Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

Zhou Shan realized that he couldn't see through this cripple, but all along, Lu Fan had given him the impression of being a good-for-nothing.

So Zhou Shan remained defiant: "You cripple, you were lucky it wasn't you who came down the mountain that day! And today you dare to come crawling back to your death!"

Lu Fan remained unmoved by Zhou Shan's harsh words, calmly replying, "Senior Brother Zhou, we don't have any deep-seated hatred, why must you try to kill me?"

"You cripple, you offended Uncle Yan and made me look bad in front of everyone. Do you still want to live?" Zhou Shan said in a deep voice.

"This was originally a grudge between Yan Ruyu and me. You insisted on sticking your neck out, and now you're blaming me?"

"Besides, even if someone wanted to kill me, it should be Yan Ruyu who came to me. What are you jumping around for?"

Lu Fan asked in a deep voice.

Hearing Lu Fan's words, Zhou Shan's face darkened, and he said, "Uncle Yan promised that if I kill you, I will get the Foundation Establishment Pill five years earlier."

"Five years ahead of schedule? I'm afraid you won't live to use it," Lu Fan said, then made a hand seal and unleashed several fireballs straight at Zhou Shan's face.

whoosh whoosh...

Three fireballs shot out, but the fireball released by Lu Fan was a deeper red, and there seemed to be viscous lava flowing inside, which was the special effect of Lu Fan's mutated molten spirit root.

Upon seeing the molten fireball flying towards him, Zhou Shan was shocked and immediately dodged.

Bang bang bang!

As the fireball landed, three large craters were instantly blasted into the ground, with lava bubbles bubbling out of them.

Seeing this, Zhou Shan was drenched in sweat. He had clearly not expected Lu Fan to be so powerful. If he, with his Qi Refining eleventh level cultivation, had been touched by him, he would have been seriously injured!

"You bastard! What exactly is your cultivation level?!" Zhou Shan was clearly unsure of Lu Fan's strength.

Although Lu Fan's divine sense was as strong as that of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, his attack was not strong enough to kill him instantly, so Zhou Shan could not determine Lu Fan's strength at all.

After all, if Lu Fan were truly at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, it wouldn't take more than two moves to kill him.

This is actually the weakness of the Qi Refining stage. Although Lu Fan has a terrifying level of thirty Qi Refining layers, his attack methods are still far from those of a true Foundation Establishment cultivator.

At level 30, his attacks could only approach Foundation Establishment level infinitely. To fully reach Foundation Establishment, he would probably need to reach level 40 to achieve the same effect.

This is why in the cultivation world, the difference in cultivation realms is like heaven and earth, and fighting across realms is extremely difficult.

"Senior brother, he's acting strangely!" The female cultivator also noticed the unusual fluctuations in spiritual energy emanating from Lu Fan's body.

Because it far surpasses the ordinary Qi Refining stage, but has not fully touched the Foundation Establishment level, yet its divine sense is as powerful as that of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

This extremely bizarre and confusing nature left the two of them completely baffled.

But Lu Fan wouldn't give them much time to analyze. He leaped down from the sky, grabbed his longsword, and slashed rapidly towards Zhou Shan with his feet.

This scene completely baffled Zhou Shan: "You bastard! Aren't you a cripple?"

Clearly, no cripple could run that fast. Only now did Zhou Shan realize that his opponent had been hiding his true strength!

But by the time he figured it out, it was too late. Lu Fan was incredibly fast, after all, there was a difference of nearly twenty levels between them.

As Lu Fan unleashed his sword strike, Zhou Shan hastily drew his longsword to parry.

clang!

When Lu Fan swung his sword down, Zhou Shan barely managed to block it. His entire arm trembled violently from the impact, and he immediately knelt on one knee.

"So heavy!" Zhou Shan sensed something was wrong and flipped over to dissipate the force.

