855: Chapter 242_3 855: Chapter 242_3 As the earth-element talismans wielded by Ling Xi gathered strength, mountains seemed to descend, crushing her in between and continuing to press in from both sides.
An endless and substantial power of earth was even more so wrapping her up tightly.
For a moment, the air around seemed unable to withstand the pressure of the two massive mountains, exploding continuously, generating thunderous sounds as if the earth was fracturing and great stones were shattering.
In Ling Xi’s hands were sixty-four talismans, each distinct from the other, and this time she employed the Earth Talisman.
This talisman was mostly used for defense, yet since Shui Lian A Jiu was restrained by the earth element, Ling Xi naturally chose to attack with the Earth Talisman as well.
Although she did not cultivate the Five Elements like her junior sister Yan Yourong, with the talismans in her hand, she was able to display the power of the Five Elements.
The difference was, while Yan Yourong could integrate the power of the Five Elements, Ling Xi’s Five Elements power was hard to merge.
Under Ling Xi’s attack, Shui Lian A Jiu didn’t even have the time to self-destruct her Golden Core; the terrifying might of the assault left her completely devastated, with streams of crimson blood flowing out from her wounds.
As Shui Lian A Jiu suffered heavy injuries, the power of her about-to-self-destruct Golden Core dissipated greatly, and the next moment, Ling Xi’s subsequent attack came upon her.
This time, it was no longer majestic mountains descending but a sky filled with falling yellow sand.
Shui Lian A Jiu cursed silently, forcibly mobilizing her own power to self-destruct her Golden Core, but the relentless power of earth came at her once more, breaking her will to detonate!
“Damn it!”
Seeing her injuries become more severe, Shui Lian A Jiu no longer focused on gathering momentum, but instead chose to directly self-destruct her Golden Core!
Self-destructing a Golden Core required time.
However, that was when all of the Golden Core power exploded to unleash its full might, but as a being of Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection, she could instantly explode one or two cores.
She…
“Pfft…”
Suddenly, she spat out a large mouthful of blood; unbeknownst to her, a sharp spear had appeared behind her, a spear that seemed to be made of condensed sand and stone, piercing right through her body and her heart.
The next moment, her body fell limply, and as her vision faded, the spear also disintegrated into talismans, returning to Ling Xi’s hand.
She didn’t even get the chance to self-destruct.
Shui Lian A Jiu suddenly realized an issue.
Targeting the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, they naturally studied the high-level Golden Core cultivators of the dynasty, and they all agreed that besides Cao Zhen and that Star Lord Hao Yue, the strongest was Xiang Ziyu.
Even without using secret techniques, Xiang Ziyu was considered the third powerhouse amongst Golden Core cultivators in the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty.
But now, she discovered that Ling Xi might be stronger than Xiang Ziyu, at least when Xiang Ziyu did not employ any secret techniques, Ling Xi could be the strongest.
But her realization came too late.
Shui Lian A Jiu’s breathing stopped completely.
Ling Xi also retrieved her talismans and formation map, approached to take Shui Lian A Jiu’s Qiankun Bag, and then continued walking forward; indeed, she was kind, but when facing enemies of the Hundred Peaks Sect, she could be even more ruthless than her junior sister.
After Cao Zhen rested for a moment, he continued onward, soon reaching the end of the corridor.
Previously, the corridors he traversed had exits with multiple paths to choose from, either two or three, but the corridor before him now had only one exit.
Cao Zhen walked out through the corridor.
Immediately, Cao Zhen frowned as a scent of blood reached him.
In the middle of the corridor lay a corpse, noticeably dead for some time, unlike the bodies he had seen in the previous corridors.
Not far from the corpse, another person was sitting cross-legged, cultivating.
The Sun Moon Demon!
At the moment, the Sun Moon Demon looked pale, evidently having just suffered a heavy injury.
Cao Zhen quickly realized that there had been a fight in this corridor just now, which is why Zheng Wuqun couldn’t escape into it.
Now that he was able to enter, it meant that the Sun Moon Demon had already killed the other person.
Therefore, it seemed that in this palace, only two people could exist in a corridor at any time, and these two people must enter from two different directions.
Almost simultaneously, the Sun Moon Demon also noticed Cao Zhen entering.
Instantly, his eyes narrowed, and a look of horror crossed his face, “Cao Zhen!”
Without any hesitation, the Sun Moon Demon pushed off the ground with both hands and sprung into the air, turning around and rushing forward.
He truly did not know why he had such bad luck.
He had come to this place with the Third Prince, and then they split up to search for the treasure chambers.
However, the paths were too numerous and they had to separate, wandering through the corridors day after day.
Then today, he finally encountered someone, but to his surprise, it was an individual from the Fourth Prince’s camp.
He was aware that the Fourth Prince had also entered the ruins, having taken a different route than the Third Prince.
He didn’t know why the Fourth Prince had come here.
He also knew that the Third and Fourth Princes did not get along and were always competing against each other, yet at times they cooperated with each other.
So, upon seeing the other, he was prepared to tactfully engage with them and inquire about the situation, but he never expected that the other would launch a sneak attack on him.