Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Lin Zhao set his sights on Crouching Tiger Mountain, which was twenty miles away.

Let go.

Phew——! ! !

A clear and melodious phoenix cry tore through the night sky!

The golden phoenix transformed into a streak of light and shot out!

In that instant, the world lost its color.

Wherever the phoenix passed, space seemed to distort slightly.

The golden light rubbed against the air, leaving a trail of flame tens of feet long, like a falling star.

Twenty miles is a distance that can be covered in an instant.

The golden phoenix crashed into the belly of Crouching Tiger Mountain!

First, a point of golden light appeared in the belly of the mountain, and then the golden light expanded and burst forth instantly.

boom!!!

The mountains collapsed and the earth cracked!

A huge gap was blasted open in the belly of Wohu Mountain, and millions of tons of rocks collapsed with a roar.

Debris flew everywhere, propelled hundreds of feet into the air by the shockwave.

The shockwave swept out, snapping trees within a radius of several miles.

Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, rising slowly like a giant mushroom cloud.

The moonlight was obscured by smoke and dust, and the world was shrouded in darkness.

Lin Zhao stood on a hilltop twenty miles away, looking at the mushroom cloud with a calm expression.

This was his first attack on a Core Formation cultivator.

He knew that this attack wouldn't kill Xuan Yinzi.

Even those who have fallen from the Core Formation stage have countless ways to protect themselves.

Caught off guard, they were struck head-on by the Golden Phoenix Arrow, a strike comparable to a Core Formation cultivator, and then crushed down by a mountain of immense weight—

Even if you don't die, you'll be badly injured.

Lin Zhao put away the Golden Phoenix Bow, turned around and flew away in another direction.

The distance of twenty li was instantly expanded to thirty li and forty li.

But a mysterious intuition told him that the other side was starting to move.

Amidst the smoke and dust, a dark shadow soared into the sky.

The dark figure was covered in blood, its robes torn, and its hair disheveled, but its speed did not decrease as it headed straight for Lin Zhao.

The other party is chasing.

It was moving extremely fast and was rapidly approaching him.

A quarter of an hour later, the distance between Xuan Yinzi and him had been reduced to twenty li.

Lin Zhao stopped, turned around, and drew the Golden Phoenix Bow again.

The Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool rotated in his dantian, and the three layers of spiritual liquid in the pool surged into his body, transforming into spiritual power that was injected into the Golden Phoenix Bow.

The second golden phoenix took shape.

Let go.

Phew——! ! !

The golden phoenix once again tore through the night sky.

Xuan Yinzi wanted to hide.

But the Golden Phoenix Arrow has a built-in lock-on function. If he dodges to the left, the arrow follows him to the left; if he dodges to the right, the arrow follows him to the right.

Xuan Yinzi's face turned ashen, and he finally gave up trying to dodge.

He formed hand seals, and a huge shield appeared in front of him—a second-tier top-grade Xuan Iron Shield.

The shield, like a mountain, stood in front of him.

The Golden Phoenix Arrow struck the shield.

boom!!!

Golden flames exploded, illuminating half the sky.

Xuan Yinzi was thrown back several miles by the shockwave and tumbled in the air more than a dozen times before he regained his footing.

He looked down at the black iron shield in his hand—the shield surface was covered with countless cracks, and the deepest part of it was already seeping through.

A single strike to a second-tier top-grade magic weapon, followed by a Golden Phoenix Arrow, nearly crippled it.

A surge of blood rushed through his chest; the aftershocks of the Golden Phoenix Arrow had penetrated his shield, inflicting new wounds.

But he didn't stop; he continued chasing.

His experience with Core Formation told him that his opponent was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Such a powerful strike would inevitably consume a huge amount of magical energy, and it wouldn't be able to be used many times.

As long as he gets within fifteen miles, he can use the third-tier magic weapon—the Mysterious Yin Ghost Hand.

A third-tier magic weapon, a magic weapon he personally crafted back then.

Once unleashed, it transforms into a terrifying ghostly hand, locking onto and crushing all targets.

As long as he gets within fifteen miles, he can let that Foundation Establishment junior taste what despair is.

He made a hand seal and used the escape technique that only those in the Core Formation stage could use—Mysterious Yin Escape Light.

