I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 669: Chapter 616: Water Spirit

Just as Lu Nanzhi finished speaking, Jiang Yuebai felt a powerful stream rushing towards them.

There was no one else here, and Jiang Yuebai wasn’t afraid of revealing her identity, so she directly summoned the Primordial Magnetic Ruler, spreading open the Lifeless Sand Realm.

But the moment the Primordial Magnetic Black Sand appeared, it sank immediately, each grain weighing a thousand pounds, putting immense pressure on Jiang Yuebai’s Divine Sense.

Fortunately, Lu Nanzhi grabbed her, and the current brushed past her face.

A huge force suddenly struck Jiang Yuebai’s face. Under the massive shock, her head tilted slightly, her skin bursting into Dragon Scale shadows, the scales instantly covered in cracks, and blood uncontrollably seeped out from the crevices.

Jiang Yuebai was terrified. In the darkness, her Divine Sense couldn’t sense anything, and her eyes couldn’t see what the hell it was. Merely brushing against it already had such immense power to crack the Dragon Scales protecting her body.

It could even absorb blood and Spiritual Energy!

No wonder that Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator ahead was so severely injured and even lost a companion.

If both spells and magic artifacts were ineffective, wouldn’t it mean only taking a beating?

”Here, anything and any spell will be affected by the power of One Yuan Heavy Water. Those just now seemed like Acquired Water Spirits within the One Yuan Heavy Water. I’ll clear the way, you focus on finding the exit.”

Acquired Water Spirits are not naturally born; they’re nurtured postnatally, possessing less than one-tenth the power of an Innate Water Spirit.

Water is naturally formless, black in nature. In this dark aquatic realm, they can take any form or fully merge into the water, making them extremely difficult to defend against.

Where there are Acquired Water Spirits, there’s a high likelihood of finding Innate Water Spirits, especially those born from the One Yuan Heavy Water.

But at this moment, Jiang Yuebai felt uneasy, lacking confidence in dealing with this Water Spirit.

The rustling sound came closer and closer, more and more intense.

Lu Nanzhi tightened her left hand, gripping Jiang Yuebai. Only through such contact could Lu Nanzhi use the power of her own Spiritual Body to help her resist the One Yuan Heavy Water.

Sword Qi surged around Lu Nanzhi, the surrounding water boiling like rolling water, producing strange hissings. She drew her sword in a sweep, waves of icy blue light howling out.

The light illuminated the darkness ahead, and Jiang Yuebai widened her eyes in horror, seeing countless black tadpoles clustered together. Each one was the size of a fist, swinging long tails, creating ripples that made her scalp tingle.

Lu Nanzhi’s Cold Ice Sword Aura transformed into several Ice Crystal Sparrows in the water, charging into the dense ’tadpole’ swarm like cavalry.

The piercing screeching made Jiang Yuebai’s Divine Soul ache. Frost rapidly froze those ’tadpoles,’ the icy blue color endlessly extending deeper, until the Sword Aura’s power was completely exhausted.

”Go!”

Lu Nanzhi kicked off with both legs, pulling Jiang Yuebai towards the frozen ’tadpole’ swarm. She continuously swung her sword with her right hand, shattering them completely before they thawed.

From behind, the rustling sounds approached swiftly. Without even looking, Lu Nanzhi swept a sword behind, preventing the ’tadpole’ swarm from coming closer.

Her gaze was bright, fully concentrated as she repelled wave after wave of ’tadpoles.’ All Jiang Yuebai needed to do was hold on to Lu Nanzhi.

Jiang Yuebai felt a bit guilty, always thinking she was burdening Lu Nanzhi.

The thought only flashed by for a moment, and she didn’t dwell on it. Jiang Yuebai sent out three strands of Divine Thought simultaneously, searching for what might be an exit.

As Lu Nanzhi continued slashing, the ’tadpole’ swarm sensed the threat, suddenly retreating like a tide, and then gathered in one place, beginning to merge into an increasingly massive black monstrous fish.

The Ice Soul Sword’s bluish light illuminated Lu Nanzhi’s solemn face, and Jiang Yuebai also felt an irresistible pressure continuously surging from the black monstrous fish.

At this moment, a faint light flashed into Jiang Yuebai’s view.

