I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

With a loud "boom"!
In the brief moment that Qian Ying'er abandoned her protection of Wei Tu, Lei Bao, who was only a hundred steps away from Wei Tu, instantly appeared in front of Wei Tu and simply punched the "Ghost Feather Shield" that Wei Tu had erected.

The terrifying force directly shattered part of the "Ghost Feather Shield's" spiritual barrier.

"Cough~" Wei Tu couldn't help but groan, and quickly made a hand seal to stabilize the scattered part of his magic power caused by the huge force attack.

"What a terrifying power."

Wei Tu's eyes narrowed slightly. This was the first time he had suffered such a great loss in the Body Refinement realm. After all, in the past, he had relied on the advantage of cultivating both body and magic to slaughter his peers.

Moreover, even though both were "fusion powerhouses" suppressed by the Dinghai Immortal Ruins, the power displayed by Prince Qing was far weaker than that of Lei Bao—even though he had forcibly reached the fusion realm despite the risk of being devoured by the laws!
Or rather, even though Lei Bao's cultivation level was suppressed by the Dinghai Immortal Ruins, his strength at this moment was no less than that of any Nascent Soul expert outside. In fact, he might even be superior.

Each punch and kick is beyond the capacity of someone who has mastered the Void Refinement technique.

Furthermore, due to the unique nature of the "Dark Laws," he should not use them under such public scrutiny unless he is driven to a life-or-death situation. This means that his current strength is significantly reduced compared to when he fought Prince Qing.

Therefore.

These twenty breaths...

For him, it wasn't a question of whether he could hold on or not, but rather that the slightest misstep would mean a life-or-death situation.

"Oh!"

As Wei Tu racked his brains, trying to find a way to break the deadlock, Lei Bao delivered another powerful punch.

As the punch landed, the pale purple flames that had been burning on Lei Bao's body expanded rapidly, as if they had the effect of breaking the seal, burning the "Ghost Feather Shield" in front of him.

As a seventh-tier damaged treasure, the "Ghost Feather Shield" immediately let out a mournful cry, and large sections of its spiritual barrier shattered. At the center of the shield, a clearly visible and distorted fist-shaped imprint appeared.

at the same time--

Centered on the thunderous fist, the powerful "energy surge" formed by shattering space also swept outwards from the battlefield of the two, forcing the nearby cultivators to hurriedly erect magical shields and retreat.

Three breaths at most!
Wei Tu estimated that in at most three breaths, the defensive spiritual treasure in his hand, which was regarded as a great treasure by many Void Refinement cultivators in the outside world, would be destroyed by the thunderstorm and become an ordinary object.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel resentful of himself for not forcibly taking all the defensive magical treasures from Xue Qiongyu's body for the sake of momentary morality.

If two or three more defensive magical treasures of the same rank as the "Ghost Feather Shield" were added, the danger of this calamity would be greatly reduced.

"I'll fight to the death!" Wei Tu gritted his teeth, immediately withdrew the "Ghost Feather Shield," raised his hand to summon the [Frosty Dragon Sword], and began to fight the cultivator with his physical strength.

Simply taking the hits passively and then losing your only defensive magical treasure is definitely not the best strategy in this battle.

However, the negative consequences of removing the defensive magic treasure were also obvious. He directly took the violent attack of the thunderstorm head-on... even though he was trying to dodge.

Although his physical body was not as fragile as paper, his arm bones had been shattered several times in the short span of the battle.

"Go!" Wei Tu retreated rapidly, using the power of his True Spirit Immortal Bone to repair his damaged body while simultaneously summoning dozens of sixth-order spirit talismans to attack and block the incoming thunderstorm.

Although the power of these sixth-tier spirit talismans is negligible to Lei Bao, they can still buy him some time.

"Great Princess, I am willing to offer up my immortal energy, hoping you will protect my life..." Wei Tu pleaded with Qian Ying'er, who was watching from the sidelines, while setting up a talisman array to block the thunderstorm.

At this moment, apart from Zou Yueshan and a group of Ghost Phoenix Clan cultivators fiercely fighting "A-Da", the side with the most commotion in the battle was his side.

The cultivators from the Feathered Dragon Clan and the Divine Armor Clan seemed to be waiting for him and Lei Bao to settle their differences before engaging in a final battle.

