"A bunch of righteous path juniors, courting death!"
"Black Mountain Old Ghost," confident in his superior strength, paid no mind to Li Xiaoyao and the others.
He declared arrogantly,
"Righteous path whelps, though you possess posthumous spiritual treasures, you are merely Golden Core cultivators. The gap between Golden Core and Nascent Soul is like heaven and earth. You have no chance of winning..."
Before his words could finish,
Li Xiaoyao on the opposite side had already launched the first offensive.
The "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword" hummed, wreathed in boundless, sharp sword qi, sweeping towards "Black Mountain Old Ghost."
Li Xiaoyao's attack this time seemed different.
He did not unleash the "Myriad Sword Art," but instead activated the inherent power of the "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword" itself!
"Hehehehe, useless, utterly useless. Though posthumous spiritual treasures are powerful, it depends on who wields them. You bunch of Golden Core brats can't possibly unleash their true might..."
"Black Mountain Old Ghost" cackled and babbled incessantly, spewing nonsense. With a sudden punch, he slammed towards the incoming "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword."
"Let you witness the might of a Nascent Soul cultivator! Even posthumous spiritual treasures must bow!"
"Black Mountain Old Ghost" unleashed terrifying power. With his punch, boundless ghostly energy surged like a collapsing mountain, like a tidal wave.
The "black ghostly energy" dealt immense damage to the spirituality of magical artifacts. Even the "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword" struggled to resist.
Hiss hiss hiss!
With a piercing corrosive sound, the sword qi unleashed by the "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword" rapidly withered.
The "black ghostly energy" surged and roared, sweeping towards the main body of the "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword."
Seeing this, "Black Mountain Old Ghost" was smug and began to cackle again.
"Hehehehe, see? This is the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator! Submit, tremble, cower!"
"Shut up!"
Li Xiaoyao's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly roared.
"Senior taught us that villains die because they talk too much! Black Mountain Old Ghost, you talk too much, and you will die today!"
In a certain cave.
A certain senior.
(～￣▽￣)～
I must admit, this is indeed my "braggadocio quote."
"Villains die because they talk too much" is an "eternal and unchanging" truth of the Great Dao!
Verbose villains die young!
This "Black Mountain Old Ghost" is so wordy, he's doomed to die!
...
"Qing Yuan Sword Intent, Sword Qi Green Lotus!"
Li Xiaoyao forcefully activated his sword art.
Clang!
The sound of sword hum and dragon roar soared into the heavens.
Not only Li Xiaoyao's "Qing Yuan Immortal Sword," but also the other eleven "Qing Yuan Immortal Swords" simultaneously erupted with their most brilliant sword light.
The "Qing Yuan Sword Intent" condensed within the immortal swords, at this moment, completely exploded.
Boundless sword qi swept out!
Twelve immortal swords flew together.
The sword intent merged into one.
The sword qi continuously melted.
Finally, a magnificent "Sword Qi Green Lotus" descended, suppressing "Black Mountain Old Ghost."
Holy shit!
Holy shit!
Holy mother of shit!
"Black Mountain Old Ghost" was scared shitless!
The "Sword Qi Green Lotus" condensed the "Qing Yuan Sword Intent" and was a variation of the "Qing Yuan Sword Formation."
The "Qing Yuan Sword Formation Divine Art" was the signature divine ability of "Qing Yuan Sword Immortal," known as "one sword suppressing all heavens and myriad realms."
It was unbelievably powerful!
Li Xiaoyao and the others, due to their insufficient strength, could not unleash the "Sword Qi Green Lotus" alone.
They had to combine their efforts, twelve of them, to barely perform it.
Yet, even a mere glimpse of the "Qing Yuan Sword Formation Divine Art" was still astonishingly powerful, capable of destroying heavens and annihilating worlds!
The pitiable "Black Mountain Old Ghost," enveloped by the "Sword Qi Green Lotus," had no power to resist.
Hiss hiss hiss!
Countless extremely sharp sword qi, bursting forth from the "Sword Qi Green Lotus," swept down.
Each strand of sword qi effortlessly pierced through the outer "black ghostly energy" and directly struck "Black Mountain Ghost King's" body.
"Rao..."
"Black Mountain Ghost King," filled with terror and despair, wanted to beg for mercy.
However, he only managed to utter one word. The "ming" in "ming" (life/mercy) had no chance to be spoken before he was shredded by the endless sword qi.
"Black Mountain Old Ghost" was pierced by countless sword qi, dissolving into a mist of blood.
The "black ghostly energy" he had summoned was also scattered by the sword qi.
A generation's "Great Demon Figure," unable to escape the law of "villains dying because they talk too much," met his end in such a dejected manner!
The entire area was restored to clarity and brightness.
Li Xiaoyao and the others did not stop. They continued to urge the sword formation, engulfing the entire "Black Mountain."
Hiss hiss hiss!
Kill kill kill!
The sword qi interlocked and minced, incomparably sharp!
One day later.
All the "ghost cultivators" in the entire "Black Mountain" were wiped out.
Li Xiaoyao and the others had completed their "act of justice on behalf of heaven." However, they did not leave immediately but began to loot "Black Mountain."
All the storage bags of the slain "ghost cultivators" were collected.
The treasure vault of the "Black Mountain Ghost Sect" was also found by Li Xiaoyao and the others.
They meticulously inventoried the "spoils of war."
Evil magical artifacts like "Hundred Ghost Banners" and "Spirit-Devouring Skeletons" were all destroyed.
Evil divine abilities like "Great Law of Evil Spirits" and "Spirit Restraining and Soul Refining" were all annihilated.
Li Xiaoyao and the others were only interested in "heavenly materials and earthly treasures," and "spirit stones."
They were short of money!
After three days and three nights of looting, Li Xiaoyao and the others obtained a total of three million low-grade spirit stones, along with a considerable amount of "heavenly materials and earthly treasures."
If those "heavenly materials and earthly treasures" were sold, they could fetch another two million low-grade spirit stones.
In other words, this "Black Mountain Instance Dungeon Run" yielded a total of five million low-grade spirit stones.
Not bad!
Li Xiaoyao, as the team captain, expressed basic satisfaction.
Their "dungeon running team" consisted of twelve people. Five million low-grade spirit stones divided amongst them meant over four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones per person.
As "sword renters," they had to pay three thousand low-grade spirit stones to the senior daily.
Over four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones could cover half a year's rent.
Excellent, excellent!
This was a good deal!
They could both "act on behalf of heaven" and earn "rent."
Killing two birds with one stone!
Achieving both objectives!
Li Xiaoyao and the others all declared that they would continue to strive, grow stronger, and achieve greater glory!
After a brief period of rest, Li Xiaoyao and the others set out again, their target being "Skeleton Mountain," not far from "Black Mountain."
They were heading to "raid the White Bone Sect instance dungeon"!
...
And so, the "sword renters" formed various teams and went "dungeon running" throughout the "Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range."
These "gold farming groups" possessed explosive combat power, incredibly fierce!
The "Demonic Sects" were utterly incapable of resisting, most of them being "flattened in one wave."
The members of the "gold farming groups" first killed, then robbed... scratch that, first "acted on behalf of heaven," then "acted on behalf of heaven"...
In short, the "Demonic Sects" in the entire "Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range" had run into terrible luck, with their mountain gates shattered and their organizations uprooted.