Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

Lu Fan looked at the three Foundation Establishment cultivators and immediately released his divine sense to scan them through the cracks in the sect's protective formation.

The old man who spoke was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, while the other middle-aged male cultivator was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and the female cultivator with the lowest cultivation level was in the early Foundation Establishment stage.

As for the twenty-odd Qi Refining disciples behind them, they posed little threat to Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, that male cultivator is in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Do not engage him in direct combat; just maneuver around him," Ye Lingxi advised.

Lu Fan nodded slightly, then flicked his wrist and took out the Qingfeng Sword. Since breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he had never fought anyone, and he was under considerable pressure.

However, this is also a rare trial.

"You evil cultivators, you have attacked my sect time and time again! What have I done to offend you, Linggu Sect?!" The middle-aged cultivator immediately drew his longsword, pointed it at Lu Fan and the other man, and shouted.

Ye Lingxi stood on her flying sword and said coldly, "Open the sect's protective formation and hand over all the sect's treasures. I will not harm any of you. Otherwise, you will be responsible for your own lives after the formation is broken!"

"This is outrageous!" The old man was instantly enraged and shouted, "Activate the formation!"

"Sect Leader! We can't activate the formation. If there's an ambush nearby, we'll be powerless to resist!" the female cultivator said.

"The sect's protective formation is already on the verge of collapse. It won't last long if it's not activated. It's better to fight these two. Once I've killed them and hung their heads high outside the valley, I'll see if any evil cultivators dare to offend me again!" The old man was clearly somewhat angry, after all, evil cultivators had come to challenge him time and time again recently.

This has caused widespread panic within the sect, and now there is an urgent need to kill a few evil cultivators to boost morale.

Lu Fan and Ye Lingxi are the perfect targets to make an example of them!

hum!

With the old man's command, the sect's protective formation descended instantly like a curtain of light.

"You disciples, just guard the entrance to the mountain gate and do not rashly join the battle!" the old man shouted, looking at the more than twenty Qi Refining disciples behind him.

After all, those at the Qi Refining stage have weak cultivation and would be easily killed in one move if they joined the Foundation Establishment battle. They could only guard the mountain gate.

Ye Lingxi didn't waste any words. She instantly swooped down with her eight-foot-long spear, and the three old men immediately rushed forward with their three-foot-long swords.

Just as the two sides were about to make contact, Lu Fan also darted down, formed a hand seal, and launched more than a dozen molten fireballs, separating the middle-aged male cultivator, the female cultivator, and Ye Lingxi.

This would give Ye Lingxi enough time to fight the old man.

After Lu Fan separated the battlefield, the male and female cultivators exchanged a glance, then immediately attacked Lu Fan from above and below.

After analyzing the situation against the enemy, Lu Fan quickly raised his hand and swung his sword, activating the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique. A hundred sword shadows intertwined and attacked the weaker female cultivator.

Faced with the sudden onslaught of sword light, the female cultivator instantly paled and hastily summoned a large, mid-grade tortoise-shell heart-protecting mirror to shield her chest.

Ding ding ding...

Amidst the clash of metal, the female cultivator, though she managed to defend herself in time, was still slammed to the ground, demonstrating the even greater power of Lu Fan's Sword Shadow Splitting Technique, powered by a high-grade magic weapon.

"Junior sister! How dare you, you scoundrel!" The male cultivator was furious when he saw the female cultivator suffer a setback. He instantly drew his sword and attacked, looking down at Lu Fan's head with a fierce slash.

Reflecting the rapidly approaching longsword in his pupils, Lu Fan swiftly summoned a bone shield to block it in front of him.

Boom!

The longsword struck the bone shield, sparks flying everywhere. The male cultivator instantly created a three-meter distance, formed a hand seal, and three spirit explosion talismans flew out of his storage bag at his waist. He then flicked the talisman towards Lu Fan!

Without hesitation, Lu Fan instantly retreated to dodge, while simultaneously releasing the Qingfeng Sword to let it float in front of him. He formed a hand seal and thrust out both palms!