However—Wei Tu didn't think Qian Ying'er would be so stupid as to sit idly by and watch Lei Bao capture and kill him, and then turn around and fight Lei Bao to seize the ownership of the immortal energy.

It should be understood that among the three races of cultivators today, the Feathered Dragon Clan is undoubtedly the most "weak" one.

In terms of his identity, he was indeed a "traitor," and he also incurred hatred with the Feather Dragon Clan by killing Prince Qing and impersonating A Tong.

But on the battlefield at this moment, this hatred is not so important. Moreover, Qian Ying'er and the others do not know about the death of Prince Qing. In other words, as long as he is willing to "show weakness", as long as Qian Ying'er still has a rational mind, she will not sit idly by and watch him die, thus allowing the "immortal energy" to change hands and leaving the Feather Dragon Clan in a "helpless" situation.

Simply put, in terms of strength, he still has some value in uniting the people at this time.

But a pity.

Qian Ying'er seemed to have seen through Wei Tu's plan to "shift the blame eastward." Her eyes flashed, and after a faint sneer, she did not immediately step in to protect Wei Tu as before.

However, Wei Tu had anticipated this scene.

Without changing his expression, he took out the elixir bottle containing "immortal energy" from his sleeve and flicked it with his finger.

With a whooshing sound, the pill bottle flew out of his hand and shot straight toward where Qian Ying'er was.

"It's that ten-tailed immortal energy..." Upon seeing this, Lei Bao, who was chasing Wei Tu, immediately changed his expression and abandoned Wei Tu without hesitation. His escape light folded, and a purple magic hand condensed, reaching out to grab the pill bottle.

Killing Wei Tu was not his goal.

His only goal was to obtain more immortal energy here!

Once Qian Ying'er obtains the "immortal energy" from Wei Tu, it won't matter whether she advances or retreats within this mural space. After all, the immortal energy in her possession alone is already at the level of twenty tails... and that doesn't even include the immortal energy in the hands of Prince Heng and Princess Wangyuan.

Therefore, regardless of whether Wei Tu's actions were a "diversionary tactic" or a deliberate attempt to mislead him, he had to seize the item, verify it, and then decide whether to continue pursuing Wei Tu.

"This boy has such a keen sense of smell; in just a few breaths, he's come up with a plan to deal with the enemy..."

"Targeting my and the thunderstorm's weaknesses..."

Qian Ying'er frowned slightly, her face looking rather unpleasant.

Coming up with the idea of ​​"shifting the blame" wasn't particularly difficult. But being able to think of it so quickly in the few moments when being attacked by a thunderstorm was quite challenging.

From this perspective, Wei Tu stands in stark contrast to the vast majority of cultivators who possess only realm but lack intelligence.

That's incredibly cunning!

Such wisdom is often only possessed by those "cunning old foxes" who have been wandering the cultivation world for many years—but judging from Wei Tu's "Great Vehicle talent" and "half-step Integration" realm, he should not be that old!
……

"To break this move, simply shatter this elixir bottle."

"But... we can't gamble!"

Qian Ying'er's expression changed, and with a flick of her jade sleeve, she snatched the pill bottle that Wei Tu had thrown at her before the purple magical hand formed by the thunderstorm could arrive.

"It's a fake; there's no immortal energy inside." Qian Ying'er used her magic to remove the restrictions on the pill bottle. Upon seeing that it was empty, her pink face immediately turned angry, and she crushed the pill bottle with one palm.

Upon seeing this, Lei Bao paused for a moment, then quickly turned his gun around and continued to pursue the fleeing Wei Tu.

only--

This slight delay undoubtedly gave Wei Tu the opportunity to seize.

At this moment, Wei Tu, who had already fled a short distance away, waved his sleeve, and several more pill bottles identical to his appeared in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, with a surge of his magical power, these pill bottles instantly transformed into several streams of light, flying towards Prince Heng, Princess Wangyuan, and the Ghost Phoenix Clan cultivator who was entangled with "A-Da" in the distance.

"Damn it!" Lei Bao's face darkened. With a flash of light, he abandoned Wei Tu and chased after the pill bottles.

Although he had a vague premonition, this was still Wei Tu's "monkey trick"—these pill bottles did not contain the ten immortal energies he had obtained from the Yin-Yang Treasure Bottle.

