Chapter 132 - 129: What Trash?

Twenty to thirty miles behind them, several figures appeared in the void, engaging in a fierce battle with someone exuding billowing black smoke.

Or rather, it didn’t quite seem human.

Faintly, they could see the entity possessed a human-like form, but it appeared to have six appendages, each twenty to thirty meters long, sprouting from its back. Black smoke radiated from its body. Combined with the vast distance, even though their line of sight in the void wasn’t entirely obstructed, they couldn’t see it clearly.

However, Mo Qianqian knew that thing was likely the Black Widow.

The experts from various families had rushed in and were now locked in combat with the Black Widow. He wondered if the beast had successfully completed its metamorphosis. In any case, having enraged the Black Widow, the Grand Elders of the three major families, and even Chu Yiming, were bound to experience a ferocious battle.

The Black Widow was simply too terrifying. He wasn’t sure if the Third-Grade Spirit Master Chu Yiming, the three experts at the Eighth Level of Tongyou Realm, and the other high-level Tongyou Realm cultivators could withstand it.

Taking only a single glance, Mo Qianqian paid it no further heed. Instead, he pointed out a direction and led the group as they rapidly fled Black Demon Ridge.

After quite some time, Mo Qianqian and the others had sprinted over a hundred miles. Dashing out from a diagonal angle, they finally escaped the periphery of Black Demon Ridge.

The group collectively breathed a sigh of relief. They all knew that without Asura, they would have hardly been able to escape Black Demon Ridge so easily. They might have even perished inside today. This was especially true for Xian Ling’Er; Asura had just saved her life.

Mo Qianqian also came to a halt. He looked at Shi Muyao and the others, handed Xian Ling’Er over to Shi Muyao, and said, "Leave one cultivator at the Second Level of Tongyou Realm here to wait and report the news to Master Xiang Chu and Sect Leader Yu, as well as to monitor the situation.

"The rest of you, leave quickly and return to the Imperial City."

"Understood!" the old man at the Second Level of Tongyou Realm from the Asura Conglomerate answered decisively.

The middle-aged man who had broken through to the Tongyou Realm using Mo Qianqian’s pill also immediately nodded.

"Elder Asura, what about you?" Shi Muyao looked at Mo Qianqian with a worried expression. Traces of sadness still lingered on her face.

"I’ll go back in to take a look," Mo Qianqian said.

"But it’s too dangerous inside!" Shi Muyao said anxiously.

"Don’t worry, I have the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source. As long as I don’t run into the Black Widow, it won’t be a big problem. Leave quickly and wait for me in the Imperial City," Mo Qianqian replied.

"Elder Asura, you must be careful."

"Take care, Great Treasure Master!"

Without delay, the two Tongyou Realm experts swept up Shi Muyao and the Xian Ling’Er she was supporting, flying off toward the Imperial City. The other expert at the Second Level of Tongyou Realm stayed behind.

Meanwhile, Mo Qianqian turned around and dashed back into Black Demon Ridge. Naturally, he wasn’t heading to Demon Dragon Valley. That area was dangerous even for high-level Tongyou Realm cultivators. Instead, he entered from a direction far away from it; he was going to look for the Flame Demon Flower.

The Flame Demon Flower could allow someone in the Spirit Profound Realm to break through two cultivation levels. As a Body Cultivator at the Fifth Level of the Second Realm, if he could obtain it, he might also be able to break through two levels. When that happened, his strength would increase drastically.

It was just a pity that he couldn’t get the exact location of the Flame Demon Flower from Ling Qingxue. Fortunately, he still had the mysterious woman to guide the way. Since she could detect the location of the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source from far away, wouldn’t there be a chance for her to scout out the Flame Demon Flower as well?

After dashing in for a certain distance and ensuring no one was around, Mo Qianqian turned his head to look at the shadow beside him. "Senior, do you know the location of a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure called the Flame Demon Flower?"

"Flame Demon Flower? What is that piece of trash?" the mysterious woman’s voice echoed from Mo Qianqian’s shadow.

Mo Qianqian was left speechless.

"Well, it’s an exotic plant that can help a cultivator at the Early-stage Realm of Communication with Ghosts break through, as well as those in the Spirit Profound Realm," Mo Qianqian had no choice but to explain.

"I haven’t detected it yet. Walk around for a bit," the mysterious woman said.

Feeling helpless, Mo Qianqian could only continue moving forward.

