Madam Tu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I will accompany you for a walk." Her life span was coming to an end, and she urgently needed to break through to the Golden Core stage. She was an expert in using poison, and as long as the cold dragon was poisoned, its essence and blood would be useless to others and could only be given to her. With the huge body and huge amount of blood of this cold dragon, her hope of breaking through to the Golden Core stage was almost 70%. Such a great temptation made her nod and agree without even thinking about it.
Taoist Jizhen said happily, "Thank you, Madam Tu, for your help."
The others were silent for a moment before nodding in agreement. After all, they all had the jade talisman in their hands. If things went wrong, they could just crush it and teleport out of the cave. This was their greatest asset.
After everyone finished their discussion, they all began to prepare. Qin Bing couldn't help but secretly send a message to Wei Yunfei, "Brother Wei, do you believe what Taoist Jizhen said?"
Wei Yunfei thought for a moment before saying, "Revenge for the master? I'm afraid no one would believe that, but no one has spoken out loud. During this trip, I heard my master and the headmaster vaguely say that the ancestor of Xuqing Temple seemed to disagree with reopening the Thousand Lakes Cave Heaven and intended to close it, allowing it to fade away into space over time. Therefore, the Cave Heaven Trial will probably be the last one or two times. Taoist Jizhen is from Xuqing Temple, so he naturally knows the inside story. He's determined to obtain the Cold Dragon Inner Core, so we don't need to tell him."
Lin Tai and his wife had already taken out the formation flags. One of them moved from left to right, and the other from right to left. In the center of the island, they planted a formation flag every seventeen steps.
He Erniang asked Taoist Jizhen, "Brother Jizhen, how do you plan to lure the cold dragon into the formation?" Jizhen had already gathered his disciples together and instructed them on a combined sword attack formation. Upon hearing this, he smiled and said, "No need to bother. The cold dragon is underwater on this island."
Lei Kui and Madam Tu had already descended from the clouds and landed on the island. They were startled when they heard this. "Right here?" Taoist Ji Zhen said, "Indeed, but don't worry, everyone. This dragon has been sleeping deep at the bottom of the lake since it reached the Jindan stage fifteen years ago. I will lure it out later. Everyone needs to work together."
After a full meal, Lin Tai and his wife finally finished setting up all the formation flags. After checking them one by one, they said, "All Qi Refining disciples will enter the formation later. Do not make any noise or take action. Qingyun, you and the other four brothers will follow me to protect the formation flags."
"Yes, Master Lin!" The disciple who spoke was the young man from Lingxiao Pavilion whom Shi Feng had met before. He had once teamed up with Gu Mingcheng and others to fight against Lei Zhen and the other two. Although he was young, his cultivation was extremely high.
After dozens of Qi-refining disciples walked into the formation, Lin Tai made a hand gesture, and the eighteen formation flags became bright or dim, and a spiritual light flashed. The entire formation was suddenly activated, and the disciples felt a strong spiritual pressure enveloping them.
He Erniang said, "Brother Jizhen, this Nine Star Eclipse Moon Formation consumes too much energy. Right now, my husband has only activated 20% of its power. We'll fully activate the formation when the Frost Dragon appears. What do you think, Brother?"
Taoist Jizhen nodded and said, "That's exactly what I meant. Now that everyone is ready, I will lure the cold dragon out." As he spoke, the disciple of Chongxu Qingguan said, "Put the thing out."
The three disciples of Xuqing Temple stood up and shook their storage bags at the same time. Three dark red objects flew up. Taoist Jizhen cast a spell and the three objects merged into a round ball several feet in size, standing still in the air. Everyone only felt an inexplicable smell in the air, a bit fishy and a bit fragrant.
Old Madam Tu was stunned, her eyes lit up and she said, "Fellow Daoist Jizhen, where did you collect so much blood of the dove?" Taoist Jizhen said, "I will tell you later, but this matter is of great importance..." Old Madam Tu said, "I will naturally pay a price that satisfies you." Taoist Jizhen smiled slightly and said no more.
