You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

Chen Huai'an's forte is close-range combat.

His advantage lies in his well-honed physique, which allows his opponent to lock onto him. No matter how he tries to dodge or escape, he cannot get away and will have to fight to the death.

Chen Huai'an used the Wood Release technique to hide in a clump of bushes, while the rattan armor formed by the Rattan Armor technique protected him.

"Bang!"

Just as Chen Huai'an finished his defensive work, a beam of light struck the bushes where he was hiding, hitting him and sending him flying backward.

Once Chen Huai'an was exposed, he stopped moving.

"Kid, run away if you dare, or I'll kill you." The man in black cursed as he saw Chen Huai'an being sent flying, then fixed his gaze on the storage bag at Chen Huai'an's waist.

After killing the enemy, the next step is to loot the spoils and destroy the evidence.

Chen Huai'an suppressed his surging blood and qi, concealing his aura to the extreme. He spread his divine sense in all directions, sensing the man in black approaching him step by step.

Just as the man in black was about to finish him off, Chen Huai'an suddenly leaped up, his spiritual weapon slashing directly at the man's abdomen.

"Kid, you're still alive." The man in black was startled and narrowly avoided the spiritual weapon that Chen Huai'an was slashing at.

Previously, Chen Huai'an focused solely on defense, but this time, he took the lead in attacking.

Chen Huai'an's Flaming Blade Technique was brought to its fullest potential by him.

The fire-elemental magic power within his body surged forth as if it were free.

The man in black was forced to retreat. If it weren't for his first-tier Vajra Defense Talisman protecting him, Chen Huai'an's spiritual weapon would have broken through his defenses and severely injured him.

Chen Huai'an knew that cultivators at the Qi Refining Realm had a large number of life-saving methods. If he didn't have overwhelming power, the opponent could kill him by using some talisman attacks.

Chen Huai'an also possessed talismans, but he didn't use them. He wanted to see if he could kill them with his current cultivation level, and what weaknesses he had when fighting against cultivators of the same realm.

Chen Huai'an was determined to go into the space to rest and recuperate after this battle.

"Damn bastard, you were hiding your strength! You old sly devil, I'm going to kill you!" The man in black was overwhelmed by Chen Huai'an's fierce attacks and could only parry without being able to fight back. He roared incessantly.

Chen Huai'an suspected that the defensive talisman had been breached, and his mana was exhausted. He swallowed a Rejuvenation Pill to restore his mana, patted the storage bag at his waist, and then an armored corpse appeared in Chen Huai'an's sight.

"Roar!" The armored zombie roared and then pounced on Chen Huai'an.

"Kid, do you really think I'm easy to bully?" The man in black sneered, then controlled the armored corpse to pounce on Chen Huai'an.

Chen Huai'an then unleashed his Flaming Blade Technique to its fullest extent, slashing at the armored corpse.

The clanging of metal echoed incessantly; the armored corpse was impervious to swords and spears, its body showing no flaws whatsoever.

Chen Huai'an's close-quarters combat skills were completely ineffective against the armored corpse.

This guy is even more fearless than him.

"No, we have to get rid of that guy. Otherwise, if he controls this armored corpse, once his mana is restored, he will be even more difficult to kill." Chen Huai'an frowned as he looked at the black-clad man who had distanced himself from him. His previous advantage of trading blows to close the gap was now completely gone.

There is still a significant difference between veteran Qi Refining cultivators and those who have just broken through to the Qi Refining realm.

Once one's cultivation reaches the Qi Refining Realm, one can rely on many external forces.

Talismans, magical artifacts, puppets, and corpse puppets can all enhance one's combat power.

This was Chen Huai'an's first time fighting against a Celestial Master at the Qi Refining Realm. He had not yet mastered any of his Celestial Techniques, putting him at a significant disadvantage in combat.

"Entanglement Technique"

Chen Huai'an used a flaming sword technique to force the armored corpse back. Then he used the wood-type magic in his body to cast an entangling spell to bind the armored corpse, while he continued to kill the man in black.

