Deduct 1 for merit. I am really not a child of luck.

Chapter 198 Clear the Secret Realm! Reward: Pure Yang Sword Scripture! (Long chapter, please give me a monthly ticket)

"Hey! Ha! Hoo..."

"Finish and call it a day!"

As Long A walked through the stance several times with sweat all over his forehead, the wounds on his body were healed again.

Not only did his aura not weaken at all due to the injury, but his spirit and energy actually increased.

"Not bad, no wonder the teacher asked me to come to Wanjian Tomb for more training."

Long A looked a little surprised as he saw his physique had become stronger.

The sword energy and sword intent of Wanjianzhong could not bring any insights to him, a physical cultivator who did not hold a sword.

However, it can quickly sharpen the body and make the blood, energy and spirit more condensed.

Long A clasped his hands together and pressed them in front of him. He took a long breath and completely stopped walking, then looked to the side.

Chu Wange had already finished regulating his breathing early and was sitting quietly in front of Lin Mo, protecting him.

My sister-in-law and Brother Lin are so loving!

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then he noticed the strange phenomenon around Lin Mo.

"Yeah? What is Brother Lin doing?"

Long A looked at the five-colored rainbow light on Lin Mo's body with curiosity.

It was not because the other party was practicing the immortal foundation-building method, but because the aura on Lin Mo's body was slowly and steadily breaking through.

"I am improving my spiritual roots."

Chu Wange answered briefly.

When Long A heard this, he noticed the Tiangang gold sand in front of the other party.

"Hmm, Tiangang Gold Placer? Isn't this a yellow-grade spiritual object?"

He stroked his chin, a look of confusion emerging on his face.

Then he seemed to remember something and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that Brother Lin's five elements spiritual roots are really mixed?"

To be honest, even though he and Lin Mo have been together for quite a long time and have even worked together several times.

But I still think that the rumor about Wudao Cliff was fake.

He believed that Lin Mo was one in a million with high-quality five-element spiritual roots.

After all, the former's speed in cultivating his magic skills and supernatural powers was simply incredible. Even his cultivation of the Posture Kung Fu was not slower than his. He even believed it if someone said it was the Boy's Kung Fu.

Mixed spiritual root qualifications?
Why has he become the most dazzling one among this class of freshmen?

Even Chu Wange's discussion rate on the major sect forums in Qinzhou is much less than Lin Mo's.

In terms of popularity, Lin Mo has become the undisputed number one among this year's freshmen.

"It's possible that my gold spiritual roots are just weaker."

At this time, Chu Wange gave his own guess.

Long Ah suddenly realized and clapped his hands:
"That should be it. Brother Lin's fire magic is superb, so the fire spiritual root should be the strongest. Secondly, I remember that his thunder magic is also good, so the wood spiritual root should be ranked second!"

"This golden spiritual root...if nothing unexpected happens, it should be Brother Lin's worst spiritual root."

Long Ah speculated confidently.

Lin Mo, who was concentrating on refining the Tiangang gold placer at the moment, was actually not deaf and could hear the conversation between the two.

He silently complained in his mind: The analysis is good, but none of it is correct.

In fact, water-type spiritual roots have the highest purity ratio at present.

After refining the Hanshui Pill, it broke through 40%, and after refining the Bading Water, it broke through 60%.

But unfortunately, he knows almost no water magic.

Therefore, the only function of the Water Control Technique is to circulate the six roots of water and mobilize and amplify the five senses and one consciousness in the body.

In terms of practicality, it is indeed inferior to the Lihuo Divine Power.

Apart from this, other spiritual roots were stuck at 39% before, with no difference.

It's not really a mixed spiritual root, but it's not much better either.

About half an hour later, the Tiangang gold in front of him was completely refined, and the system prompt finally came:

[Ding! The refining of Tiangang gold has been completed. The purity ratio of gold spiritual roots has been improved: 39%→43%]

Very good, the three transformations and one refining are really useful!
Lin Mo looked at his improved golden spiritual roots and felt a little surprised.

Both are yellow-grade spiritual objects. After three transformations and one refining, the utilization rate of Tiangang Gold Place is at least 30% to 40% higher than that of the leachate essence.