But it still comes down to one thing.

I dare not gamble!
Whether it's the Feathered Dragon Clan or the Ghost Phoenix Clan that obtains this Ten-Tailed Immortal Qi, the situation is greatly unfavorable to him. Although the latter is his ally, they may not be willing to give up this huge benefit.

"This boy is quite cunning..."

At the same moment, Qian Ying'er, who witnessed this scene, also stopped standing by. After frowning slightly, she rushed to intercept the pill bottles flying towards the Ghost Phoenix Clan after the thunderstorm.

The ethereal quality is of paramount importance.

But it depends on the circumstances.

— Given that his life was in danger, it was not impossible for Wei Tu to unleash his immortal energy, causing the three races to fight each other, thus gaining some breathing room.

The only thing they can gamble on is that Wei Tu has a limited number of identical pill bottles, and after a few more attempts at this, he'll run out of tricks.

After all, no one who is not a master alchemist would keep a large number of the same type of pill bottles and set up anti-peeping restrictions on them in advance.

Eighth breath.

Ninth breath...

Wei Tu silently calculated the time.

Using the same type of elixir bottle to "pass off the real thing as the real thing" was a strategy he had already devised to repel his enemies while fishing for immortal energy.

As he had predicted, this method proved effective in the context of the three races' confrontation...

"However, it will still be quite difficult to survive the remaining eleven breaths with this," Wei Tu thought to himself.

as predicted.

At the fourteenth breath.

Lei Bao, who had been repeatedly tricked, finally lost his patience. He ignored the pill bottle that Wei Tu threw out, and with a flash of bloody light, he burst into raging purple flames and charged straight at Wei Tu.

This time, Lei Bao was even more ruthless, each move filled with murderous intent, aiming to take Wei Tu's life.

"Pfft!" Wei Tu, who had been severely injured, couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned pale.

At this moment, the speed at which his "True Spirit Immortal Bone" healed could no longer keep up with the speed at which he was injured.

If this continues, it won't be long before he dies a horrible death at the hands of thunderstorms.

"Continue to endure." Wei Tu gritted his teeth, suppressing the idea of ​​using the "Dark Law" to escape—he didn't believe that the Great Princess Qian Ying'er would really just watch Lei Bao slaughter him and successfully take away the ten-tailed immortal energy from him.

However, despite being certain of this in his heart, he still summoned the severely damaged "Ghost Feather Shield" at this moment.

This defensive magic weapon will help him buy some more time.

"Ghost Needle!" Wei Tu did not passively take the hit. Under the protection of the "Ghost Feather Shield", he used this newly acquired soul secret technique.

A tiny, transparent needle-like ray shot out from between his eyebrows, heading towards Lei Bao's back.

Unfortunately, this small counterattack was no match for Lei Bao. With a cold snort, the purple flames surging from his body easily blocked Wei Tu's killing move, burning him to ashes.

"The Hundred-Eyed Demon Clan's supernatural power, is it him?" But at this moment, Princess Wangyuan, who had been silently watching the battlefield, recognized the origin of the "Ghost Needle" in Wei Tu's hand.

If nothing unexpected happens, this "Ghost Needle" supernatural power should be obtained by Wei Tu from refining the soul pill of the Hundred-Eyed Ghost Clan in her hand.

“Great Princess, this cultivator’s origins are not so mysterious. He’s not some old figure from the cultivation world…” Princess Wangyuan took a deep breath and, after picking out some key points from the information she knew about Wei Tu, told Qian Ying’er.

"Eight cries of a snake..."

"He truly is a prodigy of my dragon race..."

Upon hearing this, Qian Ying'er raised her eyebrows slightly, a thoughtful expression on her face.

She had always harbored reservations about Wei Tu, worried that he might be some powerful senior in disguise... Just like that "A Da," this cultivator was clearly not an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

Now, Princess Wangyuan's words have greatly dispelled her concerns, after all, age doesn't lie.

If Wei Tu truly possessed the strength of the Integration Realm back then, he wouldn't have been so easily dismissed by Princess Wangyuan with mere "eighth-tier dragon marrow" during the Three Races Secret Realm...

"If necessary, I will step in to save him."

