Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

The complete Great Geng Sword Formation, composed of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword infused with Geng Metal, boasts a proven track record of defeating enemies of higher ranks.

Although he didn't know how Qing Yuanzi did it, Mu Yu believed that his self-created Qing Yuan Sword Technique should be no weaker than the original Da Geng Sword Formation.

Therefore, the moment Hanli Shangren chose to turn against him, Mu Yu immediately activated the Qingyuan Sword Formation, which he had been preparing for a long time.

This Azure Origin Sword Formation has been set up for a long time, just waiting for him to turn against it.

"So that's how it is. After breaking through, I felt that something was wrong with these places. It turns out that you secretly set up this sword formation."

"So, this sword formation is what you rely on?"

At this moment, although the unease in Hanli Shangren's heart was growing stronger, the great confidence that came with breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage made him ignore those unusual feelings.

No matter what, how could a Nascent Soul cultivator like him die at the hands of a Spirit Transformation cultivator?

Seeing this, Mu Yu couldn't help but sigh and kindly reminded him:

"You haven't noticed yet? Looks like I overestimated you."

As Mu Yu spoke, Master Hanli suddenly realized that the feeling of being able to control the energy of heaven and earth after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage had disappeared at this moment.

At that moment, Mu Yu's voice rang out again.

"The Nascent Soul stage, although it is the pinnacle of the human realm, is merely the beginning of another stage in the path of cultivation."

"In other places, I might not be able to sever your connection with the external world's energy so easily, but in this place, it's far too easy."

"Don't worry, the power of the Nascent Soul stage is far from that. You probably still retain about 80% of your combat strength."

"I hope you can last a little longer within my Azure Origin Sword Formation."

"Of course, it shouldn't last too long. I don't want someone like you to waste my important trump card right now."

As Mu Yu spoke, countless cyan sword threads appeared in the sword formation and then slashed forward without hesitation.

The phenomenon of sword energy turning into threads was naturally not unfamiliar to Master Hanli, but with so many of them, if he had not yet broken through, Master Hanli would probably only have one way out: death.

But now...

A bright blue flame appeared beside the Cold Li Immortal, and then rushed towards the dense sword threads.

"Sizzle~~~"

The azure sword threads within the Azure Origin Sword Formation were instantly frozen upon touching the Azure Ice Flame in the hand of Master Hanli, transforming into a pale blue block of solid ice.

Clearly, after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, the power of the Azure Ice Flame also received a qualitative leap.

Master Hanli was also somewhat surprised to see this scene.

Clearly, having just broken through, he had not yet fully adapted to his own immense power.

"As expected! The power is still too scattered..."

Mu Yu looked at the frozen blue sword threads, his face showing no emotion, as if he had expected this scene.

The next moment, the sword technique in Mu Yu's hand changed. The cyan sword threads frozen in the solid ice suddenly transformed into an invisible sword aura and were completely consumed.

The remaining cyan sword threads gradually condensed under Mu Yu's control, eventually forming seventy-two cyan-gold Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords within the sword formation.

This sword is a phantom sword shadow composed of pure sword energy, but its attack power and strength far exceed those of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword itself.

But just as the seventy-two cyan-gold Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords were formed, a giant ice dragon claw reached out and grabbed them.

It's unclear what methods Master Hanli used to create this ice dragon, but its strength seems to be no less than that of a true Nascent Soul stage demon beast.

The seventy-two cyan-gold flying swords had barely appeared when the ice dragon crushed more than half of them with a single claw.

But the next moment, a cyan-gold light appeared in another place, revealing the shape of the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword once again.

"The sword spirit has vanished into nothingness!?"

"Impossible! How could such supernatural powers possibly arise in the human realm?"

Upon seeing this scene, Master Hanli's expression changed drastically, and he couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

Mu Yu ignored the other party for the time being. With a flick of his wrist, he unleashed seventy-two cyan-gold sword threads, which simultaneously slashed at the ice dragon summoned by Han Li Shangren.

