Chapter 226: How Much Still? (1/2)

”Are the two of you still planning to stubbornly resist?”

The Immortal Slaying Flying Sword had appeared at some point in time and easily penetrated the protective artifact light membrane, pointing at the Qi Sea of a True Core elder.

The sharp sensation told him that if he did not behave properly, his Qi Sea would be instantly pierced.

The other True Core cultivator wanted to resist when he saw that the situation was bad, but before the gourd in his hand could turn around, Jiang Li's figure was already gone.

The white-clothed figure pulled a pitch-black chain and appeared behind him. The blood-stained palm that had just dug out a Golden Core grabbed the top of the other party's head.

The Hundred Tempering Mountain's special defensive artifact, while having superb defense, also had the ability to reflect flames onto the attacker.

A layer of flames appeared on the membrane of light, and it ceaselessly burned Jiang Li's palm in an attempt to make him retreat.

However, with Jiang Yi's fire resistance, this bit of fire was really harmless.

The flames did not have much effect. Instead, the right hand containing the power of a hundred beasts pressed down, causing his neck to become three inches shorter.

After half of the Core Formation cultivator's body was buried in the ground, the Dragon Imprisoning Lock bound him tightly and he also lost the ability to resist.

Jiang Li attacked alone and easily took down the trio consisting of a Golden Core and two True Core cultivators.

Such an accomplishment already made people forget his actual cultivation. In fact, Jiang Li's cultivation level really did not have much reference value for his true strength.

He made a hand gesture, and only then did the fellow disciples standing on the wooden wave recover from their shock. They hurriedly jumped down and attacked together, controlling the two Hundred Tempering Mountain elders.

”You two, open the door to the treasure vault.” Jiang Li spoke indifferently.

The only reason why these two fellows were still alive was that Jiang Li still needed them to open the door.

The Hundred Tempering Mountain's treasure vault was also an important building with very tight security. After all, what was stored inside was the wealth and foundation of the entire Hundred Tempering Mountain.

The defensive array formation was extremely solid.

Jiang Li had tried it before. If he wanted to forcefully open these two doors, he had to send at least three to five warships to bombard them for a day.

However, if someone led the way, things would be much simpler.

These two fellows were quite unyielding in the beginning, but after Jiang Li took out two waste pills and stuffed them into their mouths one by one, their unyielding character did not last long.

Jiang Li had not used waste pills for a long time, but it had a hundred percent success rate when negotiating with captives.

Waste pills could not kill people but would slowly destroy everything they possessed. This was a pain that no cultivator could endure.

Therefore, after consuming a few waste pills, when they felt that their spiritual root and inner core were beginning to be polluted, they were willing to agree to whatever Jiang Li said.

The Hundred Tempering Mountain's treasure vault was divided into the Weapon Storage and Pill Storage. The things stored inside were the accumulation of a top sect like the Hundred Tempering Mountain over a long period of time. It should be comparable to the total production of the Misty Mountain Range's Spiritual Medicine Mystic Realm for years or even decades. It was a huge amount of wealth.

Breaking through this place could mean gaining a fortune in war.

As the initiator of this joint battle, the Scripture Storage Valley finally obtained the opportunity to attack this place on their own.

However, looking at the actions of the two captives and the process of entering, he felt that things were not too simple.

After the two elders produced the tokens and complicated seals, the doors of the treasure vault on both sides slowly opened.

What welcomed them was not the sight of countless spirit pills and magical artifacts that were bursting with spiritual light.

Instead, there were shattered porcelain bottles, collapsed shelves, and piles of rubbles. The two treasure vaults were actually empty!

...

In the core of the Hundred Tempering Mountain.

The Hundred Tempering Mountain was originally called the Earth Fire Hundred Cave Mountain. It was a dangerous volcano that could produce Earth Fire all year round.

However, after hundreds and thousands of years of research by many cultivators of the Hundred Tempering Mountain, they had completely tamed this irritable Mountain of Calamity.

Not only could they control the eruption of the Earth Fire Lava and guide the Earth Fire to refine pills and weapons, the cultivators of the Hundred Tempering Mountain even excavated the entire Hundred Cave Mountain along the lava path.

By connecting the earth fire vein, they could excavate high-grade fire attribute spirit mines. Even the fire poison that they used as trump cards to fuse into their pill qi to fight was dug out in this mountain.

This volcano was like a treasure, giving them endless motivation to excavate.

Up until now, the Hundred Tempering Mountain cultivators had already excavated more than a thousand complicated intersecting pathways and hundreds of underground chambers with various functions.

At the core of the mountain, there was a huge core fire room.

There was no one else here except for the Hundred Tempering Mountain Sect Master, Situ Fengzhu, and a man whose entire body was enveloped in black fog.

This was Old Demon Black Lotus, who had snatched the demonic treasure lotus platform in the battle of Benevolent Travel Temple.

At that time, the Hundred Tempering Mountain and the Black Lotus Divine Sect had schemed against each other on the battlefield of Benevolent Travel Temple. It seemed that under the pressure of the alliance of the three major sects, this kind of conflict did not allow them to part ways.

”How could the array formation of your Hundred Tempering Mountain be broken so quickly! Didn't you say that it could last for at least half a month!”

”Also, this earth vein power was completely severed in just a day. Hmph! There's probably someone in your sect who wants to join the other side! They're trying to protect themselves!”

Old Demon Black Lotus questioned Situ Fengzhu angrily. The loss of half a month of buffer time had dealt a considerable blow to their plan.

Hearing his words, Situ Fengzhu's face was also as black as the bottom of a pot. His mood was extremely terrible.

After all, it was impossible for someone to find the earth vein that had been teleported by the array formation in such a short period of time.

Moreover, all 175 of them were found and none were spared. There must be a spy among the higher-ups. There was no other explanation.

There were not many people who knew the location of all the earth vein branches!

”That's none of your business! I'll deal with it myself.”

”What's wrong with your Black Lotus! Can't it be activated yet?!”

”Don't play any tricks. Believe me. If the Hundred Tempering Mountain is destroyed, you won't be able to escape!”

Through the sect's array formation, Situ Fengzhu sensed the unfavorable situation outside. Every moment, his disciples died.

Although those were outer sect disciples who they usually did not take seriously, if all of them died, the Hundred Tempering Mountain would fall from a top sect to a cultivation clan.

He had not expected that in the final battle, after paying a huge price and casualties, the Black Lotus would be obtained by this guy.

Although the conditions they offered when they reached a cooperation were to help the Black Lotus Cult retrieve the demonic artifact, they had never thought of fulfilling them.

It was one thing for the Black Lotus to be obtained by the other party, but to think that the originally ferocious demonic artifact could not be used on a large scale again.

This made him suspect that Old Demon Black Lotus was deliberately lying to him.