touchnovel Chapter 22 The Fisherman's Gain: An Unexpected Joy
Chapter 22 The Fisherman's Gain: An Unexpected Joy
On the "Divine Rooster Talisman," the incantation "The Samadhi True Fire descends, the Five Poisons turn to ashes" shines brightly, and the fire patterns also flicker.
A beam of intense fire fell from the talisman and entered the rooster's body.
The rooster raised its head and crowed loudly: "Cluck cluck cluck—"
Flames, like crimson clouds, erupted from its body, engulfing the swarm of spiders.
Although this fire is not the true Samadhi Fire, it is still righteous and bright, capable of driving away evil and warding off filth, and unleashing extremely powerful energy.
The crackling sounds continued as the spiders burst open like popcorn, only to be licked by the flames and reduced to ashes.
"Ah—" The wounded Five Gu Cult member screamed and fell out of the dark clouds, black blood flowing from his seven orifices, and he died.
The natal gourd, a mysterious object, also fell to one side, with two cracks appearing.
With him gone, the remaining three breathed a sigh of relief. A sinister aura surged, creating a gap in the encirclement of the three streams of black water.
But would Jiang Jun allow them to escape?
He raised his hand and tossed it, and "The Cursed One" flew into the sky, its dense array of purple light needles piercing through the black water and precisely striking each blood mosquito.
After dealing with the eerie spider, the divine rooster flapped its wings and flew into the air, fanning out flames that adhered to the light needle.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..." The blood mosquitoes died one after another.
The Five Gu Cult members who controlled the Blood Mosquitoes screamed and then died suddenly.
The dark cloud formed by the ghosts was washed away by the black water mixed with the strange blood, and it only lasted for a few seconds before dispersing, revealing two people holding white banners.
Seeing the opportunity, Jiang Jun had a thought, and the purple light needles gathered together, transforming into two light swords. With a flash of light, they pierced through the foreheads of the two men.
"It's you!" The stronger one had an extremely tenacious life force. He glared angrily at Jiang Jun, wanting to say something, but his pupils had already dilated.
The three blue fish-like children looked somewhat bewildered.
They witnessed the "Divine Rooster Talisman" and "Deceptive Sorrow" displaying their divine power, but they could not see where the enemy who controlled these two was.
Jiang Jun did not show them any leniency just because they had fought side by side earlier.
The light of "The Cursed One" shifted again, and the purple light needles converged into three light swords, pointing directly at their brows.
The eerie child's scales stood on end, and it hurriedly opened its mouth to spew out black water, trying to corrode the lightsaber.
Jiang Jun, however, had a sudden thought. The three light swords transformed into streaks of light, turned a corner, brushed past the black water, and then struck him squarely between the eyebrows.
To his surprise, even though the strange child had been through a bloody battle and was at its last gasp, its scales were still quite hard.
In addition, its flesh and blood remained resilient and its recovery efficiency was extremely high. The lightsaber only penetrated half an inch before it ran out of power and dissipated into a stream of light.
"Waaah!" The Blue Fish Ghost Child cried out in pain, but instead of getting entangled with the two protective objects, he went straight for the corpse of the Five Gu Cult members who controlled the blood mosquitoes.
"Could it be that this guy stole some treasure from the Azure Fish Ghost Child?" Jiang Jun wondered to himself, but his killing moves continued unabated.
On the "Strange Sorrow," purple light needles appeared and then merged into a single sword.
The rooster then swayed its body, transforming into a stream of fire that enhanced the lightsaber, adding even more power.
"Whoosh—" The lightsaber flew like a bolt of lightning towards the back of the head of the eerie child at the front.
Another eerie child suddenly leaped, taking a sword for his companion halfway through the attack.
With the three swords combined and enhanced by the fire, the evil child's head exploded, sending out a jet-black, shiny stone bead.
Jiang Jun frowned slightly.
Monsters are not living beings; they are vicious and insane, devoid of any compassion. For a monster child to die in place of its companion, there must be something fishy going on.
Without hesitation, he gathered the light needles again, enhanced them with crimson flames, and continued to hunt down the blue fish-like monster.
As expected, the other ghost child also chose to die in place of his companion, covering his journey towards the corpse of the Five Gu Cult members.
In the end, the only remaining Qingyu Ghost Child got his wish.
It clumsily reached into the man's arms with its finned hands and pulled out a stone the size of a fist.
