"Put down the scroll now, and I, the old Taoist, will pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless," Old Taoist Yangshan said with a frosty expression, yet maintaining considerable composure.
This woman's sudden action naturally angered him, as it challenged his bottom line.
"Heh, now that I've made my move, I'm not afraid of you. Although I can't defeat you, you can't stop me from leaving," Madam Cao sneered, speaking with great arrogance. At the same time, she raised her hand, and a golden spirit talisman appeared, which she sent out, transforming into a golden light floating above everyone's heads.
With a flash of golden light, it transformed into a light sphere about ten feet in size, rapidly expanding and contracting, revealing dense golden spiritual patterns. Then, it emitted a piercing sound, and with a loud bang, it directly exploded. Instantly, golden shockwaves swept towards everyone.
Madam Cao, being at the center of the golden light, naturally suffered the most intense impact. However, her hands rapidly formed hand seals, and the golden light shield around her also revealed spiritual patterns. The shockwave landed on it without causing even the slightest tremor, demonstrating a strong resistance to the shockwave.
Old Taoist Yangshan and Old Man Shen were not so lucky.
They hadn't expected Madam Cao to attack so suddenly, and their expressions changed as they defended themselves.
Under their spiritual senses, the impact formed by the golden light explosion was similar to the pressure formed by the self-destruction of the two high-level puppets outside, possessing immense destructive power. Now that they were inside the stone building, the space was small, and the impact they received was several times stronger than outside.
The power was no less than that of a mid-Golden Core cultivator's self-destruction. Even Old Taoist Yangshan, who was at the late-Golden Core stage, changed his expression, and his spiritual power instantly surged, forming a layer of spiritual power defense. At the same time, with a thought, the ice dragon above his head coiled around in front of him, turning into an ice wall to block the impact.
Old Man Shen's eyes also turned cold, and with a wave of one hand, the white bone shield floated out, and with the injection of spiritual power, the white bone shield grew in size, forming a shield about ten feet high.
The one-armed man dared not be careless, and with an open mouth, a ball of essence blood transformed into a blood-red mist, enveloping his entire body. Amidst flashes of black light, a black long staff was quickly waved in front of him.
Fire Dragon Shangren's expression also changed slightly, and a red jewel appeared above his head, casting a layer of firelight on his body.
Seeing the sudden impact, Zhang Ling didn't have much choice and quickly defended.
Three Xuan Light Shields floated around him, and at the same time, sword light flashed in his hand, and forty to fifty green sword lights slashed out, quickly overlapping to form three wheel-sized sword wheels, blocking in front of his body.
Then, a series of sharp sounds came as the golden light impacted.
This shockwave, comparable to the self-destruction of a high-level cultivator, was naturally extraordinarily powerful. Instantly, Zhang Ling felt an immense spiritual pressure impact him. Everyone was instantly submerged in the golden light.
At the same time, the stone building they were in cracked with countless fissures under the impact of the golden light, and with a series of rumbling sounds, it was directly blasted down, turning into a pile of rubble.
Then, golden light flashed in the dust, and Madam Cao was the first to fly out, heading straight for the cave entrance. But as soon as she flew out, angry shouts came from behind.
"Courting death!"
The blue escape light transformed by Old Taoist Yangshan instantly chased after her, followed by a streak of firelight and two streaks of black light, only half a step slower. They also flew away.
For a time, several escape lights chased after each other, and in the blink of an eye, they left the stone cave and flew outside. There was even a series of explosions, indicating that they were fighting.
After they left, yellow light flashed in the rubble, and Zhang Ling stood in the air with a gloomy expression, but only glanced at the situation over there with his spiritual sense. He did not follow them closely.
He had no intention of participating in their treasure hunt.
What exactly was that scroll? Based on his speculation, it was very likely a set of formation diagrams, but even if it was a formation diagram, it didn't seem to be of any use to him.
As for the Sky Abyss Token in Old Taoist Yangshan's hand, he himself also had one, and he had no intention of competing for it.
These two items held no attraction for him, so naturally he didn't want to participate.
Zhang Ling thought about the current situation in his mind, then his figure flashed and landed on the ground. He looked at the rubble of the stone building, and with one hand, he grabbed towards it. A layer of earthy yellow light in his hand instantly transformed into several strands of light, sinking into the rubble.
After a few muffled sounds, four storage bags were found by him from the rubble. Among them, a purple storage bag and a black storage bag were high-level storage bags. The four storage bags were found on Chen Qing's body.
Under the impact of the golden light, the Golden Core cultivators could still resist it, but Foundation Establishment cultivators had no chance of survival.
Those people were instantly blasted into blood mist by the golden light.
Only Chen Qing, seeing that the situation was not good, released a high-level defensive talisman, but it only lasted for two or three breaths before he was directly震死 (zhen si - a term for being killed by shock/impact) by the shockwave.
Looking at the storage bags, Zhang Ling shook his head secretly, never expecting that this cultivator proficient in formations would die like this.
After a slight sigh, he waved his hand and put away the storage bags. He also planned to leave this place immediately.
But before leaving, Zhang Ling searched the rubble in front of him with his eyes, and still released his spiritual sense to check it again.
Originally, this was a subconscious action, and he didn't have much hope of finding anything else, but suddenly his eyes lit up.
Zhang Ling's expression showed joy, and he flashed to the center of the rubble. He pressed down with one hand. A pile of rocks was swept away, and the humanoid puppet was being pressed under a boulder.
The humanoid puppet was entirely iron-black, and except for the missing limbs, the body was still very intact.
This was the strange thing. The impact force of the golden light was extremely powerful, how could a low-level puppet remain so intact.
Even the two iron lions that belonged to high-level puppets could not have remained so intact under the impact of this golden light.
He couldn't help but carefully examine the body of this humanoid puppet with his spiritual sense. But after observing it several times, he didn't find anything significant. It was very likely that the puppet was made of some special material.
Zhang Ling smiled silently, grabbed the puppet with one hand, and put it into the storage bag with a wave of his sleeve.
Then he checked the rubble again, and also found a few broken stone slabs. This was the stone screen he found on the previous floor. Although it had been shattered, he still put it into the storage bag.
Then he transformed into an escape light and left this place.
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