Translator: CinderTL
As Xu Geng's divine sense dissipated, a section of the stone wall in the corner of the cave suddenly collapsed, revealing a small chamber.
The chamber was only a few dozen feet in diameter, and in its center stood an Alchemy Furnace.
The Pill Furnace was about a foot tall and was a High-Grade Magic Treasure.
Everyone immediately realized that the contents of the furnace were the "little trinket" Xu Geng had mentioned.
The chamber's location was behind Gou Jun, Yang Yu, and Mi Hai, and directly across from Lan Chen and Mo Yexue.
Gou Jun unleashed a wave of Spiritual Power, sweeping toward the Pill Furnace.
Yang Yu, lost in thought about the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall Xu Geng had mentioned, made no move to stop him.
Mi Hai hesitated for a moment, but seeing Yang Yu's inaction—perhaps realizing he was no match for Gou Jun—decided not to compete for the furnace.
Lan Chen and Mo Yexue were separated from the chamber by Gou Jun and his companions. Moreover, unsure of what the furnace contained, they chose not to intervene.
Just as the Spiritual Power was about to engulf the Pill Furnace, a figure suddenly dashed in from the west.
It was Song Wen.
Several blood-colored tentacles erupted from Song Wen's body, like venomous pythons lunging toward Gou Jun.
Corpse Qi surged from Gou Jun, coalescing into a roaring dragon of fury that slammed head-on into Song Wen.
The Corpse Qi dragon shattered all the tentacles and forced Song Wen back.
"Yin Shuo, how dare you show yourself before me!" Gou Jun roared, his eyes blazing with fury, his voice icy cold.
Yang Yu and Mi Hai both fixed Song Wen with grim gazes.
Although Xu Geng had explicitly stated that the Divine Blood Hall contained no Fallen Immortal Blood, the Corpse King Hall must hold other treasures.
Song Wen's sudden appearance here strongly suggested he had already claimed the treasures. Killing him would give them a chance to seize them.
Lan Chen and Mo Yexue exchanged puzzled glances.
Song Wen and Xue Mei had previously claimed they entered the Divine Blood Hall in search of a cultivation technique.
Lan Chen and Mo Yexue had already guessed that their ability to reach the Corpse King Hall was likely linked to the technique they cultivated.
If they had already obtained the technique, why would Song Wen risk his life in the Demon Spirit Hall?
"Inside the Pill Furnace is the Soul Destroying Demon Pill, which can help Nascent Soul cultivators break through minor cultivation bottlenecks!" Song Wen bellowed.
Mi Hai, Yang Yu, and Mo Yexue turned to look at the Alchemy Furnace, their eyes burning with desire.
At that moment, the Alchemy Furnace was being pulled toward Gou Jun by his Spiritual Power.
"Fellow Daoist Gou Jun, your cultivation has reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. This item holds little value for you. Why not be magnanimous and let me have it!" Yang Yu said. As he spoke, his Ice Soul Spider opened its mouth and unleashed a torrent of bone-chilling cold air that shot straight toward Gou Jun.
"Amitābha! This pill is fated to be with my Buddha. Please, Benefactor Gou Jun, let it go." Mi Hai summoned a Vidyaraja Phantom. The Vidyaraja was majestic, its head reaching the cavern's ceiling and its feet planted firmly on the ground. It swung its mountain-sized palm down from the sky, crashing toward Gou Jun.
"Gou Jun, hand over the Soul Destroying Demon Pill!" Mo Yexue cried out. Her flying sword shot toward Gou Jun like a shooting star.
Facing the attacks of the three cultivators, Gou Jun roared in fury.
"You fools! Yin Shuo claimed the Alchemy Furnace contains the Soul Destroying Demon Pill, and you actually believed him?"
Twelve black Corpse Coffins suddenly appeared.
As Gou Jun's hands continued to form magic seals, a Giant Corpse Phantom materialized.
The Giant Corpse's hands radiated overwhelming Corpse Qi. It drew its arms back like a crossbow, one hand reaching for the Vidyaraja's giant palm descending from the sky, the other meeting the frigid aura emitted by the Ice Soul Spider.
