Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 103 Hunting, Advancement to the Fifth Level of Foundation Building

A black and grey light emerged from the body of the slovenly old man, and within the light there condensed an endless number of wild and evil beasts, which pounced on him and devoured his blood and flesh.

The wolf plague is already an extremely terrible disaster in the desert. Once a caravan encounters it, it will be difficult to escape.

But the wild and evil beasts condensed by the sloppy old man with his magic power are even more terrifying. Not only are their numbers huge and they are not afraid of life or death, but even if they are killed by the monks in the caravan with magic weapons, they will be born again in the light the next moment. How can people not despair?

“Is this the Taoism of the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Palace? We have offended the senior masters of the Immortal Palace!” Desperate cries were heard from the crowd.

"My Lord, please stop. We are willing to give up all our goods in exchange for your lives." Rong Lu, the leader of the caravan, was very decisive. Even if losing all the goods would make his decades of hard work go to waste, it was still better than losing his life directly.

But the sloppy old man didn't care at all. He smiled and watched the beasts he summoned devour living creatures and grow their ferocity. At the same time, with the death of each person, a light gray breath, invisible to the naked eye, would be sucked into his body.

Qin Wanning and Rong Lu's son Rong Yong were also struggling by controlling their magic weapons with all their strength. She controlled the sword light and Rong Yong controlled a scimitar. The two fought with all their might.

The sword and the knife cut across the sky, killing the evil beast.

But her magic power was not enough after all. Facing the attack, Qin Wanning wanted to roll over to avoid it. However, the wild beast in front of her pounced too fast. Qin Wanning couldn't catch her breath and stopped dejectedly. Despair and unwillingness appeared on her pretty face.

"Wan Ning!"

Rong Yong tried hard to charge forward, but his father Rong Lu grabbed his shoulder and dragged him back to the caravan.

Rong Lu's judgment was correct. The only way to survive at this time was to hide among the crowd and find a glimmer of hope in the chaos.

Just as countless wild and vicious beasts pounced down with fangs and sharp claws flying, ready to devour Qin Wanning's flesh and blood, a streak of light suddenly flashed.

The platinum-colored sword light flashed past, and dozens of evil beasts nearby were cut in two by this sword.

The speed and accuracy of the sword light are almost unbelievable!

"how is this possible?"

The sloppy old man's magical power suddenly stopped and he was horrified. The cruelty and pleasure on his face disappeared, replaced by an extremely vigilant and solemn expression.

He raised his head suddenly and saw a young Taoist appear in the air, holding a beast skin scroll in his hand, and looking at himself from time to time.

"Dugu Yuanyan, disciple of the Northern Palace Sect of the Incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts, you are not in a state of loss, but your cultivation has reached a bottleneck. Therefore, you practiced the secret method of the Wandering Soul City and used the spirits of the dead to forcibly improve your own skills."

When a monk practices Taoism, it is inevitable that he will hit a bottleneck because his magic power is not pure and his own Tao heart is hindered. Most of the time, this manifests as his magic power being unable to improve any further.

For the vast majority of cultivators, it is already a very difficult task to cultivate the ninth level of magic power before their own vitality is depleted. If they are stuck in a bottleneck and waste several years, even more than ten years or decades, their path will be completely ruined.

Especially with bottlenecks, it is difficult to say when a breakthrough can be made. Some people recite Taoist books, some people purify their magic power, some people fight swords to the death, some people travel, and some people break through naturally with guidance from teachers. Some people have done all of the above, but the bottleneck still exists and they remain at this level for the rest of their lives.

The more you seek the truth in this situation, the more tormented you will feel, and it will be even more difficult to break through because of your eagerness and anxiety.

At this time, many desperate monks will turn to external methods:

The magic sect, Buddhism sect, ghosts, witchcraft, divine magic, these magic sects all have methods to use force to overcome cleverness and forcibly increase magical powers. This can be regarded as an alternative way of using other people's wisdom to improve oneself.

Moreover, if you forcefully break through the past and reach a higher level, there may not be no way forward in the future, and perhaps the bottleneck can be broken through in this way.

But such people are after all a minority, and in most cases, they turn to external ways for help, which ultimately does more harm than good.

This was the case with Dugu Yuanyan, the sloppy old man in front of Lu Cheng. After being restricted by a bottleneck for many years, he did break through to the middle stage of foundation building by practicing the secret method of Youhun City. The more he killed people and captured souls, the more his magic power increased.

However, it was impossible for the Northern Sect to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives for just him, so he could only defect from the sect and become a Tribulation Cultivator.

"Hehe, headhunter? The sect's monks are almost extinct now? They actually sent a kid like you to die."

Using his spiritual sense, he discovered that Lu Cheng in front of him was also in the middle stage of foundation building. His magic power was so deep that it might even be inferior to his own. Dugu Yuanyan, who was already at the peak of the sixth level of foundation building, suddenly activated his magic power, and a long flag suddenly emerged from his sleeve, the flag of the transformation of all beasts.

