Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 268: Fierce Battle with the Demonic Fox

After traveling day and night, the three finally arrived at their destination, which was an ordinary valley. From the outside, the whole valley was full of lush flowers and plants, and huge trees. The scenery could even be described as beautiful.

Before groping their way into the valley, Song Xian distributed a Qi-hiding talisman to both of them.

Even though he was wary of Han Yuan, the three of them were in the same boat at this time.

The three of them hid their bodies and quietly entered the valley.

The outermost part of the valley is a sea of ​​flowers. The flowers are brightly colored and very beautiful, and there are many black butterflies clinging to the sea of ​​flowers.

The three of them wanted to quietly pass through the sea of ​​flowers and reach the center of the valley, but as soon as they stepped in, they heard a buzzing sound, and the black butterflies clinging to the flowers came towards them.

Some of these butterfly monsters were five or six feet long, while others were two or three feet long. There were more than twenty or thirty of them in total. When Song Xian just stepped into this sea of ​​flowers, they swarmed towards the three of them.

Obviously, this group of monsters have discovered the foreign invaders.

Although the three of them had hidden talismans on their bodies to conceal their appearance and breath, for the monsters that have lived in this sea of ​​flowers for a long time, any tiny change can alert them. They do not rely on their visual and auditory systems at all, but on the smell in the sea of ​​flowers to distinguish.

The three people's hiding their bodies was like trying to cover their ears and steal a bell.

"We've been discovered. There's nothing we can do but force our way in." Seeing the surrounding butterfly monsters rushing towards him, Apu no longer hid. As soon as he finished speaking, his figure appeared, and a ball of golden light gathered between his palms. As he raised his hands, the golden light grew stronger in the wind, and dense golden light shot out from inside, each ray of golden light was three feet long.

Dozens of black butterflies spit out black silk threads from their mouths, which connected into huge black nets and enveloped the three people.

The golden light shot towards the huge black net, and the lights from both sides intertwined, and it could not be broken for a while.

At the same time as Apu took action, Song Xian and Han Yuan also appeared.

Of course, the two of them did not just stand by and watch. Song Xian clasped his hands together, and the spiritual power in his body surged. The fire-attributed spiritual power between heaven and earth quickly gathered to form an ocean-like wave of fire. In an instant, the surrounding heaven and earth were filled with heat waves.

This was a low-grade second-level spell, and the overwhelming fire wave surged towards the black butterfly.

Han Yuan also used a water-based magical power, condensing ice knives of various sizes and slashing towards the monster.

Among the three, the fire wave cast by Song Xian was the most powerful. In terms of momentum alone, it completely overwhelmed the magic cast by Apu and Han Yuan.

In fact, the magic used by the three people is of the same grade.

The magic used by Apu is called Golden Light, which is a low-level second-grade gold-based magic.

The spell Han Yuan used was called Ice Crystal Blade, a low-level second-grade water spell.

The reason why the momentum seems so much weaker than the surge of fire.

In addition to the difference in proficiency in mastering the techniques, it is also due to the techniques that one has practiced.

Song Xian's Fire Wave Surge had already been cultivated to the great success level, and the Xuantian Ronghuo Jue he cultivated had greatly enhanced the power of his fire magic, so when he cast his magic, it was much more powerful than the other two's magic.

Both of them were knowledgeable people, so they naturally recognized the origin of the fire magic used by Song Xian. Seeing that the fire wave he cast was so powerful, they glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, but didn't say anything.

The three people cast spells from three different directions, attacking the group of butterfly monsters that were surging in.

Swarms of butterflies continuously spit out black silk threads from their mouths, and flutter their wings, sprinkling black scale powder to form a defensive shield.

After a short stalemate, the giant net formed by the black silk threads and the shield condensed by the black scale powder were shattered by the attacks of flames, ice knives and golden light.

Without much effort, the three of them eliminated all the monsters.

The gap in strength between the two sides is too huge. The stronger of these butterfly monsters is only in the late stage of Qi Refining, and the weaker one is only in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Facing the attacks of three foundation-building monks, there was absolutely no possibility of winning.

In other words, the monsters are not very intelligent. If they were cultivators, they would have run away without a trace long ago. How could they rush forward and die?

Song Xian felt a little sorry that his three Qi-hiding talismans were wasted. If he had known this would happen, he would have just broken in directly.

After dealing with these monsters, the three continued to move forward. On the way, they were attacked by some low-level butterfly monsters nearby, but they were all easily dealt with.

After passing through the sea of ​​flowers, what comes into view is a black forest.

