The golden-winged eagle soared high in the sky, appearing as an inconspicuous black dot to the naked eye. However, with its divine gaze, it could clearly see the slightest tremor of a blade of grass or a grain of sand, covering a much larger range than the spiritual sense of cultivators.

 

Under its protection, several people were moving forward quickly.

 

Of course, they didn't need to meticulously search every inch of the river beach. The growth of the Ascension Grass had some characteristics. For instance, some spiritual plants would not coexist with surrounding plants, monopolizing all the spiritual energy in an area for their own growth.

 

However, Ascension Grass could coexist with all plants, and its surroundings were always lush with vegetation.

 

Therefore, they didn't need to look closely at areas where plants were sparse. They only needed to carefully inspect every dense forest and grassland they passed.

 

Chu Liang and the other two groups were about a hundred zhang apart, carefully scanning the area with their spiritual sense. However, he was somewhat puzzled. Although they were moving at a decent pace, it would take more than a few days, perhaps even dozens of days, to search the entire Immortal Marsh.

 

Wasn't this too inefficient?

 

Even if there really was Ascension Grass, it was very likely to be overlooked. Hadn't the predecessors of Shu Mountain found a more efficient method over the years?

 

Just as he was thinking, a sharp cry suddenly came from the golden-winged eagle in the sky!

 

"Roar——"

 

Was there a Ba appearing?

 

Chu Liang immediately became alert!

 

After a brief search, he sensed that the Ba was not in his direction, but in the direction of Shang Ziliang!

 

"Haha……" Shang Ziliang was secretly delighted at this moment.

 

When he swept past the edge of the bushes, a black shadow suddenly shot down from above as the leaves rustled. He was startled for a moment, but quickly regained his composure.

 

Wasn't this the opportunity he had been waiting for? He had found it without even trying!

 

From the bushes emerged a Ba, its body as hard as iron, still wearing tattered clothes, with disheveled hair and a hideous face that was unrecognizable.

 

"Roar——"

 

This creature, transformed from a cultivator who had been buried here for who knows how many years, let out a fierce roar and charged at him.

 

Ba sought blood, it was their nature.

 

Shang Ziliang first dodged the initial attack, then drew his sword and shouted, "You evil spirit! Today you met me, Shang Ziliang of Shu Mountain, and it's your bad luck!"

 

With that, he held his sword horizontally, made a hand seal, and in an instant, a bright white light burst forth!

 

"Roar!" The iron Ba, fearless of life and death, found the person in front of it extremely tempting and pounced again at an astonishing speed!

 

Shang Ziliang's sword stabbed into the chest of the iron Ba, but his sword energy could not penetrate it. Instead, it was gradually pushed back inch by inch!

 

So hard!

 

The two main characteristics of a Ba were its speed and hardness. It was both fast and hard! For cultivators of the same realm, breaking its defense was extremely difficult!

 

Just as Shang Ziliang was about to be overwhelmed by the iron Ba, he changed his hand seal and shouted, "Back off!"

 

The tip of his sword turned, and the surging sword energy suddenly turned into a gentle breeze. Although the sharpness was reduced, the soft force within it greatly increased. With a gentle stroke, he left a white mark on the body of the iron Ba and pushed it back by three zhang!

 

This was not a sword technique of Shu Mountain, but a divine skill of the Confucian Dao, the Confucian Sword. In Shu Mountain, only Cloud Remote Peak had inherited it.

 

This strike did negligible actual damage to the iron Ba. It roared in anger and pounced again, "Roar!"

 

"Sword Chain!" Shang Ziliang threw out his long sword and shouted. The sword instantly transformed into hundreds of light swords, forming the Hundred Sword Technique!

 

Then, the hundred swords turned into several long dragon-like sword chains, instantly binding the iron Ba and spinning around it!

 

In an instant, the iron Ba was like being entwined by several white pythons, being cut and grinded, and the sound of harsh metal friction echoed!

 

"Roar——"

 

It seemed to feel a long-lost pain. Its clothes were almost completely shredded, and numerous tiny wounds appeared. If it weren't for its skin and flesh being as hard as iron, it would have been cut to pieces in an instant!

 

In the face of danger, it also burst out with several times its strength, grabbed two sword chains with its palms, and yanked hard!

 

The dazzling sword light was forcibly torn apart by its immense strength!

 

"Roar——" The iron Ba let out a deep grunt from its throat, tore apart two more sword chains with its hands, and scattered all the sword light!

 

The scattered sword light recombined into a flying sword and spun back to Shang Ziliang.

 

At this moment, he was calm and composed, holding up a bright mirror with both hands.

 

This was a defensive artifact his father had given him for this trip, the Positive Yang Bronze Mirror.

 

He had originally planned to save this item for later use, but his struggle with the iron Ba had already made him feel the difficulty. Shang Ziliang directly activated this artifact.

 

A ray of sunlight was refracted by the bronze mirror and instantly hit the iron Ba, immediately causing countless smoke and strange noises!

 

"Roar——" The iron Ba was hit hard and rolled on the ground in pain, letting out a painful roar.The Positive Yang Bronze Mirror could store the light of the sun. For ordinary people, it would feel hot at most, but for Yin entities, they would be incinerated in an instant!

