Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 127 Greed (Update, more to come in the evening!)
If a cultivator of a lower realm challenges a cultivator of a higher realm, if he succeeds, it will of course be extremely glorious, but if he fails, he will inevitably be criticized for overestimating his own abilities.

Moreover, those invited to the Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly were all outstanding cultivators with profound foundations, so when a cultivator of a lower realm challenges a cultivator of a higher realm, it is inevitable that they will lose more than they win.

Under such circumstances, there has never been a precedent in the Eight Scenery Assembly from ancient times to the present where a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator challenges a Condensing Evil Realm cultivator.

The gap between these two realms is too huge. A cultivator who has reached the Sha Condensation stage can absorb the true Sha of heaven and earth, and his magic power can be several or even dozens of times stronger than that of a cultivator who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage. This is only the basics. The gaps in magic formulas, magic tools, and magic power control, all these aspects together form an insurmountable chasm.

The protective true evil of a Condensing Evil cultivator is equivalent to a third-grade to fourth-grade defensive magic weapon for a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The different techniques and the different ways of concentrating the true evil will result in different levels of defensive strength of the protective true evil.

What's more, once a cultivator in the lower realm is defeated in the battle, he will have to pay back all the treasures he has obtained. How reckless and wasteful of opportunity it is to hinder one's future path because of a momentary thought.

"Is this Mr. Lu from the Myriad Beasts Incarnation Palace? I've heard of your name before and you're indeed strong-willed and courageous. However, although the Dharma Assembly allows lower-level cultivators to challenge higher-level cultivators, to ensure fairness, the challenger must have the Jade Void Dao Fruit and the treasures of the Eight Landscapes as a token."

"I have everything that the master has mentioned."

As he spoke, Lu Cheng took out a sealed box of Yuxu Yandao Fruit and Tianyi Zhenjue secret book.

"However, to ensure fairness, you can only challenge across a small realm gap. If what I see is correct, you are only at the peak of the sixth level of foundation building, right?"

"The master of the temple is wrong. I am just at the seventh level of foundation building."

As he spoke, Lu Cheng made hand gestures to draw the five elements of energy between heaven and earth into his body. He had originally been in a suppressed state, and his cultivation had greatly improved after taking a Yuxu Yandao fruit. At this moment, drawing the energy into his body was a natural process, and with slight adjustments to the bones and tendons throughout his body, Lu Cheng easily advanced to the late stage of foundation building.

Such a scene shocked all the monks present.

It is said that the magic skills are rapid but have the handicap of an unstable foundation. However, looking at the young Taoist in front of him, his Taoist power can be circulated at will and he can advance and retreat almost freely. His Taoist foundation is so profound that even among the top families of the major orthodox religions, how many people can compare with him?
"This... hahahaha, it's because the old Taoist is shortsighted. However, the Taoist path is long, and your temperament is too strong. In the future, you must not destroy your Taoist path because of a momentary impulse." Taoist Master Qingxuan patiently and kindly persuaded, with the demeanor of a Taoist elder.

However, Ding Lianru of Dongyang Orthodox Church had already begun to feel uneasy.

In her opinion, this junior must have come to challenge her, but after the battle with Cheng Cailing, five of her six incarnations had been killed and her own vitality was also depleted. Although she looked down on a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, she was a little worried in her heart. She was afraid that she would be overthrown in the last step and become a joke that had never happened in the past thousand years of the Eight Scenery Assembly.

Fu Chenghao also thought so in his heart. He stared at Ding Lianru and warned her not to bring down the Dongyang Orthodox Church, which had been prestige for thousands of years.

Then, the young Taoist stretched his blood, muscles and bones, and then smiled and saluted Ding Lianru, saying: "I hope Senior Sister Ding will give me some advice."

If it wasn't for this special occasion, with one at the sixth level of Condensation and the other at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, Lu Cheng should have called the other a senior.

"call."

Ding Lianru also knew that she could not avoid this battle.

After adjusting his body and mind, he suddenly flew into the air, and then stood in the air mid-air above the Sword Sharpening Cliff.

After Lu Cheng's interference, You Jie of Cangjian Palace took out pills for healing and restoring magic power, swallowed them together, and then began to meditate with her eyes closed to heal her wounds.

Swallowing the pill like this would be very damaging to her foundation and would increase the poison in her body. However, at this moment, for the sake of her future path, she could not care less.

At this moment, Lu Cheng was already flying his sword, fighting with Ding Lianru.

