Subsequently, the bronze cauldron began to spin rapidly.
With a few soft popping sounds, all the chains wrapped around it were shattered. The entire bronze cauldron emitted a dazzling purple light, spinning in mid-air. From inside came bursts of excited roars.
A powerful aura emanated from within, and the entire bronze cauldron shattered like crisp ice shards with cracking sounds.
The thing sealed inside revealed its full appearance.
First, a sphere entwined with countless purple light threads was seen, then the countless light threads spread out, revealing a strange-looking creature.
A purplish-black monster, its body long, about seven or eight *zhang* long (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters), covered in wrinkles like old tree bark, resembling a lizard. But its back grew a large patch of purple light threads, extending to the tail, forming a huge purple tail.
The head on top was oval, but no other facial features could be seen, only two fluorescent, eye-like beads embedded on it, spinning around.
The front of the oval head was also half-open like a flower, the everted skin was purplish-black, wriggling strangely, revealing black pointed teeth.
The creature's limbs were also extremely short and thin, equally wrinkled, and exposing several curved hook-like claws.
The appearance of this beast stunned Zhang Ling for a moment, it was too bizarre. But the aura it emitted had stabilized. It indeed had the strength of the Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, the layer of purple light on its body emitted a thick earth spiritual power.
This was still an earth-attribute monster.
At this time, Mu Xiaoyan had already pulled Wu Yun up, watching the strange monster emerging from its confinement with a pale face. A layer of cold sweat rose on her back. She also sensed the immensely powerful aura of this monster.
At the same time, she also felt that she seemed to have seen this monster somewhere before. Taking another look at the monster's appearance, she remembered an ancient beast recorded in the sect's classics.
Mu Xiaoyan stiffly turned her head and glanced at Zhang Ling floating in mid-air, transmitting her voice intermittently. "Brother, this is a Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast, it may already have the strength of the Nascent Soul stage, we... we should run away quickly."
"Oh, you recognize this beast," Zhang Ling immediately asked via voice transmission.
"This monster has a special appearance. If I remember correctly, I saw a picture of it in the sect's classics. It looks very much like a Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast, an ancient beast. It is said that the beast core it condenses is a rare treasure, much more precious than ordinary monster cores. It also has two other rare materials on its body, hence it is called the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast. While it has just escaped, let's retreat quickly, if we are late, we may all die here," Mu Xiaoyan hurriedly explained, and urged Zhang Ling to flee.
"Hehe, it really is an ancient beast, quite rare," Zhang Ling showed no intention of retreating, but smiled instead.
Seeing that this beast had the aura of the Nascent Soul stage, but its intelligence seemed not high, he guessed that it might be an ancient beast. He did not expect that Mu Xiaoyan would recognize the origin of this beast.
"You don't want to kill this ancient beast, do you? We can't possibly kill it," Mu Xiaoyan couldn't help but exclaim when she heard Zhang Ling's reply.
With a soft *pu* sound (噗: pu, a soft popping sound), the sound was not loud, and a ray of red light shot towards Mu Xiaoyan.
She was still looking in the direction of Zhang Ling, with a look of surprise. She did not notice that the words just now were not transmitted by voice, but shouted out. It had already attracted the Earth Spirit Beast's attack.
Zhang Ling's figure flashed, turning into a shadow and blocking in front of Mu Xiaoyan. A vine quickly rotated and turned into a wooden shield, blocking this attack.
With a muffled sound, the wooden shield vibrated violently. It instantly turned into a vine again, wrapping around the red light that hit it.
But the red light was slippery, like a loach, and slipped out of the vine at once, and was taken back by the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast. It turned out to be the beast's tongue.
"Xiaoyan, you retreat first, I will deal with this beast," Zhang Ling took a deep breath, stared at the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast, and said in a deep voice.
"Brother Zhang, why don't you listen to advice, we are definitely not..." Mu Xiaoyan's face was flushed with anger, and she cried out anxiously, still wanting to persuade Zhang Ling to retreat.
But suddenly, Mu Xiaoyan noticed something, and swallowed half of her words back. She stared at Zhang Ling's back with even more shock, and was stunned. "How can your spiritual power fluctuations be so strong, no, Nascent Soul stage."
"Did you just find out now, Xiaoyan? Okay, don't worry about me, there will be no danger, you go outside and wait for me first, I will come to find you after I deal with this beast," Zhang Ling smiled without explaining too much, and urged Mu Xiaoyan to leave quickly.
To deal with an ancient beast of the Nascent Soul stage, it is naturally not good to hide his strength any longer.
