Chapter 492: Chapter 446: Venturing into Danger

Being in a place without Spiritual Energy for a long time made Jiang Yuebai extremely uncomfortable, like drowning at the bottom of the sea, relying only on limited air to breathe.

Only now did Jiang Yuebai understand how Lu Nanzhi had felt staying with them all along; it was indeed hard for her.

During the three days of waiting, without Spiritual Energy, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t do anything, so she took out the Calamity Transformation Cauldron for research.

She could fully comprehend the Demon Text on it now. Little Green took the Five Ghosts out, hunting Fierce Beasts. She tried throwing the beasts brought back by the Five Ghosts into the cauldron, but the cauldron lid still wouldn’t open.

Jiang Yuebai even suspected that the Huntian Demon Head might still be alive, hiding inside the cauldron.

Or perhaps this cauldron was some special Ancient Treasure, like the Condensing Light Mirror, needing the corresponding Method to activate.

Jiang Yuebai hoped it was the latter, but she couldn’t ignore the possibility of the former.

To be safe, she subjected the Calamity Transformation Cauldron to Phoenix True Fire and Earth Evil Fire for several hours, then struck it with Jian Palace Thunder and Water Thunder.

It must be noted that this cauldron was particularly sturdy, not leaving a single mark. Finally, Jiang Yuebai had Lu Nanzhi use her Ice Soul Demon Qi to freeze it for half a day, then burn it again. This repeated over an entire day, and the cauldron remained the same.

Helplessly, Jiang Yuebai applied all the protective measures she could use, placing the Condensing Light Mirror on top of the cauldron, putting both items in a separate storage bag hung on her waist.

In the remaining time, Jiang Yuebai created a White Vine Avatar. She had grafted a plant called Beauty Vine (guì) in the Demon Clan before, which had roots resembling a beautiful woman with icy skin and jade bones, with meridians identical to the human body.

After grafting, she manufactured an avatar from the White Vine, nearly indistinguishable from a real person, except for the fragility of its wooden body, which could still manipulate Spiritual Energy. Hence, she often used the White Vine Avatar to try various Cultivation Techniques and Spells, doing dangerous things.

At this moment, she intended to use the White Vine Avatar to reverse the Nameless Technique on the Calamity Transformation Cauldron, to see if she could transform Demonic Qi into Spiritual Energy.

On the first reverse operation, boom!

The White Vine Avatar exploded directly, startling Lu Nanzhi.

"You focus on your own work, don’t mind me."

Jiang Yuebai laughed mischievously. Her white hair grew wildly behind her, rapidly forming a new avatar, continuing her attempts.

A quarter of an hour later... boom!

It exploded again!

Lu Nanzhi turned her head to look again. Jiang Yuebai scratched her head and grinned. Lu Nanzhi shook her head and took out an Array Plate, laying down a Sound Insulation Barrier.

Jiang Yuebai pondered for a moment, reflecting on where she went wrong, and continued trying.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The White Vine Avatar exploded one after another. The Demonic Qi was extremely unstable; she used the ’Vortex’ Method and the technique from the Chaos Devouring Heaven Skill, but still felt something was clogged. There was no one she could ask.

One might say it was infeasible, but clearly, Spiritual Energy could be transformed into Demonic Qi, so why couldn’t Demonic Qi be converted back into Spiritual Energy?

One might say it was feasible, but her avatars had exploded so many times... it was frustrating!

Jiang Yuebai’s hair had thinned, and she felt slightly influenced by the Demonic Qi, her mindset unstable and irritable.

Seeing the time was about right, Jiang Yuebai recorded her insights and the reasons for her failures, deciding to pause for now.

During these three days, a few Demon Cultivators passed by, but they didn’t approach the Rift Valley and headed to other parts of the Black Demon Mountain. Jiang Yuebai didn’t see anyone who might be Xingchou either.

"Since Xingchou hasn’t returned, let’s go down, Anan."

The two packed everything and set off, using Divine Concealment Talisman and Turtle Breath Talisman to hide their tracks, carefully descending the Rift Valley along the route Xingchou had previously shown.

The Bone Dragon still lay slumbering above the Restriction. The two dared not get too close. Jiang Yuebai calculated the distance and the steps of action a few times in her mind, then looked over at Lu Nanzhi.

Lu Nanzhi held the Ice Soul Sword and nodded, indicating she was ready.

Drawing a deep breath, Jiang Yuebai sent her Divine Thought to the White Vine Avatar a hundred meters away. Surrounded by Demonic Qi, her Split Divine control could only reach a hundred meters, a bit risky.

The White Vine Avatar took out the prepared medicine bottle, containing a trace of Ao Juan’s blood, frozen into ice by Lu Nanzhi with Ice Soul Demon Qi.

Jiang Yuebai decided to use Ao Juan’s blood to lure away the Bone Dragon. On one hand, it was for entering the cave dwelling; on the other, she had a deeper plan.

If the presence of the Winged Dragon appeared at Black Demon Mountain, it would surely cause chaos in the defense line at the West Sea, leading them to believe that Ao Juan had already escaped from the West Sea. By that time, they might dispatch some people here to investigate.

