Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Lin Zhao pulled herself out of her thoughts and looked up.

At the edge of the seventh-level sky, the clouds were churning and gathering, and a blurry human figure was slowly taking shape in the clouds.

A powerful pressure descended from the sky, carrying a terrifying aura—another mark left by a sect's prodigy.

Lin Zhao remained calm and did not rush to make a move.

After achieving the Core Formation, he gained several new supernatural abilities and acquired a few new magical treasures, but he hadn't yet engaged in any real combat.

The strength of this seventh layer is just right; it's perfect for practicing hand techniques.

The figure took full shape and stepped out from the clouds.

It was a projection of a middle-aged cultivator, dressed in a battle robe and carrying a long sword.

He is in the early stage of Core Formation, but his combat strength is comparable to that of the late stage of Core Formation.

The middle-aged cultivator glanced at Lin Zhao, then his figure suddenly vanished from the sky.

In an instant, they closed in, and a murderous intent arose.

Lin Zhao neither retreated nor dodged, and slowly spread her five fingers.

Five-colored spiritual light shone in his palm, the boundaries of spiritual energy were distinct, yet they intertwined and circulated.

He pushed back with his hand!

The five-colored spiritual light swelled as the storm raged, instantly transforming into a terrifying pillar of light a hundred feet long.

The Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light!

The divine light swept across, forcibly disintegrating the nearby free-floating five elements of spiritual energy, completely shattering and destroying the spiritual energy structure, demonstrating extreme dominance.

The middle-aged cultivator's figure instantly shifted several miles, barely avoiding a direct, fatal attack.

The moment he appeared, his longsword gleamed crimson, and an extremely condensed blade aura tore through the air, slashing down towards Lin Zhao.

Lin Zhao remained unmoved, rapidly forming hand seals with her left hand.

The phantom of the Ruins Furnace instantly appeared in front of him, then collapsed inward, transforming into a spinning black vortex.

The vortex was only a few feet in size, but in an instant, the sky within a radius of several miles suddenly darkened, and everything seemed to be swallowed into a bottomless abyss.

The Void Devouring Heaven Technique!

A low, almost inaudible rumble emanated from the depths of the vortex, as if countless undercurrents were churning and surging.

The crimson blade energy had barely touched the edge of the vortex when it was pulled and crushed by the terrifying devouring force, turning into a thin stream of red light that completely disappeared into the vortex without a trace.

The vortex spun at high speed, frantically plundering everything around it; spiritual energy and cloud energy were all swallowed up.

In just a few breaths, the spiritual energy within a radius of more than ten miles was completely drained.

Ten breaths later, the vortex dissipated automatically.

Lin Zhao's lips twitched slightly.

He had never actually used this supernatural power before; he only realized how much it consumed after he used it.

Even with ten times the magical power, he was struggling to maintain it.

However, he also roughly understood the essence of the Void Devouring Technique: it was a divine power that could theoretically banish an opponent to the void.

However, the level of this supernatural power and his current cultivation level are simply insufficient to complete the entire exile process.

The only way to attack an opponent is to use the power of distorted void to create a collapsing black hole, causing terrifying destructive force.

At this moment, the middle-aged cultivator's second sword aura had already struck down, the crimson sword aura tearing through the sky.

Lin Zhao took a light step, and his figure instantly transformed into a wisp of ethereal light, silent and without any trace of spiritual light leaking out.

Return to the Void Escape Technique!

In the blink of an eye, he traversed more than ten miles and landed in the distance.

This escape technique consumes a great deal of energy, but its advantage lies in its extreme efficiency, its immunity to array restrictions, and its lack of unnecessary movements, making it ideal for extreme maneuvering and repositioning attacks.

The moment he landed, a sudden glint of light appeared in Lin Zhao's eyes.

The Returning Void Dharma Eye and the Breaking Illusion Sword Eye opened simultaneously, and with a gentle turn of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel in the Sea of ​​Consciousness, the two eyes completely merged into one.

Supernatural powers, the eye that dispels delusion.

All things in heaven and earth, the flow of the five elements, and the trajectory of the opponent's spiritual power are all reflected in his eyes, leaving no secrets whatsoever.

