Chapter 3685: 3365 Dou Soldiers

A white mystical glow collided with a blue water mountain. The blue water mountain visibly froze, transforming into a white ice mountain, which then shattered into pieces.

A turbulent blue river surged forward, distorting and tearing the void apart with immense force.

A blue sound wave followed close behind, leaving numerous long, deep cracks on the ground in its wake.

With a flick of Bai Bing's spell, countless white snowflakes drifted down from the sky, converging to form a majestic white ice mountain that moved to meet the blue river.

A tremendous roar erupted as the blue river collided with the white ice mountain, shattering the latter. The blue river also froze, and as the blue sound wave swept past, the ice layer fractured.

Hundreds of thousands of white ice spears shot out, overwhelming the blue sound wave and heading directly for Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng threw a punch, distorting the void. A massive blue fist shadow burst forth with overwhelming power, shattering the incoming white ice spears and unleashing a tidal wave of energy.

Wang Ruyan furrowed her brows, sweeping two fingers across the strings of the Demon-Quelling Zither. A blue sound wave surged forth, heading directly for the ground.

The blue sound wave struck the ground, causing it to immediately rupture and send up rolling smoke and dust. From the swirling haze, a giant, yellow-glowing fist flew out, smashing towards Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng's right fist flared with intense blue light, distorting the surrounding void. He launched a punch, striking towards the yellow giant fist.

With a muffled thud, Wang Changsheng was sent flying backward. Before he had flown far, he raised his right hand, and a black light shot out, instantly appearing above the yellow giant fist. It was the Soul-Exterminating Disk.

After the runes on the surface of the Soul-Exterminating Disk brightened, countless slender black lights emerged, piercing downwards like myriad sharp black swords.

Wang Ruyan slammed her right hand towards the void below, and a giant blue palm adorned with mysterious musical notes flashed forth, heading directly for the ground. Before it even landed, numerous cracks appeared in the nearby void.

The yellow giant fist collided with the blue giant palm, shattering the latter into pieces. The powerful airwave sent the Soul-Exterminating Disk flying.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, a burly man in a yellow shirt appeared. His body was continuously enveloped by a circulating yellow halo, and he was broad-shouldered and stout, with a rigid expression.

"An eight-rank puppet beast!" Wang Changsheng questioned in bewilderment.

"Even an eight-rank puppet beast shouldn't be this strong! Puppet beasts require the refinement of monster beast souls, and the Soul-Exterminating Disk specifically harms souls. An eight-rank puppet beast would have already been severely injured by now."

"Fellow Daoist Wang, be careful! This is a Bean Soldier, a type of Dao Soldier. It possesses incredible divine abilities and is fearless of death. The strength of Bean Soldiers varies greatly; even the weakest possess Mahayana-stage power, comparable to true spirits at the Mahayana stage. They have no spiritual essence, so soul attacks are ineffective against them. In a sense, Bean Soldiers are a type of puppet beast, but they are also vastly different." Cao Yuzhen's voice echoed in Wang Changsheng's ear.

"Bean Soldier... a type of Dao Soldier?" Wang Changsheng was completely bewildered. It was the first time he had ever heard of Bean Soldiers, and the ancient texts collected by his family also contained no records of them.

Even a descendant of a true spirit couldn't withstand Wang Changsheng's full-power strike, yet the Bean Soldier could. It was not to be underestimated.

Wang Changsheng raised his right hand, and a purple light shot out, instantly vanishing.

With a flash of purple light, the Purple Scorpion Gourd appeared above the Bean Soldier. After its size rapidly expanded, it sprayed out a stream of purple mystical light that enveloped the Bean Soldier. At the same time, two crystalline blue chains appeared on the Bean Soldier's body, binding it.

As the purple mystical light covered the Bean Soldier, it visibly shrank and flew towards the Purple Scorpion Gourd.

Bai Bing activated a spell, and the yellow halo on the Bean Soldier's body flared brightly. Its arms moved, tearing through the purple mystical light, and two yellow beams shot from its eyes, striking the Purple Scorpion Gourd. The gourd visibly petrified, then shattered into pieces.

