"Senior Jin, you know a lot about the cave heaven. How do you deal with this situation?" asked Patriarch Lu.
On the North Shu Continent, because of the relationship between Ancestor Lu and Ancestor Jian, and the fact that although Ancestor Lu was the ancestor of the Demon Sect, he had good relations with several people from the righteous and evil sects, the Nascent Soul ancestors pushed him out to negotiate.
After seeing a large number of third-grade ghosts, they accepted ancestors Jin Kai and Ren Xun to join their battle formation.
After all, Patriarch Jin Kai is very powerful. His middle Nascent Soul stage is enough to match the combined strength of several early Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Not to mention that Patriarch Jin Kai has more knowledge about the cave heaven and can give important opinions.
"Although I know something about cave heavens, that knowledge was collected by the business company. Each cave heaven was created by a great Mahayana master based on his ideas. How can we guess what the great master is thinking!" Ancestor Jin Kai said with a wry smile and shook his head.
They discovered one thing, that is, as long as they stayed at the entrance, the ghosts would not pounce on them, but as long as they crossed the range of the entrance, the ghosts would rush in frantically.
What made them even more troubled was that once they entered the entrance, they were unable to leave.
Even the rune for leaving the cave that Patriarch Jin Kai mastered was useless. It seemed that this cave was just a black hole, swallowing up all the cultivators who entered and not letting them leave.
"Then there is no other way?" asked Patriarch Lu, frowning.
As Nascent Soul ancestors, they could stay here for a hundred years without any problem thanks to the spiritual objects they carried with them. However, being trapped in the cave for a long time and unable to practice in such an environment was extremely disadvantageous to them.
Besides, they entered the cave for the treasures inside, not to be trapped.
"Let's take turns attacking and see if we can clear out the ghosts here!" Patriarch Jin Kai said after thinking for a while.
Although there are three grades of ghosts and their number is countless, there are ten Nascent Soul ancestors here.
When the Yuanying Patriarch exerts his full strength, his might is enough to wipe out a group of ghosts without any problem.
As long as the other Nascent Soul ancestors can give the Nascent Soul ancestor who has taken action enough opportunity to recover safely, then even if there are many third-grade ghosts, they will be able to kill them all.
"Hey, my divine power can't be used!" At this moment, Venerable Huike suddenly exclaimed.
After entering the cave, he felt depressed and uneasy. While the two sides were discussing, he tried to use "A World Away", but found that "A World Away" did not have the same effect as before.
"Every cave has its own rules of heaven and earth set by powerful beings. The use of most magical powers is restricted in this cave. Even flying is restricted, so I proposed to clear it slowly and move forward!" Patriarch Jin Kai was not surprised, he explained in a deep voice.
His realm is higher than that of other Nascent Soul ancestors, and his perception is more comprehensive. He knows the characteristics of the cave heaven without even trying.
"I will make the first move, and then everyone will make the move one by one. After each person makes a move, they must immediately recover their spiritual power. They must keep their spiritual power full and never be careless!" he continued.
The reason why he reminded was because the eight Nascent Soul ancestors were extremely important to his own safety at this time, and nothing could happen to the eight Nascent Soul ancestors at this stage.
When he saw the massive number of third-grade ghosts, he had a very bad feeling about this cave.
"Okay, let's form a formation!" Patriarch Lu nodded.
The eight Nascent Soul ancestors and Ren Xun formed the Nine Palaces Formation. Although they were from different continents, the Nine Palaces Formations were generally the same.
The Yuanying ancestors have extremely long lives, which gives them time to master a lot of knowledge, and formations are one of the must-learn knowledge.
After the Nine Palace Formation was set up, Patriarch Jin Kai did not fly, but stepped on the ground and walked out of the entrance.
The third-grade ghosts wandering around flew towards Ancestor Jin Kai like sharks smelling blood.
"Destroy!" Ancestor Jin Kai shouted softly, and he slapped out with his palm, which turned into a huge palm Dharma image in the air.
This is a partial transformation method of the Dharmadhatu. Using this fighting method, he also used his true combat power and did not hold back much.
The combat effectiveness of a Nascent Soul cultivator is mainly reflected in the Nascent Soul.
When the Nascent Soul has not yet formed a Dharmakāya, it is very fragile and needs the protection of the body. After the Nascent Soul forms a Dharmakāya, the body becomes fragile instead, and the Nascent Soul's Dharmakāya in turn protects the body.
However, Nascent Soul cultivators would use this method of partial transformation in their normal low-level battles. It was relatively powerful but consumed much less energy.
Wherever the giant palm passed, the third-grade ghosts let out screams and then dissipated.
