Standing on the spot, Gao Yuan looked around again.
Just as the senior 'Yu Linglong' said, although the skeleton monster has an extremely solid and huge body.
But in essence, it is just guided by a special energy called "Original Essence" and condensed into a large amount of "Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi".
When its source was forcibly shattered by the sublimation sword of the magic weapon 'Tian Shuang Yuan Qi'.
The giant skeleton monster that was over a hundred feet tall also completely disappeared.
At this time, around the small mountain peak where Gao Yuan is located.
Various ruins caused by the aftermath of the great war can be seen everywhere.
But the giant human face that appeared first, and the giant skeletal monster that appeared after it, didn't leave even half of the material residue behind.
"Hiss~!"
"After fighting desperately for a long time, I finally managed to kill a weak version of the 'Shensoul Realm' great monk, but in the end I didn't even get a dime of loot."
"This time when I went on a mission, I really lost my grandma's house!"
Gao Yuan muttered a few words to himself as he had a bit of toothache.
In the battle just now, although the consumption of "spiritual power" was negligible because he could transform "spiritual energy" through the "advanced crystallized magic core".
But the defensive formation he deployed on the surrounding mountain peaks consumed real resources in all aspects.
In addition, as the energy core, more than half of the 'eighty-one advanced spiritual stones' have been consumed in the previous battle.
Adding up these losses, there must be at least three to four hundred thousand intermediate spirit stones!
Although this amount of spiritual stone is negligible to Gao Yuan now.
But after all, it was a loss-making transaction, and it was really not something to be happy about.
"Hey, I have invested so much in advance. I hope that after I go back and raise the 'Whip Holder Star Level' to two stars this time, I will be able to give me a surprise in terms of related benefits and benefits!"
Gao Yuan smacked his lips and murmured to himself in a low voice to comfort himself.
But when he thought of the skeleton monster who died somewhere unknown, he still felt unspeakable regret in his heart.
Although the latter is very weak at this time, in the past, after all, he was also a powerful and powerful figure in the Soul Realm.
Even if he falls into despair, his net worth will probably not be worse than that of most Hunyuan realm monks.
What's more, how can a strong man of this level not have some ancient secret treasures with unpredictable power?
In normal times, these are high-end goods that no matter how much spiritual stone you spend, you can’t buy them!
"It's a pity that what this guy came to this time was just his 'Dharmakaya' body."
"Although according to what Senior Yu Linglong said, under the condition that the 'Original Space' arrives at the same time."
"There is no essential difference between the 'dharma body' and the 'flesh body' for the 'spiritual realm' monks."
"But in the absence of his 'physical body', there is no link to touch the corpse to seize the treasure. No matter how much I think about it, I feel like I am at a loss!"
Gao Yuan subconsciously smacked his lips, feeling unspeakable regret in his heart.
"Speaking of which, Senior Yu Linglong just said that even she could not find the whereabouts of this guy's body. Could you be deceiving me?"
"Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that when a battle breaks out between monks in the Soul Realm, as long as each other's 'physical bodies' are not nearby, then no matter which side loses and dies, the winning side will not get the spoils?"
"What's more, I clearly wanted to consult just now to add more details to the Qingliang City Lord's Mansion."
"But this senior 'Yu Linglong' only asked me to go to Qingliang City to discuss it in detail after careful consideration, and then lifted the 'Dharmakaya' projection."
"Looking at it now, no matter how I look at it, I feel a bit impatient and rushed!"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan thought more and more, but he felt very helpless in his heart.
Judging from the current situation, no matter what the real situation is, he is destined to not be able to get the spoils of the Soul Realm monk this time.
"Hey! After all, you are still not as strong as others!"
"If I were a spiritual monk now, the loot this time would never escape!"
"Well, after this matter is over, we still have to spend our main energy on improving our cultivation level!"
"The Hunyuan realm seems to be a powerful class, but when faced with certain situations, it is still somewhat powerless."
"Only by ascending to the Soul Realm like this senior 'Yu Linglong' can we truly win a place for ourselves in this world!"
While his thoughts were turning, the movements of Gao Yuan's hands did not stop at all.
Under the guidance of his spiritual consciousness, the formation equipment he had deployed before, as well as the remaining puppets, talismans, etc. that had not been used in the previous battle, spontaneously flew back to his storage bag.
