Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Zhang Yan hadn't expected to have a winning percentage against so many opponents.

However, this was just his guess.

The actual situation is still unclear, after all, the other side also has a demon beast at the pseudo-core stage.

The False Core Stage was something he had never encountered before.

However, if he is only at the False Core stage, he probably hasn't mastered the Daoist principles yet.

Daoist charm is something only those at the Golden Core stage possess.

The pseudo-core stage may simply mean that one has mastered some of the magical power of the Golden Core stage.

Thinking about this, he felt more confident again.

"Wind and Thunder." Zhang Yan patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

Suddenly, wind and thunder burst forth from within.

However, as soon as it came out, Zhang Yan concealed its aura.

Otherwise, it would be discovered as soon as it appears.

"You, with the Soul-Devouring Insects, can you help me deal with the ordinary demonic beasts?" Zhang Yan asked Feng Lei, stroking its head.

"Hissssss~"

The wind and thunder cannot speak, but they keep sticking out their tongues, the meaning of which is self-evident.

It really looked down on those ordinary mice, and even felt that Zhang Yan was doubting its abilities.

Zhang Yan simply smiled at this.

Feng Lei, as expected of a dragon, may not be strong, but he's certainly bold...

"In that case, I'll leave these ordinary demonic beasts to you." After saying that, Zhang Yan gently released a wisp of magical energy.

With the release of magical energy fluctuations.

The rats that had been gathered together immediately looked up and headed in the direction of Zhang Yan.

In an instant, countless bloodshot eyes stared straight at them.

It made Zhang Yan's scalp tingle.

Fortunately, it doesn't have trypophobia, otherwise, just this one image would kill it.

With Zhang Yan exposed, all the rats in the entire nest rioted.

Especially that Rat King.

As it looked up, two beams of light shot out from its eyes.

It seems they want Zhang Yan dead.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan reacted quickly enough.

With a slight dodge, he avoided the opponent's attack.

Even so, the enemy's attack, landing on the tunnel, directly pierced through two bottomless openings.

"Such powerful force..."

Seeing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

As expected of a cultivator at the Pseudo-Core stage, their attack power is indeed strong.

This is something that ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators simply cannot handle.

Fortunately, he wasn't just an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.

With that in mind, he stopped hiding his figure and released more than 180 flying swords.

These flying swords are colorful, and thirty-six of them can form a small sword formation.

Then, the 180 swords can be combined to form the Five Elements Heavenly Gang Sword Formation.

The power is very huge.

Some of the rushing rats were killed by the sword formation before they could even react.

Large amounts of flesh and blood fell from the sky and landed in the rats' nest.

Immediately afterwards, something happened that Zhang Yan couldn't see or understand.

The rats began to devour the flesh and blood on the ground, completely disregarding the fact that it was their former companions.

"A beast is a beast." Seeing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Squeak squeak!"

At this moment, the Rat King, sitting on his throne, spoke softly.

As the Rat King's voice rang out, the rats that had been devouring flesh and blood immediately looked up at Zhang Yan, their bloodthirsty eyes filled with madness.

"Go."

Zhang Yan gently patted the wind and thunder.

"Sigh~"

Feng Lei nodded, and without hesitation, he took the lead and rushed into the rat's nest.

have to say.

Feng Lei is truly brave.

They were not afraid at all when faced with hundreds of enemies.

Actually, this is quite normal.

No matter what, it is a dragon.

The dragon is inherently evil, with ferocity in its very bones, and in addition, it is born with scales.

It is very difficult for a normal monster to break through its scales.

These rats may appear to be of the same level as it, but in reality, their attacks are like scratching an itch.

It basically doesn't work.

As for how Feng Lei dealt with these rats, it was simply torture.

With a single sweep of its tail, the immense force can kill several animals.

With a single gulp, its dragon-like might emanates from it, causing any rats that get too close to tremble involuntarily and obediently let the wind and thunder devour them.

It can be said to be a natural counter.

"Squeak~"

Seeing this, a rat in the Foundation Establishment stage couldn't resist and wanted to get rid of Feng Lei.

