152: Chapter 152 You bastard!!
Greed ultimately overcame fear.
They thought, if the two great Sects are eating meat, surely we can at least have some soup?
Even if we cannot find the best Treasure Trove, picking up things they overlook would still be enough to make a fortune.
The locations of Treasure Trove in ruins are often extremely hidden.
Even if one enters, one may not necessarily find the best Treasure Trove.
There are often huge spaces inside, and those who enter are scattered everywhere; whether one can obtain an Opportunity depends far more on luck than on Cultivation level.
These bold Demonic Cultivators and Loose Cultivators, numbering eighty or ninety, all slipped inside.
Among them were hidden four or five Golden Core realm figures, each waiting for an Opportunity in the shadows, preparing to seize the treasure.
They concealed their aura, mingled in the crowd, and pretended to be ordinary Loose Cultivators.
But if one observed carefully, one could see their eyes were different from the others.
That was the look only a hunter has: calm, sharp, and carrying a hint of cruel anticipation.
At this moment, Chu Feng had changed back into his Duobao Sect True Disciple attire and caught up with Tang An and Song Yun.
"Brother Feng, how did it go?"
"It is nothing."
Chu Feng gestured for the two to follow him inside while briefly explaining the situation outside.
Hearing that the main force of the Duobao Sect had arrived, Tang An and Song Yun finally felt completely relieved.
They had originally been worried about how to deal with those Demonic Cultivators and Loose Cultivators, but now it was fine; once the Sect's main force arrived, those fellows were no longer a concern.
"Alright, although this Treasure Trove will nine times out of ten fall into the hands of our Duobao Sect, we might not necessarily get the biggest share when the time comes."
"You still have to work hard with me, try your luck, and strive to get the most generous portion."
Chu Feng said as he walked.
"That makes sense."
Tang An and Song Yun felt a chill in their hearts, only then realizing they had thought too simply.
What does it matter if they are fellow disciples? In the face of benefits, one must rely on one's own abilities.
That woman, Mu Xuanyin, has great momentum and many people on her side; if the Treasure Trove ultimately falls into her hands, the three of them really won't be able to make her split it equally.
It would be good enough if she were even willing to give them a share.
Even worse, if the treasure falls into the hands of the Tianyang Sect, not only would they fail to get the treasure, but the Duobao Sect would also lose face.
After all, the Tianyang Sect has fewer people and less power; if they were to obtain the Treasure Trove ahead of the Duobao Sect under the same conditions, wouldn't it make the people of the Duobao Sect look incompetent?
Neither result was something Chu Feng could accept.
"Jie jie jie..."
As they ventured deeper, a terrifying laugh suddenly echoed from the depths of the fork in the path.
The laughter was sharp and piercing, like countless ghost claws scratching against the stone wall, making one's scalp tingle.
The laughter was mixed with shrill wailing and malicious curses, as if thousands of wronged souls were roaring at the same time.
"Be careful!!!"
Chu Feng frowned and warned.
Just as he finished speaking, they saw hundreds of fierce ghosts drifting out from the depths of the passageway, swarming out.
Those fierce ghosts had various forms.
Some had ferocious faces, with blood flowing from their seven orifices.
Some were missing arms and legs, with rusty swords and blades stuck in their bodies.
Some had disheveled hair, with ghostly green fire burning in their eyes.
They let out shrill roars, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they pounced toward the three.
"Hmph!!"
Chu Feng flicked his hand, and the tianyuan cauldron was already in his palm.
The next moment, True Fire erupted, and hundreds of fierce ghosts instantly turned into fly ash.
The True Fire spewed from the tianyuan cauldron was an object of extreme Yang and extreme rigidity, exactly the nemesis of fierce ghosts.
Wherever the flames swept, the fierce ghosts couldn't even manage a scream before turning into wisps of green smoke and dissipating.
"Follow me and charge through!" Chu Feng said in a deep voice.
"Alright!"
Tang An was not to be outdone; he activated his Earth Yang True Fire, burning the pouncing fierce ghosts to ashes.
Although his Earth Yang True Fire was not as pure as Chu Feng's True Fire, it was more than enough to deal with these ordinary fierce ghosts.
Chu Feng charged in front, Tang An supported on the flank, and Song Yun brought up the rear.
