Ziwei Immortal Path

Chapter 152 How to fight against the Foundation Establishment Monk?
When Xu Boyang thought of this, he couldn't help but groan inwardly. He had seen through the [Demon Lord's Divine Consciousness] before that among the cultivators participating in the Tianyuan level competition, about 40% to 50% were foundation-building cultivators, and the rest were cultivators at the eighth or ninth level of Nengyuan.

I didn't expect my luck to be so bad that I met a foundation-building cultivator in the first round.

But then he thought about it and felt that something was wrong. He and Ding Xuelian had exchanged wooden signs, so this should be Ding Xuelian's opponent.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, but he has never been a person who worries about gains and losses. Seeing the nuclear officer of Tiangu Star floating down, he calmed down, bowed his hands and saluted, and with a wave of his hand, [Floating South Flame] turned into a red light and flew out.

Ling Chenxiao's expression slightly darkened, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said softly,
"What a magic weapon!"

After saying this, he stretched out his arms, held his palms flat, and a black light flashed from the storage bag on his waist. An octagonal black gold lamp spun and flew onto his right palm.

The lantern was neither too big nor too small, and looked very much like the lanterns carried by wealthy families, except that it was of an ancient style, with intricate patterns engraved on the body and a flickering black flame inside.

The entire octagonal black gold lamp shines brightly under the sunlight.

After Ling Chenxiao took out the octagonal black gold lamp, the fingers of his left hand moved suddenly, and a black light flew out from his waist. A dagger about six inches long flew out, as black as ink, and hovered above his right shoulder.

According to the rules of the Tianyuan-level competition, each contestant can use two foundation-building magic tools. Today, Xu Boyang put on the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape] and took out the [Floating South Flame], which can be said to be both offensive and defensive.

Seeing him take out two attacking magic weapons, Xu Boyang narrowed his eyes slightly and felt a chill in his heart. Since he embarked on the path of immortality, he had never really fought with a foundation-building cultivator. Naturally, he was in awe and took steps forward as if facing a formidable enemy.

"The competition begins!"

Following a clear shout from the nuclear officer, Xu Boyang's figure flashed and moved in an instant. The [Floating South Flame] in his hand rose up and transformed into six wind, flame, dragon sword energies, and then pounced towards Ling Chenxiao!
Ling Chenxiao walked forward without panicking or giving way, holding the lantern. The black fire in the lantern flickered for a moment, and suddenly, a black-gold flame appeared out of thin air like mist three feet in front of him, forming a wall of fire.

This wall of fire was like a living thing. As soon as it appeared, it jumped up and down to block and attack everywhere. In a moment, it burned all the six wind and fire dragon sword energies that Xu Boyang transformed from the [Red Flame Flint Wind] in his body into ashes!

After burning dry, the momentum did not decrease, and several black gold flames rushed towards Xu Boyang like waterfalls!
"This is... the heavenly magic of the Foundation Establishment Taoist!"

Xu Boyang was speechless. At this moment, he had already moved and launched an attack. He had no time to think. Frost and snow flew under his feet, causing three pieces of frost flowers to fly. "Su Xue Jing Hong Shadow" rose up in an instant, and his figure flashed. He dodged the siege of the fire wall at the critical moment, and continued to stab towards Ling Chenxiao with a sword wrapped in wind and fire!
Ling Chenxiao saw that he was like a ghost, with extremely superb body skills. He was able to dodge the pursuit of [Black Gold Glaze Fire] and attack again. He was slightly moved. His spiritual consciousness suddenly moved, and the black dagger floating on his shoulder turned into a black light and stabbed towards Xu Boyang's eyes!

The dagger was incredibly fast, arriving first after being launched later. Xu Boyang was shocked. The sword had already started to move, and there was no time to retreat to resist. With his spiritual consciousness, the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape] on his body was like a wave without wind, floating up and shaped like a lotus pod blocking in front of him!
"Qiang!"

The pitch-black dagger hit the shawl, making a crisp sound as if it hit gold or iron. A layer of white light immediately lit up above the shawl, and countless silver threads emerged, thin and dense, like a dense silver armor.

The pitch-black dagger was instantly entangled by the silver thread and could not move forward even an inch!

"What a magic weapon!"

