0p0 Chapter 40 Escape
Chapter 40 Escape
Every now and then, the little stone man would run to the entrance of the tree hole to check.
"The flowers are in bloom, the birds are singing," said the little stone man. "The two thorny beasts are still guarding the cave entrance."
"They're really good at guarding their territory!" Shen Yao said. "Is cultivator flesh really that worth coveting?"
This is the second time the new bird has sung since I hid in the All-Spirit Source Stone space. Eighteen months have passed since I opened the Qingtan wooden house.
Since helping Shen Yao awaken her water spirit root, the Cloud Cliff Black Hoof Beast has been in a deep sleep.
If it weren't for the fact that the Cloud Cliff Blackhoof Beast's horns were constantly glowing, everyone would have thought it was dead.
There were no strange beasts in the All-Spirit Source Stone Space, so Shen Yao and Xianyu often held back their strength and practiced combat against each other.
In one year and eight months, Shen Yao mastered the intermediate-level cultivation technique, the Water Spirit Blade.
Having mastered the Divine-level Soul Meridian Opening Technique, and with the aid of the Divine-level Spirit Returning Technique and a large number of Perfect Spirit Stones, she cultivated intermediate-level techniques very quickly and has already perfected the Water Spirit Blade.
He also exchanged cultivation techniques with the salted fish, learning the salted fish's Water Spirit Bubble and Qi Spirit Blade, and mastered them to perfection.
This speed is already incredibly fast.
For a disciple of an ordinary sect with a seventh-grade and four spiritual roots, it would take thirty years or even longer to perfect a set of intermediate-level cultivation techniques.
Xianyu also mastered Shen Yao's Qi Spirit Chaos Technique, and his original intermediate-level techniques were also perfected.
Even without a divine-level soul meridian technique, a salted fish with the bloodline of the Azure Dragon can cultivate very quickly.
"My God-level Endless Ice Wall is stronger than before!" Salty Fish said.
Shen Yao asked, "How's your God-level Endless Ice Wall coming along?"
Salty Fish: "I was at the minor completion stage before. If I cultivate for another five years or so, I should be able to reach the intermediate completion stage!"
Shen Yao was surprised: "Only minor achievement? Only minor achievement can freeze a cultivator of the same level for thirty breaths?"
If one cultivates to perfection, wouldn't one be able to freeze even an immortal ancestor to death?
A god-level combat technique, terrifying beyond belief.
Shen Yao's food supplies are almost gone. If she doesn't go out soon, she'll really have to eat the Ten Perfection Stone.
The little stone man returned from scouting: "A thorny beast has gone out to hunt for food."
Shen Yao and Xianyu decided to use the second set of tactics. Over the course of one year and eight months, they devised many tactics and finally selected three sets, practicing them countless times.
The second tactic is designed for situations where there is only one Spiny Beast outside when you go out.
According to the information provided by the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle, the core of the Spiky Beast is located at the end of its tail. It is a high-level beast, and only by destroying its core can the beast die.
The Spiny Beast is enormous, making it difficult to attack its tail in a head-on battle.
The little stone man emerged from the All-Spirit Source Stone space, picked up the All-Spirit Stone Bead, and gritted his teeth as he struggled to walk towards the tail of the Spiky Beast.
If there are no living creatures in the All-Spirit Source Stone space, the little stone man can stuff the All-Spirit Stone Bead into his stone belly and carry it as far as he wants.
But once a living creature is taken into the Originium Space, the little stone man can no longer stuff it into his belly and can only move it around with difficulty while holding it.
The Spiny Beast guarding outside was fast asleep, its head stripes still.
The little stone man finally moved to the vicinity of the Spiky Beast's tail, found a concealed place, placed the Spirit Stone Bead on the ground, and Shen Yao, along with the Golden Beetle and the Salted Fish, quietly emerged.
Putting away the Spirit Stone Bead, Shen Yao briefly examined the tail of the Spiky Beast to pinpoint the location of its core. Hiding behind a tree, she made a heart shape with her hands towards the core while silently counting, "Five, four, three, two, one, the strongest attack!"
A hurricane-like spike struck the tail of the Spiny Beast, which awoke in pain and let out a piercing, loud screech.
"Run!" Shen Yao grabbed Xianyu and flew up, intending to escape together with Xianyu on a large tree branch once they were out of the treetops.
The Spiky Beast, its core shattered, spun wildly several times on its head before dying, its ugly body contorted in agony.
