Chapter 1210: Pulling Out All Stops
Qin Sang had been worried about being discovered, so he launched his attack before even fully approaching the battlefield.
As a result, none of the cultivators present had noticed him before he revealed himself.
In just a single instant, relying on his extraordinary evasion technique, Qin Sang charged straight into the battlefield.
The Snake King, Daoist Lu, and Cold Lizard were all battle-hardened and highly coordinated. The moment they saw Qin Sang, they made the optimal decision.
Cold Lizard once again summoned the snow bead, joining forces with Daoist Lu to counterattack the malicious spirit.
At that exact moment, the malicious spirit’s long tail swept across. The snow bead spun rapidly, summoning swirling snow and howling winds.
Crack, crack... A layer of ice visibly spread across the malicious spirit’s tail, slowing it slightly.
At the same time, the Snake King did not even glance at the malicious spirit. With a reverse motion, he redirected the black saber and slashed toward Jiang Chenzi and his companion.
Having already experienced the power of the black saber, Jiang Chenzi and his companion did not dare to be careless. They had no choice but to join forces, activating the banner before them to conjure a blood sword that blocked the incoming saber light.
Seeing this, Qin Sang inwardly praised them.
As expected of top-tier experts, their timing was impeccable. The combined strike of Daoist Lu and Cold Lizard perfectly restrained the malicious spirit, giving him a better opportunity to act.
Of course, their true intention was to escape as quickly as possible. Qin Sang drawing the malicious spirit’s attention was exactly what they wanted.
Even the Snake King did not believe Qin Sang could easily seize the treasure from within the malicious spirit’s body. To take the treasure, they would first need to weaken the malicious spirit significantly and drive away the Sin Abyss Spiritual Infant cultivators.
With Qin Sang joining, their side’s strength had increased greatly, but achieving that in a short time was still unlikely. Besides, Daoist Lu was severely injured and was only suppressing his wounds by force. He urgently needed a safe place to recover.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chenzi and the others had surely already contacted reinforcements. If they delayed any longer, more Spiritual Infant cultivators from Abyssal Ruin would arrive, and escape would become impossible.
Qin Sang cast aside all distractions. The malicious spirit was right before him. Faced with such a massive figure and terrifying aura, he felt immense pressure, even a faint sense of suffocation.
Yet his expression remained calm, his face devoid of fear. He stared coldly at the malicious spirit, finally revealing his killing intent.
"Seven-Yin-Soul Killing Array!" he shouted.
Whoosh! The spiritual sword tore through the air, pointing directly at the malicious spirit!
The battlefield had split into three distinct zones.
The distant Sin Abyss Spiritual Infant cultivator had only just emerged from hiding. His reaction was a step too slow, leaving him temporarily isolated from the main battle.
The Snake King faced Jiang Chenzi and his companion alone, black saber and blood sword clashing head-on.
Cold Lizard shielded Daoist Lu cultivator, desperately driving the snow bead to entangle the malicious spirit’s tail. Meanwhile, Qin Sang appeared on the other side of the malicious spirit, his spiritual sword separated from his body.
In an instant, everyone’s gaze was drawn to that streak of sword light. Their vision blurred, and their minds wavered.
"A top-grade astra!" Sensing the aura emitted by the ebony sword, all of them reached the same conclusion. Their expressions varied.
Among them, the Snake King was the most shocked.
He knew Qin Sang already possessed a set of array flags comparable in power to a top-grade astra. Now he produced yet another top-grade flying sword. He was practically a treasure-laden demon king.
Is this really the wealth of a newly advanced demon king? The Snake King was in disbelief.
It had taken the Snake King many years and immense effort to refine his black saber to the level of a top-grade astra.
Thousand-Mountain Bamboo Sea truly has profound foundations! This thought flashed through the Snake King’s mind. He could only attribute it to Demon King Ming Yue’s master, the mysterious bamboo demon.
Sensing the hostility directed at it, the malicious spirit turned its enormous head and fixed its gaze on Qin Sang, the source of the attack. Its eyes flared with ferocious flames, radiating boundless killing intent.
