Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 33: Rain of Swords
The deepest part of the Earth Spirit Abyss.
There is a cave on a steep cliff. A huge stream of water continuously gushes out from the dark cave, rushing down and forming a thousand-foot waterfall in the abyss.
Behind the waterfall, a cave can be vaguely seen. Even though the water crashes down with tremendous force, causing tremendous power, it cannot conceal the terrifying murderous intent emanating from behind the water curtain and in the cave.
If a master in the Foundation Establishment Stage were to scan the area with his spiritual sense, he would definitely find that apart from the cave behind the waterfall, there are no other monsters within a radius of dozens of miles.
Just a few dozen miles away from the waterfall cave, three figures were moving through the mountains and forests at an incredibly fast speed, attacking each other and fighting on their own.
They are the three most popular candidates vying for the championship in this outer sect competition, Du Siyu, Chen Zili, and Wu Er.
The three of them did not stay outside the Earth Spirit Abyss, but went directly into its depths to look for the Lord of the Earth Spirit. As long as they killed him, they would be the champions of this competition!
After three days, they finally found his trace, which was in the cave behind the waterfall. However, there was only one Lord of the Earth Spirit, but there were three of them. For a while, no one attacked the Lord of the Earth Spirit, but instead they restrained each other.
Du Siyu's figure was as fast as lightning. She swung her sword, creating a glowing light as she slashed at Chen Zili. Chen Zili's expression remained unchanged, and he did not draw his sword, but the scabbard was wrapped in a dark sword intent that easily blocked the attack. Suddenly, both of them had a flash of cold light in their eyes, and they retreated at the same time, and saw that the place where they had been standing before was exploded by a thunderbolt, and it was all charred.
Wu Er landed on the ground, glanced at the two, and said, "If the stalemate continues, it will be difficult to determine the winner in a short period of time. Even if someone wins by chance in the end, it is not certain that they can win alone against a peak Qi Condensation monster. How about this, let's join forces to kill the monster first, and as for who will get the Earth Spirit in the end, we can each rely on our own abilities. How do you think?"
Although these three people are all at the eighth level of Qi Condensation, they are all confident that they can kill a ninth level Qi Condensation monster on their own. However, if they have to defeat the other two first, this will be a bit difficult.
It seemed that even Chen Zili, who looked extremely dull, knew this truth. After pondering for a while, he hugged his sword and turned around.
Wu Er breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Zili gave him an increasingly unfathomable feeling. If he were to ask who among the three of them could kill a peak Qi Condensation monster after defeating the other two, he thought Chen Zili had the highest chance. However, since the other party agreed to this proposal, then things would be easy. Finally, he turned his gaze to Du Siyu.
Du Siyu frowned slightly, but finally snorted coldly and retracted her sword, reluctantly agreeing to this method.
Then, the three of them flew towards the ten thousand feet waterfall together. However, before leaving, Du Siyu suddenly looked back because she heard a few roars faintly. However, she felt that they were far away from here, so she didn't pay much attention to them. She just thought that other sect disciples were using powerful magic weapons to kill monsters...
At the same time, a terrified howl was heard from a place about a hundred miles away from them.
"Ah... Help! Little brother, save me! The skin is too thick, and the Thunderbolt Pill can't blow it up!" The little girl Ling'er's short legs turned like wheels. She ran wildly while calling for help, and at the same time took out a handful of Thunderbolt Pills and threw them behind her.
There was a loud rumbling sound, but a huge figure rushed out as if nothing had happened, with a mountain-like body rushing around. It was an elephant that was ten feet tall, red all over, and had two trunks. It was the giant elephant that Gu Xiaoxing had seen when he went to the Black Forest a few months ago.
However, this giant elephant has not yet reached the foundation building stage, and its cultivation is around the eighth level of Qi Condensation. But this is also extremely terrifying. With such a huge body, humans are as small as ants in front of it. Gu Xiaoxing swallowed his saliva. In fact, this giant elephant did not give him any sense of danger, but its mountain-like body was too shocking, and still made him subconsciously feel fear.
They were originally looking for an easy target or some tasty-looking monsters, but were suddenly attracted by a fight. When they got closer, they discovered that it was a giant elephant that was chasing after several of their fellow disciples. Gu Xiaoxing was furious at the time, and instantly remembered how a giant foundation-building elephant had frightened him.
"Ling'er, this giant elephant is too abominable, blow it up!"
The naive Lu Linger thought that her brother was so angry just to save his fellow disciples. After a few days, the little girl became braver and braver. Facing such a giant beast, she was not afraid at all. She rushed over and cooked it with Thunderbolt Pills. But she soon found that the Thunderbolt Pills, which were always effective, could only break a little skin when it exploded on the elephant.
The giant elephant was completely enraged and didn't care about the sect disciples anymore. It turned around and charged towards the little girl. The little girl immediately panicked and ran away for help. When she turned around, she saw two long noses falling down. She was so scared that she burst into tears.
Several sect disciples in the distance also cried out in surprise, it was too late to rescue the little girl. Although they also saw Gu Xiaoxing not far in front of the little girl, but in their perception, Gu Xiaoxing's cultivation was only at the seventh level of Qi Condensation, far inferior to them, and it was impossible for him to save the little girl. So they all showed pity in their eyes and some even closed their eyes.
