Chapter 253 Mysterious Spirit Shell, Robbery and Murder (Two in One)_2
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"Uncle-Great-Grandfather, what kind of shell is this?" In that instant, Lin Shiming almost thought the shell was a Purple Mansion Great Demon.
With the Sword Dao realm of him and Lin Xianzhi, they actually couldn't break open the shell of this Spirit Shell.
Lin Xianzhi also frowned, clearly not recognizing what this shell was.
But from the drifting Spirit Light just now, it seemed that the appearance of those black Spirit Fish was due to this shell-like Demonic Beast.
"Beads, beads!" At this moment, it was Wang Jiao who sent vague messages to Lin Shiming.
As if inside the shell, there was some special Spiritual Object.
"This shell seems not to attack, it can only attract Spirit Beasts by those drifting Spirit Light, inducing illusions on them," Lin Xianzhi said.
"Then let's put it away first!" Lin Shiming, seeing that the shell had stopped moving, also took out a Spirit Beast Bag, intending to store the mysterious shell.
The Spirit Light from the Spirit Beast Bag covered the shell, but surprisingly, the Spirit Shell also emitted Spirit Light and in the next moment directly shattered the Spirit Light from the Spirit Beast Bag.
Capturing the shell failed!
Wang Jiao, who was beside them, was watching Lin Shiming's actions, and seeing the attempt fail, suddenly raised its tail.
With a swoosh!
The shell was smashed into the wall again.
However, the Spirit Shell still did not open, nor did it release the same kind of fluff as before.
Seeing that the Spirit Beast Bag couldn't capture it, Lin Xianzhi adopted other Magic Artifacts and began attacking the Spirit Shell one after another.
Lin Shiming also called over the Golden Winged Mantis and the Red-haired Demon Monkey.
The Golden Winged Mantis' two scythe-like limbs struck the shell, but still not a single crack appeared.
Meanwhile, the Red-haired Demon Monkey took out a Primordial Magnet Seal and with a swing, the Spirit Shell clearly reacted this time.
But in the end, it still wasn't smashed open!
The failure of the Primordial Magnet Seal to smash it open also gave Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi a headache.
"Let's forget about it!" At this point, Lin Xianzhi was even considering leaving.
If the Spirit Shell could not be taken into the Spirit Beast Bag, carrying it would make them the public enemy in the entire Secret Realm.
"Uncle-Great-Grandfather, let Shiming try once more!" Lin Shiming took out a Heavenly Demon Bag and fiercely tried to suck in the Spirit Shell.
The powerful gust of wind sucked at the Spirit Shell, and the surface of the Spirit Shell also emitted a kind of Spirit Light again.
However, in the next moment, Lin Shiming cast another Spirit Art.
The Spirit Shell finally disappeared from sight.
Of course, it did not go into the Heavenly Demon Bag, but rather into the Cave Heaven World.
He had placed it within the same swamp where Wang Jiao was previously.
Incidentally, Lin Shiming also put away Wang Jiao, asking it to stay in the Cave Heaven World and watch over the Spirit Shell.
This time the Secret Realm was under the supervision of a Golden Core True Person; he could not rely on Wang Jiao's combat power, otherwise, he would at least have the strength of a peak of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.
Seeing the Spirit Shell secured, Lin Xianzhi's brows relaxed, and he beamed with joy.
This trip to the Secret Realm had garnered them at least a Third Rank Spirit Tree, and this mysterious Spirit Shell.
If those black Spirit Fish were because of this Spirit Shell, then the future of the Lin Family's Body Cultivation would see great development.
After double-checking the cave entrance and confirming there were no other treasures, the two flew out of the dark river.
There were still about a dozen Spirit-Ant-Eating ants flying above the dark river, and the black Spirit Fish were nowhere to be seen, indicating no further chance of capturing them.
The two left the dark river and flew towards the top of the cliff.
Yet, as soon as they flew out, they saw more than a dozen Formation Flags fly out, immediately enveloping them.
A Formation was formed.
At the same time, countless Spirit Talismans poured down like rain, smashing towards them.
Lin Shiming quickly took out the Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation, a total of four sets, thirty-six swords in all.
Blocking all four directions around them.
The dazzling Spirit Talismans shattered one after another.
And Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi finally saw who was ambushing them.
What they didn't expect was that it wasn't the Demon Cultivators ambushing them, but it was the cultivators from the Spirit Talisman Sect.
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There were four people, two at the late stage of Foundation Establishment and two at the middle stage.
If this strength were exchanged for a group of cultivators at the late and middle stages of Foundation Establishment, they naturally would have fallen victim to the ambush.
But Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi were not ordinary cultivators.
For the moment, even with a formation, the four from the Spirit Talisman Sect couldn't do anything to the two of them.
