Chapter 112.1: Fight

Zheng Bai and others were still dumbfounded when they instinctively dodged. They couldn’t figure out why these demonic cultivators had such courage. Weren’t they afraid of retaliation after robbing the treasure? If Frostcloud Sect knew about this, they definitely wouldn’t give up pursuit!

However, Jing Yue saw clearly that the demonic cultivators not only wanted to rob the treasure but also to kill them all.

The Yao fog here had an isolating effect and transmission talismans were completely ineffective. He couldn’t call for help for the time being while the demonic cultivators had plenty of time to destroy the bodies and get rid of the evidence. Besides, Yao Lake was not far away. As long as the bodies were tossed into the lake, Frostcloud Sect wouldn’t find them even if Yao Detention Mountain was turned upside down. And even if they had doubts, they had no evidence.

But no matter how greedy Lurking Ghost Sect, they wouldn’t risk attacking him for a giant elephant. After all, his identity was special, and Frostcloud Sect would definitely do their best to search. What if the demonic cultivators accidentally left traces?

There must be something wrong. Including the sudden appearance of the demonic cultivators, it reeked of conspiracy everywhere.

Jing Yue didn't have time to think about it right now. If he was alone, he could still deal with the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator slowly, but there were Frostcloud Sect disciples behind him.

In fact, if he wanted to escape, he could also take the few people to Haotian Realm for temporary shelter, but he didn't want to escape. Those who revealed killing intent toward him, he must kill the other party first.

Although Yao Lake was on the side, the situation in the lake was unknown, so Jing Yue dared not use it without qualms. This place was also completely devoid of spiritual energy so he could only rely on his own spiritual energy.

Seeing countless blood-colored skeletons rushing toward the group with wide-open jaws to bite them, Jing Yue slashed out with the mini Canglan sword. Flying snow covered the sky again, reflecting the thick inky color of the black wood forest.

Sword qi overflowed but the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator sneered and didn’t pay attention to the attack of a golden core cultivator at all. Even if he knew that the opponent's move was a well-known Canglan sword technique in the cultivation world, the cultivation base determined everything!

Killing people across a higher realm? Hehe, not everyone was the same as Qin Yanzhi.

He had heard that Jing Yue grappled for a long time with the Blood Corpse-laomo without losing, but that was relying on a strange escape technique. Now that other disciples of Frostcloud Sect dragged him down, would Jing Yue still dare to escape? Besides, that kind of evasion technique was obviously quite limited. Otherwise, why didn't Jing Yue escape from the Four Elephants Villa back then and had to work hard to break the restriction instead?

He also knew that Jing Yue had defeated Mo Qianyun, but Mo Qianyun was extremely unstable at that time, so how could he compare with him?

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator urged his spiritual energy and the blood-colored skeleton became larger. It could swallow a human head just by opening its mouth and easily resisted the sword qi transformed by the flying snow.

Seeing that Jing Yue could only dodge left and right, he laughed loudly and even had time to make eyes at several other demonic cultivators. They understood his intentions and stepped forward to deal with Zheng Bai and others.

Therefore, Jing Yue had to protect his people, defend, and also attack. Although his moves were not sloppy, the demonic cultivators had considered themselves sure victors.

However, no one noticed that the drifting snow was increasing, and the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, falling on the treetops, accumulating on the ground, gradually staining the black wood forest into frosty white.

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator was just about to increase his strength when Jing Yue lifted his hand and a sword shrill was heard. As if shredding their souls, the forest full of white snow instantly transformed into thousands of sword lights, each one as thick as an arm and carried hints of lightning, attacking them from all directions!

The scarlet skeletons were blown apart one after another. Several golden core demonic cultivators couldn’t withstand the erosion of the sword qi and stopped attacking to focus on defense.

In this duration, Jing Yue sent a voice transmission to Gu Xia, “Leave with the team!”

Gu Xia, “Laozu!”

Jing Yue, “Don’t nag. Go!”

Gu Xia knew that they would only restrict Jing Yue if they remained so he winked to several companions who were still gasping for breath. They jumped on the flying magic weapon and fled to the camp. They wanted to call for reinforcements to help Jing Yue as soon as possible.

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator who was almost injured by the sword Qi said angrily, “Trying to escape?”

He was about to use his magical powers when he felt his divine consciousness being hit by a strong force and almost collapsed!

“Argh!”

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator screamed miserably and Jing Yue also took an abrupt step back, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

“Jing-jing, Ji-ji is here to save you!” blue phoenix said anxiously.

“Hide yourself well. I’m fine. Do you believe me?”

Blue phoenix nodded fiercely, “Ji-ji believes!”

Before the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator could catch his breath, Jing Yue seized the opportunity to attack the other golden core demonic cultivators like a snowstorm. His hands turned into a thousand palms, each palm carried extremely cold air as if everything could freeze as long as he touched it.

Within a few breaths, the two golden core cultivators were frozen into ice sculptures and shattered into dust and mist.

At this time, the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator had recovered and was furious. Seeing that Jing Yue's long-prepared big move had already been used, he only thought that the other party had exhausted all moves and he could attack without scruples.

Jing Yue dodged around the black wood forest while the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator chased after him. While attacking, he did not forget to shout at his companions, “After them! We must not let them spread the news!”