Ling Chenxiao praised him once more, and with one hand formed a seal, which transformed into a hexagonal bright golden wheel of condensed light to block Xu Boyang's oblique sword energy.

The pitch-black dagger missed the first strike, broke free from the Taoist cape, and turned into black light to attack from the other side!
At the same time, the light of the octagonal black gold lamp kept flickering, and the [black gold glass fire] gathered on all sides of Xu Boyang surrounded him like flowing water!

You don’t know until you try, and you’ll be shocked when you try!
Xu Boyang thrust his sword sideways, only to see that he blocked it with a single hand seal that transformed into a halo. He knew that this was the foundation-building technique "Counter-Shock Spell". Sure enough, as soon as the thought came to his mind, a sword energy wrapped in the spiritual energy of [Red Flame Flint Wind] flowed back along the sword body and counterattacked himself!
Xu Boyang secretly groaned, and hurriedly used his skills to absorb and dissolve the counterattacking sword energy. In the blink of an eye, the black dagger broke free from its restraints and flew behind his head to attack!
The [Black Gold Glazed Fire] coming from all directions was like fog, as fierce as waves, roaring towards them!

This foundation-building cultivator is indeed not a vegetarian!
Although Monk Li said that the Condensation and Foundation Building stages were of the same lineage, it was a major realm after all, so how could there not be a difference?!

Just after the two started fighting for a few dozen breaths, Xu Boyang's mind raced, and he finally understood the strength of the foundation-building cultivator!
The spiritual awareness of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is many times stronger than that of a Condensation Yuan cultivator. Not only can they fly in the air at high speed for a long time on their own, but their ability to control magical instruments is also much stronger than that of a Condensation Yuan cultivator!

Not only can he control more powerful magical instruments, but the number of instruments he can control seems to have increased a lot. Seeing how Ling Chenxiao uses his spiritual consciousness to control these two foundation-building instruments with ease and like a fish in water, it can be seen that this is far from his limit.

If it weren't for the restrictions on the Tianyuan-level competition, I'm afraid the foundation-building cultivators would be able to control more magic weapons. However, after controlling two magic weapons in succession, Xu Boyang felt overwhelmed and unable to cope!
In addition, the foundation-building cultivators can also use magic tools to control different spiritual energies of heaven and earth. This ball of [Black Gold Glass Fire] was ignited by Ling Chenxiao through the black fire of the wick of the octagonal black gold lamp in his hand!

This is completely different from the Ningyuan cultivators guiding their own spiritual energy. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth controlled by the foundation-building cultivators comes from heaven and earth, and can be said to be inexhaustible. It is not like the Ningyuan cultivators' spiritual energy which exists in their own Huangting. Once their own spiritual energy is exhausted, it is useless.

Of course, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that a foundation-building cultivator can guide is not endless. It mainly depends on the cultivation foundation of his own Dao foundation wheel. The more solid the Dao foundation, the smoother the flow of the wheel, the more spiritual energy of heaven and earth can be integrated and guided, the more powerful it is, and the more and stronger the magic spells that can be performed will naturally be.

In addition, this fusion guidance will also consume one's own spiritual power and consciousness, but as one becomes stronger, the time will become very long.

Xu Boyang's painstaking efforts in studying various cultivators during this period have not been without results. Although his abilities are limited, at least his horizons have been broadened a lot. As soon as they fought, he understood the key points!
Of course, the abilities of a Foundation Establishment cultivator are more than that, because Ling Chenxiao just casually made a hand seal and he himself hadn't made a move yet!
Because he has already attracted the divine essence and established the foundation of immortality, he can also draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to perform the magic of heaven and earth. Moreover, his Taoist foundation wheel has not yet appeared, and it is unknown what kind of magical powers he will have by then!

Fortunately, the defensive foundation-building magic weapon [Dongxuan Fapei] on Xu Boyang's body showed its power. After the white silver threads on the light shield lit up, it was as if there were eyes behind the head, moving without wind, resisting everywhere. The black dagger and [Wu Jin Li Huo] jumped up and down, but could not break its defense!

Defensive magic weapons are relatively rare in Qingshen, and they are not easy to refine. This is because for defense, the effectiveness of the magic weapon needs to be considered in all aspects, unlike offensive magic weapons, which only need to study how to defeat and kill the enemy. Therefore, a defensive magic weapon has always been much more expensive than other magic weapons of the same level.

