Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Battle Against the Demonic Cultivators 3

After hearing Yun Xi’s words, a young cultivator stepped forward and said, “Three fellow cultivators, we should leave Xia Fei Valley first and spread the news that the purchase of Third Rank Fei Xia Butterfly eggs is a trap. We can’t let more cultivators be fooled.”

The others nodded in agreement.

Yun Xi was determined to grind that late Golden Core demonic cultivator to death before leaving, so she said, “You can take the four demonic cultivators’ corpses with you. That will be more convincing and also the best evidence. From what I can tell, the cultivator in the town outside the valley who announced the high-price purchase of Third Rank Fei Xia Butterfly eggs is probably connected to the demonic cultivators. If you can catch him before he notices anything strange, you might be able to dig up more information about the demonic cultivators.”

Then Yun Xi mentioned another clue. In the town, there were Qi Refining cultivators who specifically sold jade slips that had been marked by the demonic cultivators.

When Xia You heard that, her eyes widened, clearly revealing that she was one of the cultivators who had bought a rear-valley map with spirit stones. She had it even worse, because she was not captured directly by the demonic cultivators, but betrayed by her companions.

“I wonder which of you is Fellow Cultivator Xia You?” Yun Xi called out.

Xia You, wearing a blue robe, instinctively stepped forward. “That would be me.”

Yun Xi glanced at Xia You and immediately understood why she had been set up by her teammates. Xia You was not only beautiful, but her cultivation had already reached mid Foundation Establishment, and her bone age was under thirty. She was clearly a very promising female cultivator.

To verify what she had learned from Pan Yuan, Yun Xi asked, “Is Pan Yuan your friend?”

The instant she heard that name, Xia You’s face changed. She clenched her teeth and said, “She’s not worthy to be my friend. After I get out of here, I will personally seek justice for myself.”

“So they sold you out?”

“Yes. They traded me to demonic cultivators in exchange for their own way out.”

There was no need to explain more. The captured cultivators could all guess the rest.

“The three of them teamed up to trick me into joining their party, but because they had already been in contact with demonic cultivators before, my spirit pet sensed it. After that, they tried to use Spirit-Sealing Pills to control me, but I already dealt with them.”

Xia You felt that was the best news she had heard all day. She immediately cupped her fists and said, “Thank you, Fellow Cultivator, for helping me vent my anger. It’s not convenient right now, but after we leave this place, Xia You will repay you generously.”

Yun Xi did not care about that. She only wanted to make new friends, so she smiled and said, “No problem. As long as you can prove I didn’t kill the wrong people.”

While Yun Xi spoke with everyone, the spiritual power in her body had already recovered by more than half. Not wanting to waste time, she gripped the Doom Staff in her hand, flashed forward, and entered the formation. Dian Dian stayed outside to keep watch.

The young cultivators watched Yun Xi enter the formation to grind down that late Golden Core demonic cultivator, and they all wanted to help, but they did not even have a decent weapon in hand.

In the end, everyone decided to carry out the plan they had discussed and make a big scene about the demonic cultivators in Xia Fei Valley first.

Among the cultivators who had been captured, the three who were at late Foundation Establishment gathered to discuss it and came up with a simple plan. Then they quickly split up, each leading a group.

First, everyone recovered their confiscated storage bags and weapons. Then they divided up the demonic cultivators’ hoard, stuffed the demonic cultivators’ corpses into storage bags, and split into three routes to leave the demonic cultivators’ lair.

One group, carrying the corpses, did not stop at all. They rushed back to town and contacted the Golden Core cultivator stationed there. Those from sects contacted their sects, those from families notified their families, and rogue cultivators directly sent messages to the rogue cultivator alliance, making sure more people learned about Xia Fei Valley.

The second group consisted of cultivators at mid Foundation Establishment and above. They were responsible for holding down those cultivators with ill intent in the rear valley, preventing news of the lair being destroyed from spreading.

Yu Qing Cheng, Liu Hao Tian, and Xia You stayed outside the formation, prepared to support Yun Xi at any time.