If Ao Juan was smart enough, perhaps she could lead her Dragon Clan to break through the defense line in one move.

Even if she couldn’t, splitting forces in two could make the people of the Dragon Shepherding Sects inadequately staffed. They would inevitably relax their recruitment conditions, giving her a chance to infiltrate.

Of course, these were just her current thoughts. For now, she must focus on the cave dwelling, leaving everything else to plan out specifically once she comes out.

With this settled in her mind, the White Vine Avatar aimed at the Centipede Fierce Beasts’ nest above and struck the medicine bottle heavily.

Boom!

The sound of the bottle shattering echoed layer by layer in the Rift Valley, the ice cracked into pieces, and the aura of Winged Dragon Blood slowly spread.

Like a stone falling into a serene lake, the aura causing dragons to become restless rippled outward layer by layer. The thousand-legged centipedes, who first sensed the aura, instantly boiled over, swarming out of their mountain cave nests, one after another.

The first centipede swallowed the Winged Dragon Blood in one gulp, and its entire body was immediately ruptured by the powerful aura. Cracks spread across the centipede’s shell before it could even digest, another larger thousand-legged centipede surged forward, biting it in half at the waist.

The centipede horde clustered densely, engaged in a bloody slaughter.

Hiss hiss!

A nearby Black Python noticed the commotion and slithered out of its lair, spewing copious amounts of viscous venom to corrode the centipede swarm.

The battle grew increasingly intense. Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi clung tightly to the mountain wall, observing the Bone Dragon’s empty eye sockets below, where two black flames suddenly burned fiercely, releasing a dark red, snake-like slit pupil.

Rumble!

The massive body of the Bone Dragon stirred, causing the whole Rift Valley to shake violently, large rocks plummeting from above, several times nearly striking the two, but each time being silently slashed apart by the sword gang around Lu Nanzhi.

Roar!

The Bone Dragon roared, soaring skyward, swallowing the swarming group of thousand-legged centipedes and the giant python in one gulp. The black flames intensely scorched those centipedes and the python, trapping them inside the Bone Dragon’s body with an invisible barrier, unable to escape.

In a mere blink of an eye, they all turned to ashes, leaving only that trace of Winged Dragon Blood.

If the Winged Dragon were present, the Bone Dragon would undoubtedly submit, but with just a trace of Winged Dragon Blood, the power was insufficient to subdue the Bone Dragon. It would only entice it to devour the Winged Dragon Blood to enhance its own strength.

The might of the Bone Dragon made Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi extremely wary. They couldn’t afford any delay. The moment the Bone Dragon’s long tail vacated the area below the Restriction, Jiang Yuebai activated the Five Ghosts Shifting Technique she had long prepared, whisking Lu Nanzhi to the top of the Restriction.

Jiang Yuebai didn’t bother to examine what kind of Restriction it was. Instead, she concentrated her Divine Soul Power, activating the Space Great Forbidden Technique.

She had refined a trace of the Winged Dragon’s Essence Blood. Because of this Essence Blood, she could activate the Space Great Forbidden Technique of the Winged Dragon Clan. At this moment, as her Divine Soul Power moved, a Winged Dragon Essence Blood aura diffused instantly.

Cultivators might not detect it, but the Dragon Clan was extremely sensitive to this scent. This aura compared to the Winged Dragon Blood drove the Bone Dragon into further frenzy.

Roar!

The Bone Dragon turned its head to attack. Lu Nanzhi took a step behind Jiang Yuebai, the sword across her stance in defense.

The Late-Stage Nascent Soul dragon’s might, accompanied by waves of black fiery waves, came roaring forward. Lu Nanzhi resisted with all her might, fearless, unleashing Ice Waves against the Bone Dragon, layer upon layer of icy waves surged mightily, fiercely crashing against the black fiery waves.

Rumble!

The mountain rocks collapsed, explosions echoed to the heavens, and the Bone Dragon broke through the explosion’s center, jaws chomping down.

"Let’s go!"

In a critical moment, Jiang Yuebai ripped open a space rift, pulling Lu Nanzhi into it.

Crash!

The Bone Dragon rammed into the suddenly appearing Restriction light shadow, a thin layer that served as an impenetrable Dragon Gate. The immense retaliatory force cracked the Bone Dragon’s skull, its vast body slamming against the mountain wall.

The entire Rift Valley, along with the cliffs above, collapsed with a thunderous crash, dust filling the air, causing a great commotion.

Demon Cultivators and Ghost Cultivators near Black Demon Mountain noticed the commotion, flocking to investigate, finding the Rift Valley deeply buried. Unsure of what lay below, they hesitated to leave.

Roar!

The enraged Bone Dragon burst through the rubble, soaring skyward, seeing the surrounding cultivators. Its fury intensified, spewing a roaring dragon flame, burning the heavens and the earth, slaughtering indiscriminately.

The innocent and unfortunate cultivators had no choice but to scatter and flee, cursing their bad luck!