As soon as Qian Duoduo leaped out from the mountaintop, Yu Renjie immediately became excited, continuously shouting, "Charge! Charge! Charge!"
Behind him, the blades spun out gusts of black wind, blowing the slow-moving Sha Souls off balance.
However, even though Yu Renjie was jumping around excitedly, he didn't fly up the mountain.
Zhao Haonan's crossbow bolt had terrified him.
When Shikong Lin saw Qian Duoduo rush out, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.
Slowing his steps, he used the rattle-drum in his hand to summon the Sha Souls to gather around him.
Two black tigers leaped over a group of Spirit Foxes and pounced towards Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo crouched low, and the Golden Rooster Sword sliced through their bellies, cutting them into four sections.
Throwing out seven Wolf Fang Black Iron Hammers, Qian Duoduo cleared out the Ling Rats and Ling Dogs in front of him, arriving before a Spirit Elephant.
Before it could charge at Qian Duoduo, a Hidden Spring Wind Scissor had already pierced its skull.
Qian Duoduo flew over the Spirit Elephant, arriving in front of the doll-like Shikong Lin.
At this moment, the Spirit Elephant behind him crashed down.
Shikong Lin retreated two steps, his rattle-drum continuously twirling in his hands.
Following the drum sounds, dozens of invisible Soul Hammers smashed down.
Dugu Yunshan had been injured by these Soul Hammers.
Qian Duoduo condensed a Soul Shield, holding it in his left hand to block the Soul Hammers, while with his right hand, he forcefully squeezed the Golden Rooster Sword, and a loud rooster crow resounded throughout Turtle Mountain; the sound waves condensed into a fine needle, stabbing directly at the doll's head.
As the rooster crow sounded, even the Sha Souls on Turtle Mountain were momentarily flustered.
Even the little girl at the foot of the mountain was startled, biting her index finger and frowning in pain.
Shikong Lin's thick eyebrows, more like two caterpillars, constantly wriggled.
His left fist suddenly swung forward, blocking the sound wave attack of the Golden Rooster Sword.
However, he wasn't feeling well either; after blocking, he forcefully shook his left hand again, as if to shake off the lingering force of the sound wave.
Seeing that the rattle-drum's Soul Hammer was ineffective against Qian Duoduo, Shikong Lin spat a mouthful of fresh blood onto the rattle-drum.
The rattle-drum grew larger against the wind, like two door panels.
Shikong Lin gripped it with both hands and fiercely chopped at Qian Duoduo, actually using the rattle-drum as an axe.
With this chop, a solidified golden axe force slashed towards Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo's eyes lit up: this rattle-drum was indeed a good item, possessing both the magical power of a Magic Treasure and the Soul Power of a soul weapon.
Blocking with the Soul Shield, Qian Duoduo took the axe strike head-on.
“Thump, thump, thump,” Qian Duoduo retreated three steps before dispelling the force of the golden axe.
Shikong Lin, having reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, was indeed stronger than Qian Duoduo in terms of Spiritual Qi.
If Qian Duoduo hadn't opened his Middle Spirit Sea, he wouldn't have been able to block this attack.
"Come back quickly!"
On the mountaintop, Wang Longyu and the others cried out in alarm.
Shikong Lin chuckled, "The Refining Spirit Sect's number one Xiong Jun is nothing more than this."
Qian Duoduo laughed dumbfounded.
"You still remember the Refining Spirit Sect, but do you still remember the Ba Ling Sect?"
Shikong Lin's face instantly darkened, and he swung the rattle-drum, chopping two axe strikes at Qian Duoduo.
Two golden pellets on the rattle-drum, each the size of a fist, also shot out like hidden weapons, aiming for Qian Duoduo's throat.
Qian Duoduo's body flickered outwards, dodging the rattle-drum, and with a backhand, he shot out several streaks of sword light directly towards Shikong Lin's face.
While sparring with Shikong Lin, Qian Duoduo released his Spiritual Awareness, fully studying the rattle-drum.
The drum surface of this rattle-drum was white, and the drum body was black, made of unknown materials.
The drum nails on the drum body and the pellets on both sides were golden, full of Spiritual Qi.
Eight or nine-tenths of the rattle-drum's attack power came from here.
The golden pellets were connected to the drum body by two ropes.
What material were these pellets refined from?
Qian Duoduo continuously guessed in his heart, developing immense curiosity about it.
Shikong Lin, having gained the upper hand, showed no mercy, sweeping out gusts of strong wind with the rattle-drum, intending to chop Qian Duoduo in half.
