Junior sister, I really need to control you

Li Yinsheng twitched the corner of his mouth, too lazy to respond, and got up to fly into the formation.

Although there are trapping formations and killing formations, it is obviously unrealistic to kill the dragon by relying solely on formations.

Outside the formation, Nianci and the other two dispelled their magic and handed the last Blood Refining Demon Banner to Mu Xiaoyu.

Ignoring Mu Xiaoyu, who had begun to cut down the last Blood Refining Demon Banner, Nianci took out an ancient bronze lamp from her Qiankun bag.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this humble nun is here to help you!"

She activated the ancient bronze lamp, and a flame the size of a fingertip ignited on the lamp.

Mu Xiaoyu, who was chopping down the Blood Flag nearby, shivered instinctively when she saw the flames.

Although the flame was golden in color, and there seemed to be some faint characters floating in it, it did not look like the flame of the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

But the mere fact that they were similar in size was enough to trigger painful memories for her.

Nianci didn't notice Mu Xiaoyu's reaction; she simply carefully manipulated the flame away from the bronze lamp and flew towards the formation.

As the flame faded, the aura of the bronze lamp noticeably diminished, and its surface dimmed considerably.

Nianci couldn't care less about those things; just controlling that tiny flame was already quite a challenge for her.

Li Yinsheng, within the formation, opened a small gap to let in the golden flames, watching them drift towards the dragon and spread out in the wind.

The dragon roared in the clouds, transforming the entire cloud into a torrent of black water that engulfed the flames, attempting to use water to extinguish fire.

Li Yinsheng shook his head slightly.

The flames may appear to be fire, but they are actually a kind of Buddhist secret technique. They are not fire in themselves, so how could they be afraid of water?

Sure enough, the flames were submerged by the torrent, but showed no sign of going out. Instead, they evaporated the black torrent completely, and then suddenly accelerated, shooting towards the dragon.

Compared to the enormous body of the dragon, which is over a hundred feet long, this flame, even though it has grown much larger, is still as small as a needle tip.

However, in terms of aura, this flame was not much inferior to that of a dragon.

A flicker of apprehension crossed the dragon's vertical pupils. With a flick of its long tail, the Breath Soil that Li Yinsheng had seen before appeared, and a cloud of earthy yellow mist enveloped the dragon entirely.

Previously, when the yellowish-brown clouds obscured the human-shaped dragon, they were so dense that they were almost solid, and it was impossible to see anything clearly.

But now the cloud has thinned out considerably, resembling a thin wisp of cloud, and the figure of a dragon swimming within it can be clearly seen.

With the clouds formed from the Breath of Earth providing cover, the golden flames that landed on them suddenly exploded and expanded a thousand times, transforming into a ball of golden flame that locked in a stalemate with the Breath of Earth clouds.

But the stalemate lasted only a moment. With the dragon's roar, the clouds opened up again, engulfing and crushing the golden flames, and forcibly extinguishing them.

Li Yinsheng raised an eyebrow.

This Breath of Earth is quite interesting. The flames there had reached the level of a Great True Person in terms of power, but they were easily blocked and extinguished.

If this Breath of Earth is used, its power should be equivalent to that of an extremely powerful magic weapon.

Especially since this dragon belongs to the water element, it probably cannot unleash the full power of the Breath of Earth, which makes the Breath of Earth even more powerful.

Nianci's expression changed, and she transmitted her voice: "Fellow Daoist Li, you must be careful. That Breath Soil is probably not a fake. It is the real Breath Soil obtained from the Divine Mountain, but there is not much of it."

"Despicable humans, what have you done to our race's holy banner?"

The dragon did not attack immediately, but instead asked Li Yinsheng a question.

"How did it go?" Li Yinsheng sneered. "Don't worry, I'll make sure you're with those flags..."

After all, the time spent cultivating together in a magical grotto-heaven is itself a form of being together, isn't it?