It’s a bit of a pity that, like the Tiangang Gold Placer and the Leachate Essence, the improvement effect becomes worse as time goes by.

After more than a dozen small golden beans enter the body, if one still wants to rely on Tiangang gold placer to achieve such a drastic improvement, the amount required may be several times more than the previous amount.

Of course, this is not the most important thing at the moment.

Lin Mo quickly moved his gaze away from the golden spiritual root and noticed the two newly unlocked magical powers on the panel -

[Qian Tian Magical Power (1/3000)]: Amplifies the Yang attribute killing power.

[Dui Ze Magical Power (1/3000)]: Amplifies the Yin attribute killing power.

It turned out to be an amplification type of magical power!
Lin Mo touched his chin, feeling a little at a loss as to where to start.

But after a moment, he thought of a solution -

When you are undecided, recharge your merit points first!
After nearly a month of "seclusion", Lin Mo now has little else but a lot of merit points -

[Merit]: 43500
If so many merit points were invested all at once into the foundation-building method, one's cultivation would immediately be raised from the second level of foundation-building to the third level.

But obviously, this is not cost-effective.

If nothing goes wrong, the Tiangang Gold Sand required for the Golden Spiritual Root can be obtained by continuing to produce some with Chu Wange, the son of Tianji destiny.

Even if it can't be improved much, the merit points required to increase the purity of the golden spiritual root to 59% are not that many.

He can fill it now without any trouble, but there is no rush.

From the second to the third level of foundation building, it is not the early to the middle level of foundation building, so the improvement is not that obvious.

So it is not a high priority at the moment.

Without even looking at it, he invested a sum of merit points into each of the two magical powers:
[Ding! You invested 2000 points of merit in Qiantian Magical Power, Magical Power Experience +600]

[Ding! You invested 2000 points of merit in Duize Magical Power, Magical Power Experience Points +600]

As the two magical powers entered the realm of minor success, insights also emerged in Lin Mo's mind.

His eyes lit up and he murmured to himself:
“So that’s how it’s used…”

After a while, Lin Mo slowly opened his eyes, ended his meditation, stood up and said:
"Okay, let's do it again!"

Chu Wange nodded: "Okay."

Long A glanced at Lin Mo, and chose not to ask any more questions. He smiled and said:

"I've already done it once, let me be in front this time."

Just now, Chu Wange suggested to be in the front, naturally because of her familiarity with this puppet sword formation.

However, for the combination of sword, technique and body, most of the time, the physical cultivator is the first to charge into the battle.

Lin Mo nodded and had no objection to this.

"Okay, here I come!"

Long Alang laughed loudly and rushed towards the corpse's coccyx first.

Lin Mo and Chu Wange looked at each other and quickly followed.

About an hour and a half later...

The three retreated from the back of the carcass at about 1200 meters.

"Fuck, it works, this time the distance is twice as long as last time!"

Long Ah grimaced in pain and said excitedly:

"Brother Lin, your output is even more powerful!"

The reason why he was able to break through so much this time was mostly because Lin Mo's fire output had increased significantly compared to before.

The originally inconspicuous output of fire bombs could almost destroy the wrist of a puppet swordsman in the early stage of foundation building with just one shot, making him basically lose his combat effectiveness.

Of course, Long A also had a hint of doubt in his heart.

Didn’t it improve the golden spiritual roots?
Why is it that the output of fire magic has increased so much?

To be honest, he couldn't understand the changes in Lin Mo.

Lin Mo didn't know the doubts in his heart, and his expression was also a little excited.

The new magical power has a significant effect.

To put it simply, [Qian Tian Magical Power] can add to the damage of [Li Huo Magical Power], and [Dui Ze Magical Power] can add to the damage of [Kan Shui Magical Power].

Not only that, in the battle just now, Lin Mo also tried spells such as [Heavenly Thunder Curse] and [Rain-Spreading Art].

It is discovered that these common spells can also have the bonuses of these two magical powers.

With only the minor success stage, the damage bonus to [Lihuo Divine Ability] is about 20%.

This is the state of perfection...

When Lin Mo thought of this, he stopped hesitating and decided to go all in.

