Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Chapter 145 Melee

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Zhao Yu walked through the forest when suddenly a strange fragrance wafted over from one side. He was drawn by the fragrance and moved in the direction it came from.

After covering a distance of about ten miles, a spiritual lake appeared before Zhao Yu's eyes. In the middle of the lake, a five-colored Xia Light Lotus was growing.

Zhao Yu's eyes lit up, a glint of fervor flashed across them, "The Five-colored Xia Light Lotus, the main ingredient of the legendary Five-colored Xia Spirit Pill, said to increase the success rate of Condensing Nascent Soul by one percent. A treasure worth a fortune!"

Condensing Nascent Soul was indeed too difficult, even a one percent increase in the success rate was enough to make countless Golden Core cultivators desperately yearn for it.

Suddenly, Zhao Yu turned to look at a clump of trees to the northeast and said coldly, "Come out! I've seen you already! If you don't show yourself, I will treat you as an enemy and attack!"

"What a fool!"

A thousand feet away to the southwest of Zhao Yu, a beautiful female cultivator, seemingly merged with the forest, glided past a hint of disdain.

The next moment, a terrifying premonition of danger surged in the heart of the beautiful female cultivator. Just as she was about to summon her Spiritual Shield for defense, she felt a pain in her chest. A white Ghost Claw had instantly pierced through her heart.

The White Ghost Emperor appeared silently behind the beautiful female cultivator, opened his mouth and bit, directly devouring her soul.

"A beauty indeed, to what end do you play the thief!"

Zhao Yu arrived before the body of the beautiful female cultivator, feeling somewhat emotional, "Had you not hidden yourself to ambush me, I would have intended to spare your life."

"Four Solidifying Gold Fruits, seven Talisman Treasures! Not bad, this woman comes from a sect that specializes in various deadly poisons, and the Cultivation Technique she practiced is named 'Hundred Poisons Thousand Turns Spirit Wonderful Scripture,' also a Mysterious Cultivation Technique on a par with the 'Mystic True Scripture of the Primordial Dao.'

"Once the Hundred Poisons Thousand Turns Spirit Wonderful Scripture is mastered, one becomes immune to all poisons, and one's Spell Supernatural Powers will carry the force of various toxins when cast."

"Unfortunately, this Cultivation Technique only goes up to the Late Golden Core Stage, and it is not compatible with my main Cultivation Technique, the Mountain Sutra. I do not plan to switch to this Cultivation Technique."

Generally, a cultivator can only cultivate one main Cultivation Technique and Body Refining Techniques. However, if two main Cultivation Techniques complement each other, a cultivator can cultivate both main Cultivation Techniques.

Some of the top-tier Cultivation Techniques can be broken down into many simplified main Cultivation Techniques, which can naturally be cultivated at the same time.

The beautiful woman in the green palace outfit laughed, "He's just a burrowing monkey! Let's spare his life. Let's go!"

The cultivator in white nodded slightly.

Just then, massive swaths of black Ghost Fog rose from below, sweeping towards the two people in green palace outfits, with the White Ghost Emperor looking ferocious, controlling the Ghost Fog and pouncing on them.

"Not good, a third-order spirit ghost! Ghost Slaying Sword Art!"

The cultivator in white's complexion changed drastically, he shouted loudly, mana surged throughout his body in resonance with the woman in the green palace outfit.

The terrifying sword light interwoven with blue and white changed in spirituality, carrying a brilliant sword light that dispels evil, it slashed towards the White Ghost Emperor like lightning.

The White Ghost Emperor reached out with a claw, engulfed in pitch-black ghostly energy, and grabbed the evil-dispelling sword light.

The massive swathes of black ghostly energy were split by the evil-dispelling sword light, slashing into the right claw of the White Ghost Emperor, cutting an inch deep into his flesh, and then it was blocked.

The cultivator in white's expression suddenly changed dramatically, "No good!! This third-order spirit ghost is stronger than expected!!"

The White Ghost Emperor split its mouth into a grin, its pupils showing pitch-black Curse Seals, it gave a fierce smile towards the cultivator in white, then disappeared from his sight.

"Where did it go?"

A trace of fear welled up in the cultivator in white's heart, and suddenly he felt a pain in his chest. A ghost claw pierced through his chest, digging out his heart and discarding it with a toss.

"Senior Brother Tian!!"

The woman in the green palace outfit cried out in shock and rage, frantically mobilizing her mana, offering a green sword-shaped Talisman Treasure that emitted an exceedingly bright Spiritual Light.

In the next instant, the White Ghost Emperor appeared in front of the woman in the green palace outfit, its claw piercing through her heart. A look of despair flickered in her eyes, her body slightly swayed, and she was breathless.

Cultivators at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment Stage were ultimately not Golden Core cultivators, and they all needed a moment to activate their Talisman Treasures. Although that moment was short, it was enough for a terrifying creature like the White Ghost Emperor to kill them instantly.

The White Ghost Emperor opened its mouth and swallowed the souls of the two cultivators, then returned to Zhao Yu's side with their corpses.