Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Upon entering the malevolent mist, Zhou Ling felt as if he had entered an incredibly dense black curtain.

The black fog was so thick that even taking a single step forward was extremely difficult.

It was as if some terrifying thing was lurking inside.

The malevolent fog in this land of stormy fog is more than ten times denser than that on the desolate star of stone rocks.

Zhou Ling felt a suffocating, weightless sensation.

Zhou Ling tried to activate his magic power and condense a wisp of flame to dispel the surrounding evil mist.

"Sizzle!"

In an instant, a burst of flames erupted, but in the blink of an eye, it was swallowed up by the black mist.

This flame, whose power was comparable to a mid-stage Golden Core technique, couldn't stir up the slightest ripple in the evil mist.

It was as if it had never existed.

"This storm of malevolent mist is truly terrifying."

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Zhou Ling's face showed a look of joy rather than surprise.

Indeed, this kind of ominous fog storm is an extremely dangerous area.

After testing the waters with spells, Zhou Ling gained a deeper understanding of this malevolent mist.

Under the guidance of [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], he was still hesitant to be too certain.

After all, there was Liu Zhengjia, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, pursuing them.

If you make even the slightest mistake, you could find yourself in a perilous situation with no hope of redemption.

Therefore, everything must be clearly defined.

This malevolent mist not only exerts a tremendous suppressive force on divine sense and magical power, but also significantly weakens the power of various spells.

Even the rules domain of a Nascent Soul cultivator would be suppressed even more in this storm of malevolent mist.

Because the rule domain of a Nascent Soul cultivator is to manipulate the rules of heaven and earth and transform them into their own rules.

But this Fiend Mist Storm itself is an extremely strange rule.

Even the domain rules of a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot assimilate it.

Moreover, this kind of evil mist storm consumes a huge amount of magical power.

It also has a suppressive effect, making recovery difficult.

If Zhou Ling hadn't been surrounded by spiritual flames, he would have been unable to move an inch in this dense evil mist.

However, this is exactly the situation Zhou Ling wanted.

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Ling's eyes.

He wasn't afraid of this kind of environment.

With the [Intermediate Observation] skill, he can observe the situation of his opponent a hundred feet away without expending his divine sense.

Secondly, he can quickly restore his cultivation level with the help of [Spiritual Medicine Stress Relief] and [Restore to Original State].

This gives him a significant advantage.

"Liu Zhengjia, let's see how long you can hold out!"

Zhou Ling snorted coldly, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

He was no match for Liu Zhengjia outside.

But within this storm of malevolent mist, things are completely different.

Zhou Ling immediately stopped trying to escape. Instead, he took out a bottle of pills and popped two pills into his mouth.

Recover where you are and wait.

Before long, he saw a figure rapidly approaching him from about a hundred feet away.

Of course, the speed is more than ten times slower than outside.

Moreover, the black figure was surrounded by lightning, and all the evil mist within a radius of several feet around him was annihilated by the lightning.

"Then let's have some fun!"

Zhou Ling's gaze swept around, and he could tell that Liu Zhengjia was expending a lot of energy to maintain this domain.

Moreover, it also requires consuming one's divine sense to explore one's direction.

Zhou Ling did not flee immediately, but continued to wait.

As they drew closer, Liu Zhengjia could clearly sense Zhou Ling's location within the evil mist. He roared, "Kid, why don't you keep running!"

In his view, Zhou Ling was unable to escape under the suppression of the evil mist and had no choice but to stay in place to recuperate.

Even he felt the immense pressure from the evil mist.

If one is not careful, the evil mist will rush into the body once the lightning domain dissipates.

This was also an extremely troublesome matter for him.

When the distance was only fifty feet, he waved his hand, and a bolt of lightning surged forth.

It transformed into a thunderous dragon several meters long and slammed towards Zhou Ling.

The originally terrifying lightning domain attack is now less than two-thirds as powerful as before.

Moreover, the speed is extremely slow.

It is no longer possible to directly penetrate thousands of feet of void as before.

It took several breaths to cover a distance of fifty zhang in the misty fog.

At the same time, its power has been significantly reduced.

But when the thunderous dragon fiercely struck down towards Zhou Ling...

Flames and spiritual light burst forth around Zhou Ling.

His entire body shot into the evil mist like a Haoyang bird.

"Boom!"

The thunderous dragon struck the evil mist and gradually dissipated.

"Boy, you can't run away."

Seeing Zhou Ling escape like this, Liu Zhengjia roared angrily, his face turning ashen.

He underestimated the power of Zhou Lingling's flame.

However, it was soon noticed that the flames around Zhou Ling were gradually dimming and his speed was noticeably slowing down.

He immediately sped up and chased after them again.

But as the distance gradually reached forty zhang, he launched another attack.

