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  Qing Yi looked at Lie Teng with a puzzled expression. When he saw Lie Teng's serious face, Qing Yi no longer hesitated and ran towards him.

  "A low, muffled sound... The area around the crimson hilt suddenly sank two meters, and a black, tail-like thing over a zhang long shot towards Qingyi. Lie Teng's eyes locked onto it, his spiritual sword flashing forward, his mind intent on striking down that tail behind Qingyi."

  A loud, ear-piercing sound of metal clashing echoed through the air. Lie Teng's eyes narrowed and he took a step forward, standing in front of Qing Yi. His mind controlled the Ling Sword as it attacked the dark object. Lie Teng had already figured out what this thing was - it looked just like a scorpion from the mortal world. This one-zhang-long black object was actually a scorpion's tail. Back when he was training on Long Xuan Continent, there was a sect called Du Men that Lie Teng had encountered. Du Men had a poison called Scorpion Tail Powder, which could kill even a high-level cultivator with just one drop. The main ingredient of this poison was the venom secreted by scorpions' tails. And yet, this one-zhang-long object looked extremely similar to a scorpion's tail.

  The Ling Sword contained a fierce and powerful spiritual energy, its attack was not to be underestimated. With one strike, it only left a faint mark on the scorpion's tail. Lie Tong discovered that a layer of dark, fingernail-sized scales covered the scorpion's tail, which made his heart heavy. He wasn't afraid of the scorpion's attack, but he feared its venom. This scorpion had reached the second level of spiritual beast, equivalent to the Gathering Spirit period, but its venom was enough to kill a disciple in an instant. Even if it didn't kill, it could paralyze, and once paralyzed, one would only face the scorpion's fatal blow. The end of the scorpion's tail slowly emerged, revealing a giant crab with a body as large as a cow calf, crouching on the ground. Its one-meter-long tail was raised high, and the scorpion continuously let out a shrill cry, its two black eyes staring intently at Lie Tong, with a hint of ferocity. The scorpion continued to crawl towards Lie Tong, its long tail blocking the Ling Sword's attack, protecting its body.

  "Green clothes, quickly leave!" Lie Teng growled, controlling the Ling Sword to attack the scorpion's tail, trying to stop its advance. However, this tail had a high defense and completely ignored Lie Teng's sword attack. The Ling Sword was only an inferior spirit sword with low attacking power, and Lie Teng's own cultivation was also too low.

  Qing Yi heard Lie Teng's words, but instead of retreating, she controlled her spiritual sword to strike at the scorpion. As Lie Teng charged forward with his spiritual energy from the first layer to the second layer, Qing Yi, under the guidance of Zhang Hezi, although still in the first layer of spiritual gathering, her attacks were much more skilled than Lie Teng's and also had a lot more power. At the moment when Lie Teng's spiritual sword attack paused, Qing Yi's spiritual sword launched a precise counterattack.

  A shrill cry echoed, the blue-clothed spirit sword stabbed into Xiē Shēn's forehead, which was only a hard shell and not scales. The defense of this shell was much weaker than that of Xiē Wěi. The blue-clothed spirit sword pierced into Xiē Shēn, causing the scorpion to let out a sharp, shrill cry.

  The attack of the blue garment undoubtedly thoroughly enraged the scorpion, its speed suddenly accelerated, and the tail also stopped resisting Lie Tong's spiritual sword attack, madly rushing towards the blue garment, that one-zhang-long tail facing the blue garment, ready to strike at any moment.

  "Retreat, Qing Yi! Be careful of this scorpion's venomous tail!" Lie Teng was shocked by what he saw and rushed towards the scorpion with his body. His spiritual sword attacked the scorpion frantically, but its tail seemed to be a defensive shield that would flash and block every time Lie Teng's sword struck down, rendering his attacks unable to harm it for the time being.

  Qing Yi seemed to also know about the scorpion's venom, and while controlling the Ling Sword, she rapidly retreated, keeping a distance of over ten zhang between herself and the scorpion.

  This scorpion is only a second-level spirit beast; otherwise, its speed would also increase by several points, and its body would be covered in scales.

