Chapter 499: Liuli Tide Moon Stone

Wang Changsheng changed his incantation, and the yellow shield transformed into a vast expanse of fine yellow sand. It spun rapidly, turning into countless densely packed yellow flying needles that overwhelmingly shot towards the blue toad.

This third-tier demonic beast was an ice-attribute creature that understood ice-attribute divine abilities, so ice-based spells could not inflict much damage on it.

Wang Changsheng raised his hand, and the Adamant Bracelets flew out. With a blur, they transformed into hundreds of identical golden bracelets that quickly intertwined to form a gigantic golden net, enveloping the blue toad.

He flicked his sleeve, and over a dozen metal spheres flew out, transforming into over a dozen second-tier ape puppet beasts.

Their jaws opened almost simultaneously, and specks of spiritual light appeared in their mouths. Thick beams of light shot out from their mouths, striking the blue toad.

A loud rumbling explosion roared as the dozen or so thick beams of light struck the blue toad. However, it was like tickling and failed to injure the creature.

"Croak!"

The blue toad let out a strange cry, and a large expanse of white cold mist emanated from its body, forming a thick blue armor on it.

The densely packed yellow flying needles shot over, but the blue toad spat out a large expanse of bone-chilling white cold mist. As soon as the yellow flying needles touched the mist, they were frozen and fell from mid-air, while a small portion of the yellow flying needles quickly retreated.

A gigantic golden net flew towards it, but the blue toad's eyes shot out a thick white beam of light that instantly struck the golden net. The golden net rapidly froze, becoming an ice sculpture.

Just then, a house-sized blue lightning orb descended from the sky and smashed onto its body.

A rumbling sound echoed as a large expanse of blue lightning enveloped the blue toad's form.

A blue vortex several zhang wide suddenly appeared above the blue lightning, and a gigantic palm, covered in numerous blue electric arcs, swiftly extended and slapped down fiercely.

A pained shriek rang out!

Two whooshing sounds broke the air as two flashes of golden light vanished into the blue lightning, followed by another pained shriek.

Another blue vortex appeared out of thin air above the blue lightning, and a gigantic blue lightning palm swiftly extended, slapping down towards the blue lightning.

Wang Changsheng formed a hand seal, and some of the yellow flying needles swirled, plunging into the blue lightning.

A mournful wail rang out.

A fierce glint flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes. He slapped his right palm towards the void, and a gigantic blue palm, covered in blue electric arcs, appeared out of thin air above the blue lightning, quickly slapping down.

After accomplishing all of this, Wang Changsheng's face was pale. To kill this demon, he had continuously used spirit arts three times, significantly depleting his spiritual power.

After three breaths, the blue lightning dissipated, and the blue toad lay on the ground, bleeding profusely and completely lifeless.

To be cautious, Wang Changsheng controlled the Nine-Twist Divine Sand, transforming it into a long yellow blade, and cut the blue toad into two halves, ensuring it was beyond dead.

Wang Changsheng brought out the Soul-Collecting Bottle and collected the blue toad's vital spirit.

He quickly approached the blue toad's corpse, squatted down, and searched for its demon core.

"Hmm, what is this?"

Wang Changsheng took out a fist-sized blue stone from the blue toad's abdomen. This blue stone was crystal clear throughout, unusually smooth, and emitted a pure water spiritual energy.

The blue stone felt slightly cool to the touch. He gently squeezed it, and the blue stone immediately caved in, with several finger marks on its surface.

He rubbed it between his hands, forming the blue stone into a hazy blue pearl.

Wang Changsheng's face showed a thoughtful expression; he seemed to recall seeing related records somewhere.

After a while, a hint of surprise flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes as he uttered, "A Glazed Tidal Moonstone! It's actually this item."

The Glazed Tidal Moonstone is a rare stone born of heaven and earth, capable of changing its form at will. It is an excellent water-attribute spiritual item that naturally gathers water spiritual energy. Immortal cultivators who practice water-attribute cultivation methods can accelerate their cultivation speed by wearing this item, and it also aids in cultivating water-attribute divine abilities.

Wang Changsheng's gaze became fervent. The immortal cultivation world had always been filled with legends of fortuitous encounters: a low-tier cultivator, initially looked down upon by peers, would occasionally obtain a damaged spirit treasure or a rare item of heaven and earth, rapidly improving their cultivation and advancing by leaps and bounds to ascend to the Nascent Soul stage. Wang Changsheng had never expected to have such a fortuitous encounter himself.

