Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 781 Soul-Severing Cone

When the enemy hesitated, Ji An became resolute and unleashed a golden light that seemed to leap from the ground to meet them.

He hasn't fought a true demon in the late Nascent Soul stage yet, so he wants to have a proper battle to understand what level his current strength can reach.

In addition, we also need to test the strength of the defensive field formed by the five flags and how long it can withstand attacks from late-stage Nascent Soul level cultivators.

He multitasked, releasing the golden light that seemed to leap across the earth while simultaneously drawing back the Taibai Extinction Sword, and controlling the Five Elements Divine Mountain with his divine sense, ready to attack at any moment.

When Tie Li saw the enemy charging towards him, his hesitation turned into rage. He realized that the enemy had underestimated him.

Now, even if you want to leave, you have to fight a battle first, otherwise the enemy will definitely pursue you relentlessly.

If the tribe were to see him, a powerful cultivator at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage, being chased by a Nascent Soul cultivator at the early stage, it would be a great disgrace.

Many times, death is not so terrible; what is terrible is humiliation.

His demonic energy surged, and his body grew taller again, from 33 feet to 37 feet. The white bone staff in his hand, stained with mottled blood, grew larger, just the right size for his physique.

This is his secret technique, which requires burning his very essence, and his body will inevitably fall into a period of weakness after the battle.

He originally did not intend to use this self-harming secret technique, but the enemy had gone too far and could not tolerate it.

After using the secret technique, his attack and defense were improved to varying degrees, and his flight speed was also increased, allowing him to fight against enemies at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage without being at a disadvantage.

No matter how strong a human cultivator at the second level of the Nascent Soul stage is, they cannot survive the violent attack at this level. Even using a flying technique that flashes with five-colored light cannot escape them.

Ji An noticed the enemy's change and immediately realized that they were going to fight to the death.

At this moment, the enemy's vital energy can shake the void, and their pressure is greatly increased. Charging in at this time would be foolish.

Without a second thought, he changed his flight direction, making a 180-degree turn and flying towards the sect.

In my past life, there was a basic rule when playing games: when the enemy boss unleashes a powerful skill, you should dodge it.

"Can you escape?"

The iron plow roared, its flying speed increasing even further, rapidly closing the distance to its target.

Ji An sensed the enemy rapidly approaching and was startled. His usually invincible Golden Light could not shake off the enemy, and he could no longer confront them head-on.

However, the enemy was too fast, and in the midst of their flight, they had no time to escape back into the protective mountain formation.

He manipulated the Five Elements Divine Mountain to release five-colored spiritual light, sweeping it towards the pursuing enemies behind him.

The Five Elements Divine Mountain truly lived up to its reputation as a treasure revered by cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm. Its spiritual light swept across the enemy's back and had a slight effect, slowing the enemy's speed for a moment.

This almost imperceptible pause gave Ji An immense confidence, and he continued to unleash the golden light of the earth while fully activating the Five Elements Divine Mountain.

The five-colored spiritual light enveloped the enemy like a beautiful, colorful dream, making their pause even more noticeable.

Tie Li became extremely agitated. He felt the surging energy of his body slow down immediately when the five-colored spiritual light shone on him, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Although he could break free of the restraints immediately, it did significantly affect his flight speed.

He could dodge the sweeping beams of light, but dodging would also affect his flight speed, perhaps even more so.

Straight-line flight is the fastest, but flying on a curved route will slow it down by several times!
Iron Plow was so angry that he couldn't help but roar and unleash a divine soul attack.

It wasn't that he didn't want to release it sooner, but rather that the attack effect was less than ideal due to the distance from the enemy, and he would have to expose this trump card prematurely.

If he can't slow down the enemy at this moment, he might not be able to catch up.

He could increase his attack, defense, and speed by activating the secret technique, but he could not increase his soul strength. The effect of the soul attack secret technique was no different from usual.

An invisible attack entered the Moon Palace, and the silver grid in the sky flickered violently a few times before shattering with a crash.

The attack landed on the Moon Palace, shattering large sections of the visualized azure glazed tiles, and the aftershocks struck the Nascent Soul.

Ji An felt as if a sharp object had pierced his nascent soul, and a rather intense pain came over him, but fortunately he could still bear it and did not stop casting the spell because of it.

Spurred by this, it unleashed even more potential, and its speed as it soared through the air in golden light increased even further.

Iron Plow watched helplessly as the enemy's speed reached a level comparable to his own, his eyes flashing with intense killing intent.

Improving one's spiritual strength is not easy, regardless of the world.

He, a cultivator at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage, used a secret technique of soul attack, yet he was no match for a cultivator at the second level of the Nascent Soul stage!
In his view, the target must possess a secret treasure that can defend against attacks on the soul. Such treasures are priceless, and if he could obtain them, he could offset a lot of losses.

However, he was unable to close the distance, while the enemy was getting closer and closer to the mountain-protecting formation. If he didn't make a move soon, he would lose his last chance.

The iron plow infused the magical artifact with its essence blood, transforming it into a white bone beast covered in bone spurs, its single horn a deep crimson like blood.

This is a vicious and insidious magic weapon called the Soul-Severing Cone. The price to pay for using this magic weapon, in addition to the loss of one's life essence, is the severing of a wisp of one's soul.

