Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 181 Falling short of success

The two flying boats flew one after the other towards the depths of the Boping Mountains.

The green flying boat controlled by Chen Yuan turned into a stream of green light and flew away at an extremely fast speed, but the distance between him and Liu Fan was getting closer and closer.

The vermilion flying boat under Liu Fan's feet is a top-grade spiritual boat. Its speed is several points faster than that of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, and much stronger than the green flying boat.

The distance between the two was shrinking rapidly. After just a few dozen breaths, it was only fifty feet away.

Chen Yuan did not need to look back. He used his spiritual sense to see Liu Fan approaching. His face darkened and he suddenly activated his true energy. The speed of the green flying boat under his feet suddenly increased, creating a distance between them.

But after the green flying boat accelerated, its speed could only be compared with that of a cultivator in the late foundation building stage. It was still much inferior to Liu Fan. It only delayed the time of being caught up by Liu Fan, but it still could not escape.

Liu Fan was not in a hurry. He drove the flying boat behind Chen Yuan and said with a smile, "Daoyou Wei, please stop struggling in vain. This place is beautiful and it is the right place for you to be buried."

Chen Yuan did not answer, and the speed of the green flying boat increased slightly.

Liu Fan shook his head slightly, and with a surge of his true energy, the speed of the vermilion flying boat increased sharply, approaching within ten feet of Chen Yuan and was about to catch up.

Chen Yuan's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly lowered the green flying boat, drew an arc, and flew to the left, narrowly avoiding it.

Liu Fan smiled slightly, and the vermilion flying boat turned left and chased after him.

Seeing that Liu Fan was trying to kill them all, Chen Yuan's face became even uglier. The green flying boat descended again, and it shuttled between the mountains like a swimming fish.

Liu Fan frowned slightly, and with a push of his true energy, the vermilion flying boat also lowered its altitude and caught up.

The mountains here are all over a thousand feet high, with dense forests and complex terrain. If he stays in the air and is blocked by the mountains, he will most likely be left behind by Chen Yuan.

The two planes flew one after the other, getting lower and lower in altitude, passing close to the mountain peaks and dense forests, startling flocks of birds.

But no matter how hard Chen Yuan tried to escape, the distance between him and Liu Fan kept shrinking, leaving only more than twenty feet.

For the monks, this is within reach.

Liu Fan waved his sleeves, and more than a dozen blood spirits flew out, flashed past, arrived above the green flying boat, and pounced on Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan threw several punches in succession, repelling the blood spirit, but was also affected by it. The speed of the green flying boat slowed down a bit, and Liu Fan took the opportunity to catch up with it by ten feet.

At the same time, more blood spirits flew out of his body and entangled Chen Yuan. The distance between the two was constantly shortening. After more than ten breaths, it was less than ten feet.

Chen Yuan's face was as gloomy as water. He suddenly shouted loudly and threw several punches to repel the blood spirit that was rushing towards him. The green flying boat suddenly descended and landed in a valley.

The blood spirit refused to give in and continued to pester him.

Seeing that Chen Yuan was so desperate that he cut off his own way, Liu Fan immediately followed him in the boat.

This person is a rare physical cultivator, and he may have some physical cultivation techniques. We must not let him leave.

He followed Chen Yuan into the valley, and with a wave of his sleeves, dozens of blood spirits flew out of his body, came to the top of the valley, and cut off Chen Yuan's retreat.

This valley is not big, only a few acres in size, with only one passage. It is surrounded by mountain walls dozens of feet high. The Blood Spirit will serve as a wall on top, and Chen Yuan is like a turtle in a jar, unable to escape even if he has wings.

But at this moment, Chen Yuan, who had been fleeing in a panic, suddenly turned around, his body grew to about seven feet tall, his muscles bulged, and a faint bronze color appeared on his body. He stepped on the green flying boat and flew out, rushing towards Liu Fan!
At the same time, a voice filled with deep hatred rang out: "Get up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a corner of the valley rippled like water, a white veil flew up, and Yu Qing's figure appeared.

He had a ferocious expression as he stared at Liu Fan. In his left hand he held a formation plate with seven middle-grade spirit stones inserted on it. With his right hand he made a hand gesture and injected a trace of true energy into it.

The thirteen formation flags that had been planted around the valley shone brightly, emitting thirteen rays of light interwoven with green and red, like an inverted jade bowl, trying to trap Liu Fan inside.

This is the place where Chen Yuan and Yu Qing planned to ambush Liu Fan. He used the alias Wei Wuding and did not hesitate to expose his identity as a physical cultivator. He had a fierce battle with Liu Fan, pretending to be defeated and retreating here, and finally lured him into the valley!
Liu Fan's face changed. This formation was actually set up with thirteen formation flags. It was full of spiritual power and was at least a mid-level spiritual formation.

After Chen Yuan's body shape changed, his aura increased greatly, like a peerless ferocious beast, very similar to the physical cultivator in his memory.

He must escape and must not be trapped in the formation!

Liu Fan waved his sleeves, and half of the ninety-three blood spirits separated and pounced towards Chen Yuan to stop him.

Then he raised his hand, made a gesture, and shouted, "Disperse!"

The remaining half of the blood river water in the blood spirit's body flew out and turned into half a five-meter-long dirty blood river, flowing upstream and rushing towards the formation light curtain, while the blood spirit flew back into Liu Fan's body.

Facing the blood spirit that was rushing towards him, Chen Yuan sneered, without any trace of gloom and panic on his face, and threw several punches in succession.