The three of them rampaged through, and wherever they passed, the fierce ghosts scattered in defeat.
Those fierce ghosts swarmed in like moths to a flame, and vanished like melting ice and snow.
"The scent of the living... such rich blood Qi... I want to eat you all..."
Just as the three were moving forward, a sinister, sharp laugh came from the depths of the fork.
As the laughter entered his ears, Chu Feng's consciousness suddenly trembled.
He looked up toward the depths of the passageway.
The swarm of fierce ghosts pounced like locusts, and in the deepest part of the ghost tide, a huge fierce ghost appeared!
That fierce ghost was a full five zhang tall, and the aura it emitted was clearly that of an Earth Ghost.
Its face had a huge gash, splitting from forehead to chin, and the gash was densely packed with sharp fangs, each one glinting with cold light, as if it could crush anything.
It also had no eyes; two balls of ghostly green fire replaced its eyes.
Most bizarre was the fact that under its feet, it stepped on a patch of pitch-black shadow.
"How disgusting!"
As soon as Song Yun saw the ugly appearance of that Earth Ghost, she couldn't help but exclaim.
Although she was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and had seen many monsters and ghosts.
But this Earth Ghost was truly too ugly and too evil.
That wave of death aura rushing toward her made even her, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, feel heart palpitations.
"Damn it, both ugly and smelly!"
Even Tang An cursed, quickly sealing his sense of smell.
"You dead ghost, what is your origin? Why are you here?" Chu Feng asked.
Resisting the impulse to just beat this Earth Ghost to death, he still intended to ask a question to see if he could extract some useful information.
Since this Earth Ghost was entrenched here, it must know some secrets about the Treasure Trove.
If he could extract some intelligence, perhaps it could save a lot of trouble.
Even if he couldn't extract anything, it was good to understand more about the enemy's background.
"Brat! Your ghost grandfather was a Cultivator when alive, and after death, I Cultivated for thousands of years to become this Earth Ghost!"
"In life and death, your ghost grandfather has seen many cunning brats; do you think you can extract any words from me?"
This Earth Ghost was very cunning and saw through Chu Feng's intentions at a glance.
Its two ghost-fire-like eyes flickered with eerie light, as if it were sizing up Chu Feng, and as if it were calculating something.
The aura on this brat was not weak, and it seemed there was something extraordinary hidden inside his body.
If it could eat him, it might be able to advance its Cultivation one step further.
Thinking of this, greed suddenly arose in the Earth Ghost's heart.
Under the control of this Earth Ghost, this place was practically like a purgatory.
Countless fierce ghosts surged from all directions, layering over one another, blocking the entire passageway completely.
Those fierce ghosts roared and wailed, frantically pouncing toward the three.
"It seems you aren't prepared to say anything before you die?"
People from the Duobao Sect and the Tianyang Sect were gathering outside, and Chu Feng didn't have time to waste words with this Earth Ghost.
Since it was unwilling to speak, he would just kill it.
In any case, it wasn't as if Soul Searching Technique couldn't be used.
Although it might not necessarily be effective on this Earth Ghost, it was better than wasting words with it.
"Wait! Brat! We can cooperate! As long as you are willing, I will give you countless treasures." The Earth Ghost suddenly said.
It spoke of cooperation, but was sneering in its heart.
Once this brat relaxed his vigilance, it would suddenly strike and swallow him in one bite!
It had seen too many of these naive human Cultivators; they all thought they could make deals with ghosts, but in the end, they all became its meal.
"This Earth Ghost is left to me; Tang An, you take care of the other Mysterious Ghosts." Chu Feng couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense and transmitted his voice secretly.
"Understood." Tang An nodded.
He also sensed the malice of the Earth Ghost and sneered inwardly.
This Earth Ghost thought Chu Feng was easy to fool, not knowing what kind of character it was facing.
"Just you, a dead ghost, and you still want to negotiate terms with me?"
Chu Feng's figure flashed, and he violently charged into the army of fierce ghosts, heading straight for the Earth Ghost in the depths!
Chu Feng killed with such abandon.
Flying into the group of ghosts, it was truly like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
Hundreds and thousands of fierce ghosts crumbled at a touch, with no power to resist.