In addition, the most important consideration for defensive magic weapons is how to protect their masters, so the requirements for spiritual awareness are not very high, and more depends on the ability of the magic weapon itself.

But Xu Boyang was not feeling well at the moment. He was surrounded by black-gold flames. The pitch-black dagger was still moving freely in the flames. It was impossible to defend against it. He had to rely on the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape] to support him.

Xu Boyang used "Su Xue Jing Hong Ying" several times to jump out of the encirclement of [Wu Jin Li Huo] and drove [Fu Nan Yan] to attack Ling Chenxiao, but this spiritual energy of heaven and earth was hidden in the mist, and it was relentless and endless!

He knew that if he continued to passively take the beating like this, the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape] on his body would be destroyed by this pitch-black dagger sooner or later!
Xu Boyang's mind raced as he quickly activated the three spiritual energies of [Spring Breeze Yishui], [Red Flame Flint Wind], and [Shanyin Night Snow] to gush out at the same time. He then used the "Su Xue Jinghong Shadow" movement. For a moment, he was as graceful as a startled swan, and his figure flashed, as if he had teleported.

The smile on Ling Chenxiao's face had already disappeared. He was a member of the Ling family's Lingkong Mountain branch. He had just established his foundation not long ago. His immortal foundation was called "Soul-Devouring Phantom Fire Core", which was the wheel of Tao foundation manifested by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth [Black Gold Glazed Fire] entering his body.

The most powerful thing about this immortal foundation is that it can refine a ghost fire wick in the Dao foundation wheel, which can devour the opponent's spiritual energy and turn it into its own use. It is the unique Dao foundation for the Yuchuan Ling family to monopolize the [Black Gold Glazed Fire], and it is also one of the four major Dao foundations of his family. It is very arrogant!
Of course, Ling Chenxiao had only just established his foundation and condensed the Dao Foundation Wheel. The Phantom Fire Wick was thin and small, still in a semi-spiritual state, not yet fully solidified. Just now, when he cast the "Counter Shock Spell," he had already taken the opportunity to merge this Phantom Fire Wick into the rebounding [Red Flame Flint Wind], piercing Xu Boyang's body. Unexpectedly, after so long, the other party showed no reaction. Furthermore, his "Soul-Devouring Phantom Fire Wick" vanished completely in the ocean of his spiritual consciousness, completely undetectable!

He broke out in a cold sweat. He had been cultivating this ghost fire wick day and night to integrate and guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for more than three years before achieving such results. He had killed many Li witches while guarding the border before. He was omnipresent, unnoticed by anyone, and was always successful!
I didn’t expect that I would suffer such a big loss in the first Tianyuan level competition today!
Ling Chenxiao had no idea that Xu Boyang had the [Nine Purple Fire] in his body. When he had just dissolved the [Red Flame Flint Wind] that was coming in the opposite direction, he had already completely melted the wick of the ghost fire condensed from the [Black Gold Glazed Fire]!

However, Xu Boyang had already noticed something strange in his body, because he found that the ball of nine-purple fire in the Huangting suddenly became brighter, and the flames that were so thick that they turned purple became more and more dazzling!
What came with it was that his own spiritual power and awareness suddenly became much stronger!
"So he's a tough guy who's cultivated three spiritual energies! I was really careless!"

Seeing him coming and going like lightning and looking like a ghost, Ling Chenxiao immediately panicked. Although he didn't know where the "Soul-Devouring Phantom Fire Core" had gone and it would not affect the Dao Foundation Wheel that he had condensed, this was the little achievement he had gained from the Dao Foundation Wheel after more than three years of cultivation. How could he be willing to let it go like this!

If it's really gone, all the hard work of the past three years, day and night, will be wasted!

He was angry and anxious at the same time, with rage in his eyes. The wick of the foundation-building magic tool [Wu Shudeng] in his hand was burning with black fire, and he continuously guided the [Wu Jin Li Fire] to attack Xu Boyang!

The [Black Gold Dagger] flying in the air shuttled back and forth at a rapid speed, becoming increasingly sharp!

With one hand, he made a gesture and three golden rays of light shone from his hand like sharp thorns, transforming into three golden swords that stabbed towards Xu Boyang!

This technique, which looks like the "Flying Sword Technique" of the Condensation Stage, is actually the Foundation Establishment Technique "Golden Light Curse". The difference is that it can change its form at will and is not limited to swords.

