Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Following the long-faced cultivator's command, seven Purple Mansion cultivators scattered, encircling the Evil Nest atop the mountain.

They tacitly summoned their respective Spiritual Artifacts and Flying Swords. Enjoy new stories from My Virtual Library Empire

They began to gather mana.

Before making their move, Senior Brother Chen glanced in the direction where Wang Chen had left, a twinge of pity arising in his heart.

He had discovered this Evil Nest and had led his team here to ambush and destroy it.

Senior Brother Chen hadn't expected Wang Chen to arrive first, cleaning out the Black Nests around the Evil Nest.

Originally, as long as Wang Chen had the sense to recognize the situation, he wouldn't have minded putting in a good word for Wang Chen, letting everyone share a piece of the pie with him.

After all, this was Wang Chen's area of operation; they were the ones overstepping their boundaries.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chen had acted so tough and just walked away.

This made Senior Brother Chen feel quite uncomfortable, thinking Wang Chen was truly tactless, no wonder he had fallen out with the Mutual Alliance Society.

No matter!

Sr. Brother Chen focused on the Evil Nest in front of him, casting Wang Chen out of his mind.

"Attack!"

The moment the long-faced cultivator's words ended, all seven Purple Mansion cultivators simultaneously launched their Spiritual Artifacts and Flying Swords.

Seals, hammers, maces, whips, swords...

One after another, the Spiritual Artifacts shone with multicolored lights, bombarding the Evil Nest in unison.

The collective strength of the seven Purple Mansion cultivators, along with the power of their Spiritual Artifacts and Flying Swords, meant that their combined attack was no less powerful than a Primary Tier Golden Core.

Boom!

The Evil Nest, utterly defenseless, was hit full-on by the various Spiritual Artifacts, causing a fierce explosion. Debris and foul-smelling black poison flew in all directions, mixed with stony shrapnel.

Sr. Brother Chen and the others were well-prepared, casting their Wind Riding Techniques to blow away the flying debris and poison.

By now, the upper layer of the Evil Nest had been completely destroyed, revealing a rock pit thirty feet in diameter, filled with black and red sludge, which bubbled and emitted poisonous fumes.

"Again!"

The long-faced cultivator shouted sternly.

He formed a spell with his hands, controlling a dark golden mace that hung in the air, striking the Evil Nest once more.

This weapon, named Sinking Gold Mace, was the long-faced cultivator's Life-Bound Magical Artifact, a high-tier Spiritual Artifact. He had cultivated it to the point where it was as responsive as an extension of his body, capable of destroying mountains and valleys with a single strike, its power immensely formidable.

The other cultivators made their moves as well, each one controlling their own Spiritual Artifacts and striking the Evil Nest.

Their method for dealing with the Evil Nest was fairly straightforward — keeping their distance and attacking with their Spiritual Artifacts. Not only was this efficient, it was also very safe, maximizing the team's collective strength.

The long-faced cultivator and his companions had already cleared out two Evil Nests previously, gaining considerable loot.

They believed this time would be no different!

However, just as the long-faced cultivator's Sinking Gold Mace was about to hit the Evil Nest, a stream of black sludge suddenly burst forth from the rock pit, instantly enveloping the high-tier Spiritual Artifact.

The brilliance of the Sinking Gold Mace dimmed suddenly; poison enriched with dense Yin Sha Energy splashed against its surface, and instantly, it began to hiss with violent corrosion.

The long-faced cultivator couldn't help but turn pale with shock, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The Sinking Gold Mace held a piece of his spirit; to damage the artifact was to harm the spirit. Such a sudden heavy blow immediately affected him in turn.

He tried to recall his Life-Bound Spiritual Artifact in a panic, but found that he had lost the connection with the Sinking Gold Mace.

The Evil Nest's corrosive sludge had completely devoured it.

But it didn't stop there; even more of the deadly sludge erupted skyward, engulfing the other cultivators' Spiritual Artifacts and Flying Swords as well!

"My Flying Sword!"

One of the cultivators let out a piercing scream of anguish.

Flying Swords are the ultimate among Magic Artifacts, often worth more than other artifacts of the same tier. For a Sword Cultivator, the painstakingly refined Flying Sword is akin to their second life.

This cultivator wasn't a pure Sword Cultivator, but his investment in his Flying Sword was also remarkably significant.

He hadn't expected it to be tainted by the Evil Nest's corrosive fluid, the loss was indeed heart-wrenching.

The rest of the cultivators were similarly speechless, each one in disbelief.

But before they could lament and regret, they saw the black poison that had sprayed into the sky swiftly coalesce into an ugly and ferocious evil monster with long, whipping tentacles extending towards them.

One cultivator, his mind in a daze, was too slow to dodge and was instantly struck and sent flying.

Fortunately, he had reinforced himself with a body protection magical shield, otherwise a single hit, bone fractures and torn tendons would have been considered light injuries.

Despite this, the cultivator crashed heavily onto the hillside, tumbling in disarray, his qi-blood roiling within him.

What was worse, his body was smeared with a good amount of the evil fluid, corroding the shield armor with a fizzing sound!

The other cultivators, though not as wretched, weren't faring much better. Under the ferocious attack of the evil liquid monster, they were all retreating in a disgraceful manner, already in complete disarray.

Boom!

At that moment, the Evil Nest suddenly erupted in a violent explosion.

Huge masses of black fluid shot dozens of feet into the air, erupting like a volcano.

One evil monster after another condensed out of the fluid!

They let out soul-shaking roars and rushed towards Senior Brother Chen and the others.

"Retreat quickly!"

Witnessing this scene, the long-faced cultivator's heart shattered in terror, and as he yelled out, he fiercely slapped a spirit talisman onto his body.

A flash of spiritual light, and his figure vanished in an instant.

However, in the next moment, the long-faced cultivator reappeared just a dozen steps away.

He seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall, blood oozing from his mouth and nose, his appearance extremely wretched, his eyes filled with shock and horror.

The Spirit Escape Charm had actually failed!

The reason was quite simple, as the surrounding space was filled with a stifling concentration of Yin Sha energy.

It was like during a surge of Yin wind; all spells and magic artifacts would be disrupted. The talismans the long-faced cultivator had reinforced himself with were severely affected, resulting in an effect fleeting as a flitting cloud!

"No!"

He let out an unwilling scream, leaping into the air.

But just as the long-faced cultivator soared into the sky, a massive black hand brutally slapped down.

Slap!

The long-faced cultivator couldn't dodge in time and was slammed back down to the ground.

His body protection shield armor shattered in an instant!

Before he could even get up, a black evil monster roared and pounced on him.

A world of evil liquid filled the vision of this Purple Mansion Cultivator!

"Ah!"

Sc

reams echoed one after another, as the mountaintop had already turned into a purgatory of the netherworld!

At the same time, Wang Chen, who had just returned to the Defense Area, suddenly felt something and turned to look in the direction of the mountains.

His gaze abruptly narrowed.

In the distance, among the undulating mountains, a mass of black Evil Qi surged towards the sky, rolling, twisting, and looking horrifyingly ferocious.

Even separated by dozens of miles, Wang Chen could still feel the evil aura emanating from there.

Something had gone wrong!

Wang Chen was certain that the location where the Evil Qi was rising was the very place where he had discovered the Evil Nest.

Thinking of Senior Brother Chen and the other fellow disciples who had gone "monster-hunting," Wang Chen felt that the odds of their fortune over disaster were slim!

Boom!

The ground suddenly shook violently, and a mountain in the distance was collapsing.

The Evil Qi was even more intense!

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