Several blood spirits were hit by Chen Yuan, unable to withstand the huge force of 200,000 jin, and exploded, turning into a bloody rain. However, Liu Fan's blood spirit was refined with the blood of a late foundation-building cultivator, and its body was injected with complete dirty blood river water, which was far stronger than Ningbi's blood spirit.

After these blood spirits exploded, half of the blood rain they transformed into disappeared into smoke, but the remaining half was pulled by an invisible force and condensed again.

However, the bodies of these blood spirits became illusory and transparent, far inferior to the other blood spirits. At most, they could only withstand one more punch from Chen Yuan.

The dozen or so blood spirits that pounced on him afterwards were also blown up by Chen Yuan's punch. If it weren't for the dirty blood river water in their bodies, they would have disappeared into thin air with just their own blood and essence.

However, under the obstruction of more than forty blood spirits, Chen Yuan's forward momentum was forced to slow down.

These blood spirits are fearless and keep coming one after another. If he doesn't kill them all, he will never be able to threaten Liu Fan.

Liu Fan was shocked when he saw that the blood spirit he had carefully refined was no match for Chen Yuan.

But he had no time to be distracted at this moment. He just took a glance and ignored Chen Yuan who was blocked by the blood spirit. With a push of his true energy, the vermilion flying boat under his feet suddenly accelerated, following the dirty blood river and escaping out of the valley.

Yu Qing and Liu Fan had a feud that wanted to exterminate their clan, so how could he let him leave? Regardless of the cost, he injected more true energy into the formation plate, and the speed of the formation light curtain was increased a bit.

However, the intermediate spiritual formation is complicated, and Yu Qing is not a formation master. Even if he has formation plates and flags, it will take several breaths of time to set up the formation.

At this time, the light curtain of the formation has covered most of the valley and is moving towards the center. Only the last gap at the top is left before it can condense into one.

That half of the dirty blood river came to the top of the valley, coiled like a python, and formed a ball, emitting blood light and supporting the light curtain.

But the power of the intermediate spiritual formation was so strong that the light curtain of the formation kept shrinking towards the center. Even though the Filthy Blood River tried its best to resist, it still kept shrinking towards the center and the river water kept dissipating.

Liu Fan had a stern expression and he used all his strength to mobilize his true energy. The speed of the vermilion flying boat increased dramatically, and at the last moment when the light curtain of the formation was about to be formed, he escaped from the only remaining space in the middle of the Filthy Blood River.

The next moment, the light curtain of the formation condensed into one piece, and half of the dirty blood river was less than four feet, left inside the formation.

Yu Qing saw Liu Fan escape from the Wind and Fire Formation, and showed an unwilling look on his face. He changed the spell in his hand and shouted: "Wind!"

A green light lit up on the array plate. A breeze blew by, and the forty or so blood spirits that were fighting with Chen Yuan froze. Along with the half of the dirty blood river, they silently shattered into thousands of pieces like glass and turned into thousands of drops of essence and blood.

Yu Qing's spell changed again: "Fire!"

Immediately afterwards, countless white flames ignited and swallowed up all the essence and blood.

As the essence and blood evaporated, waves of fishy smells wafted out. Yu Qing snorted coldly and injected a stream of true energy into the array plate. A gust of wind blew past, taking away all the fishy smells.

When Yu Qing used the power of the wind and fire array to destroy the blood spirit, Chen Yuan released the secret technique of the giant spirit body and his body returned to normal.

He raised his sleeves, put away the boat, came to the top of the valley, turned to look at Yu Qing: "Yu Daoyou, let me out."

Yu Qing nodded, and as his true energy was urged, a hole appeared on the light curtain of the formation. Chen Yuan's figure flashed and flew out of the hole.

After Liu Fan escaped from the formation, he did not go away, but stopped above the formation's light curtain, staring at Yu Qing who destroyed the Blood Spirit and the Filthy Blood River, with a deep and unfathomable gaze.

After Chen Yuan flew out of the formation, he turned around and looked over, praising: "Fellow Daoist Wei actually has such a skill, he is indeed a rare physical cultivator in the world. If it weren't for Liu's decisiveness, I'm afraid I would have fallen into your hands today!"

After Liu Fan escaped from the formation, he regained his previous calm appearance.

Chen Yuan glanced at the scarlet flying boat under his feet and said calmly, "It's a pity that Wei was one step behind and failed to keep Fellow Daoist Liu."

Just now when Liu Fan escaped from the formation, the speed of this flying boat was comparable to that of a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan, and was comparable to that when he used all his strength to activate the Duyun Boat.

If not for this, even if Liu Fan decisively gave up half of the blood spirits and the dirty blood river, he would not be able to escape from the wind and fire formation.

Now that there is no formation to surround him, it is impossible to kill Liu Fan. With this top-grade spirit boat, he can leave when he wants and stay when he wants.

Liu Fan smiled and turned to look at Yu Qing in the formation: "This must be Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, right? I have been looking for you for three years and finally meet you today. Nice to meet you."

He bowed to Yu Qing, who said coldly: "Liu Fan, you are lucky to have escaped the wind and fire formation, otherwise today would be the day you die!"

Liu Fan smiled and said, "I have always had good luck. Today, I not only escaped with my life, but also got to meet Daoist Fellow Yu. This is really the blessing of the Blood Spirit Saint Ancestor. The token is in Daoist Fellow's hands, right?"

Yu Qing said coldly: "Yes, the token is in my hand, what do you think of it?"

Liu Fan nodded slightly, and then looked at Chen Yuan: "Fellow Daoist Wei is very powerful. I don't think I can kill you and take the token from you. But it's difficult for the two of you to take the token from me. How about the three of us join forces to explore the cave of Master Qingyou?"

Thanks to Ye Bubai for the reward!
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