Seeing three sword-like golden lights coming towards him, Xu Boyang reacted very quickly and used a "mirror counter-spell" in his hand to create a light mirror to resist!
"Oh!"

The mirror shattered!

A golden bell suddenly appeared and blocked the golden sword!

"Oh!"

The Golden Bell is falling apart!

Xu Boyang was covered in golden armor, piece by piece of armor revealed!

"Oh!"

The golden armor shattered!

Even after Xu Boyang used three Condensation Stage spells, he still couldn't stop these three sword-like golden lights!

In the end, it was the countless silver threads of the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape] that rushed out to block it!
When Ling Chenxiao saw that the "Golden Light Curse" was actually blocked by his three Condensation Techniques and magic weapons, he became more shocked and angry, his blood rushed to his head, and his face flushed. Regardless of anything, he kept making hand seals and using fierce foundation-building techniques!

It's a pity that he finally cultivated [Li Fire]. If he had cultivated [Kan Water], he would have knocked Xu Boyang to the ground long ago. Moreover, the foundation-building techniques he used were not too strange and were very common. Xu Boyang had studied them before and had a good idea of ​​their power. He also discussed countermeasures with Monk Li.

The two of them fought more and more courageously. Xu Boyang used various Condensation Techniques to reduce the power of the Foundation Establishment Technique time and time again. Although he could not counterattack, he kept fighting and was able to fight on equal terms with Ling Chenxiao for a while!
"puff!"

Suddenly, the black-gold flames on the field stopped abruptly and dissipated into nothingness. The "Black-Gold Dagger" swayed unsteadily in the air. Ling Chenxiao's face flushed red, and he suddenly vomited a mouthful of black blood. Suddenly, his eyes rolled back and he fell backwards.

"Oh no! My foundation has been damaged!"

Tianguxing's nuclear officer was horrified and rushed over to hug him. After saying a few words, he hurriedly took him out of the battle!
"Fengqing Town Xu Boyang, you win!"

The situation happened suddenly and Xu Boyang was also quite surprised. He suddenly stabilized his body, only to feel waves of blackness in his eyes, his limbs became weak, and he could not stand steadily. He hurriedly took a Qi Gathering Pill and swallowed it. After adjusting his breath for a while, he resumed his movement. He saw the black dagger and the octagonal black gold lamp on the light array fell to the ground, so he staggered over and picked them up.

After a while, the review officer returned, and Xu Boyang returned the magic weapon and asked:
"Sir, what do you think of this fellow disciple Ling?"

The examiner took the two instruments, sighed softly, and replied:

"The damage to my foundation is not too serious, fortunately it hasn't damaged my fundamentals, but it will take at least half a year to recover!"

Xu Boyang was secretly shocked. He didn't expect that what Monk Li said was right. The wheel of Taoism for cultivators in the early stage of foundation building is unstable. If they guide too much spiritual energy from heaven and earth, they will not be able to bear it. To put it bluntly, it will collapse if it is overloaded!
He chuckled bitterly to himself. Today's victory was extremely difficult. He had planned to rely on pills to hold on, but he didn't expect that something would happen so suddenly. During the competition, not a single pill was used. His spiritual consciousness looked inward and he found that the three spiritual energies he revealed were almost exhausted. The purple light of [Nine Purple Fire] was flashing and was slowly replenishing. This foundation-building cultivator was really powerful. He won by luck today, but he didn't know how to fight in the future competitions!
Forget it, things have come to this point, there seems to be no way out, so I will just take it one step at a time!
"Congratulations, fellow disciple, for successfully advancing to the second round of Tianyuan!"

In response to the congratulations from the nuclear officer, Xu Boyang bowed his hands in thanks, put away the [Floating South Flame], and slowly flew down from the formation relying on the [Dongxuan Dharma Cape].

"Not bad, not bad! Congratulations on advancing to the second round!"

Pei Yansu saw Xu Boyang slow down, his face looked a little depressed, but he was still happy for him, smiled and said,

"Fellow disciple, are you willing to participate in 'Tian Gang Enlightenment'?"

"Thank you, Chief Nuclear Officer. I will give up participating."

Xu Boyang's answer was very straightforward, without any hesitation.

(End of this chapter)