However, Zhang Yan didn't even need to lift a finger; his Soul-Devouring Insects simply approached these rats.

Although the rat was a Foundation Establishment stage rat, the Soul Devouring Insect was not afraid at all, and even made joyful sounds.

Faced with the rat's magic, the Soul-Devouring Insects swarmed forward and devoured it completely, leaving not a trace behind.

This is the Soul-Eating Insect, which can devour other people's spiritual power.

Even if the opponent's spiritual power has been formed into a spell, it can still be devoured.

"Squeak~"

Seeing this, the Rat King, who was originally sitting on the throne, could no longer sit still. It shook its body, and its golden body fell off the throne. It opened its mouth, revealing huge incisors, and looked at Zhang Yan.

It is quite intelligent.

Being able to distinguish who the core leader is.

"Come on, let's have a spar." Seeing the Rat King's actions, Zhang Yan smiled slightly, intending to practice with him.

Zhang Yan took a deep breath, then opened his mouth and blew, unleashing his magical power. A blazing flame appeared out of thin air and was blown towards the Rat King.

"Squeak squeak squeak~" Facing these flames, the Rat King's eyes, no bigger than mung beans, revealed a disdainful expression. Without making any move, the flames that drifted towards it simply went out on their own.

"This is interesting." Faced with this situation, Zhang Yan was also discouraged. After all, no matter what, the other party was a great demon in the pseudo-core stage.

It would be problematic if he could take care of it so easily.

"Squeak~"

The Rat King let out a strange cry, and then its entire body transformed into a golden light, rushing towards Zhang Yan with such speed that it caught everyone off guard.

Faced with the Rat King's attack, Zhang Yan dared not be careless at all. He immediately clapped his hands and used a series of defensive divine abilities.

With seven or eight defensive spells in a row, plus a magical barrier, the Rat King didn't hold back and charged straight at them.

"Boom boom boom boom"

It must be said that this Rat King truly lives up to its reputation as a powerful demon at the Pseudo-Core Formation stage.

Zhang Yan's defensive divine abilities were enough to withstand attacks from a peak Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, but against the Rat King, they were easily shattered like glass.

But the good thing is.

Zhang Yan doesn't have many other skills, but he has a lot of magical abilities.

If the quality is insufficient, make up for it with quantity.

The more the other party bumped into him, the more he increased his speed.

After the opponent broke through twelve defensive divine abilities in a row, he finally stopped and looked at Zhang Yan with stars in his eyes.

Zhang Yan clearly saw the astonishment in the other person's eyes, as if they didn't understand why Zhang Yan, a mere mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, could possess so many defensive spells.

It hit its head and it hurt.

They still haven't completely broken through Zhang Yan's divine abilities.

"It's okay, no rush, take your time, I have plenty more here." Seeing the other animal shaking its head repeatedly, Zhang Yan thought it might be a little dazed from the impact.

"It seems I was right. The opponent is merely a powerful demon with the magic power of the Golden Core stage, but has not mastered the Dao. If that's the case, then my chances of winning are still quite high." After observing for a while, Zhang Yan had some guesses in his mind.

This rat, called the Golden-haired Rat, is not actually a rare monster. In fact, it can be found in almost any spirit stone mine.

Because these rats are very sensitive to spiritual energy, they are often able to discover spirit stone mines.

Some people even specialize in finding golden rats to determine if a place has a spirit stone vein. However, normally, a typical golden rat only has the cultivation level of the Qi Refining stage.

There are very few cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Somehow, these golden rats here have so many Foundation Establishment cultivators, and there's even a pseudo-Core Formation stage demon beast.

This is very abnormal.

In Zhang Yan's guess, they must have encountered something and gained some good fortune. Otherwise, it would be an insurmountable barrier for the golden-haired rats to achieve Foundation Establishment, let alone to achieve Pseudo-Core Formation.

"I don't know what kind of opportunity it is, but it hasn't left any behind yet." Zhang Yan felt a surge of excitement. With a wave of his hand, a large number of flying swords flew out from his sleeves and then enveloped the Golden-haired Rat King.