At this moment, the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast launched another attack, with a strange cry, its whole body shook and a large piece of purple light hair shot out from its back, rolling towards them.
Zhang Ling expressionlessly shook his hand, and a ball of yellow light sprinkled out, forming several layers of light curtains, blocking these filaments. A green light chopped down, cutting off a large piece of purple light silk.
At the same time, he activated a magic, and the gourd shook again and released yellow sand. It gathered into forty to fifty huge sand balls and shot them out. The sandballs transformed into yellow giant stones in the air with the blessing of spiritual power, and smashed out with terrifying force.
The Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast was also extremely fast, pulling out several afterimages, dodging most of the earth and stones. The strange head actually swelled a few circles, seemingly its mouth, revealing a ring of sharp teeth inside, and shot out red light again, heading straight for his face.
Zhang Ling stood in place, without dodging or avoiding. But he shot faster, raising his hand a step earlier, and a black vine instantly grew to a dozen *zhang* long (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters), slapped in the air with a *pa* sound (啪: pa, onomatopoeia for a slapping sound), directly knocking the Earth Spirit Beast upside down, hitting the stone wall on the other side.
The mountain wall collapsed immediately, and several hideous cracks appeared, and countless earth and stones fell down.
Seeing this scene, Mu Xiaoyan was convinced that Zhang Ling really had the strength of the Nascent Soul stage. Although she was still shocked, she also understood the situation and did not say anything more, grabbed the unconscious Wu Yun, and quickly left.
"Big brother actually has such cultivation, making little sister worry for nothing. I'll wait for you outside."
After Mu Xiaoyan left, Zhang Ling had no more scruples. A black light flashed beside him, and he released the Black Tortoise as well. He planned to join forces to quickly solve this beast.
The Black Tortoise did not transform, only transformed into a black giant tortoise several *zhang* high (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters) and rushed over. The aura of its whole body was only at the level of a seventh-level monster.
The Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast shook its whole body, and the sky full of purple light filaments entangled over.
The Black Tortoise spewed out a mass of yin and cold ice mist, mixed with thirty to forty huge ice thorns, but facing the countless light filaments, it could only barely resist, and was shattered into powder.
The Earth Spirit Beast turned into a light ball and directly hit the Black Tortoise, knocking the Black Tortoise upside down and smashing out a huge pit. The Black Tortoise's body swayed and fell towards the ground, with a loud rumbling sound, and fell to the ground, as if seriously injured, unable to climb up for a while.
Several flying swords and dense earth ball attacks came over, which were launched by Zhang Ling.
The Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast reacted quickly, twisting and turning in the air, turning into a dozen afterimages to avoid most of the attacks. Even if some attacks landed on it, they did not cause much damage.
The beast even screamed excitedly, pouncing towards Zhang Ling. After dodging many attacks, it rushed to the front, and its claws grabbed in the air, and a dozen purple claw glows slashed over like wind blades.
Hitting the yellow light formed by the Yellow Luo Umbrella, it made a series of banging sounds, followed by the scarlet tongue shooting out again. With a muffled sound, Zhang Ling's whole body shook, and he took half a step back.
The force of this blow was really not small, and its power was several times stronger than the last time it attacked Mu Xiaoyan.
Taking this opportunity, the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast leaned forward and reached the top of his head, and countless purple light filaments entangled over.
Zhang Ling stretched out his hand and lifted it upwards, and a mass of yellow sand blocked it on the top of his head. The yellow sand flowed quickly, and all the rushing purple photons were stirred in it, and there was a sound like mowing grass.
From a distance, it looked like a layer of tumbling yellow light, cutting a large piece of purple light silk.
Zhang Ling entangled with the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast in this way, and for a time, it was in a stalemate. From the appearance, he was still at a disadvantage. And the Black Tortoise, who had just seemed to be seriously injured and fell to the ground, was still lying under the cave, motionless as if it were dead.
But if you look closely, you can see that this Black Tortoise is gradually turning ice blue, not a body of flesh and blood. It was the Black Tortoise's Water Shadow Technique, using a little of its own spiritual power to create an illusion.
The Black Tortoise had already transformed into a human form, draped in an invisible spirit gauze, and quietly arranged a formation around it.
Why did he suddenly do this? Because Mu Xiaoyan transmitted a voice again before leaving, saying that this beast was good at *dùn shù* (遁术: Dùn shù, escaping techniques), especially earth *dùn shù* (遁术: Dùn shù, escaping techniques). In this earthy environment, if it used earth *dùn* (遁: Dùn, escape), it would not be easy to kill.