The specially reinforced cyan-gold sword threads are naturally far superior to the cyan sword threads in both sharpness and strength.

Only now did Mu Yu speak up to explain.

"I will master the art of sword spirit transformation in the future."

"However, those sword shadows composed purely of sword energy should be about the same as sword spirits transforming into nothingness for you."

Master Hanli originally thought that he would be able to easily kill his opponent by summoning such a being, but he did not expect that the ice dragon, which had consumed nearly half of his magic power, could not even break through the opponent's sword formation.

At the same time, Master Hanli also felt his lifespan rapidly slipping away.

If things continue like this, even if I manage to kill the opponent in the end, my lifespan will probably be almost used up.

At this moment, Master Hanli finally understood why those Nascent Soul stage cultivators chose to associate with Mu Yu as equals; they simply couldn't afford to waste their lifespans.

"Fellow Daoists, why don't you quickly lend me a hand and slay this scoundrel!"

"If this sword formation is broken, this person will surely die."

Master Hanli finally couldn't hold back any longer and prepared to pull some strong men to exhaust Mu Yu's energy.

He refused to believe that a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could have more magical power than he did now.

At worst, he could just waste a few hundred years of his lifespan and wear him down. He didn't believe the other party could maintain a sword formation of this level for long.

Upon hearing Hanli Shangren's words, Bai Mengxin and another cultivator from Xiaoji Palace were the first to take action.

But as soon as they made a move, Han Li blocked them completely, and they had no way to lend a helping hand.

Seeing that Han Li's combat power was also so extraordinary, the old woman watching the battle and the old monk nearby exchanged a few words and joined in, and the four of them attacked Han Li together.

With Han Li's strength, dealing with these people of the same level is naturally not a problem.

Not to mention, Nangong Wan had already noticed the commotion and was on her way.

Therefore, after only a quick glance, Mu Yu focused all her attention on Master Hanli.

Within the Azure Origin Sword Formation, the battle between Mu Yu and Master Hanli had reached a fever pitch.

The combat power of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator is indeed incomparable to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Even if Mu Yu used the Azure Origin Sword Formation to isolate some of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he still could not kill the opponent in a short time.

Although those seventy-two cyan-gold sword threads were very strong, they were only very strong; they were simply not capable of killing the enemy.

After a moment's hesitation, Mu Yu released the Azure Origin Sword Pellet.

A cyan sword pellet appeared in the formation, instantly increasing its power by about 30%.

It can be said that Mu Yu's Qingyuan Sword Technique was only truly complete after incorporating the Qingyuan Sword Pill.

But why doesn't Mu Yu like to do this?

Naturally, it's because they're worried about the Azure Origin Sword Pill being damaged...

Unlike the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, which is its offspring, Mu Yu's true natal magic weapon is actually this inconspicuous sword pellet.

The massive amount of sword energy stored within could, once released, increase Mu Yu's strength several times over.

Mu Yu would only use the Azure Origin Sword Pill when he was absolutely certain that he could kill his opponent instantly.

Now, it is the first time that Mu Yu has used his true natal magic weapon in battle.

"To be honest, I may not be suited to be a sword cultivator, because I have never had the kind of fearless and unwavering personality that sword cultivators possess."

"Logically speaking, someone with my talent should have the personality of a reckless person, but I always prefer to be fully prepared before I take action."

"Perhaps this is why I have never been able to comprehend the true meaning of sword energy transforming into silk."

"But unfortunately, even knowing this, I have no intention of changing it."

"However, indulging in a little bit of capriciousness once in a while shouldn't be a big problem."

As Mu Yu spoke, the sword pellet placed inside the Qingyuan Sword Formation began to release sword energy and merge into the Qingyuan Sword Formation.

The sword energy seemed endless, pouring into the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

Soon, Mu Yu actually felt the limits of what he could control.

It should be noted that Mu Yu's spiritual sense is now not much weaker than that of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, yet he still feels pressure when controlling the Azure Origin Sword Formation in this state.

