At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

With a thought, A'hua stirred the sea beneath his feet.

The waves churned, swiftly whisking him aside.

He had barely moved when a fiery red long spear pierced the spot where he had been standing.

The flames on the spearhead intertwined with the seawater, creating a sizzling, boiling sound.

The attack missed its mark.

Li Lan recalled his long spear magic weapon, his brow furrowed as he regarded his opponent with a heavy expression.

In his eyes, A'hua was as slippery as an eel.

Li Lan had anticipated that this fellow would be extremely troublesome and difficult to deal with.

Therefore, he had revealed most of his trump cards right from the start.

But even so, the results were minimal.

At this moment, A'hua looked at Li Lan with an expression of surprise.

"Junior Brother Li, why is it that when you use this Human Chrysalis Technique, your skin isn't peeled off?

Could it be that you've improved the technique again?

No, that's not right.

With your mere Pseudo Spiritual Root aptitude, cultivation is already exceptionally difficult.

How could you possibly have such talent to accomplish something even Heavenly Spiritual Roots can't?

Was this technique taught to you?

Who exactly is your master in the Demon Sect?"

Li Lan's expression remained calm, but he pondered inwardly for a moment.

Then, he spoke blandly:

"Senior Brother Hua, seeing how knowledgeable you are about the Demon Sect's techniques,

if Junior Brother is not mistaken, you should also be a member of our Demon Sect, right?

My master is Elder Di.

Senior Brother Hua, are you truly not afraid of my master's future blame, pressing me so relentlessly?"

Li Lan clapped his hand once,

retrieving from his storage bag the dark stone waist牌 he had seized in the Flying Snow River.

He guessed that A'hua probably didn't recognize Elder Di.

Otherwise, with the support of a Golden Core Great Expert,

the opponent wouldn't have spent twelve years just to barely reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Therefore,

he chose to take a gamble.

He bet that the opponent would be wary upon hearing the name of a Golden Core stage cultivator.

Clearly,

Li Lan guessed correctly,

but only half correctly.

A'hua really didn't know Elder Di before.

It was only recently that he overheard some rumors and happened to learn that there was such a Golden Core Great Expert in the Demonic Path.

"So Junior Brother Li is actually a disciple of a Golden Core stage Elder, my respects, my respects.

No wonder Junior Brother has so many treasures that even I, your senior brother, have never seen before.

Presumably, they were all obtained from Elder Di, right?

It's a pity, Junior Brother Li, your cultivation is too low to unleash the full value of these treasures.

How about this? Junior Brother, hand over all the relics you received from Elder Di,

and I, your senior brother, will show great mercy, and our grudges will be cleared, how about it?"

Relics?

Hearing these two words, Li Lan's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

He guessed that A'hua shouldn't be familiar with Elder Di,

but he never expected that the latter had already died.

Now, the idea of using a tiger's skin as a banner had also failed.

Li Lan had no choice but to think of another way.

Seeing the other party fall silent again,

A'hua wasn't anxious, a confident smile hanging on his face.

In his hand hidden in his sleeve, he tightly gripped a spirit stone.

While pretending to be calm and collected, putting psychological pressure on Li Lan,

he frantically absorbed the spirit stone, replenishing the mana void in his dantian.

Although he had only used two types of spells from the start of the exchange until now,

because he was within the range of the Earthbound Thousand Machine Diagram,

the mana in his body was constantly and quietly dissipating, the consumption was considerable.

If it weren't for his higher cultivation realm,

and the fact that the materials Li Lan used to refine the grand formation were all the cheapest,

unable to unleash the true power of the formation,

A'hua certainly wouldn't be able to feign such a relaxed appearance.

He was patiently waiting for Li Lan to reveal a flaw due to anxiety.

But the other party was clearly much calmer than he had imagined.

A'hua knew he couldn't wait any longer.

He, who calculated his monthly salary in spirit sand, didn't carry too many spirit stones on him,

and couldn't withstand such consumption.

Although the treasure bestowed by his master was exceptionally rare, and would decrease by one use each time,

A'hua obviously couldn't care about the heartache at this moment.

Being in the grand formation laid out by the other party, dragging on would be unfavorable to him.

Having made up his mind,

A'hua no longer hesitated.

He swept his hand across the storage bag, his fingers tightly pinching an item.

It was a slightly rough yellow paper.

From the frayed edges of the four corners, it could be seen that this object had been manufactured for quite some time.

Although it was also yellow paper, it could be clearly felt that this thing was different from ordinary talismans.

On this yellow paper,

it wasn't filled with runes like ordinary talismans.

Instead, a simple pattern of a cyan long sword was engraved on the surface.

This sword was carved meticulously,

the blade was as clear and bright as autumn water, flashing with a chilling cold light.

As if it could cut through all things in practice.

As soon as this object was sacrificed,

Li Lan instantly sensed an astonishing spiritual power fluctuation constantly emanating from it.

Just standing nearby,

he could clearly feel a strong sense of oppression.

Li Lan's heart jumped for no reason.

Although he didn't know what this was,

he understood that if he easily granted the other party's wish, the consequences would be unimaginable.

With this thought,

Li Lan immediately stopped hesitating,

with a wave of his hand, the Dust Mist Intrusion once again drifted open with him as the center.

Immediately afterwards,

Quicksand Binding, Azure Wood Miasma, Hundred Blade Rain, Entangling Waist Vine, Blazing Prairie Flames…

Li Lan used all the spells he knew to the fullest.

Finally,

he also scattered all the spirit bean soldiers he could summon.

In an instant,

the surroundings were filled with many wooden bean soldiers wearing various colored clothes and with indistinguishable appearances.

Li Lan waved his hand again,

giving all the magic weapons he had seized since stepping onto the path of immortality to these spirit bean soldiers.

With a thought in his mind,

these spirit bean soldiers launched a charge towards A'hua.

After doing all this,

Li Lan also took out a spirit stone from the storage bag,

and began to absorb the pure heaven and earth spiritual energy within it.

Although the highest realm of the bean soldiers was only the first level of Qi Refining,

for most of the others, the mana on their bodies wasn't even as rich as the spiritual energy in the air.

But so many wooden puppets, acting in unison,

looked quite impressive.

However,

A'hua didn't care about this.

This time, he didn't continue to dodge,

but pinched a magic seal and used a spell.

The seawater beneath his feet seemed to be summoned,

rising without wind, rotating around A'hua like a whirlpool.

Finally, a shell-like water membrane formed around him.

Although this water membrane looked exceptionally weak and transparent,

many magic weapons and basic spells falling on it only stirred up ripples.

There was no sign of it breaking at all.

What made Li Lan's face even more solemn was that,

the Dragon Twisting Heaven Bone and sea urchin-shaped blunt magic weapon, which were best at using force to overcome skill,

this time also rarely produced any effect.

It should be known that,

this type of blunt weapon was extremely good at dealing with this type of mana shield in the past.

Even if it couldn't be broken on the spot, it could also directly cause damage to its owner through the method of shaking a mountain to shock a tiger.

However, now,

the two magic weapons were as if they were hitting cotton,

besides making the ripples of the spiritual power shield more intense, there were no other effects.