Chapter 2129: 2112 Twin-Pupil Rat Warns, Nine Dragons Drum Destroys Enemy

Swallowing the essence of a mid-grade fifth-tier demonic beast, the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada appeared very excited. It flapped its wings, transforming into a golden streak, and vanished into Wang Changsheng's sleeve.

Wang Changsheng collected the corpse of the Quicksand Python and walked into the gorge with Wang Ruyan. Before long, they appeared at the entrance of a massive cave, where a large quantity of green thorns climbed the stone walls nearby.

The Double-Eyed Rat, perched on Wang Changsheng's shoulder, suddenly let out a sharp squeal, appearing agitated and restless. Simultaneously, a thick green thorn, the Wood Demon, emerged from Wang Changsheng's sleeve. The Wood Demon swayed continuously, as if it had discovered something.

Wang Changsheng's expression darkened. His arms glowed intensely with blue light as he smashed them towards the ground. A series of piercing whooshing sounds erupted, and countless blue fist-shadows flew out, successively striking the ground. Loud explosions thundered, leaving the ground pockmarked and kicking up dust.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan retreated. Nine Sea-Stabilizing Pearls flew out, spun rapidly, and then unleashed countless streams of blue seawater, protecting them. Suddenly, a powerful gravity emanated from the ground, pulling their bodies uncontrollably downwards. Simultaneously, two thick beams of yellow light burst from the earth, striking the seawater. The seawater petrified at an alarming rate, seemingly intent on transforming Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan into stone statues. Concurrently, the green thorns on the walls seemed to come alive. Hundreds of green thorns, covered in sharp golden barbs, lashed out at Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan. Before they even got close, a barrage of golden barbs shot forth, appearing ready to pierce them like a sieve.

Blue light erupted from the bodies of Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, and Wang Changsheng's aura surged. With a powerful roar from Wang Changsheng, the void vibrated and distorted, causing all the golden barbs to fly back and embed themselves in the stone wall. Feeling the pressure ease, they soared skyward.

A thunderous roar erupted, and the ground shook violently. The cliffs on both sides of the valley suddenly closed in. After a blur, they transformed into a yellow giant several hundred zhang tall, with a rugged face and eyes that gleamed with yellow light. Numerous trees swayed, then uprooted themselves, coalescing into a green treant several hundred zhang tall. The treant's body was assembled from individual green trees, and countless green thorns coiled around these trees.

“What are these things? Stone Spirits? Treants?” Wang Ruyan asked, her gaze serious.

“Whatever they are, we'll find out once we kill them,” Wang Changsheng said, his expression turning cold and his face filled with killing intent. If not for the Double-Eyed Rat's warning, they might have already been killed. The Double-Eyed Rat's keen sense of smell likely detected the lingering scent of blood from other cultivators these beings had previously harmed, alerting it. The Wood Demon is highly sensitive to blood; its warning to Wang Changsheng certainly indicated the presence of blood.

Wang Changsheng formed a hand seal, and the nine Sea-Stabilizing Pearls immediately unleashed vast quantities of seawater, forming a boundless blue ocean to protect them. The ground shook violently, like an earthquake. Chunks of debris suddenly flew up, floating in mid-air. Simultaneously, countless thick green thorns burrowed out from beneath the earth. Vast quantities of green thorns converged, weaving into a massive green cage that encompassed an area of a hundred li. The green cage suddenly moved rapidly, and the golden barbs on its surface instantly grew longer, transforming into golden spears. The green cage rapidly contracted, seemingly intending to use its barbs to pierce Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan like a sieve. Innumerable fragments of rock converged, forming towering yellow stone mountains that crashed down upon Wang Changsheng.

The yellow giant and green treant were not idle either. Each of the yellow giant's eyes shot forth a beam of yellow light, while the green treant's arms glowed with dazzling green light, transforming into a green long spear and a massive green greatsword, both hurtling directly towards Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng let out a soft snort. The Golden Resonance Pearl on his chest shone with dazzling golden light, enveloping him and Wang Ruyan. With a flick of his sleeve, the Nine-Dragon Drum flew out, and he slammed his arms onto its surface. Deafening dragon roars resonated, and the nine blue flood dragons on the Nine-Dragon Drum's surface swam ceaselessly. Waves of blue sound spread out, sweeping in all directions. The yellow stone mountains instantly shattered upon contact with the blue sound waves, turning into a cloud of dust. The two yellow light beams struck a blue sound wave, instantly annihilating each other. However, the blue sound waves continued ceaselessly, seemingly inexhaustible. The blue sound waves struck the yellow giant and the green treant, sending them both flying backward simultaneously.

The yellow giant's body glowed intensely with yellow light. It stomped its right foot forcefully onto the ground, causing the ground to emit a dazzling yellow light as gravity sharply increased. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan rapidly plummeted towards the ground, but at that moment, Wang Changsheng once again unleashed the Divine Suppressing Roar. Upon hearing the roar, the yellow giant and the green treant instantly shattered, transforming into a stocky young man in green robes and a slender, bamboo-like young man in yellow robes.

“Spirit Race!” Wang Ruyan's expression darkened, her eyes glinting with cold light.

Roar, roar, roar! Nine successive deafening dragon roars erupted. Even with the protection of the Golden Resonance Pearl, Wang Ruyan felt a sense of unease, her brow furrowing. As the nine flood dragons roared in unison, nine misty blue sound waves swept out, merging into one, heading straight for the yellow-robed youth and the green-robed youth. Driven by Wang Changsheng's cultivation, which was close to the Void Refinement stage, the power of the Nine-Dragon Drum vastly increased.

The faces of the yellow-robed youth and the green-robed youth turned beet red, their eyeballs bulging. They clutched their chests tightly, veins protruding on their skin, as if enduring some unbearable pain. The green-robed youth opened his mouth and spat out a shimmering green small shield, which instantly enlarged, blocking their path. The blue sound waves swept over, sending the green shield flying backward instantly. The green-robed youth and the yellow-robed youth simultaneously let out a piercing scream, collapsing instantly. Their internal organs and all their meridians had been shattered.

With a flash of spiritual light, the yellow-robed youth transformed into a shimmering yellow stone, and the green-robed youth became a lush, verdant green tree. Upon death, members of the Spirit Race transform into objects of the Five Elements. To some extent, the Spirit Race serves as material for artifact refining. Precisely because of this, their reproduction is difficult, their population size remains small, and they have never been able to truly flourish.

As the two died, the gravity instantly vanished. The green cage was also torn apart by the blue sound waves, dissolving into countless fragments that scattered everywhere. Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and the Wood Demon flew out, landing beside the green tree and enveloping it. Beside the yellow stone and the green tree were several storage rings of various colors. Wang Changsheng grabbed with one hand, and the storage rings flew towards him. He swept his divine sense over them and gasped. The amount of wealth inside exceeded his imagination; as expected, the two Spirit Race members had lured and killed multiple disciples of the Myriad Spirit Sect. This incident served as a reminder to Wang Changsheng not to underestimate any race. The Spirit Race's ability to survive until now surely indicated their extraordinary qualities.