Chapter 2109: Luck Is Also a Part of Strength

A steep, giant peak, covered in grayish-white stones with sparse vegetation, appeared somewhat desolate.

Atop the mountain stood a golden fruit tree over a hundred *zhang* tall, bearing more than twenty glistening golden oval fruits. A green oriole, its wings spanning over ten *zhang*, was ferociously attacking a colossal tree over a thousand *zhang* tall.

The colossal tree was entirely golden, with lush branches, abundant leaves, and an enormous canopy.

Beneath the tree stood a nine-foot-tall young man in a golden robe. He had regular features, a fair complexion, and his eyes faintly gleamed with golden light. Judging by his magical energy fluctuations, he was clearly a cultivator at the perfected Deity Transformation stage.

This was Yan Linlang, a perfected Deity Transformation stage cultivator and an elite disciple of the Xuanqing Sect.

The green oriole violently flapped its wings, unleashing swirling azure hurricanes that struck the golden tree. Clanging sounds like metal striking metal echoed, yet not a single leaf fell.

The golden tree, as if alive, continuously swung its trunk like long golden whips, lashing out at the green oriole.

The green oriole reacted swiftly, preparing to dodge, but the ground shook violently. Thousands of thick, green vines burst from the earth, heading straight for the green oriole.

Some green vines coiled around the oriole's talons. The green oriole flapped its wings, releasing countless azure wind blades that successively struck the vines, but only managed to sever a few.

The golden tree trunk lashed out, and a pained shriek rang out as the green oriole plummeted from the sky. A large number of its feathers fell, it was covered in blood, and its aura was weak.

The golden tree's trunk suddenly blazed with brilliant golden light, transforming into a dazzling golden giant blade. It cleanly severed the green oriole's head, and blood immediately gushed forth like a spring.

A miniature oriole flew out from the corpse, but before it could fly far, a human face suddenly appeared on the golden tree's main trunk. It opened its mouth and inhaled, drawing the miniature oriole uncontrollably into its mouth.

Yan Linlang collected the green oriole's corpse, then strode towards the fruit tree and picked all the fruits.

The golden tree rapidly shrunk, transforming into a handsome young boy in a golden robe, who had a miniature tree canopy on his head.

This was a tree spirit, capable of assuming human form, whose divine abilities far surpassed those of typical fifth-order demonic beasts.

Yan Linlang put away the golden-robed boy, transformed into a streak of light, and sped away through the air, disappearing into the horizon.

In a long, narrow valley, filled with countless grayish-white stones and overgrown with weeds, the ground suddenly swelled into a small mound. Earth and stone exploded as Wang Changsheng and the Bi-pupiled Rat burst from the ground.

Wang Changsheng's face was slightly pale, and his eyes were filled with fear.

There was a horrifying bloody hole on his left shoulder, bleeding continuously.

The Bi-pupiled Rat rapidly shrunk in size and climbed up Wang Changsheng's pant leg into his embrace, as if it had encountered something terrifying.

Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and a streak of azure light flew out, revealing a small azure boat. It had an azure bird wing on each side, resembling an azure phoenix soaring with outstretched wings, and the three small characters "Azure Phoenix Boat" were visible on its hull.

This was the Azure Phoenix Boat, a low-grade Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, a flying artifact.

Wang Changsheng leaped onto the Azure Phoenix Boat and injected a spell. The boat immediately burst forth with dazzling azure light, generating a swirling azure gale that kicked up countless broken stones.

The azure bird wings on both sides of the Azure Phoenix Boat rapidly flapped. The boat transformed into a streak of azure light and sped away through the air at an extremely high speed.

A tremendous rumbling sound filled the air, and the ground shook violently. An incredibly thick and long crack appeared, as if something was about to emerge from underground.

Wang Changsheng was greatly alarmed and hastily controlled the Azure Phoenix Boat to fly higher. However, the ground suddenly generated a powerful gravitational force, and the Azure Phoenix Boat slowly descended towards the ground.

Wang Changsheng quickly took out the Black Wind Flag and violently shook it. The void vibrated and distorted as hundreds of swirling azure hurricanes swept forth, striking towards the ground.

With a tremendous rumbling sound, the ground exploded. Dust filled the air, and earth and stone flew about.

