Chapter 146: My First Collaboration with Tian Rui

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Why was Qianqian chasing him of all people?

Lei Xiang had no time to ponder the question. Through the technique of voice transmission, the distance between them had once again closed by fifteen miles. It was terrifying! At this rate, she would catch him in less than fifteen minutes.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in Lei Xiang’s mind.

“I can help you capture her, but you must help me find what I want.”

Tian Rui?

This time, Tian Rui had taken the initiative to help him. She was no longer disdaining him as a mere mortal. Heh. Lei Xiang agreed without hesitation, for he had no time left to think it over.

“Fine. I’ll help you, but you must guarantee that Qianqian’s spirit soul remains intact. I need to interrogate her about the route to Hanging Sky Island.”

Lei Xiang took out a black jade box and withdrew an inconspicuous pill, quickly swallowing it. It was a World-Breaking Pill obtained from his mother’s room in the Severed-Blood Space. It could help a person raise their cultivation realm. There was no way he could improve his realm in such a short time, but the pill could temporarily elevate his cultivation. As for its side effects, Lei Xiang could no longer afford to care.

The World-Breaking Pill dissolved the instant it entered his mouth. Vast spiritual power surged through his meridians, hammering against his sea of consciousness and his dantian. He felt the spiritual power within him pouring forth without end, his spiritual energy growing full and abundant. His cultivation had already approached the peak of the Core Formation Realm.

He then loaded a second Black Crystal Bullet into the Nine-Nine Immortal-Slaying Spear. This was a later improvement of his own ingenious design. The Nine-Nine Immortal-Slaying Spear could hold two Black Crystal Bullets at once, allowing it to fire two consecutive shots.

A Blue Lotus Disc emerged from his storage pouch and floated behind him. Lei Xiang sent a transmission to Tian Rui.

“Activate the Blue Lotus Disc’s strongest defense. Otherwise, even you won’t be able to withstand the impact of the Myriad Transformations.”

Tian Rui did not respond. Instead, she flashed out of Lei Xiang’s sea of consciousness and connected with the Blue Lotus Disc through her divine sense. The disc rapidly expanded, radiating blue light in every direction. Nine stone flower buds became crystal clear, and blue radiance more than three feet long appeared across its surface.

The instant she finished, Qianqian arrived on the Myriad Transformations.

Qianqian stopped fifty yards from Lei Xiang and stared in astonishment at the still-expanding Blue Lotus Disc. The surging spiritual energy it emitted shocked her. This treasure had already surpassed the category of ancient treasures.

Could it be a Heaven-reaching Spiritual Treasure?

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Lei Xiang secretly sent a transmission to Tian Rui.

“Act according to the plan.”

He then turned the Nine-Nine Immortal-Slaying Spear around, aiming its dark muzzle at Qianqian’s plump face. Qianqian both hated and feared Lei Xiang’s spear. It had been this very weapon that had blown apart her physical body in the first place.

She hurriedly commanded the enormous tail of the Myriad Transformations to rise upright like a steep mountain, blocking her body.

At the same time, the Nine-Nine Immortal-Slaying Spear spat out a streak of black light. In the blink of an eye, it struck the Myriad Transformations’ giant tail, producing an extraordinarily violent explosion. Yet it still caused little damage, merely forcing the Myriad Transformations back several feet.

“Hahahaha!” Qianqian burst into wild laughter. “Even your Immortal-Slaying Spear is useless before my quasi-eighth-grade sacred beast! Let’s see where you can run today!”

Lei Xiang did not waste words on her. He stepped onto the Nine-Treasure Lotus Staff and turned to flee. The Blue Lotus Disc followed close behind, firmly protecting his back.

But the Myriad Transformations had already caught up. Its mountain-sized tail crashed down.

The Blue Lotus Disc had activated its absolute defense. The strike produced an earth-shaking roar, yet it did not harm the disc in the slightest.

Qianqian’s expression darkened. She continued urging the Myriad Transformations to attack with even greater ferocity. She knew that as long as the assault continued, Lei Xiang’s spiritual power would never be enough to sustain the defense. Victory was merely a matter of time.

Lei Xiang stopped fleeing. Instead, he loaded another Black Crystal Bullet and watched Qianqian’s attacks coldly.

He understood her intention.

Trying to drain him dry?

Heh. She had no idea that with Tian Rui directing the Blue Lotus Disc, the treasure consumed very little of Lei Xiang’s spiritual power. With Tian Rui operating it in her capacity as an artifact spirit, Lei Xiang only needed to supply a small amount of energy and hardly had to concern himself with anything else.

Time passed by the second. Qianqian’s expression grew increasingly ugly. After attacking continuously for so long, she had only managed to shorten the blue radiance surrounding the Blue Lotus Disc by a foot. Beyond that, she had inflicted no damage whatsoever.

