Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Xiao Ming observed the three fighting, then looked towards the exit opposite him, and immediately frowned.

"No, they're blocking the exit. If I just go out like this, those two definitely won't let me leave. I have to strike first."

Although Xiao Ming obtained the Shadow Talisman, it was clear that these two were not worth using this precious talisman on.

Seeing that the chubby young man's situation was becoming increasingly difficult, Xiao Ming patted his storage bag, and a beam of green light suddenly shot out, unexpectedly pointing directly at the back of the burly man's head.

Ding!

The sword struck, producing a sound like metal clashing.

"So hard!"

Xiao Ming frowned, immediately maneuvering his flying sword to adjust its direction, and then slashed at the burly man's neck.

However, the burly man was prepared; his body was tense, and his muscles bulged. The flying sword only managed to pierce his skin slightly, but could not penetrate any further.

"Who dares to ambush me?" the burly man roared.

His response was two spirit orbs that shot towards him, but the burly man was not afraid at all. He struck them with his fists and blasted the two earthen orbs away.

With their ambush failing, the two disciples of the Corpse Soul Sect also discovered Xiao Ming.

Upon seeing Xiao Ming, the chubby young man's face lit up with joy. "Senior Brother Xiao, save me!"

"I didn't expect there to be accomplices." Upon detecting Xiao Ming's Qi Refining Level 7 cultivation, the burly man sneered, then suddenly exerted force with his feet, rushing towards Xiao Ming at an extremely fast speed.

Xiao Ming activated his spiritual power, and the remaining four spiritual orbs shot out one after another. However, although the burly man was huge, he was quite agile. He jumped a few times on the pillars of the hall and dodged the attacks of these spiritual orbs.

"Die!" The burly man clenched his fists and smashed them down with the force of a mountain crashing down.

The storage bag glowed, and a bronze shield appeared in front of him.

Boom!

The bronze shield trembled violently, clearly having been smashed away, with two shallow fist marks visible on its surface.

"Break!" The burly man kicked out, and the bronze shield let out a mournful cry as it was sent flying.

The magic shield was broken, but Xiao Ming was not flustered at all. He was holding a talisman with thunder patterns in his hand.

The Corpse Soul Sect's corpse-refining technique is indeed powerful, but I wonder how it will fare against lightning magic.

"My heart and Thor are one; I am Thor, and Thor is me, responding to my every command!"

As Xiao Ming pointed, the lightning-summoning talisman immediately ignited without fire.

In an instant, the power of thunder was activated, and a silver snake of lightning arrived in a flash, striking the burly man squarely between the eyebrows.

"ah!!!"

The burly man let out the most miserable wail of his life. The power of lightning was the nemesis of the Corpse Refining Technique. This bolt of lightning shattered his physical body and almost destroyed the foundation of his cultivation.

With his opponent severely injured, Xiao Ming naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass. The Green Serpent Sword flew swiftly, twisted around the opponent's neck, and easily severed his head.

Another fireball flew from Xiao Ming's hand, burning the head to ashes.

"This is bad." Another disciple of the Corpse Soul Sect exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this scene.

The opponent was a Qi Refining cultivator who actually knew such profound lightning techniques. With his companion's Qi Refining Eighth Level cultivation level, he was killed in an instant, and he himself was probably not much better off. He immediately tried to escape.

"Brother Xiao is awesome!" The chubby young man was overjoyed upon seeing this.

Seeing his opponent trying to run away, he immediately pulled out a stack of fireball talismans from his sleeve and threw them at him.

In an instant, more than ten fireballs flew out at once, almost blocking all of the opponent's escape routes.

"You bastard..." The gaunt man's face turned pale with fright. Where did this spendthrift come from, with so many talismans in his hand?

Faced with this crisis, the emaciated man immediately bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the soul-summoning banner. The vengeful spirit in the banner absorbed the cultivator's blood essence and immediately transformed into a ten-foot-tall evil ghost, protecting the emaciated man beneath it.

Boom boom boom...

As the flames dissipated, the demon's body became almost completely transparent, and the summoning banner swayed precariously.

Just then, six thick earth beads suddenly flew in from all directions, locking the soul-summoning banner tightly, making it unable to move.

At the same time, the Green Serpent Sword transformed into a streak of green light, piercing through the gaunt man's brow before he could react, killing him instantly.

Xiao Ming strode over, and with a wave of his hand, the other party's storage bag and soul-summoning banner came into his hands.

"Senior Brother Xiao, you're really amazing." The chubby young man walked over with a smile.

Do you know me?

"It's normal that Senior Brother Xiao doesn't recognize me, but I have the utmost respect for Senior Brother Xiao," the chubby young man quickly explained.

"My name is Wang Debao. I come from Baoguang Pavilion, and now I am a disciple of Guling Sect, just like you."

"The name Baoguang Pavilion sounds somewhat familiar," Xiao Ming muttered to himself.

"Senior Brother Xiao, do you remember defeating that little brat at the fifth level of Qi Refining in the Ascension Competition? That was my younger brother."

"It's him!!" Xiao Ming was immediately shocked.

That guy who brandished a talisman and almost knocked himself off the stage with money—that left a very deep impression on me.

No wonder that scene looked so familiar.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming looked the chubby young man in the Taoist robe up and down, and then thought of the skinny boy who looked like a monkey. His gaze suddenly became strange.

"Are you brothers?"

Wang Debao smiled awkwardly upon hearing this.

"I just have a big appetite."

"Junior Brother Wang, these are the two of our storage bags. Let's divide them." Xiao Ming held two storage bags in his hands.

"No need, no need," Wang Debao quickly shook his head upon hearing this.

"Both of these two were killed by Senior Brother Xiao, so the treasures naturally belong to him. If Senior Brother hadn't entered this place first, I probably would have lost my life too, let alone sharing the treasures."

Seeing Wang Debao's clear attitude, Xiao Ming readily accepted the two storage bags.

"I was only a little earlier than you, and this place was already like this when I came in, completely empty. After searching around, I only managed to pick up some scraps that others didn't want," Xiao Ming said, then turned to look at Wang Debao.

"Since Junior Brother Wang is from Baoguang Pavilion, he must have some experience in weapon crafting. I would be grateful if you could take a look at these items I picked up."

After Xiao Ming finished speaking, he took out the few damaged items he had picked up.

"Alright, I'll take a look for my senior brother." Wang Debao picked up the few damaged items and examined them one by one. His expression was uncertain, sometimes showing surprise and sometimes shaking his head secretly.

"Junior Brother Wang, have you noticed anything?"

"These are all raw materials for refining artifacts of extremely high quality, and the refining techniques are also very advanced. Normally, they could be refined into high-grade magic weapons. It's just a pity that they all have some flaws, and after so many years of spiritual energy loss..."

"So none of them can be used?" A hint of disappointment flashed in Xiao Ming's eyes.

"No, it's not that simple. As long as it's refined, it can still be recast into a magic weapon. It's just that the refining process is more difficult, and the quality is not as good as a normally refined product."