A streak of azure light flew toward the dragon, and the cloud of breath soil that had previously been able to easily block the golden flames was instantly torn into large pieces by the azure light.

"What?" The dragon's voice, though unlike a human's, couldn't hide its surprise.

The green light, carrying the torn-off yellowish-brown cloud, flew towards Li Yinsheng. Along the way, the yellowish-brown cloud shrank continuously. When it was brought to Li Yinsheng, it had turned into a grain of yellow mud the size of a millet seed and fell into his hand.

The Azure Sword appeared, circled around Li Yinsheng, and trembled joyfully.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time it has been used against an enemy.

Li Yinsheng scanned the Breath Soil with his divine sense. Although it was tainted by demonic energy, the taint was not deep. After a little refining, it could be used normally.

"You actually specialize in wood element?" The dragon's vertical pupils stared at Li Yinsheng, quite annoyed.

The Breath of Earth is of the Earth element and is countered by Wood. Although it is not afraid of ordinary Wood elements, the magic weapon used by this person is of a very high grade and is enough to counter the Breath of Earth.

Li Yinsheng tapped the Azure Sword, but did not answer. He then raised his hand and made a hand seal.

The Azure Sword split into several streaks of azure light, which flew towards the Breath of Earth.

The dragon's eyes flashed coldly. It quickly put away the Breath Soil. Apart from taking away a piece from the foremost Azure Rainbow, the rest of the Azure Rainbows returned empty-handed.

Putting away the second grain of Breath Soil, Li Yinsheng looked at the dragon with a regretful expression: "Why didn't you use the Breath Soil?"

With a wood-elemental magic treasure like the Azure Sky, the Breath of Earth, though strong in defense, is not a cause for concern.

However, there is also a reason why this dragon is not good at breathing soil, otherwise it would not have been so easy.

"Without the Breath of Earth, I can still tear you apart with these scales!"

The dragon roared and charged straight at Li Yinsheng without dodging or avoiding the approaching blue rainbow.

The blue rainbow landed on the scales, producing a metallic clang, but only left white marks, unable to truly break through.

The dragon stared at Li Yinsheng with murderous intent in its eyes—

This mere wood-elemental magic weapon actually considers its ability to restrain the Breath of Earth as its own skill.

My scales are strong enough to withstand the bites of other great demons. How could your mere magic weapon break through them?

Humans, with your frail bodies, will be crushed into mincemeat the moment I get close...

Before the thought was even finished, it saw a flash of white light before its eyes, and alarm bells rang in its mind.

It only had time to twist its neck once before excruciating pain spread throughout its body along more than ten thin lines, and large amounts of dragon blood rained down from the sky.

Before he could even think about what the white light was, the dragon hurriedly released its protective energy, while the spilled dragon blood condensed and transformed into fine needles, which flew towards Li Yinsheng.

This is not the water control of a dragon, but the sorcery of the Bloodscale Demon Clan.

If this technique is activated with the blood of an enemy, its power is limited, but it does not cause any harm to the user.

Now, it is using the blood flowing from its own wounds to activate its power, which greatly increases its strength. These blood needles can penetrate most spells and even the protection of magical treasures, and they are incredibly fast, making them impossible to defend against.

In particular, the distance between it and Li Yinsheng has become extremely close.

Then it saw the white light flash again, and all the needles flying towards Li Yinsheng were split in two in mid-air before dissipating.

What exactly is that thing? Is it a magical artifact? A spell? Or something else within this formation?

A chill ran through the dragon's heart.

Its divine sense couldn't perceive the specifics of the white light at all, so it could only frantically pour its demonic power into the Breath of Earth.

It even opened its mouth and spat out a jet-black but shimmering pearl, pouring its pure and powerful demonic energy into the Breath Soil, greatly increasing the density of the clouds it had transformed into.

Not far away, Li Yinsheng stood with his arms crossed in front of the dragon, extremely satisfied.