The stone was black and shiny, radiating a pure and eerie aura, and seemed to breathe, pulsating periodically.
Without hesitation, the Blue Fish Ghost Child picked up the stone and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
A strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in Jiang Jun's heart: He must not let it swallow him!
But by then, it was too late to use the crimson flame to enhance the lightsaber and kill it.
Jiang Jun's mind raced, and suddenly an idea struck him, causing the "Ghostly Sorrow" above his head to shine brightly with white light.
The intense, almost pungent aroma of garlic swept through the air along with the white light.
Fish have a more sensitive sense of smell than humans, and they have a strong aversion to and avoidance of the smell of garlic.
And "Gui Jianchou" also has the power to exorcise evil spirits!
The blue fish demon stood frozen in place, its scales trembling, its throat bobbing up and down, emitting a loud "yue—" sound.
The stone that was about to be eaten was spat directly onto the ground.
The lightsaber, wreathed in crimson flames, had pierced through the back of its head.
At this point, both the cultists and the Blue Fish Ghost Child were completely wiped out.
Jiang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and raised the "Ghostly Sorrow" and "Divine Chicken Talisman" into the air, keeping an eye out for other monsters coming to disturb him.
He quickly stepped forward and took the black stone that had almost fallen into the fish's mouth in his hand.
Upon acquiring the black stone, Jiang Jun knew it was a mysterious stone resembling a blue fish.
only……
A flash of clear light dispelled the filth, and he examined the stone again and again, then took out the Blue Fish Strange Stone to compare it.
Cai Liang, quick-witted, ran over, took out the three elite-level ghost stones, and presented them to Jiang Jun.
"Teacher, there is only one elite-grade stone. The other two are still ordinary strange stones and have not yet transformed."
The elite-grade strange stone is the size of a billiard ball, and its eerie aura is significantly purer than that of ordinary strange stones.
Jiang Jun took the elite-grade strange stone, about the size of a billiard ball, and compared it with the previous two.
The three stones, apart from differing in size and the purity of their eerie aura, are almost identical in material and color.
Cai Liang stared at it for a long time, finally becoming somewhat thirsty: "This... could this be a Lord-level Azure Fish Mystic Stone?"
Jiang Jun also fell silent. After all, the pamphlet didn't mention that the Azure Fish Mystic Stone had a Lord-level rank, did it?
It is known that enough ordinary strange stones can help a complete-level strange creature be upgraded to an elite-level strange creature.
A sufficient number of elite-grade monster stones can help an elite-grade monster be upgraded to the lord level.
What about the Lord-level Azure Fish Mystic Stone? Can it help a Lord-level creature advance to Legendary level?
Although he only has one right now, which is far from enough, it's still a hot potato.
Fortunately, the twelve tassels of the crown hung down, concealing his uneasy expression.
Jiang Jun composed himself and laughed, "I didn't expect to gain so much as soon as I arrived in the Ghost Realm. I have to thank you for discovering this battlefield."
Seeing his nonchalant tone, Cai Liang couldn't help but curse himself for making a fuss over nothing and being utterly spineless.
"Someone as skilled as you, teacher, has seen all sorts of treasures. What's a mere Lord-level Mystic Stone compared to that?"
Jiang Jun carefully put away the Lord-level and Elite-level Mysterious Stones, then tossed five ordinary Mysterious Stones to Cai Liang: "Consider these your reward for leading the way."
Cai Liang happily put away the strange stone, and without waiting for Jiang Jun's instructions, he took the initiative to help clean up the battlefield.
Due to the considerable destructive power of the black water from the elite-level ghost child and the flames from the divine rooster talisman, few spoils remained at the scene.
Apart from the four natal artifacts of the heretics at the Refinement Realm and a small pile of strange stones hidden underground by the Strange Spider, there was nothing else.
Having acquired the Lord-level Mystic Stones, Jiang Jun no longer valued the ordinary ones and gave them all to Cai Liang.
After all, it's only natural that he should eat the meat himself and let his apprentice have some soup.
As for the four strange objects, one of them, a white banner and the flute, are elite-level strange objects.
The other white banner and the gourd, although only complete-level strange objects, have been improved in quality due to the addition of many strange stones and other treasures.
However, after the battle, these strange creatures were severely damaged and could no longer be bound by contract. They could only be controlled by blood essence to exert some effect.
"These junk items aren't worth much, you can keep them for fun." Jiang Jun shook his head and gave them all to Cai Liang.