Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi
Chapter 83 The Phantom in the Night

Let's not mention how awkward Yan Yu and his companion felt.

Xiao Yi ran wildly for half an hour until he finally stopped after leaving the dense forest, ahead of him lay a swamp.

The air above the swamp was filled with poisonous miasma, like it was shrouded in a thick layer of gauze.

"Although the transformation of weapons is powerful, it requires a huge amount of energy and strong physical support. My body is strengthened by the power of the God Sealing Seed, making it stronger than other cultivators of the same realm, but currently, it can only withstand the transformation of a fourth-grade Yuan weapon at most."

Exhausted, Xiao Yi sat on the ground, gasping for breath: "It seems that in addition to movement techniques, I must replace a method of Body Refinement!"

Before this.

Xiao Yi had never encountered opponents like the Yan brothers who specialized in long-range attacks, and due to his rapid progress in cultivation, he rarely had the chance to consolidate his experience.

To summarize the experience from this battle.

Xiao Yi understood his current shortcomings, but obtaining either the movement technique or Body Refinement arts was not easy.

The immediate priority was to replace a solution for the Yan brothers' long-range attacks.

"If only there was something to restrain their movements!" Xiao Yi thought to himself when suddenly a scream echoed from ahead.

Xiao Yi's pupils shrank instantly as he headed towards the source of the scream.

He saw a Shentong Realm expert entangled in a mass of white threads above the pitch-black swamp.

These threads were extremely sticky.

Even the expert at the Peak of the Divine Ability Realm struggled to break free, only sinking deeper and deeper. The white threads pulled him into the swamp, where he was swallowed up by the endless black mud.

A thought flashed through Xiao Yi's mind: "What are these white threads? They can restrain even a Peak of the Divine Ability Realm expert. I wonder if they can bind a Golden Core Realm expert?"

Xiao Yi pondered for a moment.

He immediately flew towards the swamp and as he soared above the black swamp, suddenly the ground beneath him gave way and a gash opened up, from which a mass of white threads shot out.

Luckily, Xiao Yi was prepared; he quickly tapped his toes on the soft swamp and leapt up to dodge.

The white threads quickly retracted.

"Stay for me!" he exclaimed.

A swipe swept across, skimming the muck of the swamp.

Boom!

The sword strike landed on the white threads but unbelievably failed to cut through them. The threads violently coiled around, while the black swamp beneath him roared as if a dragon was turning over.

Bang!

The swamp burst open explosively.

A massive spider, completely black with nine green eyes on its head and three meters tall, stared fixedly at Xiao Yi, opening its mouth to spit out another mass of white web.

"A fourth-grade low-level demon beast, the Green-Eyed Demon Spider? I did not expect such a creature to be hiding beneath this swamp, no wonder even a Peak of the Divine Ability Realm expert couldn't escape your web..."

While dodging, Xiao Yi sent out a flurry of sword moves.

But no matter how he wielded his sword, he couldn't cut through the web.

The web of a Golden Core Realm Green-Eyed Demon Spider was as tough as a fourth-grade Yuan weapon. Even an expert at the Four Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm bound by it would need to expend quite a bit of effort to break free.

Xiao Yi's eyes flashed with sharpness: "As long as I kill this beast and extract its silk gland, I can use the web to bind enemies. With the web in hand, why should I fear the Yan brothers?"

With that thought.

Xiao Yi leaped into action, rapidly closing in on the Green-Eyed Demon Spider.

Roar!

From the seven green eyes of the Green-Eyed Demon Spider, a cold light flickered as it opened its gaping maw, continuously spitting out webs.

"Not good!"

Xiao Yi was caught off-guard by the web sticking to him and watched as the Green-Eyed Demon Spider rapidly drew him into its mouth, its sharp fangs inches away.

In the nick of time.

Xiao Yi quickly shed his outer garment, watching it disappear into the mouth of the Green-Eyed Demon Spider, and seizing the moment, he leaped to land on the creature's head.

"Soul-chasing, life-snatching!"

A deadly thrust drove straight into the skull of the Green-Eyed Demon Spider.

Thud!

The Green-Eyed Demon Spider trembled all over, and its greenish blood spurted out wildly as it struggled in frenzy. Its eight long legs, covered with black spines, flailed madly against the marsh, flinging Xiao Yi high into the air.

With one hand gripping the sword hilt, his body spun dramatically in midair.

Thud!

Like a spinning top, the sword blade whirred crazily, grinding the Green-Eyed Demon Spider's head to pieces.

The massive body crashed heavily to the ground.

Ignoring the stench of blood covering him, Xiao Yi cut open the carcass of the Green-Eyed Demon Spider to replace the silk sac and a walnut-sized Golden Core.

"Once I swallow this Golden Core, I should be able to step into the Peak of the Shentong Realm!" Xiao Yi flicked off the green blood from the Golden Core and muttered to himself.

This Green-Eyed Demon Spider was equivalent to a First Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm cultivator, its energy not enough for him to make a breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm.

In this world, apart from the legendary flawless Golden Elixirs, all other Golden Cores contained impurities.

Ordinary powerhouses could not even absorb the energy within the Golden Core directly; too many impurities could do more harm than good.

But Xiao Yi did not have such concerns.

The energy he swallowed would eventually pass through the God Sealing Seed, eliminating all impurities and transforming into the purest divine power.

This was also the reason why Xiao Yi's vital energy was much stronger than that of martial artists of the same level.

Xiao Yi immediately left to replace a secluded place and began to devour the Golden Core.

It took him a full day and night.

Xiao Yi had finally refined all the energy within the Golden Core, officially stepping into the Peak of the Shentong Realm, and the number of God Sealing Seeds broke through to two thousand, reaching two thousand and fifty.

"It's a pity I still cannot open the tomb of the Sword Demon Dugu. It seems I can only wait until I break through to the Golden Core Realm. However, with my current strength, plus this Green-Eyed Demon Spider's web on hand, I should be able to take my revenge!" Xiao Yi's eyes sparkled as he clenched his fists tightly.

...

In the dark of night.

Five powerhouses from the Nine Profound Sect were gathered around a campfire. The flames licked at the beast's leg roasting on a rack while they discussed, "That Xiao Yi is as slippery as an eel. Who knows where he's hiding now!"

"Be extremely careful if you encounter Xiao Yi, he's incredibly cunning and skilled at using poison. You've all heard what happened to the Yan brothers, haven't you?"

"Heard about it... tsk, tsk, I heard that now when they see a man, their eyes turn red..."

As the men shared the roasted beast's leg, a shadowy figure hidden in darkness took a piece of the meat, took a couple of bites, and asked, "Where are the Yan brothers now?"

"They seem to be searching for Xiao Yi's tracks near the marsh. I saw them during the day... Huh? Aren't there only five of us? Why did six pieces get distributed?"

A chill immediately swept over the five men.

They all turned to look in unison at the figure in the dark. Under the orange glow of the firelight, Xiao Yi's face was exposed in front of them.

Hiss!

The men gasped, "Xiao Yi? How, how did you get here?"

"Attack him, kill him now!"

The five men shuddered and launched their attacks together.

However...

Xiao Yi struck faster and more viciously than they did.

The sword light was like a fleeting shadow, and heads dropped like kites with severed strings.

Blood gushed like fountains, enough to douse the campfire completely.

Among the five were one at the Second Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm, two at the First Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm, and two in the Shentong Realm, but they stood no chance against Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi swallowed the piece of meat in his hand and squinted at the dim starlight in the night sky. Suddenly, his figure flashed, darting through the night like a ghost, "A windy night with pitch-black skies, a perfect time for slaying..."

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