Chapter 129: Chapter 124: Copper Corpse, Sword Light, Vortex

The third floor of the Li Family Treasure Vault.

Nineteen Tier One Iron Corpses stood within the Yin Pool. The yin energy inside was so dense it was practically liquid, like a basin filled with ink.

Where the Iron Corpses on the periphery stood, the yin energy reached just past their waists. The closer to the center of the Yin Pool, the deeper the energy grew.

A young man with a deathly pale face sat cross-legged in the center of the Yin Pool. His hands were forming seals, as if he were in the process of refining something.

Wisps of bloody, malevolent energy descended from above his head, sinking entirely into the center of the Yin Pool.

The yin energy before him began to bubble as if boiling, and a mysterious, cold aura slowly spread out in all directions.

Fang Cheng protected his body with a Second-Order Concealment Talisman, but after entering this third floor, no matter how he concealed his aura, it was completely out of place amidst the dense, almost tangible yin energy here.

His expression shifted slightly when he looked at the young man in the center of the Yin Pool.

After being strengthened by the Glazed Jade Golden Flower, his Divine Sense was hardly inferior to an ordinary Life Talisman Realm Cultivator’s. With just a brief probe, he discovered that this pale-faced young man had already condensed a Life Talisman!

Moreover, the entire Yin Pool seemed to have been set up as an array, slowly absorbing the bloody, malevolent energy from the outside.

At this moment, cultivators were constantly falling outside, providing an ample supply of this malevolent energy, which flowed continuously into this place.

More critically, there seemed to be an even more powerful Yin Corpse in the center of the Yin Pool. The aura it exuded far surpassed that of the Tier Two Copper Corpse fighting Wang Huayuan outside.

’The Li Family is a wolf in sheep’s clothing!’

As this thought flashed through Fang Cheng’s mind, he turned to fly out without a word.

As the saying goes, of the thirty-six stratagems, retreating is the best. The haul from the first and second floors of the Treasure Vault was more than enough. If he wasn’t going to leave now, when would be a better time?

But the pale-faced young man just smiled faintly and said, "Friend, since you’re here, why the rush to leave? It just so happens that I am short one Iron Corpse. Might I borrow your body for the task?"

Before the words had even faded, light flickered at the entrance to the third floor of the Treasure Vault. A layer of inky light appeared, blocking Fang Cheng’s path. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Fang Cheng threw a punch, sending out roiling heat waves and flickering firelight. The beam from his fist struck the glowing barrier dead center.

THUMP!

A colossal boom, like the beat of a great drum, echoed through the Treasure Vault.

The glowing barrier flickered and swayed, but it was completely unharmed.

Instead, it was Fang Cheng who, due to the recoil, was knocked out of the Concealing Breath Talisman’s stealth effect, revealing his figure.

"Not bad. Friend, your qi and blood are vigorous. You must have cultivated a high-level Body Refining Technique!"

The Li Family man remarked, sizing up Fang Cheng with great interest.

In the Yin Pool, the nineteen Tier One Iron Corpses all took flight, pouncing on Fang Cheng in unison.

...

「Above the Li Family Estate.」

Although the Wang Family Patriarch had the upper hand, the Tier Two Copper Corpse opposite him was tough and resilient. It fought without any fear of death, always ready to take him down with it, making it difficult for him to end the battle quickly.

The Copper Corpse’s ten fingers sprouted sharp, foot-long nails, wreathed in a sinister wind. Though Wang Huayuan kept it suppressed, it would ignore any attacks and lunge forward at the slightest opening, swiping viciously at him.

Even with his Protective Spiritual Light, Wang Huayuan dared not let those claws make contact.

The Wang Family’s Life Talisman Elder, his lifespan nearly at its end, had ambushed this Copper Corpse, hoping to make one last contribution to the family before passing on.

Unexpectedly, the Copper Corpse had torn through his Protective Spiritual Light, and his death had been gruesome.

Wang Huayuan still had a century of life remaining. As the Wang Family’s sole remaining Life Talisman Realm Cultivator, he naturally cherished his life dearly. He would rather expend more effort than suffer the slightest injury.

Just as the two reached a stalemate, an Escape Light shot out from the mountains beyond, streaking into the battle as fast as lightning!

RUMBLE!

A Thunder Talisman flew through the air, striking the Copper Corpse dead-on.

In an instant, a dazzling Thunder Light burst forth, viciously wiping out more than half of the Copper Corpse’s aura.

"Brother Wang, if you’re not going to strike now, what are you waiting for?"

A hoarse voice spoke, its tone grim.

Wang Huayuan remained silent. The light around his body flared as a tremendous power surged from the Life Talisman within him, instantly coursing through his entire being.

He flew above the Copper Corpse, raised his Fangtian Halberd high with both arms, and brought it down viciously.

Just as it seemed the Copper Corpse was about to be finished off, a strange smile appeared on its stiff, numb face.

The Copper Corpse didn’t try to block Wang Huayuan’s attack. Instead, its hands formed a strange Seal Technique as it calmly welcomed death.

The Fangtian Halberd struck the Copper Corpse’s forehead.

In that instant, the Copper Corpse violently exploded!

A ball of incredibly dense Yin Thunder emerged from within the Copper Corpse. It flickered once, then suddenly expanded into a dark thundercloud roughly an acre in size, enveloping Wang Huayuan and the mysterious cultivator.

The Thunder Light rumbled, instantly connecting with something deep beneath the Li Family grounds. It was as if a giant whale within the thundercloud was madly devouring yin energy, its power surging explosively!

Trapped within the thundercloud, Wang Huayuan and the mysterious cultivator were unable to break free for a time.

...

「The Li Family Medicine Garden.」

He Yujing carefully placed the Spiritual Medicine into a jade box, then looked up at the sky. Watching the dark thundercloud that flashed incessantly with Thunder Light, his face fell.

’This is bad!’

He thought, quickly stowing the jade box and fleeing toward the outskirts of the Li Family grounds without a moment’s delay.

Meanwhile, the other cultivators from Netherworld Valley continued to loot and plunder frantically. Occasionally, someone would notice the celestial phenomenon, but they would cast only a fleeting glance before throwing themselves back into the slaughter and pillaging.

For many, this was a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strike it rich!

It was worth the risk.

...

「The third floor of the Treasure Vault.」

The nineteen Tier One Iron Corpses swarmed toward him.

Calm and unhurried, Fang Cheng waved his sleeve and released the Li Hen Demon Light.

Having reached the twenty-seventh level, the Li Hen Demon Light carried an ethereal demonic intent as it swept across all the Iron Corpses in a flash.

In the next instant, plumes of pitch-black fire erupted from the Iron Corpses. Their bodies, hard as iron, and their dense yin energy began to burn like grease, sizzling and crackling violently.