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After doing all this, Gao Yuan was about to activate his escape technique and return to the depths of the wild forest.
He suddenly seemed to remember something again and suddenly paused on the spot.
"After working on it for a long time, I almost forgot about the 'humanoid combat puppets' I sent to the 'Phantom Mountains' before!"
"These are all fine things that I have cultivated using the 'Spiritual Forging Technique' for a long time."
"If it is lost, it will be a complete loss!"
Reaching out and patting his forehead, Gao Yuan tapped the storage bag at his waist and took out a jade-white disc several feet in diameter.
After detecting the divine consciousness covering it, he skillfully activated a magic formula.
At the same time, a mysterious stream of light suddenly lit up on the surface of this jade-white disc, and then turned into a huge illusory wave, surging into the endless void.
Not long after, various situations thousands of miles away were clearly reflected in Gao Yuan's mind as the 'Spiritual Consciousness Mapping Array' was activated again.
He was just about to give the order to the 'central launch platform' to return to the original route.
But some of the pictures in his mind made his movements slightly stagnant.
And in his mouth, he subconsciously let out a soft 'eh' sound.
…
At the western foot of the 'Mirage Cloud Mountain Range', in the center of the nameless market town.
Song Wudao was like a trapped animal, constantly walking back and forth in his room.
From time to time, he would raise his head to look at the blood-red protective light curtain covering half of his mansion.
At the same time, every once in a while, he would use his half-baked ‘spiritual consciousness’ to explore everything going on around him——
Just about a cup of tea ago, those weird puppets were suspended in the sky, constantly projecting a large number of terrifying giant beams of light.
Suddenly, without any warning, they all fell down and crashed onto the ground near his house.
And all of this happened within a few breaths after the senior sent a message to him, saying that he would personally take action to deal with the masters of these puppets!
At that time, watching these weird puppets falling down like raindrops, Song Wudao was naturally excited and inexplicably excited.
In my heart, I just felt that the senior's methods were indeed astonishing.
Even the ‘whip bearer’ who could control so many terrifying puppets from a distance could only end up being destroyed instantly after being knocked into the hands of that senior.
However, just when Song Wudao was excited, he couldn't wait to express his gratitude and praise to him through the messenger token given by the senior.
No matter how hard he tried to activate the 'message token', he did not receive the slightest response from the senior.
Faced with this abnormal situation, Song Wudao was naturally confused, and at the same time secretly guessed why the senior did not respond to him.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed an illusory cracking sound coming from his Dantian.
Before Song Wudao could react, he was shocked to discover that his original strength, which far exceeded the Kaiyuan Realm and was close to the Hunyuan Realm, was rapidly decreasing at an alarming speed.
In just a few breaths, his cultivation level dropped back to the level of Kaiyuan Realm.
It was even worse than before he met that senior in the depths of the Mirage Mountains——
He is only slightly stronger than when he first advanced from the Qi Training Realm to the Kaiyuan Realm!
The changes that occurred in his body immediately panicked Song Wudao.
What frightened him even more was that he vaguely thought of the possibility of some even more terrifying fact behind this incident——
Did the senior he followed really successfully get rid of the ‘whip bearer’ who received the mission?
Just like he has the support of the senior behind him, will the ‘whip holder’ who accepted the task also be followed by a great monk in the spiritual realm?
Although he usually didn't dare to make wild guesses, Song Wudao actually knew it very well.
The senior he followed was probably not a local monk from the Northern Territory, and he was probably in an extremely weak state for some reason.
In this case, once the ‘whip-holder’ is really followed by a great monk in the Soul Realm...
So, will this senior be the opponent of the great monk in the Soul Realm?
At this thought, Song Wudao suddenly fell into a dilemma.
He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity now that no one was paying attention to him and quickly escape from here in the chaos.
At the same time, in his heart, he had some kind of contingency thoughts about the senior's current state.
What worries him even more is if the latter does not suffer as unexpectedly as he expected.
So after he solves the problem of the 'whip holder', once he finds out that he ran away early, an extremely tragic ending awaits him.
These two thoughts constantly appeared alternately in Song Wudao's mind, making it difficult for him to make a decision for a while.