With the Glazed Tidal Moonstone, his cultivation speed would significantly increase. To some extent, the Glazed Tidal Moonstone was comparable to a water-attribute auxiliary spirit treasure.

There was a Zhang Wuchen in the South Sea whose fortuitous encounters defied heaven. No one knew what kind of encounter she had to develop the Zhang family into a major clan within three hundred years. Now that Wang Changsheng had obtained a Glazed Tidal Moonstone, the Wang family might become the second Zhang family.

The blue toad had quite a lot inside its body. Besides the demon core, there was also a spirit bird and the corpse of a red-robed elder, a small portion of which had already been digested. Fortunately, the storage bag was not damaged.

Wang Changsheng searched the red-robed elder's corpse, found a red storage bag, and emptied its contents.

The magical treasures included three gleaming red flying daggers and a small red umbrella, none of which Wang Changsheng could use due to attribute incompatibility. There were also over eighty thousand spirit stones, three low-grade third-tier demon cores, over a dozen sections of third-tier Golden Moon Blazing Bamboo, and a good amount of miscellaneous materials.

What excited Wang Changsheng was that there were over five hundred jin of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, though he had no idea where the red-robed elder had obtained it.

Coupled with the batch of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water in the family treasury, there was over a thousand jin in total, and it was undiluted. If diluted at a one-to-three ratio, it would be enough for Wang Changsheng to cultivate to the fifth or sixth layer of the Core Formation stage, meaning he would no longer need to travel around searching for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.

The abundance of this harvest exceeded Wang Changsheng's expectations, especially with the Glazed Tidal Moonstone. With this item, his cultivation speed would definitely accelerate significantly.

Wang Changsheng sorted these items and stored them in different storage pearls.

He picked the lotus, sat down cross-legged, and meditated to recover.

An hour later, Wang Changsheng walked out of the cave.

Not long after, he disappeared into the dense forest.

In a certain clearing, three men and one woman were besieging a tall, slender, and handsome middle-aged man.

A gleaming dark small umbrella floated above the middle-aged man's head, and a large expanse of black light enveloped him.

"I've already fled to the Eastern Desolate, yet you still won't let me go. Do you truly intend to wipe me out?"

The middle-aged man said with a grim face, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Hmph," one of them sneered. "Blame your father for trying to seize the sect master position. If you don't die, how can Sect Master Shangguan sit securely as the leader of the Nine Nether Sect? Today is your death day. Do you think we couldn't find you by using the alias Wang Lin? You've been afflicted with Sect Master Shangguan's Nine Nether Blood Ghost Restriction; you can't escape."

"Exactly," another added. "Who told you to cultivate the 'Nine Nether Celestial Illusion Tome'? This is our sect's secret forbidden art that must never be leaked. Only the sect master can cultivate this technique."

The middle-aged man's eyes turned cold, and he said icily, "Since you intend to wipe me out, then let's die together!"

He raised his hand, and twelve gleaming dark command flags flew out, instantly expanding. They spun rapidly around him, and a vast expanse of dense black mist surged out, enveloping his figure.

The three men and one woman hurriedly intensified their attacks, but all their attacks plunged into the black mist like mud sinking into the sea, without a single sound.

A gold-robed elder with a dignified countenance had his eyes turn cold. He brought out a glittering golden talisman, which transformed into a gigantic golden sun, enveloping an area several hundred zhang in circumference.

After three breaths, the golden sun disappeared, and Wang Lin also vanished, leaving only over a dozen command flags on the ground.

"Damn it, he escaped."

"Don't worry," one of them said. "He can't escape. He's a high-grade third-tier formation master and must have many life-saving items on him. As long as he's in the secret realm, with the Soul-Tracking Plate in hand, he absolutely cannot escape, unless he runs ten thousand li in one go."

The gold-robed elder took out a gleaming dark jade plate, its surface engraved with densely packed profound runes that vaguely formed a pattern of a malevolent ghost.

He struck a hand seal onto the black jade plate, and a cacophony of ghostly wails and wolf howls erupted. Countless black runes flew out from the jade plate, transforming into a black arrow that pointed towards the southeast.

"Pursue."

The three men and one woman transformed into four streaks of escape light and pursued in the southeast direction.