"Damn it, he actually has dual-attribute spiritual roots." The man in black hadn't expected that the person he regarded as an ant would be so troublesome, possessing dual-attribute spiritual roots of fire and wood.

The entanglement spell trapped his armored corpse, and his mana was exhausted. Facing Chen Huai'an, who was charging at him fearlessly, he had no choice but to forcefully activate his mana. A white bone shield spun in front of him, blocking Chen Huai'an's slash.

The black-clad man's bone shield failed to block Chen Huai'an's strike. Using the recoil, he flew backward, creating distance between himself and Chen Huai'an.

"Die!" Chen Huai'an charged forward, slashing at the bone shield his opponent had summoned. The opponent's mana was exhausted; if he attacked twice more, without mana to sustain him, the bone shield would be no match for his fiery sword technique.

The man in black also realized how troublesome Chen Huai'an was. He was desperately refining the medicinal power to restore his mana. At the same time, he was also puzzled. This man's cultivation level was not as high as his, but his mana was so abundant. Even after fighting for so long, his mana had not been exhausted.

Chen Huai'an also realized that to win, this battle had to be unexpected. While using the Flaming Blade Technique to slash wildly at the opponent's bone shield, he secretly used the Earth Spike Technique.

He didn't attack the enemy head-on with this earth spike technique. Instead, while using his flame sword technique to cut the opponent's bone shield, he used his feet to touch the ground and set up a trap for the black-clad man as he retreated.

If the man in black continues to retreat, he will retreat into his trap.

During this period of cultivation, Chen Huai'an did not break through his realm, but the magical power within his body was extremely pure and profound, and even his divine sense far surpassed that of others at the same realm.

"Break!" Chen Huai'an shouted. The fiery spiritual power within his body surged out and poured into the spiritual weapon in his hand. With just one strike, the bone shield in the black-clad man's hand trembled, and the light and shadow in front of him shattered instantly. He couldn't withstand the recoil and his body flew backward.

Chen Huai'an gave a soft shout, "Condense!"

Where the man in black landed, several sharp earth spikes immediately protruded. Chen Huai'an's earth spike technique, which he had been preparing for a long time, slammed hard into the man's body.

"You actually know earth magic." Blood trickled from the corner of the black-clad man's mouth, his face filled with resentment.

This guy is so cunning, he actually possesses wood, fire, and earth elements.

The armored corpse broke free from Chen Huai'an's binding spell and attacked him, but the man in black had already been severely injured and naturally could not spare the attention to control the armored corpse.

"Die!" Chen Huai'an naturally wouldn't waste words with the other party. Villains die from talking too much. He unleashed his Flaming Blade Technique once again, slashing towards the man in black.

This time, the man in black had no armored corpse guards, and the bone shield was also exhausted from its magic power. Facing Chen Huai'an's all-out slash, he couldn't withstand it at all, and was decapitated in one strike.

The black-clad man's body was severed from his head, his pupils wide open. Even in death, he couldn't understand how a mere ant at the ninth level of the late-stage Body Refinement realm, in his senior brother's eyes, could have killed him, a master at the second level of the Qi Refining realm.

He used every trick in the book in this battle, but ultimately he still met a tragic end.

As soon as the man in black died, the armored corpse became motionless and stood still. Chen Huai'an then launched a fireball spell, attacking the fallen man in black.

Chen Huai'an added insult to injury because he was worried that this guy might come back to life like he did before and ambush him while he was picking up his loot.

The man in black was burned to ashes, leaving only a black storage bag.

"Finally, I've taken down this guy. It's really hard to kill a Qi Refining Realm Immortal Master. If I hadn't cultivated the Five Elements Basic Spells beforehand, I wouldn't have been able to win this battle with just the Flame Blade Technique." Chen Huai'an couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Huai'an broke through to the Qi Refining realm, thinking he could finally enjoy a period of carefree living. However, there are always higher realms and more powerful people in this world, so he had to seize the time to improve his cultivation.