Qian Ying'er replied calmly.

In fact, even if Princess Yuan had said that, she would not have stood by and watched Wei Tu be killed by Lei Bao.

However, after hearing this, she would consider acting a little earlier to try and save Wei Tu's life as much as possible.

"The value of this cultivation is far greater than that of the Ten-Tailed Immortal Qi!"

She thought to herself.

Immortal aura is rare, but dragon-born cultivators with the potential for Mahayana cultivation are even rarer.

Compared with it.

The latter is undoubtedly more important.

……

The sixteenth breath.

The seventeenth breath...

Satellites are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the onslaught of thunderstorms.

If he weren't a late-stage sixth-order body refiner, but just an ordinary Void Refinement or Body Integration cultivator, he probably wouldn't have survived even the first ten breaths.

By the eighteenth breath—

With a "crack," the "Ghost Feather Shield" in front of Wei Tu finally broke down, falling to the ground with a whimper and shattering into fragments.

"Without this shield, what will you use to stop me!" Lei Bao roared, grabbing with one hand, and a giant figure of purple flames appeared behind him, ready to finish the job in one battle and kill Wei Tu directly.

"Two breaths should be enough for the 'Seven Wonders Demon Body' to survive..."

Seeing this crisis, Wei Tu's expression turned solemn, and he prepared to use this trump card.

He was not a pedantic person. Since Qian Ying'er did not intend to save him, he could not sit idly by and wait for his death.

But that's it.

A sharp, piercing voice rang out instantly, causing him to temporarily abandon his idea.

"Thunderstorm, stop! You've crossed the line!"

Qian Ying'er vanished in a flash, revealing large patches of crystalline blood vessels on her body. Two delicate dragon horns also emerged from her smooth forehead, radiating powerful magical energy.

However, Lei Bao ignored these words and snorted coldly. His movements became several times faster than before, and in a flash, he struck Wei Tu's dantian.

"What a pity, my immortal energy." From afar, "Ah Da" who witnessed this scene sighed inwardly, believing that Wei Tu could not escape this calamity. The speed of close combat for body cultivators was far beyond that of spiritual cultivators.

but--

An unexpected and surprising turn of events occurred.

Just moments ago, Qian Ying'er, who was still a thousand feet away from Wei Tu, suddenly appeared in front of him just as Lei Bao's giant hand was about to strike. She raised her jade arm and used her small dragon-scale shield to block Lei Bao's fatal blow.

At the same time, the large patches of crystalline blood vessels that appeared on her body quickly solidified and transformed into a massive dragon claw, hundreds of feet long and covered in scales, which slammed out.

The two come into contact.

After a muffled "boom," Lei Bao, which had clashed head-on with the crystalline dragon claw, clearly showed signs of weakness and retreated several steps.

"This is impossible!" Lei Bao stopped in his tracks, his face immediately showing astonishment. He never expected that the Great Princess, whom he had underestimated for so long, could actually be one step ahead of him and save Wei Tu's life from under his palm.

"That's... the Law of Thunder?"

Zou Yueshan, who was in the distance, noticed something amiss. She saw a flash of lightning behind Qian Ying'er when she made her move.

Among low-level cultivators, lightning escape is the number one fastest escape technique, far surpassing ordinary five-element escape techniques.

And among high-level cultivators...

Aside from the laws of space and time, the law of lightning is undoubtedly the fastest escape technique.

"The Law of Lightning?" Upon hearing this, Lei Bao's expression changed drastically. One of the mainstream methods of body tempering for their Divine Armor Clan was Heavenly Tribulation Body Forging. But even so, the laws he had comprehended had not touched upon the slightest bit of the Law of Lightning...

In the cultivation world, very few cultivators can comprehend a high-level law like the 'Law of Thunder'. Based on this alone, the Great Princess already deserves the title of the number one among the younger generation of the Feathered Dragon Clan.

"Brother Lei, I'll help you. Let's kill this A-Tong first."

Zou Yueshan chuckled, lightly touched her lotus feet, and broke away from the battlefield where she was fighting with "A Da". A pair of huge black wings appeared behind her, and she rushed towards Wei Tu at lightning speed.

Previously, she thought that "Ah Da" was someone who could be easily dealt with.

