Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The four traveled, stopping and starting, for two days before finally delving over three hundred zhang into the Earth Abyss, entering the middle layer of the Profound Yin Cave.

The Yin and Nether Qi here was far greater than in the shallower areas, and the probability of encountering that strange cold Qi also increased significantly, occurring almost every li or so.

The four had to slow down, often meditating and recuperating in large, open caverns.

The deeper they went into the Profound Yin Cave, the more forks there were in the road, and the paths were interconnected in all directions. Several times, they encountered other cultivators, in groups of three, four, or five. Fortunately, they were not those rogue cultivators recruited by the Star Moon Gate, and they were considered to be on the same side, so they nodded in greeting and each chose a different fork in the road to leave.

Further down, in a narrow cave passage, they discovered three headless corpses, blood splattered on the cave walls, emitting a strong bloody smell.

The expressions of the group turned somewhat grave.

There were many paths in the Profound Yin Cave, intertwined like a net, but if one was unlucky enough to run head-on into a Star Moon Gate cultivator in a narrow cave passage, they could only fight it out. Once their strength was insufficient, they would likely end up like these three corpses, their heads chopped off as trophies to exchange for pills.

Reaching a fork in the road ahead, Wu Jixiong, without seeking the opinions of the other three, chose a deep, treacherous cave passage that plunged straight into the ground. Zhang Yuanjing and the other two had no objections.

The tragic scene just now had more or less affected the mentality of the group, and they all wanted to reach the area where the Yin Fire Bats appeared as soon as possible to avoid the Star Moon Gate cultivators.

Although they also prided themselves on having some strength and were not afraid of ordinary battles, they had no interest in fighting unnecessarily and did not want to waste their time.

They hurried along the way, and fortunately, their luck was good, and they did not encounter any other cultivators. The surroundings were silent, and there were no sounds except for the rustling of their footsteps.

Five days passed, and the four successfully descended below a thousand zhang, entering the deep layer of the Profound Yin Cave.

The Yin and Nether Qi here was extremely dense, as if it had substance. Occasionally, a Yin wind would blow, like an ice blade cutting the face, causing the skin to feel like it was about to crack. The consumption of Guarding Yang Pills increased, with one pill lasting only about ten days at most.

The degree to which their divine sense was suppressed had reached ninety-two to ninety-three percent. In this pitch-black cave where they could not see their fingers and could not hear any sounds, the four were almost becoming truly blind.

Wu Jixiong did not dare to be negligent and immediately took out a three-to-four-foot-tall cyan-gray monkey demon from his spirit beast bag, restrained it in front of him, and drove it to lead the way.

This demon was a Cang Monkey, with only the cultivation of the late stage of the Savage Blood Realm. Its eyes were extremely intelligent, and it exuded a fragrance, without the stench of low-level demons.

After descending for seven or eight li, the Cang Monkey suddenly trembled all over, its face filled with fear, and it was unwilling to go any further.

Wu Jixiong said with delight, "The Yin Fire Bats are here. Where there are Yin Fire Bats, there must be Profound Yin Grass. Everyone, our luck is good!"

After saying that, he paused and added, "Let's retreat to the cave we just passed, only there can we set up the Four Symbols Absolute Killing Formation. Fellow Daoist Zhang, there is no time to investigate that strange cold Qi, please control the magic weapon to clear the way."

Zhang Yuanjing did not say much and immediately sacrificed two magic weapons to swim in front of him, flying back in the direction they came from.

On the way over, they passed a cave about ten zhang in radius, about three li behind them. The group sped, and in just over ten breaths of time, they arrived in the cave.

This place was a little cramped for setting up a formation, but as long as they concealed their aura, once the Yin Fire Bats entered the formation, it could unleash even stronger formation power.

Wu Jixiong skillfully buried the formation plate in the center of the cave, restrained the Cang Monkey, and threw it above the formation plate, then whispered, "Set up the formation."