The main reason was that Yu Qing Cheng and Liu Hao Tian had used Hundred Flowers Pavilion’s secret art earlier and were now in a weakened period. It was best for them to recover quickly, so they chose to stay.

Xia You stayed because she truly wanted to thank Yun Xi for helping her get revenge. Since everyone had retrieved their storage bags from the demonic cultivators’ temporary cave dwelling and now had some confidence, she decided to remain and support Yun Xi.

Inside the formation, Yun Xi saw that the late Golden Core demonic cultivator looked rather battered under the purple lightning. Every bolt of purple lightning weakened his aura, but Yun Xi did not recklessly reveal herself. Instead, she relied on the formation to observe him in secret.

Yun Xi found that lightning techniques truly restrained demonic cultivators. Even though he was late Golden Core, he still had to dodge around in the formation, avoiding the lightning-strike technique.

His movement technique also seemed slightly inferior. He could not dodge the lightning-strike technique very well. When he was hit, the gray aura around him would fade by a small amount, and his movements would lag for half a second.

Yun Xi guessed that his late Golden Core cultivation was not something he had cultivated himself. It had likely been piled up through dual cultivation, absorbing the cultivation of furnaces.

She had sensed it when she killed Xue Ao. These demonic cultivators had too much weakness in their cultivation. If they encountered Dao cultivators or devil cultivators of the same realm, they would be completely crushed.

Fifteen minutes later, Yun Xi rushed into the lightning with ghostlike steps. The Seven-Star Doom Staff thrust forward, stabbing straight for the demonic cultivator’s back.

The Golden Core demonic cultivator seemed to sense it and barely dodged with a flash of movement, but because he dodged the strike, three bolts of lightning crashed down onto his body.

“Ah! I’m going to kill you!” he roared.

The demonic cultivator seemed enraged. He flung his sleeve and threw out his curved blade, and in an instant, the demonic qi around him surged, and his presence became much stronger than before.

Yun Xi knew that earlier, he had been putting on an act, trying to find the formation’s flaw. Now that she had appeared, as the owner of the formation plate, she was the one he wanted to take down. If he captured her, he could leave the formation smoothly.

“Hmph! I want to kill you even more!” Yun Xi swung the Doom Staff in her hand and charged forward without hesitation.

At that moment, the two fought inside the lightning formation. Yun Xi had a lightning spirit root, and she had the footwork boost of Thousand Shadow Wind-Supporting Technique. On top of that, the formation plate was under her control, so the lightning-strike technique avoided her.

With these three advantages combined, Yun Xi fought the demonic cultivator back and forth inside the formation. She was not suppressed despite her lower cultivation, and instead, the demonic cultivator’s attacks became restrained and awkward.

It was rare to have an enemy she could fight without holding back, so Yun Xi swung the Seven-Star Doom Staff with fierce power. She used the long staff to perform sword techniques, and the two fought so fiercely that neither could gain an easy advantage.

From the beginning, the demonic cultivator’s contempt turned into frustration. His moves grew more vicious, and he even allowed himself to be struck by the lightning-strike technique just to slash Yun Xi’s arm with the curved blade.

Yun Xi felt a strand of demonic qi shoot into her meridians. She used her divine sense to draw out the lightning spiritual power inside her body and began to hunt it down and block it.

After the Golden Core demonic cultivator confirmed he had landed his hit, a strange smile appeared on his face. He controlled the curved blade and slashed again toward Yun Xi’s neck.

Yun Xi frowned and used Wind-Supporting Steps to avoid the fatal strike. As she retreated, she controlled the Frost Profound Ice Needles to transform into thousands. Under the demonic cultivator’s terrified gaze, she used Nascent Soul Stage divine sense to suppress him, then with a wave of her hand, she unleashed Profound Ice Needle, sending those countless needles to pierce through the Golden Core demonic cultivator’s body.

“This… isn’t… possible!”

As the Profound Ice Needle pierced him, it also froze him solid. In the end, the lightning-strike technique inside the formation smashed him into countless fragments.

Yun Xi had not even had time to catch her breath when Dian Dian’s anxious voice sounded in her sea of consciousness. “Master, hurry and leave! The entire cave is about to be ground to pieces!”