Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 191 Extreme Pull
When Tuoyuan, a spirit pet that had already entered the Foundation Establishment stage, was summoned by Fang Jingxuan, everyone present was immediately taken aback.

Xiao Yan was overjoyed; he truly had no idea about Fang Jingxuan's trump card.

After Tuoyuan emerged, he immediately unleashed his Sea-Suppressing Divine Power. Thanks to his talent of "Complete Five Elements," Tuoyuan moved nimbly even on the land of the arena. The five elements of spiritual energy around him replaced the pure water spiritual energy to power him.

On the other side, Chen Yanling wielded more than a dozen fire chains, and with a few 'bang bang' sounds, she easily turned all the water puppets summoned by Fang Jingxuan into water mist.

Immediately, a large amount of smoke filled the air, but this had no effect whatsoever on Foundation Establishment cultivators who primarily relied on divine sense.

"bump!"

A tremendous sound rang out, and these chains of fire converged into a fire dragon several dozen feet long, crashing headlong into Tuoyuan's protective water curtain.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan, who was coiled on Tuoyuan's back, was not concerned about such an attack. He believed that Tuoyuan could withstand it.

And indeed, when the fire dragon attacked, the protective spiritual barrier in front of Tuoyuan's body only splashed up large ripples, but it could not burn through.

Seeing this, Chen Yanling frowned, stretched out her hand, and turned the entire world into a sea of ​​flames.

Such a powerful offensive drew cheers and jubilation from the cultivators of the Thousand Sun Sect.

However, Fang Jingxuan remained as steady as a rock, letting the fire burn as it pleased. He simply kept summoning water puppets to counteract the flames, giving Tuoyuan more time to catch his breath.

After a moment, Chen Yanling felt that this couldn't go on, so she casually waved her hand and released tens of thousands of fiery red flying fire-loving ants from the spirit control bag at her waist.

These flying fire ants are all the size of a fist, their bodies gleaming with a metallic sheen, and they look quite ferocious.

"Oh no, this is her father's trump card. Fire ants like to absorb things with spiritual energy and are specifically effective against protective spirit shields. This black tortoise is probably no match for it."

Below, Xiao Yan looked surprised. Only then did he realize that Chen Yanling, as the daughter of the Thousand Sun Sect Master, naturally had an outrageous number of trump cards.

However, not every cultivator can control such a large number of spirit insects. Without a powerful divine soul, these spirit insects cannot coordinate effectively.

But what Xiao Yan didn't know was that the one who truly controlled these fire-loving ants was not Chen Yanling, but the queen ant hiding on her body.

Hidden in Chen Yanling's sleeve was a plump, fair-skinned queen ant, who was secretly using her mental power to command these fire-loving ants.

That's not all. Beside Chen Yanling were seven or eight enormous fire-loving ants, each about half the size of a person. They didn't have sharp claws or teeth, but they did have very large heads.

The next moment, these giant fire-loving ants trembled, and immediately, streams of fire spirit spells were cast upon the tens of thousands of fire-loving ants in front of them.

'Fire Spirit Armor', 'Blood Activation Technique', 'Fire Fusion Technique'.

Numerous low- and mid-level fire-based spells flooded the fire-loving ants like a tidal wave, and within moments, the originally fiery red fire-loving ants shimmered with a dazzling crimson glow.

"go with!"

Enchanted with various fire elemental spells, the fire-loving ants surged toward Tuoyuan's location at Chen Yanling's command.

This truly changed the expression of all the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Holy Infant Sect's side.

Tens of thousands of fire-loving ants were already difficult to deal with, but now they were further amplified by so many spells, and Chen Yanling was still manipulating a fire dragon to attack.

Given such a perilous situation, can Xuanming, a rogue cultivator who has only reached the first level of Foundation Establishment, really hold the line?
But in the next instant, a beam of crystal-white light swept across the entire area.

The Foundation Building Technique from *The Profound Abyss's True Explanation*: 'Crystallizing Aurora!'

The white light, like an extinction laser, instantly crystallized anything it touched, then shattered into fine powder that dissipated into the world.

Hundreds of Chen Yanling's fire-loving ants died instantly upon contact. The remaining ones were only saved because the queen ant, seeing the situation was not good, commanded them to scatter in all directions; otherwise, the losses would have been even more severe.