At this moment, everyone was standing inside the formation. Lin Tai activated the formation, and a white mist rose up, hiding everyone's figures. Everyone stared up at the sky, waiting for the cold dragon to appear.
Shi Feng saw Lei Kui less than two feet away from him and thought to himself, "If I tell you now that this man has the Sky Rain Grass, I'm afraid there will be a fight here before the Frost Dragon even appears. But no matter who wins, the Sky Rain Grass will never fall into my hands. Forget it, I'll just have to endure it for a while."
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement. Shi Feng couldn't help but ask Bai Hu, "Master Hu, do you think they can kill this cold dragon?"
The white fox said, "It's normal for a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators to want to kill a Golden Core Stage demon dragon, which is tantamount to seeking death. However, if what the young Taoist said is true, and the Frost Dragon has just advanced, then it's hard to say. We demons will be very weak for a period of time after advancing, and the stronger the body, the longer the weakness. Humph, if I hadn't survived the catastrophe of transformation and my body was weak, how could I have been hunted down by the Danyang Taoist?"
Shi Feng asked, "What kind of treasure is the mirror in the Taoist's hand?" The white fox said, "The Kunzhao Moon Mirror, I've heard it's a very powerful treasure. Combined with this Nine-Star Eclipse Moon Formation, it can fight against the Frost Dragon. As for who will win or lose, that depends on the Frost Dragon's magical powers. It's hard to say. But if I were you, I'd better take out the escape jade talisman first. Hehe, a Jindan stage monster can even blow away you with just a breath."
Shi Feng said, "That's exactly what I was thinking." As he spoke, he took out the jade talisman and held it in his palm. He secretly looked around and found that three or four of the ten people were secretly holding jade talismans in their hands. Obviously, they were all cautious people.
After waiting for another hour, the lake remained as calm as a mirror, without a single ripple. Lei Kui couldn't help but ask, "Daoist friend, why is there still no movement?" Taoist Jizhen remained as steady as a rock, saying, "Daoist friend Lei, don't worry. With the blood of the dove, the cold dragon will definitely come. The later it arrives, the deeper its sleep and weakness will be. That's not a bad thing."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lake water began to fluctuate, and then the fluctuations became more and more violent, suddenly stirring up waves several feet high. Then the lake water for several miles in radius surged and swirled, forming a huge whirlpool. A huge creature slowly emerged from the whirlpool. It was a dragon with a head as big as a mountain and a body more than ten feet thick.
It was the first time for all the disciples to see a real dragon. Even though they were mentally prepared, they were still terrified.
The dragon's entire body was pale blue. Although most of its body was exposed, its tail was still submerged in the water. It stared at the blood ball in the air, its eyes filled with greed and intoxication. Then it opened its mouth wide and swallowed the blood ball directly.
At this moment, a ray of seven-colored light shot out from the island and covered the dragon.
The dragon was startled, but did not dive into the water in a hurry. An anthropomorphic anger surged in its eyes, and it opened its big mouth. A stream of water dozens of feet thick spurted out from the air, hitting the Seven Star Eclipse Moon Formation, causing the formation to flicker with spiritual light.
He Erniang hadn't expected a weakened Jindan monster to be so powerful. She said anxiously, "Fellow Daoists, if you don't take action, I'm afraid this formation won't hold out for much longer." Taoist Jizhen said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, you two should stabilize the formation." As he spoke, he rushed out of the formation, holding a magic mirror in one hand and a sword in the other, shouting, "Demon, stop being so arrogant!"
He swung the Kunzhao Moon Mirror in his hand, and a milky white light enveloped the cold dragon's head. The cold dragon's head swung, and another thick column of water erupted, but a strange scene occurred. The water column from the cold dragon's mouth seemed to be blocked by something, and it only shot three meters away before falling, not even touching Jizhen Taoist.