The four nodded to each other, stood in accordance with the Four Symbols positions, held up the formation flags, and communicated their mana. Before long, the four formation flags established a connection with the formation plate and formed a magic formation.

With the help of the formation, the four concealed their physical aura and lurked on the side, waiting for the Yin Fire Bats to come.

After about ten breaths, they heard a rustling sound, followed by anxious squeaking, and then a group of black bats flew in from the cave entrance.

They spread their shiny bodies, opened their slender mouths, revealing two rows of needle-like teeth, and plunged headlong into the Cang Monkey, frantically devouring its flesh and blood.

The Cang Monkey howled miserably, its body trembling violently, but it could not move, nor could it resist, and could only cry out even more miserably. This sound made the Yin Fire Bats even more frenzied.

The four carefully looked at the group of Yin Fire Bats, which numbered about fifty. Each was only two or three inches long, and their arm bones and finger bones were twice as thick as ordinary bats. They flapped their wings extremely powerfully, and their toes were like iron hooks, grabbing onto the Cang Monkey, no matter how it twisted, it could not shake them off.

Dozens of Yin Fire Bats covered the Cang Monkey tightly. Many Yin Fire Bats on the periphery shook their wings, trying to squeeze and drill into the bat swarm.

Most of these Yin Fire Bats only had the strength of the Savage Blood Realm and were not yet adults. Eight were in the early stage of the Spirit Opening Realm, with slightly reddish skin.

There was also one that was more than four inches long, with strength in the middle stage of the Spirit Opening Realm, with grayish-white abdominal hair, a hint of dark red at the tips of its ears, and larger nostrils. It should be the leader of this group of Yin Fire Bats.

The Cang Monkey was possessed and sucked of its blood by this group of Yin Fire Bats. In just four or five breaths, it had shrunk a lot, its breath was faint, and the sound of its roar gradually became inaudible, and soon it fell silent and lifeless.

Seeing this, Wu Jixiong immediately activated the formation plate, and the four formation flags spewed out spiritual energy, a large net of spiritual energy shrouded the Yin Fire Bat swarm from top to bottom, sealing the space in the center of the cave tightly.

The four-inch Fire Bat shook its wings, and the mouth covered in blood emitted a sharp squeak. The other Yin Fire Bats became restless and repeatedly slammed into the surrounding net of spiritual energy.

However, these Yin Fire Bats were only two or three inches in size, and their physical strength was not strong. More than fifty of them rushed together, but they could not shake the net of spiritual energy in the slightest.

The Yin Fire Bats were named after "Yin Fire", which was born to absorb the poison of Profound Yin Grass, and mixed with the Yin and Nether Qi in the cave, refining a kind of Yin fire containing highly toxic substances, which was extremely powerful. If a cultivator was contaminated, it was like a maggot attached to the bone, which could not be removed or forced out, and would burn the body into a pool of poisonous water.

But there was one condition, this fire poison needed the help of the five elements of spiritual power to make the flames blaze and increase its power, but if it was in an environment without spiritual energy, it would lose its reliance on exerting its effect, and cultivators could easily isolate it from the outside.

As soon as the Four Symbols Absolute Killing Formation began to draw away spiritual power, the Yin Fire Bat in the middle stage of the Spirit Opening Realm noticed the abnormality, and immediately cried out "Lili Li", the other Yin Fire Bats no longer used brute force to hit the net of spiritual energy, but under the leadership of this Yin Fire Bat in the middle stage of the Spirit Opening Realm, they spewed out the Yin fire in their bodies towards the great formation, intending to burn the net of spiritual energy and escape.

This Yin fire was a ghostly green ball, but about the size of an egg, filled with cold air and bone-chilling.

When these Yin fires hit the net of spiritual energy, they stuck to it and continued to erode inward. In just a few breaths, they had eroded a deep hole in the net of spiritual energy.

