Chapter 442: Lucky

This mass of fire elemental energy was extremely refined and intensely hot.

The searing heat of the fire element instantly repelled the roots the Shanxiao monster had transformed into.

What a treasure!

Shui Miao’s heart stirred, and he quickly squatted down, drawing the fire elemental energy into his Holy Yuan Ring.

“There’s a treasure!”

“Stinky eel, he’s got a great treasure on him!”

Seeing Shui Miao instantly vanish the Fire Spirit Vein Stone, the Shanxiao monster’s eyes lit up with greed. It shouted excitedly, startling Shui Miao. In desperation, Shui Miao even referred to the eel spirit as “stinky eel.”

Could these minor monsters have never even been to Ghost Street? Judging by this, they were indeed quite inexperienced. Shui Miao, calculating in his mind, glanced at the Shanxiao monster. This grayish, dim-witted creature looked like a miniature dwarf—both comical and irritating.

“Brother Five, what did you call me? You’re asking for death!”

The eel spirit immediately flew into a rage, shrieking at the Shanxiao monster.

The Shanxiao monster had a bandit-like aura, its eyes gleaming with greed at the sight of treasure. Taking advantage of its distraction, Shui Miao silently activated the fire elemental energy within his Holy Yuan Ring, preparing for an attack. To his delight, he discovered that this fire energy was surprisingly easy to refine and immediately transformed into usable spiritual energy.

“Ah! I didn’t mean it! I take it back! Can’t I just be the stinky eel?”

“Old brother, let’s forget about the little ghost for now. Let’s team up and grab the treasure!”

In a panic, the Shanxiao monster actually jumped out from behind the rock.

It was a tiny dwarf, only ten centimeters tall. Although short, it had a complete set of facial features, arms, and legs. Its entire body was green, dressed in bark-like clothing, and a green leaf perched on its head. Its clownish appearance was truly ridiculous.

An opportunity had arrived!

Seeing the Shanxiao monster reveal its true form, Shui Miao immediately activated the illusion formation within his consciousness, instantly bewitching the creature. Before the Shanxiao monster’s eyes, Shui Miao transformed into the grand entrance of a treasure vault. Through the open gate, it saw countless sparkling treasures inside. Overcome with excitement, it immediately began walking toward Shui Miao.

“Brother Five, what are you doing?”

“Stop, Brother Five!”

“Hurry up and stop! There’s something strange about him…”

The eel spirit noticed the Shanxiao monster’s abnormal behavior and frantically screamed.

The eel spirit was about to use its elemental energy to create an ice wall to block the Shanxiao monster when suddenly the little ghost launched a fierce counterattack. “Stinky eel, today you’re the one who’s going to lose! My friend here is an immortal. With him around, you’re doomed! Surrender now, and maybe I’ll spare your life.”

Indeed, the little ghost was a master of bluffing and deception.

The Shanxiao monster stepped through the gate and entered Shui Miao’s Holy Yuan Ring.

Shui Miao continued to control its mind while activating the fire elemental energy to envelop it.

“Ah! Where am I? Where am I?”

The pain snapped the Shanxiao monster back to its senses, but it was already engulfed in flames, cut off from the external wood elemental energy, and unable to escape.

“Mom! Am I going to die? I’m really going to die!”

The Shanxiao monster had never imagined it would be captured so easily, nor had it expected Shui Miao to wield fire. Under the full assault of fire elemental energy and spirit-devouring power, the monster barely struggled before transforming into a charred old tree root.

Indeed, this old tree root was the Shanxiao monster’s true original form.

It wasn’t dead, but without a large infusion of wood elemental energy, it could never revive.

Shui Miao’s eyebrows twitched, and a faint smile appeared on his face. He said calmly, “Little ghost, you gave me a Fire Spirit Vein Stone earlier, and now I’ve helped you eliminate the Shanxiao monster. We’re even now.” With that, he turned and looked at the green vein stones, which had previously been controlled by the Shanxiao monster. Now ownerless, he immediately reached out and began absorbing the refined wood elemental energy from them.

