Chapter 138: Essence Core

Chapter 138: Essence Core

Qin Yun returned to where Xiao Yuemei was and told her what had happened.

"There are too many of these giant turtles... If we kill them all, our storage spirit vessels won't be able to hold them!" Xiao Yuemei frowned. "From your description, they are all very strong, so the fight will definitely be tough."

"That's true... but the value of these giant turtles is very high. Their shells can emit lightning, and there might be something inside. If we sell them, we could make a fortune. I estimate at least 100,000 crystals each!" Qin Yun felt very regretful.

"Are you sure the things inside these turtles are worth that much?" Xiao Yuemei was also very tempted when she heard about the 100,000 crystals, her beautiful eyes sparkling with interest.

Qin Yun nodded as he looked in the direction the giant turtles were coming from. "It should be! These giant turtles need to absorb spiritual energy first, then gather it inside their bodies, convert it into lightning-attribute internal energy, and then release it for attacks."

"When the time comes, I'll just go over and throw down the ghost-subduing talismans to suppress the evil souls inside the turtles. Then you can eliminate those evil souls, and the fight won't be too difficult."

Xiao Yuemei, very tempted, nodded in agreement. If they were really that valuable, selling them would bring in a large sum of crystals!

She needed to accumulate a substantial amount of wealth to completely break away from the Tian Xiao royal family in the future.

"Alright, I'll cooperate with you!"

After convincing Xiao Yuemei, Qin Yun took her flying forward toward the group of giant turtles and set her down on the ground.

He hovered in the air and said, "Yuemei, when you hear my shout, rush over quickly."

Xiao Yuemei nodded, drew her long sword, and looked up at the sky.

Ahead, came the rumbling sound of the giant turtles pushing over trees as they advanced in a massive wave.

Qin Yun, stepping on fiery clouds in the air, held a handful of ghost-subduing talismans. After reaching above the group of giant turtles, he accurately scattered them over multiple points, covering all the giant turtles.

Once covered, the giant turtles seemed to suddenly fall asleep. The evil souls inside the turtles were suppressed by the power of the ghost-subduing talismans and could not control the turtles' bodies for a short while.

"Yuemei, move!" Qin Yun shouted.

The few giant turtles covered by the ghost-subduing talismans began to move again, indicating that the turtles could break through the talisman's power.

The ghost-subduing talismans could only delay them for a short time.

Qin Yun also dived to the ground, controlling several small knives to stab into the heads of the giant turtles, injecting streams of mental energy to eliminate the evil souls inside.

Xiao Yuemei controlled a long sword and several short swords, swiftly harvesting the evil souls.

In a moment, the eighty giant turtles were exterminated by their combined efforts!

"Your ghost-subduing talismans really work. We should have used them when we were surrounded earlier," Xiao Yuemei chuckled, jumping onto the back of one of the giant turtles. "Is there really something inside the big turtles?"

Qin Yun released his primordial spirit force, which entered the body of the giant turtle and sensed a very pure mental energy.

"The strength of these giant turtles far exceeds many ghost beasts; they are just slow-moving. The evil souls inside are still very powerful, so they can cultivate mental crystals within the turtles... That should be the legendary essence core!"

He used his primordial spirit force to penetrate the body of the giant turtle and draw out a green crystal, like a green pearl, very beautiful.

"It's really an essence core!" Xiao Yuemei was very surprised. "This thing can be used to refine spirit essence treasures!"

Spirit essence treasures are a type of spirit weapon suitable for controlling with mental energy. It is said that a large number of essence cores must be integrated during the refining process.

"This kind of thing is very rare. Don't sell it; take it out quickly." Xiao Yuemei was very excited. "If we have spirit essence treasures, using mental control techniques will be much more effective."

Qin Yun used his primordial spirit force to extract all the essence cores from the giant turtles.

Even if they couldn't take the bodies away, it didn't matter because they had already obtained the most precious essence cores.

Soon, Qin Yun had extracted eighty essence cores.

"Keep the essence cores temporarily. When we have the chance, get me to refine a spirit essence treasure," Xiao Yuemei smiled happily. "Remember, don't use them yourself!"

Qin Yun laughed. "Don't worry!"

He looked at the giant turtles, feeling very regretful. They couldn't take the bodies away, which would take up a lot of storage space, so they had to leave them here.

Xiao Yuemei was very puzzled, standing on the shell of a giant turtle and looking in the direction they came from. "Why are there so many ghost beasts, and why are they coming after us?"

The giant turtles had knocked down a large number of trees along the way, making the area look very flat now.

Qin Yun frowned. "These giant turtles are water turtles. Could they have come from the Yunlong River? Quickly, take out the mirror and check if there are any more ghost beasts nearby."

Xiao Yuemei took out the mirror and laughed. "There's only one ghost beast nearby; no more groups of ghost beasts. It seems we've killed them all!"

Saying this, she skipped forward.

Qin Yun followed behind her, glancing at the ghost-subduing talismans in his storage space and murmured, "I still have seventy left; I only used about thirty just now."

Before long, they heard the rolling sound of the river ahead, the water rushing loudly.

"The Yunlong River is indeed ahead!" Xiao Yuemei chuckled. "That ghost beast seems to be hiding in the river!"

Qin Yun also saw the Yunlong River, which was over ten thousand meters wide, with rapid currents, surging waves, and fierce winds, creating a terrifying scene!

Xiao Yuemei slowed her pace, her smile fading, and her expression becoming serious.

"The Yunlong River is truly terrifying... It's said that the most dangerous place in the Yunlong Mountains is on the other side of the river." Xiao Yuemei's eyes showed boundless curiosity.

Qin Yun had also heard such rumors. If they wanted to cross the Yunlong Mountains and head to Wuhuang in the future, they would have to cross this dangerous river.

"Qin Yun, look at the river surface; there's so much mist!" Xiao Yuemei said.

The splashing water created a lot of mist, which was normal.

But the mist ahead was gradually increasing, which was very strange.

Xiao Yuemei took out a mirror and exclaimed, "A soul entity is coming from the great river!"

Hearing this, Qin Yun immediately dashed over, grabbed Xiao Yuemei, and leaped into the sky with his Fire Cloud Step.

Splash!

Suddenly, a huge wave surged up from the river, crashing violently against the riverbank!

Something leaped out of the water, landing directly where Xiao Yuemei had been standing just moments ago.

It was a massive, pitch-black beast!

A giant lion, over ten meters long, with a body as black as coal, a thick and majestic mane around its neck, and eyes that glowed a deep brownish-red, exhaling mist from its mouth.

"Roar!" The black giant lion opened its mouth, bellowed at the sky, and spat out a massive fireball!