Chapter 2792: Double-Pupiled Mouse's Abnormality(Ended Today)

A well-connected valley occasionally echoed with deafening explosions. After a while, the explosions ceased.

Inside the valley, Su Yuntao, Myriad Poison Venerable, and Lin Qingyu were conversing. On the ground lay two puddles of black blood, emitting a foul, fishy odor, and bearing clear signs of corrosion.

Su Yuntao praised, "Fellow Daoist Zhang's poison techniques are becoming increasingly formidable; even a seventh-tier demonic beast is no match for you."

Myriad Poison Venerable urged, "No need for pleasantries. Let's quickly eliminate those two Wind-Fire Lions, obtain the Seven-Star Jade Ganoderma, and leave this place as soon as possible. This area has many ferocious beasts and venomous insects. I heard that True Monarch Xuanfeng, one of the Nine Xuanqing Sons, encountered an ancient giant and was severely injured by it. My poison techniques are effective against ordinary seventh-tier demonic beasts, but an ancient giant would be a real challenge."

Their primary goal in coming to the Barren Lands this time was to acquire the Seven-Colored Jade Ganoderma.

Seven-Star Jade Ganoderma less than ten thousand years old is nothing special. However, if it's over thirty thousand years old, it can significantly increase the chances of a demonic beast transforming into human form. The older it is, the better the effect, sharing a similar miraculous property with the Nine-Light Dragon Whisker Fruit.

While consuming Seven-Star Jade Ganoderma can increase a demonic beast's chance of transformation, it doesn't guarantee it.

Su Yuntao nodded, about to say something, but he suddenly sensed something with his divine sense and frowned.

Su Yuntao's expression changed. "No, demonic insects are coming! They're Human-Faced Scorpions!"

Millions of Human-Faced Scorpions were heading their way, including six seventh-tier ones.

Human-Faced Scorpions are gregarious venomous insects and should not be underestimated.

Lin Qingyu flicked her right hand gently, and a streak of blue light flew out, revealing a colossal blue owl, hundreds of zhang in size. Its blue feathers were vibrant, and its claws were golden.

The three of them stepped onto the blue giant owl's back. The blue giant owl flapped its wings gently, stirring up a fierce gale, and soared skyward, flying high into the air.

Millions of Human-Faced Scorpions pursued relentlessly, with the six colossal Human-Faced Scorpions charging at the forefront.

Myriad Poison Venerable snorted coldly. He conjured a palm-sized purple gourd and cast a spell into it. The purple gourd glowed with dazzling violet light, rapidly expanded, and spewed out a foul and pungent purple toxic mist. The purple mist suddenly solidified, transforming into a ten-thousand-zhang-long purple venomous flood dragon, which lunged towards the Human-Faced Scorpions.

The Human-Faced Scorpions either spat venomous flames from their mouths or summoned Dharma Idols to attack.

The purple venomous flood dragon plunged into the scorpion swarm. Low-tier Human-Faced Scorpions that touched it instantly dissolved into puddles of blood.

The six seventh-tier Human-Faced Scorpions utterly disregarded the casualties of the low-tier ones. They continued their relentless pursuit, with millions of Human-Faced Scorpions following closely, creating an immense commotion. Everywhere they passed, a large number of demonic beasts and insects were annihilated by the scorpion swarm.

A month passed quickly.

A colossal, entirely blue owl rapidly streaked across the sky at immense speed, with a flying boat shimmering with blue light following closely behind.

Wang Changsheng stood inside the blue flying boat, with his Dual-Pupiled Rat perched on his left shoulder.

He had already passed his period of weakness, and even if he encountered a seventh-tier demonic beast now, he would not be afraid.

Wang Changsheng had not expected to encounter an ancient giant in the late Body Integration stage here. He wondered if the ancient giant could advance to the Mahayana stage.

To his knowledge, there were multiple ancient giants in the Barren Lands, though the exact number was unknown. Ordinary ancient giants were only slightly stronger than average cultivators. However, the ancient giant they encountered could be considered an elite among its kind. If not for the Soul-Shocking Gong and his mastery of the Cicada Shedding its Shell secret technique, Wang Changsheng would likely have met the same fate as Xue Ji.

He planned to leave the Barren Lands. With the life-bound scales of a seventh-tier Ice Flood Dragon and flood dragon hide, and Zhenhai Palace's resources, Chen Yueying should have no trouble passing the Great Heavenly Tribulation.

