ragginovel Chapter 79: Using Tactics!
Chapter 79: Using Tactics!
"Prepare to die!"
Chen Ye shouted, and the Crimson Dragon Sword emitted a layer of blazing sword light. He flashed and rushed towards Zhou Maolin.
Although Zhou Maolin's spirit pet was injured, as a cultivator at the ninth level of the Spirit Gathering stage, he naturally couldn't be without any means of attack.
He quickly drew a broadsword half the width of a man, intending to rely on his own strength to clash head-on with Chen Ye. However, his expression suddenly changed, and a swift gust of wind howled from behind him, as if something was rapidly approaching.
The sharp and chilling aura made Zhou Maolin's hair stand on end. Without thinking, he activated a white talisman he was holding in his palm and threw it behind him.
The Ice Crystal Talisman, a second-tier low-grade talisman, is worth 400 family contribution points in the Zhou family's treasury. Zhou Maolin gritted his teeth and exchanged one for a life-saving talisman before setting sail, but he didn't expect to use it so soon!
As the talisman was activated, endless frost energy spread rapidly, instantly transforming into a massive ice wall about a foot thick, completely blocking the shattered cargo hold.
Click click click~
A series of cracking sounds suddenly rang out. The Vortex Blade Wheel was sealed in the ice wall. Although it could not isolate divine sense, the ice wall formed by the ice crystal rune was equivalent to 30% of the defense of a master in the early stage of the Secret Realm. It was by no means something that a magic weapon like the Vortex Blade Wheel could break through in a short time!
"Haha! Let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve!"
Zhou Maolin looked smug and swung his broadsword at Chen Ye, slashing down at his head while simultaneously giving an order to the black-armored poisonous spider beside him.
"Black claws, help me!"
Although Chen Ye severed the black-armored venomous spider's venomous tail with a single sword strike, it was not fatal; at most, it would only suffer a period of pain. Its pair of pincers, like iron gates, could also inflict considerable damage.
Urged on by Zhou Maolin, the Black-Armored Poison Spider endured the excruciating pain and rose from the ground, baring its fangs and roaring fiercely as it pounced on Chen Ye once more, accompanied by a stench of blood.
"It's meaningless."
Chen Ye remained calm. He had already considered the monster before launching the attack. Although he hadn't expected Zhou Maolin to block the Vortex Blade Wheel with a second-tier talisman, it didn't have much of an impact.
He opened his palm, and a tangled mass of black lines flowed from his arm into his palm. Under the control of his powerful divine sense, the tangled lines instantly crisscrossed into several black nets that covered his front.
At that moment, Zhou Maolin's broadsword was about to strike Chen Ye when it was caught by the black net, and the broadsword seemed to sink into the mud.
Despite the sharp blades constantly cutting through it, the black net seemed endless, repairing itself at an extremely fast pace; each layer cut through would immediately reform into another.
The power of the broadsword weakened more and more in the short distance of less than half a zhang, and by the time it reached Chen Ye's head, it hadn't even cut off a single hair.
Chen Ye swung his arm, and the broadsword, like a piece of ordinary iron, crashed to the ground with a clang!
"The Spirit Trapping Net? You, how could you possibly manipulate three top-grade magical artifacts simultaneously?"
Zhou Maolin was shocked. He knew that a cultivator's spiritual power was limited. Even a cultivator at the peak of the Spiritual Condensation stage was already considered quite strong if he could control two top-grade magic artifacts at the same time.
The person in front of me, let alone reaching the peak of the Spiritual Condensation stage, isn't even at the ninth level of the Spiritual Condensation stage! He has only just broken through to the late stage of the Spiritual Condensation stage, yet he can control three top-grade magic artifacts at the same time!
This level of spiritual strength is terrifying! Could it be that some old monster stole his soul and reincarnated?
