novelapdf Chapter 32 Total Annihilation
Chapter 32 Total Annihilation
Chapter 99 Total Annihilation
The others were completely baffled, wondering what the two were up to. But they didn't ask any further questions, because they had witnessed Shen Li's actions.
Shen Li moved with the agility of a swallow, gliding across the cliff face like a ghost.
His movements were fluid and without making a sound.
But Shen Li was anything but relaxed; he used all his skills on that short journey.
He used the "Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique" to conceal his aura and avoid being ambushed by the Stone Blood Vine. He then used a stealth technique to move quickly along the cliff and used the Qi Concealment Technique to hide his aura so as not to be discovered by the two teams below the cliff.
A moment later, Shen Li arrived at the place where the spiritual herbs grew, and then began to collect them without restraint.
The gathering process was completely undisguised, a stark contrast to his previous agile movements.
They had just picked a few spiritual herbs when the people below the cliff noticed the commotion.
The two teams stared blankly at Shen Li, their faces filled with disbelief.
What's going on? Who's disobeying orders and rushing off to gather medicinal herbs?
But they quickly realized that this person was not one of their own!
In an instant, everyone erupted in fury!
Seeing that they had risked their lives to kill and wipe out the horde of corpse demons, only to have someone else reap the rewards, how could they not be furious?!
"Who is it? What are you doing?"
"They actually stole our elixir?"
"court death!"
"They're disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect!"
"Kill him!"
In an instant, everyone was united in their hatred and wished they could grind that despicable creature on the cliff to dust.
Shen Li, however, was in no hurry. He picked another top-grade spiritual herb before leaping up and fleeing. Before leaving, he gave the crowd below a provocative smile.
The disciples of Tai Xuan Sect and Ling Jian Sect were furious. They brandished their magical weapons but ultimately did not use them, fearing that they would destroy the spiritual herbs.
But no one could tolerate watching this person steal the elixir and then swagger away.
Zhang Huaiyuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Chase him! We must kill him!"
Without uttering a single wasted word, Zhu Qing led his men and leaped upwards.
Shen Li moved swiftly and calmly along the cliff face, his figure appearing and disappearing, his escape technique displayed to an unparalleled degree.
Seeing that he had moved away from the elixir, the people behind him immediately unleashed their magical weapons and blasted him away.
In an instant, the entire cliff trembled slightly as the angry crowd pounded on it, and gravel and dust filled the canyon.
But Shen Li was already very familiar with this cliff, and after a short while, he turned behind a protruding rock wall and completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
The crowd behind him grew even angrier.
"They ran away?"
"Chase him! This is a cliff, he can't have gone far!"
"I'm going to kill him!"
The disciples gave chase, eager to tear the Heavenly Demon Sect disciple who stole the elixir to pieces.
But Zhang Huaiyuan quickly regained his composure, frowned, and thought to himself: Although the overall strength of the Heavenly Demon Sect's team is slightly inferior to that of the Tai Xuan Sect, it is by no means much worse.
Why would they only send one disciple to steal the elixir? Were the others killed by the Corpse Demon? Or do they have another purpose?
Furthermore, before we entered the Valley of Broken Souls, we clearly heard the sounds of battle raging within the valley.
Could that group be the Heavenly Demon Sect? But how did they escape the horde of corpse demons?
Everything was a complete mess.
Zhang Huaiyuan grew increasingly uneasy, sensing something was amiss, and quickly warned, "Beware of ambushes! The Heavenly Demon Sect might be waiting for us ahead."
Upon hearing this, the other disciples immediately slowed down.
Although they were furious, they were also elites of the sect. They immediately composed themselves, unleashed their full spiritual power, and vigilantly scanned the surrounding cliffs and crevices, ready to fight at any moment.
But everything around seemed normal, not like there was an ambush.
The two teams cautiously continued their pursuit.
The further Zhang Huaiyuan walked, the stronger his unease became. His intuition told him that if he went any further, something bad was about to happen.
Finally, he made a decision, raising his hand to gesture for a halt: "Go back, don't chase anymore. It's just a few spirit herbs missing; most of them are still there. There's no need to take the risk."
Everyone agreed that this made sense; the place was fraught with danger, and the behavior of that Heavenly Demon Sect disciple was indeed very strange.
So they decided to turn back.
However, it was all too late.
Suddenly, a blood-red vine stretched out from the cliff face, like a streak of blood-red lightning, and without warning, it wrapped around the Tai Xuan Sect disciple who was closest to it.
The disciple had just gone through a fierce battle with the Corpse Demon. His magic power had not recovered and he was exhausted both physically and mentally. He had no time to react and was instantly entangled by the vines.
Immediately afterwards, more crimson vines surged out from the mountain, like countless venomous snakes, wrapping him up like a dumpling.
The barbs on the vines pierced the flesh, and life was being drained away at a visible speed.
In just a few breaths, the disciple was sucked into a withered skeleton, with only a layer of dry skin covering the bones.
The branches of the Stone Blood Vine slowly loosened, and the dried corpse fell off the cliff like trash, silently plunging into the valley.
Everyone was stunned, a chill spreading through their bodies.
Zhang Huaiyuan was the first to react, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Stone Blood Vine! Run!"
Stone Blood Vine?
Upon hearing this name, everyone completely lost their composure, forgetting everything else, with only one thought in their minds: escape!
However, once inside the attack range of the Stone Blood Vine, it was too late to run.
Several more blood-red vines emerged from the cliff face and entangled a Lingjian Sect disciple who was attempting to escape on his sword.
The disciple let out a scream and then fell silent.
A disciple of the Tai Xuan Sect attempted to escape using earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic or technique), but was struck by the surging vines and died instantly. The mountainside then became his tomb.
In an instant, countless branches of the Bloodstone Vine covered the sky, completely blocking any escape route, leaving no way to avoid it.
In the moment of crisis, both teams quickly unleashed their magical artifacts and bombarded the vines.
Zhang Huaiyuan was immediately horrified and hurriedly shouted, "No!"
However, everyone was in complete panic and had no time to stop, nor did they want to.
In an instant, the branches were shattered by the magical artifact and severed by the flying sword, and half of the flying vines and limbs were gone.
But then, something even more terrifying happened!
The broken and severed vines transformed into a thick red mist, which blanketed the crowd.
The air was filled with a sweet, pungent, and bloody stench that made one want to vomit.
Driven by instinct, everyone immediately held their breath and used their magic to create a protective shield.
But the red mist quickly corroded and melted the magic shield.
The protective shield shattered, and everyone hurriedly tried various life-saving methods, but to no avail.
The crimson mist was all-pervasive, clinging to their bodies as if it were alive, seeping into their very being.
The disciples who were contaminated by the poisonous mist quickly fell into a coma, and were then entangled and devoured by more branches of the Stone Blood Vine.
In a short time, more than half of the dozen or so disciples had died, and the remaining disciples had nowhere to escape; death was only a matter of time.