The Long Journey to Immortality

Under Han Lu's control, the three metal-attribute spirit swords and the three water-attribute spirit swords in the Five Elements Sword Formation took the initiative to resist the spells.

The six spirit swords not only successfully blocked the magical attacks launched by Chu Fei and Ming Wenbai, but also turned some of them into their own weapons to besiege Zhong Lili.

Standing within the sword formation, desperately resisting, Zhongli could clearly sense the changes in the sword formation after the two cultivators from the Seven Mountains Alliance came to his rescue.

He hurriedly shouted within the sword formation, "Fellow Daoists, this is the Five Elements Sword Formation. Do not use ordinary Five Elements techniques to attack this sword formation, otherwise you will be aiding and abetting evil and taking my life."

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Bing quickly withdrew the spell he had not yet fully cast and instead used a magical artifact to carry out the rescue.

However, when the three of them were on the move, Han Lu and Wen Erya were not just standing there watching and idling.

Just as the three of them unleashed their magical weapons and prepared to unleash them, Han Lu and Wen Erya launched their second wave of attacks.

It was still that same paulownia wood flute. Han Lu continued to use her prized illusion magic to launch a group attack on the four bandits who were trying to rob her.

Wen Erya took out a new magic weapon that she had obtained from the Southern Dynasty's treasury a few months ago and used it for the first time in the ancient cultivation secret realm.

The magical artifact floating in front of Wen Erya resembled an astrolabe possessed by some charlatan.

The magic weapon, which Wen Erya had renamed "Hun Tian Yi" in the ancient cultivation secret realm, was activated and a large array instantly unfolded within a radius of two hundred meters, engulfing and trapping all six people fighting in the abandoned football field.

The once azure sky turned from daytime to nighttime, with only a few stars and a crescent moon hanging high in the sky.

Wen Erya extended her right index finger, which emitted a dark blue light, and moved several stars on the "Hun Tian Yi" (a celestial globe) in front of her.

The formation, which had been silent just moments before, underwent a change.

In the blink of an eye, the Five Elements spells seemed to expend no spiritual energy as they rained down on Chu Fei and the other two. Some of them were illusions used to confuse the enemy, while others were real spells.

This change left Chu Fei and the other two somewhat at a loss.

They immediately disregarded Zhongli, who was still trapped in the sword formation and fighting against the eighteen spirit swords, and turned their attention to Han Lu and Wen Erya.

Therefore, Yuwen Bing specially told Zhongli Li in the sword formation to take care of him, "Let's deal with Han Lu and Wen Erya first. Then the sword formation will naturally break without us having to attack. Junior Brother Zhong, please hold on a little longer."

Upon hearing this, Zhongli Li remained silent, but he did not dare to rebuke him.

In fact, he was now in a state of utter confusion, wondering how he, who was clearly one of the top figures in Xuan Yang Valley, could be completely trapped by Han Lu's casually unleashed sword formation and unable to escape.

As he used defensive magic items to fend off the spiritual swords attacking from all directions, he asked himself in confusion, "We are all at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, so how come Han Lu is stronger than me and my fellow disciples?"

Of course, as a genius cultivator from Xuan Yang Valley, Zhong Lili was no novice.

He also has a trump card up his sleeve, which can instantly boost his combat power and allow him to break through the formation.

However, he did not want to use this move at this time because it would cause him considerable damage.

Zhongli Li affixed two Heart-Cleansing Talismans and Spirit-Protecting Talismans drawn by a Golden Core Elder to his body to ward off Xiao Qu who had just approached. He continued to use ordinary methods to compete with the sword formation set up by Han Lu.

Trapped in the formation and attacked by Xiao Qu's illusionary techniques, Yuwen Bing and the other two found themselves in a passive and defensive position.

Fortunately, the group was still quite clear-headed.

Yuwen Bing slowly approached Chu Fei and Ming Wenbai, and called out to them, "Help me hold them off for a while, and I will use my magic to break this great formation."

Chu Fei and Ming Wenbai answered with their actions.

Han Lu heard Yuwen Bing's words clearly.

While Wen Erya was fully controlling the Hun Tian Formation, the task of stopping Yuwen Bing from breaking the formation naturally fell to Han Lu.