The next moment, Taoist Jizhen's flying sword, Lei Kui's four-cornered copper coin, and the sword energy of Qin Bing and Wei Yunfei struck almost simultaneously. Frost Dragon's eyes showed disdain, and it didn't dodge at all. With four or five cracks, the flying sword and copper coin magic weapon flew back, leaving the cold dragon without even a mark. Everyone was horrified. This dragon's body was so strong!
When Madam Tu saw this, she urged the black jade spider under her feet. The black jade spider opened its mouth and spit out a shiny spider silk as thick as a finger, which immediately wrapped around the body of the cold dragon. The black jade spider opened its green eyes wide and pulled back desperately.
Old Madam Tu couldn't help but show joy in her eyes. The spider silk spit out by her spiritual pet was not only extremely tough and difficult to be cut by swords and knives, but even more terrible was that the spider silk was highly poisonous and stuck to the skin and bones. When monks of the same level saw it, they would try their best to avoid it.
Taoist Jizhen shouted, "Good move!" He pointed the flying sword again and chopped towards the soft part of the cold dragon's abdomen.
The joy on Madam Tu's face gradually faded. The cold dragon was entangled by the spider silk, but it didn't care at all. Moreover, the dragon's scales where the spider silk was entangled had no different color, and it didn't look like it was poisoned at all.
She was just wondering when the cold dragon roared loudly and emerged from the water with its entire body. Its four claws danced as it grabbed the magic mirror in Taoist Jizhen's hand. Obviously, the magic mirror was stuck on its head and made it very uncomfortable.
Old Madam Tu whistled repeatedly and cast a spell into the body of the black jade spider. The black body of the black jade spider glowed faintly red, and its strength increased greatly. It actually pulled the spider silk and pulled the cold dragon back two feet.
The cold dragon was furious and struggled hard, and the spider silk as thick as a finger immediately broke. Immediately afterwards, a blue light flashed from the dragon's tail. Taoist Jizhen shouted, "Fellow Daoist Tu, get out of here quickly." Old Madam Tu felt a sense of danger of death looming over her. Without thinking, she flew away. With a bang, the black jade spider was hit by the dragon's tail, and its entire body was beaten into a ball of meat paste, and its corpse fell into the water.
Old Madam Tu was heartbroken and screamed. A dark cloud flew out from her body. It turned out to be a swarm of louse-like flying insects. They pounced on the dragon and bit it. The dragon's scales were invulnerable to swords and spears, and immune to all poisons. But these flying insects, who knew what they were, had bitten white marks on the dragon's scales.
The cold dragon kept spewing out jets of water, but their power was neutralized by Kun Zhao Yue Jing. Lei Kui's four-cornered copper coin had turned into the size of a wheel, flashing with cold light, and attacked the cold dragon's abdomen together with the three flying swords.
Although the cold dragon hadn't yet developed any intelligence, it felt that the people before it weren't easy to mess with. Furthermore, the seven-colored halo of light emitted by the formation below enveloped it, causing its mana to continuously drain. Furthermore, the bites of flying insects and the impact of flying swords also made it feel extremely uncomfortable.
The cold dragon showed impatience in its eyes, and suddenly opened its mouth and exhaled a cloud of white air. Taoist Jizhen shouted, "Extremely cold air, everyone be careful, this is the innate magical power of the cold dragon." Before he finished speaking, the temperature of the world suddenly dropped sharply. After a while, snowflakes were flying and the lake surface suddenly turned into a mirror-like layer of ice.
The group of flying insects stuck to the dragon and were frozen in an instant. Everyone's magic weapons were frozen by the cold air when they hit the cold dragon half a foot away. These magic weapons were everyone's natal magic weapons, and everyone felt a chill in their hearts at the same time.
The cold dragon sneered, rising up, carrying countless ice blocks as big as millstones, and swept towards the group. Seeing such a powerful force, no one dared to take it, and they scattered in panic to avoid it. Jizhen Taoist said, "Everyone, let's fight and consume it."