Li Yuanba disappeared along with the white lotus under his feet, leaving the Fire Phoenix empty-handed. The Fire Phoenix exploded at the position where he was before and turned into a sea of fire.
The second fire phoenix of the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire was released, but it was unable to lock onto Li Yuanba’s figure for a moment.
Because Li Yuanba's figure was erratic, he kept flashing around the battlefield in a short period of time.
Li Yuanba's sword flew out and slashed at the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire. A barrier formed by a fire dragon appeared on the body of the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire. This was a barrier formed by a magic weapon called the Fire Dragon Cover.
When Xing's sword slashed at the fire dragon barrier, a backlash of fire attribute came from his sword.
However, this backlash was immediately eliminated by the sword intent of Xing Yijian. It can be seen that this Fire Dragon Cover is not only a defensive magic weapon, but also has a counterattack effect.
In terms of magic weapons, even though Li Yuanba started practicing hundreds of years later than Zhihuo Luohan, the Xingyi Sword had been refined for hundreds of years by its previous owner, the sword cultivator Yun Xingyi. The Xingyi Sword is not inferior to Zhihuo Luohan's magic weapon, but is much stronger.
Sword cultivators are dedicated to refining their own magic weapon, unlike other cultivators who have to consider other magic weapons. In addition, sword cultivators are strongest in their flying swords, and the energy they invest in a flying sword is more than the sum of the energy invested in several magic weapons of other cultivators.
Therefore, there is not much difference between Li Yuanba and Zhihuo Arhat in terms of magic weapons. Although the sword blessed by "Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky" is slightly inferior to Li Yuanba's realm, it is enough to make Zhihuo Arhat dare not underestimate it.
The Wise Fire Arhat felt the feedback from the Fire Dragon Cover and was slightly surprised.
Originally he thought that Li Yuanba would use his body-refining ability to fight him, but he didn't expect that Li Yuanba's flying sword was so sharp.
Li Yuanba's sword intent carries the artistic conception of the brilliant sun. He does not look like a cultivator from the Demon Sect at all. He is more righteous than the cultivators from the righteous sects.
The Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire practiced a Buddhist technique with fire attributes, but when the two magic weapons came into contact, his fire-attributed spiritual power was actually restrained by Li Yuanba's Zhiyang Sword Intent.
If his realm had not reached the level of a great elder, perhaps the Fire Dragon Cover might have been broken by Li Yuanba.
He was familiar with 'Lotus Blooms at Every Step', which made him feel helpless.
His fire-attributed Buddhist skills have extremely strong attack power, and can be ranked among the top among the great elders.
However, no matter how strong the attack power is, it can only be effective if it hits the enemy. However, in front of the magical power of "Lotus Blossoms at Every Step", no matter how the attack is, it cannot touch Li Yuanba.
He even used the Fire Phoenix's self-destruction, but it still had no effect.
A strange phenomenon occurred in the battle. Li Yuanba appeared in various places on the battlefield without any pattern, making all the attacks of the Wise Fire Arhat ineffective, while Xing Yijian kept attacking the Wise Fire Arhat.
The Yuanying ancestors present all saw clearly that if the battle continued like this, there would be no winner.
Li Yuanba's sword could not break through the fire dragon shield of the Wise Fire Arhat, and the Wise Fire Arhat could not hit Li Yuanba either.
However, they were also waiting for Li Yuanba to launch his body refining attack, because Li Yuanba could only truly hurt the Great Arhat of Wisdom Fire through the body refining of the great elder level.
Li Yuanba was not in a hurry, he really enjoyed the fight. This kind of opponent was rare, he could use his full strength of his flying sword without any scruples.
While controlling his natal flying sword to attack, his understanding of the 'Sword Intent Soaring into the Sky' and the sword intent was deepening.
He used the 'Divine Eyes', and because this magical power did not have the slightest outward aura, not even the Venerable Huike at the scene could notice that Li Yuanba was using the 'Divine Eyes'.
Li Yuanba saw through his 'Divine Eyes' the flow of spiritual energy from the fire dragon shield on the Great Arhat of Wisdom and the dense fire phoenixes in the sky.
The original body Li Shiming standing next to him also used the "Divine Eyes". He was more direct and used his life treasure IBMz15 to participate in the analysis, allowing him to analyze the spiritual nodes of the Fire Dragon Cover and the Fire Phoenix faster than his clone Li Yuanba.
Just when the Yuanying ancestors thought that the battle would fall into a continuous stalemate until Li Yuanba used his body refining strength to break the stalemate, Xing Yijian suddenly stabbed a fire phoenix with his sword.
Now on the battlefield, there are thirty-six fire phoenixes summoned by the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire, so that fire phoenixes can be seen everywhere on the battlefield.
This fire phoenix was at the side of the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire, and was stabbed by Xing's sword one by one, and exploded with a "bang".