Under the rolling black and gray light, countless wild and evil beasts stepped on the light and rushed towards the Taoist in the air.

Dugu Yuanyan practiced the secret techniques of both families, killing people and capturing souls to practice his skills. Not only had he killed cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building, he had also killed cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

If there were not so many benefits, how could such a practice of practicing heterodox techniques continue to occur despite repeated bans?

Although he remained vigilant at this moment, he only thought of Lu Cheng as a fledgling headhunter.

"The Beast Transformation Banner? I have one too."

Lu Cheng did not continue to sacrifice his flying sword, but changed his fighting method. He held a small flag about three feet long in his left hand and waved it. Five-colored black and white clouds appeared around him, and the five elements circulated endlessly.

With a wave of his right hand, he summoned a long banner, a third-grade top-grade banner that could transform all beasts. He injected magic power into it, and five colored spiritual lights, blue, red, white, yellow, and black, flew around the banner and then flew out and fell one by one.

The green turned into groups of green lions, the red turned into groups of red tigers, the white turned into groups of white eagles, the yellow turned into groups of yellow dogs, and the black turned into groups of black elephants. They all roared and faced those wild and evil beasts without fear, and the two sides fought fiercely.

The magic weapon bestowed by Uncle Huang Longzi is of top grade. The Ten Thousand Beasts Transformation Banner in Lu Cheng's hand is not only powerful and of excellent quality, but also contains records of the spirits of countless beasts. It itself is a Taoist book that records the Taoist magic of the Ten Thousand Beasts Transformation Palace.

If the Taoist heritage of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace is cut off in the future, people in later generations can obtain the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Banner thousands or even tens of thousands of years later. If they put in enough effort and have enough talent, they can comprehend the superior Taoism of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace from it.

However, even though Lu Cheng was fighting with five beasts, he was unable to stop Dugu Yuanyan's black evil beast.

Dugu Yuanyan's evil beasts have either a tiger head, a leopard body, a scorpion tail, or a giant tiger with strong wings on its back, perfectly integrating the strengths of various wild beasts.

Moreover, when it comes to the ability to control thousands of beasts, Lu Cheng can't even catch up with the other party. Dugu Yuanyan also uses various spells to bless his own beasts, but Lu Cheng doesn't know any of these spells.

Fortunately, the defensive power of the five-colored Xuan Gang flag was amazing. With the five-colored brocade clouds circulating around Lu Cheng, it was like a slowly rotating steel-toothed iron roller. If Dugu Yuanyan's black cloud beast forced its way in, it would even be crushed into rolling vitality again.

Moreover, the monks in the caravan below, seeing that Lu Cheng was at a disadvantage, tried desperately to use their magic weapons to help fight in order to save themselves. Some even threw out life-saving items such as Heavenly Thunder Seeds and Fire Thunder Beads. With the loud bangs, a large number of black beasts were cleared away, so that the beasts that Lu Cheng created with the essence of heaven and earth would not be killed quickly, leaving them no chance to resist.

"The Taoist method of the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace is quite interesting. So that's how it is. It is to understand the spirituality of all beasts, reflect on oneself, and sublimate oneself."

Standing in mid-air, under the protection of the five-color Xuan Gang flag, Lu Cheng slowly pinched the hand seals with both hands, and at the same time, he calmly comprehended Dugu Yuanyan's beast control methods and tactical routines. The best teaching is actual combat. In just a moment, Lu Cheng's understanding of this way surpassed many monks who joined the Ten Thousand Beasts Incarnation Palace and studied hard for several years.

Of course, this involves risking one's life, and there are not many people in the world who dare to take such a shortcut.

"Uncle Rong, look at the sky!"

Qin Wanning suddenly spoke. Rong Lu, who was wielding his scimitar to frantically kill the black beast, was stunned when he heard the words and turned his eyes to the sky behind the young Taoist.

I saw that the vast sea of ​​clouds in the sky seemed to be influenced by something, and a slowly rotating vortex of clouds formed at some point.

"what is that?"

Rong Yong asked in a low voice, but no one could answer him. Because with their knowledge, no one could know what kind of Taoism this was.

Dugu Yuanyan, waving the spiritual banner in his hand, failed to take the enemy down. For some reason, the fear in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

This feeling of fear forced his mind to focus almost entirely on the young Taoist priest opposite him. Obviously, his beast taming skills were a mess, and he only relied on his excellent magic weapons.

"Young man, are you the illegitimate son of an elder in the sect? Your magic weapon is excellent, but it's a pity that your Taoism is not up to par with it. Your beast-taming skills really make me want to laugh!"

Lu Cheng listened to his sarcasm and ridicule, but his mind was as calm as still water. After all, he was from the orthodox Xuanmen. Apart from other things, his skills in calmness and tranquility were much better than those of the cultivators of the side sects and evil ways, even when he was killing people.

Cut off the enemy's head and wipe away the blood, but you still need to remain calm and peaceful.

