Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

With a gentle swipe of its ghostly hand, all the barriers shattered instantly, as if they had never existed.

Lin Zhao suddenly activated the Five Mountains Shifting Technique, and her body began to contort—

But the Mysterious Yin Ghost Hand had already landed.

It transformed into a giant hand, hundreds of feet in size!

With his five fingers spread out, his nails were as black as ink, and thick, mysterious Yin energy swirled around his knuckles.

In the palm of his hand, a twisted rune slowly rotated, radiating a chilling pressure.

The giant hand suddenly covered an area of ​​a hundred feet in radius, descending directly on Lin Zhao's head!

An invisible force erupted from the ghost's hand—suppression, imprisonment, and strangulation!

The Five Sacred Mountains Shifting Technique flickered violently, as if something had choked it, making it impossible to complete the final shift.

Lin Zhao's face darkened.

The Five Sacred Mountains Shifting Technique has been disrupted.

The power field released by the ghost hand perfectly countered the teleportation technique, like an invisible net that tightly enveloped him.

Xuan Yinzi revealed a victorious smile.

There has never been an invincible spell in the world of cultivation.

The Golden Phoenix Arrow has a locking function, as does the Mysterious Yin Ghost Hand.

Not only does it lock on, but it also suppresses, imprisons, and strangles—this is his strongest attack, a sure kill!

Once a cultivator is grasped by that Xuan Yin Ghost Hand, it is as if they are trapped in a powerful small killing formation.

Those below the Core Formation stage are certain to die.

Even a Core Formation cultivator would die from this attack without the protection of a third-tier defensive magic treasure!

The ghostly hand suddenly clenched!

Five jet-black fingers came together, like a cage descending from the sky!

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A hair's breadth away.

The pair of Yin-Yang rings in Lin Zhao's hand suddenly began to hum on their own.

The faint black and white light suddenly surged!

These two second-tier high-grade magic weapons had been with Lin Zhao for many years. He used them very few times, but every time he did, it was crucial.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Ring burst forth with unprecedented light.

The black and white light intertwined, transforming into an invisible Yin-Yang force field that rapidly expanded from Lin Zhao's center!

Wherever the force field passed, the suppressive power of the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand was forcibly pushed away!

Within a radius of a hundred feet, a space for breathing was forcibly created!

However, the Yin-Yang Ring is ultimately just a second-tier high-grade magic artifact.

Under the full suppression of the third-tier magic weapon, the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand, the Yin-Yang Force Field only lasted for three breaths.

Click—!

Cracks appeared on the Yin-Yang Ring, and the cracks spread rapidly, like a spider web crawling all over the ring.

boom!

The Yin-Yang Ring shattered completely, and fragments of the magical artifact scattered everywhere, transforming into a sky full of spiritual light.

But three breaths are enough.

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Zhao's eyes.

Ordinary methods are no longer sufficient to defend against a third-tier magic weapon.

In this life-or-death situation, he had to use a new trump card—

The Five Sacred Mountains' Divine Ring!

Lin Zhao's body radiated a surge of spiritual light!

Five-colored light surged out from his body, not the spiritual light from before, but streams of the five elements power that were condensed to the extreme!

Five colors of light—blue, red, white, black, and yellow—intertwined and rotated, forming a huge halo around him!

Five Sacred Mountains Divine Rings – A new protective innate spell for the spirits of the Five Sacred Mountains, with the five elements rotating endlessly!

The divine halo suddenly expanded!

Wherever it passed, the suppressive power of the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand was forcibly pushed aside!

The swirling Yin energy dissipated like ice and snow under the blazing sun, and even the rune in the palm of the hand trembled violently!

Within a radius of several hundred feet, a space was forcibly opened up by the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Rings!

Xuan Yinzi's expression changed drastically: "How is this possible?!"

Lin Zhao did not hesitate.

The power of the Azure Lotus, grant your blessing!

The innate spell of the superior Dao Foundation was instantly activated, and a blue lotus shadow bloomed beneath his feet.

