Zhang Ling frowned slightly. He carefully scanned with his divine sense several times to confirm that the giant ape was really dead before he relaxed and retrieved his magical artifact. This giant ape was quite strong. Some of his attacks earlier hadn't caused any fatal injuries to this beast. Checking the true cause of the giant ape's death, he discovered that in addition to the wounds left by his flying sword, the beast also had a huge, deep wound on its back that exposed the bone, oozing black blood and emitting a foul stench, indicating it was poisonous. Clearly, this giant ape had previously been through a fierce battle. This demonic beast was already seriously injured, possibly by other cultivators. Zhang Ling looked around, not thinking too much about it. He took all the useful materials from the giant ape and put them into his storage bag, then quickly left the area. This place was already in the central area of the Burning Flame Valley, so he had to be more careful. Whether it was because he was extremely lucky, after entering this Black Mountain, apart from the giant ape just now, he hadn't encountered any other dangers in the next hour or so, except for a few low-level demonic beasts. Instead, he easily picked a few precious spiritual herbs. In the blink of an eye, another half an hour passed. Suddenly, Zhang Ling sensed something. He looked down and saw that a jade pendant on his waist was emitting a burst of blue light. "Concentric Jade Pendant." Looking at the jade pendant, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly headed in one direction.
...... Somewhere in the mountains and forests, a tragic fight was taking place. The situation was that two people were besieging one person. With a muffled bang, a black-clothed girl flew out and crashed into a thick, strange tree. The girl got up in a disheveled manner and quickly fled to the other side. This girl didn't look very old. Her face was covered in ash, and her chest was heaving violently, obviously in a bad condition. Fortunately, a cyan wooden shield in front of her protected half of her body, resisting the incoming attacks. Standing opposite her were a male and female cultivator. The man had sallow skin, and a pair of small eyes revealed a gloomy look. He was fat and had a wretched look. The female cultivator was quite attractive, especially her hot figure made people feel malicious. The fat man had the cultivation of the tenth level of Qi Refining, and the magical artifact he controlled was a ghost-head broadsword, which劈 out一道道black saber lights. The gorgeous female cultivator even had the strength of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, commanding two flying knives, one blue and one gold, turning into golden and blue rays of light to constantly strike. In addition to the cyan wooden shield, the black-clothed girl also controlled a long ribbon magical artifact, guarding herself tightly, but she could only barely support herself. "Hehe, little girl, I didn't expect you to have a top-grade magical artifact. Hand it over, and we can spare your life." The fat cultivator's harsh voice entered her ears, like the crow's call, which was uneasy and kind. His eyes looked at the cyan wooden shield in front of the girl, revealing a greedy look. "Hmph, Old Ghost, don't be selfish. This little bitch has some tricks. Have you forgotten how Zhang Fengzi died?" The female cultivator's face sank and cursed at the fat cultivator. "Hehe, got it, Sister Li. I won't be careless." The fat cultivator chuckled twice, the fat on his face trembling, and the look in his eyes towards the girl suddenly became fierce. "Since Sister Li has spoken, I can only send you to see the King of Hell." The fat cultivator smiled sinisterly, and took out a black lacquered small banner. Several magic formulas fell on it, and the yellow light on the black banner flashed, and it grew longer against the wind, and suddenly turned into a huge banner flag taller than a person. "Hehe, little ghosts, come out to eat." The fat cultivator grabbed the black banner with both hands and frantically waved it a few times, and a cloud of black-green mist floated out of the banner. Black shadows flickered inside, and semi-transparent phantoms floated out. These black shadows mostly looked like human phantoms, and they made piercing screams as soon as they appeared. "Ghost Dao Magic Artifact." Seeing this, the girl's face changed drastically, knowing that it would be difficult to escape today. Although she had a top-quality defensive shield, the spiritual power in her body was also consumed a lot, and she couldn't hold on for long. "Grandpa" A layer of water mist appeared in the girl's eyes, and she resisted tears thinking of her grandfather's words. More than a dozen ghost shadows, carrying black mist, turned into a gust of wind and instantly arrived in front of the girl, surrounding the girl. Watching the ghost shadows pounce and bite. The girl quickly controlled the magic weapon to resist, but in a burst of tearing sound, the light of her ribbon magic weapon flashed wildly and was torn into countless pieces. After the magic weapon was destroyed, the black wind outside the black-clothed girl's body was strong, as cold as being in an ice cellar.
Two golden and blue rays of light flashed in front of her eyes, slashing towards her body. The girl only had time to activate the wooden shield in front of her to block the blue light blade, and the golden light blade flickered, bypassing the wooden shield, and slashed from behind. Just as she was about to kill the girl, a light "ding" sound, a black flying sword shot from the side and stopped the golden light blade. With a flash of black light, it knocked away the golden blade. At the same time, a yellow light flashed behind the fat cultivator and the female cultivator, and disappeared into their feet. Suddenly, the soil and rocks under the feet of the two people flowed and turned into sand pits. The fat cultivator and the two were also experienced cultivators. Seeing this, they quickly flashed and retreated to the left and right, avoiding the ground's technique. Just in the place where they retreated, the ground was a burst of bulge again, and more than a dozen iron thorn vines were drilled out, which made the two people's faces sink for a while and quickly cast spells to deal with it. The fat cultivator shook the black banner in his hand, and a large cloud of Yin Qi floated out of it, surrounding him, protecting himself in it. The iron thorns entwined in it all froze, covered with a layer of frost, as if frozen. Then the man waved his hand, and the thorn vines turned into ice chips. "Which ignorant person dares to sneak attack me, get out of here!" The fat cultivator shouted with a gloomy face. Naturally, no one answered him. Instead, a rustling sound was heard behind him, and a layer of black whirlwind attacked him. The fat cultivator also turned his head, his face was extremely ugly, and he quickly urged the black banner to release Yin soul ghost shadows one by one. At the same time, he took out a spirit talisman, and he was about to activate the spirit talisman. The sweeping black sandstorm suddenly dispersed, turning into countless fine sands. A ray of light shone in it, and it turned out to be several sword lights, slashing fiercely from top to bottom. The fat cultivator's face changed drastically, he activated the spirit talisman, released a two-zhang-long fire snake, and hit the sword light. There was a burst of explosions, and the man also flashed to the other side. The magic formula in his hand changed, and he seemed to want to use some means. At this moment, a thin red light flashed and disappeared behind him. The red light was extremely fast, and it pierced into his spirit light shield with a flash. With a soft sound of "poof", the red light passed through the fat cultivator's head from behind, splashing a few drops of blood. This person didn't seem to understand what was going on, his body softened and he fell to the ground, losing his vitality.