Yes, that's right, that's what we sword cultivators should be like!

Without even moving, a single slash of the flying sword is enough to shatter all magic, magical artifacts, scales, and precious armor with a single strike.

In fact, those blood-spinning needles that seemed capable of harming him didn't require the use of the Taibai Sword.

With his divine sense, not a single one of those blood needles could escape; he only needed to raise his palm and push to destroy them all.

But why do something yourself when you can do it with a flying sword?

Seeing the dragon facing the threat of the Taibai Sword and releasing the Breath of Earth to protect itself, Li Yinsheng smiled slightly. The Azure Sword once again transformed into several streaks of azure light and flew out, tearing at the Breath of Earth.

"You...you human, all you do is rely on the advantages of magical treasures!" The dragon was already getting a little angry and opened its mouth to rebuke.

Li Yinsheng ignored it and flicked his finger, sending the Taibai Sword flying out again.

The white light disappeared into the Breath Soil. Although it slowed down slightly, its power did not decrease much. It circled the pearl spat out by the dragon.

A white light swept past his eyes, and the dragon felt a sharp pain in his mind as the connection between himself and the dragon pearl, which he had nurtured for a lifetime, was suddenly severed.

It frantically swung its tail, trying to retrieve the out-of-control dragon pearl.

But the white light was too fast; the moment the long tail moved, the white light had already carried the dragon pearl far away.

As the dragon pearl disappeared into the distance, it felt a sudden weakness throughout its body, and its demonic power plummeted to 30-40%, and was still rapidly declining.

With its support gone, the power of the Breath of Earth was greatly reduced. Already restrained by the Azure Sword, it was now cut into pieces.

But the dragon could no longer care about any of that. Abandoning the Breath of Earth, it lunged at Li Yinsheng with all its might—

Although it is a Bloodscale Demon Clan member, it is still a dragon in form, and losing the Dragon Pearl would not be much better than losing its life.

Li Yinsheng took the dragon pearl that the Taibai Sword had brought him, and as he watched the dragon rushing towards him, a thought crossed his mind.

The Taibai Sword transformed into a vast, snow-white net, covering the sky and the earth, spanning dozens of feet in diameter, and descended directly upon the dragon.

Once the dragon falls into the net, its seemingly impenetrable scales will leave deep, bloody sword wounds the moment they touch the net.

Watching the dragon struggling in the net, Li Yinsheng sketched out an array, suppressed the dragon pearl in his hand, and his gaze fell on the Breath Soil not far away, which was completely surrounded by several streaks of azure light from the Azure Sword.

Under the suppression of the Azure Sword, the remaining Breath Soil vanished in an instant, condensing into a grain of soil the size of a soybean, which was brought back to Li Yinsheng's hands.

He collected all the dragon pearls and the Breath Soil that had been sealed by the formation and nodded in satisfaction.

This was quite a fruitful trip.

The three people below, including Nianci, were dumbfounded.

"Senior sister, is this what sword cultivation is?" the young female cultivator murmured.

“Junior sister, you’ve seen other sword cultivators before…” Nianci’s lips stiffened.

Although sword cultivators are rare, they have cultivated for decades and have seen all sorts of strange and unusual cultivators.

She had never seen a sword cultivator who could suppress a dragon of the same level and possessing a rare treasure to this extent.

The sword cultivators I've seen before were powerful, but none of them were this exaggerated.

Within the Taibai Sword Net, seeing its own dragon pearl being collected, the dragon's vertical pupils turned blood red.

Then the crimson color instantly spread throughout its body. With a mighty struggle, it actually broke through the sword net and flew straight towards Li Yinsheng.

The price was that as it broke through the sword net, all the scales on its body were scraped off by the Taibai Sword, leaving only a bloody and mangled dragon body.

The excruciating pain almost overwhelmed its mind, but its vertical pupils stared at Li Yinsheng with a ferocious glee.