Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 109: Encountering Du Yu and Chen Yuan's ambush
The inner circle of the secret realm was quiet and peaceful. Only the rustling of leaves in the breeze and the sound of flowing water could be heard by Chen Yuan's ears.

With the influx of disciples from various sects, this place has become a huge hunting ground.

Everyone is both a hunter and a prey. While searching for spiritual herbs, they are carefully guarding against attacks from other monks and are always ready to attack every monk they meet.

Chen Yuan spread out his spiritual awareness, heightened his five senses to the sharpest level, and carefully detected all movements in front of him.

The bloodstains on the ground had long disappeared. He didn't know whether Du Yu was still rushing in front of him or had already turned in another direction. He could only be on high alert and slow down to avoid a sudden collision with Du Yu.

This person was able to kill Dai Qing's two spirit beasts and force Dai Qing to retreat. This shows that he is very powerful and we must not be careless at all.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan stopped at the edge of a dense forest, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

He saw Du Yu's figure at the edge of his spiritual sense.

More than fifty feet away, Du Yu was fighting with a first-level high-level monster that had two horns, a mane around its neck, and was shaped like a lion.

The monster was breathing fire and was quite powerful, but it was obviously no match for Du Yu. It was completely suppressed by Du Yu and was in danger of dying at his hands.

Chen Yuan's mind changed, and he walked a few more feet into the dense forest, completely bringing Du Yu and the monster into the range of his spiritual awareness.

Du Yu was unaware and was still fighting with the monster with a black spear in his hand.

Chen Yuan felt relieved. It seemed that there was nothing special about Du Yu's consciousness and he couldn't detect his existence.

He walked forward a few more feet and stopped forty feet away from Du Yu, observing his fight with the monster.

Du Yu did not use magic weapons or spells to attack the enemy. He was like a mortal warrior, holding a spear, fighting the monster in hand-to-hand combat, and blocking the monster's claws with his bare hands. He was unharmed and knocked the monster to the ground. His strength was immense, like a demon.

Chen Yuan was shocked when he saw this.

If Du Yu's physical body is comparable to that of a high-level monster, then he can only give up on killing Du Yu and flee far away.

Such strength is definitely not something that a Qi-refining cultivator can match. Ordinary top-grade magical weapons are useless against Du Yu. Chen Yuan only has the Silver Gang Sword and the Qianjun Axe Talisman in his hand, which can hurt Du Yu.

But after looking carefully for a while, he found that Du Yu was wearing a pair of gloves as thin as cicada wings, and he finally felt relieved.

Du Yu also relies on the power of magic weapons, so he is still within the category of Qi-refining cultivators and can fight against him.

He watched for a while, until Du Yu subdued the monster and was about to win, then he left the forest again, stepped forward, and ran along the edge of the forest.

Although Du Yu did not fight the monster for a long time, after watching it for a while, he already had a plan to defeat the enemy in his mind.

This dense forest is not big, only a hundred acres in size. After a while, Chen Yuan arrived at the east side of the dense forest.

He pondered for a moment, stroked his storage bag, took out the Seven Star Blade, and threw it in front of him.

Seven short blades flew out twenty feet along the ground, fell to the ground, and disappeared without a trace.

Then, Chen Yuan took out the purple bee needle and threw it forward.

The flying needle turned into a stream of light purple light, flew to a branch ten feet away, and landed on a leaf.

Then, Chen Yuan took out the Dingguang Mirror, Chixiao Sword, and Yin Gang Sword, hung them in front of him, lined them up in a row, and then took out the Qianjun Axe talisman and held it in his hand.

Du Yu is an extremely rare physical cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation. He can force Dai Qing to retreat and can fight hand-to-hand with a high-level first-level monster. He is actually the strongest opponent Chen Yuan has ever encountered since he started practicing, so he must be fully prepared before fighting him again.

If he had not been worried that the monster would lose its mind and attack him, he would definitely have launched a sneak attack when Du Yu was fighting the monster.

After Chen Yuan made all these preparations, he still felt that they were not enough, so he took out the Hundred Souls Banner that he had once sacrificed, as well as the Blood Sword and White Cloud Sword that had not been used for a long time, scattered them on the ground, and hid them among the weeds.

Only then did he finally stop, hid behind a big tree, and waited for Du Yu to arrive.

……

In the dense forest, Du Yu stabbed the lion-like monster in the throat with a gun, killing it. Then he lifted up the monster's body, put his mouth to the wound, rolled his Adam's apple up and down, and tilted his head back to drink the monster's blood.

After a long while, he threw the monster's corpse to the ground and laughed:
"happy!"

After leaving the Bixuetan, Du Yu headed eastward and, following the Ziyang Sect’s map, went to two places where spiritual herbs grew. He killed two first-level high-level monsters and picked some three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.

In fact, Du Yu didn't care about the spiritual herbs in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain at all. He practiced physical cultivation techniques. Unlike ordinary cultivators, he couldn't control magical instruments and had no interest in the many rewards bestowed by the elders.

However, the Jindan elder who was looking after him asked him to collect more spiritual herbs from the secret realm, especially several five hundred year old spiritual herbs, and he must look for them carefully.

Du Yu was originally just an ordinary true spiritual root disciple in Zi Yang Sect. It was this Jindan elder who saw that he had a talent for physical cultivation, so he taught Du Yu the physical cultivation method and guided Du Yu in his practice.

After he builds his foundation, he will be accepted as a disciple, and he will be his greatest supporter in Zi Yang Sect.

