Transmigrating to the Qi Cultivation Path, I became an outdated Foundation Establishment cultivator.

With the blessing of the gentle ripples, the memories were stretched to an extremely slow pace in the sea of ​​consciousness, allowing He Sheng to fully recreate the scene at that time and observe it from the most minute details.

then,

The sword-wielding youth suddenly descended from the sky, but did not immediately attack. Instead, he said:

"This mere country bumpkin dares to be so arrogant; he truly doesn't know his own limitations!"

After he finished speaking, he pointed a finger from several dozen feet away, and then a streak of cyan sword light pierced through the air and attacked Piao Ge.

Although all of this happened in a short time, Piao Ge, who was experienced in combat, had already put up three layers of protection.

First, he summoned a shield-like magical artifact to protect himself.

He then used the Water Armor Technique to condense a light blue light armor on his body;

Finally, he took out a second-tier high-grade defensive talisman, the Golden Bell Talisman, and placed it on his palm.

When the cyan sword light struck, Piao Ge immediately sensed something was wrong, but because the sword light came too fast, there was no time to dodge. He immediately activated the Golden Bell Talisman in his hand.

What followed was that the sword light pierced through Piao Ge's shield artifact in a single strike.

He Sheng observed the scene repeatedly and discovered that although the sword light was extremely powerful, it actually faded a lot after it pierced through the top-grade defensive magic weapon, the Rock Shield, that Piao Ge had summoned.

In other words, the power of the sword light has diminished considerably at this point!

Although Piao Ge was greatly alarmed, his response was flawless.

After activating the Golden Bell Talisman in advance, a second-tier high-grade defensive talisman instantly formed a protective golden light around him.

Logically, the sword light, whose power had already diminished considerably, would be further weakened upon colliding with the protective golden light.

But then something strange happened!

The cyan sword light instantly pierced through the protective golden light.

The Golden Bell Talisman, a mid-grade second-tier item, failed to weaken the sword light in the slightest, as if it were a counterfeit product.

Not only that, the cyan sword light then instantly pierced through the light blue light armor that Piao Ge had condensed on his body.

The Water Armor Technique was equally ineffective against the sword light, failing to diminish its power in the slightest.

In other words, of the three protective measures, only the Rock Shield is effective.

Next, naturally, Piao Ge's heart meridian was shattered by this sword light.

"Brother Piao is by no means a bad cook, and his response was not wrong either."

In the end, he was killed instantly by the sword-wielding youth. The key was that the sword light ignored the two layers of protection: the Golden Bell Talisman and the Water Armor Technique.

Otherwise, he would never have been so pathetically killed in a single blow.

He Sheng repeatedly observed his memories and couldn't help but think of a certain game setting from before he traveled through time, and came to a bold conclusion!

"Could it be... that cyan sword light has the effect of ignoring magical defenses?!"

Both the Golden Bell Talisman and the Water Armor Technique are purely protective measures formed by magical power. The biggest difference between them and the Rock Shield is that magical artifacts have a physical form.

The cyan sword light pierced through the solid stone shield, even causing some damage to this top-grade defensive magic artifact.

However, the magical protection generated by the Golden Bell Talisman and the Water Armor Technique remained intact, while the azure sword light ignored it and passed right through.

Therefore... only this explanation makes sense!

The reason Piao Ge mistakenly thought the other party was a Core Formation cultivator was that he didn't have time to carefully distinguish them.

He assumed that the cyan sword light had broken through his three layers of protection in one fell swoop, and thought that the other party had completely overwhelmed him, thus suspecting that the other party was a Core Formation cultivator.

Ignoring magical defenses...

He Sheng was quite shocked by his own deduction. He originally thought his "Rippling Intent" was powerful enough, but he didn't expect to encounter a pure mechanical monster.

"It seems that cultivation in this world is far more complex and mysterious than I anticipated."

As we all know, numerical monsters are not as good as mechanical monsters.

"It's like in the game King of Glory, no matter how strong the primitive man is, can he defeat the Trisolarans?"