This explosion was beyond the expectations of Zhihuo Da Luohan, because it was not an explosion controlled by him.
The Fire Phoenix was the attack spell he cast, which possessed great flexibility and power. It was his most proficient fire-attributed secret technique. He had been immersed in this secret technique for hundreds of years, so how could such a mistake occur?
The unexpected explosion of the Fire Phoenix also affected the Great Arhat of Wisdom Fire due to the Fire Phoenix's loss of control.
The fire dragon shield outside the body of the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire was hit by the explosion. If it was just one explosion like this, it would not be a big deal and would not pose much threat to the fire dragon shield.
Dan Xing struck with one sword after another, stabbing another fire phoenix that was close to the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire.
What was strange was that this fire phoenix also exploded, and the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire was within the range of the explosion.
Even though the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire adjusted the fire phoenixes to leave his side, four fire phoenixes were still detonated by Xing Yijian.
Xing Yijian was like finding the switch point of the Fire Phoenix, and it would explode as long as it hit.
The great elders present did not have the vision to understand it, but the Nascent Soul ancestors were amazed at Li Yuanba's perception of spiritual power.
Those in the Nascent Soul stage can also sense the spiritual power nodes of the Fire Phoenix, but they can only discover them by looking down from a higher level. However, Li Yuanba's realm is lower than that of the Great Arhat of Wisdom Fire, so it is more difficult for him to discover the spiritual power nodes.
After being hit by four consecutive Fire Phoenix explosions, the Fire Dragon Cover became somewhat unstable.
It cannot be said that the defense of the Fire Dragon Shield is poor. The Fire Phoenix is a spell attack at the level of a great elder, and its power is not much weaker than that of a swordsman of the same level.
The explosion of the four fire phoenixes is equivalent to the great elder using his magic to bombard the fire dragon shield with all his strength four times.
At this moment, Xing Yijian attacked the fire dragon cover again.
With a "click", the fire dragon that was wandering on the fire dragon cover turned into fragments, and the fragments turned into pure spiritual power and scattered.
The figure of the Wise Fire Arhat quickly retreated, and the fire dragon cover beside him turned into its original form and fell from the sky.
Li Yuanba smiled slightly, and his figure appeared out of thin air next to the Fire Dragon Cover. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the Fire Dragon Cover. He did not chase after the Wise Fire Arhat.
In this situation, even if he is not the master, he will not have the opportunity to kill the opponent. There are eight Nascent Soul ancestors here, so how could there be casualties in the battle?
So he chose to get the benefits first. The Fire Dragon Cover was of a very high grade, and it was a third-grade magic weapon with both offensive and defensive capabilities. It was just right to be handed over to the original body Li Shiming for research.
After obtaining the Fire Dragon Cover, his spiritual thoughts swept across the inside and outside of the Fire Dragon Cover. He even used sword intent to clear the spiritual imprints inside the Fire Dragon Cover.
This action made Zhihuo Da Luohan involuntarily groan. For the sake of his face, Zhihuo Da Luohan endured the backlash caused by the spiritual imprint of the magic weapon being expelled.
"Thank you for your advice!" Li Yuanba bowed to the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire and said with a smile.
"Friend Li, your methods are great. Zhihuo admits defeat!" The Great Arhat Zhihuo bowed in return.
The other great elders standing nearby all had looks of disbelief in their eyes. The Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire actually lost.
Moreover, Li Yuanba defeated the Great Arhat of Wisdom Fire by relying only on his sword skills of the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm without using his most powerful body refining skills.
Although Li Yuanba borrowed the magic of the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire to counterattack, but no matter what, victory is victory.
"Yuanba, return the magic weapon to Zhihuo!" Ancestor Jian shook his head and ordered Li Yuanba with a smile.
Today he is the master, and Li Yuanba is his disciple, so he is also the master.
Winning the competition is not enough, he is also planning to covet his opponent's magic weapon. If he tells others about it, he will lose face.
Besides, Li Yuanba is a sword cultivator, what use is there for him to take the Fire Dragon Cover? Is he going to sell it for spirit stones?
"Yes, Master!" Li Yuanba did not refuse. He threw the Fire Dragon Cover to the Wise Fire Arhat.
The Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire had already been scanned by him with his divine sense, and all the data was recorded in the body's innate magic weapon IBMz15. There was not much point in taking the Fire Dragon Cover.
The Wise Fire Arhat took over the Fire Dragon Cover, and even though he had great Qi training skills, his face turned pale and blue.
It would have been fine if Li Yuanba had snatched the Fire Dragon Cover away, but throwing it back so carelessly made the Wise Fire Arhat even angrier.
The spiritual imprint in the Fire Dragon Cover has been dispelled, and the Great Arhat of Wisdom Fire needs to be refined again. It is unknown how long it will take to reach the previous level of refinement.
With the realm of the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire, he is preparing to advance to the Nascent Soul stage. How much energy does he have to refine the Fire Dragon Cover again?