With this strike, Patriarch Jin Kai cleared out all the third-grade ghosts within fifty meters ahead. After the strike, his figure retreated and entered the Nine Palaces Formation.
Patriarch Lu did not hesitate at all and made way for a node in the Nine Palaces Formation. Patriarch Jin Kai stood on that node to keep the Nine Palaces Formation running normally.
He flew out of the Nine Palaces Formation, and the Nine Palaces Formation followed him forward, moving forward thirty meters behind him.
The third-grade ghosts here have been cleared out, and new third-grade ghosts have not yet been replenished, so it is a period of idleness.
Patriarch Lu took a long breath, and also used the method of transforming part of the Dharmakaya, and slapped out with one palm.
The giant palm of the Dharmadhatu flew out, and its terrifying power killed all the third-grade ghosts within a range of twenty meters.
This attack was much weaker than that of Patriarch Jin Kai, but this was normal, as Patriarch Jin Kai's cultivation was at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
But Patriarch Lu had an unsightly look on his face. When he made his move, he was still thinking that with Patriarch Jin Kai's strength, he had only cleared out the third-grade ghosts within a range of fifty meters, and thought that Patriarch Jin Kai did not want to contribute.
When he attacked, he found that this cave had severely suppressed the power of the Nascent Soul Patriarch.
It is simply unimaginable that the attack of the Nascent Soul Patriarch would be suppressed. How terrifying must the rules of this cave be.
He also retreated back into the Nine Palace Formation and replaced Ancestor Zuo's position. Ancestor Zuo flew out of the formation, and the formation advanced forward more than ten meters.
Ancestor Zuo did not use his Dharma image, but instead used a secret attack method, and his spiritual power turned into flames and burned forward.
In the flames, the third-grade ghost let out a shrill cry, but he did not look happy at all. Instead, an expression of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Because his attack did not kill any of the third-grade ghosts, it only caused some damage to the third-grade ghosts within the attack range.
"Fellow Daoist Zuo, ghosts must use Dharma images to cause the greatest damage!" Patriarch Lu reminded.
We can’t blame Ancestor Zuo. He has rarely come into contact with ghosts and his research on them is not in-depth, which is why this situation occurred.
Ancestor Zuo originally wanted to save some energy. The energy consumed by using the Dharma image once is much greater than the energy consumed by using the main body to launch an attack secret method.
The Nascent Soul is formed from the essence of the Nascent Soul ancestor, and contains almost all of the spirit. The Nascent Soul is almost equivalent to a spiritual body. When the Nascent Soul is stimulated to manifest its Dharma image, its attacks will have the effect of attacking the spiritual body.
"It was my mistake!" he apologized in a deep voice.
He attacked again, and this time he honestly used the method of partial transformation of the Dharmakaya. With one palm strike, the third-grade ghost within more than 20 meters was destroyed.
He intentionally increased the force of his shot to make up for his mistake.
The next Yuanying ancestors no longer made mistakes, and one by one they used their Dharma images to attack, and the Nine Palaces Formation moved forward steadily.
Ancestor Jian was the last one to make a move. After he flew out of the Nine Palace Formation, he did not display his Dharma image like the previous Nascent Soul ancestors.
He waved his hand forward, and his fourth-grade natal flying sword flew out.
As soon as the fourth-grade natal flying sword appeared, an extremely sharp sword intent emanated from the natal flying sword.
The fourth-grade natal flying sword flew forward more than thirty meters, and all the third-grade ghosts were killed by the sword wherever it passed.
The Yuanying ancestors showed expressions of amazement, and even the Jinkai ancestor couldn't help but nod secretly.
Sword cultivators are known to be the best killers in the world of immortal cultivation, and their reputation is well-deserved. Especially when a fierce attack is required, the power exerted by a Nascent Soul sword cultivator is even equal to the power of many Nascent Soul ancestors combined.
"It's a pity that Young Master Jian has been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage in such a short time. Otherwise, he could join forces with me and perhaps we could speed up the progress!" Ancestor Jin Kai said with emotion.
It seems that the attack of Ancestor Jian is only slightly more powerful than that of other early Nascent Soul cultivators, but the most important thing is that he did not use the Dharma image, which makes his consumption extremely low.
In an environment where we don't know how many enemies there are, reducing consumption is extremely important.
It is a pity for Patriarch Jin Kai that Patriarch Jian’s foundation is too weak. Although his consumption is low, his foundation is too little, so he can only keep up with the consumption of other early Nascent Soul cultivators.
The other Nascent Soul ancestors have practiced for hundreds of years longer than him, and their foundation is certainly not comparable to his.