"It seems... this move is more powerful than I expected."

Master Hanli couldn't understand what Mu Yu was muttering, but he could clearly sense the sword energy within the Qingyuan Sword Formation.

At this moment, Master Hanli suddenly had a strange feeling that he was not fighting against one person, but facing a super formation composed of all the members of the sword cultivator sect.

A hint of regret flashed in his eyes, but at this moment, Master Hanli had no other choice.

Hanli Shangren took out another Qianlan Cauldron from his storage bag and spat out a mouthful of blood essence onto it, clearly preparing to fight to the death.

At the same time, a blue flying sword, carrying the essence blood spat out by the Cold Li Immortal, emitted a very agile sword cry.

Almost simultaneously, the two launched their attack.

Unlike Mu Yu's grand and imposing scene, the blue flying sword driven by Han Li Shangren simply transformed into a giant sword and slashed down.

The cyan-gold sword threads transformed into a giant net, directly encircling them.

But to Mu Yu's surprise, the sword pressure released by the blue giant sword actually suppressed the cyan-gold sword net.

Clearly, this is the phenomenon resulting from the difference in levels of understanding.

Killing enemies of a higher level is not easy, even with the use of a sword formation.

But since Qing Yuanzi could kill enemies of higher ranks using only his sword formation, he himself could do the same.

The sword technique in his hand changed again. The Azure Origin Sword Pellet, which was the main body of the sword formation, no longer released sword energy outwards, but began to absorb the power in the sword formation.

This time, the absorbed sword energy wasn't stored away; instead, it formed a cyan sword shadow on the Azure Origin Sword Pill.

Clearly, this is Mu Yu replicating the scene when he instantly killed Qian Laomo.

Although not much of Hanli Shangren's magic power had been used up yet, Mu Yu could no longer wait.

If this move still cannot kill or severely injure the opponent, then Mu Yu will have no choice but to unleash his spiritual treasure and break the deadlock with pure power.

With the power of Mu Yu now that he has cultivated the second level of the Tongbao Technique, he is capable of drowning a Nascent Soul cultivator with the power of a spiritual treasure.

Therefore, Mu Yu didn't actually feel any sense of urgency.

Soon, the soybean-sized Azure Origin Sword Pill was enveloped in a layer of power from the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

"go!"

With a clear shout from Mu Yu, the Azure Origin Sword Pellet transformed into an almost imperceptible thread and headed straight for Master Hanli.

This attack, if it were aimed at a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, could instantly kill them.

However, since Master Hanli was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was still able to react in this situation.

But that's all they were able to do was react.

The blue giant sword, under the control of Master Hanli, slashed towards the faint cyan sword thread.

The next moment, as easily as cutting tofu, the blue greatsword was smoothly split in two, completely losing all its spiritual light.

The giant blue sword, which was over ten feet long, vanished in an instant, turning into specks of spiritual light, leaving only two small sword fragments, each only an inch in size, falling from the sky.

After severing the blue giant sword, the pale blue sword threads formed from the Azure Origin Sword Pellet continued their attack, successively slaying the ice dragon, the Qianlan Cauldron, and... the Hanli Venerable hiding behind the Qianlan Cauldron.

Under normal circumstances, even if Master Hanli couldn't stop it, he would still be able to dodge it with his speed at the Nascent Soul stage.

But the blue giant sword that Mu Yu had just cut down was Han Li Shangren's natal magic weapon.

Here, Master Hanli had just suffered the backlash from the destruction of his natal magic weapon when the sword threads formed from the Azure Origin Sword Pellet slashed directly at him.

The timing was perfect; even Mu Yu herself hadn't expected it to go so smoothly.

If it were any earlier or any later, it wouldn't have achieved this level of instant kill effect.

Hanli Shangren offered virtually no resistance before Mu Yu severed his head.

The next moment, the pale blue sword thread pierced into the dantian of the Cold Li Master, attempting to find his nascent soul.