As soon as the light appeared, its speed increased dramatically, like a black lightning bolt slicing through the night sky.

A quarter of an hour later, he closed in to within twenty miles.

But at that moment, Lin Zhao disappeared.

Xuan Yinzi was stunned for a moment.

Forty miles away, Lin Zhao's figure appeared out of thin air.

The Five Sacred Mountains Shifting Technique utilizes the power of the five sacred mountains of heaven and earth to shift objects.

Over the years, with the blessing of the Five Sacred Mountains' spiritual bodies, the distance he can teleport has reached forty miles, far exceeding the range of his divine sense.

The distance between the two sides instantly increased to sixty miles.

Xuan Yinzi's face turned completely black.

He stood there, staring intently at that tiny dot dozens of miles away.

To pursue or not to pursue?

They caught up, but the other side teleported again, covering another forty miles.

Although his Xuan Yin Escape Light was fast, it consumed a great deal of energy.

Are we just going to let it go without pursuing it?

He was not reconciled.

Lin Zhao didn't give him time to hesitate.

The second-tier superior-grade spirit boat, Azure Scale, flew out of the storage ring and grew longer in the wind, transforming into a three-zhang-long azure spirit boat.

Lin Zhao leaped onto the spirit boat and sat cross-legged at the bow.

The Azure Scale started up and flew forward quickly, while he began to recover his magic power.

Xuan Yinzi stared at the spirit boat, his teeth grinding together.

Chase!

He refused to believe that a Foundation Establishment junior could possibly have enough magic power to wear him down!

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One hour later.

Xuan Yinzi has once again closed the distance by fifteen li.

In that hour, he consumed a great deal of magical power and used the Profound Yin Escape Light three times.

Each time they get close, the other person moves away, increasing the distance between them.

Now, he only had 30% of his magical power left, and his face was as pale as a dead man.

But finally, they were within twenty miles of each other.

If he gets within five or fifteen miles, Ghost Hand can unleash a fatal blow.

Just then, Lin Zhao turned around again.

The golden phoenix took shape again.

The third one.

Xuan Yinzi's pupils contracted sharply.

impossible!

How could someone at the Foundation Establishment stage possibly use a Core Formation-level divine power three times in a row?!

But the Golden Phoenix Arrow has already arrived.

He had no time to think, gritted his teeth, and summoned the Xuan Iron Shield once more—then self-destructed the magical artifact.

boom!!!

The shield exploded, barely managing to withstand the Golden Phoenix Arrow.

Xuan Yinzi was also hit by the aftershocks of the Golden Phoenix Arrow, his clothes were torn and blood was spilling from the corner of his mouth.

He gritted his teeth and summoned another defensive magic weapon—the Nine-Condensed Yin Bone Shield.

Third-tier magic weapon.

But this thing consumes a lot of energy.

His current cultivation level is only at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and every time he uses it, he is consuming the power of his Golden Core.

Lin Zhao teleported again the instant he was blasted back.

The distance is sixty li.

Xuan Yinzi stood in the air, panting heavily.

He stared intently at the slowly moving spirit boat sixty miles away, and fear appeared in his eyes for the first time.

That's not right.

That kid is strange.

Each time he got close, his opponent used teleportation magic to create distance.

Moreover, the opponent used Core Formation level divine abilities three times in a row. Even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator has profound magical power, it is impossible for them to use such abilities so many times in a row.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging blood and qi, and began to carefully sense the spiritual energy in the vicinity.

This realization led him to discover something even more terrifying—

Judging from the spiritual energy left in the vicinity, he sensed a faint but powerful fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Third-tier magic weapon.

That kid has a third-tier magic weapon that can store spiritual energy!

Xuan Yinzi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He suddenly understood.

The other party never intended to fight him head-on from the beginning.

What that kid has to do is keep him hanging on, wear him down, and wait for him to wear himself out.

But he acted like a fool, chasing after them again and again, only to be driven back each time, and wasting his magical power each time.

Now, he only has 30% of his magic power left, he is injured, and he has not yet used his third-tier magic weapon, the Profound Yin Ghost Hand. However, his opponent always maintains a safe distance and does not give him a chance to make a move.