Free Web NovelChapter 342: Chapter 206: Second Trip to the Western Realm (Part 2)
Fortunately, this drain on their Magical Power lasted only a moment.
Less than an ancient hour later, Shuini breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright. Now we just need to maintain the Magic Skill, and the Meteor will fall on its own. Let’s use this time to recover our Magical Power and get ready for what happens next."
Lü Zhong nodded and swallowed a Bell Spirit Pill worth three thousand Spirit Stones.
His Magical Power began to slowly recover as he maintained the Star Pulling Skill and refined the medicinal energy of the Bell Spirit Pill.
「Daybreak came in the blink of an eye.」
At that moment, a bright light caught his attention.
"It’s the Meteor!" Shuini exclaimed.
The complete Star Pulling Skill wasn’t truly suitable for Core Formation Cultivators. Normally, only a Nascent Soul True Monarch could summon a Meteor. She had thought they would fail several times before successfully calling one down.
She never expected they’d be so lucky and succeed on the very first try!
In the blink of an eye, a dazzling streak of light shot down.
The gloomy clouds, which had gathered for countless years, were instantly blasted apart by the Meteor.
BOOM!
A pillar of smoke and dust, mixed with bone fragments, shot into the sky.
A shockwave erupted. Lü Zhong couldn’t keep his footing and was blasted several miles away.
Looking toward the Meteor’s impact point, he saw a new crater, hundreds of yards across.
Within the crater, he could see layers of the tomb’s structure, all utterly devastated. There were half-destroyed stone coffins and broken Arrays still burning with Spirit Flames. Countless ghouls and corpses must have perished in the Meteor’s impact.
ROAR!
A roar echoed out as three silver figures charged out—they were the Silver Armored Corpses from the tomb.
One of them was missing its lower half.
"Heh, an unexpected bonus!" Lü Zhong couldn’t help but smile at the sight.
"Let’s take it out first!" Shuini said.
Lü Zhong nodded and immediately joined forces with her. They engaged the three Silver Armored Corpses in a fierce battle.
Without the Corpse Nurturing Array and the tomb’s traps, the Silver Armored Corpses were no match for the duo and were quickly put on the defensive. The half-bodied Silver Armored Corpse was smashed to pieces in a few moves, then incinerated by Lü Zhong’s Purple Nether Extreme Fire.
Instantly, it was reduced to a cloud of ash.
They each chose an opponent and continued the fight.
Lü Zhong parried the Silver Armored Corpse’s blow with his sword, then used the Star Mirror to blast it with Mirror Light, keeping it at a distance. At the same time, he formed a Magic Finger and began to channel the Wood Thunder Seal, his Magical Power surging out of him like a breaking dam.
Countless bolts of lightning materialized out of thin air and slammed down on the Silver Armored Corpse.
RUMBLE RUMBLE!
Amidst the onslaught of lightning, the Silver Armored Corpse shrieked again and again.
It even began to sputter meaningless fragments of Silver Tadpole Script.
’Its Spiritual Wisdom is just beginning to form. If it’s allowed to keep growing, it might really become a Golden Armored Corpse King! Good thing we found it early!’ Lü Zhong pushed the Thunder Seal within him even harder.
He had only just begun to master Thunder Skills, so this was his only method of attack.
It was somewhat similar to the Thunder Swamp used by the Daoist Nun from Huayi Temple.
The only difference was that his was much more powerful.
Even so, it was more than enough.
Before fifteen minutes had passed, the Silver Armored Corpse was reduced to ash under the lightning bombardment.
Sensing that his True Essence was nearly depleted, Lü Zhong saw that Shuini was handling her opponent with ease. He sat cross-legged in mid-air and continued to refine the remaining energy from the Bell Spirit Pill, restoring his Magical Power in case of any surprises.
Not long after, Shuini finished off her opponent as well.
She had, of course, seen Lü Zhong use that Thunder Skill to swiftly obliterate the Silver Armored Corpse, but she didn’t ask about it. After all, every cultivator had their secrets.
Once they had both quickly restored their Magical Power, they entered the tomb complex to exterminate the ghouls and corpses within.
The monster-slaying wasn’t without its rewards.
Lü Zhong found a piece of Star Stone.
Star Stones contained Star Force and were exceptionally rare. Refining a piece the size of a fingernail into his Star Mirror could save him three years of painstaking effort to nourish it, and the Magical Treasure’s power would increase significantly.
’This Star Stone alone made the trip worthwhile!’ Lü Zhong rejoiced.
And that wasn’t even mentioning the fact that he’d obtained the complete Star Pulling Skill.
As they ventured deeper into the tomb, they encountered only Tier One and Tier Two ghouls and corpses. Most wore tattered clothing in an ancient style; they were the remains of Ancient Cultivators awakened when the Qingyang Sect altered the array. A single fire was all it took to deal with them.
Killing as they went, Lü Zhong took the opportunity to collect the Bone Dust.
Before long, he had a full bag, worth nearly ten thousand Spirit Stones.
They came to an underground burial chamber.
The central part of the chamber had collapsed from the Meteor’s impact, pinning a bronze coffin. A constant BUMP BUMP sound came from within; something was trapped inside.
Lü Zhong released his Star Mirror, firing off streams of Mirror Light.
In just a few blasts, the bronze coffin was riddled with holes like a sieve.
A pale Armored Corpse tumbled out, its head already shattered by the Mirror Light. It was completely lifeless.
His gaze fell upon the burial goods. There wasn’t much of value, as most of it had likely been taken by previous cultivators. Fortunately, Lü Zhong hadn’t been expecting to find anything, so he wasn’t disappointed.
They continued the cleanup.
Their goal this time was to completely clear the main area of the General’s Tomb, eliminating any possibility of more Silver Armored Corpses spawning. They would also carefully screen the auxiliary areas, killing any ghouls or corpses that had the potential to break through to Tier Three.
Once it was cleared out, the area would become a training ground for the Heling Sect’s disciples.
「Half a month later, the cleanup was finally complete.」
Lü Zhong didn’t find any more treasures on the level of the Star Stone. He only managed to collect five bags of Bone Dust, which could be used as artifact refining materials, worth around thirty to fifty thousand Spirit Stones. It was a modest gain.
Shuini would be responsible for handling everything from that point on.
Lü Zhong bid her farewell and boarded a Flying Ship back to the Changchun Domain.
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In the days that followed, Lü Zhong split his time. Sometimes, he would enter secluded cultivation to refine the bottle of Golden Exhaust Pills he had purchased and further comprehend the Wood Thunder Skill, hoping to increase his strength. Other times, he would go on outings with Yu Feng’Er.
