legs, and her body suddenly shot backward.
"Now you want to escape? It's too late!" Ji Qing said coldly.
The spear flew out of his hand with unstoppable force, chasing after Zhu Yin.
A figure suddenly appeared, blocking the path of the spear.
It was Zhu Yin's peak third-stage corpse puppet.
The corpse puppet raised its claws and struck at the spear.
However, the spear's speed was astonishing. Before the claws could even fall, the spear had already pierced the corpse puppet's chest.
The spear, filled with murderous intent, was unstoppable. It instantly pierced through the corpse puppet's chest, continuing forward toward Zhu Yin.
"Bang!"
The spear hit the shield ford by the red silk.
Zhu Yin's cultivation was still weaker, and with Ji Qing also using the Immortal Corpse Transformation, she felt an overwhelming force coming toward her. It was like a massive mountain crashing into her, throwing her flying in an instant.
In the air, Zhu Yin felt as though her internal organs were displaced. She couldn't stop herself from spitting out a mouthful of blood. Her body felt as though her bones had shattered, and the pain was excruciating.
At this mont, Zhu Yin had no ti to pay attention to her injuries. She used the force from the spear to propel herself toward the tomb door, not daring to stop for even a mont.
Ji Qing watched as Zhu Yin escaped through the tomb door and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Just as he was about to chase her, he suddenly felt a strong corrosive force in the surrounding air, eroding the vitality within him.
Ji Qing's expression changed slightly.
This was a sign that the poison had taken effect.
The effect of the Blue Dew Detox Pill had worn off.
He moved his mind, and a jade bottle appeared in his hand. However, the bottle was already empty.
Ji Qing's gaze shifted to Si Xi, who hadn't had ti to escape.
"Those who betray —die!"
Ji Qing's figure turned into a blur, rushing toward Si Xi.
The Blue Dew Detox Pills Si Xi carried were given to her by Ji Qing. Half of the pills had been prepared for Song Wen, who hadn't used them.
Thus, Si Xi still had so of the pills left.
Si Xi barely resisted before Ji Qing twisted his neck.
However, strangely, even in death, Si Xi wore a smile on his face.
Ji Qing looked down and saw that Si Xi was still holding several pills in his hand.
The pills had already been crushed, and their effects had dissipated.
Ji Qing's forehead bulged with veins, and his rage surged.
His large hand grasped Si Xi's head and squeezed it. His skull exploded like a waterlon.
At that mont, a figure flashed past in front of the tomb's stone door.
It was Song Wen!
Earlier, seeing Zhu Yin's confident deanor, Song Wen had believed she could defeat Ji Qing. However, he never expected that, in just a few exchanges, Zhu Yin had been forced to flee.
Now, with Ji Qing's attention focused on Si Xi, Song Wen seized the opportunity and quickly ran toward the tomb door.
Song Wen's appearance reminded Ji Qing that he still had the Clear Bath Pills given by Song Wen.
Earlier, he was worried that the pills might be problematic, so he didn't dare to take them. But with the current situation, Ji Qing had no other choice but to take the pills.
Ji Qing focused his mind and took out the jade bottle that Song Wen had given him.
He poured out one pill and looked at the blood-red pill in his hand. After hesitating for a mont, he ultimately put it back into the jade bottle.
With his peak Golden Core cultivation, even without the detox pill, he could temporarily resist the poisonous mist.
However, he didn't have enough ti to continue hunting Zhu Yin. As long as she hid in the underwater fissures, Ji Qing would have no way of finding her.
Ji Qing took Si Xi's storage ring and then moved to the side of the corpse, taking the storage ring from the bones, as well as the alchemy furnace and ditation mat.
He also collected the corpse puppet left by Zhu Yin. After confirming there was nothing else of value in the tomb, Ji Qing swiftly exited the tomb.
(End of the Chapter)
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