The Long Journey to Immortality

In just one round, Han Lu realized that the phantom in front of her, which looked exactly like her, was actually very low in intelligence when it came to fighting.

"The Five Elements Sword Formation is slow to execute and move. That day when we were dealing with Zhongli Li, it was my senior sister who used her magic weapon to delay him first, so that I was able to use the sword formation to engulf Zhongli Li."

"To use such a straightforward sword formation and move so slowly... this phantom is an idiot."

Han Lu chuckled inwardly, confident that she could easily win this "internal strife".

Having dodged the Five Elements Sword Formation, Han Lu felt she should show her full abilities in front of "Senior Fang Lin," so she unleashed her most powerful techniques without hesitation.

Because she was immune to illusions of the same level, Han Lu only chose to use magic to fight her enemies.

With a hand seal, Han Lu began to perform her magic.

A water dragon, as thick as a pillar in the main hall, roared and flew out from Han Lu's right palm, crashing into the imposter not far away.

Faced with this technique, the imposter was quite nervous. He used his "Five Elements Qi" and his surging spiritual power to easily withstand it.

When the water receded, Han Lu's clothes were not wet.

Seeing this, Han Lu withdrew her earlier underestimation of her opponent and cursed inwardly, "How am I so powerful? With my skills, even if a fledgling with no combat experience were controlling that fake body, I wouldn't be able to defeat her so easily."

Thinking of this, Han Lu's expression became more serious; she didn't want to be defeated in this first hurdle.

Chapter 241 Hand-to-Hand Combat, Passing the Level

Since this trick didn't work, let's try something else.

Han Lu leaped high from the flying spirit sword, circulating the "True Phoenix Manual" mental technique within her body. In an instant, she transformed into the true spirit form of the Ice Illusion Phoenix, soaring through this dark world.

Seeing Han Lu use this method, the imposter followed suit, opening his storage bag to retrieve all eighteen spirit swords, letting out a phoenix cry towards the sky, sprouting feathers on his body, and using a transformation technique.

Seeing this, Han Lu cursed inwardly, "Holy crap, they even know this trick?"

Three breaths later, the two cultivators who were just fighting fiercely transformed into a pair of identical Ice Illusion Phoenix True Spirits, and began to fight each other in the dark world.

Because they both possessed resistance to water-attribute supernatural powers and illusions, Han Lu and "Han Lu" both chose to use their feathers, claws, and beaks as weapons to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Han Lu's plan was not impulsive, but rather the result of careful consideration. She transformed into a phoenix to fight the imposter "Han Lu" because she knew the other party had low intelligence in combat.

A brainless imposter, not quick-witted enough, and far less responsive than Han Lu.

Sure enough, after engaging in close-quarters combat, Han Lu's movements became faster and her footwork more agile than "Han Lu's".

One step behind leads to another, and in just a few rounds of close combat, the imposter was completely outmatched.

However, they were only at a disadvantage.

The feathers on the Ice Phoenix were not just for show, but for aesthetic purposes.

These feathers are not to be underestimated in terms of defense, proving to be quite effective against sharp beaks and claws.

Ice Phoenix was never known for its attack methods.

The small advantage gained in just a few rounds, maybe a dozen rounds, only resulted in a few more wounds and a little more blood loss for the imposter; it was nothing serious.

This situation left Han Lu somewhat dissatisfied.

"Wow, I'm amazing."

In the current situation, it is quite appropriate for Han Lu to say these words.

When Han Lu was fighting the imposter in close combat, she felt as if the imposter had mastered an indestructible martial art. The few techniques she could use were hardly enough to cause fatal damage to the imposter who looked exactly like her.

Although Han Lu had the advantage under these circumstances, and a stalemate of several hundred more rounds would surely end in Han Lu's victory, she did not want to pass this first test in such a frustrating and unpleasant way.

"Maybe it's a scoring system. You only pass if you play fast and well."

Han Lu made excuses for changing her tactics.

After a few more rounds of stalemate, Han Lu, transformed into a phoenix, pecked the imposter's eyes with all her might before flapping her wings vigorously to create distance between them again, and at the same time transforming back into human form.

The imposter's eyes were injured, and blood mixed with tears flowed from them.

With facial injuries and blood-stained feathers covering his body, the imposter looked utterly pathetic.

Seeing Han Lu transform back into human form, the imposter roused itself, let out a cry, and charged towards Han Lu.

Han Lu remained calm and patted the storage bag with her hand.

Numerous high-level magical artifacts appeared around her.

In the urgency of the situation, she had no time to choose the most suitable magical artifacts to use for attack at this moment. Instead, she used all her spiritual power to control these unclaimed magical artifacts and smash them at the Ice Phoenix that was diving towards her.

Numerous high-level magical artifacts rained down on Han Lu, who had clearly never encountered such a scene before.

Having transformed into a true spirit, it could no longer freely use cultivator techniques. Even "Han Lu," with her blockheaded mind, couldn't think of using her artifact control skills to compete with Han Lu for control of these unclaimed objects.

They wanted to dodge, but due to their extremely high relative speeds, there was absolutely no room for maneuver.