In the end, they still get shown off everywhere.

Therefore, to deal with the mechanics-based monsters, you must first become the mechanics-based monster yourself; this is a consensus.

The question is, how does one become one?

He Sheng examined his current situation and realized that only Wei Lan Yi Jing might be able to go further and become the core of the mechanism.

"Therefore, I still need to invest a lot of time in cultivating the 'Clear Wave Water Control Technique,' but the question is, where will I get the time?"

He Sheng only has a little over two months of cultivation time left, which is of little use to the already mastered "Qinglan Water Control Technique".

He turned his gaze to the water clock in his palm, first locking onto the only remaining spell, "Clear Waves Nourishing All Things Technique".

"This spell is a high-level spell that can only be practiced after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. It's more like a complementary skill to the Spirit Plant Cultivation path, promoting the growth of spirit plants and shortening their maturation cycle to some extent."

The spell is a good spell, but it's completely useless against core combat forces.

He Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately reset it to zero.

[Current available total training time: Nine months and one day]

"This isn't enough time, but let's try."

Holding onto a sliver of hope, He Sheng focused his mind on the plus sign of the Qinglan Water Control Technique, his eyes revealing cultivation information.

[After nine months of arduous training, your Clear Water Control Technique has made some progress, but you also feel that cultivating this technique to the level of mastery is not easy.]

There was only one sentence, and nothing else.

He Sheng didn't even feel any obvious changes in his "Qinglan Water Control Technique", let alone anything else.

【Clear Water Control Technique (Masterful): 308/1000】

(Total cultivation time: ten years, six months, and twenty-nine days)

However, according to the information displayed by the water droplets, the improvement in proficiency with the Qinglan Water Control Technique is still quite significant.

"If you calculate carefully, you can increase your proficiency by about 22 points in a month."

In other words, it will take approximately thirty-two more months to elevate the "Clear Wave Water Control Technique" to a state of unparalleled perfection.

He Sheng glanced at the increasingly concise information displayed on the water clock; there was nowhere left to exploit for cultivation time.

"The 'Clear Wave Water Element Technique' must not be touched. This is a cultivation method; regressing could cause a drop in one's cultivation level."

Having made a breakthrough previously, He Sheng also knew that for cultivators, the greatest source of combat power was first and foremost the improvement of their cultivation level.

Not to mention, what if his cultivation level drops, wouldn't that cause other problems?

For example, damage to the dantian or spiritual sea? Reversal of magical power? Twitching of meridians, etc.

These were all things that Piao Ge remembered about the damage and even aftereffects of falling from a certain realm, so He Sheng naturally dared not try them in the current situation.

"Then we have no choice but to revert to the original formation techniques!"

Among the myriad arts of cultivation, the art of formations is a skill that can greatly enhance a cultivator's combat power.

However, the art of formations has always been profound and requires a great deal of time to study. Those who can become masters of formations are all exceptionally talented and have devoted a great deal of effort to it.

Just like Piao Ge's master of array formations, Li Daoyun, who was still holding an array plate when he passed away several years ago.

"The formation is excellent, and Brother Piao has invested a considerable amount of time in it. Unfortunately, the improvement a first-tier high-grade formation master can provide to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator's combat power is negligible."

In short, kill them first, extract some cultivation time, and then we can add it back later anyway.

He Sheng focused his mind on the minus sign after the array technique.

Swah...

The total practice time for array formation techniques decreased rapidly, but He Sheng soon realized something was wrong.

"stop!"

With a thought, He Sheng stopped the rewind process and looked at the top row of water droplets.

【art】:

[Tier 1 Mid-Grade Array Master: 2000/2000]

(Total practice time: 6 years, 10 months and 5 days)

He Sheng regressed his array formation skills to the level of near-perfect mid-grade first rank, reducing his total training time by 747 days. However, the total available training time that had been reduced to zero was more than 747 days more!

[Current available total training time: 4 years, 1 month, 3 days]

The restored general cultivation time has more than doubled, reaching a staggering 1494 days!

What's going on?!