Sizzle...

The lightning-attribute spiritual energy within his body rapidly solidified, transforming into streaks of lightning that attacked the spirit explosion talisman.

Boom boom boom!

A series of explosions rang out in mid-air. Lu Fan immediately steadied himself, gripped the Qingfeng Sword, and once again used the Sword Shadow Splitting Light Technique to rush towards the male cultivator.

"Lightning attribute!" The male cultivator was shocked to see his spirit explosion talisman broken.

This cultivator with mutated attributes is much stronger than an ordinary cultivator in combat. Although he is in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he will definitely not gain any advantage in Lu Fan's hands.

Faced with the overwhelming sword light, the male cultivator dared not be careless and quickly mobilized his spiritual energy to form a triple spiritual energy shield around his body.

Ding ding ding...

The sword shadows clashed with the shield, forcing the male cultivator to retreat continuously to avoid the attack.

Meanwhile, Lu Fan's battle was witnessed by Ye Lingxi, who was entangled with the old man in the distance. She couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Fellow Daoist, I underestimated you."

In the early stages of Foundation Establishment, he actually gained the upper hand against two opponents?

This is actually the advantage of Lu Fan's forty-level Qi Refining Foundation Establishment. When the difference in magical artifacts is not significant, he is almost invincible among those of the same level, especially with the support of his powerful divine sense.

Even if they are slightly different in realm, they can still be steadily suppressed.

"Fellow Daoist, you should focus on the battle," Lu Fan called out.

Ye Lingxi smiled faintly beneath her mask, then brandished her spear and engaged in fierce combat with the late Foundation Establishment stage elder. In an instant, spiritual energy surged, and the two exchanged dozens of blows as their figures clashed.

Seeing that Ye Lingxi couldn't defeat the old man in a short time, Lu Fan gradually became serious, realizing that he could only rely on himself to defeat the two of them.

Just as Lu Fan was suppressing the male cultivator, the female cultivator who had been knocked down by Lu Fan earlier flew back up, covered in dust, and attacked Lu Fan directly.

Seeing the female cultivator causing trouble again, Lu Fan frowned slightly, immediately raised two fingers, and rapidly compressed the spiritual energy in his body. Under the operation of the Holy Spirit True Demon Art, the dark attribute spiritual energy was immediately transformed into demonic energy.

Demonic energy gathered at his fingertips and pointed directly at the female cultivator who was flying towards him.

call out!

In an instant, a piercing ray refined from pure demonic energy shot out. The female cultivator had never seen such an attack before, and in her panic, she summoned her protective mirror in an attempt to block it.

However, the power of the Illusionary Demon Finger was extremely pure, directly piercing through the mid-grade magic artifact, the Heart-Protecting Mirror, and even penetrating the female cultivator's left shoulder.

"Ah!" The female cultivator screamed instantly, her body falling downwards like a kite with a broken string, while Lu Fan grabbed her storage bag at her waist and sucked it into his palm.

boom!

With a muffled thud, the female cultivator crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out blood, but her life was not in danger.

After all, Lu Fan had no grudge against the other party, so there was no need to kill him. He could just severely injure him and take the storage bag to avoid getting involved in any karma.

After dealing with the female cultivator, Lu Fan discovered that one-third of his spiritual energy reserves had been completely drained.

It seems that although the Illusionary Demon Finger is extremely powerful, it also consumes a terrifying amount of energy, which forced him to take out several spirit stones to recover.

"Junior Sister!" The male cultivator was instantly enraged when he saw the female cultivator being knocked down for the second time. He suddenly unleashed his spiritual energy, shattering the sword shadows surrounding him.

Then the male cultivator raised his hand and summoned a large banner: "Thieves! Behold my Fiery Banner!"

As soon as the male cultivator finished speaking, he suddenly waved the Fiery Banner, and in an instant, a huge wave of flames surged towards Lu Fan like a dam bursting.

"A high-grade magic weapon?" Lu Fan was slightly surprised.