With no other option, she could only subconsciously concentrate all her spiritual energy into the feathers around her body, using a rather clumsy method to defend herself while maintaining her flight posture.

The solid magical bodies of numerous high-level magical artifacts emitted muffled sounds, like punches landing on flesh, when they collided with the true spirit.

This sudden, fierce clash of magical artifacts severely injured Ice Phoenix.

The wounds, which had not yet healed, have reopened, and now, even the wings have been broken.

Due to the severity of her injuries, "Han Lu" reverted to human form.

Looking at the imposter, who was panting heavily with his right hand hanging down, Han Lu sighed inwardly, "He's really tough."

During a previous battle with Chu Fei and others, this extravagant magical weapon attack killed Lin Wenbai, a genius of the Seven Mountains Alliance, in a single exchange.

Now, the "rain of magical treasures," which was far more powerful than that attack, only managed to severely injure the already 30% damaged imposter.

This is enough to show just how powerful Han Lu is in her true spirit form.

Just as Han Lu was about to unleash her skills again and use new methods to deal with her already seriously injured opponent.

The imposter, barely clinging to life, slowly faded away, and after a moment, vanished completely from this dark world.

Seeing this, Han Lu was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "Huh? It's over already?"

After waiting for a moment, Fang Lin did not reappear.

This situation left Han Lu completely bewildered. "What's going on? Did I pass or fail?"

After hesitating for a moment, Han Lu opened her mouth and asked, "Senior Fang Lin? Did I pass?"

no respond.

Just as Han Lu was about to speak again, a powerful spiritual force emanated from the counting rod mark on the back of her right hand.

This spiritual energy traveled along the spiritual meridians and collaterals in Han Lu's body, directly reaching Han Lu's brain.

A large amount of information was mixed in with this spiritual power and entered Han Lu's mind in this brutal way.

Han Lu only felt black and white flashing before her eyes. A moment later, she felt a sharp pain in her head and lost consciousness.

By severely injuring his opponent, Fang Lin believed that Han Lu had successfully passed the first test, and that this was how he delivered part of the inheritance he had promised to her.

When Han Lu regained consciousness, she had no idea how much time had passed.

At this moment, two new things appeared in Han Lu's mind.

One is the sword-wielding experience that Senior Fang Lin gained from his many battles during the ancient cultivation era.

Secondly, there are two sword formations that are ten or even a hundred times more advanced than the Five Elements Sword Formation.

Faced with so many wonderful things before her, Han Lu was momentarily at a loss, unsure of what to do.

Just as she hesitated, Fang Lin's voice rang out from the void.

"The second challenge is to break through the formation."

"Study carefully the two sword formations I just taught you."

"One day later, I will choose one of them as a test question for you."

"If you can successfully break through the sword formation, you will pass the second test."

After saying this, Han Lu was left alone in the void once again.

Fang Lin's words pointed Han Lu in the direction of her next move.

After hearing the exam questions, Han Lu was secretly delighted.

"It's much simpler to give this task to me than to other cultivators."

Sitting cross-legged in the black void, Han Lu held her breath and focused her mind, savoring the two additional sword formations in her memory, trying to understand these moves developed by a Nascent Soul cultivator like Xiaoyaozi, using the perspective of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Xiaoyaozi's profound understanding of cultivation, which surpasses that of ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, is what Han Lu believes to be the key to passing the second stage.

[Author's Note] The holiday is almost over...

Chapter 242 Breaking the Formation (Part 1)

However, when Han Lu actually began to study the knowledge that Fang Lin had instilled into her brain, she realized that she had overestimated Xiaoyaozi, a Nascent Soul cultivator, and underestimated Fang Lin, the senior who led people to dominate the continent in the ancient cultivation era.

If Han Lu's research and cultivation in swordsmanship were far inferior to Fang Lin's, then even though Xiaoyaozi, who was not particularly proficient in sword control techniques, was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was still at least a hundred thousand miles behind Senior Fang Lin.

Although he was far superior to Han Lu, he was still far from being the number one sword cultivator of the ancient era, Fang Lin.

Having Xiaoyaozi's memories at most only reduces the difficulty of Han Lu's exam preparation from 100 to 90, since she already knows the key points.

However, this was not enough for Han Lu to pass the test easily.

Realizing this, Han Lu suppressed her relaxed mood and immersed herself in the two sword formations, which were quite complex for her at the moment.

The two sword formations currently existing in Han Lu's mind were developed through the joint research of Fang Lin and several ancient cultivators who were proficient in swordsmanship.

The two sword formations have many differences.

Even ordinary people can see the difference just by looking at the number of spiritual swords and magical treasures needed to form a sword formation.

The first sword formation is called the "Nine Spirits Sword Formation," which is a sword formation made up of nine special spirit swords.

The nine spirit swords need to be infused with the bloodlines of nine true spirits.

There are no restrictions on the true spirit bloodline integrated into the spirit sword, but the supernatural powers and might of the Nine Spirit Sword Formation vary depending on the bloodline.

If used properly, it can activate the supernatural powers of the nine true spirits, and cooperate with the spirit sword's magical body to fight off enemies.

The second sword formation is called the "Starry Sky Sword Formation," which requires all 108 spirit swords to be activated together to form the great formation.