This was the first time that Lu Cheng used his full strength after taking the Yuxu Yandao Fruit. Although most of the medicinal power of the Yuxu Yandao Fruit was consumed in the comprehension and thinking of the blood nerves, because of his own solid foundation, Lu Cheng's Five Elements Sword Escape Technique also benefited greatly and took a very crucial step.

Ding Lianru was the first to take out a ruler, which was black and red in color, with mysterious runes engraved on it.

After injecting spiritual consciousness and magic power, black and red flames rose and surged on it, forming flaming dragons, one to protect the body and the other to attack the enemy.

A fourth-level intermediate-grade magical weapon, the Fire Control Ruler.

Ding Lianru was badly injured after the battle with Cheng Cailing, but at this moment, when she cast a spell, the fire dragons still flew into the sky swiftly and fiercely.

In response, Lu Cheng simply made a gesture with his hands and controlled the Chunjun Flying Sword to circle around his body. He and the sword light merged into one, and they flew away in an instant.

Jin Lan Dun, where a person and a flying sword come together to increase the sword's speed in a short period of time, is a life-saving escape technique.

However, it cannot last long. Golden Mist Escape can be used occasionally, but one must leave the escape state within a certain period of time. Otherwise, the burden on the cultivator's magic power and physical body will continue to rise at an extremely exaggerated speed.

The space of Lijian Cliff, the arena for the rituals and battles of the cultivators in the Ningsha and Liangang realms, is much wider than that of the venue for the cultivators in the foundation-building realm.

Anyway, those who sit down to watch the fight are at least masters of the Refining Gang Realm, so even if they fly far away, there is no need to worry about not being able to cover the fight with their spiritual sense.

The sword light and the fire dragon, one fleeing and the other chasing, finally chased to a lake.

The moment Lu Cheng broke away from Jinlandun and landed on the ground, his body paused, and the fire dragon that was chasing him pounced on him without hesitation.

Boom.

Along with a huge cloud of water vapor, the fire dragon disappeared, and a large pit was opened up on the edge of the small lake, which was quickly filled with lake water.

"Gold gives birth to water, this is a really good escape technique, and it is executed with precision and skill!"

Normally, the speed of a cultivator's escape technique cannot be as fast as the speed of a flying sword's kill, unless the difference in cultivation between the two parties is extremely large.

However, Lu Cheng's cultivation was not better than the other party, but was far inferior to Ding Lianru.

In this situation, the Golden Mist Escape Technique could only match the speed of the Fire Dragon, or even be slightly slower. It was only because of its successful turn that it avoided being pounced on.

Normally, once the spiritual consciousness is locked, spells and magic weapon attacks will not miss.

However, after Lu Cheng used the Five Elements Escape Technique, Water Illusion Escape, gold and water were mutually beneficial. It might not have fooled Ding Lianru who was behind him, but it fooled the fire dragon that was very close in an instant, breaking free from the lock of spiritual consciousness and causing it to burn and explode.

At this time, Ding Lianru was surrounded by several fire dragons, chasing after her, but there was a white mist and water vapor all around. Ding Lianru used her magic eyes to look around, but could not find any trace of Lu Cheng for a while.

However, after the metal and water elements, the next one would be either the wood or fire escape technique. When Ding Lianru thought of this, her eyes immediately swept towards the surrounding forest, and her body flew up at the same time.

Jin Lan Dun is the combination of man and flying sword, which greatly increases the speed of the sword.

Water Illusion Escape can create an illusion while being performed to interfere with the recipient's ability to make instantaneous judgments.

Wood Hidden Escape is the moment of escaping into the Wood Element, and one's own aura completely disappears to avoid being locked by spiritual consciousness. At the same time, if one is in a forest, one can use one's own magic power to nourish and permeate the entire forest, and at the same time use the forest as one's own external Qi Sea, so that when fighting with others, one can activate magic power far beyond one's own cultivation.

However, in order to increase the magic power several times or even dozens of times, the required nurturing and immersion cannot be accomplished in a day or two.

Lu Cheng hid there for a short period of time, and the power of the wood element he could borrow was relatively limited.

"The Five Elements Sword Escape has become so powerful, probably because I have been studying the Blood Nerves too much. The meaning of the law is getting closer and closer to the magic path."

The Blood Shadow Demon Body's escape technique is unrivaled in the world and can plunder the vitality of all living beings in the world and use it for itself. Lu Cheng's Five Elements escape technique was first passed down from the Fire Cloud Mansion, and later he comprehended the Five Elements Seal of the Xiantian School, and now he has incorporated some of the Blood God's methods.

He used the power of the wood element to hide himself, and when Ding Lianru flew into the air, the Wood Hide Escape suddenly turned into Fire Escape.

