Chapter 439 - 222: A Fierce Battle Against an Organ Refining Expert

Chapter 439: Chapter 222: A Fierce Battle Against an Organ Refining Expert

The sisters, Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang, raced like the wind until they neared the mountain. They suddenly slowed down, concealed their auras again, and crept up the slope.

The mountain wasn’t particularly high, and its trees were sparser and shorter than those in the surrounding forests.

The Black Lotus Sect fiends had clearly chosen this spot to light the Beast-Attracting Incense intentionally, making it easier for a large number of Demon Beasts to gather.

Moreover, the location where the Beast-Attracting Incense was lit was even closer to Silent Extinction Ridge.

In this environment, it was difficult for Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang to hide their movements, even as they deliberately concealed their auras.

Furthermore, the mountain was devoid of animal activity. Not a single bird was in sight, and there wasn’t even a trace of insects in the grass. It was frighteningly quiet, exuding a sinister, deathly stillness.

The further Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang advanced, the stronger this sinister feeling became, putting them on high alert.

Logically, when the Black Lotus Sect fiends lit the Beast-Attracting Incense on the mountain, it should have caused a commotion and disturbed the local wildlife.

Even if the fiends had fled immediately after lighting the incense, the situation shouldn’t have been this uncanny.

As the saying goes: "Unnatural events signal foul play, and unnatural behavior hides a blade."

Both Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang were exceptionally intelligent and sharp-witted. They were almost certain that Black Lotus Sect fiends were lying in ambush, hidden within the forest.

But with the Demon Beast Tide surging toward them and time running out, they had no other choice.

"Put out the Beast-Attracting Incense and retreat as fast as we can!"

Shen Qingshuang cried out, no longer bothering to hide her movements as she shot toward the mountaintop.

Shen Qingyao also sped up, staying close to protect her sister’s flank.

The Beast-Attracting Incense was located beneath a massive boulder. In the dozens of yards of forest around it, there were no towering ancient trees.

But the sinister, gloomy aura was incredibly dense. A faint breeze blew, carrying a terrifying and malevolent chill.

"Be careful! It’s the Yin Evil Realm!"

Shen Qingshuang landed on the branch of a large tree. Her delicate brows furrowed as she carefully examined every blade of grass and every tree near the Beast-Attracting Incense.

On a nearby tree, Shen Qingyao quickly took out a Jade Box from her robes, her gaze sweeping vigilantly around them.

Inside the Jade Box was the Ice Soul Jade Marrow, a gift from the Shen Family Ancestor, Shen Zhaoyi, for their protection.

The Ice Soul Jade Marrow was an object of extreme cold. As long as one had some comprehension of the Frost Snow Realm, they could use the Ice Soul Jade Marrow to unleash the First Layer of the Frost Snow Realm.

Its power was comparable to the Frost Snow Realm unleashed with the full strength of a Marrow Cleansing Realm Perfection Martial Artist.

This powerful item was undoubtedly Shen Qingyao’s and Shen Qingshuang’s life-saving trump card.

However, although the Ice Soul Jade Marrow possessed its own extremely cold energy, that energy was finite. With Shen Qingyao’s and Shen Qingshuang’s level of comprehension of the Realm, they could only use the Ice Soul Jade Marrow to unleash the full power of the Frost Snow Realm three times.

After three uses, the cold energy of the Ice Soul Jade Marrow would need to be replenished in extremely cold weather.

Because of this, when the sisters usually hunted Tier Three Demon Beasts, they would rather forcibly manifest the Frost Snow Realm than use the Ice Soul Jade Marrow.

For Shen Qingyao to bring out the Ice Soul Jade Marrow right away showed just how seriously she was taking the encounter with the Yin Evil Realm.

The Yin Evil Realm was one of the Demon Sect Realms. Cultivation of the Yin Evil Realm often required one to comprehend and gather Yin Evil Qi in places where yin energy converged, such as Chaotic Burial Mounds or Mass Graves.

This Realm possessed both the Ultimate Yin Aura of the Yin Yang Realm and the evil filth of the Demon Sect Realms. Among the many types of Realms, its power was considered extremely formidable.

If the vicious Evil Qi from the Yin Evil Realm invaded the body, it could even damage one’s Innate Origin.

The best way to counter the Yin Evil Realm was with Realms of the purest yang nature, such as the Li Fire Realm from the Five Elements Realm, or the Primordial Yang Realm from the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm.

Once exposed to Li Fire or Primordial Yang Qi, the Yin Evil Qi would be burned away and dissolved.

Of course, the counters and advantages between Realms were all relative.

If the practitioner of the Yin Evil Realm unleashed a greater quantity of more concentrated Yin Evil Qi than their opponent’s Li Fire or Primordial Yang Qi, they could still overcome it.

The Frost Snow Realm that Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang cultivated could also contend with the Yin Evil Realm.

The power of these two Realms did not have a direct counter relationship; it was purely a contest of the quantity and concentration of the Realm’s power.

However, the Yin Evil Realm often carried an evil, corrupting aura that could affect an opponent’s mind, making them feel terror and horror, or even causing them to lose their mental composure and fall into an Illusion Realm.

This clearly contained some of the power of the Heart Realm. If one was not on guard or lacked sufficient willpower,

when facing a Martial Artist who cultivated the Yin Evil Realm, even if one’s own Mental Realm Cultivation was more profound, it was easy to be unexpectedly defeated.

Although the Yin Evil Realm was formidable, it had many limitations in its use.

In a place where yin energy gathered, like a Chaotic Burial Mound or a Mass Grave, it naturally held a unique advantage, allowing one to freely mobilize Yin Evil Qi.

In other places, Yin Evil Qi was limited, making the Yin Evil Realm a resource-consuming Realm. Each use would expend the practitioner’s own condensed Yin Evil Qi.

Therefore, practitioners of the Yin Evil Realm would often deploy it in advance to gather the Yin Evil Qi from the surrounding area.

This both conserved their own reserves of Yin Evil Qi and created an environment saturated with it, enhancing the Yin Evil Realm’s power.

The same principle applied to the Frost Snow Realm, which was easier to use and more powerful in extremely cold weather.

This time, the Black Lotus Sect fiends had set their ambush early. Having traveled a long way, Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang had lost the initiative and were now at a disadvantage.