[Ding! You invested 8000 points of merit in Qiantian Magical Power, Magical Power Experience +2400]

[Ding! Qiantian's magical power has been upgraded to the perfect state and cannot be upgraded for the time being. ]

As the system prompt ended, Qiantian's magical power naturally improved to the bottleneck period.

Unlike the two magical powers of Li Fire and Kan Water, the reason why they cannot be improved is that they are limited by their cultivation level.

[Qiantian] and [Dui Ze] are more like universal magical powers. They do not seem to be limited by the level of cultivation, but simply cannot be improved further.

Lin Mo couldn't figure this out for the time being, so he didn't dwell on it too much and just pinched the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

"Fire bomb!"

A fist-sized fireball flew out and hit a half-man-high rock in the distance.

"Oh!"

The stone made a loud noise and broke into pieces in an instant.

"Sigh~"

Long Ah beside him took a deep breath, his expression was a little dull, and he muttered to himself:
"Why is the damage increasing again?"

Lin Mo narrowed his eyes slightly and did not answer.

There was no change in the release method, but the "fire bomb" directly turned into a "fireball".

Not only did the "size" double, the damage also doubled.

The original 2nd level low-grade spell damage, with the addition of Taoist body skills, heavenly fire, and Qiantian magical power, the damage has actually reached the threshold of 2nd level high-grade fire magic.

In other words, a fire bomb fired by Lin Mo now has the same damage as a top-grade spell of the same level.

But it is not without disadvantages -

The true energy is consumed faster.

"We still need to continue to control the output of Dao power."

Lin Mo said in his heart, and then said to the two people beside him:
“Adjust and keep going!”

Chu Wange hummed.

Long A waved his arms excitedly.

When he reached the distance of 600 meters for the first time, he was about to back off, but he didn't expect Lin Mo to bring hope again.

The total length of the monster's corpse is 2000 meters, with the tail vertebrae occupying about 800 meters.

They had just rushed out of the tail vertebrae and even crawled a part of the back of the corpse.

However, the output rhythm was interrupted at the end, which led to the collapse of the defense.

In desperation, I could only choose to quit again.

But if we continue like this, there may be a chance.

Thinking of this, Long A calmed his mind, lowered his body slightly, and started walking again.

……

……

"Shh!"

A sword energy stirred up countless dust and dirt on the wasteland.

Wherever he passed, dozens of sword monsters in the middle stage of foundation building suddenly exploded and turned into a pile of loose sand. As the instigator, Xicheng Shaosheng bit the ordinary branch in his mouth and stretched out lazily out of boredom.

At this moment, with a "whoosh" sound, a letter flew from the sky in the distance and fell directly into Feng Geng's hands.

After a moment, Feng Geng stood up from the ground and said to him:
"I need to go up there. Support from Qingshan Sect has arrived."

Xicheng Shaosheng said in surprise: "You really came? That's unnecessary. I feel like you might not be back yet. Maybe Yulong and the others have brought Chu Wange and the others out."

Feng Geng ignored him and directly summoned his flying sword, then quickly left the place and flew towards the entrance to the upper floor.

Xicheng Shaosheng pursed his lips and said, "You still don't believe me? Wait until Yulong comes out. Well, the more people from Qingshan Sect come, the better. When Yulong comes out, he will give you Qingshan Sect a good slap in the face, haha!"

A smile appeared on his face, but unexpectedly, the previous attack attracted more ferocious beasts.

"Hoohoho!"

The terrifying roars of ferocious beasts were heard across the wilderness.

He frowned and said, "Noisy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the branch and slashed a few times in that direction again.

"Shhhhh!"

As several sharp sword energies were slashed out, the roaring sound over the wasteland soon began to slowly weaken until it disappeared...

The other end.

"I'm going crazy! Why the hell is it still here... Ugh~!"

A sword servant in white clothes shouted towards the sky in despair, but the strong wind blew in his face and his mouth was filled with yellow sand.

"Shut up and save your energy!"

The companion beside him said unhappily, "We don't have many hydration pills with us. Once your share is used up, I won't give you any more."

Hearing this, the sword servant in white immediately shut his mouth and cast a resentful look at Zheng Yulong.

Zheng Yulong, who was also dizzy and dazed by countless miasma, also looked helpless.

I've said it all, what's the point of looking at me?

At the beginning, it wasn't me who agreed to come in to rescue, it was Senior Brother Xicheng.