He could foresee and predict every spiritual energy circulation and the trajectory of the next move of the middle-aged cultivator opposite him.

The middle-aged cultivator swung his sword again, and crimson sword energy pierced through the air.

Lin Zhao neither blocked nor resisted; five completely different spiritual lights flew out of his body and landed, transforming into five figures that were identical to his appearance.

Five Spirit Incarnations!

The five incarnations stand in five directions, with identical appearances, but the five elements of spiritual light flowing around their bodies are different.

With a thought, Lin Zhao sent a crimson avatar to receive the magic weapon, the Flying Swallow Sword Seal, and infused it with spiritual power.

The sword seal unfolded, one becoming ten, ten becoming a hundred, and in the blink of an eye, a vast expanse of flying swallow sword energy surged out from the sword seal.

Each sword aura was a foot-long swallow of light, with its wings spread wide and the edges of its feathers as sharp as blades.

Thousands of luminous swallows swirled in the air, forming a torrent of sword energy that covered the sky for a radius of ten miles.

Completely sealing off all escape routes around the middle-aged cultivator.

Lin Zhao himself glanced at it from a distance.

The Flying Swallow Sword Qi does have a large coverage area and is useful for group attacks, but its attack power is insufficient.

For ordinary Core Formation cultivators, it is a decent offensive magic weapon; even those who are not sword cultivators can unleash its powerful effects.

But it wasn't quite right for him.

However, it has one use—when the Azure Lotus Dharma Body travels outside in the future, this sword seal can be used as a regular magic weapon in the open, without revealing its true strength.

At the same time, the cyan incarnation summoned the Azure Jade Ring.

The azure halo swelled in the wind, growing to a hundred feet in size, and descended from the sky to lock onto the opponent.

Just as the middle-aged cultivator shattered the sky full of light swallows and was about to break through the encirclement, he was imprisoned by the jade ring.

He struggled fiercely, his longsword slashing angrily at the ring wall, causing the jade ring to vibrate and its spiritual light to oscillate, yet he was unable to break free of the confinement for the time being.

The yellow incarnation followed closely behind, unleashing a thick earth shield.

A giant, earthen-yellow shield unfurled in mid-air, transforming into a hundred-foot-thick barrier. The mountain and river patterns on the shield's surface flowed endlessly, and the power of the earth's veins subtly connected it to the land.

The moment the middle-aged cultivator broke free from his restraints, he unleashed a furious slash with his sword.

The violent blade energy crashed into the thick earth barrier, shattering into a sky full of red spiritual light, while the shield only trembled slightly.

The magical artifact, the Thick Earth Shield, can connect to the earth's veins. The longer it is guarded, the stronger its defense becomes. At the same time, it can emit a ray of spiritual light to purify negative spells and restrictions.

The jade ring imprisons, while the thick earth releases the control; one controls and the other defends, a perfectly matched combination.

Next, Lin Zhao tested the moves one by one, getting all the new magic weapons on his body working together.

He wore the blue boots that allowed him to move freely, combining the Five Sacred Mountains Shift and the Return to Nothingness Escape Technique with various other techniques, allowing him to advance and retreat at will.

No matter how fierce the opponent's attack, they cannot get close at all and can only passively take hits, becoming a sitting duck.

Lin Zhao threw the Lingyuan Palace into the sky.

The palace expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a palace two hundred feet in size, suspended above the battlefield.

The palace pressed down, covering an area of ​​thirty miles in radius.

The opponent's movements slowed down noticeably within the area, each slash appearing as if he were paddling in water.

If the Five Spirits Incarnations suffer excessive depletion of spiritual power, they can retreat into the Spirit Origin Hall to recuperate and recover.

Although the middle-aged cultivator possessed the combat strength of the late Core Formation stage, he was powerless to fight back under the suppression of Lin Zhao's various divine abilities and magical treasures.

The Eye of Truth can see through all flaws and predict all attack trajectories in advance.

Lin Zhao didn't even need to use his main body; he simply relied on his five avatars taking turns attacking and his magical treasures suppressing his opponent, and he crushed him completely.