Chapter 429

Chapter 429: Harvest

Finally, he encountered Evil Spirits!

The eerie scene before Wang Chen did not frighten him; instead, it filled him with delight.

Throughout his journey, Wang Chen had slain numerous monsters.

However, he had yet to encounter any Evil Spirits.

But he knew that the Nine Dragons underground palace contained Evil Spirits, and their numbers were quite significant.

Wang Chen thus suspected that the unknown area he had been teleported to might have some special condition preventing Evil Spirits from existing, or for some other reason.

But now, Evil Spirits had appeared!

Wang Chen felt excitement because he needed to hunt these Evil Spirits to replenish the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil with spiritual energy.

The Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil had the powerful destructive power to absorb dark forces and convert them into spiritual energy.

It was not only a magical tool against Evil Spirits but also a "super blue bottle" that would allow Wang Chen to sustain prolonged combat.

This was crucial for enhancing Wang Chen’s combat power.

However, during the last unsealing of the Life Creation Cauldron, Wang Chen had underestimated this treasure, resulting in the total depletion of the spiritual energy stored in the Exorcising Net, and he had yet to recover much since then.

Thus, his plan upon arriving at the Nine Dragons underground palace was to harvest Evil Spirits!

Just as Wang Chen prepared to strike, the black tendrils that had entered through the crack of the door seemed to be greatly frightened and suddenly retracted entirely.

Without a second thought, Wang Chen reached out to grasp the air, and the heavy stone door suddenly swung open.

He flashed outside the house.

The light outside was dim; dark clouds pressed down upon the roof, and dark shadows stood within the desolate village, surrounding the Stone House completely.

Most of these shadows were ragged and tattered, revealing lead-gray skin, each with a dull expression and blank faces, with dark green liquid seeping from their eyes, noses, ears, and mouths.

Pairs of lifeless eyes stared at Wang Chen, with a greedy fire flickering deep within their gaze.

It was the hunger of a beast famished for too long, craving fresh flesh and blood!

The air was thick with malevolence, and silent threads of malevolence surged toward Wang Chen, yearning to bind him tightly.

How welcome!

Suddenly, Wang Chen raised his right arm, and the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil wrapped around his forearm instantly shot forward.

It suddenly expanded!

In the blink of an eye, the small net transformed into a massive net, covering an area of over ten yards.

Hundreds of Evil Spirits were simultaneously ensnared in the net!

"Ah～"

A shrill scream erupted as the Evil Spirits trapped in the Exorcising Net began to emit plumes of black smoke, writhing in immense pain.

Wang Chen yanked on the net’s rope, sharply increasing the net’s gathering and absorbing destructive power, causing the captured Evil Spirits to shrink and dissolve at an incredible speed, turning into specks of black ash in an instant.

A vast amount of dark forces was converted into the purest spiritual energy, filling the seemingly boundless interior space of the Exorcising Net.

Wang Chen had possessed the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil for quite some time; although he used it with the ease of moving his fingers, his understanding of this treasure remained at a shallow level.

He had no idea how many Evil Spirits the Exorcising Net needed to consume to be filled with spiritual energy, feeling as though it could never be fully saturated.

As Wang Chen finished harvesting the wave of Evil Spirits, he suddenly retracted the Exorcising Net.

He immediately cast it out once more.

He was like an experienced fisherman, using this large net to scoop up a pool of fish.

With each cast, he captured a multitude of Evil Spirits!

The sensation was truly exhilarating!

The surrounding Evil Spirits were not like crops in a field, standing still to be harvested at leisure. Instead, they surged towards him from all directions, their claws bared and malevolence radiating from their forms.

However, Wang Chen had fortified himself with the Spirit Light Shield and summoned the Yaoguang Sword for protection. Any Evil Spirits that slipped through the net were instantly obliterated by the brilliant sword energy before they could even graze his clothes.

Wang Chen stood firm, the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil expanding and retracting in his hands. In just a brief moment, he had already harvested a vast number of Evil Spirits.

The spiritual energy within the Exorcising Net surged rapidly.

Seeing that the nearby Evil Spirits had been thoroughly collected, Wang Chen leaped onto the roof.

His eyes gleamed with a Blade-like Gleam as he fully extended his divine sense.

Though visibility in the area was extremely low, the ghostly shadows lurking in the desolate village appeared vividly in Wang Chen’s perception.

Suddenly, he leaped forward several yards, and the Exorcising Net unfurled once more.

This time, the net spanned over thirty yards in diameter, but instead of falling to the ground, it hovered above the ruins.

The countless threads of this massive net shimmered with a faint golden light, faintly revealing countless true seal characters.

"Harvest!"

Wang Chen suddenly commanded.

In the next moment, all the Evil Spirits within the range of the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil were involuntarily drawn upward.

They fell into the net as if compelled by an unseen force!

This was the "Heavenly" destructive power of the net, casting a wide net to suppress all evil. Wang Chen had discovered and mastered this technique through his relentless exploration and study of this treasure.

However, due to his current cultivation level, the range of the "Heavenly" cover was still limited; otherwise, capturing all the Evil Spirits in the entire desolate village would have been effortless.

Nevertheless, one by one, the ghostly shadows were drawn into the net and instantly reduced to ash.

The efficiency of his harvest had increased dramatically!

Boom!

Just as Wang Chen was retracting the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil and preparing to strike elsewhere, an enormous, furry arm burst through the roiling dark clouds, its black claw reaching out to seize him.

Clang!

Wang Chen reacted with lightning speed, forming a sword gesture with his hand: "Hurry!"

The Chini Sword strapped to his back flew out of its sheath, its blade engulfed in scorching flames, and met the descending claw.

With a sickening crunch, the top-tier spirit sword pierced through the claw, creating a wound the size of a basin, and dark blood sprayed in all directions.

"Roar～"

A roar of pain erupted as the injured claw swiftly retracted.

The Chini Sword, descending with incredible speed, missed its mark!

At that moment, Wang Chen clearly saw the true form of the attacker.

It was a giant over ten yards tall, its body covered in long black fur, its face twisted and menacing, with horns protruding from its head. Black smoke billowed from its mouth, and in its left hand, it wielded a weapon resembling a harpoon.

Wang Chen’s strike had clearly enraged the giant. It raised the harpoon and lunged at him with ferocious intent.

The dark harpoon whistled through the air, carrying the force of wind and thunder, its power truly terrifying!

Wang Chen, not daring to confront it directly, executed Shortening the Earth and swiftly dodged to the left.

Crack!

The harpoon struck down, shattering the sturdy Stone House and sending debris flying in all directions.

Meanwhile, Wang Chen reappeared seven yards away and flicked his wrist, releasing dozens of talismans.

"Seal!"

The flying talismans shot toward the giant, attaching to its massive body in an instant and exploding into dazzling bursts of spiritual light.

Just as the giant raised its harpoon again, it was struck by the talismans.

Its movement abruptly halted, and it stood frozen in place!