Qian Duoduo feigned a hint of fear, dodging left and right amidst the axe winds and drum waves, and after the rattle-drum's strike missed, he suddenly roared, "Ten Coins Unite as One."
A copper coin instantly appeared at the doll's neck.
Shikong Lin let out a startled cry, thrusting his left hand into his neck, and at the same time, his head shrank, drilling into the doll's body.
Just then, Qian Duoduo infused Spiritual Qi into the Golden Rooster Sword, and the Golden Rooster Sword became extremely hot.
Qian Duoduo moved close to the rattle-drum and swung his sword with all his might, cutting the two ropes of the golden pellets.
As the two ropes broke, the two golden pellets rolled down.
Qian Duoduo immediately picked them up and put them into the Golden Toad.
The golden pellets got stuck for a moment, but Qian Duoduo still managed to push them in.
After entering the Golden Toad, the fist-sized golden pellets transformed into two drops of golden Spirit Liquid.
Qian Duoduo quickly used his Spiritual Awareness to retrieve a golden bottle and poured these two drops of golden Spirit Liquid into it.
Qian Duoduo's heart pounded violently—this golden Spirit Liquid was the legendary Tiandao Power!
If he could collect a bottle of Tiandao Power, he could achieve the legendary Foundation Establishment (Heavenly Way)!
Qian Duoduo had just put away the Tiandao Power when the little girl at the foot of the mountain's face changed dramatically, letting out a sharp shriek, and her teeth instantly grew much longer.
With her shriek, the entire Sha Soul tide seemed to be swept up by a hurricane; all the Sha Souls rushed towards Qian Duoduo desperately.
Yu Renjie blinked his eyes, the windmill behind him blowing even more vigorously, darting here and there, busy as a headless chicken.
"Swish!"
A white light extended to his feet.
Deng Feihong activated the Formation, bringing Qian Duoduo back to the mountaintop.
"Cover Bu Huan brother!"
Zhao Haonan ordered.
The Magic Treasures on the turtle's back continuously lit up, shooting out beams of treasure light, blocking the fast-flying Spirit Eagles and the fast-running Ling beasts.
Zhao Haonan pulled the crossbow trigger, firing a Soul-Seizing Blood Crossbow bolt at Shikong Lin behind Qian Duoduo.
Shikong Lin, whose golden pellets had just been cut off by Qian Duoduo and who had just escaped the copper coin's beheading, was equally shocked.
The rattle-drum without its pellets was like a knife without a blade, its power greatly diminished.
Shikong Lin knew that the little girl at the foot of the mountain was going crazy because of this, and he rushed forward even more desperately, wanting to entangle Qian Duoduo.
Even though he knew Zhao Haonan was firing a Soul-Seizing Blood Crossbow, he didn't dodge at all, but used the rattle-drum to block the attack head-on.
Taking advantage of his pause, Qian Duoduo threw out five Cold Flame Pure Snow Spears in one breath.
One of them was aimed directly at Shikong Lin, who was rushing forward at the risk of his life.
While leaping backward with all his might, Qian Duoduo lightly shouted.
"Explode!"
Five Senior Dan Artifacts exploded simultaneously, instantly clearing out an area ten zhang wide and thirty zhang long.
By the time Shikong Lin rushed through the explosion zone, holding his rattle-drum, Qian Duoduo had already returned to the Turtle Pit.
"What did you do?"
Nangong Nizi asked Qian Duoduo curiously.
The little girl's anger and the Sha Soul riot must have a reason.
And the reason must be with Qian Duoduo.
Nangong Nizi had opened her Upper Spirit Sea, and her Spiritual Awareness was keen, leading her to this question.
However, no matter how keen she was, she couldn't possibly see the broken Golden Toad.
Inside the Golden Toad, there were too many things that couldn't be seen by others.
Liu Boli, Jin Buhuan, Lu Qinbao, Spirit Liquid, soul liquid, Purple Spirit Scorpion, purple snake, and mountains of refined Magic Treasures.
Zeng Ruohai and the others would also suspect that Qian Duoduo had tampered with the rattle-drum, but they certainly wouldn't have thought that Qian Duoduo could collect the golden pellets.
The Sha Souls rushed towards the mountaintop desperately, but without the rattle-drum's instigation and command, their attacks were chaotic and disorganized, being repelled wave after wave by the Three Sects' Disciples.
Shikong Lin, holding the rattle-drum, leaped onto the mountaintop several times, and was knocked down several times.
If it weren't for the rattle-drum's excellent defensive capabilities, he would have almost been killed.
Just as he was jumping up and down, a face with large black and white eyes appeared behind him.
The little girl had come up the mountain.