"Squeak!"

Facing Zhang Yan's flying sword.

The golden-haired rat king was not afraid at all, and even opened its mouth to bite.

Its pair of long, dagger-like incisors held their own against Zhang Yan's top-grade spiritual weapon, and even left slight scratches on his flying sword.

"Damn it, what is this thing?!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yan was somewhat shocked; this was a top-grade spiritual artifact.

How could the opponent leave a mark on a top-grade spiritual artifact using only a pair of front teeth?

can only say……

That's really too strong.

“This is quite a treasure.” Zhang Yan smiled when he saw the other person’s buck teeth.

"Five Elements Celestial Sword Formation!"

Zhang Yan gave a low shout, and the 180 flying swords immediately began to move rhythmically, forming a huge sword formation, which then suppressed the Golden-haired Rat King.

The sword energy is like the wind, formless and shapeless!
The sword energy was as cold as frost, chilling to the bone!
Countless sword energies, fierce and powerful, sharp as a prison, sliced ​​through everything in the world.

"Shhhhh!"

Zhang Yan's sword formation unleashed a storm of sword energy, slicing down towards the Golden-haired Rat King.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" Faced with Zhang Yan's sword formation, the golden-haired rat king's eyes also showed a look of fear. It didn't understand.

I really can't figure it out.

Isn't the opponent only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage?
Why does it have such powerful attack power!
It couldn't even understand why Zhang Yan could control so many flying swords.

Moreover, they are all top-grade spiritual artifacts.

How much magic power would it take to support these flying swords!

Although he had many doubts in his mind, Zhang Yan could not tell them.

It could only unleash its own magical power in an attempt to withstand these attacks.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

Countless flying swords and sword energy directly engulfed the Golden Rat King, and not only the Golden Rat King, but also the surrounding Golden Rat Kings were affected.

Zhang Yan didn't even target them.

The aftershocks of the sword energy alone killed countless golden rats.

The most unlucky one was a golden rat in the Foundation Establishment stage. Despite being in the Foundation Establishment stage, he was still accidentally hit by Zhang Yan's sword energy.

He was instantly cleaved in two by the sword energy, his body split in two.

"Sigh~"

Upon seeing this, Feng Lei's eyes widened involuntarily.

My master is indeed a bit fierce.

"Something's not right." Zhang Yan's sword aura storm lasted for more than a dozen breaths before he suddenly realized something was amiss. This golden-haired rat king was still alive.

"Disperse!"

Zhang Yan spoke softly, and immediately the flying swords scattered in all directions, revealing the Golden-haired Rat King inside.

At this moment.

The Golden Rat King looked rather pitiful, its entire body covered in sword wounds, and its once shiny golden fur was now cut into pieces.

But even so, it is still alive.

A glint of shrewdness, unlike that of a demon beast, shone in its small eyes.

"Is this why you survived?" Zhang Yan looked up at the head of the Golden Rat King, where there was a not-so-round golden bead.

The bead spun continuously on its head, bathed in a pale golden light that protected its vitals.

"This is……

Golden Elixir.

Upon sensing the magical fluctuations emanating from the bead, Zhang Yan's expression changed.

I found out about it immediately.

This is clearly the Golden Core!
Moreover, what surprised Zhang Yan the most was that it wasn't from a demon beast.

Rather, it is the golden elixir belonging to humankind.

In other words, this Golden-haired Rat King must have obtained its Golden Core from a human cultivator at the Golden Core stage.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan's eyes turned fervent.

Since the opponent's golden core was left behind, what about their magic weapon?

Did you stay as well?

If the opponent's magic weapon can be left behind, what are the inscriptions on the magic weapon?
At that moment, Zhang Yan felt a surge of joy rush to his brain.

If he could obtain a magical artifact, the benefits would be immense for him.

"Let's deal with this Golden Rat King first, then we can think about the treasure." Forcibly suppressing his joy, Zhang Yan's expression became even more serious.

Since the opponent has revealed this golden core, it means that they are going to fight to the death.

as predicted.

