The Long Journey to Immortality

With a single gulp, a beam of white light shot out, accurately striking the insects flying not far from her.

In the blink of an eye, the insects were frozen into ice shards, lifeless, and fell from the sky.

The sudden change elicited gasps from the onlookers on the ground, followed by another series of "click-click-click" sounds.

However, the security personnel at Hans Corporation were quite nervous.

In particular, the captain in charge of the operation, sitting in the armored vehicle, almost pressed the red button to launch the small missile.

After using these ordinary insects to confirm that the flying creature resembling a true spirit was not a "technological image," Yi Qiyan excitedly activated her magical artifact. She stepped onto a bamboo-shaped flying artifact and soared into the air, leaving the crowd behind. She appeared in front of Han Lu, facing her from afar.

Compared to Han Lu, who was new to the city, Yi Qiyan was much more well-known in Shenzhen.

The news reports over the three days all recorded images of Yi Qiyan performing magic. Naturally, when Yi Qiyan reappeared at this time, many of the onlookers recognized her identity.

The onlookers shouted, wishing they had another phone so they could capture the entire scene from the sky.

"Hey! It's that immortal from a few days ago. So the stories in the news were all true."

"The immortals are about to fight the divine beasts!"

"The immortal is a beautiful woman, and she looks like a good person. This divine beast is also beautiful and doesn't seem like it's doing anything bad. Why are they fighting?"

Ordinary people living in Shenzhen are speculating wildly.

Many onlookers eagerly awaited the next development of the plot, hoping to see a story that only existed in movies and novels unfold before their eyes.

Unaware that the phoenix before her was Han Lu in disguise, Yi Qiyan communicated with the spirit, which she believed was not yet fully sentient.

However, as Lu Hanlu had thought, Yi Qiyan did subconsciously regard the suddenly appearing True Spirit Phoenix as a native of the ancient cultivation secret realm, connecting it with the secret treasure left behind by the ancient cultivators, and conceiving a story in her mind.

This phoenix guards the treasures left behind by ancient cultivators. By following it to its nest, one can find numerous magical artifacts and spiritual treasures, and obtain many rare refining materials.

Seeing that Yi Qiyan had taken the bait, Han Lu did not linger in the sky above the bustling city center any longer. She took the initiative to flap her wings dramatically and fly towards the outskirts of Pengcheng.

She didn't want to fight Yi Qiyan for three hundred rounds in this crowded downtown area. If she accidentally caused any injuries or deaths, not only would Hans Company become hostile towards her, but she would also lose good karma and cause unnecessary trouble when she undergoes her tribulation in the future.

Seeing that Han Lu's phoenix spirit was about to leave, Yi Qiyan assumed that her idea was completely correct and, without much thought, activated her flying artifact to give chase.

However, in terms of speed, how can a Qi Refining level flying artifact compare to the flying speed of a True Spirit Phoenix?

If Han Lu hadn't gone easy on her, pretending to fly with all her might but actually doing nothing, she would have left Yi Qiyan far behind.

Thus, under Han Lu's control, Yi Feng and Yi Shi engaged in a relatively peaceful chase in the skies over Pengcheng, gradually moving away from the onlookers and the Hans Company security personnel who possessed missile weapons.

After flying for about five minutes, and seeing that the ground was no longer a cluster of concrete buildings but a green forest, Han Lu stopped in the air and chose this place as the battlefield to fight against Yi Qiyan.

Seeing that the chasing phoenix had stopped, Yi Qiyan assumed that it had returned to the vicinity of its nest.

According to Yi Qiyan's plan, the next step can be summed up in one word: "fight".

Yi Qiyan's plan was to subdue this spirit, which had little intelligence, so that it would offer up its secret treasures or even submit to her.

The thought of possibly subduing a true spirit in this ancient cultivation secret realm made Yi Qiyan somewhat excited.

The phoenix and the human faced off in the air once again, but this time, it was Han Lu, in her true spirit form as a phoenix, who struck first.

It was the same move used against ordinary insects: a beam of extremely cold white light shot out from the phoenix's mouth and flew towards Yi Qiyan's location.