Besides, I am a sword cultivator, not a formation cultivator, so what can I do?
Just as he was complaining in his heart, a white-robed swordsman beside him suddenly spoke up:

"We...will not need to rely on others to rescue us, right?"

Hearing this, the whole team fell silent.

They were clearly there to rescue Chu Wange from Qingshan Sect, but now they need other people to rescue them?
It’s embarrassing to think about it!
Especially Zheng Yulong, his face suddenly turned red.

Because his mind subconsciously recalled how he had made a solemn promise in front of Senior Brothers Xicheng and Feng, and he felt so ashamed now.

He looked at the yellow sand under his feet. How about finding a hole to crawl into?
……

……

"Don't worry, wait for me to output!"

"Chu Wange, don't fight any more."

"Xiaolong, come back! Control the distance of your charge, don't go too deep!"

"..."

Lin Mo's command voice continued to be heard from the corpses of the monsters.

From the initial silence to the time he started to give orders again, he had to say "do it again" no less than five times.

Of course, that doesn’t mean he can keep up with Chu Wange and Long A in terms of combat reaction.

As a swordsman, Chu Wange is extremely good at close combat and quick combat, and her advantage is to fight fast against fast.

Needless to say, Long A, relying on his physical intuition, has a great advantage in fast-paced battles.

On the contrary, Lin Mo, who is a mage, finds it difficult to keep up with the pace of these two people in close combat in a short period of time.

So, he chose to take a different approach.

Since you are unable to keep up with close combat for the time being, why not play to your strengths and fight a long-range battle?

Amidst repeated failures, he constantly controlled the distance between himself and the first two, putting himself in the most comfortable output position possible.

Following his command, Chu Wange and Long A also began to slowly cooperate with him, deliberately slowing down the pace of the battle.

I didn’t expect the final effect to be much better than I imagined.

By slowing down their pace, they are advancing faster and more efficiently than before.

The improvement in playing style and output allowed them to break through the limit distance time and time again.

From 1200 meters, to 1300 meters, and then to 1500 meters...

At this moment, the golden trio was standing on the flat skull of the monster, only tens of meters away from the finish line.

Perhaps with one explosive charge, he could completely break out of the range of the corpse sword formation.

However, in front of them were at least three or four hundred puppet swordsmen.

Their strength is not high, they are all in the early stage of foundation building.

However, the number is enough to make any cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, or even in the perfect stage of foundation building, feel numb.

If they rushed forward and surrounded the three people to death, there would be no possibility of retreat.

So, now the question is whether to rush forward or retreat.

Long A, who was standing in front, was under tremendous pressure and kept repelling the puppet swordsman who was rushing towards him without making any rash moves.

No matter how brave or thick-skinned he is, he should know that now is not the time to act recklessly.

If I make a mistake, it is very likely that my two companions will die together.

So he was waiting, just like Chu Wange who was a little behind, waiting for Lin Mo's decision.

Fortunately, the latter did not let them wait too long. He just hesitated for a moment and then uttered four words:

"Hold on, wait for me."

Long A's eyes lit up and his expression became more serious.

Obviously, Lin Mo's answer is——

on!
"Cluck! Cluck! Cluck..."

At this moment, more and more Mupu swordsmen continued to stand up from the corpses, and their numbers were still increasing.

Four hundred, four hundred and two, four hundred and three...

Soon, the number of puppet swordsmen exceeded five hundred.

Not only that, a considerable number of puppet swordsmen no longer hold their positions and have flocked over here.

"Damn it, now is the time!"

Lin Mo cursed inwardly and stuffed a few Qi-boosting pills into his mouth. He bit them with a crunching sound and swallowed them along with the blood in his mouth.

Long Ah in front laughed loudly. After receiving the order, he completely let go of his hands and feet and no longer conserved his strength.

"Hahaha, die!"

He acted like a madman, and the more injuries he had on his body, the harder his punches became.

"Dong dong dong..."

One by one, the puppet swordsmen were knocked back by him, along with their swords, and crashed into the area behind them.

Chu Wange on the other side was even more exaggerated. He had completely given up on close combat and concentrated on controlling his own flying sword Shanhe.

The almost transparent flying sword shuttled back and forth among countless puppets.