This kind of ancient beast that has lived for an unknown number of years has extremely keen spiritual senses. If it senses that the enemy is strong, it may escape instantly.
So Zhang Ling slightly changed his combat thinking, showing weakness to the enemy, and first buy time for the Black Tortoise to arrange the formation, sealing this area, in case the beast sees that the situation is not good and escapes during the battle.
In a short period of a few breaths, they fought several times.
At this time, the two strange eyes of the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast turned around. Seeing that the purple light filaments on its body did not have much effect on the enemy, its whole body was entangled with purple light, forming a dozen purple vortexes of five or six *zhang* (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters) in size on its side.
The surrounding earth and stones shook violently, and large pieces of rock flew up and were all attracted to it. The power of earth and stone gathered, and it seemed to want to use some magical power.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling also cheered up and did not dare to neglect.
After a series of banging sounds, countless earth and stones, after passing through those purple light clusters, turned into crystal clear particles, sticking to its body, like a layer of dust covering its body.
In an instant, the body of the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast swelled several circles, becoming a crystal clear purple monster.
This is very similar to the earth armor technique used by some monsters, which can greatly enhance their own defense and strength. This beast is an earth-attribute ancient beast, and it is not uncommon for it to have this kind of talent and magical power.
Zhang Ling would naturally not stand by and watch the beast cast its magic. With a wave of his hand, a black vine rolled out. After shaking it a few times in the air, he shot out sharp wooden thorns.
Suddenly, the banging sounds continued, the wooden thorns were sharp, but the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast's current form had greatly increased its defense, and it could not be pierced at all. At most, it would break half a layer of purple earth and stone covering its body.
The Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast's whole body shone with purple light, and countless earth and stones turned into purple particles and covered its body, and its body swelled even more. The purple light threads on its back entangled and wrapped together, turning into a long streamer and flung over, like a purple light *xiá* (霞: Xiá, rosy clouds).
This beast can indeed continue to use the power of earth and stone to enhance its strength. If it keeps dragging on, it will not be easy to win. And it seems that the condensed power of earth and stone, after being blessed by the spiritual power on its body, is not ordinary power of earth and stone.
Zhang Ling's expression sank slightly, and he thought that he still had to use some means to hold this beast back.
With a thought, seven flying swords were released and slashed over fiercely at the same time, and the Heavenly Star Sand flowed, condensing into huge stone spears, and also attacked.
The Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast would naturally not be afraid. The huge body let out a roar, shaking a large piece of earth and stone from the surrounding rock walls.
Its speed did not weaken much, shuttling through the earth and stones, the purple light filaments on its back, like floating dust, swept over a large piece of earth and stone. It Carved out a burst of air-breaking sound in the air, and the power it brought was not small.
For a time, the roaring sound continued, and the entire space was constantly shaking.
With another roar, the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast spat out its tongue again. What was different was that this time the originally scarlet tongue turned purplish-black, and at the front end of the tongue, seven or eight strange purple *bǎo zhū* (宝珠: Bǎo zhū, precious pearls) protruded, which was a bit strange.
I saw this tongue fling out and dashed out from the many attacks. It stabbed towards Zhang Ling with extremely fast speed.
Although Zhang Ling saw this attack, it was too late to dodge. A green light flashed, and a rhombus-shaped shield appeared in front of him, turning into a giant shield half a *zhàng* (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters) in size. With a loud bang, a terrifying force directly pushed him back three or four *zhàng* (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters) before he stabilized his figure.
In terms of strength alone, this attack has gone up another level. The rhombus-shaped shield vibrated even more buzzing, and the spiritual light on it was weakened by more than half.
Suddenly, Zhang Ling's divine sense moved slightly, sensing that the formation had been completed. He mobilized the spiritual power of his whole body and began to make a full effort. Several black vines flung out, changing and winding quickly in the air.
Since he had seen the vines before, the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast did not seem to take it seriously. It just shook its whole body and condensed a few huge earth and stones and smashed them over.
But the vines were different from before, constantly getting longer and thicker, like black giant snakes, easily broke through the earth and stones, and winding around the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast.
These were vines containing the true demonic energy that he had carefully refined, and would be very tough.
At the same time, Zhang Ling flipped his hand and took out the Four Directions Flag, and the spiritual power was injected into it, forming a large gray mist that swept over.
The seven flying swords also quickly overlapped in the air, turning into a ten *zhàng* long (丈: zhang, a unit of length, approximately meters) green light. The Heavenly Star Sand also gathered into three or four *dì shà* (地煞: Dì shà, earthly fiends) earth dragons, spewing out earth thorns.
Many attacks covering the head and face smashed over.