"Fellow Daoists from the Spirit Talisman Sect, why attack us from the Qingxuan Sect?" Lin Shiming asked while casting a spell.
"You, from the Qingxuan Sect, are so familiar with the treasures of this secret realm. Shouldn't you share some with us?" A cultivator at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment from the Spirit Talisman Sect couldn't help but speak up.
The other three also narrowed their eyes.
But in just that time, the four had activated the formation and also thrown out four beast talismans.
The demonic beasts transformed from the four beast talismans were all late-stage Third Rank demonic beasts.
In an instant, Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi felt a tremendous increase in pressure.
But in the next moment, Lin Shiming violently waved his hand, and another thirty-six Formation Swords flew out, forming eight small Profound Heavenly Sword Formations with a total of seventy-two swords.
And that wasn't all; he had also, at some point, thrown out a large number of Purple Gold Vine seeds.
Lin Xianzhi made his move too. His Qinglian Sword was urged to its maximum, transforming into numerous cyan Sword Lotuses.
The several cultivators' faces changed dramatically in response.
Rushing to swallow elixirs and cast spells, they hadn't managed to defend themselves when suddenly eighty-one Spirit Ants had already bitten a large hole through the formation. Continue your adventure at empire
The Qinglian Sword flew out, instantly killing a middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the integrity of the remaining formation collapsed in the blink of an eye due to the loss of one of its base components.
Purple Gold Vines rose into the sky, and while the three cultivators were quick to react, above them was a sky filled with Formation Swords, with Sword Qi crisscrossing.
Below, the dense Purple Gold Vines blocked the three people's paths of escape.
Alongside them, Lin Xianzhi released his Qinglian Sword again, evolving the Sword Lotus.
The Sword Pistils within the cyan Sword Lotus, being threads of condensed Sword Qi, were extremely fearsome. With the dissipation of their Sword Light, another late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator vanished.
Additionally, Lin Shiming's seventy-two Formation Swords shattered the four beast talismans, and the remaining late-stage cultivators also perished under the combined efforts of Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi.
If it were five years ago, without a third auxiliary Spirit Platform, he couldn't have summoned so many Purple Wood Sword Formations and Purple Gold Vines at once, but now not only had his Sword Intent broken through to Sword Light Transformation, but his True Yuan was also far beyond comparison to before.
With Lin Xianzhi, who was half a step from condensing Sword Qi into threads, these assailants stood no chance, even with a formation.
Only one middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was left, and Lin Shiming wanted to search his soul.
However, he discovered that the other also had the Sect's Jade Book from the Spirit Talisman Sect and had to give up the idea.
"Speak, why did you attack us?" Lin Shiming asked coldly, interrogating the last middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The secret realm had just begun, and if it were a question of plundering, one would wait until the cultivators had obtained something of value, not start so early as now.
This was also his point of confusion and Lin Xianzhi felt the same.
"You have only one chance to answer!"
In the sky, several Spirit Ants, unnoticed before, had flown onto the cultivator. Their sharp teeth seemed ready to bite into him at a moment's notice.
The remaining middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, now bound by the Monster Binding Ring, was completely immobilized and watched the Spirit Ants with extreme fear.
Regret overwhelmed him; he had thought they were just dealing with two minor family cultivators but hadn't expected Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi to be so powerful. Not even peak-level Sect disciples would be this fearsome.
"If I speak, can you spare my life, fellow Daoist?" the middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator mustered the courage to ask.
But in the next moment, the Spirit Ants viciously bit down, and in a matter of seconds, a dozen Spirit Ants could kill a Third Rank water buffalo.
The Foundation Establishment cultivator screamed in agony!
Yet he was unable to move due to being bound by the Monster Binding Ring.
"It's because the Taibai Sword Palace emerged. It requires the Taibai Sword Map to enter, and we four only have three maps among us!" the middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator blurted out through gritted teeth.
"Just give me a quick death!" the middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator howled in pain.
Lin Shiming also quickly released his Flying Sword, and the four ambushing cultivators from the Spirit Talisman Sect immediately fell.
Lin Shiming frowned as he searched their Storage Bags and found three sheepskin treasure maps.
And in his own Storage Bag, there were two more maps, while Lin Xianzhi also had one.
They had both obtained them in Heavenly River City and Jiuye City.
Initially, these maps had even been auctioned, but because their origins couldn't be disclosed, they didn't fetch a high price.
But neither of them had imagined that these were actually maps of the Taibai Sword Palace within the secret realm.
"Shiming, we're in some trouble. This Taibai Sword Sect is said to be a Nascent Soul Sect from ten thousand years ago. The appearance of its ruins will inevitably cause blood to flow like rivers, and we'll encounter even more attacks!" Lin Xianzhi said, somewhat worried.