With the power of the Azure Lotus, the activation speed of the Five Mountains Shifting Technique suddenly increased!

The surrounding air began to distort.

His figure began to fade.

The Mysterious Yin Ghost Hand clenched tightly!

Five jet-black fingers clasped together, fiercely grabbing at the spot where Lin Zhao was standing—

They missed.

Lin Zhao's figure had already disappeared into the ghost's hand.

Forty miles away.

A flash of five-colored light, and Lin Zhao appeared out of thin air.

He staggered, his face pale, and a trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth.

The light of the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Rings has dissipated, and the power of the Azure Lotus has retreated back to the Dao Foundation.

The spiritual energy within his body was almost completely drained.

But he is alive.

Forty miles away, the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand's attack missed its mark, the immense force slamming into the ground.

boom--!!!

A massive crater hundreds of feet deep was blasted open in the ground! Debris flew hundreds of feet into the air, and smoke and dust billowed into the sky!

The newly formed energy storm was completely destroyed by this attack, and the violent spiritual energy scattered and fled, exploding into chaotic ripples in the air.

Xuan Yinzi stood still, looking down at the empty ghost hand.

Everything is gone.

That kid ran away.

His chest heaved violently, and his face changed from red to white, and then from white to blue.

Then--

"No--!!!"

A roar of resentment echoed across the desolate mountain.

His golden core has shattered.

Lin Zhao's departure signifies his death.

Meanwhile, dozens of miles away, the young man was recovering his magical powers.

He will be back soon.

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Lin Zhao's figure appeared forty miles away.

He glanced back—where the giant black hand had landed, a crater a hundred feet deep had been blasted open in the ground.

Even from forty miles away, he could feel the ground trembling.

That single strike was enough to kill any Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Including him.

Lin Zhao glanced at the cloud of smoke with a complicated expression.

He still underestimated the abilities of a Core Formation Realm cultivator.

Relying on the third-tier magic weapon, the Golden Phoenix Bow, he overwhelmed a Core Formation cultivator, making him unable to breathe, and forced Xuan Yinzi to flee in terror.

He thought he had the victory in his grasp and that his opponent was nothing special.

As a result, the other party retaliated and almost killed him.

The moment the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand fell, he truly smelled the scent of death.

If this magical artifact were to be used to suppress him, it could truly kill him.

Lin Zhao took a deep breath and suppressed those distracting thoughts again.

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He looked down at his hand—the two black and white rings on his middle finger were gone, leaving only two faint marks.

The two elements are in a ring.

Those magical artifacts had been with him for several years, but he didn't use them often.

Its greatest use is to counter interference and assist in defense.

It can deflect trajectories, weaken attacks, and disrupt lock-on... It is especially effective against unpredictable and elusive spells.

Even a mere moment's delay can mean the difference between life and death.

Three breaths.

The Yin-Yang Ring bought him three breaths of time.

As for the Five Sacred Rings—

That was a technique he had cultivated over the years.

He tempered his spirit body with the True Technique of a Hundred Beasts, stabilized the foundation of the Five Sacred Mountains with the Heavenly Heart Technique, and sublimated and made up for his deficiencies with the spirit body of a hundred beasts.

Repeating the cycle over and over again.

The spiritual bodies of the Five Sacred Mountains were gradually enhanced during this process.

The final innate spell,

It is the "Five Sacred Mountains Ring".

It is comparable to the Five Elements Spiritual Body Innate Magic - Five Elements Divine Ring.

Lin Zhao's Five Sacred Mountains Divine Rings are currently only at the level of innate magic, and are still some distance from supernatural powers.

But today, after testing its strength and withstanding the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand, its power is already comparable to that of a typical Core Formation Divine Power.

If one can cultivate to the peak in the future... suppressing everything with the Five Sacred Mountains might just become a great supernatural power.

Lin Zhao pulled himself out of his thoughts, sat down cross-legged, and took out several high-grade spirit stones from his storage ring, holding them in his palm.

The spiritual energy slowly flowed into his body.