Simultaneously, the Fourth-Tier Peak Corpse Puppet beside Gou Jun fearlessly charged toward Mo Yexue's flying sword.
In an instant, thunderous booms echoed in rapid succession, as violent energy surged outward, whipping up a sudden gale.
Countless boulders were shaken loose, then pulverized by the residual force, scattering into dust that drifted away on the wind.
Gou Jun, single-handedly, had blocked the attacks of all three opponents.
But at that moment, a wisp of pink smoke, concealed by the lingering energy, drifted silently behind Gou Jun.
The smoke penetrated the back of his head, directly invading the depths of his Sea of Consciousness.
Gou Jun's body stiffened instantly, a flicker of barely concealed panic and shock flashing in his eyes.
"A Nascent Soul Peak Divine Sense! Lan Chen has been hiding her cultivation? She's a Nascent Soul Peak cultivator?" Gou Jun's mind raced with alarm.
The twelve black Corpse Coffins surrounding Gou Jun suddenly seemed to lose their support, plummeting to the ground.
The Giant Corpse Phantom dissolved into nothingness as well.
The pink smoke was Lan Chen's secret technique for controlling Divine Sense, disrupting Gou Jun's control over his physical body and Spiritual Power.
Gou Jun gritted his teeth, simultaneously mobilizing his Divine Sense to resist Lan Chen's control and channeling his Cultivation Technique with all his might to regain control of his Spiritual Power.
Through his efforts, a portion of his Spiritual Power finally returned to his control.
Though weak, this sliver of power was enough to break free from his current predicament.
Using this regained power, he seized the Pill Furnace and hurled it skyward.
Mi Hai, Yang Yu, and Mo Yexue immediately abandoned their attack on Gou Jun, turning their attention to the Pill Furnace and each employing their own methods to seize it.
Mi Hai summoned his Vajra Diety Phantom, extending a giant palm to grasp the Pill Furnace.
Yang Yu commanded his Ice Soul Spider to unleash a blast of icy mist toward the Vajra Diety's giant hand.
Simultaneously, he summoned his Blood Wraith Beast and merged with it, transforming into a ten-foot-tall monster that lunged toward the Pill Furnace.
Mo Yexue, meanwhile, unleashed her flying sword, aiming it at Yang Yu.
The Ice Soul Spider's icy mist slowed the Vajra Diety Phantom's movements.
Mo Yexue's flying sword blocked Yang Yu's path.
As the three became entangled in their struggle, Gou Jun finally broke free from Lan Chen's Divine Sense control.
"I'll see for myself if this Pill Furnace truly contains the pills Yin Shuo spoke of!" Gou Jun roared.
A surge of Corpse Qi erupted from his body, slamming directly into the Pill Furnace high in the sky.
Boom!
The lid of the Pill Furnace exploded, sending three dark red pills scattering through the air.
Seeing the pills within, Mi Hai, Yang Yu, and Mo Yexue's eyes burned with even greater intensity.
However, Gou Jun moved faster.
The wave of Corpse Qi he had unleashed had already ensnared one of the pills.
Gou Jun, not wanting to become a target again, didn't try to seize the remaining two pills.
Mi Hai, Yang Yu, and Mo Yexue, too, dared not snatch food from the tiger's mouth. They could only compete for the remaining two pills.
"Lan Chen, help me!" Mo Yexue cried out.
She wasn't greedy. She shot out a stream of Spiritual Power, aiming for one of the pills.
Lan Chen waved her Jade Ruyi, and two wisps of pink smoke drifted out, each snaking toward Mi Hai and Yang Yu.
Mi Hai, caught in the smoke, froze in place, unable to compete for the Soul Destroying Demon Pill.
Yang Yu, transformed into a ten-foot-tall monster, also froze. But suddenly, the monster's head split open, spewing out Yang Yu's true form.
Yang Yu had used the Blood Wraith Beast to withstand Lan Chen's Divine Sense control, leaving himself unharmed.
Yang Yu and Mo Yexue each claimed a Soul Destroying Demon Pill.
(End of the Chapter)
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