After taking two breaths to think and select a weapon from the armory, Han Lu threw the wooden flute in her hand, which had already been activated, into the air to put it into "semi-automatic mode." Only then did she use the little divine soul power she had left to unleash her third magic weapon to deal with Yuwen Bing.

To be precise, it's not about wielding magical artifacts, but simply using the technique of controlling weapons to wield them, like an ordinary knight-errant wielding a weapon.

A magical artifact retrieved from Hans's headquarters appeared beside Han Lu. Under Han Lu's control, a pair of golden drum-shaped hammers smashed down on Yuwen Bing, who was chanting incantations under the protection of Chu Fei and the other person.

Han Lu intended to use the sturdiness of a treasure of the spiritual weapon level as a basis for launching an attack.

At first, Yuwen Bing didn't take the pair of flying hammers seriously. He spared some attention and summoned a spirit sword to defend against them.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Bing's superior magical artifact, the Spirit Sword, only collided once with the hammer wielded by Han Lu, and a crack appeared on the sword. Yuwen Bing, who was connected to the Spirit Sword, felt as if he had been punched in the head, and his mind was shaken.

"What kind of magic weapon is this?" Yuwen Bing wondered inwardly, suppressing his dizziness.

When his casual tactics were exposed, Yuwen Bing subconsciously felt that Chu Fei and Ming Wenbai were probably unable to withstand the attack of this strange hammer in their current state. So he simply released half of the spell he had just prepared, then patted his storage bag and summoned a large shield, which he placed in front of him.

In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled. Wen Erya's Hun Tian Grand Array was indeed affected, becoming much dimmer.

The sky, which had previously only contained a few stars within the great formation, revealed its true color.

In the next five breaths, Chu Fei and Ming Wenbai took the initiative and, together with Yuwen Bing, successfully broke the Hun Tian Formation set up by Wen Er Ya.

However, Han Lu casually unleashed the magical hammer, shattering all their defenses and causing their spiritual energy to tremble, resulting in minor injuries.

Apart from Zhongli Li still fighting the spirit swords in the sword formation, everything seemed to have returned to the state when the battle had just begun.

Seeing that Han Lu had achieved such excellent results by using her spiritual artifacts, Wen Erya's eyes lit up. After casually popping a pill into her mouth, she took out all the spiritual artifacts and treasures from her storage bag. Following Han Lu's example, she used her artifact control technique to manipulate all twelve spiritual artifacts and treasures suitable for use at this moment, making them float behind her, ready to be unleashed.

Seeing this, Yuwen Bing broke out in a cold sweat. He turned to Chu Fei and Lin Wenbai and said, "Fellow Daoists, try out whatever methods you have quickly, otherwise, we may really die here."

Chapter 221 Interception and Kill

After three minutes of fighting, including Zhongli Li, who was still trapped in the sword formation and unable to escape, the four of them had already believed seven-tenths of Lu Liangcai's advice.

Yu Wenzhang's words solidified Chu Fei and Lin Wenbo's resolve.

This matter cannot be resolved peacefully; it will most likely end in a fight to the death. If one wants to survive this battle and even seize a large number of ancient cultivation treasures, one must use all the trump cards that one usually doesn't want to use.

If they continue to conceal their secrets at this point, only destruction awaits the four of them.

Upon hearing this, Chu Fei patted his storage bag, and four mechanical puppets, each two meters tall and wielding four different weapons—swords, spears, halberds, and knives—appeared beside him.

This was a valuable item he had snatched from a cultivator from the Western Regions, but precisely because of this, he only knew how to operate it and not how to repair it, so he was unwilling to use it on a regular basis.

At this point, they might not even be able to save their own lives, so naturally they couldn't care less about the fate of these mechanical puppets.

Summoning the puppet, Chu Fei took out a palm-sized compass and touched it a few times. The puppet, which had been lifeless just moments before, began to move nimbly, as if it had been infused with life.

When each puppet is perfectly controlled, it can exert the strength of a cultivator at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.

However, because they are puppets, they are not afraid of pain and completely obey their masters. Although these puppets wielding swords, spears, and halberds are not highly skilled, they can still change the course of the battle.

Chu Fei made a statement, and Lin Wenbo naturally did not want to be left behind.

He took out two high-grade magical artifacts that he had obtained from his sect.

In terms of demeanor, although he was far inferior to Chu Fei, he still made a great statement and told Yuwen Bing that he would stand on the same side as the three of them.

