Chapter 259 The treasure is in hand, the trace of the white phoenix

From afar, three figures can be vaguely seen near the ghost market.

The three of them were chasing each other and fighting fiercely, leaving ruins wherever they passed.

Hundreds of ghost merchants in the ghost market have disappeared without a trace. I don’t know whether they were scared away by these people or they were beaten to death.

There were many broken limbs and arms scattered on the ground, which were obviously left by monks of various races. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here before.

Looking closely, two of the three people fighting were familiar faces.

One was Taoist Yunxiao whom I had met before at the Feiyun Pavilion auction, the other was Manying of the Liman tribe, and as for the last one, he was a stranger.

Chen An secretly used his Netherworld Ghost Eyes and saw that the man's true form was a giant centipede. He guessed that he was most likely a member of the Demon Alliance.

But as the fight went on, the situation started to go a little wrong.

Manying and the demon cultivator seemed to have reached some agreement and actually joined forces to attack Taoist Yunxiao. Now, the previous fight between three people turned into two sides besieging one person.

Even though Taoist Yunxiao was quite powerful, he could not withstand the beating from the two men.

Although Man Ying has only reached the ninth level of the Refined Void Realm, he has the support of various magical powers of the barbarians, and his strength is not much inferior to that of a person who has reached the perfect level of the Refined Void Realm.

Seeing this, Zhao Lingyun couldn't hold back any longer: "Master Yunxiao is a little exhausted, should we go up and help him?"

According to his idea, when facing foreign races, human beings should be united.

Before Chen An could speak, Situ Yanran said, "The specific strength of the opponent is unknown, and we don't know if there are other cultivators lurking around. It's best to wait and see."

What she said was true. The current situation is unclear. In order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the situation, it is best to wait and observe the situation.

Chen An nodded slightly when he heard this. Although he did not say it explicitly, his attitude was clear.

Seeing this, the others didn't say anything more.

Although they said they were not in a hurry to take action, the five of them had already tacitly formed a sword formation early in case of any unexpected situations.

Naturally, such noise could not be hidden from the three people who were fighting.

Realizing that there were other people nearby, the three of them became alert, fearing that someone would take advantage of them.

But seeing that the five people were human, Taoist Yunxiao was overjoyed and said to the two people opposite: "Your death has come!"

"My fellow Taoists, these two have soul-melting spirits. If you act too late, they will all belong to others!"

Upon hearing this, Man Ying and Qian Zu frowned, and were quite disdainful of the five people whose cultivation level was not even at the late stage of Refining Void.

But to be able to come to this place, one must have special abilities, it is not as simple as it seems.

At the moment, we did not dare to underestimate it and were on high alert to prevent any unexpected events.

When Chen An and his five companions smelled the "Rong Shen Yuan Po", they were immediately excited. They lowered their heads to discuss for a few words, then stepped on the Sky-Splitting Shuttle and rushed forward.

Just now, Chen An used his powerful spiritual sense to scan the surroundings and found no cultivators lurking. Apart from the three people fighting on the opposite side, they were the only ones left.

The Five Swords Return to Origin sword formation rose up, and the Five Elements sword intent rushed out. Once it entered the battle, it immediately broke the previous situation.

The six of them joined forces and fought the other side to an equal defeat. The pressure on Taoist Yunxiao was significantly reduced.

Manying and Qianzu looked at each other silently, with a hint of surprise in their eyes. They thought they had encountered a cultivator who deliberately lowered his cultivation level and pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger. They didn't expect that the other party had only formed a sword formation and his strength barely reached the perfection of the refining void.

If this is true, if they join forces, they may have a chance to kill each other.

Although there was an accident, Manying and Qianzu were no ordinary people. They instantly mobilized all their magic power and wanted to defeat the sword formation in front of them with thundering means.

Qianzu's body suddenly shook and instantly split into dozens of clones. These clones were like ghosts, erratic and making it difficult to figure out their true whereabouts.

Originally, Taoist Yunxiao targeted several of the clones and wanted to kill them with thunder and lightning to consume some of their strength, but when the talisman fell, dozens of clones were able to merge into one in an instant to form a stronger offensive.

The barbarian next to him was not to be outdone. His muscles bulged and his body was shining with golden light, as if every muscle contained endless power. Every time he swung a punch, it would cause a violent explosion in the air and even distort the surrounding light.

His attacks were like the impact of ancient beasts, and every move was accompanied by the trembling of the sword formation.

Faced with the fierce attack from the opposite side, Chen An and his five companions stabilized their position with the help of the Five Elements Sword Formation.

