Talisman Emperor
Chapter 330 The Forest of gloom
The sky of Firecrow Town at dawn was still completely overcast.
When Chen Xi arrived at the Firecrow Tavern, Qi Yin had already waited in full gear, and he still had a pitch-black bow covered in a dim sheen, making him appear bold and stout.
There were another 10 plus villains from Firecrow Town following behind him. All of these people wanted to go together with Qi Yin to gather the materials in the Dark Forest. They either wanted to hunt demonic beasts to extract their feathers and bones, or to gather spirit materials and dig for spirit ores.
The group left shortly.
The Dark Forest was located behind Firecrow City, and was limitless spacious, with tall and ancient trees. These ancient trees were so thick that it required seven or eight people to join hands around it, and the crown of the tree was more than 300 m from the ground.
Every tree in the forest was huge like this, but the distance between the trees was vast, and the ground was covered in a thick layer of rotten leaves. If one stepped on it forcefully, their entire body would be buried within this foliage. This was not because there was a swamp underneath, but because the layer of rotting leaves on the ground was too thick.
Because the forest was too vast and luxurious, the sunlight was unable to pass through the thick layer of leaves, causing one to walk in the darkness within, and the shadows dancing in the trees looked a little frightening.
Qi Ying walked in the lead, while Chen Xi quietly followed from behind. The group of people remained silent, causing the atmosphere within the group to appear extremely oppressive, and only the roars of demonic beasts could be heard in the distance, adding a ferocious and terrifying aura to the atmosphere.
As they moved deeper into the forest, everyone's expressions became wary as they remained vigilant of their surroundings. In this way, the speed of the group's progress was reduced naturally.
According to Chen Xi's knowledge, they had already left the outer area of the Dark Forest and started moving towards its depths.
There were no accidents occurring along the way here, and instead, the entire forest was very quiet, silent. Not to mention the demonic beasts, they did not even see a single ant.
Something is wrong!
Chen Xi's cold eyes flowed with a bright light as he looked at the powerful figure of Yin Qi in front, and he fell into a deep contemplation.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Suddenly, a strange howling sound tore through the deadly silent atmosphere. They seemed to be suddenly drilling from within the cracks in the rocks, and this sudden occurrence was pressing towards them at an extremely fast speed.
There was no need to say a word, and everyone had already stopped moving before carefully taking precautions.
"Revelation! They're Azure Shuttle Swallows! ”One of the criminals shouted in a loud voice filled with terror. Everyone's expressions became a little scared together, and they instantly drew defensive Magic Treasures of various colors as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
As soon as the voice of that fellow finished echoing in the air, over 10 blades of blue and sharp lights that were like arrows were shot out explosively from all directions!
These blue-coloured light blades were so fast that they were like lightning strikes as they tore through the sky and emitted sharp howls that pierced through the ear drums, and the killing intent that attacked their faces pierced coldly like blades!
Pu's! Pu's!
The defensive Magic Treasures of the two villains were easily penetrated like paper by the blade of blue light. Instantly, two fountains of blood gushed out from their chests!
"AH !!" The loud screams of the two thugs resounded in the forest.
Others were shocked by the terror, but they did not have time to care about anything else. Their defensive Magic Treasures had also suffered the same attack and trembled violently as they let out deafening bangs, and they were almost crushed.
It was not hard to imagine that if another wave of attacks arrived, they would not be able to escape the fate of being pierced by the blue-colored light blades and would perish!
Chen Xi remained behind the group, so she suffered the least amount of attacks, and she avoided it with a slight dodge, making her seem very comfortable. At this moment, he had seen it clearly as well, those numerous blades of blue-colored light were actually a cluster of blue-colored swallows.
The Azure Shuttle Swallows were completely light blue and had a flat physique like shuttles, and they were only the size of a palm with open wings. Supposedly, traces of the bloodline of the primordial beast, the Driftshadow Sparrow, flowed within this demonic beast, and it had a speed that was as fast as a lightning strike when it came and went like the wind.
Aside from having a body that was like a sharp shuttle, its attack was also extremely sharp like a shuttle, and when combined with its lightning-like speed, the attack that exploded with it was terrifying.
Due to its extremely fast speed, and its delicate and small space shuttle-like physique, the Azure Shuttle Swallow was called the natural killer of the forest. It was extremely adept at surprise attacks and moved out in groups, causing its prey to usually already be penetrated and killed before they realized it.