The fire-loving ants, with bodies as hard as steel and empowered by numerous fire elemental spells, were extremely vulnerable in the face of this crystallized aurora.

The parts swept by the crystallizing light instantly turned cold and shattered into powder, while the rest of the body, unable to maintain its own weight, fell to the ground.

With a crackling sound, the corpses of many fire-loving ants were scattered on the ground. Some of the fire-loving ants were cut in bad places and were not completely dead yet, only able to linger on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. Fang Jingxuan's spell was definitely his own innate divine ability.

The sudden loss of so many fire ants made Chen Yanling unconsciously clench her teeth, but she couldn't care less about the loss now, because the white beam of light was already sweeping towards her.

As the light swept towards her, Chen Yanling's eyelids twitched; she dared not underestimate this crystallizing ray now.

Unexpectedly, this unknown rogue cultivator on the other side possessed such abilities.

So Chen Yanling quickly took out a flying artifact from her storage bag and carried her away at high speed.

At the same time, it commanded the queen ant to continuously gather fire-loving ants to block its way.

With these fire-loving ants blocking her way, the crystallization rays obviously couldn't keep up with her speed. Chen Yanling believed that even a Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't withstand such a powerful water-based spell for long.

After all, the more astonishing the power, the greater the magical energy consumed; this is an immutable truth.

As time passed, Chen Yanling watched helplessly as the number of fire-loving ants, which had originally numbered in the tens of thousands, dwindled, while the water-based spell cast by the opponent had not yet dissipated.

When Chen Yanling reappeared after thirty breaths, her expression was not good. Damn it, the other party must be secretly taking Qi-replenishing pills to barely maintain this state.

I just need to wait a dozen more breaths, and everything will be alright.

Behind the protective spiritual shield of Tuoyuan, Fang Jingxuan looked relaxed. He glanced inward at the lake of mana in his dantian, where only about one-fifth of the mana essence had been used.

The Crystallized Aurora is incredibly powerful, but it also consumes a tremendous amount of mana. It takes more than ten drops of mana essence per breath, and even a Foundation Establishment cultivator with the vast mana cannot sustain it for fifty breaths.

However, Fang Jingxuan currently has a reserve of over 1,400 drops of true mana liquid, which allows him to maintain this spell for a very long time, even if he releases it at full power.

Moreover, Fang Jingxuan is currently taking Qi-replenishing pills continuously. These high-grade pills nourish his magical power as soon as they enter his stomach. With this addition and subtraction, he can last for a longer period of time.

Ten breaths later, Fang Jingxuan finally stopped the spell. After all, if he continued like this, he would have to reveal his powerful magic.

Moreover, Fang Jingxuan believed that Chen Yanling would not be easily subdued by his technique.

When the terrifying crystallizing rays finally stopped, the once densely packed flying fire ants on the field were now sparse and looked quite pitiful.

Seeing this, Chen Yanling was filled with anger. In just one move, she lost more than a hundred high-grade spirit stones.

Flying Fire Ants are not easy to cultivate, requiring a large amount of fire-type spiritual materials to feed them. Now, all of them have vanished in an instant.

Thinking of this, Chen Yanling, who had finally caught her breath, circulated her fire elemental power wildly. In the next instant, a three-legged golden crow, ten feet tall, suddenly appeared from her back.

The moment this phantom appeared, it stunned the many onlookers around, even causing Xiao Yan to frown deeply:
"The Great Sun Illusion? Only by cultivating the Great Sun Refining Divine Scroll to its extreme can one have a chance to comprehend this Great Sun Illusion, or even transform it into one's own divine power. This Chen Yanling, her talent is truly terrifying."

Chen Yanling couldn't hear the exclamations of others; all she wanted to do now was to knock Fang Jingxuan to the ground. So she pointed at Fang Jingxuan, and in the next instant, the three-legged golden crow rushed over.

Upon seeing this, Fang Jingxuan immediately unleashed the Crystallization Ray again, but it was not as effective as it was against the Flying Fire Ant when facing the charging Three-Legged Golden Crow incarnation.

Because this crystallization ray is most effective against physical enemies, and Chen Yanling, this phantom beast, was formed by condensing the power of fire. When the crystallization ray swept across, although a hole would be pierced in the area it touched, it only needed to continue to condense its body, and in the blink of an eye, it would be a complete phantom beast again.