 

Seeing the Iron Wraith rolling around, Shang Ziliang immediately pointed his halberd forward, launching a sword!

 

Swoosh——

 

This sword finally severed the head of the Iron Wraith. A headless wraith could not move, thus it was completely dead.

 

"Phew." He let out a sigh of relief.

 

Putting away the Positive Yang Bronze Mirror and the flying sword, he revealed a confident smile. Having killed an Iron Wraith so cleanly and efficiently, his elder cousin must have seen it.

 

He leaped forward, arriving in front of Xu Ziyang, ready to take credit, and laughed, "Brother Xu, my performance just now was not bad, right…"

 

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the Golden Winged Eagle in the sky let out another cry: "Roar——"

 

Another wraith?

 

And this time the cry was even louder!

 

Only then did Xu Ziyang's gaze become sharp. The Iron Wraith that had appeared just now was something that a disciple at the peak of the Third Realm could deal with, so he had no intention of making a move.

 

But now, this tone indicated that a Copper Wraith had appeared!

 

Danger!

 

This thought also appeared in Chu Liang's mind.

 

Originally watching Shang Ziliang fighting with the Iron Wraith, pondering the creature's weaknesses, Chu Liang was about to turn around and continue on his way after the excitement.

 

Unexpectedly, a figure suddenly sprang out from the grass, fast as lightning!

 

Chu Liang almost instinctively wanted to wrap himself in a zongzi, but remembering that the Green Leaf artifact was not with him, he could only instantly cast the Hundred Swords Art!

 

A hundred swords formed a shield, surrounding him!

 

Through the gaps in the sword light, he clearly saw the figure rushing towards him, its body a black copper color, its eye sockets hollow, and it was wearing a tattered Taoist robe.

 

A Copper Wraith!

 

It rushed up close, swinging a fist!

 

Bang——

 

The round shield formed by a hundred sword lights couldn't even withstand a single breath, and was immediately shattered!

 

The strength of the Copper Wraith was more than ten times greater than that of the Iron Wraith! How could his Hundred Swords Art withstand it?

 

But all he needed was a slight delay.

 

In this instant, Chu Liang had already summoned another sword, the Dustless Sword!

 

Ice! Fire! Thunder!

 

The Dustless Sword was swirling with cloud patterns, and in the blink of an eye, it had drawn three runes, carrying three-colored light and leaving a trail of light! It was a grand sight!

 

"Roar——"

 

As the sword light approached, the Copper Wraith roared!

 

Boom!

 

A violent explosion echoed across the lakeside, with flashes of thunder and fire. When the Dustless Sword appeared behind the Copper Wraith, its tall body had already frozen in place.

 

Its body was covered in frost, and there was a large black hole in its chest…

 

Ice and fire broke through its defenses, and the thunder method executed it!

 

The Three Rune Sword of Ice, Fire, and Thunder!

 

Instant kill!

 

With the Dustless Sword forged by a top-tier swordsmith in the world, the power of this sword even surprised Xu Ziyang.

 

Such a strong killing power!

 

Piercing the Copper Wraith's body with a single sword, he admitted that he could do it too… But what was his cultivation level, and what was Chu Liang's? In this case, wouldn't Chu Liang's attack power crush his if they were at the same level one day?

 

Whoosh——

 

A sword light retraced its path, and Chu Liang put away the Dustless Sword, looking calm and composed.

 

He was not surprised by his performance just now.

 

Although his cultivation was still at the Third Realm, he was using a Rune Sword Art that ordinary Third Realm cultivators could not master, and it was the three runes that were most effective against Yin entities! His flying sword was not of the level that ordinary Third Realm cultivators could have, and could be ranked among the top in the Treasure Record! His True Qi, supplied by the perfect circulation, was also much stronger than that of ordinary Third Realm cultivators!

 

The combination of the three made this seemingly explosive sword easy for him.

 

Xu Ziyang looked thoughtful, as if he was savoring the details of the sword just now.

 

Chen Su's mouth was agape, not hiding her shock at all.

 

Shang Ziliang's face was ashen, feeling utterly disillusioned. He remembered that at the beginning, he thought Chu Liang's cultivation was nothing to speak of. But how long had it been, and Chu Liang had become someone he couldn't compare to?

 

Just now, if it weren't for the Positive Yang Bronze Mirror, he would have had a hard time dealing with an Iron Wraith. Chu Liang, with a casual swing of his sword, had instantly killed the Copper Wraith… This was something he didn't dare to think about.

 

There was a moment of silence.

 

It was Xu Ziyang who turned his head and looked at Shang Ziliang, asking, "What did you just say?"

 

"Ah, hehe…" Shang Ziliang scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, "I said the wind here is quite strong…"

 

Good morning.

 

Thanks to "Dragon Chen Daozu" for becoming the 21st Alliance Leader of this book, and thanks for the monthly tickets that have passed 9,000, the owed chapters have increased to 21. The first month on the shelf has also exhausted me, can we make it to 10,000 monthly tickets?

 

(End of Chapter)