The two remaining golden core cultivators just escaped from death and were frightened out of their wits. They finally reacted now and were drenched in a cold sweat.

Once the disciples of Frostcloud Sect escaped, what awaited them would be the end of the world! No, not only for the few of them but also the secret…

The two just wanted to run when the black wood forest suddenly shook without wind. The black leaves on the trees fell one after another, rolling around wildly as the dark clouds in the sky blocked their sight.

“Good job!” Jing Yue cast a spell to avoid the killing move of the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator and softly praised blue phoenix.

Although blue phoenix felt exhausted and was in crisis, it still shyly covered its face and raised its head proudly.

Jing Yue didn't waste the opportunity that Ji-ji created for him. He disappeared in an instant and appeared again, but his position had changed— he stopped behind a golden core demonic cultivator.

Under the cover of the black leaves, he slashed with his sword!

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for harvesting another human head!” blue phoenix said excitedly.

Jing Yue, “…”

Unfortunately, when he was ready to harvest the second one, the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator came after him once again.

However, this time, Jing Yue didn't hide anymore, but smiled at the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator instead. Those calm but murderous eyes were like a predator.

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator’s heart jolted with foreboding but before he could react, a golden light suddenly dazzled his eyes. A beam of light shot straight up into the sky, pierced through the thick yao fog, and illuminated the entire black wood forest.

The birds and beasts scattered in Yao Detention Mountain and all the cultivators in the mountains raised their heads.

One person said, “It looks like the black wood forest.”

Another said, “I wonder what big Yao they encountered to cause such a big commotion. Let's go over and take a look.”

“Let’s go! Maybe a treasure is about to be born!”

Gu Xia and others who were rushing away also turned their heads. Looking at the bright golden light, they knew it was Jing Yue’s skill, and all of them were in high spirits.

Far to the south in the camp, Qin Yanzhi, who was in the midst of meditation opened his indifferent eyes and frowned before he instantly disappeared from the spot.

Other camps also took different actions. Wu Chen-zhenren personally took to the battlefield and flew into the sky with his sword. Master Jue Ming of Three Realm Temple walked out of the stone house and ordered two monks to enter the mountain together with him. Lurking Ghost Sect made no movements, but the righteous cultivators who were guarding the same side as them stared at the golden light when the elder of Scattered Star Villa said in surprise, “Could it be…”

Wei Zhentu recognized it at a glance and said with a grim face, “It’s A-jing!”

The two hurried to Yao Detention Mountain, leaving behind a crowd of puzzled people.

In the black wood forest, the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator and the only remaining Golden Core demonic cultivator had completely fallen into the formation Jing Yue prepared for them.

In the formation, five elements could produce countless changes—wood produced fire, fire produced earth, earth produced gold, gold produced water, and water produced wood. The cycle repeated and intermingled, deriving thousands of five elements techniques.

Once in the array, one would be trapped by the power of the five elements. It was like constantly stepping on an iceberg and a sea of ​​fire, with even more attacks formed by the five elements such as wind and lightning, which completely imprisoned the two demonic cultivators.

This was the true nature of the Five Elements Transformation Array. Not to mention a golden core cultivator, but even an Amethyst Abode couldn’t escape easily.

And Jing Yue was the only master in the formation.

From the very beginning, he had planned to get rid of all demonic cultivators, so he remained calm and quiet. After all, cannon fodder always died because they talked too much. In the course of the fight between the two parties, he seemed to be dodging but was in fact secretly setting up the formation. Now the formation had been completed and the enemy successfully fell into the trap, the subsequent life and death were within his grasp!

Rumble!

In the illusion created in the formation, a huge mountain collapsed. The golden core demonic cultivator couldn't dodge in time and was completely crushed into mincemeat.

The only remaining Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator was shocked and frightened. He didn't know that it was a killing formation that made many cultivators shy away from it ten thousand years ago. Now he was trapped in it, he realized how strong and subtle the formation was.

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator had just broken through and was at a low level. Additionally, he was not learned in formation, so he was like a mouse fleeing in fear, being forced by Jing Yue, the cat, into a miserable state.

But he didn't give up. He could sense that this formation was a golden core formation, which could not kill him for the time being. As long as he could hang on for four to six hours, there would be a turning point. Activating such a powerful formation was also a huge consumption of spiritual energy, so he didn’t believe that Jing Yue’s spiritual energy would be endless. Wasn’t he hanging on to a thread just like him?

Now, let's see who could last longer!

However, Jing Yue's spiritual energy really was endless, far beyond the reserves of ordinary golden core cultivators. The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator was almost desperate!

When he again forced back a ten-foot thick vine, the earth suddenly collapsed. Countless flying swords shot out from the softened soil and turned into ice swords halfway through. Everywhere the sword qi passed, wood turned into fire, and the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator was instantly surrounded by a sea of fire.

A gust of wind blew and the fire became more vigorous, burning the starless and moonless sky in the formation, condensing into black clouds.

Thunder and lightning flashed in the clouds, rain fell like razor blades, and sparks of silver lightning struck down. The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator fell into a heavy siege and could only try to resist.

But suddenly, there was a pain on the top of his head.

The Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator subconsciously looked up and saw Jing Yue floating on top of his head at some point, stabbing his skull with a sword!

—I must have encountered a fake golden core, the Amethyst Abode demonic cultivator thought, before his consciousness stalled.

The last enemy perished.