But just as Zhou Shan was about to look up, Lu Fan's next sword was already slashing down at him, and Zhou Shan hurriedly ducked to dodge.

Sizzle.

In an instant, most of Zhou Shan's long hair was cut off. If he hadn't been a seasoned veteran with many missions over the years, he would probably have been beheaded.

Lu Fan also suffered from a lack of combat experience. After all, even after several moves at the 30th level of Qi Refining, he still couldn't defeat Zhou Shan. Failure! Utter failure!

Having narrowly escaped death twice, Zhou Shan became visibly anxious. He hastily formed hand seals and unleashed five or six fireballs.

Lu Fan calmly raised his hand to create a spiritual energy shield, which was wind-attribute spiritual energy.

A whirlwind swirled around Lu Fan, and the fireball that touched the wind-attribute shield was immediately deflected and scattered in all directions.

bang bang bang...

A series of explosions ripped through the air, sending the surrounding trees sprawling and twisting.

This is the power of mutated attributes; if one only has ordinary attribute spiritual roots, one can only withstand attacks.

However, the mutated attribute has certain special effects. The wind attribute can deflect attacks, which is a kind of force deflection. This way, the attack cannot hit directly, which greatly saves the durability of the spirit shield.

Seeing that his fireball spell had failed, Zhou Shan immediately turned to the female cultivator beside him: "Stop standing there! Do it!"

Cold sweat broke out on the female cultivator's forehead. Just as she was about to make a move, Lu Fan suddenly turned his head and stared sharply at her.

Startled by Lu Fan's gaze, the female cultivator turned pale and immediately summoned her flying sword, fleeing into the distance in a flash.

"Damn it!" Zhou Shan was clearly furious.

At this moment, Lu Fan had no time to pay attention to the female cultivator. Instead, he immediately stepped forward, his longsword attack becoming increasingly fierce, unleashing a barrage of slashes and thrusts at Zhou Shan.

But Zhou Shan could only parry hastily, and in just a few breaths, Lu Fan stabbed him in the left shoulder with a sword.

"hiss!"

The intense pain made Zhou Shan gasp. Knowing he was no match for him, he quickly begged for mercy: "Junior Brother Lu! Stop hitting me! I know I was wrong! I swear on my Dao heart that I will never be your enemy again!"

"I want to know, when you killed Li Niu, did he beg for mercy?" Lu Fan asked with a stern face.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shan's throat tightened, and he immediately leaped into the air, erecting a faint spiritual energy shield, intending to escape on his sword.

But how could Lu Fan give him that chance? He immediately formed hand seals and with a sudden wave, more than a dozen molten fireballs swept towards Zhou Shan.

Zhou Shan could dodge one, but not two, let alone more than a dozen.

Bang bang bang!

Four or five of the molten fireballs struck Zhou Shan's spiritual energy shield directly, shattering it on the spot. Almost all of the subsequent molten fireballs hit Zhou Shan's back.

"Ah!" Zhou Shan screamed in agony as his body plummeted straight down into the woods below.

boom!

With a muffled thud, Zhou Shan crashed heavily to the ground, writhing in pain.

Lu Fan quickly drew his sword and stepped forward. Seeing Lu Fan approaching, Zhou Shan panicked: "Junior Brother Lu! Don't kill me! Sect rules forbid internal strife! I!"

Before Zhou Shan could finish speaking, Lu Fan thrust out his sword, the longsword piercing directly into Zhou Shan's mouth and through the back of his head!

puff...

As Lu Fan drew his sword, a spurt of blood appeared, and Zhou Shan stared at Lu Fan in disbelief.

Zhou Shan coughed up a large amount of blood, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

Lu Fan raised his hand and sucked up Zhou Shan's storage bag and the broken jade spirit armor pendant. Then he threw several molten fireballs at Zhou Shan's body to destroy the evidence.

After doing all this, Lu Fan raised his hand and released his flying sword, speeding off in the direction the female cultivator had fled.