A Profound Heaven Fragmentary Treasure was destroyed just like that!

Bai Bing's face was filled with pride. This Yellow Turban Bean Soldier had been sent down by a member of the Tianming Clan from the Immortal Realm. It possessed the power of the late Mahayana stage, immense strength, and was impervious to blades, spears, water, fire, and immune to soul attacks.

Bean Soldiers are rare even in the Immortal Realm. If sufficient in number, they can form a grand Bean Soldier formation, the power of which depends on the individual strength of the soldiers.

Although this Yellow Turban Bean Soldier is only at the late Mahayana stage and poses no threat to true immortals, the clan members from the Immortal Realm sent it down when transporting resources to the lower realm, to escort and protect the Tianming Clan there. This is the Tianming Clan's trump card, one that is even more powerful than an ordinary Profound Heaven Treasure.

They came to the Xuanyang Realm hoping to enter the Dao field and seek treasures. Given that true spirits frequently appear in the Dao field, they specifically brought this Yellow Turban Bean Soldier.

She had originally intended to use this Yellow Turban Bean Soldier to ambush Cao Yuzhen and the others, but before she could, Wang Changsheng and his companions appeared.

As a result, she had no choice but to unleash the Yellow Turban Bean Soldier to deal with Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

The Tianming Clan had originally intended to refine a true immortal-stage Bean Soldier, but due to a lack of experience, a mistake occurred. The resulting Bean Soldier only possessed Mahayana-stage cultivation, though it was refined with materials used for immortal artifacts, making it capable of withstanding Profound Heaven Treasures without issue.

Wang Changsheng raised his right hand, and two yellow lights shot out, heading directly for the Bean Soldier. The Bean Soldier moved its arms, smashing towards the yellow lights.

With clanging sounds of metal striking metal, the yellow lights flew back. They were, in fact, two glittering yellow chains—the Profound Heaven Treasure, the Xuanhuang Soul-Locking Chains.

The Xuanhuang Soul-Locking Chains spun, coiling around the Bean Soldier.

Just as Bai Bing was about to control the Bean Soldier to evade, the void in front of her rippled, and a giant blue fist shadow flashed forth, carrying an aura of destruction as it smashed towards her.

Bai Bing made a hand seal, and a white glowing shield rose to meet the attack. The blue fist shadow struck the white shield, producing a muffled thud, yet not a single mark was left on the shield's surface.

It was the Mysterious Jade Shield, a defensive Profound Heaven Treasure refined primarily from Mysterious Jade Immortal Wood over 200,000 years old. To be frank, Mysterious Jade Immortal Wood of such age could easily be used to refine defensive immortal artifacts. However, the Tianming Clan specifically crafted this defensive treasure for their lower realm members to strengthen their foundation.

If Bai Bing were to ascend to the Immortal Realm, she could request a true immortal-stage artifact refiner to help upgrade the Mysterious Jade Shield into a defensive immortal artifact. Such was the true foundation of a super-clan.

The void vibrated and distorted. Bai Bing realized something, and her body flared with white light. Just then, a powerful spatial force materialized out of thin air, binding her in place.

A black light flashed, and the Soul-Exterminating Disk appeared. After spinning rapidly, a wave of black mystical light swept out, easily penetrating Bai Bing's protective spiritual light and landing on her body.

Bai Bing's face turned pale, her body trembled slightly, and her features twisted. She felt as if a sharp weapon was cutting into her soul, which seemed about to be torn in two.

Before she could recover, a red-glowing ring descended from the sky, encircling her body and rapidly shrinking.

Bai Bing's protective spiritual light instantly shattered, and a large amount of white cold air surged from her body, immediately freezing the red ring. However, the ice quickly melted away, and a large expanse of crimson flames swept out, engulfing Bai Bing's body and rapidly tightening. Her body split in two, and the corpse transformed into a white-glowing jade ruler, which then shattered into pieces.

Bai Bing reappeared in the void ten thousand miles away, her eyes filled with terror.