“That’s it.” Zhang Xueying whispered. “Before, the aristocratic alliance formed a defense line to block the invasion of the Xuanji Sect. After the great battle, many Er Beasts were scattered and lost. This one should be one of those lost earlier. I discovered it by accident and didn’t have time to tell my master and the nearby families.”

“You’ve worked hard.” Li Cheng颐 looked at the huge rock in front of him.

If all went well, this big guy in front of him would be the first step in his plan to join the Xuanji Sect.

He raised his hand, signaling Zhang Xueying to step back, while he walked closer to the creature step by step.

When he was about twenty meters away, the rock suddenly moved.

“Kill!!” The entire boulder shattered, revealing a huge turtle curled up inside.

The giant turtle stood up, standing on its hind legs, one hand holding an axe, the other a shield, its whole body pitch black, and its eyes emitting dazzling white light.

As soon as it stood up, it pounced on Li Cheng颐.

Just looking at the size of this body, it was at least a hundred tons. With its accelerating impact speed, even the current Li Cheng颐 couldn’t handle it with his physical body alone.

Not to mention the faint golden Jinyuan (true essence) that was rapidly lighting up on its body.

But... there was one thing it was inferior to Li Cheng颐 in.

That was... speed!

*Whoosh!*

Li Cheng颐’s figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared on the giant turtle’s shoulder. His right palm turned upwards, condensing a dark mountain phantom, and smashed it down.

This was the Lushan Bai Bian (Hundred Transformations of Lushan) Palm Technique.

The power of the seventh level of the Lushan Bai Bian Palm Technique, accompanied by a fifty-ton impact force, slammed into the shell of the giant turtle’s shoulder.

*Rumble!*

The two strands of Jinyuan collided with each other. Li Cheng颐’s Jinyuan was light gold, and the giant turtle’s was also light gold.

The two were evenly matched. As soon as they came into contact, layers upon layers of large golden light spots exploded.

“Foolish!!” The giant turtle roared excitedly.

It was an Er Beast, and its Jinyuan was incomparably majestic. For a mere human to dare to compete with it head-on in absolute strength was simply courting death!!

*Buzz!!*

The Jinyuan on its body output even more power.

Its whole body seemed to be plated with a layer of pure gold.

But Li Cheng颐 still stood on its shoulder, motionless, and the Jinyuan in his hand was still pouring out frantically like a flood.

His current seventh level of the Lushan Bai Bian, in terms of internal strength cultivation alone, was already equivalent to the peak of the first-rate level.

As a Jin Yu (Golden Jade) cultivation method, as long as he could find a secret treasure to break through, he could step into the Jin Yu level in one fell swoop.

In addition, his physical body was terrifying and extremely strong, so his capacity for Jinyuan was naturally far superior to ordinary people. When tempering Xiantian (Innate) Jinyuan, he also had more advantages than ordinary people.

The two sides were deadlocked for several breaths.

The giant turtle’s Jinyuan suddenly dimmed. It couldn’t hold on any longer!?

Before it could change its move and retreat, its Jinyuan suddenly collapsed, and Li Cheng颐’s Jinyuan drove straight in, slamming **** into the right side of its shoulder.

*Rumble!!!*

A circle of disc-shaped golden light exploded, and the giant turtle wailed, like a wall, and was smashed to the ground.

The stream splashed countless water droplets, turning the stone walls of the canyon on both sides black.

“It seems I won.” Li Cheng颐 said lightly. He flipped back and landed on a boulder.

This palm had no skill, it was all power. He relied on strength and the total amount of Jinyuan to subdue the giant turtle Er Beast head-on.

The giant turtle lay painfully in the stream, the white light in its eyes beginning to turn red.

“Kill!!” It didn’t mean to give up at all, and struggled to get up again, hacking at Li Cheng颐 with an axe.

The Ziwu Wangquan (Violet King Authority) didn’t work?

Li Cheng颐 frowned.

He had clearly won just now, but the fact that the other party was seriously injured and still refused to admit defeat seemed to have caused the Ziwu Wangquan to fail.

This meant that the limitation of this Flower Proverb lay in the fact that the other party must truly admit defeat in their heart. Otherwise, even if he blasted their physical body head-on, he would not be able to control them with the Flower Proverb.

"Forget it."

Li Cheng颐 pondered for a moment and then flickered again, appearing behind the other party with a palm.

The Lushan Bai Bian was much easier to use than the Bi Hai (Azure Sea) Swordplay.

The basic moves of this palm technique were to enhance the power of the Jinyuan. As long as he successfully condensed the phantom of the mountain range, he could increase the power by 20% out of thin air.

Simply put, if he could condense five layers of mountains, he would increase the power by one times.

Before, Qiu Xueshan was able to condense eight layers of mountains in one breath, increasing her Xiantian Jinyuan by sixteen times, which was equivalent to 1.6 times the power. It was quite useful.

And Qiu Xueshan had only practiced the Lushan Bai Bian to the fourth level.

At this time, Li Cheng颐’s palm instantly condensed layers upon layers of mountain phantoms, a total of fifteen layers of mountain phantoms constantly superimposed, and finally condensed into a black mountain that was as solid as it seemed.

*Boom!*

The small mountain smashed down.

*Bang bang bang bang bang!!!*

Continuous mountain phantoms superimposed and exploded, heavily smashing the giant turtle's back shell, causing it to crack and collapse.

Two breaths.

The giant turtle wailed and fell to the ground, on the verge of death.

At this time, Li Cheng颐 gently landed beside it, pressing one hand on its body.

*Whoosh.*

The entire giant turtle disappeared completely, as if it had been put into some kind of space equipment.