It hated the Snake King and the others, but that did not mean it would not retaliate against new attackers. Otherwise, Jiang Chenzi and the others would not have been so cautious.
Roar! The malicious spirit was enraged. Its attention was drawn to Qin Sang, and it decided to eliminate this audacious insect first.
Its head lunged forward, fangs bared, completely ignoring the ebony sword. Azure light flickered in its throat. A single strike would be enough to take Qin Sang’s life.
Qin Sang had already witnessed the power of this move while observing the battle and had prepared for it. Knowing he could not allow the attack to be unleashed, he immediately changed his sword incantation. The ebony sword split into countless streaks of sword light.
The sword light flowed like water. In an instant, the sword array manifested. The space illuminated by blood-red light dimmed.
A gray haze enveloped the malicious spirit, as if night had suddenly fallen, casting a veil over the area.
The light grew extremely dim. All sword light vanished from sight, and even the ebony sword itself merged into the array, becoming impossible to discern. It appeared mysterious and unpredictable.
Upon closer inspection, faint gray threads could be seen interweaving throughout the sword array. They were extremely fine, constantly shifting and changing without end.
If one extended spiritual consciousness to probe them, a faint stabbing pain would arise.
The malicious spirit was completely enveloped within the sword array. Qin Sang held nothing back, fully activating the Seven-Yin-Soul Killing Array.
This opportunity would come only once. Although the malicious spirit lacked intelligence, its instincts remained. After suffering once, it would learn to evade and counterattack, making it nearly impossible to trap it again.
Against such a spirit, the Seven-Yin-Soul Killing Array was far more lethal than the methods of Cold Lizard and the others.
The pain surging through its body drove the malicious spirit into a frenzy. The azure light forming in its throat dimmed and was interrupted for a brief instant.
A single instant was enough!
Qin Sang was overjoyed. With a single beat of his wings, he rushed toward the malicious spirit without hesitation. At the same time, he flung out his sleeve, releasing the twelve devilish banners he had prepared in advance. They spun rapidly and embedded themselves deep within the malicious spirit’s body.
Whoosh... Endless Devilish Flames of the Nine Hells poured forth from the banners. Before they could even gather, the flames stretched into black tendrils, stabbing deep into the malicious spirit’s body like countless dark tentacles.
These flames also had a restraining effect on spiritual bodies.
This was precisely why Qin Sang had dared to snatch treasure from the jaws of danger. He relied on both the Seven-Yin-Soul Killing Array and the Devilish Flames of the Nine Hells.
Otherwise, he would have prioritized his own safety. He might have continued observing or simply abandoned the opportunity.
At most, out of consideration for his relationship with the Snake King, he might have restrained one or two Sin Abyss Spiritual Infant cultivators to help them escape. He would never have dared to confront the malicious spirit directly.
This was Abyssal Ruin, deep within Sin Abyss. At any moment, more Spiritual Infant cultivators could appear and trap them all here.
Hiss... The Devilish Flames of the Nine Hells clung like bone-eating parasites. Before the stunned eyes of everyone present, they burned through the malicious spirit’s body, penetrating deep into its core and surging toward the white copper.
"He can really seize treasure from within the malicious spirit’s body!" The onlookers were utterly shocked.
In the next moment, the Devilish Flames of the Nine Hells reached the white copper and wrapped around it, pulling back like a receding wave.
The white copper showed no resistance. Enveloped by the flames, it flew out of the snake spirit’s body.
Although the stone axe and blood jade were not far from the white copper, Qin Sang showed no hesitation. He immediately withdrew the Devilish Flames of the Nine Hells, as if he had not even noticed the other two treasures.
Within the malicious spirit’s body, a faint soul light erupted, and its wounds rapidly healed.
The Devilish Flames of the Nine Hells still inside were eroded by the soul light. Struggling to push outward, they barely managed to escape before being extinguished, successfully bringing the white copper out.
Fortunately, Qin Sang had not been greedy. Otherwise, even the white copper would have been lost.
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