There was an overwhelming amount of wood elemental energy, so Shui Miao frantically absorbed it while transferring it into his Holy Yuan Ring.

“Damn you! You actually killed my Brother Five! I’ll kill you!”

The eel spirit was furious beyond measure.

Seeing Shui Miao not targeting his mortal enemy, the eel spirit, but instead greedily absorbing the wood elemental energy it desired, the little ghost grew resentful. Its eyes flickered with thought, and it quickly said, “Stinky eel, this human isn’t good news. How about we team up against him? Shanxiao is dead, and I want to avenge him too!”

“Pah! Hypocrite! I don’t need your help! You’re the stinky eel!”

Suddenly, the eel spirit ignored the little ghost and directly attacked Shui Miao.

Instantly, a massive surge of water elemental energy surrounded Shui Miao, turning all the nearby stones white. Seeing this, Shui Miao immediately activated wood elemental energy around his body to form a protective barrier while simultaneously unleashing spirit-devouring power to break through the attack.

The little ghost was cunning. It secretly circled around the eel spirit to absorb and consume the wood elemental energy left behind by the Shanxiao monster.

“Fool, your friend Brother Five isn’t dead. It’s just sleeping inside my treasure. If you don’t deal with the little ghost now, once it absorbs all the wood elemental energy, it will become extremely powerful. And the first one it will target will definitely be you.” Shui Miao remained calm and composed. In terms of elemental energy manipulation, he was in no way inferior to the eel spirit.

On the contrary, Shui Miao could multitask, using spirit-devouring power to break through the assault while simultaneously attacking the eel spirit’s soul.

“Hand over Brother Five, and I’ll spare you.”

The eel spirit glanced at the little ghost, which was rapidly growing stronger from absorbing and refining the wood elemental energy.

“Fine! Come and see…”

Shui Miao used the same trick again, reactivating the illusion formation to create a phantom of Brother Five and stepping back. The eel spirit, clearly a minor demon with little experience, failed to be cautious in its desperation and immediately revealed its soul, rushing toward the illusion of Brother Five.

However, this “Brother Five” wasn’t real—it was Shui Miao’s Holy Yuan Ring.

The eel spirit rushed forward and was directly pulled into the Holy Yuan Ring.

“Fool! Haha…”

Shui Miao sneered coldly, using the wood elemental energy within the Holy Yuan Ring to suppress the eel spirit. Soon, he forced it to reveal its true form—a withered, dried-up eel.

“Haha, friend, you’re truly amazing! In no time, you defeated them all. Oh, and about when I said I wanted to team up with the stinky eel to fight you, that was just a temporary strategy because I was overwhelmed. Please don’t be angry. I’ll give you even more fire elemental energy as compensation.” The little ghost was quick to adapt to the situation. While rapidly absorbing and refining wood elemental energy, it tried to smooth things over with Shui Miao, releasing several more Fire Spirit Vein Stones.

Shui Miao’s mind stirred, and secretly activated a surge of spirit-devouring energy, mixing it into the wood elemental energy.

At the same time, he changed the subject, saying, “I don’t blame you. I understand your situation. We might as well consider ourselves connected by fate. From now on, we’re friends. I’ve already obtained what I wanted. By the way, do you know where I can find earth and yang elemental vein stones in this mountain?”

The little ghost’s speed in absorbing and refining wood elemental energy could only be described as voracious.

“I know where to find them. If you keep going upward, you’ll find yang elemental vein stones. If you go downward to the very bottom, you’ll find earth elemental vein stones everywhere… Uh… What is this!?”

The little ghost was stunned. It immediately revealed its ghostly form.

It touched its stomach, sensing a strange energy it had unknowingly absorbed.

“Hehe…”

Shui Miao looked at the little ghost with a relaxed and amused smile on his face.