Wherever they passed, there were wooden stakes that pierced through the chest and throat, cutting off their "life".

The faster the flying sword, the greater its killing power.

The number of puppet swordsmen he has killed is undoubtedly the highest among the three, and the exact number has long been lost.

With the two people's outburst, they temporarily blocked the surging tide of puppet swords.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is only temporary.

No matter how strong two people are, the defense line they form is limited.

Once the two's explosive period has passed, when Shan He's sword energy is exhausted, or Long A's true energy is exhausted, it is time for the puppet swordsman to counterattack.

By then, no one will be able to withstand the sweeping attack of the Puppet Swordsman.

"Bang!"

There was a sharp metallic collision sound.

Shan He, who was originally moving among the puppets, was chopped on the sword bodies by several long swords that were stretched out. He flew backwards and was stuck in the skull of the monster.

"puff!"

Chu Wange's movements froze and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

She was the first person to give up.

The killing power of my natal flying sword is amazing, and the amount of sword energy it consumes is also extremely amazing.

She was at the second level of foundation building, and even with Qi-boosting pills constantly restoring her true essence, it was still like drinking poison to quench thirst.

"Hahaha, come on, kill, kill, kill!!!"

Long A roared madly, and instead of retreating, he advanced, and his punch speed increased again.

A warrior who falls into adversity is like a ferocious trapped beast, and the potential he unleashes is truly frightening.

However, this was only the final outburst. When his true energy fell, he was exhausted.

At this critical moment, Lin Mo behind him suddenly shouted:
"Okay, get out of the way!"

Hearing this, Long A didn't even turn his head. He punched away several puppets in front of him, then rolled to the side and began to breathe.

Chu Wange was even faster and had already dodged before Lin Mo could shout.

"Chirp——!"

Followed by a loud bird song.

The giant flaming bird that had absorbed most of Lin Mo's true energy was now waving its huge flaming wings, emitting a dazzling three-color glow in the sky, and then it rushed fiercely into the surging tide of puppets.

"Boom boom boom..."

Countless explosions sounded among the tide of puppets.

Those dry and hard puppet swordsmen were roasted by the terrifying high temperature, making sizzling sounds.

But it's not over yet.

Lin Mo gritted his teeth, resisting the discomfort of the emptiness in his body, and squeezed out the last bit of his true energy to drive the firebird, uttering the last word:

"burst."

This was followed by a grand fireworks show.

Countless puppets were blown into the sky, and the exit that was originally blocked by water suddenly became a large vacuum area.

Without any urging, Long A, who had already taken advantage of the gap to gather up his true energy, ran straight towards the exit, clearing out the puppet swordsmen scattered around.

Chu Wange had already held Lin Mo's arm with one hand and raised his sword with the other.

"Back!"

Shanhe suddenly rushed back from the skull in the distance. Chu Wange reached out and held Shanhe, saying:
"disease!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shan He suddenly took Chu Wange and Lin Mo and rushed towards the distance.

"Brother Lin, Sister Chu, come quickly!"

Long A stood at the exit and did not go in directly.

Instead, he was like a door god, guarding the front of the skull, with his fists continuously punching out, knocking away the approaching puppet swordsmen one by one.

What can be seen is that those puppet swordsmen who were blown away but not "dead" yet are still moving towards this side, and the skulls are constantly making a "cracking" sound of bone friction. More puppets stood up again, trying to fill the exit position again.

Fortunately, Shan He was faster. He dragged the two of them and quickly dodged the surrounding puppet swordsmen. He passed through the encirclement of countless puppet swordsmen at lightning speed and rushed straight to the exit under the cover of Long A.

"Shh!"

Chu Wange carried the completely exhausted Lin Mo and was the first to enter the valley exit which had only a crack.

"Hahaha, Grandpa doesn't want to play anymore!"

Long Alang laughed loudly, and after knocking another puppet swordsman away with one punch, he kicked his legs and flew backwards into the exit of the valley.

At the same time, the three people heard the system prompt sound at the same time:
[Ding! Congratulations to Lin Mo, Chu Wange, and Long A for successfully passing the first level of the Pure Yang Secret Realm. Reward: "Pure Yang Sword Scripture (First)"...]

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