Unlike during the selection competition, Han Lu only wanted to fight Yi Qiyan a few more rounds in her true spirit form, just to have a good time.

Having witnessed such a simple trick once, Yi Qiyan naturally became wary of it.

Yi Qiyan controlled the green bamboo beneath her feet, easily dodging the chilling light.

Seeing this, Han Lu began flapping her wings again, channeling her spiritual power.

In the blink of an eye, two more icy whirlwinds appeared out of thin air, swirling and attacking Yi Qiyan from both sides.

This was the first time Yi Qiyan had ever seen such methods, and she dared not be careless in the slightest.

Realizing she could no longer dodge the attack, Yi Qiyan quickly summoned an oil-paper umbrella from her storage bag and opened it in front of her.

This oiled paper umbrella is naturally a defensive magical artifact.

The moment the oil-paper umbrella opened, a pale green light screen appeared in front of Yi Qiyan.

Even though these two ice whirlwinds were just summoned by Han Lu at will, the sharpness of the True Spirit Divine Power still far surpasses that of ordinary spells.

The defensive light barrier created by the magical artifact was instantly torn to shreds by the two whirlwinds. Upon seeing this, Yi Qiyan, who was hiding behind the oil-paper umbrella, changed her expression drastically and quickly cast another protective spell to save herself.

Even so, the two whirlwinds still managed to leave Yi Qiyan in a sorry state.

Yi Qiyan's clothes were torn to shreds by the ice shards and blades in the whirlwind, and there were nearly thirty bloody marks on her exposed skin. Even her face, which could be considered beautiful in the Southern Frontier, was cut with several wounds.

It wouldn't be considered disfigurement, but it did temporarily diminish her appearance.

Having suffered such torment, Yi Qiyan's expression changed from shock to anger, wishing she could pluck all the feathers off the phoenix in front of her and turn it into a bald chicken.

Han Lu had no idea about Yi Qiyan's wicked thoughts. She just found it quite amusing to tease such a genius opponent as Yi Qiyan, and excitedly let out a phoenix cry.

The cry of the Ice Phoenix is ​​not only beautiful, but also contains illusions.

The moment Yi Qiyan heard the phoenix's cry, she felt as if someone had punched her on both temples. She was momentarily stunned and almost fell off the bamboo.

Fortunately, Han Lu's cry was not intentional; otherwise, Yi Qiyan might have become a cultivator who fell to her death from a great height.

Barely regaining consciousness, Yi Qiyan, with a splitting headache, still saw several dark spots in her vision, and her ears were ringing.

A series of blows turned the angry expression on Yi Qiyan's face back into fear.

Yi Qiyan felt a little regretful.

Yi Qiyan never expected that the legendary True Spirit would be such a terrifying existence, easily defeating her with just a few casual moves.

She had thought she could find the ancient treasure by relying on the phoenix in front of her, but for the first time, the option of running away appeared in her mind.

Chapter 199 Trampling

The word "escape" only flashed through Yi Qiyan's mind for a moment.

As one of the two most prominent geniuses in the Southern Frontier, she was unwilling to experience her first defeat in this world, and to be beaten and forced to flee in a sorry state.

“Besides,” Yi Qiyan murmured, “even if we really wanted to run, we don’t know if we could even escape.”

Yi Qiyan's gaze fell on the pair of white wings of a phoenix not far away.

In terms of speed, Yi Qiyan knew she was no match for the True Spirit Phoenix.

"If we can't escape, then we have no choice but to fight."

Having made up her mind, Yi Qiyan subconsciously reached for her storage bag, intending to unleash her many skills for the first time in this world.

But when she looked directly at the True Spirit Phoenix not far away, which seemed to be looking at her with a mocking, predatory gaze, Yi Qiyan realized that her various methods, which were skilled in poison and insect control, seemed to have little effect on the True Spirit Phoenix whose name she did not know.

"Now we have no choice but to try anything, even if it's a desperate gamble."

Yi Qiyan patted the spirit pet pouch at her waist, and in the blink of an eye, various colored lights flew out from the pouch.

It's an insect.

All kinds of insects.

The insects that appeared in front of Han Lu this time were not the ordinary insects from before, but spirit insects that had been cultivated and tamed by cultivators and possessed spiritual power.

