The Long Journey to Immortality

With only six people, Han Lu and her two companions were still 70% confident they could handle the situation, even though the opposing team was a formidable force that had collected a large number of Spirit Beads.

“That’s well said, but we don’t want to be captured,” Yi Qiyan continued. “If you want to fight, then fight.”

The reactions of Han Lu and the other two were within the expectations of the six cultivators.

After all, powerful cultivators are often quite proud and wouldn't easily give away the Spirit Rhinoceros Pearls they've painstakingly collected.

Seeing that a major battle was inevitable, the six cultivators stopped wasting words and simply said, "Alright, since the three of you have chosen to fight, we will accompany you to the end."

After speaking, the six of them prepared to unleash their moves and begin the great battle.

Just as he was about to make a move, Han Lu suddenly spoke up, saying, "Wait."

Just as the six were about to start arguing, Han Lu said, "Scenes of outnumbered opponents are not common in sects. I'd like to invite some friends out to see this and broaden their horizons. What do you six think?"

Without waiting for a response, Han Lu invited the eighteen cultivators from the ark out.

The eighteen cultivators were completely bewildered, not knowing how they had been "teleported" out of the ark and become bystanders in a great battle.

The six cultivators were even more puzzled, wondering why there were so many people in the ark and what Han Lu was up to.

Seeing everyone's blank expressions, Han Lu explained, "Everyone, my two sisters and I are going to have a match with these six fellow disciples. We called you all out not to ask you to fight for us, but just to be witnesses, referees, and cheer us on to boost our morale."

"This job isn't tiring, but we won't let everyone help for nothing. If my two sisters and I are lucky enough to win, everyone can get a Spirit Bead."

Upon hearing that there was a chance to obtain the Spirit Pearl without taking any risks, the crowd was filled with excitement and couldn't wait to start cheering.

Some more astute individuals, however, grasped the crux of the matter, understanding that Han Lu's actions had clearly tied their very survival together.

If Han Lu and her two companions are no match for them, they will surely suffer as well.

Therefore, the smart ones among the eighteen decided that if Han Lu and the other two were about to be defeated, they would raise their arms and call on everyone to gather their strength and fight a 21 against 6.

In just a few words, Han Lu felt she had successfully won people's hearts with the Spirit Bead, which she hadn't yet obtained.

Finally, she made a joke to her opponent, who was already looking embarrassed.

"Alright, let's start fighting now. By the way, do you have eighteen Spirit Rhinoceros Pearls?"

Hearing that their side had been slighted, the six men were filled with rage and malice, and immediately unleashed the methods they had just prepared.

Chapter 549 Three Battlefields

Han Lu could naturally guess that the six people who had come forward to provoke and challenge her must have at least fifty Spirit Beads on them, and that they had found Han Lu and her companions' whereabouts through the magic in the tokens.

She said the reason for the "joke" provocation was mainly to provoke the other party so that she could more easily achieve results when casting illusions or launching soul attacks.

Seeing that the opponents were about to launch their attacks by displaying their magical treasures and spells, Han Lu did not hesitate for a moment. She opened her mouth and let out a phoenix cry, using the sound to launch a soul attack on the enemy.

As the phoenix cry rang out, the six cultivators who were about to unleash their abilities felt as if a hurricane had swept through their sea of ​​consciousness, leaving them feeling dizzy and disoriented.

One cultivator with slightly weaker spiritual power almost fell off the spirit sword.

In addition, the turbulent waves in their sea of ​​consciousness also affected the dantian of these six people.

The once calm and peaceful dantian was stirred by Han Lu's phoenix cry.

The spiritual power suddenly became uncontrollable. The spell that had just been chanted and the hand seals were completed had to be aborted because the spiritual power was difficult to control.

However, Han Lu's phoenix cry was merely a hasty and expedient measure, and not particularly powerful.

In just three breaths, the series of adverse reactions came to an end, and the six cultivators recovered.

However, in just three breaths, Han Lu and her two companions, who were initially at a disadvantage in this battle, gained the upper hand.

Wen Erya took out a scroll that was nine-tenths similar to a magic weapon she had when she was in the Qi Refining stage, and summoned three golden-winged roc birds from it, each with strength comparable to a cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage.

Yi Qiyan, on the other hand, switched to using magical artifacts because it was not conducive to using poison techniques at high altitudes.

She took out the feather fan and spirit sword she had used when fighting Han Lu from her storage bag.

The feather fan in Yi Qiyan's hand was slightly different in appearance from the feather fan that Wen Erya had used not long ago.

Yi Qiyan's feather fan is a black fan, made from the feathers of the Prison Phoenix, and she uses the Prison Phoenix's unique supernatural power of flames to attack.

This type of attack has considerable potential in today's battlefields where the few are fighting the many.

Unlike her two friends, Han Lu did not directly take out a particular magical artifact for the battle.

She chose to unleash the "Nine Dragons Thunder Formation," wielding her spirit sword and borrowing the power of thunder to fight her opponent.

Within three breaths, Han Lu entered a semi-true spiritual state, relying on the light wings behind her to fly in the air, instead of fighting with spirit swords like other cultivators.

In terms of flight speed, the Lightwing is on par with the Spirit Sword, but in terms of agility, the Lightwing is far superior to flying on the Spirit Sword.

In addition, Han Lu summoned the spiritual energy sword from her dantian once again.

With a single sword stroke, it split into nine, flying to nine different locations around the sky to begin setting up a sword formation.

Han Lu felt that she had basically never used sword formation techniques within the sect. Even if the other party had investigated her information about Wen Erya and Yi Qiyan, they would not know what she was up to by doing this.