Another purplish-black thorny beast, hearing its companion's death call, quickly flew and scrambled towards it.
The Spiky Beasts arrived too quickly. Shen Yao and Xianyu had just flown out of the treetops when they felt a strong wind pulling them back.
Shen Yao and Xianyu clung tightly to the intertwined branches at the treetop. Shen Suyao activated her Wind Spirit Barrier to shield herself and Xianyu from the powerful winds of the Spiky Beast.
The wind disappeared, and the Spiky Beast swung its head and charged. With a 'bang,' the huge insect head crashed into a large tree, causing the tree to fall. Shen Yao and Xianyu also fell down, their spiritual energy suppressed.
Shen Yao shouted to the salted fish, "One quarter!"
Xianyu understood and ran southwest with Shen Yao back to the tree hole. Shen Yao threw out the All-Spirit Stone Bead, and Xianyu and Xianyu went inside one after the other, returning to the All-Spirit Source Stone Space.
The Spirit Stone Bead fell into the tree hole and rolled back into the depths of the tree hole.
The Spiny Beast chased its prey to the tree hole, but when it sensed that the prey had disappeared again, it was even more furious than before. It raised its insect tail and slapped wildly, causing a bunch of trees to fall to the ground, including the one with the tree hole.
Back in the Originium Space, the little stone man called out "Yao Yao" and ran towards Shen Yao for a hug.
Shen Yao picked up the little stone man: "We've killed a Spiny Beast, so we can't use our spiritual power for now."
He patted the little stone man's head again: "Thank you for your hard work, little stone! You're great!"
Shi Bao is the nickname Shen Yao gave to the little stone man.
Shi Bao was overjoyed, hugging Shen Yao's neck and looking defiantly at the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle.
Purple Cloud Golden Beetle: Heh, why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I'm jealous of my grandson?
After resting for a while, it was time to use its spiritual energy. Little Stone Treasure went out to investigate the situation and returned in a few breaths.
Shen Yao asked, "Shi Bao, what's wrong?"
Little Stone Treasure gestured: "All the trees outside have fallen down, such a big area, and our tree has fallen down too."
The salted fish asked, "Where's the big worm?"
Little Stone Treasure said, "He stayed outside, his head pressed against the fallen tree trunk."
This is a bit troublesome.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Yao said, "We'll be discovered as soon as we go out. If we fight it head-on, we won't be able to hit its core. If we go out, we can use the Qi Confusion Technique together to at least confuse it for a moment."
"While it's in disarray, we'll run. As planned, you and I will ride together on the tree branch. If it leaps up to chase us, you will use the Endless Ice Wall to stop it."
"Okay," the salted fish replied.
The tree trunk has fallen, but the stump with the hole in it remains.
Little Stone Treasure left the space, tiptoed to move the All-Spirit Stone Bead out of the cave entrance, and returned to the Source Stone Space.
Shen Yao and Xianyu exchanged a glance and left the space.
As soon as they left the space, the thorny beast pressing down on the tree trunk became restless, and Shen Yao and Xianyu immediately joined forces to use the Qi Spirit Chaos Technique.
Disturbed, the Spiny Beast suddenly lost its sense of prey. It flipped its head, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and spat out a ring of sharp teeth.
Without the interference of the tree branches, Shen Yao and Xianyu quickly used their spiritual energy to ascend into the air, summoning large tree branches to ride on together and continue their ascent.
As the effects of the Qi Confusion Spell wore off, the Spiky Beast indeed leaped up onto the tree branch.
Without hesitation, the salted fish formed a hand seal and attacked downwards: "Endless Ice Wall!"
Ice energy condensed into a wall in the air and spread downwards. The Spiky Beast crashed into the ice wall and instantly stuck to it, turning into a block of ice.
Not knowing how high the Spiky Beast could leap, and not seeing the other two known ones, Shen Yao and Xianyu dared not relax and took off with all their might.
The ice wall only froze the Spiny Beast for two breaths. After two breaths, the Spiny Beast fell into the forest and then leaped into the sky. Shen Yao successfully dodged it by using a large tree branch as a cover.
The thorny beast fell back into the forest, furious, and roared madly at the sky.
Shen Yao and Xianyu used their spiritual energy together and sped forward, finally escaping Lishui Ridge.
In the middle of Lishui Ridge, at the foot of the mountain that trapped Shen Yao and Xianyu for a year and eight months, there is a crevice in the ground, teeming with thorny beasts...