In Ding Lianru's spiritual perception, the entire forest below was on fire, but when she looked with her Dharma eyes, there was no such scene.

"Fire escape!"

Ding Lianru's judgment was not wrong. Above his head, sword fire flew up in an instant.

Ding Lianru raised her head suddenly, and what she saw was a brilliant sea of ​​sword light and fire. In a trance, she seemed to have seen herself being engulfed by the sword fire.

Using the absorbed power of wood to boost the magic power of fire, Lu Cheng's red flame flying sword killed people with sword fire flying everywhere, and killed all the fire dragons that Ding Lianru had summoned by consuming her spiritual power.

“…Sword Intent becomes force!”

When the flying sword was approaching, Ding Lianru suddenly woke up, but the red flying sword of the Taoist opposite had already chopped down close to her, leaving her nowhere to hide.

At this moment, all Ding Lianru could do was to use her magic power to violently activate her own protective True Evil Defense. The powerful Xuanyin Evil Qi penetrated her body and almost formed a circle of materialized light curtain.

The scarlet flaming flying sword controlled by Lu Cheng made a hissing sound like tearing cloth and stabbed out hundreds of times in an instant. The power of the flying sword was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, sometimes hard and sometimes soft, sometimes vertical and sometimes horizontal, but none of them could break through the defense of Xuanyin Body Protector Zhensha and cause even a little damage to the opponent.

However, it seemed that each stabbing attack of the flying sword did not pose any threat to the Xuanyin body-protecting Zhensha, but the traces of sword energy injected into it seemed to have life and linger, and it kept moving, spreading, and evolving in the light curtain like the roots of a tree, and finally, it resonated and broke through!

The Five Elements Divine Sword, the sword intent of wood and fire.

Ding Lianru knew very well that the defense of her Xuanyin Body Protector Zhensha was very strong, at least equivalent to a third-grade top-grade defensive magic weapon.

But she never expected that the opponent's swordsmanship was so superb. With pure swordsmanship, the defense equivalent to a third-grade top-grade defensive magic weapon was torn apart in an instant.

"not good!"

Ding Lianru felt something was wrong and immediately burst out with magic power to try to retreat quickly and create some distance. However, the opponent's fine sword net, which was like a dense root net, had trapped her feet deeply in the mud, and she was unable to break free for a while.

Click.

Lu Cheng's last sword was made of fire and earth. It seemed slow but was actually fast and powerful, and it hit the opponent's forehead. The sword energy that had been planted by more than a hundred swords before was all gathered under this sword, ignited and exploded!
"what!"

Ding Lianru screamed miserably, and blood gushed out from her brow. It was unknown whether it was the result of her potential being unleashed in the face of life and death, or some other reason.

After Lu Cheng's sword strike, Ding Lianru was injured but not dead, and still had the strength to continue fighting with Lu Cheng. "This guy's swordsmanship is getting better and better. It seems that I can't stay in the Northern Sect. I have to hide in the south, or go to the Tang Kingdom?"

Zhuang Baodong, who had some grudges against Lu Cheng, felt a little worried when he saw Ding Lianru being seriously injured by Lu Cheng's sword, and his mind raced.

"This guy is so calculating in his fight? People in the devil's way are really too greedy."

Compared with Zhuang Baodong, Gu Qinghong practices the true minor destiny technique of the Eight Views. Observation, insight and seeing through are the basis of his Taoist practice.

Therefore, Gu Qinghong could see clearly that Lu Cheng's last sword changed from force to bluntness, from fierceness to steady control.

The latter is certainly not inferior to the former, but it is not wise to use it to kill people at this moment, to use it on that last sword.

If the sword just now had not been as sharp, Lu Cheng would have won at this moment, but he chose to delay.

"Give her more time to recover?"

Gu Qinghong's gaze fell on You Jie from the Cangjian Palace who was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

She was born as a casual cultivator, and relying on her stubborn character, she accepted missions from the Cangjian Palace, exchanged for skills, and practiced diligently until today. It is not easy to cultivate to this level. Unfortunately, fate will never pity you for your hard work.

"Ah!"

The center of the forehead is known as the residence of a hundred gods. Lu Cheng struck Ding Lianru in the center of her forehead with a heavy sword, causing her hair to become disheveled and her body to fall back. For a moment, she even had difficulty concentrating her mind.

But she still mobilized her magic power, controlling the fourth-order intermediate-grade magic weapon, the Fire Control Ruler, to form a wave of fire around her body, and even counterattacked.

She was unwilling to accept this. How could she accept this? She was only one step away from success, but she was being forcibly pulled down by a cultivator whose cultivation level was far inferior to hers.