An hour or two later, Mo Qianqian had ventured several hundred miles deep from a diagonal direction. Thanks to the mysterious woman, he didn’t encounter any more Black Demon Spiders. As for the battle between the high-level Tongyou Realm experts and the Black Widow, he stopped caring about it.

The only one he cared about was the Yuling Sect Master. The Yuling Sect Master was only at the Sixth Level of Tongyou Realm, not the eighth or ninth, so he probably wouldn’t be the Black Widow’s primary target. Seeing that they weren’t there, it shouldn’t be a problem for the Yuling Sect Master to escape that area, right?

"A few dozen miles ahead, there seems to be something useful. It might be that piece of trash you mentioned."

Suddenly, the mysterious woman’s voice rang out from Mo Qianqian’s shadow. Overjoyed, Mo Qianqian hurriedly accelerated and dashed forward.

A short while later, Mo Qianqian arrived at a location a hundred miles away, where towering, dark trees obscured the sky. Halfway up a mountain, Mo Qianqian was astonished to see a fist-sized exotic flower growing on a massive boulder.

The strange flower was a dark, eerie red. At first glance, it looked like a cluster of black flames, appearing incredibly bewitching.

A few dozen yards in front of the exotic flower, a Black Demon Spider—with a body a dozen feet wide and thirty feet long, sporting legs stretching forty to fifty feet—was attacking a young girl whose white dress was stained with blood.

That young girl was none other than Ling Qingxue.

At this moment, more than ten bloody wounds could be seen on the Black Demon Spider’s body. A few of those were shocking, gaping gashes. Clearly, that massive Black Demon Spider had been heavily injured by Ling Qingxue.

However, Ling Qingxue was also covered in blood and had just fallen to the ground. The Black Demon Spider was now lunging straight at the injured Ling Qingxue.

Seeing the scene before him, Mo Qianqian’s eyes narrowed, and killing intent spontaneously welled up in his heart. That Black Demon Spider was massive and possessed terrifying combat strength, while Ling Qingxue was injured. From the looks of it, her injuries weren’t light!

He prepared to seize the opportunity and make his move!

"She isn’t heavily injured, and she already knows you’re here."

Just as Mo Qianqian was preparing to wait for Ling Qingxue and the Black Demon Spider to clash, the mysterious woman’s warning suddenly echoed from his shadow.

Mo Qianqian’s expression froze!

What a cunning Ling Qingxue! She actually knew of his arrival and yet still put on an act of being severely wounded, looking as though she was about to be killed in a single strike by the Black Demon Spider! Was this a test to make him expose his identity or reveal his hostility?

Since that was the case, he wouldn’t play into Ling Qingxue’s hands either. He would confuse Ling Qingxue first, then wait for the right moment to strike!

SWISH!

Instead of taking the opportunity to assassinate Ling Qingxue, Mo Qianqian activated his Spirit Body and charged at the Black Demon Spider. A cluster of strange matter formed in the palm of his Spirit Body before he slapped it fiercely onto the Black Demon Spider’s head.

SIZZLE!

SKREEE!

The Black Demon Spider let out a piercing, agonizing shriek. Its entire head, along with more than half of its outer exoskeleton, was corroded away, exposing its bloody, mangled flesh. After stumbling forward for a few more steps, the Black Demon Spider collapsed onto the ground right in front of Ling Qingxue.

Only then did Ling Qingxue turn around and look toward Mo Qianqian, a pleasant surprise coloring her face. "Master Asura! How did you end up here?"

Mo Qianqian didn’t speak; instead, he silently weighed the odds of ambushing and killing her.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Right at that moment, several figures suddenly flew over toward them at blinding speeds. Mo Qianqian’s expression changed.

He hurriedly dispelled his Spirit Body. In an instant, it reappeared next to the Flame Demon Flower, plucked it, and then rushed back to him with the prize in hand.

Just as Mo Qianqian reached out and secured the Flame Demon Flower, six figures had already rushed over and landed nearby. Astonishingly, all six of them were at the Tongyou Realm. Among them was a gray-haired old woman whose aura revealed a cultivation base that had actually reached the Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm!

Mo Qianqian had seen these six individuals before; they were, impressively, all from the Ling Family!

Mo Qianqian’s expression darkened. The Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm! With his current strength, even by combining his Body Cultivator abilities with his Spirit Body, he would be no match!

Was Ling Qingxue setting him up? Or did the people from the Ling Family just happen to arrive here at the exact same time?