Therefore, before the thunderstorm could strike Wei Tu, they should first deal with "A Da".

Unexpectedly, "A-Da" turned out to be the most hidden person among them, and easily entangled the cultivators of the Ghost Phoenix Clan.

At that time, she already had the idea of ​​abandoning "A-Da" and killing Wei-Tu instead.

However, due to the agreement with Lei Bao, it was not advisable to take action.

Now that Qian Ying'er has stopped Lei Bao, it is the perfect opportunity for her to act as the "stalker"!

"The twentieth breath."

Wei Tu narrowed his eyes, looked up at Zou Yueshan who had launched a surprise attack, and remained calm and composed.

next moment.

Then, the many black phantoms that "A-Da" had released moved together like insects, ghostly traversing the void and arriving in front of Zou Yueshan.

These black phantoms, layered upon each other, transformed into an old man dressed in an ancient robe, with a white beard and a stature of about a hundred feet. With a slight raise of his hand, he gently grabbed at Zou Yueshan in front of him.

With a loud "crack".

Just moments ago, Zou Yueshan was still in control, but she was suddenly gripped by this giant hand and screamed in agony. Her black wings were torn to shreds and covered in blood.

"Senior, please spare my life..."

Zou Yueshan cried out in pain and begged for mercy.

She had realized that this "A-Da" was far beyond the Integration stage; he must be at the Mahayana stage. Otherwise, he wouldn't possess such immense power.

"Hurry up!" But the white-bearded old man had no time to pay attention to Zou Yueshan. He quickly turned to Wei Tu and said this in a slightly anxious voice.

Clearly, under the laws of the Sea-Stabilizing Immortal Ruins, he could not use this Mahayana power for too long.

Meanwhile, Wei Tu, who was being protected by Qian Ying'er, took the opportunity to escape the battlefield. With a flash of light, he transformed into a streak of blood and rushed straight towards the distant Spirit Forbidden Wall.

At this moment, the "Spirit Restriction Wall" that separated the space where the Dragon Emperor and Dragon Queen were located had been "melted" into a small hole the size of a palm by the broken ancient token that "A-Da" had previously thrown in.

Seeing Wei Tu successfully escape, "A Da" also breathed a sigh of relief. He flicked his sleeve, threw away Zou Yueshan in his palm, and rushed towards the "Spirit Forbidden Wall" just like Wei Tu.

However, he was much faster than Wei Tu.

Seemingly in a hurry, Wei Tu would try to get there first and approach the Spirit Forbidden Wall before him.

"Better safe than sorry," Ah Da thought to himself.

In those twenty breaths of fighting, Wei Tu had shown all his "abilities" to the best of his ability. Although this ability was powerful among cultivators of the same level, it was still far from enough in his eyes.

"His target is the Dragon Emperor Space."

At this moment, the other cultivators also noticed the scene and moved quickly, abandoning their battle and rushing towards the Spirit Restriction Wall.

Among them, the fastest was the Great Princess "Qian Ying'er," whose speed using the Law of Thunder was far greater than that of the other cultivators.

Even if their reaction is a beat slower than Wei Tu's, they will be on par with Wei Tu in terms of distance in just a moment.

"Ha! A mere child, so eager to throw his life away?"

Seeing this, "Ah Da" smiled coldly, not caring about Qian Ying'er who was about to chase after him.

However, at this very moment...

Wei Tu suddenly moved.

With a thought, a pair of azure wings instantly unfurled behind him.

Immediately afterwards, it flapped its wings.

He vanished from his spot in an instant, and when he reappeared, he was already only a hundred steps away from the "Spirit Forbidden Wall".

"Spatial escape technique?" Upon seeing this, "Ah Da," who had been handling things with ease, immediately changed his expression slightly.

However, in an instant, he secretly felt fortunate.

He had secretly set up a spatial restriction array near the "Spirit Restriction Wall" to guard against this move—unexpectedly, his caution had a miraculous effect!
"A hundred paces is enough..."

Ah Da's eyes turned slightly cold. He took a step forward with one foot, and his speed increased by almost half.

At the same time, he made a hand seal, and several identical black phantoms immediately appeared in the void near the Spirit Restriction Wall. Under his control, they immediately attacked Wei Tu, who had used a minor technique to get ahead of him. (End of this chapter)