If we consider the individual strength of the swarm of insects raised by Yi Qiyan, they might be comparable to an ordinary Dao Child Realm cultivator.

However, these various spirit insects, each possessing unique abilities, when gathered together, can exert power comparable to that of a Qi Refining Grand Perfection cultivator, and are even more troublesome than ordinary Qi Refining Grand Perfection cultivators.

The Yi Qi Yan come in many varieties. In terms of strengths, some are skilled in poison attacks and are classified as poisonous insects, some have sharp teeth and mouths and are good at using sharp mouthparts to attack, and some have amazing vitality and are persistent.

Although these insects have been domesticated and obey Yi Qiyan's commands, they are still insects at heart.

When insects, creatures at the bottom of the food chain, encounter a true spirit of noble blood, their instincts are inevitably triggered, and they dare not approach.

Yi Qiyan whistled three times in a row, and the "ragtag army" composed of various spirit insects made up several different chirps as they attacked the true spirit phoenix that Han Lu had transformed into.

Seeing this, Han Lu remained calm and didn't even use her true spiritual powers. She simply flapped her wings and took the initiative to meet the group of spirit insects that were baring their fangs and claws at her.

Han Lu pushed her flight speed to the limit, and in just two breaths, she completed three rapid traversals within the swarm of spirit insects.

The spirit insects controlled by Yi Qiyan were unable to break through Han Lu's defenses, as the feathers on the phoenix protected her completely.

Han Lu's three unpretentious attacks completely decimated the spirit insects under Yi Qiyan's command.

The sheer power of the True Spirit's body is evident.

Seeing that the phoenix had neutralized the attack of her carefully cultivated spirit insect with such a simple move, Yi Qiyan's already terrible expression became even more unpleasant.

She had thought that the spirit insects she had carefully cultivated would cause some trouble for the true spirit, but she did not expect that the true spirit would be as terrifying as the legends said.

"This world should only be able to support beings with peak Qi Refining cultivation."

"This spirit should only be in its infancy."

"Then how terrifying is the true spirit after it reaches adulthood?"

The battle was at its most intense, and Han Lu didn't give Yi Qiyan, who had launched the attack, much time to overthink.

Using the same trick again, countless spirit insects turned into corpses in a matter of breaths.

Seeing the mangled remains of the spirit insect falling to the ground, Yi Qiyan felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

She had spent a lot of spirit stones and time cultivating these spirit insects to this size, and she didn't want to waste these spirit insects with room for growth here as consumables.

The spirit pet pouch was opened again, and Yi Qiyan hurriedly told the spirit insects, who were already fearful, to quickly hide back inside.

Having neutralized her opponent's attack in the simplest way, Han Lu, now a true spirit, gracefully twirled in the air in celebration.

This behavior was seen as a provocation by Yi Qiyan. Since insects were ineffective, she had no choice but to resort to poison.

Yi Qiyan released a mixture of toxins extracted from numerous poisonous creatures in southern Xinjiang, which, along with the gentle breezes she summoned, drifted toward Han Lu's location.

Yi Qiyan's poison skills were not much better than Lu Liangcai's from the Zhengyi Sect. Although these poisons could poison a lot of people, they were ultimately just poison skills within the scope of Qi Refining cultivators.

Even in her human form, Han Lu was able to resist the deadly toxins that would be fatal to Qi Refining cultivators. Now that Han Lu has completely transformed into a true spirit, she naturally wouldn't take these mere toxins seriously.

Seeing that Yi Qiyan used the wind to cast poison spells, Han Lu also flapped her wings, stirring up gusts of wind.

The poisonous fog, caught between two strong gusts of wind, drifted east and west for a while before completely dissipating into the air.

Perhaps, in a few days, the nearby residents will feel unwell because of the poisonous fog that has been diluted countless times, but Yi Qiyan's trick is completely useless against Han Lu now.

Han Lu wanted to test the body's resistance to poison again, so she flapped her wings at Yi Qiyan and let out a cry, actively provoking her.

Having her ultimate move neutralized in such a way that had nothing to do with cultivators, Yi Qiyan didn't even have the energy to be angry.