He found it somewhat strange that Liu Qingfeng, who belonged to the local faction, was so kind as to help Chen Yueying find materials for her tribulation. Logically, both Chen Yueying and Liu Qingfeng were Body Integration cultivators belonging to different factions, so there was no need for Liu Qingfeng to go to such lengths.

Unless Chen Yueying was attempting to reach the Mahayana stage. The Eight-Nine Thunder Tribulation was incredibly powerful, and she would need multiple treasures to pass it.

That would explain it. Liu Qingfeng personally leading the team, bringing Song Yunlong and Wang Changsheng, and Zhao Yunxiao acting as a persuader—for the local and ascended factions to cooperate, it could only be explained by a Zhenhai Palace cultivator attempting to reach the Mahayana stage. It was either Chen Yueying or Lin Tianlong, though Wang Changsheng hadn't seen them in many years.

It was also normal for Liu Qingfeng not to tell Wang Changsheng the truth. The fewer people who knew about such matters, the better, as a leaked message would cause trouble. It was better to be cautious.

Wang Changsheng didn't dwell on it. His main priority was to return safely to Qinglian Island.

Along the way, he encountered a seventh-tier, mid-grade Azure Wind Owl. He decided to slay this demonic beast and give its demonic core to Wang Xiao.

The inner core of a seventh-tier, mid-grade Azure Wind Owl would be a great tonic for Wang Xiao, and it should be enough to help him advance to the mid-Void Refinement stage.

The Azure Wind Owl was quite fast, though its left wing seemed unnatural, dripping with blood, and many feathers had fallen out.

A man's loud roar echoed. The Azure Wind Owl's speed slowed, and it halted in mid-air. Countless blue water vapors surged forth, transforming into a colossal, heaven-supporting hand, ten thousand zhang in size. On its surface, a lifelike illusory Qilin continuously ran, as if alive.

The Kylin Extermination Hand!

The heaven-supporting hand slapped down, and the Azure Wind Owl plummeted from the sky. A large number of its feathers detached, and its head instantly burst open, transforming into a mist of blood that filled the air.

As a miniature Azure Wind Owl just emerged from its body, a swath of blue ethereal light descended from the sky, enveloped the miniature Azure Wind Owl, and drew it into a blue gourd.

Wang Changsheng reached into the void with one hand, and the Azure Wind Owl's corpse flew towards him. He extracted a pale blue demonic core from the corpse and stored it carefully in a blue jade box.

He seemed to sense something. He formed a hand seal, and the Azure Phoenix Boat quickly flew towards the ground.

He conjured the Azure Chi Pearl and cast a spell into it. The Azure Chi Pearl emitted a plume of blue mist, engulfing his entire body.

A gentle breeze blew, and the blue mist vanished, along with Wang Changsheng.

A moment later, a streak of blue light flew from the distant sky at great speed.

Soon after, the blue light stopped, revealing a burly elder in a blue robe. Judging by his physique and appearance, he was clearly a Yaksha with a cultivation at the mid-Body Integration stage.

The blue-robed elder spread his divine sense wide but failed to find Wang Changsheng.

The blue-robed elder frowned deeply and muttered to himself, "Hmph, I'd like to see how far you can run."

He transformed into a streak of blue light, flew higher into the sky, and vanished into the horizon.

Twenty breaths later, a blue light flashed, and Wang Changsheng reappeared. After a brief thought, he pursued.

He maintained a distance of over ten thousand li from the blue-robed elder. The blue-robed elder flew high in the sky, while Wang Changsheng controlled the Azure Phoenix Boat to fly a hundred zhang above the ground, avoiding detection. This was one of the benefits of having a powerful divine sense.

Perhaps the blue-robed elder was pursuing Liu Qingfeng and Song Yunlong; it would be good for Wang Changsheng to rendezvous with them.

He had just pursued for a million li when his Dual-Pupiled Rat emitted a series of "chirping" sounds, seemingly having discovered some high-grade spiritual medicine.

Wang Changsheng didn't pay much attention to it, as rendezvousing with Liu Qingfeng was more important. It wouldn't be too late to search thoroughly with Wang Ruyan in the Barren Lands later.

The Dual-Pupiled Rat's reaction was very intense, and it started nibbling at Wang Changsheng's clothes.

Wang Changsheng could sense that the Dual-Pupiled Rat greatly yearned for this spiritual medicine.

He thought for a moment and stopped. He then flew towards the northwest, as the Dual-Pupiled Rat continuously chirped excitedly, releasing Wang Changsheng's clothes and wagging its tail back and forth.