At this time, in Li Cheng颐’s mental world, the Jianlu (Sword Furnace) was floating in the air, rapidly shrinking the body of the giant turtle that had flown in out of thin air and stuffing it into its furnace fire.

The sound of continuous burning exploded, and a large amount of consciousness power, like a stream, quickly poured into Li Cheng颐’s mind.

The consciousness power quickly integrated into the surrounding dimensions, and the range of the dimensions further expanded.

‘A drop in the bucket... too little. It seems that improving my Zhenyuan (true essence) is the right way.’

Only when his cultivation was high enough could he burn out consciousness power every moment and expand the scope of the dimension.

Coming back to his senses, he looked at Zhang Xueying, who was stunned nearby.

"Let’s go."

"...Yes."

Burning everything could bring a lot of consciousness power, but if this continued, it would inevitably lead to a path of being hostile to everything, which was a situation that Li Cheng颐 didn’t want to see.

Therefore, as the time for secluded cultivation increased, a thought in his mind became clearer and clearer.

After spending two days defeating and controlling the two first-rate experts nearby, he finally began to try to contact the Xuanji Sect again. This time, through these two experts, he found a team of elite disciples of the Xuanji Sect who were withdrawing and returning after just fighting the aristocratic alliance.

Coincidentally, Huangsha Zhang (Yellow Sand Palm), one of the two first-rate experts who had been subdued, was actually a Xuanji Sect disciple lurking in the aristocratic alliance.

Therefore, he knew the withdrawal route of this team of elite disciples.

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North of Lushan, the Secret Realm Prairie.

Lightning and thunder intertwined. In the middle of the night, figures of people glowing with white light shot across the prairie like sharp arrows.

The terrifying speed of more than ten times the speed of sound didn’t cause any sonic booms here.

A total of six figures, like six streams of light, silently, combined with the cover of thunder and rain, quickly passed through this prairie.

Just as the six people were about to pass a slightly raised hill, suddenly, from the soil below, a black light burst out, attacking one of the figures.

"Who!?" The leading captain roared sharply, raised his hand, and shot out a golden light, hitting the black light.

*Boom!!*

The golden light instantly broke through the black light, dispersing and annihilating it.

But immediately afterwards, a figure broke out of the ground and punched the six people.

Not only that, but gray-black figures broke out of the ground one after another, rushing towards the six people at varying speeds.

The fastest one was covered in thick black Zhenyuan (true essence), and the speed of his attack soared to more than ten times the speed of sound. One palm stirred up a large amount of flames, hitting the leader.

"Quick battle, quick decision!" The leader transmitted a message. He met the attack with a palm.

*Boom!*

The other party clearly didn’t have Jinyuan (true essence), but was able to rely on his ultra-high density and thickness to block the cutting of Xiantian (Innate) Jinyuan.

But it only blocked it for a moment. Soon, the Jinyuan in the captain’s hand drove straight in, slamming **** into the fastest black figure.

With a muffled sound.

The man’s body exploded, like rags, and instantly turned into blood clots all over the sky, dead beyond dead.

The captain quickly turned around to support the others.

At this time, there were more and more gray-black figures besieging the six people, as many as thirty or more.

Moreover, new attackers were constantly appearing in the distance, and a large amount of bone-chilling cold was also strangely suppressing their blood circulation.

Layers of white frost condensed on the ground, and the temperature had dropped sharply by dozens of degrees, reaching minus sixty degrees Celsius.

And it was still falling.

The captain slapped another black figure to pieces, and turned around to support the third person.

Suddenly, a terrifying bloody wind suddenly struck.

A phantom of red and yellow wind and sand emerged, hitting him in the back.

*Rumble!!!*

A loud noise exploded, and two huge Jin Yuan collided head-on.

The captain’s throat was sweet, and a mouthful of hot blood spurted out. He immediately knew it was bad.

It was a peerless powerhouse of the same level as him!!

A peerless powerhouse was a master who had cultivated Xiantian Jinyuan to the highest level of strength and total amount.

Moreover, his martial arts were Hunyuan Ruyi (perfect and harmonious), without any flaws, and there would never be any shortcomings.

At this point, to step into the peerless level, one must condense all one’s essence, energy, spirit, and power to form Xiantian Daoguo (Innate Dao Fruit).

With Xiantian Daoguo, there was a real hope for reincarnation and immortality.

That was why it was called peerless, meaning self-isolated from the world.

Because at this point, one would naturally completely lose the ability to reproduce.

Moreover, any of one’s own bloodline would not leak or flow out, unless one reached a higher level, this situation would not change.

Peerless masters either nurtured younger generations and established family forces to prepare for reincarnation, or they traveled around to accumulate background for breaking through the realm.

How could they be willing to waste time here to ambush them??

But before the captain could react, another terrifying black figure of the same level as him drifted over, and a sword of black light instantly pierced into his heart.

The captain was dumbfounded, and all his movements stopped instantly.

The thick Jinyuan on his body surged frantically, disordered, and could explode at any time. But it was quickly suppressed by two strands of Jinyuan of the same level.

"We can’t let you self-destruct here. Once this level explodes, hundreds of miles around will be destroyed... that would be too much movement."

A blurry figure appeared in front of the captain, looking down at him quietly.

"Who the **** are you!?" The captain struggled to speak.

The figure’s face was instantly illuminated by a bolt of lightning, revealing Li Cheng颐’s calm expression.

"Who I am is not important."

He stretched out his finger and gently tapped the center of the other party’s brow, piercing a small wound.

"What’s important is, who are you?"

*Hiss!*

In an instant, Li Cheng颐’s body rapidly deformed, like noodles, shrinking, thinning, and in the blink of an eye, it drilled into the small wound and poured into the captain’s brain.

The Flower Proverb You Anlong Shen (Abyssal Dragon God) bloodline ability was activated.

(End of this chapter)