The effect was exactly the same as before; just as the thunderous attack was about to strike Zhou Ling, he managed to dodge it by sheer luck.

After repeating this several times, Liu Zhengjia's magical power was clearly depleted.

They gradually realized that something seemed amiss.

How could this guy possibly dodge every attack at the crucial moment?

Even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like myself couldn't match his agility amidst this storm of malevolent mist.

Although they knew Zhou Ling possessed five spirit flames, they couldn't imagine how powerful they could be under such circumstances.

At this moment, the energy expenditure in his body also increased significantly.

This situation is extremely disadvantageous.

However, a quick victory is not the best course of action at the moment.

If someone else were to notify Yunhai Immortal City, given Zhou Ling's military achievements this time, the cultivators of Yunhai Immortal City would definitely protect him to the death, and then I would be in trouble.

Thinking of this, he disregarded the energy expenditure and instantly activated his internal magic power, shooting rapidly towards Zhou Lingfei.

What frustrated him even more was that as he increased his speed, Zhou Ling's speed also increased.

This made him even angrier.

And so, the two chased each other like cats and mice through the storm of evil fog for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

As Zhou Ling ran, he used the pills to restore his magical power.

Fortunately, he had enough pills on hand, and with the support of his two talents, he recovered quickly, so the impact was not significant.

Moreover, under the [Intermediate Observation], he could see that Liu Zhengjia's magical power was also being rapidly depleted.

It's now less than 40% of what it used to be.

However, Zhou Ling did not rush to retaliate. At this moment, he was not absolutely certain of defeating Liu Zhengjia.

Let's keep wearing him down.

In any case, within this malevolent mist, his consumption was completely within a controllable range thanks to the spiritual flames and pills he used.

Moreover, he maintained his strength against the Blazing Sun Flame and the True Yang Fire.

They simply used earth spirit fire to block the evil mist.

And so, the two continued their chase through the ominous fog.

At the same time, a warship was rapidly flying towards the Cloud Sea Immortal City.

On the deck of the warship, Qi Jianzhi and Feng Lan and the others all looked anxious.

"Commander Zhang, is there any way to contact City Lord Chen and the others as soon as possible?"

Qi Jianzhi asked Commander Zhang anxiously.

He knew that Liu Zhengjia was incredibly powerful, and that pursuing Zhou Ling like this would definitely be dangerous for Zhou Ling.

Commander Zhang shook his head with a solemn expression. "Only the Immortal City outpost has a magic array connecting it to Cloud Sea Immortal City. There is no such magic array on the warship." He was also anxious.

He also didn't want anything to happen to Zhou Ling.

It was truly unexpected that a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would actually target Zhou Ling.

"If Liu Zhengjia really makes a move against Zhou Zhishou, then the Liu family is finished!"

Feng Lan said in a deep voice.

From the Great Wall of Sword Qi to the Desolate Star of Stone Rock, she could feel that under Zhou Ling's leadership, the human cultivators' chances of defeating the alien races had greatly increased.

Putting aside everything else, just take this expansion of the Immortal City outpost.

In the previous six months, more than a hundred cultivators were killed or wounded, and the stronghold had only expanded to an area of ​​less than two hundred feet.

However, after Zhou Ling arrived, in just over three months, he not only expanded the Immortal City stronghold to a radius of more than forty miles.

They also killed hundreds of Golden-Eyed Spirits, including one fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit.

This is absolutely a rare prodigy among human cultivators.

If Liu Zhengjia kills him like this, the higher-ups of the Dao Alliance will definitely take action against the Liu family.

"Liu Zhengjia deserved to die!"

Yan Yutian also spoke with a solemn expression.

Now he no longer harbors the same resentment towards Zhou Ling as before.

They also realized that having Zhou Ling in the Dao Alliance would definitely be a good thing.

But there's nothing they can do about it right now.

A mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator is simply beyond their ability to contend with.

Now all we can do is hope that Zhou Ling will be lucky and hold out until reinforcements arrive.

After nearly an hour of rapid flight, the warship finally landed on the Cloud Sea Immortal City Square.

Commander Zhang flew directly towards the main hall of the Immortal City.

Qi Jianzhi and the others followed closely behind.

"Meet the City Lord!"

As soon as Commander Zhang entered the main hall, he hurriedly bowed to City Lord Chen.

Lord Chen, who was discussing matters with others, couldn't help but frown.

Commander Zhang's direct entry into the main hall was somewhat rash.

However, looking at the Dao Alliance cultivators following behind him, he frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter with your panic?"

The twelve Nascent Soul cultivators seated in the main hall all looked at Commander Zhang.

Many people are worried that this situation means the Immortal City stronghold has been breached.

"Reporting to the City Lord, not long ago, I returned to Cloud Sea Immortal City with Zhou Zhishou and others."