A ruthless glint appeared in the Golden Rat King's eyes. It actually activated its Golden Core and attacked Zhang Yan.

The Golden Elixir is extremely fast and hard in texture. Once activated, its power is no less than that of a magic weapon.

In fact, this applies to all Golden Core stage cultivators.

Their final resort is the Golden Elixir.

Because the Golden Core is formed from the magical power of all cultivators, it is not only extremely hard in texture, but also contains enormous magical power.

It can self-destruct.

Moreover, once it self-destructs, even those of the same level will find it difficult to survive.

However, it seems that this golden-haired rat king is not going to self-destruct his golden core, but rather wants to use it to suppress and kill Zhang Yan.

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me for being impolite." Facing this golden pill, Zhang Yan took a deep breath without hesitation and then released the talisman in his hand.

"Lightning-summoning talisman!"

This was a talisman that Lei Kunhai gave him back then.

Once released, it can unleash lightning, with power equivalent to an attack from a Golden Core cultivator.

However, normally speaking, it is impossible to fight against a Golden Core cultivator using talismans.

Unfortunately, the other party wasn't a normal Golden Core cultivator either; it was just a fake one.

As the talisman was activated, a bolt of lightning as thick as a palm struck the golden-haired rat king directly on the head.

"boom!"

The golden-haired rat king didn't even have time to react before his vision went black and he died instantly.

They didn't even release a single defense.

This can be seen.

When the opponent unleashed their Golden Core attack, it was already at the end of their brute force.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be unable to cast even a single defensive spell.

Having just dealt with the Golden Rat King, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, only to suddenly realize that something was amiss.

Even though the Golden-haired Rat King is dead, the opponent's golden core is still rushing towards him.

"Damn it, this is an explosion!" Zhang Yan's expression changed, and then he retreated rapidly.

They wanted to avoid the golden elixir.

However, it was too late at this point. The golden core pierced through all of Zhang Yan's defenses and rushed straight towards his body.

"Boom~"

A soft sound.

The golden elixir did not explode; instead, it entered Zhang Yan's body directly.

Immediately afterwards, he felt a darkness before his eyes and found himself in his own Purple Mansion.

"how so!"

now.

Within his dantian, a tattered human phantom looked around in disbelief.

The human figure appeared to be in his fifties, but at this moment, his face was filled with fear.

"This is……

Possession?

At this moment, Zhang Yan also realized what was happening.

I never expected to encounter the legendary body-snatching.

The golden-haired rat king must have been possessed by the human phantom in front of him once, but he didn't expect that the other party would want to possess him and then control the golden core to enter his body.

Now, it all rushed into his Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness.

The illusory figure initially thought that with its Golden Core stage cultivation, possessing Zhang Yan's body would be a piece of cake.
However, once I actually got inside him, I realized...

Something's not right!

How can the other party's sea of ​​consciousness be so solid?
So big?
There are so many more supernatural stars?
In particular, how come there are supernatural powers among these stars that specifically target the soul?
At that moment, the remnant soul in the Golden Core stage went completely numb!
"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist, spare my life! Spare my life, and I'll be your slave!" This remnant soul gave up on trying to possess Zhang Yan without even attempting it.

No, it wasn't done.

The gap is too big.

This is the opponent's home turf, and the opponent's spiritual strength is much higher than he imagined.

It's simply not something he can possess in his current state.

Perhaps, he could give it a try in his prime.

but now?
If one were to forcibly seize another's body, they would certainly be suppressed by the other's supernatural power, the Starry Sky.

"If only you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?" Seeing the other party's plea for mercy, Zhang Yan's mind stirred, and then a huge face made of stars appeared in the sky, coldly looking down at the afterimage.

"you……"

“Who are you anyway?

"Thirty-six supernatural powers for foundation building, can you comprehend so many Daoist principles?"

Upon seeing Zhang Yan's face, the afterimage continued to mutter to itself.

He looked at Zhang Yan with disbelief, as if he had encountered something incomprehensible.

"Whether I can comprehend so much Daoist wisdom is none of your business. Dead people don't need to know so much," Zhang Yan said with a slight smile.

