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第五卷 天云十二州 第一千二百二十九章 战胜离合期修仙者

Lin Xuan only suffered minor injuries, but Huìtōng the monk lost an arm and a leg. Originally, their battle was evenly matched, but Lin Xuan's additional protection from the Azure Flame Qilin Armor made all the difference in the outcome. The old monk was both shocked and angry, his face contorted with pain.

Though Rain Lin Xuan had a blank expression on his face, he wouldn't miss such an opportunity for anything. After their previous spell duel, the opponent's knife array had been destroyed. Although sixteen flying knives still hovered midair, cracks covered their surfaces. A gust of mountain wind swept by, and to everyone’s horror, this precious treasure disintegrated into powder and scattered with the wind. Huìtōng couldn't help but feel a pang of pain.

Rain Lin Xuan's throughway divine treasures were also not in perfect condition; two new cracks appeared on top of their original damage. Lin Xuan sighed and stowed the item back into his robe, then began to prepare for another confrontation.

Huìtōng’s remaining arm swung around, conjuring a large 'Buddha' from condensed primordial energy, meeting the Azure Knife's attack with resistance. However, there was still the Azure Qilin Long’s divine treasure, which had spatial abilities and was incredibly powerful. Huìtōng, as an old monster of the Separation Stage, quickly reacted by summoning a silver hook-shaped treasure to counter the攻势.

Under normal circumstances, these actions would have been trivial for him, but now that he had lost an arm and leg, his physical body was rejecting his essence. This wasn't unusual; the natural laws dictated that a stolen body wouldn’t fully integrate with one's essence. If Huìtōng were to retreat and seal himself away for a dozen years, this issue could be resolved, but he had overestimated his strength and sought revenge prematurely.

Sweat dripped down Huìtōng’s face as he realized the dire situation. Suddenly, a flash of green light appeared, and Rain Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Microstep to approach him. The young man exuded an overwhelming aura of demonic energy, causing shock on Huìtōng's face: "Impossible, you're still a cultivator of demons?"

Without hesitation, Lin Xuan punched straight into his chest.

The two were only about ten feet apart, leaving no room for Huìtōng to dodge. Due to the severe injuries, his physical body was rejecting his essence, making it difficult for him to move. He could only muster a breath and activate his protective divine shield, a basic defense spell from the Five Elements.

The light screen was about a foot thick due to the integration of primordial energy. However, in front of Lin Xuan, it shattered with a loud sound. His Wind Phoenix Dance Nine Heaven Technique had reached its third layer, making these fists more powerful than those of an ordinary late-stage Essence Body cultivator. The light screen broke but slowed Huìtōng down enough for him to vanish.

It was the Contraction Earth Divine Skill!

Lin Xuan’s eyes narrowed as he cast out dozens of sword qi from his sleeves. Unlike before, these sword qi were multicolored, making them even more powerful.

"Ouch!"

Lin Xuan shouted and the five-colored sword qi expanded like a storm. Each one was three feet long, forming a colorful ribbon that shot towards Huìtōng's position twenty meters away. The old monk appeared from his hiding spot. Facing the incoming multicolored sword qi, he looked extremely displeased.

He opened his mouth and spat out a golden beam of light, which then transformed into more sword qi.

The sky was filled with sword qi, multicolor and gold clashing in battle, resembling artificial lightning.

Lin Xuan used Nine Heavens Microstep again, while Huìtōng employed Contraction Earth Divine Skill to chase each other. Huìtōng had the intention of retreating but knew that continuing would be fruitless.

"Stay alive, and you won't run out of fuel," Lin Xuan thought grimly as he used Nine Heavens Microstep again.

The distance between them narrowed with each exchange of sword qi. The two continued to attack each other without pause, seeing the sword qi merely as harassment. However, the spectators from Qianying Sect and Ji Family were stunned; these sword qi could rival those of ordinary early-stage Essence Body cultivators. A flick of a sleeve or a mouthful could release dozens.

In just a few breaths, Lin Xuan caught up to Huìtōng again.

He punched out,

This time, there was no way for the other to dodge; Contraction Earth Divine Skill had its limitations. The sound of breaking bones echoed as his chest was caved in by Lin Xuan's fist. However, when Lin Xuan withdrew his hand, not a single drop of blood remained on it.

Huìtōng’s face showed no signs of reluctance. If only the essence body and physical body had integrated properly, he wouldn’t be in this predicament! His eyes glinted with malice as two of his bodies were already destroyed by Lin Xuan.

"Bad luck!"

Lin Xuan's experience in spell duels was vast; he immediately sensed something amiss. Without hesitation, he used Nine Heavens Microstep and summoned a black gold dragon armor shield to block him. With a loud sound, the old monster’s body exploded into blood mist.

Though powerful, it couldn’t harm Lin Xuan, but his goal was merely to protect his essence body from escaping. A golden light emerged from the blood mist.

"Trying to run? Not so easy!"

Lin Xuan's face showed deep displeasure as he injected more power into the ancient-looking longsword. Without much effort, he easily freed it from the silver hook’s entanglement. Gripping the sword, Lin Xuan cast down his power with no hesitation. Spatial ripples appeared a hundred meters away, and Huìtōng's essence body stumbled out, only an inch tall but resembling Huìtōng in every detail.

"Impossible! You actually broke through instantaneous teleportation."

Huìtōng was both shocked and angry. Lin Xuan’s brows rose as he sensed something was wrong. Indeed, the essence body flicked its hand and uttered some incantation before spitting out a stream of essence qi that transformed into a talisman-like object, which entered his forehead. The essence body then attempted to teleport again.

Lin Xuan naturally cast down his longsword, but this time, it didn’t work; Huìtōng’s spatial abilities hadn't been broken.

"Failed."

Though Lin Xuan had suspected something was wrong earlier, the Wanshou Sect's Void Eye’s essence body once escaped from him. However, Huìtōng used a different secret technique than Void Eye.

Damn it! Was this going to be in vain? Lin Xuan’s expression was extremely grim. It made sense; releasing a tiger back into the wild would bring endless trouble.

Even if Huìtōng had lost two bodies and needed to repossess another, his cultivation level would drop significantly. But he was still an Essence Body cultivator of the Separation Stage. Missing this opportunity, Lin Xuan felt extremely regretful.

However, since it had happened, sulking wouldn’t help. Lin Xuan sighed, first stowing away his treasures and then putting Huìtōng’s storage bag in his pocket before turning to look at the watching cultivators from a distance.

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