The Five Elements Sword Formation is based on the principle of the mutual promotion and restraint of the Five Elements. The gold sword represents killing, the wood sword represents vitality, the water sword represents flexibility, the fire sword represents fierceness, and the earth sword represents heaviness. The five swords combine into one, with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

As the core of the formation, Chen An's powerful spiritual sense can keenly capture every subtle change on the battlefield and adjust the layout of the sword formation in time to adapt to different combat needs.

"I still remember the revenge for the riot in the sea. Today I will avenge Yaohua!"

Man Ying's eyes were red and his face was full of grief and anger. Thinking of Yao Hua who had suffered at the hands of Chen An, he only wanted to break the sword formation and tear the opponent into pieces.

He immediately exerted all his strength, shining like a golden man, and rushed towards the sword formation.

Faced with this man's sudden critical attack, the five people on the Sky-Splitting Shuttle were obviously caught off guard and did not have much time to react.

No one had expected that the opponent would use such a life-and-death fighting style, and now that Manying has the golden body, it is hard to say who will be hurt afterwards.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Under the shining light of the golden body, two loud roars rang out in succession, deafening enough to almost shatter the dense dark energy shrouding the overhead.

When the light faded, Chen An and his five companions were safe and sound, but the other four were shocked and looked at the collapsed mountain in the distance in complete disbelief.

Although they did not see clearly what happened in the blink of an eye, they could infer from the result that Man Ying seemed to have caused the sword formation to bounce back, and this extremely strong force shattered the entire mountain.

It seems that the sword formation does not have this kind of power?
They all looked at Chen An at the same time.

Moreover, that mountain seemed to be the location of the temporary cave where the five people had lived before. As the mountain collapsed, the cave naturally turned into nothingness.

"No one left anything in there, did they?"

"I already had it with me."

"That's good."

Chen An smiled softly and said, "I did leave something in there!"

Before the other four people had time to be surprised, they saw a figure rushing out from the broken rocks, looking over here with fear, and trying to escape stumblingly.

"Manying is about to run away, chase him!"

Before Zhao Lingyun finished speaking, he saw a green branch suddenly grow out of the broken rocks, piercing the sky, and in the blink of an eye it grew tall and towering into the clouds. Looking closely, it was not a branch at all, but a huge tree man, as if he had cast a spell to control the heavens and the earth.

A palm as big as a mountain stretched out, blocking Manying's way, and the other palm slapped down, like slapping a fly, embedding Manying's body back into the mountain.

Manying, who was already seriously injured, was no match for the tree man.

Several people vaguely remembered that this tree man was the work of the demon cultivator named Mu Ling when they were attacked by six demon cultivators in the spiritual land of the Blood Silence Sea.

After Mu Ling died, all his storage bags belonged to Chen An. In other words, everything in front of us was done by Chen An.

"Manying is no longer a threat. Go help Fellow Daoist Yunxiao."

Chen An whispered something, and then the five of them changed direction, controlling the Five Swords Return to Origin Sword Formation, and pointed the swords at Qianzu who was fighting with Taoist Yunxiao.

This kind of method also surprised Qianzu. He was well aware of Manying's strength, which was not much inferior to his own. How could he not be surprised when he was trapped in just a few moves?

Now that he has no help, he is alone and helpless. As the saying goes, a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. The best plan is to run away.

His eyes rolled, and he slipped into the ground, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Chen An and the other five did not let down their guard. They quickly changed their sword formation to form a closed barrier that enveloped the ground below to prevent Qianzu from escaping.

Chen An concentrated his mind and sensed, his consciousness like an invisible net, covering the nearby area, trying to capture Qianzu's hidden breath.

Since Qianzu is a centipede, it must be proficient in the art of earth escape. If you want to capture it completely, you must cut off all its escape routes.

Taoist Yunxiao did not dare to be negligent upon seeing this. He held talismans in his hands, which turned into rays of spiritual light and set up numerous restrictions. They echoed with the Five Elements Sword Formation inside and outside, and together they blocked off this space.

At this moment, the ground suddenly trembled slightly, as if some power was brewing underground.

Chen An and the other four immediately adjusted their sword formation, pointing their swords downwards and letting the sword beams break through the air, ready to respond to Qianzu's sudden attack at any time.

However, in this tense atmosphere, a sharp whistle came from deep underground, and then a black shadow suddenly jumped out. It turned out to be Qianzu's clone, who tried to mistake the fake for the real thing and take the opportunity to escape.

Chen An sneered. He was well prepared. He commanded the golden sword and the fire sword to attack first. The golden sword was like a dragon and the fire sword was like a phoenix. The two intertwined into a blazing golden sea of ​​fire, which instantly swallowed up the clone.

At the same time, Chen An's spiritual sense locked onto a location where the ground veins were fluctuating abnormally, which was most likely where Qianzu's body was.