As soon as he entered the inner room, a black shadow rushed out and attacked Han Yuan like a sharp arrow.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a black snake-like monster. The snake was thin and long, about seven or eight feet long, and it bit its neck.

Naturally, this move did not succeed because Han Yuan had condensed a spiritual power shield around his body.

The snake-like monster hit the spiritual shield and was bounced back with a bang. Then it opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of black venom, which shot onto the spiritual shield with a sizzling sound.

It was naturally impossible for a low-level monster with only Qi Refining cultivation to easily break through the spiritual shield of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Han Yuan struck the snake-like monster with one hand as fast as lightning. Its arm became extremely thick in an instant and was covered with golden hair, like the arm of a majestic giant ape.

His sandbag-sized fist struck down, and with a loud bang, the black demon snake's head was smashed to pieces.

Seeing this, Song Xian was slightly shocked. The strength of this demon snake was not inferior to that of a demon beast in the late stage of Qi Refining, and its body was naturally very tough, but under his punch attack, it was as vulnerable as tofu.

Han Yuan defeated the monster with one punch, and as his arm retracted, it returned to its original size.

I don’t know what kind of magical power this is, but he can change his form at will.

He secretly glanced at Apu beside him, but saw that his face was expressionless, as if he had already known everything.

Apu once said that the two of them had explored a secret place together. It seems that this is true. He must have seen Han Yuan's magical power, so it is not surprising.

After dealing with the sudden attacking monster, the three of them moved forward. There were many black snake monsters lurking throughout the forest. These monsters were not like the butterflies in the outer flower sea. When they spotted the three of them, they swarmed over them. However, when they passed by, there would always be monsters lurking nearby who would suddenly jump out and ambush them.

These snake-like monsters are swift and can spit black venom. In terms of individual combat capability, they are stronger than the butterfly monsters on the periphery, but they naturally pose no threat to the three people.

Song Xian was always wary of Han Yuan, so he kept a distance from him and kept his attention on him all the time.

Along the way, he found that this person acted very cautiously.

Not only is a spiritual power shield activated around his body, but he also holds talismans in his sleeves, ready to use at any time.

In addition, he was also very careful in his movements. He never walked in front, but always followed behind Apu slowly, keeping a distance from both of them. It seemed that he was secretly wary of the two of them.

Sometimes, Song Xian would deliberately slow down his pace and follow Han Yuan to observe his every move.

But before he knew it, Han Yuan had retreated again. Whenever he encountered a monster attack, his mind was attracted by the monster, and in the blink of an eye, he found that Han Yuan had retreated behind him.

The two of them were secretly wary of and observing each other, which was something they all knew. Song Xian believed that Apu had also noticed this, but he didn't care. He was always alone in front and didn't care at all that the two people were following him.

The three of them passed through the forest and came to a vast green area. After walking for a while, they saw a row of silver trees growing beside a green lake in the distance. Silver light was flashing on the trees, like jumping silver arcs.

This is the rare Lei Yuan Wood in the world of cultivation. There are more than a dozen Lei Yuan Wood beads in this row, each with a circumference of two or three feet and a height of about ten feet.

The smaller ones have arms that are one or two feet in circumference and are six or seven feet tall.

"It is indeed Lei Yuanmu." Song Xian was delighted. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw more than a dozen water columns rising into the sky from the lake. During the rising process, they turned into ice pillars and shot towards the three people.

More than ten ice pillars, each ten feet long and ten feet wide, pressed down like a tidal wave.

"Be careful, it's a three-tailed demon fox, it's hiding in the lake." Apu's face changed and he flew back. At the same time, he put his palms together and muttered something. Red light burst out from his body. As the light gathered, a vague outline emerged behind him. From the appearance, this shadow was very majestic, with an air of looking down on the world.

Apu put his hands together and shouted softly. Countless red lights surged out from his palms, facing the ten icicles that were shooting towards him.

When he took action, Song Xian and Han Yuan were not idle either.

The two of them leaped to the left and right.

Song Xian clasped his hands together and condensed them into a surging wave of fire again. The wave of fire, more than ten feet high, rushed towards the four ice pillars that were shooting towards him. The ice and fire blended with each other, making a sizzling sound and filling the air with huge smoke.

In this situation, he needs to conserve his strength as much as possible and retain the spiritual power in his body to deal with possible crises. If he is injured or his spiritual power is exhausted, he cannot guarantee that Han Yuan will not take advantage of the situation and secretly murder him.

So he chose to meet the enemy with the initial stage of the second grade fire wave. With his spiritual root qualifications, this technique only consumed 25 points of spiritual power.