That's why she set up the sword formation so openly, without worrying at all that the other party would interfere and sabotage it.

Just as Han Lu was still making her plans, the six cultivators, who had been interrupted, finally launched their spells and magical artifacts again, attacking Han Lu and her companions.

Before embarking on their plan to outnumber the enemy, the six were unaware that Han Lu and two others were on the ark.

After meeting and learning that Han Lu and her two companions were the targets of their mission, they had a brief exchange, assessed their combat capabilities, and formulated a rough battle plan.

Although the six of them knew each other well, if they were to work together, it would still lack a certain something.

Therefore, when dealing with Han Lu and her two companions, they preferred to divide the battlefield into three parts. This would allow them to take advantage of having a numerical advantage while also dividing Han Lu and her companions, making any cooperation between them impossible.

Following this line of thought, during the fierce battle in the vast battlefield of the high sky, a group of three cultivators entangled with Han Lu.

The three of them worked together skillfully, and in the eyes of these six cultivators, dealing with Han Lu should be more than enough.

The other group of cultivators split into two: one of them sought out Yi Qiyan, who was stronger, while the other fought a one-on-one duel with Wen Erya, who had the lowest cultivation level.

Yi Qiyan is the Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Sect, while Wen Erya is a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. It is obvious who is stronger and who is weaker.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with this line of thinking. If Han Lu were in their shoes, she would have made the same arrangement.

Unfortunately, they underestimated the strength of Han Lu and her two companions, and their failure was inevitable when they finally confronted them.

Three magical artifacts attacked Han Lu.

The sword formation will take another ten breaths to complete, and Han Lu can only rely on the magic weapons and spells she has to deal with the three people's siege.

Despite being surrounded, Han Lu, with her rich combat experience and formidable strength, remained calm.

With the flapping of her wings, she nimbly flew and dodged through the air, while simultaneously taking out the magical artifact, Ropa, from her storage bag.

Ropa opened her hand, temporarily binding and restraining the two spirit swords that were attacking her.

Another token, suspended in the air and casting a Five Elements spell on her, allowed Han Lu to wield a second-grade water-attribute spirit sword, breaking through layers of spell attacks head-on, directly severing one of its horns and stripping away most of its spiritual essence.

This high-quality spirit sword, however, rarely gets a chance to appear in public due to the practicality of spirit power swords, and is mostly used as a means of transportation.

However, at the crucial moment, this water-attribute spirit sword still demonstrated its compatibility with Han Lu's cultivation technique, and with the assistance of Han Lu's exquisite sword control skills, it achieved results in battle.

Having dealt with the token magic weapon that posed the greatest threat to her, Han Lu then turned her attention to the contest with the two spirit swords that were only mid-grade magic artifacts.

It must be said that these six cultivators, as elites of the sect, do possess considerable strength.

Han Lu's only role was to delay and pester, and Luo Pa only bought her a mere five breaths of time.

The two spirit swords successfully broke through, bypassing Ropa's defenses and attacking Han Lu directly.

Looking at the two spirit swords, Han Lu did not hesitate. She opened her mouth and spat out a wall of fire composed of "Fire Phoenix True Flame".

Unaware of the true nature of the flames, the wielders of the two spirit swords assumed it was just ordinary fire and, without any precautions, guided the swords straight through.

The Phoenix Flame, fueled by spiritual energy, instantly burned the two spiritual swords completely.

In just a short moment, it burned away 70% of the spiritual power attached to the spirit sword.

The two cultivators' expressions changed drastically, and they exclaimed in surprise, "What kind of fire is this?"

The spirit sword, having lost most of its spiritual power, flew for a while longer before completely losing control, drifting aimlessly and falling into freefall.

A sharp offensive was neutralized by Han Lu in two moves.

"Hmph, well done," Han Lu chuckled as she felt she had taken her position and completed the initial setup of the sword formation. "Now it's my turn."

Chapter 550 Sword Formation

Her words were cryptic and incoherent, and given that they were seventy or eighty meters away, the three opponents who were competing with Han Lu naturally couldn't hear what she was saying at all.

What they can see and hear.

Only the suddenly darkened sky, the oppressive feeling of being separated from the outside world like a domain, the muffled thunder, and the occasional forked lightning streaking across the sky.

"what happened?"

"Could it be that we've been caught in a formation?"

"Is there thunderstorm weather in this secret realm?"

……

Several thoughts flashed through the minds of the six cultivators who were besieging Han Lu and her two companions.

Han Lu knew very well that the other side had the idea of ​​dividing the battlefield into three parts and defeating them one by one.

She won't do as people wish.

The unfolding sword formation enveloped everyone, including the onlookers who were cheering for Han Lu and her two companions on the periphery, hoping to earn a Spirit Rhinoceros Pearl by exerting their strength.

Their reactions differed slightly from those of the six monks.

Most of the onlookers were gripped by panic.

After all, they had no idea which side had initiated this massive formation that had suddenly drawn them in, or what its purpose was.

The onlookers, who had just been there to watch the spectacle and broaden their horizons, immediately began to use defensive spells and magical artifacts, bracing themselves for the possible lightning attacks that might befall them.

Wen Erya and Yi Qiyan, however, knew exactly what had happened.

With Han Lu's Nine Dragons Thunder Formation as the core, the three rehearsed several tactics before the competition, and the two naturally recognized the appearance of this thunder formation.

Seeing Han Lu unleash the Nine Dragons Thunder Formation, even without relying on the Hundred Thoughts Convergence to communicate with Han Lu, the two knew what Han Lu wanted to do and how they should act and cooperate.

The battle, which had just been separated, was instantly reunited thanks to the sword formation Han Lu had deployed.