The Azure Phoenix Boat rapidly ascended, flying higher into the sky.

A colossal creature emerged from the ground; it was a black fleshy worm over a thousand *zhang* long. Its body was plump and round, with a pair of several-zhang-long yellow horns on its head. It had only one eye and no mouth, making it extremely bizarre.

This was a sixth-order demonic insect!

Wang Changsheng had barely escaped from a sixth-order demonic beast, only to encounter a sixth-order demonic insect. His luck was truly terrible.

The black fleshy worm writhed continuously, and its single eye shot out a dazzling black light, heading straight for Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng was already prepared; he waved the Black Wind Flag, and a gale swept forth, transforming into an azure wind python over a thousand *zhang* long that met the black light.

With a tremendous roar, the azure wind python was struck by the black light, dissipating into specks of azure light and vanishing. Wang Changsheng also disappeared into the horizon.

The black fleshy worm clearly had no intention of giving up. It burrowed underground, and a rapidly moving mound appeared on the surface, giving chase.

Wang Changsheng was burning with anxiety, controlling the Azure Phoenix Boat to fly higher with exceptional speed.

His spiritual sense detected that the demonic insect was still following him.

According to the map, several million *li* further lay a vast, boundless ocean. He could only go there to avoid the pursuit.

The Azure Phoenix Boat's escape light brightened considerably again, its speed more than doubled, and it disappeared into the horizon.

From a deserted island, ten thousand *li* in circumference, urgent zither music occasionally drifted.

The island was densely vegetated; to the right was a verdant mountain range, and to the left, an open area.

Wang Ruyan was sitting cross-legged on a low hillside when a swarm of scarlet poisonous scorpions rushed out from a long, narrow red valley, attacking her by spewing poisonous fire.

Their tail stingers were golden, their pincers enormous, and their eyes golden. The scorpion king was over a hundred *zhang* in size, with a pair of thin golden wings on its back.

A watery blue light screen enveloped Wang Ruyan as she concentrated on playing the zither, with the Soul-devouring Golden Cicada lying beside her.

The giant red scorpions continuously spewed streams of red poisonous fire, striking the watery blue light screen, which rippled in response.

As time passed, the zither music grew more impassioned. Waves of invisible sound waves swept forth, rapidly sweeping over the scorpion swarm. One by one, the red poisonous scorpions stopped moving and lost their life force.

A large number of miniature scorpions flew out from their bodies. The Soul-devouring Golden Cicada spewed streams of golden glow, enveloping the miniature scorpions and drawing them into its mouth, where they vanished.

A colossal golden eagle puppet circled high in the air, beneath a huge golden thundercloud floating overhead. Amidst continuous tremendous thunderclaps, thick golden lightning bolts descended from the sky, striking the giant red scorpions.

Lower-ranked poisonous scorpions, struck by the golden lightning, instantly turned to ash and vanished.

Wang Changsheng had given the Golden Lightning Eagle puppet to Wang Ruyan, considering her relatively weaker personal strength.

After about a quarter of an hour, the ground was pockmarked, with not a single living poisonous scorpion remaining.

Wang Ruyan withdrew her hands, and the zither music instantly ceased.

She let out a sigh of relief, collected the corpse of the fifth-order scorpion king and some of the fourth-order poisonous scorpions' corpses, and then flew towards the valley, with the Soul-devouring Golden Cicada following her.

At the end of the valley was a cave entrance over a hundred *zhang* wide. Wang Ruyan strode inside.

Less than half a quarter of an hour later, Wang Ruyan emerged, her face filled with joy.

"There's actually a batch of thousand-year Purple Jade Grass here," she murmured, "and over ten two-thousand-year-old Purple Jade Grass plants. To have so many gains right after entering... I wonder what happened to my husband. I must reunite with him as soon as possible."

Wang Ruyan muttered to herself. The Profound Spirit Immortal Abode was vast; even with sensing artifacts, they wouldn't be able to reunite quickly. However, their survival rate would be much higher if they did.

Wang Ruyan put away the Soul-devouring Golden Cicada, leaped onto the back of the golden eagle puppet beast, and, performing a spell, the beast flapped its wings, flying higher into the sky and soon disappearing into the horizon.