After suppressing and killing thousands of fierce ghosts, Chu Feng finally broke through the ghost tide and was right in front of the Earth Ghost!
He swung the jade blood sword and slashed out Five Elements Earth Thunder with one strike!
As this sword strike was executed, light of five colors instantly condensed on the sword body.
Cyan, red, yellow, white, and black, corresponding to the power of the Five Elements.
The five-colored lights intertwined and fused, condensing at the tip of the sword into a fist-sized, five-colored thunderball.
"Boom!!!"
As Chu Feng's Cultivation improved, the power of the Five Elements Earth Thunder became increasingly terrifying.
"Not good! It's Thunder magic!!!"
The pupils in the Earth Ghost's two ghost-fire-like eyes suddenly swirled, spewing out a sheet of emerald ghost fire, barely blocking the explosion of the Five Elements Earth Thunder outside its body.
That emerald ghost fire was its Natal Ghost Fire that it had Cultivated for thousands of years, containing a rich power of death.
When the Five Elements Earth Thunder exploded, the emerald ghost fire acted like a barrier in front of it, neutralizing the violent thunder light one by one.
But the Earth Ghost did not have it easy either.
The power of the Five Elements Earth Thunder far exceeded its imagination.
Although it barely blocked it, most of the ghost Qi in its body was consumed.
At the same time.
Countless black light beams emerged from the Earth Ghost's body and shot over!
Those black light beams were dense, like ten thousand arrows fired at once, sealing off all of Chu Feng's space to dodge.
Wherever the light beams passed, the air emitted a sizzling corrosive sound, as if even the Void Realm was about to be pierced through.
When the light beams rushed toward his face, Chu Feng actually felt a sense of death!
This Earth Ghost's attack method actually carried a Concept of death???
He could clearly feel that as long as he was hit, decades of Lifespan would be instantly shaved away.
To a Cultivator, Lifespan is more precious than anything; once Lifespan is exhausted, even a Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation great expert can only wait for death.
"A bit interesting!!!"
Chu Feng sneered and advanced instead of retreating.
He formed seals with both hands, and dozens of golden runes instantly appeared around his body.
Those runes spun rapidly, forming a golden, flashing barrier.
When the black light beams hit the barrier, they made a sizzling corrosive sound but could never penetrate it.
"Th-this, what kind of technique is this?!"
The Earth Ghost was shocked and lost its color.
It had lived for thousands of years and this was the first time it had seen someone use runes to forcibly resist its death light beams.
The aura emitted by those golden runes actually faintly restrained its power of death.
"The technique to kill you." Chu Feng said calmly.
Before the words fell, his figure flashed and he instantly appeared in front of the Earth Ghost.
The jade blood sword swept out, its blade burning with blazing True Fire, and slashed onto the Earth Ghost's chest with one strike!
"Ah!!!"
The Earth Ghost let out a shrill scream.
That True Fire was the nemesis of evil things like it; with one sword strike down, its chest instantly shattered.
The True Fire spread along the wound, scorching its body and making a sizzling sound.
"Brat, you are courting death!!!"
The Earth Ghost was enraged, and its giant claws swept over.
The sharp claws were wrapped in a thick aura of death.
Chu Feng's figure swayed, easily avoiding this strike.
His figure was like a ghost, moving freely amidst the Earth Ghost's attacks.
Every time he dodged, he would swing his sword, leaving new wounds on the Earth Ghost's body.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
The Earth Ghost roared frantically, its attacks becoming increasingly violent.
It had lived for thousands of years and had never encountered such a difficult opponent.
Even though his Cultivation was far inferior to its own, he was as slippery as a loach, and it couldn't hit him no matter what.
Even more terrifying was that this brat's True Fire happened to restrain it; every time it was hit, it had to consume a large amount of ghost Qi to extinguish the flames.
"Senior Brother is so amazing!!!"
In the distance, Song Yun watched, dumbfounded.
"That goes without saying, Brother Feng is the person who is going to be the Saint." Tang An said triumphantly.
As he spoke, his hands were not idle either; Earth Yang True Fire continuously spewed out, incinerating the fierce ghosts attempting to sneak attack one by one.
Although he was not as fierce as Chu Feng, he was more than enough to deal with these Mysterious Ghosts.