If this step is not accomplished, the road ahead will be ten times more difficult.

The obsession merged with the evil heart, causing Ding Lianru's fire-controlling magic fire to even rekindle a little, but her vitality was seriously damaged and she was seriously injured at this moment.

Lu Cheng used the Five Elements Sword to attack. He frequently switched between the Five Elements Sword Techniques: Golden Mist, Water Illusion, Wood Hide, Fire Absolute, and Thick Earth, causing all nine levels of Ding Lianru's magic power to fall into vain.

"Lu Cheng, you despicable villain, come out and fight me!"

"rat……"

Finally, Lu Cheng used a thick earth sword to cut off Ding Lianru's fire-controlling ruler, causing her magic power to backfire and she vomited blood several times and completely fainted.

The Hidden Edge Flying Sword is a top-grade third-grade sword. Although it is one level weaker than the Fire Control Ruler, the Fire Control Ruler is not designed to compete with its material. In addition, if it strikes where the magic power cannot be fully utilized, it will be broken after a few sword strikes.

Retracting the flying sword, Lu Cheng looked at Ding Lianru, who was covered in blood, without any ripples in his heart. They were all cultivators of the magic path, and now they were fighting for opportunities and competing for the great way. There was no logic to it.

At the moment when Lu Cheng defeated Ding Lianru, You Jie of Cangjian Palace also stood up and flew towards the sky above Lijian Cliff, and so did Fu Chenghao of Dongyang Orthodox Sect.

…………

"Brother Lu, too fierce..."

Before You Jie and Fu Chenghao fought each other, Lu Cheng returned to the Xiao sisters and began to swallow pills, meditate and regulate his breathing, ignoring even Junior Sister Xiao Yuxue.

Fu Chenghao noticed this scene and his expression suddenly changed and then became extremely ugly.

He originally thought that Lu Cheng would at most dare to challenge Ding Lianru, whose Heavenly Demon Incarnation Technique had been broken and who was seriously injured and exhausted.

Fu Chenghao never dreamed that Lu Cheng would dare to challenge him.

Although they both came from top demon sects, the gap in their cultivation was huge.

In this Eight Scenery Assembly, Lu Cheng fought all the way from the middle realm of the Foundation Establishment Assembly to the upper realm, and then from the upper realm of the Foundation Establishment Assembly to the lower realms of the Condensing Evil and Refining Gang Assembly. At this moment, he showed his true colors again and prepared to challenge the middle realm cultivators.

If he succeeds, it will be the first of its kind for the Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly. It can be said that this Eight Scenery Dharma Assembly was wiped out by him alone with his sword. It is unprecedented and such a thing will probably never happen again in the future.

Normal foundation-building cultivators who compete for rankings in the Eight Scenery Conference have already lost their fighting spirit and are exhausted. After taking the Yuxu Yandao Fruit, even if they have the opportunity to participate in the Upper Realm Conference, they will no longer have the heart to cross the border to challenge.

Even if you have the intention, you don't have the bargaining chips. At least you need a Yuxu Yandao Fruit.

At this moment, Lu Cheng swallowed the pill and meditated to recover his energy, which meant that he was going to draw his sword in front of Fu Chenghao. He had thought through everything that happened before and after, but Fu Chenghao could not be distracted at this moment, because if he was distracted, You Jie from the Cangjian Palace would use her fast sword to make him roll back to the Dongyang Orthodox Church.

"Since I'm going to do it, I'll do it big. Apart from my sword skills, I don't have any other skills in the art of cultivation. Although the treasures in the Heavenly Book are rich, I haven't obtained all of them. Among the cultivators in the Condensing Evil and Refining Gang realms, this wealth can be considered as some accumulation, but it can't be called rich."

"Practicing the four essentials of Dharma, Land, Companion and Wealth, I defeated Dongyang Orthodox monks in a row today, and finally I was able to obtain five Yuxu Yandao Fruits. I will use one for myself, and the remaining four can be exchanged for a large number of resources to help my Dao."

Lu Cheng closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, recovering the loss of his mind and power. It was not easy for a person to have a great opportunity once in his life. And Lu Cheng was undoubtedly the one who could firmly grasp it.

The eighth view is the sharp sword cliff in the air.

Because he had insight into the junior's thoughts, Fu Chenghao was furious and his mind was a little lost. You Jie grasped this point keenly, and she flew through the air with her sword, controlling the energy of heaven and earth, and killed fiercely with one sword after another.

It was just like her path in this life, she could die but could not retreat, because retreating meant death!
In terms of Taoism and will, Fu Chenghao is far inferior to You Jie, but the Dongyang Orthodox Sect has been in charge of the demon sects in this world for thousands of years, so its profound foundation is not to be underestimated.