But the Great Arhat of Wisdom and Fire could not throw it back, as the Fire Dragon Cover suited him very well. Before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the Fire Dragon Cover was still his most suitable defensive magic weapon. Besides, if he just threw it back, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of its owner, the Sword Ancestor?
Venerable Huike could do this, but he, a mere arhat, would not dare to do it.
"Please give guidance to my young disciple Yuanba!" Patriarch Jian said to the Nascent Soul ancestors with a smile.
"Why would you need my advice? Defeating the Great Elder in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm will be enough to shock the world once this record gets out!" Elder Ling Xueling said with a chuckle.
“Yes, with this eyesight and sword intent, it seems that you have inherited the true teachings of fellow swordsman!” Patriarch Zuo also responded with a smile.
"Yuanba is a hardworking kid, and his physical skills are also pretty good. Don't you think so, Venerable Huike?" Patriarch Lu looked at Venerable Huike and asked with a smile.
"That's right, Mr. Li has a connection with Buddhism. Please come and visit Qianye Temple when you have time!" Venerable Huike said lightly.
Patriarch Lu looked at Venerable Huike coldly, and Venerable Huike also looked at Patriarch Lu. A tense atmosphere arose between the two Nascent Soul ancestors.
"Let's continue watching the performance of the younger generations!" Patriarch Zhan ended their hostility and tried to smooth things over with a smile.
"Hmph!" Patriarch Lu snorted coldly and turned away.
When Li Yuanba was captured by Venerable Huike and taken to Qianye Temple, this incident caused quite a stir. If Li Yuanba had not returned safely, a war might have really broken out between the two sects.
Venerable Huike mentioned again that Li Yuanba should go to Qianye Temple, which angered Patriarch Lu.
Patriarch Jian doesn’t know about this yet. If he knew, he would probably be even more impulsive than Patriarch Lu.
"Lan Hongxi asks Master Li for guidance!" Lan Hongxi, the great elder of Yin Yang Sect, stood up, bowed to Li Shiming with a smile.
"Master Li, do you think you can accept it?" Patriarch Jian asked after a slight hesitation.
He didn't expect that Great Elder Lan Hongxi would invite Li Shiming to compete with him. Li Shiming was an invited guest and theoretically was not considered a junior participating in the competition.
But Li Shiming is indeed a younger generation, so it is normal for him to participate in the competition if he is willing.
"Shiming, be careful, the cultivators of the Yin-Yang Sect are very strange!" Patriarch Zuo did not make a decision for Li Shiming, but reminded him.
Li Shiming smiled at Patriarch Zuo, nodded to Patriarch Jian, and walked towards the battlefield.
Now all the Nascent Soul ancestors and other cultivators became interested.
Li Shiming was extremely famous. His title as the number one alchemy master in the Northern Shu Continent had spread throughout the continent.
But there have always been different opinions about his fighting ability, and no one knows his true fighting ability.
"Junior brother, come on!" Ye Jingxian shouted loudly, but she quickly realized that there were a bunch of Nascent Soul ancestors here, so she shrank her body again, trying to shrink her tall body.
No Yuanying ancestor would reprimand her. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that she was brought by Li Shiming would not be a Yuanying ancestor.
"Hongxi has heard of Master Li's name for a long time. Please feel free to give me some advice!" When Elder Lan Hongxi saw that Li Shiming was really gone, she said with a charming smile on her face.
She thought of using the methods of the Yin-Yang Sect. If she could charm Li Shiming's mind, then she would pull Li Shiming into the Yin-Yang Sect and make him her Taoist partner.
By then, she would no longer need to worry about her cultivation resources and could take as many elixirs as she wanted.
Everyone knows that Li Shiming is the richest Jindan cultivator.
"It's up to you how you want. Please!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
He waved his hand, and twelve silver corpses appeared beside him, each of these silver corpses holding a different number of third-grade formation flags in their hands.
Li Shiming did not summon all the silver corpses, and the silver corpse Nanming was hidden by him.
Silver Corpse Nanming has mastered the Nanming Lihuo, and he dare not let other cultivators discover it easily.
The Yuanying ancestors looked at each other in bewilderment, feeling strange in their hearts.
The previous Li Yuanba was a disciple of the Demonic Sect, Senluo Sect, but his sword intent was upright, like the shining sun.
But the Li Shiming in front of him was a disciple of the righteous Shushan Sect, and he summoned twelve silver corpses.
Moreover, eleven of these twelve silver corpses actually have three heads and six arms, which are modified refined corpses.
This kind of method is extremely rare among magic practitioners, because if this kind of transformation is to form a strong combat effectiveness, it requires a lot of experimentation and trial and error.
The transformation of a corpse cannot be done at will. The transformed body must be able to pass spiritual power freely, and the muscles and bones must be in accordance with the rules of heaven and earth. Otherwise, the corpse's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.