The afterimage's expression suddenly changed: "You want to kill me?"

"I am a Golden Core cultivator! If you dare to lay a hand on me, I will self-destruct my soul and Golden Core, and perish together with you!"

The afterimage spoke to the driver with a sinister expression.

It really looked like they wanted to take him down with them.

"Will we perish together?"
"Are you worthy?" Zhang Yan sneered, and then a large hand reached down from the sky to grab the afterimage.

The large hand is not fast.

But the afterimage seemed to have nowhere to hide.

"damn it!"

"You forced me to do this, we'll die together!" After saying this, the afterimage was about to detonate its own divine soul and golden core.

however.

Before he could detonate it.

Within Zhang Yan's sea of ​​consciousness, chains appeared, locking it in place. Then, with a snap of his hand, the remnant soul phantom was instantly crushed into countless tiny sparks.

Nothing is left.

A golden elixir has thus fallen.

……

"Whoo~"

in the dark.

Zhang Yan opened his eyes, a hint of joy on his face.

He never expected that this Golden Core cultivator would be so foolish as to rush into his body and try to possess him.

You should know that he is different from ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

His soul was already quite powerful, and with the addition of the Enlightenment Tea Tree and various other things that nourished his soul, he consumed quite a bit.

This made his soul much stronger than that of a normal cultivator.

Moreover, because he had established his foundation with thirty-six magical techniques, his Purple Mansion contained thirty-six divine star formations, making it many times stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

It can be said that his true home turf is inside the Purple Mansion.

If this guy relied on his own Golden Core, he might be able to put up a fight with Zhang Yan.

At the very least, we can achieve a draw.

It is even highly likely that Zhang Yan fled in disarray.

But unfortunately, he actually tried to possess Zhang Yan's body, and now he's backfired.

Now Zhang Yan has shattered his soul.

"Although it was dangerous, the gains this time were indeed considerable." Thinking of this, Zhang Yan closed his eyes and looked at his dantian.

At this very moment, within his dantian, on the foundation of the Great Dao, a not-so-round golden core was spinning incessantly.

However, with each rotation, pure magical power would fall from the golden core into his foundation of the Great Dao, and then be absorbed by the cauldron above.

Then it is converted into his magic power.

The mana of a Golden Core cultivator is pure and abundant, requiring almost no refining to directly become Zhang Yan's cultivation level. With the help of this Golden Core, Zhang Yan felt that he would soon be able to enter the late Foundation Establishment stage.

However, normally no one would use a golden core to increase their cultivation level.

after all……,

This is far too extravagant.

It's something that ordinary people can't even consider.

Moreover, unless the owner of the Golden Core is willing, even if you obtain someone else's Golden Core, refining it will not be as easy as it was for them.

"Besides this thing, there are also magical artifacts!" Suddenly, Zhang Yan thought of something else.

When that Golden Core cultivator tried to possess him, he crushed the other party to death, but gained some of the other party's memories.

Unfortunately, the memories obtained were not comprehensive.

However, even so, he managed to find out where the other party's magic weapon was located.

I glanced at the rat nest.

At this moment, the wind and thunder, along with the spirit-devouring insects, continued their slaughter.

The poor golden rats were trapped inside the mine, with nowhere to run, and could only be slaughtered to death.

"Too slow." Zhang Yan sighed, waved his hand, and released his flying sword to help kill these two good-for-nothings faster.

With Zhang Yan's help, it didn't take long at all to kill all the golden rats.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan, along with Feng Lei, put away the Soul-Devouring Insects and came to the side of the Rat King's throne.

He shattered the throne with a single sword strike.

Then, with a "whoosh," a lot of things fell out of it.

Upon closer inspection, they all belonged to human cultivators.

This thing is the magic weapon left behind by that Golden Core cultivator.

After he died fighting his enemies, his golden core possessed a rat demon, but his own magical artifacts were all broken, and the rat demon couldn't repair them either, so he could only hide here for the time being.

Now, however, Zhang Yan is the only one who benefits. (End of Chapter)