In the blink of an eye, the three-legged golden crow pounced in front of Tuoyuan. With just a light swipe of its three pairs of fiery claws, Tuoyuan's protective water shield showed signs of being torn apart.

'Oh no, there's something wrong with this three-legged golden crow.'

After Fang Jingxuan immediately came to this conclusion, he activated his divine soul to the fullest extent and immediately discovered that there was something special about the fire element on the three-legged golden crow phantom.

It gives people the feeling of being extremely domineering.

"Is it due to innate supernatural power or the characteristics of the technique? Tuoyuan's protective spiritual shield definitely can't withstand it."

Fang Jingxuan's mind raced, and he signaled Tuoyuan to move. However, Tuoyuan was clearly not as swift as before; the immense size of his body, while providing powerful melee combat abilities, also brought its own drawbacks.

"Wow!"

After a cry, Tuoyuan's protective spiritual barrier was completely torn open, exposing his body and Fang Jingxuan above him.

Upon seeing Fang Jingxuan, Fang Jingxuan could sense the terrifying heat emanating from the three-legged golden crow phantom.

It was as if a great sun had truly fallen before him.

'At only the early stage of Foundation Establishment, his supernatural powers are already this exaggerated; the Thousand Sun Sect's techniques are indeed formidable.'

Fang Jingxuan had this thought in his mind, and then signaled Tuoyuan to use the [Serpent Coil] divine power to defend with all his might.

At the same time, he secretly took out the [Star-Splitting Blade] and the [Primordial Sea-Suppressing Pearl] from his storage bag and held them in his hand.

To catch the thief, you must first catch the king. Fighting the three-legged golden crow phantom in front of you is useless. The only way is to kill Chen Yanling.

"go with!"

Taking advantage of Tuoyuan stretching its neck to fight the three-legged golden crow phantom, Fang Jingxuan relied on his divine sense, which had a range of about 500 feet, to lock onto Chen Yanling.

Then, the [Star-Splitting Blade] was activated.

A ray of starlight appeared, as if traversing space, and instantly arrived at Chen Yanling.

The protective aura in front of her body had no effect whatsoever; it flashed past and slammed heavily into her physical body.

"Is he dead?"

Fang Jingxuan frowned, feeling that things weren't that simple. Sure enough, a moment later, Chen Yanling's shattered body turned into a wisp of smoke and dissipated, while Chen Yanling reappeared in the distance.

"The art of teleportation? Is it a supernatural power, a magical artifact, or the effect of a talisman?"

Fang Jingxuan was unwilling to give up and activated the [Star-Splitting Blade] again to attack, but this time, Chen Yanling was on guard and did not succeed so easily.

Sure enough, Fang Jingxuan suddenly felt that the [Star-Splitting Blade], powered by magic, became very slow, lacking its previous swiftness.

It turned out to be Chen Yanling, who summoned a bottle-shaped magical artifact and aimed it directly at the [Star-Splitting Blade].

This is her second-tier top-grade magic weapon: the 'Fire-Sealing Spirit Bottle', which has the wonderful uses of suppressing, breaking restrictions, and accumulating spirit. Now that it has been unleashed, the [Star-Splitting Sky Blade] has been completely suppressed.

Fang Jingxuan wasn't the only one with a second-tier top-grade magic weapon; Chen Yanling clearly possessed even more.

It seems we still can't compete with each other in terms of wealth.

With no other option, Fang Jingxuan, seeing that his sneak attack had failed, could only continue to wear down Chen Yanling.

At this point, he still had two trump cards up his sleeve, simply because he didn't want to expose his true strength in front of everyone.

One of them is Liu Gu, who is still quietly staying in the Spirit Control Bag, waiting for Fang Jingxuan's summons.

Secondly, Fang Jingxuan had recently mastered the Yellow Spring True Qi Gang Sha Divine Power. Although it had only just been condensed, Fang Jingxuan believed that once this divine power was used, the opponent would be no match for him.

However, the scene of unleashing this Yellow Spring True Qi was truly astonishing, and it was also full of evil energy, which was very much in line with his own Xuanming persona.

Fang Jingxuan was in no hurry to use these two trump cards because the current situation was in his favor.

Although the three-legged golden crow phantom was powerful, it could not break through Tuoyuan's defenses. Even though it burned Tuoyuan and left him covered in wounds, it could not interfere with Fang Jingxuan behind him.