After failing in their attack, the Azure Shuttle Swallows clearly revealed the intention to retreat. They had never imagined that these defensive Magic Treasures would be so solid, and their movements could not help but become a little sluggish due to their blocked attacks.
Every villain from this Firecrow City had abundant combat experience, and when they saw their friend die miserably before them, they felt shock and anger in their hearts. At this moment, when they saw the Azure Shuttle Swallows reveal exhaustion, they did not hesitate in the slightest to attack ferociously at once.
They knew very well that if they did not take the chance when the Azure Shuttle Swallows were exhausted, then after the Azure Shuttle Swallows recovered their previous speed which was like a free-flowing shadow, it was only after the Azure Shuttle Swallows, their chances of victory would be extremely low, and there was even a chance they would be wiped out.
Sword light, sword qi, spear images .. Various fierce attacks sprayed like a storm.
In this treacherous forest, everyone hated demon beasts like the Azure Shuttle Swallows that had small physiques and dominated in speed. Because in this environment, one would forever be unable to freely move forward and backward like the Azure Shuttle Swallows. Moreover, once their attacks failed, they would escape instantly before waiting for the opportunity to launch a surprise attack once again, causing them to become extremely troublesome and annoying.
Bang out! Bang out! Bang out!
The Five Azure Shuttle Swallows were struck and exploded into several balls of bloody mist in the air. Compared to their attacks, the Azure Shuttle Swallows possessed extremely terrifying defensive capabilities, and they would basically be unable to survive after being hit by an attack.
In order to avoid being harassed and taken by surprise by these Azure Shuttle Swallows on the next part of this journey, these villains are determined to completely annihilate this group of Azure Shuttle Swallows, and they hold back not one bit. Various attacks were fired explosively, causing large and thick trees around 300 m nearby to be cut down in the middle and pieces of wood to scatter into the air, and the scene looked extremely chaotic.
Amidst this chaos, Chen Xi's gaze was always locked on Qi Yin, the, and he was like an outsider who remained indifferent to everything that was happening around him and was completely immobile against the Azure Shuttle Swallows.
The body of Qi Yin moved during the process of shooting the arrow as well, and he seemed to be intentionally yet unintentionally flashing into the distance.
When Qi Yin was just about to leave the group, a figure of a being appeared suddenly like a ghost to pass directly towards him, and with a hand raised, a ghost appeared, the figure was already holding the back of his clothes before bringing him back into the group.
"What are you doing? It's battle! This is not the time to cause trouble! ”Caught off guard and dragged back causing Qi Yin to be instantly shocked in her heart, and she felt a chill creep down her spine. But his expression instantly became calm when he realized who was catching him.
That figure was precisely Chen Xi, and the corner of his mouth was suffused with coldness as his eyes became ice-cold. “This is indeed a battle. But compared to these Azure Shuttle Swallows, you are much more disgusting. ”
The face of Qi Yin sank. "What did you say?"
“Actually, I've been watching you lie since last night. With the intelligence of the Blacksun Pavilion, they would absolutely not let outsiders know of their plans, but rather let the outside live. This is very unusual. Since you can survive, it definitely proves one thing. Your identity might not be just one of the five great villains of Firecrow Town, and you might be an assassin in the Blacksun Pavilion embedded in Firecrow Town. Am I right? ”Ask Chen Xi indifferently.
His hand gripped the throat of Qi Yin tightly, yet his eyes swept around. His gaze did not stop at the group of people who were still fighting the Azure Shuttle Swallows and instead looked towards the depths of the forest, and he seemed to have noticed something.
Panic appeared for a moment in Qi Yin's eyes before becoming extremely calm, and he said indifferently, “You were right. But, you've fallen into a tight siege now, and you're dead even if you kill me now. ”
A trace of ice-cold ridicule enveloped the corner of Chen Xi's lips. “I'll only know later if I can survive. But, do you believe if I said you would definitely die by now? "
Qi Yin remained silent and revealed a resigned appearance to his fate.
"Can you tell me something before your death?" Ask Chen Xi. He did not seem to want to kill Qi Yin, and he seemed to be waiting for something.
“Speak. ”
"Is there a reward for killing assassins from your Blacksun Pavilion?"
