Chapter 43 Spring Breeze Reborn

"Uncle Luo Jing, shall I go down and retrieve the spirit item?"

Looking at the ruins of the entire mountain, Li Zhifeng couldn't help but make a suggestion.

"It's just a mid-grade first-tier spiritual item; let's not lose sight of the bigger picture."

Li Luo waved his hand dismissively. Although it was just an aftershock, the sword energy of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was not to be trifled with.

He could clearly see a wisp of sword energy strike the other party's chest directly. Unless there was a Foundation Establishment cultivator skilled in healing present, death was certain.

In his eyes, a mere Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator was nothing more than an ant.

"Tick-tock!"

"Tick-tock!"

In the pitch black, cold water droplets fell on his forehead.

At this moment, the sixth leaf of the seven-colored flower within the body was desperately radiating light.

The ability of Spring Breeze Rebirth was constantly in operation, locking away the restless spiritual power and vitality within his body, and doing everything possible to maintain his life force that was on the verge of being extinguished.

On his chest, a sword wound that had almost cleaved his body in two was still oozing blood.

The eerie blue light writhed and twisted like a maggot clinging to his bone, trying to penetrate deep into his body.

Xu Yuanlang's own spiritual power crumbled instantly upon contact with these spiritual lights, for this sword mark was, after all, left by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Even if only a trace of spiritual power remained, its quality was far superior to his own spiritual power, so his own spiritual power had no power to resist at all.

He was still alive because countless tentacles sprouted from his flesh and blood, blocking the light.

The light, like a scythe, flickered gently, instantly severing a large number of tentacles, but the tentacles would rapidly heal in the next moment.

Deep within his body, the roots of the seven-colored flower were frantically drawing spiritual energy from the jade bowl.

"Well……"

Xu Yuanlang's body suddenly throbbed with pain. He struggled to open his eyes, but with such a slight movement, his wound tore open with a "plop," and blood gushed out.

Having already lost too much blood, he fell into a coma again, and it took another day before he slowly woke up.

"Where am I? What am I doing...?"

He felt his mind was blank, and it took him a long time to slowly remember what had happened.

"Uncle Zhen Guang!"

He sighed, tears welling in his eyes, but then a sharp pain shot through his right foot.

He kicked it reflexively and heard a splash as he fell into the water.

"Squeak!"

Suddenly, several blood-red eyes appeared around them, followed by a series of sharp screams.

"Oh no, these things have been attracted by the smell of my own blood."

He endured the excruciating pain, propped himself up on the stone, leaned against the rock wall, and scanned his surroundings. A group of golden-toothed rats, resembling large mice, crawled up from the nearby underground river.

These creatures all had bloodshot eyes and were constantly grinding their teeth; you could tell without even looking that they were starving.

There must have been more than a dozen of them, each as tall as his calf, and their long, thin tails were almost like whips.

These golden-toothed rats have sharp teeth and mouths, and their large teeth can easily cut through gold and stone. However, they are very weak and are only early-stage first-tier demonic beasts.

But that was during his prime; now, he's already doing well just to be able to stand up against the rocks.

"Squeak!"

Suddenly, a hungry golden-toothed rat leaped up and bit into Xu Yuanlang's chest wound with its sharp fangs.

Xu Yuanlang released the Demon-Slaying Gourd, preparing to kill the Golden-Toothed Rat, but unexpectedly, a sharp pain suddenly came from his chest.

His body involuntarily hunched over, and the sword light gathered on the Demon-Slaying Gourd instantly dissipated. His expression changed, and he couldn't care less about anything else at that moment.

He rolled awkwardly on the gravel ground, and with a tearing sound, his wound got caught on a sharp rock, almost pulling off a large chunk of flesh.

After smelling the blood, the Golden Tooth Rat, having missed its first attack, landed on the ground, jumped lightly, and bit down on his wound again.

"Blue Leaf Cage!"

He hurriedly swallowed a Qi-restoring pill, and without caring whether he had refined it or not, he quickly made a hand seal, and instantly several leaves formed a cage that locked the Golden Tooth Rat inside.

"Squeak!"

Unexpectedly, the Golden Tooth Rat struggled frantically inside, and the Green Leaf Cage was also being pounded and made loud noises. Due to insufficient spiritual energy, the Green Leaf Cage's defense was also decreasing.

"Ahem!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the golden-toothed rats around him let out sharp cries and pounced on him.

"Qi-breaking needle!"

He held the fine, hair-like needle in his hand and precisely pierced the head of the golden-toothed rat in the green-leaf cage. With a gentle shake, the golden-toothed rat was instantly and irrevocably dead.

He grabbed the golden-toothed rat and threw it aside. The hungry rat immediately turned around and began to gnaw on the corpse of its own kind.

"At least three are needed to feed these golden-toothed rats!"

He turned his gaze to the other two Golden Tooth Rats, and the next moment the Qi-Breaking Needle flew out, instantly killing both of them.

While the golden-toothed rat was gnawing on the corpse, he quickly checked his injuries.

The sword wound on his chest continued to erode his flesh, preventing it from healing.

There was no spiritual energy left in his dantian. Not only that, but it was also covered with cracks, like a piece of porcelain that had been broken and then glued back together.

His meridians were almost completely broken, his internal organs were severely damaged, and there was even a faint smell of decay emanating from his flesh and blood. His condition was extremely bad.

If it weren't for a glimmer of life clinging to his heart and soul, he would probably be dead by now.

"This must be the power of the Spring Breeze Regeneration; it's already being used so quickly."

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out the tube of Monkey King wine, and carefully took a sip.

"Boom!"

The abundant spiritual power in the Monkey King Wine erupted completely within his body at this moment.

"Wow!"

As soon as he circulated his cultivation technique, he spat out a mouthful of black blood, but his complexion improved considerably after spitting out the blood.

However, the horrific sword wound on his chest continued to torment his body.

"I must survive, I must survive!"

He was like a weed that could be crushed at any moment, desperately clinging to life amidst the wind and rain.

Unbeknownst to him, a momentous event was unfolding in that nameless valley.

"Haha, I knew we could catch a big fish. Jiang Xushang, this will be your burial ground."

Li Luojing manipulated the formation to launch a frenzied attack, with beams of light falling like raindrops.

"Li Luo is shocked! Your Li family actually dares to defy the world and hunt down cultivators! Aren't you afraid of what others will say in the future?"

Jiang Xushang was filled with shock and anger, and couldn't help but start cursing, but Li Luojing just stood outside the formation and watched him.

"Jiang Xushang, you don't understand anything. As long as you win, you can shut up the gossip."

"To tell you the truth, after we kill you, we will also raid your Jiang family's market town and completely destroy your Jiang family."