Yuwen Bing, of course, did not just talk the talk but walk the walk.

Although he wasn't an honest person, he wasn't the kind of person who would urge others to use their best tricks while hiding and refusing to fight back.

Yuwen Bing took out a dagger that emitted a purple light.

Holding the dagger, Yuwen Bing did not hesitate for a moment and gently made a cut on his left middle finger with the dagger.

The dagger appeared to be unsharpened, only making a small cut on Yuwen Bing's middle finger.

Even so, Yuwen Bing felt as if all the blood in his body was flowing through this small wound and into the strange-looking dagger.

The dagger emitted a strong purple light, and soon, a dark, gaseous substance emerged from it.

This strange gaseous substance gradually expanded and grew larger, eventually taking on a human shape. It took the dagger from Yuwen Bing's hand and stood beside him.

The strange creature summoned by the dagger's sacrificial blood bore a striking resemblance to Yuwen Bing.

After the three of them had finished using their methods, Han Lu and Wen Er Ya's "magic weapon bombardment" finally arrived.

Han Lu and Wen Erya, who are definitely among the "rich" Qi Refining cultivators in the Central Plains, once again flaunted their wealth in the ancient cultivation secret realm. Many powerful magic weapons coveted by treasure hunters were used in their hands in a way similar to ordinary weapons.

However, since they were only at the Qi Refining stage, they couldn't use their spiritual power to activate the supernatural abilities of these powerful high-level magic treasures. So they simply used the Artifact Control Technique, employing the sharpness and sturdiness of these magic treasures as their means of attack.

A total of thirteen magical artifacts, each at least at the level of a spirit weapon, attacked Yuwen Bing and his two companions from two directions under the control of Han Lu and Wen Erya.

The first to be attacked were the four mechanical puppets summoned by Chu Fei.

The puppets wielding swords, spears, and halberds stood in front of the three, attempting to parry and slash with their mid-grade magical artifacts, deflecting the incoming magical weapons.

But how could this mid-grade magic weapon, which had not been infused with spiritual power, possibly compete with the numerous spiritual artifacts and treasures?

Faced with this back-to-basics attack method, Chu Fei's puppet was destroyed in just one exchange, with three and a half pieces broken.

There's only half left, because it was standing on the side, only the two arms were broken off, so only half remains.

Watching his beloved puppets crumble to dust in the blink of an eye, Chu Fei felt as if his heart was being torn apart, and he almost coughed up blood.

Upon seeing this, Ming Wenbai was greatly alarmed and dared not use the two magical artifacts in his hands to confront them head-on, fearing that the artifacts connected to his mind would suffer the same fate.

Two simple defensive spells were erected in front of the three people under Ming Wenbai's control.

In Ming Wenbai's view, being passively attacked is better than having one's magical artifact destroyed.

The seven magical artifacts collided with the defensive spells cast by Ming Wenbai, and the enormous impact instantly shattered the two defenses.

The hammer that had just shattered Yuwen Bingling Sword, now weakened by seven-tenths, slammed directly into Ming Wenbai's chest.

Then a series of "click-click" sounds were heard.

Ming Wenbai was sent flying, breaking many of his ribs, and the blood he coughed up stained the withered grass on the ground red.

After flying seven or eight meters, Ming Wenbai landed on the ground, motionless, his fate unknown.

The weakest of the four became the first cultivator to be defeated in this chaotic battle.

However, the spirit summoned by Yuwen Bing with the strange dagger showed no fear of such an attack.

In just over a minute, the high-level magical artifacts that had been invincible were all blocked by the spirit wielding a strange dagger.

However, Yuwen Bing was not unscathed from this offensive.

Each time the spirit used its dagger to parry and fight, its face turned even paler.

Clearly, the summoned spirit was powerful, but for Yuwen Bing, using this move would come at a considerable cost.

Seeing the three of them using such a foolish method to deal with Han Lu and Wen Er Ya's "sea of ​​magical treasures," Zhong Lili, who was in the sword formation, became anxious and couldn't help but remind them.

"Everyone, don't do anything foolish!"

"Humans use the technique of controlling magical artifacts that Qi Refining cultivators cannot use or cast."

"These magical treasures never recognized a master and were never refined."

"Why don't you just use the methods of controlling artifacts to fight them for control?"

"Don't just think about defending and dodging!"