Now he possesses more than 600 points of spiritual power, so using magic of this level is no problem at all.

After reaching the foundation-building stage, few people would choose to fight the enemy with magic weapons, because the cost-effectiveness is not high.

The power of the second-level spell is far stronger than the power of the magic weapon restriction, and the spiritual power consumed is also less than that required by the magic weapon.

This point is particularly intuitive under Song Xian's observation.

The power of the magic weapon is proportional to the number of restriction layers. Each restriction layer is equivalent to 2.5 attack power. This is the same for all cultivators, and each layer of restriction requires a little spiritual power.

Even if a general high-level spell is cultivated to the ultimate level, it only has thirty points of attack power.

If one has dual spiritual roots, using a first-grade high-level spell requires twelve points of spiritual power.

If you have three spiritual roots, you will need fifteen points of spiritual power.

Four spiritual roots require eighteen points of spiritual power.

In this way, it can be clearly seen that the cost-effectiveness of using magic is far less than that of using magic tools.

Even if one cultivates a first-grade high-level technique to the great perfection level, with dual spiritual roots, one still needs twelve points of spiritual power to exert thirty points of attack power.

But if you use magic tools, no matter how poor your spiritual roots are, you can achieve the effect of 12 points of spiritual power and 30 points of attack power.

However, after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, the cost-effectiveness of the attack power of the magic weapon is completely insufficient.

When the power of the second-level low-grade spell is cultivated to the great perfection stage, the attack power reaches 100 points. For those with double spiritual roots, like Song Xian, it only requires 25 points of spiritual power.

This is equivalent to converting one point of spiritual power into four points of attack power.

If a magic weapon needs to reach a hundred points of attack power, in addition to the magic weapon itself being in excellent condition and having more than forty layers of restrictions, the cultivator also needs to consume forty points of spiritual power.

Not to mention the corresponding attribute supernatural powers that are improved by the cultivation techniques practiced by the cultivators.

Taking Song Xian as an example, every time he practices a level of Xuantian Ronghuo Jue, he can enhance the power of fire-based magic by 30%, plus the bonus of absorbing strange fire.

It uses the surge of fire waves, and only needs 25 points of spiritual power to reach 160 points of attack power. How can this be compared with magic weapons?

Although other cultivators do not have Song Xian's true eyes of observation and cannot see various attribute data so intuitively, they are not fools and can feel the difference based on their intuition and experience.

Therefore, when it comes to the foundation-building stage, magic weapons gradually become useless, and basically no one will use magic weapons to fight the enemy.

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The three faced the attack of the icicles and each used his magical powers to fight back. Apu condensed a red light shadow, Song Xian used a surge of fire waves, and Han Yuan transformed himself, his body suddenly growing in size, and turned into a golden giant ape.

I saw its thick hair flying in the wind, its eyes were like copper bells, and its height was nearly ten feet.

The huge golden fist smashed directly at the icicle, and after a few punches, the ten-foot-tall icicle was broken into pieces.

The other icicles, when they hit its huge body, only knocked it back a few steps.

A muffled thunder-like sound came out of the golden giant ape's mouth, and its fists met the incoming icicles, smashing them one by one.

Song Xian was horrified watching from the side. He didn't know what kind of magical skill this was that could make his body so tough.

At this time, the surging waves of fire he had unleashed were already weakening, the flames were getting smaller and smaller, and the successive waves of fire were extinguished one after another under the attack of the four ice pillars.

Although most of the four ice pillars had been melted by the fire waves, they were still quite powerful, which was enough to show the power of this technique.

You know, this spell involves more than four ice pillars, but more than a dozen, attacking the three people in three directions.

Song Xian's Fire Wave has not only been cultivated to the great perfection level, but with the addition of his skills, it is 60% more powerful than that of an ordinary person.

However, he was still no match for the icicle spell that was divided into three.

Seeing the broken icicle about to break through the layers of flames, Song Xian flew back, clasping his hands together again. The fire-attributed spiritual energy around him gathered, forming a huge flame shield that enveloped him. The flames above it flowed like waves, like a spinning ring of fire. This was a second-grade intermediate magic, the Fire Flow Shield.

Several broken icicles hit the fire shield, which shook slightly and the flames on it surged, instantly wrapping up the hitting icicles.

As the flames and icicles were in a stalemate, a sharp growl was heard, and a silver three-tailed fox jumped up from the bottom of the lake. Its body was nearly ten feet in size, its eyes were red like copper bells, its body was silver-white, and its tail was black.

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