Although Du Yu's temperament became more violent and he had no gratitude after he switched to practicing this secret method of physical cultivation, he did not dare to disobey the orders of the elder and could only try his best to collect spiritual herbs.

However, in the process, he could drink the blood of monsters and devour their flesh and blood, which was also very enjoyable. Collecting spiritual herbs became a handy thing. In the past few days, he had found more than a dozen three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs and one five-hundred-year-old spiritual herb, but he did not find any of the five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs that the elders emphasized.

In the world of immortal cultivation, only spiritual herbs that are more than five hundred years old can be used to refine elixirs for the Jindan stage, and they are extremely precious.

The elder also knew that the five hundred year old spiritual herb was hard to find, so he specifically reminded Du Yu that someone had found a five hundred year old spiritual herb in the east of the inner ring of the secret realm.

Therefore, after Du Yu entered the inner ring, he deliberately caused conflicts with Qin Xuanning and others, and rushed to the east alone.

Although he has a violent temper, he is not a fool. How could he have conflicts with his fellow disciples for no reason, especially offending the true disciple Qin Xuanning?

This time he had the elders to back him up, so he could act without any scruples.

……

After drinking the beast's blood, Du Yu felt satisfied. He picked a few three hundred year old spiritual herbs guarded by the monster, put them in his storage bag, and continued on his way eastward.

After the monster beasts gained intelligence, they also understood the principle of slow and steady consumption and would not eat all the spiritual herbs at once. Instead, they would only swallow a few spiritual herbs when they reached a breakthrough state.

However, this practice provides disciples from various sects who enter the secret realm every ten years with an opportunity to search for spiritual herbs.

Du Yu used the skill of light body to move at an extremely fast speed. In just a moment, he arrived at the edge of the dense forest.

But at this moment, seven dark short blades suddenly rose from the ground and shot towards him!

Du Yu was startled, and then he was furious and shouted:
"Who are you, you scoundrel? Come out now!"

He stroked the storage bag, took out the black spear, and waved it, blocking the seven short blades one by one. Then he stepped forward, rushed out of the dense forest, and saw Chen Yuan standing thirty feet away.

At this time, in front of Chen Yuan, the phantom of the Qianjun Axe had just taken shape, and the Dingguang Mirror, Yin Gang Sword, and Chixiao Sword were hanging above his head, ready to go.

When Du Yu saw the Qianjun Axe emitting murderous aura, his pupils shrank and he immediately raised his spear and rushed towards Chen Yuan.

He recognized the Lingyun sect disciple who had a strange fragrance emanating from his body and left a deep impression on him.

But he had no time to think about this matter at this moment. This person had already set an ambush and even sacrificed a talisman, obviously intending to put him to death.

All he wanted now was to survive this violent attack.

Chen Yuan saw Du Yu rushing towards him and smiled slightly:
"Don't worry, Brother Du. I'll send you off right away!"

After saying that, the magic spell in his hand changed, and the fixed light mirror released a thick white light beam that was as solid as a substance and shot towards Du Yu.

At the same time, the Chixiao Sword and the Yin Gang Sword flew out and slashed at Du Yu from the left and right sides respectively.

The Qianjun Axe was shaking gently, ready to strike as soon as Du Yu's body was restrained, and then it would launch a thundering attack.

Chen Yuan knew that Du Yu was very powerful, and the way Du Yu looked at him was similar to those monsters who wanted to devour him, which made him extremely disgusted, so he went all out and did not hold back at all.

A beam of white light flashed by, enveloping Du Yu, trying to freeze him in place.

But Du Yu's physical strength was extremely strong. He paused slightly before breaking free from the white light and continuing to rush towards Chen Yuan.

But this momentary pause gave the Yin Gang Sword and the Chi Xiao Sword an opportunity to fly and cut!

Du Yu sneered, swung the spear in his right hand to block the Yin Gang Sword, raised his left hand and grabbed the Chi Xiao Sword.

He could tell at a glance that although the Silver Gang Sword was only a top-grade magic weapon, it was extremely extraordinary with its brilliant light.

Although the Chixiao Sword is a top-grade magical weapon, its aura is dim, and it has obviously suffered considerable damage. There is only a thin layer of flame on the sword, which is almost invisible, and its momentum is not as good as that of a top-grade magical weapon.

He didn't know why Chen Yuan would use such a damaged magic weapon to attack the enemy, but he would not miss this opportunity.

He raised his hand and grabbed the Chixiao Sword. He opened his mouth and shouted, spitting out a white air arrow, extinguishing the flames on the Chixiao Sword.

This was a secret technique recorded in the physical cultivation method he practiced. It had the effect of breaking spells and was specifically designed to make up for the shortcoming that physical cultivators could not cast spells.

Just when Du Yu thought he had figured it out, Chen Yuan's spell suddenly changed and he shouted:
"burst!"

The Chi Xiao Sword suddenly burst out with a dazzling light. Du Yu's face changed drastically and he quickly raised his hand, wanting to throw the Chi Xiao Sword away.

But he was not prepared at all and had no time to react. The Chixiao Sword exploded as soon as it left his hand.

boom!
Even though the Chixiao Sword was severely damaged, it was still a top-grade magical weapon. When it self-exploded, it was extremely powerful. The sword fragments burst out and pierced deeply into Du Yu's body.

At the same time, the Qianjun Axe swung and flew to Du Yu's head, bringing up a whistling sound, and chopped down with one move!

Thanks to the Taoist master Mo Hun for the reward!

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