"My senior said that I was wrong in doing this and that. So is this right?"

As he spoke, Lu Cheng gently waved the long banner in his hand, and five colors flowed and danced. Finally, a ball of light fell outside the defensive brocade cloud and turned into a wolf pack of five colors: blue, red, white, yellow, and black.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch! Ouch!"

The five-colored wolves each had their own duties and characteristics, and they worked together, and actually gradually resisted Dugu Yuanyan's group of black beasts. Although they were not able to confront each other, they were not as defeated as they were in the beginning.

Of all the beasts, Lu Cheng was most familiar with the nature of the wolfhound. After all, he had beaten them so many times that he was very familiar with their attack movements.

"..."

Dugu Yuanyan saw that Lu Cheng, with the help of a powerful defensive magic weapon and the help of the younger generations below, was able to stand his ground and actually make rapid progress.

He was speechless for a moment. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to teach Lu Cheng how to taming beasts. Instead, he secretly used magic formulas to promote his own magic power.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaa..."

As the magic formula was running, nine ghost faces appeared on Dugu Yuanyan's body and suddenly let out a shrill wail. Countless translucent resentful souls and evil spirits spewed out from the mouths of the ghost faces and swarmed into the black mist evil beasts condensed by Dugu Yuanyan's magic power. It was like fire being poured into oil. The black mist evil beasts changed drastically, and their color became increasingly dark and deep, and soon transformed into thick black flames. The twisted aura around their bodies kept transforming into wailing faces of resentful souls, and then disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, Lu Cheng felt that the pressure faced by all the beasts had increased by more than two times in an instant, and all the beasts attacked at the same time!

"Good method, good Taoism!" Lu Cheng sighed in his heart.

"Hahahahahaha..."

Dugu Yuanyan practiced two schools of magic, so he had a perverse mind and exaggerated behavior, and he couldn't control himself. At this moment, he used all the means he had.

Watching his group of black beasts wiping out Lu Cheng's group of beasts, they pounced on the five-colored black Gang brocade cloud, tearing it apart and constantly wasting their energy. They even had enough energy to kill the group of merchant monks below who had been causing trouble for them.

At this time, Lu Cheng slowly completed the magic formula in his hands: Five Elements Seal, and succeeded.

"I'm waiting for a big move, are you waiting to die?"

As the spell was completed, he sent out a palm, and the translucent handprint flew out of his hand and then rapidly expanded, first flying upwards, rising to a high place, and then expanding to a size of several acres, naturally guiding the five elements of vitality that had gathered around to surge and fill it, and finally, like covering the sky and the earth, it turned around and slammed down violently.

Dugu Yuanyan, whose mind had been largely fixed by Lu Cheng's sword intent since the beginning of the battle, did not notice until this moment that a huge hand, covering the sky and the earth, appeared behind the young Taoist priest and was slapping down at him.

This palm gathered the five elements of vital energy and magic power from all around, which has already exceeded the magic power limit of a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.

Unstoppable, unmatched, unavoidable, certain death!
“Ahhhhhh!” This time, it was Dugu Yuanyan himself who screamed.

Rumble, rumble.

Although he used magical weapons and mobilized his whole body's magic power to try his best to resist, under the attack of such vast and terrifying magic power, the defensive magic weapons shattered, the Ten Thousand Beasts Transformation Banner broke, and the protective magic power collapsed. Dugu Yuanyan was directly under the pressure of the magic power and was about to be shattered to pieces when Lu Cheng in mid-air suddenly dispersed the Five Elements Palm Power.

This suddenly relieved the pressure Dugu Yuanyan was under.

But the next moment, the sword flashed, and the young Taoist appeared in front of Dugu Yuanyan, with one hand on the top of his head.

In the violent vitality, Dugu Yuanyan's head and body muscles were constantly rising and falling and twisting due to the serious injuries, as if something was rapidly flowing into Lu Cheng's body.

A moment later, among the rolling yellow sand, the robes, broken banners, and Qiankun bag fell to the ground, leaving only a remnant of human skin, which was burned to ashes under the flickering fire in Lu Cheng's hand.

This was the first time that Lu Cheng used the Heaven-stealing and Soul-transforming Technique to devour and kill a cultivator whose magical power was higher than his own.

He could feel a huge magical energy rushing into his body, permeating his meridians and turbid the magic power, but the Great Five Elements Earth True Fire quickly surged up and burned and purified it. How could everything in this world come from the five elements?

The Great Five Elements Earth Extreme True Fire, the pinnacle of the earth's foundation, can dissolve and resolve all worldly laws.

Theoretically, if he left it alone, Lu Cheng could quickly increase his own magic power through killing and robbing, and push his magic power to the peak of the ninth level of foundation building.

But in that case, it would probably take him a hundred years to master the profound art. Either he practiced hard and increased his magic power bit by bit, or he conquered the world and refined all the techniques rapidly. This was the biggest mental obstacle that those who practiced this technique had to face.

(End of this chapter)