He gave the order in a deep voice: "Suppress the ground with earth swords, and block the road with water swords!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the earth sword turned into a small mountain range, pressing down heavily to block the earth veins, while the water sword turned into an ocean, blocking all the underground passages.

Qianzu's body was trapped and could no longer escape, so he had to break out of the ground, looking dishevelled and with resentment and anger in his eyes. He had never expected that these seemingly ordinary cultivators could have such means to force him into a desperate situation.

Seeing this, Chen An and his four companions and Taoist Yunxiao no longer hesitated. They merged the power of the Five Elements Sword Formation and the talisman, turning it into an irresistible torrent that swept towards Qianzu.

Under the interweaving light of sword and talisman, Qianzu's body collapsed.

At this time, the battle in the distance also had its outcome.

The broken body of Manying lay quietly among the broken rocks. Under the tremendous force of the tree man, it was almost smashed into meat paste.

Chen An's mind moved, he stretched out his hand, and the giant turned into a tree seed again and fell into his palm.

The green tree species is unremarkable, but it has been refined into a top-notch mysterious weapon. Even if no one is deliberately controlling it, its strength is far beyond the ability of ordinary cultivators to deal with.

At the same time, two storage bags also fell into Chen An's hands.

Seeing this, Taoist Yunxiao opened his mouth, but after looking at the tree seed in Chen An's hand, he swallowed the words.

He could only watch as Chen An took out three strands of milky white soul-melting energy, which were so light and floated in his hands that they seemed like nothing.

Chen An nodded slightly and asked with a smile: "If it is true as Daoist Yunxiao said, these two people together have three strands of soul-melting spirits, how do you think we should distribute them?"

"This"

Taoist Yunxiao looked at the tree species placed together with the soul-melting spirit, and his mouth twitched slightly: "I only need one strand, and the rest will belong to you, Taoist friend."

This action was not a question, but a demonstration to him.

"Since Fellow Daoist Yunxiao has spoken, I will not refuse."

"It's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Chen's help. This is what I deserve."

The two men divided the treasure between them after a few words, and Chen An obtained two strands of divine soul.

This treasure of opportunity for fusion really made Zhao Lingyun and others envious. They could only watch helplessly as Chen An put it away.

"The effect of one or two strands of the Soul Fusion Yuanpo is not very obvious. At least ten strands must be taken together to achieve the effect of 'fusion of the soul'. At present, the ghost merchants in the ghost market have been slaughtered. I wonder where you Taoists are going to go next?"

Taoist Yunxiao's question stumped Zhao Lingyun and the others.

When they came, the City Lord's Mansion only provided the Ghost Market, a place for fusing the soul and spirit. Now that the Ghost Market is gone, they don't know where to go, and can only take one step at a time.

Taoist Yunxiao's words made Chen An fall into deep thought. Among the places he knew, apart from the Ghost Market, the less dangerous ones were the Nightmare Maze, the Styx and the Netherfire Cave.

The so-called lower danger level is only relative to the other two most dangerous places. It does not mean that the danger level is really low. This can be seen from the corpses of monks all over the ghost market.

Chen An smiled. "We are planning to go to other dangerous places to look for opportunities. I wonder if any human cultivators have already set foot in those two dangerous places?"

Taoist Yunxiao shook his head, a trace of worry flashed across his eyes: "I don't know about that. I came to the Ghost Market from other places, and I only heard some news about a few dangerous places along the way."

"The most monks go to the Netherfire Cave, followed by the Nightmare Labyrinth, and the least number of monks go to the Styx."

"Why does the Styx have the least number of people?" Chen An couldn't help but ask.

"The water of the Styx is extremely yin and filthy," Taoist Yunxiao explained. "Ordinary cultivators cannot withstand its erosion. Only the golden dragon can travel freely due to its innate strong bloodline. The Honghu clan of Fengming Continent is also said to have mastered the secret method to resist the water of the Styx."

Taoist Yunxiao continued, "The land of the Styx is vast and boundless, and there are many evil spirits. If you can find a way to resist the water of the Styx, it will undoubtedly be a great place to go."

After hearing this, Chen An's mind suddenly became clear. It was no use looking for something after searching for a long time. The Honghu clan actually gathered in the Styx!

The Honghu clan, also known as the White Phoenix, their natal feathers are currently the best material for practicing the black divine light!
The journey to the River Styx might be the opportunity he has been waiting for to completely cultivate the Five-Colored Divine Light!

"In that case, our next battle will be in the River Styx." Chen An said resolutely.

Taoist Yunxiao raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of admiration in his eyes: "I am also planning to go to the Styx. Since Fellow Daoist Chen is also going there, why don't we go together and take care of each other."

Chen An nodded without saying a word, but his determined gaze was worth more than a thousand words.

So, the six of them set out on a journey together, flying towards the direction of the River Styx.

(End of this chapter)