The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3130 Using Formations to Block
Chen Mo quickly put the Onimaru into his Qiankun bag. Although it was already cracked, he still did not give up. When he had time in the future, he would refine it again, add some things, and the Onimaru would be able to regain its brilliance.

Since Onimaru can't be used, weapons like the Innate Short Sword would be absolutely impossible here. If Onimaru couldn't withstand the power of the white staff, then these other weapons would be even less effective.

All that was left were the Soul-Chasing Nail and the Jade Sword, so Chen Mo immediately took them out. Of course, he held the Azure Cloud Sword in its second form. The Soul-Chasing Nail, however, was hidden behind his back. Perhaps he could use it to ambush this shadowy figure later!

With a loud "boom," Du Xing swung his stick again, flashed to the array barrier, and slammed it down once more.

The attack from the exploding talisman hadn't harmed him; all his exposed black skin remained undamaged. As for the clothes he was wearing, they were also protected by defensive spells, and with his own defensive capabilities, they were naturally unaffected.

However, his blow shattered the barrier once again. Then, with his crimson eyes fixed on Chen Mo after the barrier was broken, he flashed in front of him and swung his stick again, aiming for Chen Mo's face.

Chen Mo immediately stepped back, then attacked the white staff with his jade sword, and threw several thunder talismans at the shadowy figure.

As the staff and the jade sword collided, the lightning talisman instantly detonated near the shadowy figure's head. The shadowy figure immediately stepped back, shielding his face with one hand to protect himself from the impact of the lightning strike. At the same time, the staff also slightly reduced its force.

Even so, Chen Mo still couldn't withstand the impact of the stick. The force transmitted from the jade sword caused him to stagger back several steps.

In fact, the power Chen Mo just endured was already the power after Du Xing's strength had been greatly reduced. Especially because of the Love Tribulation Gu worm poison in his body, he avoided using his true essence whenever possible, and during the previous battle, he almost entirely relied on his body's own power.

Currently, when fighting Chen Mo, he still relies mostly on his physical strength. However, he used his true essence earlier, attaching it to the staff to increase the power to break the formation, in order to break through it quickly.

However, Du Xing really didn't want to use his true energy, since trying to recover it through meditation later would lead to qi deviation. Therefore, each time he recovered from the depletion in his dantian, he did so gradually, relying on his body's own absorption of spiritual energy.

Naturally, this recovery speed is much slower. Under normal circumstances, once the true essence in the dantian is depleted, it can be recovered after meditating for an hour. However, if it relies on the body's own recovery, it can take ten days to half a month to recover, which is only possible if one has high cultivation aptitude and absorbs spiritual energy quickly.

If Du Xing wants to restore his true essence, it will probably take him half a year to restore the true essence in his dantian.

This is why his strength gradually declined. Every time he went into qi deviation, his dantian's true essence was completely depleted, but there was no way to replenish it. As a result, his body's essence, energy, and spirit were consumed, and his meridians were also injured.

After this happened several times, it would be a miracle if his strength didn't decline.

In the past, with Chen Mo's limited strength, a single swing of his staff would have smashed Chen Mo into a pulp and broken the formation.

However, the fact that Du Xing only gained the upper hand in his fight against Chen Mo is enough to show that Chen Mo is not without the possibility of defeating Du Xing in this battle.

Chen Mo shook his arm, feeling the numbness from the shock. The brief clash had left his hand holding the jade sword somewhat uncomfortable. Fortunately, nothing serious had happened; he had only been affected by the recoil.

He sighed inwardly, realizing that a direct confrontation was truly not the way to go!

He dodged and continued to retreat, then used the formation to build up layers of defense to block the shadowy figure.

Although Du Xing managed to repel Chen Mo with a single blow, he was somewhat helpless. In the battle against Chen Mo, not only were the exotic beasts useless, but his own physical condition also prevented him from frequently using his true energy. Otherwise, once it was depleted, there would be no way to recover.

Fighting cultivators who rely on formations and talismans is particularly troublesome.

Originally, he wasn't without talismans as an aid. In fact, he also possessed other weapons.

Unfortunately, after being poisoned by the Love Tribulation Gu, he returned to his sect for treatment. Due to the problem of his true energy, he had to give away or use up the talismans he had previously kept, and gradually he ran out of them. He could have drawn some talismans, but after his spiritual energy was depleted, it was too difficult to recover.

So in the end, he gave up drawing talismans. As for the other weapons, he gave them to his fellow disciples. When he was mainly protecting the sect, he spent most of his time healing at the bottom of the lake and couldn't do missions, so there was no need for him to carry weapons.

Over time, he gave away some of the weapons and other items he had collected.

The only weapon he kept was the coiled dragon staff, his natal weapon, which he naturally wouldn't give away. Moreover, his master had even brought him a strange beast, intending to help and protect him.

However, due to the formation, the strange beasts are now unable to help them.

Therefore, all he has now is the Dragon Coil Staff and his own strength. However, if he seizes the opportunity, he can also use his true essence to enhance the Dragon Coil Staff and give Chen Mo a good beating, which will definitely let him feel what the power of a Golden Core expert is like.

Without hesitation, he dodged again and swung his stick to smash the array barrier blocking his way.

The immense pressure, thunderstorms, and mental shocks within the formation had little effect on Du Xing. The formation's level was too low, so its offensive power was naturally weak.

In the past, Chen Mo used formations to attack martial artists or superhumans with ease, but those people were relatively weak. Therefore, they naturally had little power to fight back against formation attacks.

However, now that we are facing a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, a basic to intermediate level formation is naturally a bit too weak.

In fact, some attacks within the formation were like tickling Du Xing, having no effect whatsoever and consuming a lot of spiritual energy. Therefore, Chen Mo stopped using them and now only had a few formation attack methods available.

The most effective method is to use a formation or barrier to create distance between him and the shadowy figure.

However, even with ten or so layers of protection, the array's barrier couldn't withstand Du Xing's heavy blows. Especially if the stick was imbued with his true essence, the barrier would be shattered with a single strike.

Using the layers of the formation as a barrier, Chen Mo retreated while controlling the formation, moving the more than one hundred strange beasts within it.

Otherwise, once this dark figure breaks through the barrier, if it encounters a strange beast within the formation, and the two of them attack together, I don't know how I'll be able to deal with it!

(End of this chapter)