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第两千零七十五章 三头灵禽

Half a day passed quickly. In the nearly six hours, the heavenly tribulation continuously changed its attacks hundreds of times. However, all these attempts were easily deflected by Lin Xuan.

This wasn't particularly remarkable. The Conceptional Profound Realm should not appear in the mortal world.

As time went on, the multicolored clouds' light dimmed significantly. The heavenly tribulation was about to end.

However, Lin Xuan's expression grew more serious instead.

Having traversed the Spirit World once, Lin Xuan had a deeper understanding of the heavenly tribulation than most cultivators. This wasn't due to personal experience; rather, there were many descriptions in the Spirit World’s ancient texts regarding this matter.

The hardest part of passing through today’s minor heavenly tribulation was the final moment. Although Lin Xuan was confident, he still didn’t dare be careless. Even a hawk needs all its strength to catch a rabbit. He didn't want to end up like a frog in a well when facing the tribulation.

Ascending to the Conceptional Profound Realm wasn’t something to boast about. Lin Xuan had never been one to be overly proud.

The path of cultivation was long and arduous, after all. Lin Xuan couldn’t afford to be too complacent.

With a wave of his sleeves, spiritual light flashed, and seven shields the size of palm leaves flew out, arranged in a fan shape. Lin Xuan sent a spell, causing each shield to emit its own spiritual light, forming a green screen with a Taiji pattern that seemed mysterious.

The玄青母子盾 (Xuanqing Mother-Child Shield) would be enough to handle these three spirit beasts.

A loud crack echoed as the fire rain only caused ripples on the screen, producing no other effects.

Lin Xuan's face showed great satisfaction. However, the three spirit beasts wouldn't give up so easily. The left side of the trio, the phoenix head, let out a loud call before two sharp claws extended into the void. A green claw appeared, with countless runes spewing forth and electric arcs shining brightly. It descended like a mountain crushing down on everything.

"Quickly!"

This time, Lin Xuan wasn't careless either. He raised his right hand and pointed it forward.

The next moment, the giant claw collided with the Taiji pattern shield. A loud rumble echoed as if the entire space shook for a thousand miles.

Lin Xuan rubbed his forehead, muttering to himself: "This is really interesting. The power of this heavenly tribulation is already comparable to that of a Conceptional Profound Realm cultivator."

With the spirit beast lineage and Lin Xuan's assistance, the heavenly tribulation had undergone some degree of mutation. Its power was now sufficient to kill anything in the mortal world.

However, Lin Xuan remained unperturbed. He sneered: "Even if it’s comparable to a Conceptional Profound Realm cultivator, do you think that can defeat this young master?"

Before his words were finished, Lin Xuan waved his sleeves again, and countless leaf-shaped talismans shot forward.

They pierced the trio of spirit beasts in an instant. The opponent was too large to dodge. However, Lin Xuan didn't show any signs of satisfaction; instead, he narrowed his eyes as the strange bird wasn’t a true spirit beast but merely gathered from the primordial energy of the heavens. The wounds quickly healed with flashes of spiritual light.

Lin Xuan sighed but remained calm. Such minor injuries couldn’t eliminate the heavenly tribulation. He needed to use more powerful techniques.

"Really, even this minor heavenly tribulation is forcing me to use my true skills."

Lin Xuan muttered. Before his words were finished, silver light flashed as the Ninefold Bright Moon Ring appeared from his sleeves.

He grabbed it and poured all his magical energy into it like a flood. The talisman emitted intense spiritual light, radiating malevolent energy as hundreds of ice serpents and fire dragons appeared around him, their roars filling the air.

Small-scale attacks couldn’t eliminate those three strange birds, so he used more powerful techniques.

Lin Xuan’s hands moved like butterflies, transforming into seven dragons. They covered the sky, flying towards the giant trio of spirit beasts.

Various sounds filled his ears—dragon roars and bird calls echoing together. However, in a short time, the Thousand Dragon Fangs proved formidable as the strange birds were left with no intact parts.

Lin Xuan was pleased. He cast several more spells, one of which was a white mist-like hurricane that quickly enveloped the severely injured spirit beast.

Next, he raised his right hand again and a red staff appeared in his sight—A Communicating Buddha Treasure.

After a short while, Lin Xuan held up his right hand high, swinging the ancient spear down with great force. A loud tearing sound echoed as an aura of ferocity emerged, accompanied by runes flickering on the surface of the spear.

The words flashed and formed a circle, revealing a strange and intricate spell array before a crescent-shaped blade appeared!

Wherever it went, space seemed to distort, and plops sounded as the spirit beast lost three heads. Numerous sword qi flew out from Lin Xuan’s sleeves, converging into a terrifying giant sword.

A loud tearing sound split the monster bird's remains in two.

"Wow..."

Pheasant watched the entire process, her eyes wide with amazement. She was only at the Separation Realm and couldn’t enter such battles. However, she admired Lin Xuan’s strength. A Conceptional Profound Realm cultivator was indeed formidable.

A faint sound entered his ears. However, Lin Xuan's spiritual awareness was so powerful that it escaped his notice.

Silver light flashed as he looked over. It was a trio of strange birds, but they were only a few inches long.

The heavenly tribulation had become sentient!

Lin Xuan was delighted. He had encountered such a situation before when in Yunzhou. The tribulation cloud had transformed into a human-faced centipede and had already become a sentient object after years of refinement. It turned out the current tribulation cloud was just forming, but it could also do so, likely due to Pheasant’s true spirit lineage.

Such things were very useful. They were a great supplement for Phantasmal Heavenly Fire. Lin Xuan couldn’t let this go.

He flashed his body and used Ninefold Microstep, appearing behind the tribulation cloud.

Blocking its retreat path, Lin Xuan waved his sleeves, and large patches of green clouds flew out. The flame essence didn't want to be trapped; it tried to break free but was useless. Lin Xuan released several more green clouds, completely enveloping it before turning it into a round ball the size of a fist.

Lin Xuan reached out and caught the ball in his palm.

Even for Lin Xuan now, this was an extraordinary treasure—the essence of tribulation fire, something rare to obtain. He examined the ball for a moment before tapping it with his hand, taking out an jade box from his须臾袋 (Yuxu Bag). After opening the lid, he placed the ball inside.

He then took several禁制符录 (Restriction Talismans) and stuck them on. Satisfied, he put everything back in his waistband.

Just as he finished, a strange rumbling echoed above him. After a while, the sky grew darker until it was pitch black. However, a white dot appeared.

At first, it was only the size of a fingernail but grew larger and larger until it became a vortex with a diameter of ten feet.

"Master."

"Don't worry. Although I haven’t personally experienced this, I’ve seen descriptions in ancient texts. This is the path to the Spirit World. Let's go," Lin Xuan said calmly as he turned around.

"Alright."

Pheasant wasn’t a coward but was nervous about ascending to the higher realms.

Lin Xuan then took Pheasant’s hand and enveloped her with green light, flying into the void together.

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