CHAPTER 504: CHAPTER 268 OLD MONSTER_2

Each of these bats was about ten feet in size, and when they spread their wings, they reached about thirty feet in size. These bats had crimson eyes and emitted sharp cries from their mouths.

Suddenly, layer upon layer of sound waves swept forward. Li Yunjing and the three others only felt a buzzing in their heads, nearly causing them to pass out.

"Everyone, close your hearing!"

Li Yunjing barely managed to stay alert and shouted loudly. At the same time, he casually launched a "Binghuo Divine Thunder" which exploded with a bang in the void among the swarm of bats.

The rolling flames swept in, and within the red flames, hundreds of bats’ hideous faces appeared. As the thunderous flames exploded, these bats screamed miserably like vengeful spirits before turning into ashes and falling into the water.

On the other side, Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Fu Chao felt dizzy and nearly fell from the sky. Only after hearing Li Yunjing’s words did they close their hearing and concentrate their spiritual power to dispel the incoming sound waves, thus restoring clarity.

This attack by the demonic bats made Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Fu Chao break out in a cold sweat, realizing their earlier carelessness. These underground demonic fiends were indeed not easy to deal with.

"Kill!"

Coming to their senses, Yu Yunyi and the others blushed with embarrassment, nearly falling victim to such careless behavior.

Out of anger and shame, Yu Yunyi and the others kept activating their flying swords, sweeping and slashing down dozens of bats at once.

"Jie jie jie! To think that living humans have entered here! It seems my lair can no longer be inhabited."

Just as Li Yunjing and the others finished clearing the bats, a green ghost fire twisted and turned, fluttering in the void, and suddenly attacked!

This fire snake tore through the air with a loud roar.

The green ghost fire illuminated the surrounding several miles in eerie green light, dispelling much of the darkness and making it resemble the Netherworld.

"Who are you?"

Suddenly seeing someone appear, Li Yunjing’s face changed dramatically. Faced with the sudden attack, he summoned the low-grade spiritual artifact "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal." The great seal, shimmering with lightning, instantly expanded upon appearance.

In a spin, it had grown to thirty feet in size, and the massive "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal" struck against the approaching green ghost fire.

Then the embryo of the "Five Dragon Wheel" was also summoned by Li Yunjing, revolving around him and emitting a buzzing sound while releasing azure, red, yellow, white, and black divine dragons.

The five divine dragons protected Li Yunjing, making him appear like a deity.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of green ghost fires crashed into the "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal," producing a sound like a giant iron hammer striking a bell, causing the underground world to shake and tremble.

Debris fell everywhere, and the river water flowed backward.

However, the ghost fire ultimately couldn’t penetrate the defense of the "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal."

Li Yunjing’s treasure was indeed solid!

The entire "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal" was forged from "Celestial Thunder Stone," containing many kinds of immortal stones, making it far sturdier than typical heavy weapons!

In the face of the enemy’s attack, Li Yunjing’s first instinct was to rely on the solidity of the "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal" to defend against the green ghost fire.

"Youngsters! I did not expect you to possess such a treasure! It seems you all have significant backgrounds. May I know your names?"

Seeing his ghost fire fail, the ghost fire suddenly retracted, and in mid-air, an old Daoist in a green robe materialized from the ghost fire.

This person looked exceptional, exuding an aura of an accomplished Daoist with celestial bones.

Seeing his kind appearance, no one would believe that the ghost fire just now was released by him.

"We are disciples of the ’Shenxiao Dao Sect.’ Who are you?"

Li Yunjing, Lv Ruoxi, Yu Yunyi, and Fu Chao stood together, arranging a simple "Four Symbols Array," and watched the green-robed elder with full vigilance.

"’Shenxiao Dao Sect’ disciples? What a long-forgotten name! I haven’t seen anyone from the ’Shenxiao Dao Sect’ for three hundred years!"

Hearing the four words ’Shenxiao Dao Sect,’ the green-robed elder looked at Li Yunjing and the others with a stern expression. With his vision, he naturally saw through their cultivation levels.

He didn’t expect these youngsters to possess such treasures!

This truly surprised him!

"Senior, you have yet to reveal your identity?"

Li Yunjing continued to ask.

"Me? It doesn’t matter if I tell you. I am one of the patriarchs of the ’Bing Ling Sect,’ Icepith Immortal, Zhao Yibai!"

The green-robed elder seemed not to hide anything and spoke gently.

"What? The ’Bing Ling Sect’?"

Yu Yunyi was shocked. The ’Bing Ling Sect’ was a Daoist sect within the Great Ming Dynasty, considered a first-class sect and a subordinate of the ’Shenxiao Dao Sect.’

"You are a member of the ’Bing Ling Sect,’ why did you practice Ghost Dao Techniques?"

Lv Ruoxi couldn’t help but ask.

"Trouble!"

Fu Chao said nothing, but his heart was already somewhat scared.

The Golden Core realm elder of ’Bing Ling Sect’ practicing Ghost Dao Techniques was a taboo for the Shenxiao Dao Sect. If discovered, he would definitely be judged.

Currently, as Fu Chao and the others were in this ghostly place, if Zhao Yibai killed them, his practice of Ghost Dao Techniques could remain hidden.

"Zhao Yibai! Have you betrayed the Immortal Dao and joined the Demon Sect?"

What Fu Chao could see, Li Yunjing naturally understood very well. He was equally furious, not expecting to encounter such a figure in the underground.

"Haha! You youngsters still don’t understand the essence of cultivation! I might have spared your lives, but you shouldn’t have made me reveal my name. You prodigies are seeking your own death!"

Being reprimanded by Li Yunjing, Zhao Yibai was unmoved. He focused entirely on the four of them, not allowing any of them to escape.

Just as Li Yunjing and the others thought, revealing his background meant Zhao Yibai had decided to eradicate them.

With little time left in his lifespan, Zhao Yibai had already exhausted the potential of ’Bing Ling Sect’s’ techniques and could neither break through the realm nor ascend to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Nobody wanted to die of old age!

Especially not significant figures like him!

After one kill of a Golden Core realm expert from the ’Netherworld Ghost Sect,’ Zhao Yibai found the Ghost Dao Techniques.

After much hesitation, Zhao Yibai finally chose to practice Ghost Dao Techniques out of fear of death.

If he could practice both Immortal and Ghost Dao, he might uncover the secret to the Nascent Soul Realm!

Of course, the likelihood was slim, and Zhao Yibai knew his limitations.

The Ghost Dao Techniques had another advantage: after death, the Primordial Spirit could exist in the form of a ghost, allowing him to live another life beyond the human cultivators.

This temptation was impossible for Zhao Yibai to resist.

As long as one’s spiritual will remained intact, the form of existence didn’t matter to Zhao Yibai.

However, he didn’t expect that, after coming to this remote place and cultivating for three hundred years, just as he was about to perfect the Ghost Dao Techniques, disciples of the ’Shenxiao Dao Sect’ would intrude into his lair.

These youngsters were ruthless, having killed his reared giant demon and vampire bats, forcing him to wake up from seclusion to handle them personally.

"Retreat!"

Seeing the murderous intent, Li Yunjing transmitted a message. Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Fu Chao understood, and the four of them retreated almost simultaneously.

Moving in perfect sync, the "Four Symbols Array" remained intact.

"Trying to escape? Die!"

Seeing Li Yunjing and the others attempting to flee, Zhao Yibai sneered coldly. The green ghost fire suddenly transformed into a giant hand, smashing down fiercely.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A barrage of immense force pounded down, shaking the "Celestial Thunder Emperor Seal."