Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses - Chapter 684 - 615: Rare Treasure Exposed (Double-Length - )_2
Chapter 684: Chapter 615: Rare Treasure Exposed (Double-Length Chapter)_2
’Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!’
It seemed as if the death of that golden beetle triggered a chain reaction.
Other spiritual creatures in the cave went into a frenzy, surging like a golden tide toward Lou Yi, as if about to completely engulf him.
’Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!’
The spiritual artifact shield in Lou Yi’s hand was subjected to unprecedented damage at this moment.
Countless golden beetles crashed into it, striking off bright sparks and leaving the shield’s surface dented and scarred.
Under such a constant and massive assault, Lou Yi’s previously immovable body began to slowly retreat.
Finally, the spiritual artifact shield could no longer bear the burden and exploded with a ’bang,’ shattering in half!
“Not good, retreat quickly!” Elder Gui and the others hurriedly shouted for Lou Yi to fall back.
At the same time, they cast spells like Wood Vine and Earth’s Hand, striving to drive back the spiritual creatures.
A small part of the advancing beetles were pushed back, but more surged toward Lou Yi.
Lou Yi directly discarded the broken shield and charged in barehanded.
“What is he doing?” The other cultivators in the squad were stunned, thinking Lou Yi had a death wish.
Contrary to their expectations.
The beetles that were initially madly charging at sonic speed suddenly slowed down as if drunk, crawling like snails in mid-air.
It seemed as though some mysterious power had taken control of their bodies.
“Armor-Piercing.”
A translucent red light enveloped Lou Yi’s fist.
At the same time, an extremely sharp energy spread along this layer of red light.
It shattered a large area of the golden beetles in front, causing them to fall powerlessly to the ground; most couldn’t get back up, eventually turning into white spiritual light that lingered in the air.
Lou Yi punched again and again, dispersing, crippling, and killing a large swath of golden beetles.
Finally, realizing Lou Yi’s prowess, they dared not get close and retreated one after another.
“Impressive!” Elder Gui couldn’t help but praise, “Each of these spiritual creatures, if encountered outside, could be easily exterminated.
But in this narrow space, it’s quite troublesome, as we are inherently weak in physical form.”
“Is that so?” Uncle He said with some dissatisfaction, “Even if they’re right in front of me, they can’t break my protective spiritual light.”
“Oh? Look at your light.” Elder Gui laughed.
Uncle He instinctively looked and couldn’t help but gasp.
It turned out, two golden beetles were clinging stubbornly to his protective spiritual light, using their fine black mandibles to constantly bite and devour it.
In just a dozen or so breaths, they had already bitten open a small gap.
If given more time and greater numbers, they might swallow him whole.
Even if he could control the Wings of the Void,
In the cramped underground passage, it would hardly be effective; even if he could escape, he couldn’t advance further to acquire the heaven and earth wonders.
“If it were that simple, we wouldn’t have recruited a body cultivator,” Qin Dong, the yellow-faced man, said.
Surrounded by these physically strong and explosively powerful spiritual creatures, spiritual shields and defensive spiritual artifacts can’t always ensure safety.
Once the defense is breached,
even if they are great cultivators with several layers of spirit platforms, they’re at risk of severe injury or even death. Only specialized body cultivators like Lou Yi are their nemesis.
Subsequently, besides the golden beetles, they also faced golden flying ants, golden bee swarms, and other spiritual creatures, each with extremely tough bodies.
Many even reached the level of top-grade spiritual artifacts, the primary issue being their vast numbers and immense impact force.
Yet, the lowest-cultivated member of the team, Lou Yi, stood at the forefront like an impenetrable wall, preventing these spiritual insects from advancing even an inch.
With the tank charging ahead, the mages could comfortably cast spells from the rear.
Finally, they reached the deepest part of the underground passage.
Here it was a fairly spacious underground space.
All around were hard rock walls coated with ’golden dust,’ and at the far end hung an unusual golden plant with golden vines, golden branches and leaves, and a shining golden gourd as its fruit.
The gourd was plump and full, entirely gold, much like it was crafted from gold, one foot in height.
Its smooth, glossy surface occasionally displayed complex natural patterns that appeared and vanished, sometimes emitting a pleasing golden halo, evidently not an ordinary item.
This was the heaven and earth wonder, the golden gourd, the objective of Lou Yi’s group.
The gourd appeared nearly perfect and unblemished, with its stem showing slight cracks, a clear sign it was ripe and ready to fall.
Lin Xuan’s braided pigtails bounced, excitedly exclaiming, “The heaven and earth wonder is about to mature, just as we estimated. Should we pick it now?”
“That would greatly diminish its effect. We should wait until it’s fully matured to harvest,” Ding Shiniang shook her head in disagreement.
The group stayed in the underground space, quietly guarding the heaven and earth wonder, waiting for the gourd to mature.
Of course, they also cast a concealed aura array around the area to avoid being discovered by the demons of Jingsu District.
Two days later, the golden gourd began emitting a more intense light, swaying back and forth on the vine.
Suddenly, its stem completely snapped, emitting a distinct ’crack’ sound.