Meanwhile, more than half the spiritual power within her body had already been consumed.

Just as Qianqian was weighing whether she should continue this war of attrition, Lei Xiang made the first move to change the situation.

He tossed the Nine-Nine Immortal-Slaying Spear into the air. Without even forming hand seals, the spear shot out another streak of black light, heading straight for the Myriad Transformations’ chest.

Tian Rui was startled, but not afraid. Although the Black Crystal Bullet had enhanced the explosive force of the Heavenly Crystal Bullet, it had failed to break through the Myriad Transformations’ natural defenses. Surely this time would be no different.

The Black Crystal Bullet exploded against the Myriad Transformations’ chest.

To everyone’s astonishment, it produced two successive detonations.

The first explosion had already torn through the Myriad Transformations’ outer defenses. Before Qianqian could understand what was happening, the shock wave from the second blast blew a ten-yard-wide hole through the creature’s upper body.

The enormous body of the Myriad Transformations shriveled like a deflated balloon, collapsing until it was no larger than a giant python.

How was this possible?

How had Lei Xiang done it?

Qianqian wanted to rescue it, but she felt utterly powerless. The spiritual power in her body had been depleted to such an extent that she could no longer unleash many of her powerful techniques.

She cursed Lei Xiang inwardly for his cunning. He had possessed such terrifying explosive power, yet had deliberately refrained from using it until after she had exhausted more than half her spiritual power, once again placing the body she had only just acquired on the verge of destruction.

What Qianqian had not expected was that this was still not the end.

A dark staff shadow, seemingly capable of propping up the heavens and earth, came crashing down like Mount Tai descending from above.

Terrified, she hastily gathered most of the spiritual power remaining within her body. Her green spirit soul shot out, abandoning the body of the Myriad Transformations as she wrapped herself around a white stone and teleported away.

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The rollers beneath Lei Xiang’s Windfire Boots had already sprung out, but he did not pursue her. He knew that no matter how fast the Windfire Boots were, they were at least ten times slower than a spirit soul’s teleportation.

Besides, there was no need to chase her. Everything was already under his control.

His Windfire Boots had another purpose.

Without Qianqian’s spirit soul controlling it, the body of the Myriad Transformations was completely helpless. The Nine-Treasure Lotus Staff smashed it to pieces in only three blows, transforming it into countless small white fragments that drifted across the sky and covered an area ten miles wide, like a sudden blizzard.

Blue light flashed wildly in Lei Xiang’s eyes. He poured spiritual power into his feet, and the Windfire Boots shot across the air like lightning.

When he reached a certain spot, Lei Xiang conjured a giant hand and snatched downward. A black “little watermelon” landed in his grasp.

Only then did Lei Xiang bare his little tiger teeth in a grin.

This was his true objective.

He took out a jade flask and stored the “little watermelon” inside. Only afterward did he leisurely gather the scattered “snowflakes.”

Just as he finished collecting them, a red figure shot toward him. It transformed into a young girl with twin braids tied like a pair of bull’s horns. Her face looked no older than sixteen or seventeen, yet the light in her starry eyes revealed a profound maturity.

“Lei Xiang, you got the inner core of the Myriad Transformations, didn’t you? Hurry and give it to me. This thing has to be used while it’s still fresh.”

Seeing Lei Xiang smile without answering, Tian Rui seemed to suddenly realize something.

“Here. This is Qianqian’s spirit soul. I’ll keep my promise. Now hand it over.”

A green sphere the size of a fist flew toward Lei Xiang. Faint golden light shimmered within it. Lei Xiang examined it carefully with his Divine Thunder Sight and discovered that the sphere’s surface was covered by a golden net. The net gleamed with a glossy, oily radiance. It was clearly a treasure, most likely one designed to imprison souls.

“This is the Myriad Transformations’ demon core. Take good care of it. There’s something else I’m interested in—the golden net around you. Could you give it to me? As for the matter you want me to help with, I’ll do everything in my power.”

As he spoke, Lei Xiang tossed over the jade box containing the “little watermelon.”

After verifying that everything was in order, Tian Rui curled her lips at Lei Xiang.

“You want this Golden Oil Net? Heh, it’s a treasure of the Immortal Clan. Don’t even dream of getting it just because you asked.”

Lei Xiang was met with such a sharp rebuke, yet he did not grow angry. Instead, his interest in the so-called Golden Oil Net only deepened.

He said aloud, “You make it sound so mysterious. Hmph, then I don’t want that. But could you teach me the technique you used just now to empower my Black Crystal Bullet and multiply its power? That way, when I help you, my chances of success will be much greater.”