Fang Jingxuan also discovered that maintaining the three-legged golden crow phantom required an extremely high level of magical power from Chen Yanling.

Now, Chen Yanling's face began to turn pale. With two magical artifacts and a three-legged golden crow phantom, she was consuming more magical power than Fang Jingxuan.

Seeing this, Fang Jingxuan silently activated the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation," unleashing another technique—an upgraded version of the Waterway Puppet, 'White Crystal Battle Might!'

A gigantic white ice warrior slowly materialized out of thin air. Its body, which was about two zhang tall, held a sword in one hand and a cone in the other, and it looked very imposing.

The two weapons in his hands gleamed with a crystalline white light, radiating an indestructible luster.

As soon as Bai Jingzhan Kui appeared, he flew towards Chen Yanling through the air. Fang Jingxuan only needed to spare a little of his attention to focus on him.
This technique is already comparable to the combat power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The White Crystal Battle Demon is fearless of pain and death. Even if his body is shattered, it can automatically repair itself. Even if he cannot defeat a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he can still play a role in restraining and harassing them.

Although such a high-level puppet can only be maintained for half an hour, it is already enough.

Furthermore, a White Crystal Battle King only requires 150 points of mana essence, which is nothing to Fang Jingxuan.

So Fang Jingxuan simply summoned three white crystal battle beasts at once, and they engaged in a chaotic battle around Chen Yanling, which was anything but lively.

As time went by, the situation on the field also changed.

This battle was undoubtedly the longest. Other battles could be resolved in a quarter of an hour at most, but now, more than half an hour had passed on Fang Jingxuan's side, and judging from the situation, there was no sign of it ending.

At this moment, the figure of the three-legged golden crow had already disappeared. It let out a mournful cry and its body exploded a quarter of an hour after the battle began.

Without the three-legged golden crow restraining him, Tuoyuan once again used his sea-suppressing divine power to protect Fang Jingxuan very well.

Now, Chen Yanling has given up on activating the Sun Wheel Fire Dragon. Instead, she is wielding a fiery red longsword and leaping around, constantly maneuvering against the three enormous white crystal puppets.

Now, even a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator was deathly pale, with sweat pouring out uncontrollably.

She was clearly at her last gasp, but even so, she refused to admit defeat.

Fang Jingxuan, on the other hand, sat comfortably cross-legged on Tuoyuan's back, occasionally picking up a Qi-replenishing pill and putting it in his mouth.

From the very beginning, Chen Yanling had intended to end the battle quickly, so she spared no effort in using her magical power, yet she ended up in this predicament.

Anyone with eyes can see that the Thousand Suns Sect lost this match, but it will be very difficult to get Chen Yanling to admit defeat voluntarily.

As the daughter of the sect leader and a true cultivation genius, she had always had a smooth and successful life, and she could not accept that she had been defeated by Fang Jingxuan, an unknown nobody.

So, after staggering a step, she decided to activate the final forbidden divine power of the Thousand Suns Burning Heaven Technique, 'Ten Suns in the Sky'.

What if you don't have enough magic power? Then burn your essence blood. As long as you can win and get this spirit stone mine for the sect, then the mortal children in the sect can eat a lot more meat.

With this belief, Chen Yanling resolutely launched her attack in the final match.

"Enough, we admit defeat, Ling'er, don't deplete our source!"

Off the field, the sect leader of the Thousand Sun Sect couldn't hold back and directly admitted defeat. However, once he said this, he had to bear the corresponding consequences.

Other Foundation Establishment cultivators fought to the death without retreating, so why did things change when it came to your daughter?
For a moment, the other cultivators of the Thousand Sun Sect all had strange looks in their eyes.

Xiao Yan and Lady Ye were overjoyed; seeing such a scene made their trip truly worthwhile.

After being told off by her father, Chen Yanling immediately lost her courage to fight desperately. Forget it, she decided to wait and see about those ordinary children.

Thinking of this, Chen Yanling glared at Fang Jingxuan resentfully, then staggered off the stage, automatically admitting defeat.

Fang Jingxuan had just opened a bottle of Qi-replenishing pills, but upon seeing this situation, he silently put it away.

Then, he put Tuoyuan into his spirit bag and walked down steadily.

(End of this chapter)