The ’tadpole’ swarm beneath their feet continuously converged towards the black monstrous fish, revealing a patch of light on the previously blocked lakebed.

Like a galaxy in the darkness!

”The exit is there!”

This time, it was Jiang Yuebai holding onto Lu Nanzhi. She tightly held the Michen Seal, calculating the distance, and quickly infused Space Power into it.

The black monstrous fish opened its bloodthirsty maw, ferociously rushing at them. Just as the two were about to be swallowed completely, a powerful pull transported them instantly from the lakebed through the strip of light.

Splash!

The two burst out from the water, their surroundings leaving Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi momentarily stunned, looking exactly like the Xuexian Lake and forest they descended into previously.

If not for the certainty of swimming downward all the time, they would’ve wanted to dive back in and double-check.

”Let’s get ashore first.”

Without the suppression of One Yuan Heavy Water, the two easily leaped out of the lake, landing on the shore.

Jiang Yuebai promptly looked up, seeing the Divine Palace still overhead, feeling more tangible and weighty compared to its previous mirage-like appearance.

Additionally, on three sides of Xuexian Lake’s edge, streams reversed upwards, intertwining in mid-air like dragons, stirring up a cascade of water mist, straight into the Divine Palace.

”Just like Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s Immortal Palace,” Lu Nanzhi remarked seriously.

Jiang Yuebai nodded, confirming they hadn’t arrived at the wrong place, ”Take some time to recover, and we’ll head up.”

Jiang Yuebai glanced back at Xuexian Lake. With that earlier display, an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn’t even stand a chance of crossing.

The power of the One Yuan Heavy Water Spirits was indeed formidable. Without Anan’s help, she’d hardly have emerged unscathed against those Water Spirits.

At this moment, Zhuge Ziyin’s fate remained unknown. Compared to an Innate Water Spirit, entering the Divine Palace swiftly was more important.

”Who’s there!”

Suddenly, Jiang Yuebai sensed movement from behind a distant tree. She directly used the Michen Seal to flash to the spot, seeing the previously encountered purple-clothed female Demon Cultivator, severely injured and leaning behind the tree.

The purple-clothed female Demon Cultivator was tense all over, her eyes fierce like a wolf, clenching three pearls in her hand, ready to launch.

She didn’t hurl them decisively, just using her gaze as a deterrent. For once she struck, she too would not survive, so she bet!

To those who didn’t afford her harm first, Jiang Yuebai wouldn’t pursue to the death. The two exchanged a look, and Jiang Yuebai opted to leave.

Reaching here alive was already formidable, but injured that way, she might not survive to leave, sparing the need to act on it herself.

Lu Nanzhi swallowed an Elixir, unwilling to delay. After inquiring about Jiang Yuebai’s situation, the two used the Divine Concealment Turtle Breath Talisman to hide, silently moving swiftly towards the Divine Palace above.

As they neared the Divine Palace’s outer platform, Lu Nanzhi suddenly recalled being discovered by Xiong Yanhong previously, warning, ”That Xiong Family cultivator can see through your talisman.”

Jiang Yuebai couldn’t do much about it. The Divine Concealment Turtle Breath Talisman was the product of incorporating various talisman techniques, meticulously improved. The best Invisibility Jade Talisman, within the Nascent Soul Stage, was undetectable.

However, for a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator, it was indeed not enough.

The only solution was to refine the Jade Talisman into a repeatedly usable Treasure Talisman, requiring the sealing of a Beast Soul or Strange Insect with concealment ability.

Such things were exceptionally rare, meeting with them was pure luck.

Jiang Yuebai summoned the Candle Dragon Spear, holding it in her hand, ”We’ll just go at him directly and let him be the first ghost under my new spear!”

With Lu Nanzhi present, there might be a chance of victory, and she was intending to deal with this old fool anyway!

Lu Nanzhi’s eyes also flashed with a hint of killing intent, secretly clutching her sword.

Rumble!

Just as the two stepped onto the Divine Palace’s outer platform, the ground beneath them suddenly trembled violently, gusty winds almost blowing them away.

They saw in the distance, the grandiose White Jade Gate reaching the sky slowly opening a crack, an ancient, desolate aura rushing forth.

Like the cry of a whale, or the scream of an eagle, the sound resonated through their Sea of Consciousness.