More than fifty groups of Yin fire were released at the same time, and suddenly more than a dozen large holes were worn out in the net of spiritual energy, and the formation was leaking wind from all sides for a while, and it was about to collapse. When these Yin Fire Bats saw that the formation was broken, they hurriedly flapped their wings and flew, trying to escape from these holes.

Wu Jixiong snorted lightly, cast a magic formula in his hand, and pointed at the central formation plate. A stream of spiritual energy spewed out from the formation plate, and immediately repaired the net of spiritual energy and blocked the group of Yin Fire Bats, continuing to trap them in the formation.

The Yin Fire Bats failed to rush out, and after hitting the net of spiritual energy several times, they began to spew out Yin fire again, but this time the fire was nearly half smaller than the previous time, and did not pose much threat to the formation.

A group of Yin Fire Bats stirred their wings, stirring up bursts of buzzing sounds, circling rapidly in the formation, hitting the net of spiritual energy from time to time, but they still could not find a way out, so they stimulated their ferocity and actually pounced on the net of spiritual energy and gnawed at the spiritual energy.

At this time, the four had extracted all the four attributes of spiritual energy of metal, wood, water, and earth from the formation, and the formation plate had also extracted the fire spiritual power, and there was not a trace of spiritual power in the eight or nine zhang space surrounded by the great formation.

The four-inch Fire Bat was a little flustered, and made short and scattered calls. The Yin Fire Bats attached to the net of spiritual energy flapped their wings and flew away, leaving a space of four zhang in radius.

Wu Jixiong's expression was stern, and he quickly said in a low voice: "Fellow Daoists, be careful, this Yin Fire Bat in the middle stage of the Spirit Opening Realm may be a little different. If the formation cannot be sealed, then fully attack and kill this demon first."

The three nodded in response, and at the same time increased the input of mana in their hands, and for a while, the great formation rippled with wisps of light, and the net of spiritual energy was greatly enhanced.

At this time, the Yin Fire Bat in the middle stage of the Spirit Opening Realm vibrated its wings extremely fast, its body shook violently up and down, and then, it opened its mouth full of fine teeth and spewed out a ball of green-blue Yin fire.

As soon as this fire came out, it froze the nearby space, and several Yin Fire Bats that were slightly closer were also frozen and fell straight to the ground. The Four Symbols Absolute Killing Formation seemed to be cut off from the spiritual energy, and its operation was stiff and stagnant.

Although Wu Jixiong was prepared, he still changed his face slightly when he saw this group of Yin fire, knowing that it was too late to make up for it, so he cast a spell to seal the formation plate, cut off the connection of spiritual energy, and shouted: "Three fellow Daoists, quickly do it!"

A spiritual weapon had already appeared in his hand, and he struck it at the Fire Bat leader.

Zhang, Qing, and Lin also abandoned the formation flags, and each sacrificed their killing spiritual weapons, attacking the Bat Demon in the middle stage of the Spirit Opening Realm.

This Bat Demon consumed the power of its origin, and spewed out this group of fire, originally wanting to destroy the great formation, but Wu Jixiong reacted extremely quickly and immediately withdrew the formation. This fire had no obstruction, and rushed straight out, hitting the cave wall and freezing the soil wall of several zhang in radius.

At this time, it was its weakness. A mouthful of vitality had not yet been lifted up, and its spiritual intelligence was insufficient. It was purely relying on its instinct to fight against the cultivators. How could it react, and was immediately hit by the four spiritual weapons into a cloud of blood mist.

With the death of the leader, the Yin Fire Bat swarm was in chaos. Some were fangs and claws towards the four of Zhang Yuanjing, some scattered and fled, and some were spinning in the cave.

Taking this opportunity, the four attacked and killed Yin Fire Bats, especially the eight Yin Fire Bats in the early stage of the Spirit Opening Realm. Except for two that escaped, the rest were killed by the four.

As for the Yin Fire Bats in the Savage Blood Realm, as long as they did not take the initiative to attack, they were allowed to escape. Without the command of the leader, these stragglers were not to be feared.