CHAPTER 444: CHAPTER 314: QIAN CAULDRON MUTATION, CAULDRON OF SLAUGHTER

The Spiritual Beasts lurking in the Black Mist numbered over a dozen. The fog was so dense that the crowd could only make out a dozen pairs of green and red pupils.

Suddenly, the Spiritual Beasts pounced, their claws, sharp as blades of wind, launched relentless and ferocious attacks on everyone within the icy Black Mist.

Luo Song cursed under his breath. Such Sixth to Seventh Rank Spiritual Beasts, he wouldn’t normally take seriously, but now, immersed in the Black Mist, his Primordial Power was greatly affected, and any action taken would only deplete more of it.

Hong Mingyue also conjured her Primordial Power, but as soon as it began to gather, it rapidly dispersed.

Hong Mingyue was shocked; she had never encountered such a phenomenon before.

"Be careful, Ming Yue." Luo Song dodged in front of her, who was still bathing under the attack. With a wave of his palms, a gust of palm wind was directed towards the Thunder Wolf that was lunging to kill.

However, as soon as his palm struck, the surrounding Black Mist enveloped them, swallowing the palm wind before it could even reach the Thunder Wolf.

Under the effect of this Black Mist, killing those Demon Beasts was simply impossible.

"What the hell are these things?" A bone-chilling fear arose from deep within Luo Song and Hong Mingyue.

"Get out first." Without hesitation, Hong Mingyue took out the Three-Life Flute and, together with Luo Song, quickly retreated from the Black Mist.

"Aguduo, take the Sixth Prince and withdraw immediately, too." Near Aguduo, several Spiritual Beasts were still besieging them, yet under the pressure from the Purple Micro Alabaster Elephant, the beasts dared not approach rashly.

Ye Lingyue also tried to use her spiritual power to break through the Black Mist, only to find it vanished without a trace upon contact.

These Black Mists were like numerous boulders; they blocked all the attacks.

"Ling Yue, let’s retreat together," Xiahou Qi called out.

"You guys go first; I’ll cover the rear. Aguduo, follow orders." As Ye Lingyue spoke, Aguduo barked a command, and with a leap, she jumped onto the back of the Purple Micro Alabaster Elephant.

The Spiritual Elephant let out a roar and sprayed a blast of air from its trunk, scattering the nearby Black Mist and swiftly grabbed the Sixth Prince, bolting out of the Black Mist zone.

Aguduo trusted Ye Lingyue implicitly after spending time with her; if she was told to go, there had to be a reason.

It was a kind of unconditional trust that exists only between companions.

In the Black Mist, only Ye Lingyue was left.

A dozen Spiritual Beasts circled with predatory glints in their eyes, grinding their teeth as they drew closer.

The panic that once filled Ye Lingyue’s eyes had now been replaced by an unusual light.

In fact, as soon as she entered this dense Black Mist Zone, Ye Lingyue found that unlike others, she did not feel cold or discomfort from being in the fog. Instead, the Chaos Primordial Elixir inside her, which had been inactive for so long, actually started to stir.

She surveyed her surroundings, fixing her gaze on the suffocatingly thick Black Mist.

She raised her right palm, and suddenly, a small cauldron formed in her palm.

This Little Cauldron emitted a black light and flew out of Ye Lingyue’s hand like a miniature Black Sun, suspended in the Black Mist.

All of a sudden, the Qian Cauldron opened wide, absorbing all the surrounding Black Mist like a Sea Accepting All Rivers, drawing it all into the cauldron.

Ye Lingyue discovered, almost to the point of horror, that the Black Mist within a mile around her had been completely absorbed in an instant.

After absorbing the Black Mist, the surface of the Qian Cauldron turned pitch black.

At this moment, the Qian Cauldron, devoid of its usual ancient serenity, began emitting a violent aura for reasons unknown.

Dozens of Spiritual Beasts, as if sensing something, suddenly turned tail and started fleeing in a frenzy.

But the Qian Cauldron wouldn’t let them escape.

All of a sudden, tens of black gas streams burst from the Qian Cauldron Power, their claws and fangs bared, chasing down the Spiritual Beasts.

As soon as the gas penetrated a Spiritual Beast’s body, it would let out a deathly scream, almost at the verge of dying.

Then immediately after, with a loud "bang", the body of a Sixth Rank Thunder Wolf burst open, exploding into pieces.

Almost simultaneously with the annihilation of the Thunder Wolf, the other scattered fleeing Spiritual Beasts also exploded in an instant.

It was only a matter of a few breaths before the surroundings of Ye Lingyue, previously encircled by Spiritual Beasts, were left with nothing but limbs and fragments scattered around, with spirit cores rolling on the ground.

The thick scent of blood mixed with the bizarre manner of death left Ye Lingyue completely agape.

Instantly killing over a dozen Sixth Rank Spiritual Beasts, such speed was a feat not even a Marquis of the Reincarnation Five Paths could easily achieve.

It took a while for Ye Lingyue to come back to her senses. With a thought of her Divine Sense, the Qian Cauldron that had absorbed the Black Mist landed back in Ye Lingyue’s hand.

Ye Lingyue looked down and saw something that changed her expression once again.

Inside the Qian Cauldron, where there used to be only a breath of white energy, now there were two.

One of them was the black gas that had instantly killed over a dozen Spiritual Beasts earlier.

Upon inspection, this black gas was also a Cauldron Breath.

Unlike the white Cauldron Breath that could heal and purify, the newly formed black Cauldron Breath was full of violence, radiating a strong killing intent as if it wished to slaughter all living spirits.

Moreover, Ye Lingyue noticed that after killing the Spiritual Beasts, the black Cauldron Breath had become thicker and its color had deepened. Not just that, during the killing, Ye Lingyue found that the Chaos Primordial Elixir within her also grew slightly.

It was certain that the formation of this kind of Cauldron Breath was connected to the Chaos Primordial Elixir inside Ye Lingyue and the Black Mist.

With the white Cauldron Breath, Ye Lingyue had complete control like a fish in water, but as for this black Cauldron Breath, she wasn’t sure she could control it.

With a thought of her Spiritual Sense, the black Cauldron Breath was initially hesitant, but under the pressure of the Qian Cauldron, it had no choice but to flow in accordance with Ye Lingyue’s command.

Following Ye Lingyue’s command, the black Cauldron Breath penetrated into a nearby boulder weighing hundreds of pounds.

With just a single thought, the boulder exploded just like the Spiritual Beasts had.

"Wow, such terrifying lethality," Ye Lingyue gasped in shock.

The Cauldron Breath, now as thin as a finger, just like the initially appeared white Cauldron Breath, already possessed such astonishing power.

One could only wonder how powerful it could become, if it continued to slay without rest and absorbed the Black Mist that filled the plains.

However, the cooperation between the black Cauldron Breath and Ye Lingyue was not very high, so Ye Lingyue planned to wait until she could control it effortlessly before utilizing it well.

The others who escaped from the Black Mist Zone, upon realizing that Ye Lingyue was still trapped within the Black Mist, saw a cold smile emerge on Hong Mingyue’s face.

It seemed that there was no need for them to take action; with Ye Lingyue’s cultivation, being surrounded by over a dozen Spiritual Beasts in the Black Mist meant certain death.