I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 304 - 181: Shangguan Clan
Chapter 304: Chapter 181: Shangguan Clan
Yan Wenjue fled a thousand miles in one breath before slowing down.
Even at this moment, his heart was still seething like oil being boiled.
“He’s actually a Nascent Soul True Monarch!”
“So this is An Liuli’s biggest trump card. No wonder she’s always been so fearless!”
“I must report to Lord Hong!”
As his mind raced,
“Whoosh~” a shadow flashed by.
“Bang!” In an instant, Yan Wenjue’s puppet blocked his side, and sparks flew everywhere.
He fixed his gaze, only to realize it was also a puppet.
What astonished Yan Wenjue was that even though the puppet was right in front of him, his Divine Sense had no response at all.
Compared to his quasi-fourth tier puppet, the dark puppet was ugly and black all over, yet the power of its earlier strike showed that it was on par with his quasi-fourth tier puppet.
He looked around but found nothing.
“Who is the friend here? Could you show yourself?”
No response was heard.
“Friend, Yan doesn’t believe he has many enemies. Why ambush me like this?”
Still, there was no answer.
Yan Wenjue narrowed his eyes, staring straight at the dark puppet.
Those who possessed a quasi-fourth tier puppet were not ordinary people.
They either had strong family or sect power, or they themselves were a Nascent Soul True Monarch beyond the fourth tier.
He had this puppet because of Hong Guangxiao’s favor, allowing him to increase combat power and be a spy next to An Liuli.
“Could it be…” Suddenly, Yan Wenjue thought of Li Jizhou.
But then he paused, thinking, if a Nascent Soul True Monarch wanted to kill him, why spare him just now?
“Hiss~”
Thinking for a moment, Yan Wenjue suddenly furrowed his brows.
He considered that for years under Hong Guangxiao’s orders, he had portrayed a character secretly admiring An Liuli with an indifferent nature, never having life-and-death conflicts with anyone.
And before gaining Hong Guangxiao’s favor, those acts of disgracing someone were largely eradicated, and those he chose as targets were all minor cultivators below Core Formation.
Therefore, he felt confident the owner of this puppet was likely Li Jizhou.
“Could that kid have some Secret Skill or exotic treasure?”
At that instant, a fierce look appeared in his eyes.
The cultivation world contained unexplained Divine Abilities, and Exotic Skills were countless.
Many concealed their cultivation and acted deceptively.
Likewise, there were also those simulating aura and bluffing.
“With the royal background of An Liuli’s family, perhaps it’s not too hard to craft such a quasi-fourth tier puppet for her!”
“Hmph! Filthy little thief.” Yan Wenjue snorted coldly, controlling his puppet to meet the dark puppet.
Although the opponent’s puppet matched his own, with himself present, it became two against one.
“Boom!” The two puppets instantly clashed.
Their strengths were evenly matched, fighting back and forth.
Yan Wenjue kept stealthily attacking along with his puppet.
For a time, he seemed to have the upper hand.
“Poof!”
As Yan Wenjue pondered whether to verify Li Jizhou’s situation, a strange noise came from underground.
A long tongue, with a segment glowing eerily, shot toward him.
“There’s someone else!”
He turned pale with fright, hurriedly summoning his puppet to block in front of him.
“Bang!”
Sparks scattered, and his puppet retreated three steps.
This showed that the opponent’s strike was at least the Late Stage of Core Formation.
Yet before he could see what it was below or who it might be, the opponent vanished into thin air.
His expression turned serious.
So it’s two-on-two now.
“Hmph, hiding in the shadows, acting like vermin. Do you dare to face Yan openly?”
Yan Wenjue held a venomous Shadowless Needle in his palm, scanning the surroundings.
Should the opponent show themselves, this Secret Treasure given by Hong Guangxiao would be a swift and unavoidable attack.
The poison within could not be resisted even by the Peak of Core Formation.
“Hmm?” At the moment his nerves were tense, fantasizing about the opponent dying from his toxic needle, he suddenly felt achy and his dantian’s magical power was restricted.
“I’m poisoned!” He suddenly realized, urgently using his magical power to protect his dantian while commanding his puppet to guard.
“Boom!” The Ghost Shadow Puppet attacked again.
“Whoosh!” The underground long tongue also arrived simultaneously.
Yan Wenjue’s puppet flew backward.
His true self, with a constrained dantian, fell to the ground.
Only then did he see that the creature below was a colorful poison frog.
Neither the Ghost Shadow nor the frog gave him any chance, attacking relentlessly.
Poof! Poof!
The Soul-annihilating Blade and the long tongue almost simultaneously pierced his dantian and Divine Sense.
Just as he was about to vanish, a golden fat insect appeared before his eyes again.
With a touch of unwillingness still, upon seeing the insect, his pupils widened, finally showing a trace of bitter helplessness as he perished.
Inside the room, Li Jizhou nodded quietly as he saw the outcome through the frog’s vision.
At this moment, An Liuli and Liu Hongling had both recovered, respectfully standing before him.
“Thank you, True Monarch, for saving our lives!”
Li Jizhou paused and waved his hand: “I am but a mere Core Formation cultivator, let this matter not be spread, and go resolve the chaos outside!”
An Liuli and Liu Hongling exchanged glances, nodding earnestly: “Rest assured, True Monarch, we will keep silent!”
With another respectful bow, the two women withdrew.
Li Jizhou’s expression was slightly complicated, but he did not say more.
This would only benefit him as he sought peace to cultivate again.
Boom!
Sometime later, there was a loud explosion outside, causing the entire world to tremble.
Li Jizhou scanned with his Divine Sense, seeing Liu Hongling exerting the might of a Tier Three Earth Spirit Master to connect with the forces of nature, turning the area into a chessboard under her control.