The bone beast, aided by its master's speed, flew forward, its speed increasing again, transforming into a rapidly spinning white bone cone, its tip emitting an eerie red light. The magical artifact, having undergone a blood sacrifice, was incomparably sharp; even a slight scratch could inject soul poison to paralyze the enemy.

The magic weapon was infused with the soul of a demon at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and the soul poison was released by the demon.

Tie Li originally thought that he wouldn't need to use this magic weapon after using the desperate secret technique, but he didn't expect that he would still have to use it in the end, which made him even angrier.

The Soul-Severing Cone was extremely fast. Ji An realized the attack was coming too late to defend himself, otherwise he would have released the Five Elements Divine Mountain to block it.

It pierced through the outermost defensive ring of the defensive field, pierced through the three layers of defense evolved from the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and pierced through the spiritual light of the Panshan Technique.

Several magical artifacts emitted mournful cries, and the defensive field composed of spiritual light shattered like broken glass.

Ji An's body shone with a silvery light, piercing even the hardest layer of light that was made of metal and stone.

The Soul-Severing Cone pierced his skin, producing a metallic clang.

Despite numerous obstacles, this insidious magical artifact failed to complete its final mission.

At this moment, Ji An had reached the edge of the mountain-protecting formation. Because he activated the Golden Light of the Earth, he passed through the formation without any hindrance.

The magical artifact didn't have time to fly back to its owner; it was taken inside with it.

Tie Li roared in fury, his eyes bloodshot, and at great cost released a self-harming secret technique, only to have the enemy escape right under his nose!

Once the Soul-Severing Cone entered the great formation, its connection with him immediately weakened, and this magical artifact could no longer be returned to his hands.

He launched a furious, venting attack on the mountain-protecting array, causing the light barrier to tremble and creating ripples.

Ji An entered the protective mountain formation and was startled when he sensed that the demonic artifact that had attacked him had also entered.

The magical treasures of Nascent Soul True Demons possess strong spirituality. If such a treasure were to turn on other disciples, it would result in a massacre.

Fortunately, he had excellent adaptability. The moment he realized the problem, he activated the Five Elements Divine Mountain, and the spiritual treasure released five-colored light to immobilize the demonic treasure.

The Soul-Severing Cone, being a mid-grade fourth-tier weapon, was not completely suppressed; instead, it began to twist wildly.

Ji An activated the Spirit Sealing Technique by making hand seals. Various colors of spiritual light, including blue, red, yellow, white, and black, surged from the tip of his right finger, drawing energy into a talisman that enveloped the struggling demonic treasure.

The Soul-Severing Cone lost its power and fell silently.

Ji An picked up the magic treasure, took out a jade box and put it inside. He then affixed a third-grade top-quality spirit-sealing talisman to the outside and placed it into the Void Stone.

At this moment, Tie Li felt that the last connection between himself and the magic treasure had been severed.

Ji An examined several of the Five Directions Flags and found that the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag and the Lidi Flame Flag had suffered minimal damage, while the Plain Cloud Realm Flag and the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag had sustained greater damage, but neither had suffered any physical damage.

The Azure Lotus Treasure Flag was rather unlucky; it was pierced through by the demonic artifact, leaving a palm-sized hole in its surface.

Fortunately, it is a wood-elemental spiritual treasure, and with its vigorous growth and divine nature, it is not afraid of such damage, although the recovery time will be relatively long.

The downside is that activating the Azure Lotus Banner now places a heavy burden on it, reducing the overall strength of the defensive field it forms by several percent.

Ji An stored the magic weapon in his dantian, calmly watching the enraged enemy. He took out a lightning-struck spirit peach, ate it in a few bites, and unabashedly sat down to circulate his cultivation technique to refine the spirit fruit.

He knew that the enemy had used a secret technique to become so powerful, and he understood that even without any side effects, such techniques would still cause astonishing consumption.

A bold idea popped into his head: perhaps he could try hunting down the enemy!

After a period of frenzied attacks, Tie Li gradually calmed down. The secret technique could only last for half an hour at most. When the time was up, he would inevitably fall into weakness, and his strength would drop to the level of barely reaching the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

At that point, he no longer had the confidence to face the enemy. What he needed to do now was retreat back to the main army and spend a few days in a weakened state.

He turned and fled silently. After returning to his clan, he changed his mind and immediately summoned the surviving members at the Nascent Soul level.

"I will soon become weak, and if the enemy attacks us, none of you will be able to stop us."

After much deliberation, I decided that retreat was the best course of action. I ordered the elite troops to withdraw to the rear, and we headed towards Yuanhe Mountain.

Faced with a survival crisis, he no longer cared about saving face; preserving the elites at the Golden Core level and above was his greatest wish.

The enemy was very strong. He originally thought that he could quickly kill the enemy after paying a price, but he misjudged his own strength.

Only the elite troops can be evacuated; the main force cannot be moved lightly, otherwise the enemy will inevitably pursue them once they discover it.

The several Nascent Soul stage True Demons looked at each other in dismay. They all thought they had easily crushed the enemy when they arrived here, but none of them expected that they would end up in such a desperate situation.

"Yes, sir," the true demons replied and began to make arrangements.

If we don't leave now, and the enemy launches a probing attack, no one can withstand it. Since even the Grand Commander has backed down, they are even more helpless.

　The third update will be later.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)