Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Yu Luoning closed her eyes, preparing to rest.

Shi Shangxu was still meditating and adjusting his breathing.

The firelight grew dimmer and dimmer, and a thick fog rose from the forest, slowly spreading and blurring even the shadows of trees in the distance.

Suddenly, a piercing cry for help came from afar. The sound was so loud that it echoed through the forest and lingered for a long time.

The two opened their eyes at the same time.

Yu Luoning reflexively sat up.

"What happened?"

Shi Shangxu had already stopped fighting. He stood up, his eyes darkening. "I'll go take a look."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Shi Shangxu nodded, turned his head, and looked at Yu Luoning's back. "How are you, young lady?"

Actually, those three tiger claw marks were no longer a problem; they just looked serious.

The body tempered by the Desolate Bone Chapter is far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators, and it has almost fully recovered after being treated with medicine.

But now that everything is laid out before us, it would be foolish not to use it.

She lowered her eyes, her voice weak and pitiful, "It still hurts. I'm afraid I'll have to apply the medicine again tonight... Can you help me, young master?"

Shi Shangxu walked ahead of her, his shoulders visibly stiffening.

He paused for a moment, then said, "...Okay."

Yu Luoning curled her lips and followed.

The two continued toward the sound, but the fog grew thicker and thicker, making it almost impossible to see their fingertips.

Yu Luoning had a bad feeling.

With another wave of his hand, Shi Shangxu was nowhere to be seen.

hateful!

She crouched down, took out a weapon from her storage bag, her back tense, and became alert on all sides.

In the mist, four dark figures slowly approached from all directions, growing closer and closer, their footsteps so low they seemed to seep from underground.

The air had a slightly astringent, fishy smell.

Yu Luoning steadied her breathing and quickly calculated in her mind.

The time sequence was separated by mist. This tiger spirit's cultivation was one level higher than hers, so a direct attack was not worthwhile. She should stall for time as much as possible.

Four dark figures pounced at the same time, but Yu Luoning flipped her wrist.

"Drawing a circle around oneself and imprisoning oneself."

"Backlash Seal"

Instantly, both activated simultaneously, and a platinum-gold light suddenly shone, enveloping her and forming a cubic shield.

Four dark figures crashed into the protective barrier, and in the next instant, strange screams rose and fell.

"What? How come the damage is reflecting back to me?"

"This female cultivator is strange!"

Four dark figures retreated in a panic, splitting to the left and right. A huge tiger figure emerged from the depths of the mist; it was the enormous white-browed, slanted-eyed tiger.

It glanced at the disheveled cougars and growled, "A bunch of useless trash."

It stared at Yu Luoning inside the protective shield, licked its lips, and revealed a hint of greed in its eyes: "Take advantage of the fact that the male cultivator hasn't returned yet, and quickly get her out."

Yu Luoning chuckled, "I didn't expect you, you beast, to have some brains, knowing to separate people first."

She glanced around at the surrounding accomplices. "They even hired help. They've probably done quite a few bad things, haven't they?"

The tiger with piercing eyes paced back and forth a few steps, staring at the protective shield and revealing a set of gleaming white teeth: "Little girl, you have quite a few treasures on you. Hand them over obediently, and I might consider sparing your life."

Yu Luoning was too lazy to reply.

The backlash seal can deflect physical attacks, but how long the shield can last depends on her own spiritual power and the opponent's attack.

It wouldn't be easy for the dead tiger to break through the protective barrier, but if it tried to stall for time, she wouldn't be able to hold out for long with her current cultivation level.

She calmed herself down, took out three high-grade spirit stones from her storage bag, and arranged them at her feet to form the array's core. Spiritual power flowed into them continuously, and the protective shield's light stabilized once again.

The Backlash Seal can only reflect physical attacks, making it ineffective against mental spells.

If this tiger spirit changes its fighting style, she'll be in trouble.

Unfortunately, what I feared most came to pass.

The four ghostly figures tilted their heads, and wisps of green smoke rose from their heads.

Yu Luoning frowned, and soon her vision went completely blurred.

My consciousness gradually sank, and when I opened my eyes again, everything around me had changed.

"Hahaha, the illusion created by the vengeful spirit is targeting your deepest fear. I don't believe you won't break down. Once you're mentally broken and defenseless, even the strongest protective shield will be nothing but an empty shell. Just wait and see, little girl, I'm going to devour you alive and make fun of you."

Yu Luoning strained his nerves, trying his best to keep the backlash seal running.

But his mind became increasingly confused.

She's too attached to modern things.

She saw herself lying on a large bed, with rain falling outside the window, the sound of raindrops pattering. The room was dimly lit, and there was a faint scent of perfume in the air, a familiar smell from her home.