Chen Ye completely ignored Zhou Maolin, who was in shock. He poured all the Fiery Spiritual Power in his body into the Crimson Dragon Sword, and the violent sword energy soared into the sky. He slashed out the moment the Black Armored Poison Spider pounced!
Click!
With a crisp cracking sound, the Crimson Dragon Sword slashed across the head of the Black Armored Poison Spider, which was covered in hard scales. The sword energy spewed out, instantly tearing its massive body in two.
wow~
The viscous, brownish-green liquid splashed wildly, but Chen Ye unleashed a burst of spiritual energy to block it all.
"Black Claw!"
Zhou Maolin roared in anguish. He had nurtured this Black Armored Poison Spider from its egg to the peak of the first tier. Not to mention the emotions he had invested, the sheer amount of resources he had used was enough to break his heart.
Zhou Maolin was filled with rage and wanted to vent his anger and avenge his spirit pet, but his magic weapon had been taken away, his spirit pet had been killed, and he had used up his only second-tier talisman. Now he only had one choice!
"escape!"
Without any hesitation, he first made a hand seal and threw three fireballs the size of human heads at Chen Ye, then gathered spiritual power in his legs and fled frantically towards the cabin exit.
"A trivial skill."
Chen Ye unleashed several sword energies in succession, scattering the three fireballs that were hurtling towards him. Then, he bound his fingers into a sword and fiercely activated the Spirit Annihilation Finger.
A sharp beam of energy shot out from between his fingers, piercing the air and striking Zhou Maolin with a loud "bang".
Zhou Maolin's body shimmered with spiritual light; the protective aura formed by the ninth layer of spiritual energy cultivation had surpassed the defensive power of the Golden Body Talisman.
shhhhhh!
Three more Spirit Annihilation Finger strikes came whistling through the air. The first two shattered the protective aura, and the third struck Zhou Maolin's thigh precisely!
boom!
"ah!!"
Zhou Maolin ducked as if he had stepped into thin air, but when he fell to the ground, he realized that it wasn't because he was panicking and didn't pay attention to his footing, but because one of his legs had been blown to pieces!
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, I'll give you a chance. As long as you hand over the Crimson Blood Coral and reveal the exact locations of your Zhou family's other demon-hunting ships and merchant vessels, I can let you die a quick death..."
Chen Ye slowly walked to Zhou Maolin's side, and his familiar words sent a chill down Zhou Maolin's spine.
"You...don't even think about it, I will never betray the family!" Zhou Maolin said through gritted teeth.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ye smiled. He liked people who were stubborn like this the most.
Use force!
……
A moment later.
"I've told you everything I know, just give me a quick answer."
Zhou Maolin lay on the ground, weakly speaking. His body was covered with pustules from stings. If you punctured one, you would find a bloody mess inside. His charred limbs looked as if they had been scorched by flames, clinging to the dry muscles. A faint smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
Of course, those pustules were not caused by the Flame Fiend Spiritual Power, but by Chen Ye's spirit pet, the Devouring Pattern Bee.
Although this kind of insect is not strong in direct attacks, its highly venomous stinger is very suitable for ambushing or torturing people.
"Hiss... Is there only one Zhou family secret agent, still recovering from serious injuries, stationed on Yunrui Island?"
Recalling the information he had just extracted from Zhou Maolin, Chen Ye casually flicked out a Spirit Annihilation Finger to end Zhou Maolin's suffering.
Yunrui Island was originally the spirit island of the Gong family, but after the last great war, it was forcibly seized by the Zhou family and is now included in the Zhou family's sea area.
As far as Chen Ye knew, although Yunrui Island was not large, only fifty miles in circumference, it had unprecedentedly given rise to four first-order spiritual veins, with extremely abundant spiritual energy. It was the main island for the Gong family to cultivate spiritual herbs and plants.
"However, Zhou Maolin's words alone are not credible. Considering the information he just revealed, we could arrest a few more core members of the Zhou family and interrogate them carefully..." Chen Ye pondered to himself.