But at this moment, the little girl's waist suddenly tightened, as if something was entangled in it. The next moment, with a "boom", two huge elephant trunks fell to the ground, and the ground immediately shattered. Rocks flew amid billowing smoke and dust. As the giant elephant raised its trunk, the smoke and dust dissipated, but the huge pit under the trunk was empty.
Everyone was stunned, only to see that the little girl was already in Gu Xiaoxing's arms with a chain wrapped around her waist. They thought that the chain must have pulled the little girl out, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. They also knew the identity of this little girl, she was the beloved disciple of the Fifth Elder, and if something really happened to her, it would be a big deal.
But then, several outer disciples were stunned again, because they saw that after saving the little girl, Gu Xiaoxing not only did not run away, but glared at the giant elephant, as if he wanted to cause trouble.
He untied the soul-binding rope from Lu Ling'er's waist and put her behind him. Then, Gu Xiaoxing glared at the giant elephant fiercely. This time he was really angry. His anger gradually surpassed his already small fear. He said, "It would be fine if Ling'er was hurt, but I will also be refined into a pill... Hmm? You said it the other way around. It would be fine if I was made into a pill, but you actually dared to hurt Ling'er. Today, I will settle all the new and old grudges together!"
After saying this, Gu Xiaoxing confirmed again that he could not sense any dangerous aura from the giant elephant, and then rushed over.
"Junior Brother Gu, don't be impulsive!" Several disciples of the sect were immediately shocked. They all had soul-devouring bodies. Although their strength was a little weaker than that of ordinary cultivators, they were at least at the eighth level of Qi Condensation. Even the few of them combined did not dare to confront this giant spirit elephant head-on. How could Junior Brother Gu, who was only at the seventh level of Qi Condensation, dare to do that?
However, the next moment, they saw an incredible scene.
The same was true for the giant elephant. Originally, the elephant was extremely angry. In its eyes, the human, who was as small as an ant, dared to charge at it. So it wanted to smash the human to death with its nose. But suddenly, a flash of golden light appeared inexplicably on the bridge of its nose and in front of its eyes. It was stunned.
It wasn't over yet. The elephant then saw the human wave his hand and pulled out a green stick with a burning tip from somewhere.
Gu Xiaoxing held a burning incense in his hand, his eyes flashed with ferocity, golden runes appeared on his body, and he gathered all his strength and smashed it hard on the giant elephant's head.
This is his full-strength attack!
He also wanted to see how strong he was!
boom!
A layer of air waves exploded, and the huge body of the giant elephant sank instantly. Not only was it because of the powerful force that made it lose its balance and kneel down, but most of the body of the giant elephant sank into the ground. Cracks appeared on the ground, but no dust was stirred up, because all the dust was instantly blown away by the terrifying force.
The giant elephant falls!
Everyone was stunned. One of them even rubbed his eyes in disbelief and muttered, "Is this... is this still a human? He can't do such a thing at the Qi Condensation Stage, right?"
That was a giant elephant at the eighth level of Qi Condensation! With its incomparable physical strength, even a ninth level Qi Condensation would have a hard time dealing with it. How could it be killed by a stick from a seventh level Qi Condensation? If Gu Xiaoxing had defeated the giant elephant with magic weapons and spells, they would have been surprised beyond belief, but it would not have been as shocking as this complete crushing of the elephant in terms of strength.
The little girl's mouth was big enough to fit an egg, and she was staring at Gu Xiaoxing with shining eyes.
Gu Xiaoxing shook the incense in his hand and put it back into the storage bag. Then he waved his sleeves in a rather imposing manner, as if to shake off the little fear as well. He said lightly: "Sure enough, it's just a little bit bigger, good-looking but useless. After I deal with the little one, I'll find the big one to settle the score! Ling'er!"
"Ling'er?" Seeing no response, Gu Xiaoxing called out again.
“Yes, yes, Ling’er is here!” Lu Ling’er seemed to have just reacted and hurried over, with stars in her eyes and a look of admiration, “Little brother, you are awesome!”
Gu Xiaoxing coughed dryly, put on the posture of Master Bai, and said calmly: "Brother said that he would protect you, and he will never break his promise. If anyone bullies Ling'er, I will smash him to pieces!"
Little Ling'er was deeply moved. She pursed her lips and tears fell from her eyes.
Gu Xiaoxing's old face turned red, and he quickly said, "Okay, okay, Ling'er, be good, go get the earth spirit out, and eat the elephant later!"
Hearing this, the little girl immediately burst into laughter and turned to walk towards the corpse of the giant elephant.
"It's so easy to fool!" Gu Xiaoxing glanced at the little girl secretly.
The little girl wiped away the tears from her eyes, suddenly took out a big knife, and with great force and blood splattered, she took the earth spirit out of the giant elephant's body in a few strokes. She waved to Gu Xiaoxing with a sweet smile.
“…”
Everyone was speechless for a while. In their impression, this little girl should be innocent and cute, but how come she seemed to be turning into a little witch?
The culprit Gu Xiaoxing didn't care about it, and even gave the little girl a thumbs up to express his praise for a job well done.
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically. He had no time to hesitate. He took a small step forward and instantly appeared in front of Lu Linger, holding her in his arms. At the same time, the Soul Binding Rope rushed out of his body like a red dragon, surrounding the two of them.
The next moment, countless flying swords fell from the sky, like a rain of swords. Before the outer disciples who had reached the eighth level of Qi Condensation could even react, they were pierced through by the flying swords and died!
