blueteamnovel Chapter 176: Chapter 174: I'm Not Willing to Accept This
Chapter 176: Chapter 174: I'm Not Willing to Accept This
```
the following day.
refining chamber.
zhou yi executed the fire control technique, currently in the process of refining a flying sword magic artifact.
although the earth fire palace in the eastern sea is famous for its earth origin shield, it also possesses other magic artifact scrolls, one of which is the pure yang sword.
once this sword is refined, its power is quite ordinary, and it lacks any extraordinary divine abilities, however, combined with the pure yang scripture, it is extremely effective against evil and heretical enemies.
suddenly.
the xuanwu divine armor activated on its own, shielding against wisps of strange black qi.
zhou yi contemplated for a moment, lightly touched with his finger, and after some lifespan was consumed, the black qi dissipated on its own.
"i just don't know if the cost of casting the spell is too great!"
...
three days later.
at dusk.
zhou yi was meditating on the lightning method, feeling an affinity that indicated he was not far from the realm of divine skills.
"elder brother jiang achieved divine skills in ten years; it took me a whole five to six hundred years. why is the gap between people so large?"
at the same time, the curse-induced black qi appeared out of nowhere, shaving off ten years of his lifespan.
...
half a month later.
the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
zhou yi took out a jar of spiritual wine, aged for five hundred years, and sat on the palace roof to drink alone under the moon, going through memories of eight hundred years.
"loneliness, desolation!"
the curse-induced black qi arrived just in time to interrupt zhou yi's lamentations.nôv(el)b\\jnn
"again!"
...
fire bamboo forest.
as the number of spell sacrifices increased, the ghostly qi almost solidified into shape.
the blood moon demon monarch reinforced the formation and prohibition again, just enough to prevent exposure, and watched in raging fury as the demonic god jeered after devouring his lifespan.
"thirty days, a full thirty days!"
"each successful spell casting strips away thirty years of my lifespan; why hasn't that tang xuan died yet?"
huo yan, suppressed by the immense demonic might, couldn't lift himself off the ground. seeing the imminent outbreak of the blood moon demon monarch's rage, he feared he would be the first to be killed and frantically searched for a way to survive.
half an hour later.
the formation and prohibition in the bamboo forest disappeared, ghostly qi rose like wolf smoke into the sky, and a pitch-black escape light flew towards the nine continents.
"tang xuan you whelp, i will come back again!"
the escape light was incredibly fast and vanished from sight in an instant, leaving a long black streak across the heavens—clearly, it was a defiant provocation.
before the voice had dropped.
three-colored escape light rose from the hall of spiritual fire, following the trail to give chase, moving several times faster than the blood moon demon monarch.
"ah! how dare he still burn his lifespan?"
the complexion of the blood moon demon monarch changed drastically, regret and despair rising in his heart. if he had known this, he should have saved more of his lifespan.
in his despair, madness flashed in the eyes of the blood moon demon monarch. when the escape light behind him drew near, he turned around resolutely, ready to strike with all he had left!
zhou yi's escape light got increasingly closer, his divine sense swept over the profound yin treasure bead, noticing the blood moon demon monarch's weakening presence. he did not rush to kill but rather slowed his escape speed, leisurely following behind and using the lightning method to bombard from afar.
boom boom boom...
the sound of thunder rolled continuously, and hundreds of lightning bolts wove into a net, enveloping the profound yin treasure bead within it.
"damn it!"
the blood moon demon monarch stared at the figure miles away, knowing even if he were to sacrifice himself in an attack, the other could easily dodge with his escape speed.
"is this ghost cultivator friend from the ghost king sect?"
zhou yi asked aloud, "some days ago, my fellow disciple died mysteriously of exhausted lifespan; was it fellow daoist's magic that secretly harmed him?"
"so what if it was?"
threateningly, the blood moon demon monarch said, "i have spell imprints left by my sect. if you dare to kill me, then be ready for the ceaseless pursuit of a nascent soul elder!"
"resorting to such despicable means to live implies that fellow daoist is indeed on his last legs."
zhou yi continued his lightning method without pause, bombarding the profound yin treasure bead relentlessly, with the soul of the blood moon demon monarch inside nearing disintegration.
the blood moon demon monarch exhaled his primal ghostly essence as the profound yin treasure bead shone with a netherworldly divine light, turning into a massive demon cloud spanning over ten acres, enveloping zhou yi.
whoosh!
the three-colored escape light transformed, and in an instant, zhou yi appeared dozens of miles away, the rolling demon cloud unable to harm him in the slightest.
"i refuse to accept this!"
the blood moon demon monarch was already on the brink of death, and with the consecutive loss of his vital energy, his ghostly body collapsed on its own.
a stream of ghostly essence flew out from the profound yin treasure bead, attaching to the xuanwu divine armor and transforming into a ghastly ghost face imprint.
"worthy of being a demon saint relic, it can actually block the pursuit spells of a nascent soul elder."
zhou yi washed away the ghost face imprint several times with mana, and it quickly faded, much easier to eradicate than when adhered to the body. he waved his hand to release a surge of pure yang spiritual fire, burning and refining the profound yin treasure bead for a long time until not a trace of ghostly essence remained.
divine sense swept over the profound yin treasure bead, finding mountains of spirit stones and spiritual objects inside, hundreds of jade slips, and various magic artifacts and pill bottles.
"not all demon cultivators are bad, indeed. if a few more true monarchs like this one could deliver themselves, perhaps i could gather enough resources to ascend to nascent soul. why worry about the path not prospering?"