No matter how little his attack consumes, he does not have much advantage over other early Nascent Soul ancestors in terms of the total energy occupied by his body.
"Thank you for your praise, Senior Jin. It's all I can do to not hold you back!" Patriarch Jian smiled and retracted his natal flying sword, then retreated back to the formation and took Patriarch Jin Kai's place.
The Yuanying ancestors found a way, and with the cooperation of each other, they moved forward steadily.
Their attack range is wide and their attack power is great. They can always clear an area before the third-grade ghosts gather and move forward.
Although the Yuanying ancestors did not have Li Shiming's life-saving magic weapon IBMz15 to record the map, their perception ability was extremely strong, allowing them to maintain a straight direction of movement.
After walking for dozens of miles, the energy in the bodies of each Nascent Soul ancestor was not consumed much.
After each attack, there are nine rounds of rest time. Even though the spiritual energy in this environment is thin, they all carry spiritual objects that help restore energy, so they can keep their bodies replenished.
If they continue like this, they might be able to clear all the ghosts from this space.
"Senior Jin, who opened this cave? Why haven't we encountered the other party even though we have advanced so far?" Ancestor Lu asked Ancestor Jin Kai.
Because they were fighting a common enemy, the relationship between them was relatively harmonious, which was why Patriarch Lu asked this question.
"I'm sorry to embarrass you, it was You Xia who opened the cave secretly!" Patriarch Jin Kai did not hide anything and replied in a deep voice.
He also had doubts in his heart. Even if Elder Youxia entered the cave in advance, he would leave his aura in the cave.
But since entering the cave, he has not sensed the aura of Great Elder Youxia.
But he sensed another familiar breath, which came from the Taiqing Black Turtle.
Although the inheritance of the 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue' has been lost, it has only been a short time. Even if a cultivator obtains the 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue', it is impossible for him to cultivate to the level of a great elder.
The 'Taiqing Xuangui Jue' is not an ordinary body-refining technique. Even though Great Elder Sun Ao has an amazing talent for body refining, it took him hundreds of years to reach the Great Elder level.
Moreover, Great Elder Sun Ao relied on a huge amount of resources to achieve his breakthrough, and he had not even fully achieved the transformation of his true meaning.
"Could it be that Sun Ao did not die? Did Sun Ao and You Xia join forces to compete for the resources in the cave? Did You Xia have a conflict with Sun Ao, and Sun Ao killed You Xia and entered the cave by himself?" One guess after another arose in the mind of Ancestor Jin Kai.
But the biggest question is that with the strength of Elder Sun Ao, he simply cannot survive in this space.
The defense of the Great Body Refining Elder is indeed strong, but it is not without weaknesses. For example, the third-grade ghost is the most restraining to the Great Body Refining Elder.
The attacks of the third-grade ghosts are aimed at the soul and spirit. To some extent, the soul and spirit of the elder who practices physical training are weaker than those of the elders with other attributes.
Hearing that it was Great Elder You Xia who secretly opened the cave, Patriarch Lu and the other Nascent Soul ancestors looked at each other and didn't ask any more questions.
It is a very shameful thing if there is a traitor among the younger generation.
"Be careful, get ready to join forces!" Patriarch Jin Kai suddenly sensed a powerful mental fluctuation, and he reminded loudly.
The Nine Palace Formation they formed was an improved formation that had a defensive effect against mental attacks. In addition, it was arranged jointly by nine Nascent Soul ancestors, so its mental defense was so strong that it could easily resist even a group of third-grade ghosts surrounding it.
The ghost that could make the middle-stage Nascent Soul Ancestor Jin Kai so alert could not be a third-grade ghost.
The one who was taking action outside the formation at this time was the ancestor Ren Xun. He formed a palm image and slapped it forward.
But the defensive spiritual power in his body suddenly made a crisp sound, and his whole body shook, spitting blood and flying backwards.
Fortunately, behind him was the Nine Palace Formation, and Elder Ren Xun flew backwards and fell into the formation.
"Wow, my spirit is traumatized and it will take three hours to recover!" Elder Ren Xun took out a fourth-grade elixir from the space items, put it in his mouth, and then said to Elder Jin Kai.
"You just recover in the formation!" Patriarch Jin Kai consulted the opinions of the Yuanying ancestors of the Northern Shu Continent before nodding and saying.
There must not be any problems at this time. He has already sensed what it is, a fourth-grade ghost. Even if he is in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, it will be a headache for him to see such a being.
If there weren't so many Nascent Soul ancestors forming a formation, the best choice at this time would be to immediately stay away from the fourth-grade ghost.