The eight temple masters worked tirelessly for the great catastrophe of heaven and earth, and several generations of temple masters even died because of it.

The Dongyang Orthodox Sect controls the Yuanshi Heavenly Demon Palace, and countless demon sons and grandsons have feasted and enjoyed themselves in the Heavenly Demon Palace for generations. What kind of catastrophe is this? Even if this world is destroyed, the Yuanshi Demon Sect can still break away from this world and pass it down forever.

This is the gap between You Jie and Fu Chenghao.

"The devil's sun rises in the east, and fire blazes across the universe!"

Facing You Jie's integrated body and sword, who was attacking with a sword, Fu Chenghao combined the magic power of the six incarnations of great wishes and formed it into the Purple Demon Flame between his palms.

Under the impact of sword energy and flames, the vital energy of the heaven and earth on all sides diffused violently, forming substantial ripples visible to the naked eye, destroying mountains and breaking rocks, and boiling lakes and splitting the sky.

When the energy of both sides collided to the extreme, a sword light suddenly shot out from the flying sword controlled by Yu Youjie, and stabbed towards Fu Chenghao with almost full sword power.

This is not a sword hidden under the sword, but a dark sword technique!
It turns out that You Jie is also an expert at wielding dual swords, but she has been hiding it until now. If Fu Chenghao had not pushed her to the extreme, she would not have used this life-saving trick that she had hidden for many years.

You Jie has been practicing since she accepted the hunting mission from Cangjian Palace. She pays much more attention to life-saving killing moves than most people present.

"You use this trick again!"

It was the first time that You Jie performed the dark sword technique, but Fu Chenghao had been killed by Xiao Yuxue with a similar sword move before. If it weren't for the substitute puppet, he would have been defeated or even dead by now.

Of course, there was relative defense at this moment. The dark purple lotus shadow rotated slightly, and the six incarnations of the great wishes suddenly moved and stood in front of Fu Chenghao to block the sword.

Whoosh whoosh.

The flying sword's light suddenly slashed through the three incarnations of willpower, but was eventually impacted by their protective true evil and the sword light drifted away.

After performing the dark sword technique, the power of You Jie's sword energy was greatly reduced. The purple magic flame between Fu Chenghao's palms suddenly spewed out a flame and swept towards You Jie.

You Jie combined her body with the sword and used the sword's force to fly and transform to try her best to evade, but the devilish flames eventually burned through her protective qi and damaged her meridians.

"You Jie lost. It's such a pity for such a person."

Compared to the greedy and predatory Lu Cheng, Huoyun Mansion's third senior brother Xuan Ce actually admires the female swordsman You Jie more.

If he did not have the authority to accept disciples on behalf of his master, Xuan Ce would have almost thought of bringing this female sword cultivator to Huoyun Mansion even if it meant offending Cangjian Palace. The tenacity of this female cultivator's character was no less than that of his second senior sister, and she was a good material for inheriting the master's Taoist tradition.

Although her meridians were burned, You Jie's sword heart was as strong as rock and steel, and she could still continue fighting with swords.

If Fu Chenghao's three incarnations of vows were really killed, the final outcome of this battle would still be unknown.

Unfortunately, Fu Chenghao used his hands to perform hand seals, and purple light burst out from the wounds of the three wish-power incarnations that were pierced by the flying swords, and then those fatal sword wounds disappeared without a trace. The three wish-power incarnations were still completely intact, guarding Fu Chenghao's side.

Seeing that things had come to this, You Jie sighed and withdrew. She had accepted missions from the Cangjian Palace to hunt down evil cultivators, and it was not without failures. When it was time to go all out, she would forget about life and death, and when it was time to choose to save her life, she would retreat without hesitation.

"I lost this battle."

You Jie admitted defeat and flew back to her position, circulating sword energy to expel the purple devil flames that had invaded her body to avoid damaging her own path.

But at this moment, everyone present knew that this Dharma Assembly was not over yet, there was one last one:
"Gong Lucheng, the incarnation of Ten Thousand Beasts, challenges Senior Brother Fu Chenghao. I hope Senior Brother Fu will give me some advice."

Lu Cheng opened his eyes, stood up and saluted. Apart from what he had done, there was really nothing wrong with him in terms of Taoist etiquette.

“…Hahahahaha, good good good!”

"I just hope that Junior Brother Lu won't regret it."

Seeing Fu Chenghao uttering words one by one that seemed to be full of poison, Lu Cheng verified his guess, smiled, and then controlled the flying sword to soar into the sky.

(End of this chapter)