During the Nascent Soul stage, one has the ability to temporarily transform the nascent soul into nothingness and briefly integrate it into the physical body.

However, this does not mean that the nascent soul can still be hidden after the physical body is damaged.

"You bastard...prepare to die!!!"

The nascent soul of the Cold Li Immortal suddenly burst out from his head and descended to Mu Yu's side in the next moment.

Mu Yu was truly surprised that Master Hanli would habitually hide his nascent soul inside his head. Could it be that he was always ready for his nascent soul to leave his body?

With his Nascent Soul teleportation ability activated by someone at the Nascent Soul stage, Mu Yu had no time to react at all.

But... he didn't need to react at all.

The Nascent Soul of Master Hanli rushed over and crashed straight into the barrier formed by the Azure Origin Sword Pill.

The immense power actually created a large crack in the barrier formed by the Azure Origin Sword Formation, as if it would shatter at any moment.

But before the shattering, came the backlash from the sword energy within the barrier.

"That's going to hurt a lot!"

"You should...start using your brain."

"As the one controlling the sword formation, why do you assume I will also appear within it?"

A normal Great Geng Sword Formation is made up of sword threads and does not have a sword energy barrier to prevent the enemy from escaping.

However, Mu Yu's Azure Origin Sword Formation was enhanced by something that seemed to have no effect.

Even though Mu Yu channeled all the power of the entire sword formation into the Azure Origin Sword Pill, he still did not use the sword energy that formed the barrier of the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

Indeed, this design is very necessary.

Mu Yu never expected that a tactic merely intended to prevent the enemy from escaping would play such a decisive role at this crucial moment.

This barrier, modeled after the protective sword shield in the Qingyuan Sword Technique, naturally inherits the sword energy backlash capability of the protective sword formation.

The Nascent Soul of Master Hanli had already suffered considerable damage from colliding with the Azure Origin Sword Shield, and the damage caused by the backlash of the sword energy was now adding insult to injury.

Before the Mahayana stage, the Nascent Soul is an extremely fragile existence that must rely on a physical body to exist better.

However, Hanli Shangren's nascent soul has now suffered extensive damage on its own.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage would find it impossible to withstand such damage in a short time.

The sword threads formed from the hastily arriving Qingyuan Sword Pill did not deliver a fatal blow to Master Hanli at this moment. Instead, they released a large amount of evil-repelling divine lightning, which transformed into chains and pierced through Master Hanli's nascent soul.

For an ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivator, simply binding it with Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning is sufficient. However, this is the Nascent Soul of a Deity Transformation stage cultivator, so thorough measures must be taken.

As the golden chains formed by the exorcising divine thunder pierced into the nascent soul of the Cold Li Immortal, this cultivator, who had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, was left with no power to resist.

A hint of despair flashed in his eyes. Hanli Shangren never imagined that he would die on the very first day after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

If he were given another chance, he would never provoke someone like Mu Yu.

But no matter how much regret and remorse Hanli Shangren felt at this moment, it was all in vain. The moment his nascent soul was pierced by the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder Chains, he couldn't even utter a sound of begging for mercy.

After releasing a full third of the accumulated warding-off divine lightning, Mu Yu finally felt relieved and placed it into a jade box, affixing a large number of restrictive talismans.

Even so, Mu Yu did not dare to put it in his storage bag, but instead placed it in the Black Wind Flag to suppress the opponent with the power of the spiritual treasure.

In this way, even if someone in the Nascent Soul stage has something special about them, and they break free from the restrictions of the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, there is still the power of the spiritual treasure to suppress them.

This Nascent Soul at the Nascent Soul stage is probably something Mu Yu will only dare to use after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

However, this Nascent Soul stage physical body doesn't need to wait that long.

But should it be trained into a puppet, or a corpse?

But regardless of the type, it's estimated that they only have combat power at the Nascent Soul stage. It's unrealistic to expect them to replicate combat power at the Divine Transformation stage.

Mu Yu actually doesn't lack combat power at the Nascent Soul stage.