  The scorpion seemed to have locked onto Qingyi, chasing after him relentlessly. Qingyi's control over the spiritual sword was originally draining his spiritual energy, and at this rate, he wouldn't be able to last for more than a minute. His speed slowed down as his internal spiritual energy was depleted too quickly, unable to sustain itself for long. Lie Teng also knew this, and his heart grew anxious. The spiritual sword's attacks became even more frantic, but the scorpion merely defended against them without launching any counterattacks on Lie Teng.

  Nine Zhang...

  Fifty feet...

  The scorpion and Qingyi's distance was getting closer and closer, Qingyi's small face turned pale, her breathing also became urgent, while the scorpion's small eyes gleamed with ferocity, it was waiting, once it got close enough to Qingyi within the range of its tail venom, it would unhesitatingly spray out the poison, causing Qingyi to die instantly.

  Lieteng's heart cried out in alarm, he had already guessed the scorpion's intention. As it drew closer and closer, Lieteng's scalp felt numb. If the scorpion's venom were to spray onto Qingyi's body, the consequences would be unthinkable. Lieteng let out a low growl, his body charging towards the scorpion with force. The spiritual sword continued to collide with the scorpion's tail. When Lieteng rushed to within five meters of the scorpion, it suddenly turned its head around. A one-meter-long tail pointed at Lieteng, and a jet-black liquid shot out from the tail tip. Lieteng's face turned pale, without thinking, the spiritual sword that was attacking the scorpion's tail instantly blocked in front of him. Meanwhile, his body shifted several steps to the right, his right hand suddenly plunged deep, five fingers pointing at the scorpion's head. Five soul-guiding threads burst out from his fingertips and pierced into the scorpion's forehead.

  The scorpion wanted to resist the fierce and swift five soul-guiding Qi, but it was frozen in mid-air. In the scorpion's small eyes, a look of horror emerged, but this horror gradually dissipated as it stared at Lie Teng with its beady eyes. Its entire life force vanished in an instant. If one looked closely, they would see that there were five small blood holes on the scorpion's forehead, where Lie Teng's five soul-guiding Qi had pierced through its Danhai.

  Spiritual beasts and cultivators generally have a Danhai, as for whether or not they have a Hunhai or Shenhai, no one has been able to clearly explain.

  When the scorpion's one-zhang-long tail fell to the ground, Lie Teng finally let out a breath of relief. The scorpion was dead. The five soul-guiding threads were almost half of Lie Teng's total soul power. This battle made Lie Teng realize his own problem - if he continued to use his heart to control the spiritual sword, it would consume too much spiritual energy, and the attack power would also be greatly reduced. Looking at the spiritual sword that had fallen to the ground with only its hilt remaining, Lie Teng couldn't help but smile wryly to himself. His first spiritual sword was gone just like that.

  Qing Yi stared at the scorpion with wide eyes, slowly approaching Lie Teng. Seeing that the scorpion didn't move, Qing Yi exclaimed in surprise: "Qing Yun brother, is this spirit beast dead?"

  "Mm." Lie Teng nodded slightly.

  "This scorpion's venom is really fierce." The man in green clothes said with a lingering fear as he saw the sword hilt that had fallen to one side.

  "Green Robe, recover your spiritual energy first!" Lie Teng said in a low voice. This scorpion was fortunate to not be of a high grade, otherwise the two would have been stuck here forever. Green Robe hastily sat down and entered a meditative state to recover, while Lie Teng walked up to the scorpion's front, sizing it up as well as its sharp stinger tail. Suddenly, an idea popped into Lie Teng's mind - could he refine this scorpion into a puppet?

  Although refined into a puppet, the scorpion's venom may not be present, but its tail is extremely agile and its defense is not low. In this secret realm, it is also a good choice. This scorpion has obviously reached the level of a second-level spiritual beast, which means it can be refined into a second-level puppet. Thinking back to the method of refining a second-level puppet, Lie Teng plans to start refining after Qing Yi recovers her spiritual power. Even if he fails, it will still be a valuable experience. Refining puppets is extremely draining on one's spiritual power, and if the object being refined has a higher cultivation level than oneself, one may suffer from backlash. The scorpion's grade is absolutely no higher than that of a second-level two-layer spiritual beast, so Lie Teng is confident in his ability to refine it successfully.

  Half a time later, Qingyi woke up, and Lie Teng said: "Qingyi, help me to guard the law, I will refine this scorpion into a second-level puppet."

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