"No . ”
“The lives of the assassins in your Blacksun Pavilion are completely worthless. But this bow isn't bad. This should be the Treasure Shaman who has been by your side for so many years, right? ”Chen Xi raised her hand to grab the pitch-black bow to her side. It was cold to the touch, and it was unusually heavy to the point it was actually over 5,000 kg. Moreover, traces of ancient and silent Shaman Energy faintly coiled around him, causing him to appear mysterious and mighty.
A Shaman Treasure was a weapon used by body distillers. Unlike Magic Treasures used by qi refiners, refining Shaman Treasures was extremely difficult. Moreover, it could only be refined by the body distiller itself.
Since there was only one material to refine Shaman Treasures, the corpse of an Ancient Fiendgod. The bones, teeth, meridians, spikes, and even the hair and eyes of an Ancient Fiendgod could be refined into a Shaman Treasure, he said, and only the corpses and bones of the Ancient Fiendgods could join the Shaman Energy and exert a power similar to that of the Magic Treasure.
Moreover, every single Shaman Treasure had to be fed and nourished with his own Blood Essence body distiller and had to be constantly tempered with the Shaman Energy to remove the impurities within. Only in this way would the Shaman Treasure reach a state fully fused with the body distiller and be ordered at will.
But Ancient Fiendgod corpses were extremely rare in the Darchu Dynasty, and it was even rarer than Immortal Artifacts. It is precisely because of this that 99% of the body distillers in the world have no Shaman Treasure to use at all, and it is clear how valuable the Shaman treasure is from this.
Of course, even if they did not possess a Treasure Shaman, body refiners could still completely destroy qi refiners at the same cultivation by relying on their bodies that were comparable to Magic Treasures.
The expression of Qi Yin was finally grim. He was not sad about his Shaman Treasure, and it was not Chen Xi's words that completely shattered the last trace of hope in his heart.
He had always used a bow with True Essence before, so the power he revealed was less than 1% of his strength, and he did so for the sake of hiding his identity as a body distiller. Thus, after he was captured by Chen Xi, he did not worry about anything. A body distiller was able to regrow limbs, and as long as his head and heart were not injured, he would be able to recover back to his previous state.
However, he realized that he was wrong now. Chen Xi was able to recognize the Shaman Treasure, so Chen Xi naturally knew that he was a body distiller, so how could Chen Xi not know where his weak point was when killing him?
“Can you spare my life? I will trade my life for the heavenly Ability Archery type, and this Starruin Bow is also yours. How about that? ”Qata Qi Yin with low voice.
“Don't all the Blacksun Pavilion assassins take their own lives after failing a mission? Why are you so afraid to die? "Chen Xi replied with a question.
"Everybody is afraid of death, and it's precisely because we're afraid of death that we work hard to live, right?" Qi Yin looked at Chen Xi with an honest expression, and she did not feel at all afraid of death was a shame.
Chen Xi did not agree or disagree, and she was just about to speak when she suddenly realized something, causing a cold light to overflow from her eyes, and then he broke the heart of Qi Yin with his palm strike under the shocked and frightened gaze of Qi Yin.
"You ... very cruel!" Blood spilled from the corner of Qi Yin's mouth as her gaze revealed deep hatred, and then her gaze quickly dimmed as her body fell to the ground.
“I want to live too, so you have to die. '' Chen Xi shook her head and casually picked up the storage Magic Treasure belonging to Qi Yin, and she did not even glance at it before suddenly tapping the tip of her foot on the ground, it caused him to appear like a wisp of smoke as he directly drilled into the forest and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the other villains had completely annihilated the Azure Shuttle Swallows and did not even have a chance to sigh in relief when they were shocked that Qi Yin had actually died on the ground!
They cannot be blamed for just realizing it now. The attacks of the Azure Shuttle Swallows were too ferocious, and with their strength, they did not dare to distract them in the slightest. Moreover, Chen Xi and Qi Yin stood behind the group, so it was difficult for them to notice it even if they wanted to.
"Dirt! The evil existence is gone. Could he be killing Qi Yin? ”Someone noticed Chen Xi disappear and shouted in fear, causing the others to instantly react to this, and their expressions became extremely unsightly.
Without Qi Yin leading the way, how would they travel in this dangerous forest that was like a labyrinth?
Rustle ~ Rustle ~
The subtle sound waves of wind resounded as the wind blew and caused the rotten leaves on the ground to move.
Furthermore, more than 10 figures whose faces were covered with black cloth suddenly appeared in the field of vision of many criminals, and they appeared without any sound like spirits!