He is inherently timid and hesitant, especially when it comes to such important matters involving his own wealth and life, he becomes even more cautious and hesitant.
And while Song Wudao was fighting between heaven and man in his heart, time was passing by bit by bit without him realizing it.
I don't know how much time passed, but Song Wudao in the room suddenly felt something in his heart, and suddenly turned his head and looked outside.
Through the blood-red protective barrier covering his mansion, he saw bright streams of light emerging from the surfaces of the strange puppets that had lost control and crashed around his house.
Then, under Song Wudao's gaze, these strange-looking puppets fluttered rapidly.
Just like before, these puppets lined up in a neat queue and floated quietly above his head.
A moment later, astonishing energy fluctuations surged from the direction of these puppets.
Under its influence, the surrounding void stirred up a series of huge echoes like thunder.
After a brief pause, huge beams of light like divine punishment fell from the sky again.
These light beams accurately bombarded the blood-red barrier, causing huge waves on the latter's surface and also causing a series of dense explosions.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Song Wudao felt like the world was spinning.
He looked desperately at the blood-red barrier. Under the continuous bombardment of those light beams, the vibration amplitude on the surface was increasing, and it was gradually tending to collapse and disintegrate.
But he could only watch all this happen, unable to do anything.
Finally, with a loud "boom", this blood-red light curtain could no longer hold up any longer and instantly collapsed into countless fragments.
Song Wudao felt his eyes suddenly light up, and then he completely lost consciousness.
…
Looking at the synchronized images in his mind through the 'Spiritual Consciousness Mapping Talisman Array', Gao Yuan was speechless.
Just now, he was preparing to recover the ten 'humanoid combat puppets'.
While reconnecting with these puppets, he also discovered the ruins of a house shrouded in a blood-red light curtain in the center of the market town thousands of miles away through the synchronized images from the latter.
He immediately felt excited, recalling all the details of his mission here, and a conjecture flashed through his mind -
Could the nameless market town built next to the Mirage Mountains be the hiding place of the spiritual monk just now?
After all, that was why he was attacked by the giant human-faced and skeleton monster this time.
The reason was that he remotely controlled the 'Humanoid Combat Puppet' and discovered and attacked the target of this mission.
And when the giant face just appeared, he did sense the same aura fluctuations from the opponent's body as the target of this mission!
When he thought of this, Gao Yuan suddenly became energetic.
He immediately issued a formation attack order to the ten 'humanoid combat puppets' that had not yet been recovered.
The result was just as he expected. Although the blood-red protective light curtain was very powerful, its attack power against ten bodies was stronger than that of ordinary late-stage Hunyuan realm monks.
When the improved version of the 'Humanoid Combat Puppet' was strengthened, it still didn't last long.
Not long after, the blood-red light curtain completely dissipated.
However, after the light curtain collapsed, what appeared in Gao Yuan's mind through the 'spiritual consciousness mapping array' was not the 'physical body' of a powerful person in the spiritual realm whose 'original space' had collapsed.
Under the light curtain, he only 'saw' a Kaiyuan Realm monk standing there like a fool, with a face full of despair.
The moment the latter was discovered by Gao Yuan, he was drowned by the swarming energy beams, and not even a hair was left behind.
"Hey~ This is so fucking painful!"
Gao Yuan took a breath as if he had a toothache and muttered in a depressed tone.
Then he reluctantly commanded a 'humanoid combat puppet' and searched carefully around the house that had long since been turned into ruins.
The result is self-evident, he didn't find even a single valuable clue.
The soul-level monk he killed was as if he had disappeared from the world.
"It seems that this mission is destined to lose money!"
With a helpless sigh, Gaoyuan's spiritual consciousness then radiated towards the surroundings through the puppet's relay:
“This nameless market town is involved with ‘Ember’, and given its somewhat abnormal location, it’s likely that the Qingliang City Lord’s Palace will send people to demolish it in the future, right?”
He whispered something in his heart, and then prepared to give instructions to all the puppets to retreat back to the original route.
However, when his consciousness flashed across a certain corner of the market town, a somewhat familiar face flashed through his mind like a phantom.
Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment, then turned his consciousness back in disbelief.
In an instant, he took a breath again and exclaimed: