Record of a Demon's Cultivation-Chapter 516: Nether Corpse Fire

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Song Wen looked at the severely wounded Nether Sea Ghost Hound lying on the ground with a strange expression.

He had expected a tough battle, but to his surprise, the Nether Sea Ghost Hound was so badly injured that even with a human like himself entering its nest, just a pile of broken stones separating them, it didn't notice.

A thought crossed Song Wen's mind, and in an instant, cold light flashed as the Void Breaking Blade shot out and stabbed into the Ghost Hound's burned left eye.

The Ghost Hound was suddenly startled, and its remaining right eye showed an expression of terror.

It quickly raised its head, narrowly avoiding the Void Breaking Blade piercing its skull through the right eye.

The Void Breaking Blade struck its skull.

The Ghost Hound's skull was abnormally hard, harder than even its own scales.

With Song Wen's mid-level Golden Core cultivation and the Void Breaking Blade being a mid-grade magical treasure, normally, it would have been impossible for the blade to break through such a hard skull.

However, the seemingly indestructible skull appeared unusually fragile. Though it blocked the Void Breaking Blade, spiderweb-like cracks formed on its surface.

The skull, having been scorched by intense flames, became extremely brittle, like a clay sculpture baked under the scorching sun, easily shattering.

The Void Breaking Blade was deflected several feet by the impact. Song Wen quickly regrouped and aimed once again at the Ghost Hound's head.

The Ghost Hound hurriedly raised a sharp claw to swipe at the Void Breaking Blade.

The Void Breaking Blade was still on course when suddenly, the Ghost Hound felt a sharp pain in its abdomen.

A Shadow Gu had burrowed into its body.

During its previous battle, its abdominal region had been deliberately targeted and severely damaged, with most of its scales peeled off. With no defenses left, the Shadow Gu easily launched a sneak attack.

The Void Breaking Blade had been a feint, designed to distract the Ghost Hound. The real killing move was the Shadow Gu, lurking in the shadows.

Before long, the Ghost Hound perished as its internal organs were devoured by the Shadow Gu.

Song Wen summoned the Shadow Gu out of the Ghost Hound's body and began to consume its blood essence and soul, preparing to process its corpse.

The remaining scales and sharp fangs from its mouth were excellent materials for refining magical items, and Song Wen estimated they could fetch around 100,000 spirit stones.

Unfortunately, the Ghost Hound's skull, having been burned by the flames and shattered by the Void Breaking Blade, was no longer of any value for refining.

Looking at the skull in his hand, Song Wen noticed a strong aura of Yin energy remaining on it.

"This was injured by Yin-type spiritual fire! Could it be from the Heavenly Net Ghost Fire Formation?"

However, Song Wen quickly discarded this theory.

Based on the residual Yin energy on the skull, the fire that burned the Ghost Hound was not the ghost fire from the Heavenly Net Ghost Fire Formation.

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"Could it be that someone else in the underwater valley possesses Yin-type spiritual fire? Who could it be? Is it one of Zhu Yin or Ji Qing, or did another cultivator enter the valley?"

Suddenly, Song Wen recalled that more than half a month ago, Ji Qing had mentioned that the Yellow Springs Corrupt Flame was now useless to him.

"Could it be that Ji Qing obtained some form of Yin-type spiritual fire?"

"Perhaps Ji Qing's mission to find the Yellow Springs Corrupt Flame was actually to prepare for this journey to the valley? But to deal with the Nether Sea Ghost Hound, using Yin-type spiritual fire isn't necessary. Could Ji Qing have other motives for seeking the Yellow Springs Corrupt Flame?"

Song Wen's mind raced with thoughts.

With so little information in hand, he couldn't come to a clear conclusion.

To avoid anyone discovering the Ghost Hound's corpse, Song Wen stored it in his storage ring.

Song Wen then picked up the broken wood and pondered its origins.

Judging by the grain of the wood, this object seemed to be a type of naturally grown spiritual wood.

Song Wen speculated that the place where this broken wood grew likely contained Five Colored Gold. During the long growth process, this wood may have absorbed Five Colored Gold to strengthen itself.

With this insight, Song Wen now had a method to search for it—he simply needed to look for tall spiritual trees.

Exiting the cave, Song Wen found that the valley cliff was barren. Not only were there no tall spiritual trees, but even seaweed or other underwater plants were absent.

He dived deeper into the valley.

Suddenly, Song Wen felt a violent disturbance in the seawater from below.

Someone was fighting!

Song Wen suppressed his presence and slowly moved towards the direction of the battle.

Before long, he approached the bottom of the valley.

Here, the distance between the cliffs was only a few yards.

A few miles ahead of him, Ji Qing and Zhu Yin were in a fierce battle with nine massive vines.

These nine vines grew from a single root system, with the roots planted on a narrow platform at the edge of the cliff.

The vines were jet black, resembling long whips. Every time they lashed out, the surrounding sea water surged violently.

Bang!

The vine's attack was evaded by Zhu Yin, causing the vine to strike the cliff instead.

Instantly, countless rocks shattered and fell to the bottom.

Zhu Yin had no intention of fighting. She had been continuously evading the vine's attacks while trying to withdraw from its striking range.

However, the nine vines surrounded her like a cage, making it difficult for her to escape.

"Junior Sister Zhu Yin, the Abyssal Magic Vine fears fire. Quickly use the Nether Corpse Fire to burn it!" Ji Qing shouted loudly.

At this moment, he had transformed into a thousand-year-old corpse, with his black spear swirling with malevolent energy, like a water dragon, constantly repelling the attacking devil vines.

The devil vines gleamed with a metallic luster, as if forged from gold and iron, and were virtually indestructible.

The black spear could only repel the vines but couldn't sever them.

"We already have a single Earth Dragon Herb each. There's no need to fight the devil vine for this small area. The vines can only extend for about ten miles at most. If we retreat out of its range, we'll be fine," Zhu Yin said loudly.

Her movements were as agile as a fish, skillfully dodging the encircling devil vines.

Surrounding her was a red silk, fluttering and releasing faint red light.

The red light formed a defensive barrier that protected her body.

A vine suddenly lashed up from below, and Zhu Yin, unable to avoid it in time, was struck hard by the vine.

The defensive barrier flickered, as if it might break at any moment.

Using the force of the strike, Zhu Yin shot into the air. While retreating, she skillfully dodged the incoming vines and quickly escaped their encirclement.

Seeing that Zhu Yin had already fled, Ji Qing stopped fighting the devil vine.

He urged his spear, constantly sweeping away the vines, and after some effort, he finally managed to escape.

Ji Qing consumed a restoring pill to recover his spiritual energy, his face showing a hint of displeasure. He spoke in a deep voice.

"Junior Sister Zhu Yin, with your Nether Corpse Fire, if we combine our forces, dealing with the Abyssal Magic Vine shouldn't be difficult. Why are you running away?"

Zhu Yin stared at Ji Qing, her gaze filled with a trace of suspicion.

"Ji Qing, why are you so determined to eliminate the Abyssal Magic Vine? Does this vine hide some secret?"

Ji Qing's brow furrowed slightly, as if realizing he had overstepped, and he explained.

"What secret could a single Abyssal Magic Vine possibly have? I just want to find a few more Earth Dragon Herbs. After all, the process of refining Nascent Spirit Pill is extremely difficult. We only have one each, so we may not be able to refine it properly."

But Zhu Yin was not so easily convinced and continued to question him.

"How do you know for certain that there is Earth Dragon Herb beneath the devil vine?"

(End of the Chapter)

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