Yu Luoning paused for a second, then saw herself pull her phone out from under her pillow without hesitation.

She skillfully opened all the apps on her phone, only to find that her balance was zero. Even worse, all her online shopping orders had been refunded.

"Dear user, due to your credit default, this account has been permanently restricted. You will never be able to order takeout, shop online, watch dramas, or listen to music again. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We wish you a happy life!"

Yu Luoning's eyes widened, and she almost sprang out of bed, screaming at her phone screen.

"You think you're so high and mighty? Why did you ban my account? Why...?"

A powerful surge of spiritual energy erupted from that roar, and Yu Luoning suddenly opened her eyes.

Yu Luoning: "You son of a bitch, you can't dig a grave like this!"

Before the four demonic spirits could react, the impact of their spiritual power blasted them into wisps of smoke. The smoke rapidly receded and entered the primordial spirit of the Hanging-Eyed Tiger.

The tiger's pupils contracted sharply, and he took a half step back, a look of disbelief in his eyes:

"Impossible! This illusion technique of mine is the culmination of my life's work. How could you, with your mere Qi Refining, be unaffected?"

Yu Luoning looked down at it and sneered.

"Because there's no internet, no food delivery, and no shows to watch, this is worse than death."

"So I'm perfectly clear-headed."

Hanging-Eyed Tiger: "..."

What nonsense is she spouting?

The next moment, Yu Luoning pressed her body down, and her knees sprang up like springs.

His body, modified by the Wilderness Body, was as strong as iron, and his punch landed squarely on the tiger's eye socket.

With a loud bang, the tiger was sent tumbling to the ground by the punch.

It struggled to its feet, a look of disbelief in its eyes.

"Yesterday, I was chasing you all over the place. How come you've become so powerful today? Did you eat my Ganoderma lucidum?"

"My Ganoderma lucidum! The blood-red Ganoderma lucidum I've guarded for 300 years!"

If it hadn't been a deliberate act yesterday, would she have needed to be chased all over the forest by a tiger?

However, there's no need to explain these things to it.

The tiger with piercing eyes reacted, its body transforming into a whirlwind as it took off running.

Yu Luoning wasn't about to let it escape. She swung out the Immortal Binding Rope, which instantly wrapped around its limbs, and then followed with her sword.

The next moment, a gust of wind suddenly exploded, and the Immortal Binding Rope was forcibly broken free.

Yu Luoning frowned, used her teleportation technique to appear directly beside it, raised her foot high, and stepped on the tiger's forehead.

boom.

The impact created a large crater in the ground, sending dust and smoke billowing up.

She stood at the edge of the pit, looked down, and tentatively activated the second form of the Wild Bone Chapter.

A desolate aura surged from his palm, its force more than twice as strong as the first move, causing the tiger's body to sink another half inch.

Not bad.

The tiger with piercing eyes climbed out of the pit. It didn't care about its dignity and ran away as fast as it could, its four legs almost leaving afterimages.

How could Yu Luoning let it have its way? She used her teleportation technique, and a purple ring appeared out of thin air along its escape path.

Just like the giant python she used to deal with the cultivators from the Sea Dragon Palace.

However, the tiger was clearly more agile than the giant python. With quick eyes and hands, it suddenly turned its body and perfectly avoided the purple arc.

With a pair of scarlet tiger eyes fixed on Yu Luoning, the tiger spirit thought to itself, "This demoness is quite strange. Although she is a level lower than me, her strength is no less than mine."

It seems the only option is to sacrifice the cougar to hold him off.

The next instant, the piercing tiger's eyes turned, and it exhaled a breath of turbid air. The four ghostly creatures locked in the primordial spirit attacked Yu Luoning.

Yu Luoning dodged and immediately used her teleportation technique to create distance. In the gap between the collisions of the ghosts, she summoned her Phoenix Feather Bow and shot an arrow.

With a bang,

The four ghostly figures were dispersed.

When I turned around again, the tiger spirit had already run more than a hundred meters away.

Yu Luoning remained unmoved. She placed her hands in a mudra, and a huge purple ring appeared in the air, several times larger than the previous one.

This arc connects directly to the Cleaner's Mysterious Lake.

Last time she sent that giant python over, I wonder who won between her and the cleaner.

Now that's great, with another big tiger, the three of them can play cards.

The tiger narrowed its eyes, leaped up again, and easily dodged.

He sneered, "You think you can outmaneuver me with mere spatial manipulation?"

Before the words were even finished, a gigantic mouth suddenly emerged from the ring, its gaping maw snapping shut on it.

Yu Luoning was stunned for a moment.

Her levitation technique can't summon anything.

What is that?