"But on the way, we were ambushed by Liu Zhengjia, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and a wanted criminal by the Dao Alliance."

"Liu Zhengjia is currently pursuing Zhou Zhishou, so we rushed back to report."

Commander Zhang quickly informed City Lord Chen of the matter in a few words.

"what?"

"Wanted criminal Liu Zhengjia ambushed Zhou Zhishou."

Upon hearing this, City Lord Chen's expression instantly darkened, and he then waved his hand.

"Commander Zhang, where is he? Take me there immediately."

His gaze swept over the other Nascent Soul cultivators, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "Other matters can be discussed when I return."

The other Nascent Soul cultivators present also changed their expressions, revealing shock.

Zhou Ling's refining of the Absorbing Stones is of great merit to the cultivators of the Youyun Starfield.

Naturally, no one wanted to see him get into trouble.

What surprised me even more was Lord Chen's attitude.

It should be noted that City Lord Chen is a Void Refinement cultivator, an absolute top-tier existence among human cultivators.

Now they're acting so rashly.

If this was a trap set by Liu Zhengjia in cooperation with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, then his rashly going there would be nothing short of falling into their trap.

Especially before the great battle with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan is about to break out, as the commander-in-chief, he should not rashly leave Cloud Sea Immortal City.

This also shows Zhou Ling's position in Lord Chen's heart.

It's worth the risk he took.

Immediately, Lord Chen swiftly walked out of the main hall.

Commander Zhang and the others hurriedly followed.

In a short while, a warship roared away from the Cloud Sea Immortal City.

On the deck of the warship, Commander Zhang carefully reported the events to City Lord Chen.

"Liu Zhengjia was able to infiltrate Yunhai Immortal City and capture Zhou Zhishou's whereabouts so accurately. It seems that someone must have tipped him off!"

A cold glint flashed in Lord Chen's eyes as he solemnly spoke.

However, this is normal, given the strength of the Zixiao Sect and the Liu family, and their established connections.

There's not much to say.

However, since they dared to cause trouble at this time, it was something he absolutely could not tolerate.

The reason he was confident in this battle was that the Absorbing Stone refined by Zhou Ling could play a significant role.

This will be a surprise weapon against the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

Zhou Ling is a talent that is a blessing to the human race, so he naturally wants to help him.

Upon hearing this, Commander Zhang and the others dared not utter a sound.

They could only focus all their efforts on maneuvering the warship forward.

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"Boom!"

A sudden, violent thunderclap followed.

"I'd like to see how many more attacks you can launch."

Zhou Ling's eyes flickered as he watched Liu Zhengjia pursue him.

At this point, the power of Liu Zhengjia's condensed lightning domain and lightning attacks has been greatly reduced.

Being enveloped in such dense, malevolent fog was incredibly uncomfortable.

"Only about 20% remains."

With the help of [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], Zhou Ling could see that Liu Zhengjia's strength had now dropped to about 20%.

Zhou Ling's expression lit up with joy.

It should be noted that if he attacks with all his might, he is capable of dealing with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Even when Liu Zhengjia was at 40% of his strength, he was capable of fighting him.

However, to ensure that nothing went wrong, he continued to wear down Liu Zhengjia.

In this way, an opportunity arises.

He had already discerned the true nature of the opponent's attack.

By this time, Liu Zhengjia's speed had noticeably slowed down.

"go to hell!"

Knowing Liu Zhengjia's strength, Zhou Ling knew the time to counterattack had come. With a shout, he made a thought.

The blazing flames of the blazing sun and the true fire of the Qianyang merged and instantly flowed into the Sun-Shining Immortal Sword.

A dazzling, blazing golden sword sun instantly swept down towards Liu Zhengjia, who was in pursuit.

At the same time, a layer of golden spiritual flames roared around the sword domain, causing the surrounding evil mist to collapse.

The power of the sword domain was not limited by the evil mist.

Seeing the incoming sword domain, Liu Zhengjia's eyes darkened, and he said, "How is this possible?"

After chasing through the evil mist for so long, Zhou Ling, a Golden Core cultivator, still possesses such combat power.

This completely caught him off guard.

Even at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he still suffered significant losses.

But the sword domain arrived in an instant, and without thinking, he waved his hand, unleashing a barrage of lightning.

"boom!"

In an instant, the sword domain and the lightning domain clashed violently.

A series of explosive sounds suddenly rang out from the evil mist.

Thunder and sword energy sliced ​​through massive plumes of malevolent mist.

The once invincible Thunder Domain is now crumbling under the bombardment of the Sword Domain.

Within moments, the Thunder Domain dissipated without a trace.

Zhou Ling seized the opportunity to attack, swinging the Sunlit Immortal Sword once more, unleashing a powerful slash of sword light. (End of Chapter)