While in the outside world, he and the sword cultivator Shenshan Qiuhua encountered a ten-meter-tall mud monster, which was a powerful individual in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

However, at present, this mud monster was firmly bound in place by some force and could not move. It could only throw mud balls at Jiang Li and the others from a distance.

This was obviously the work of the joint organizers. They believed that this monster was too beyond the scope of the task. If it was not restricted, the Qi Refining cultivators might not even have a chance to escape.

And if we don't take into account a certain cheater, the facts are indeed similar.

Shenshan Qiuhua is already considered to be in the first echelon of the most outstanding Qi Refining cultivators in this competition.

But her water and fire sword technique, which was both offensive and defensive, had completely lost its effect here.

I don't know if the thickness of the mud covering the surface of the mud monster is one meter, two meters, or more.

These seemingly ordinary muds, under the power of the monster, became extremely defensive and very difficult to deal with.

The exploding fire sword energy hit the mud layer, but was unable to penetrate it at all. Instead, the mud layer was like a swamp, swallowing up the sword light and making it disappear.

Even if she didn't use sword energy, and used fire magic to dry up the mud on the surface piece by piece and then knock it off, in the swamp full of mud, it could be replenished at any time, and it was inexhaustible! Junior Sister Qiu Hua, who was known as the Water and Fire Dual Divine Mountain Sword, fought against the opponent for a long time, but the opponent was still standing there. She was exhausted first.

Even the Shushan sword cultivators were unable to easily cross levels to fight. Their true strength came after they awakened their swordsmanship.

The sword heart that ignores defense, coupled with the terrifyingly powerful sword tactics, is their power to shock the Great Heavy Mountain. However, in the early stage, they are only slightly stronger than others.

Seeing that Shenshan Qiuhua had been unable to capture it for a long time, Jiang Li also joined the battle.

As always, he still uses some magic.

An almost endless dark green light bloomed, and a forty-meter-long wooden dragon fell into the mud, stirring up a foul wind that blew in the face.

The sludge monster and Shenshan Qiuhua were both confused. What was wrong with this guy? Why did he go all out when he had a disagreement?

Are you not going to test it any more? Don't you want to fight back? Looking at the huge wooden dragon, Shenshan Qiuhua still felt a sense of familiarity with Jiang Li.

One of her senior brothers who walks the path of Fire Sword is like this. Every time he attacks, he uses a big move that is incredibly powerful and continuous.

I really envy this kind of battle where I don’t have to worry about the consumption of spiritual energy.

The sludge monster was restricted by runes and unable to move, so it could only watch the wooden dragon rushing towards it.

Then, the ten-meter-tall, bloated sludge monster was tightly entangled as soon as it met.

Through the wooden dragon, Jiang Li could feel that the main body of the sludge monster in the mud was sliding down, probably trying to shed its shell by discarding its muddy outer shell.

But there was no way Jiang Li would let this guy get away like that.

The wooden dragon's front and back four claws were deeply embedded in the mud, holding its body tightly. Then it reached into the mud and tore it apart, finally pulling out the ugly head inside.

The huge body collapsed helplessly, and large pieces of mud lost their support and flowed in all directions, revealing a headless, long-haired monster.

This monster seemed to become uglier as it grew in size.

Huh? "What is this?"

As the silt peeled off, a square wooden box took shape next to the exposed corpse of the sludge monster.

However, this wooden box was also covered with layers of silt. It didn’t look like a treasure chest, but rather a bit shabby.

"Junior Sister Qiu Hua."

Jiang Li controlled the wooden dragon, grabbed the wooden box with his claws, and then handed the wooden box to the other party.

Jiang Li didn't need to say much, Shenshan Qiuhua already understood. He raised his hand and a stream of water hit the wooden box, quickly washing away the mud on it.

But what disappointed Jiang Li was that this wooden box was not some extremely precious ancestral treasure, but just a treasure chest reward placed here in advance by the sect joint competition organizers.

He waved his hand and used his spiritual energy to open the lid, revealing two tokens that were glowing with spiritual light.

After all, they were the ones who defeated the Foundation Establishment Stage monster, so it wouldn't be too much to give them some spoils.

These two tokens look no different, and the spiritual energy on them is not that strong. They look like just two ordinary tokens, not any special magic weapons.

Jiang Li took one and examined it carefully, then handed the other one to Qiu Hua.

He looked at the patterns on the token and felt that they were somewhat familiar, and was wondering where he had seen them before.

However, he found that no one took the token he handed over, and Shenshan Qiuhua, who was standing next to him, did not show any intention of taking it.

"Junior sister, what are you doing?"

Jiang Li asked curiously.

"Brother was the one who killed the monster all by himself. The things in this box should be his spoils of war."

Shenshan Qiuhua's values ​​are very rigid. She thinks she played no role in the battle just now, so she doesn't plan to share the spoils.

If anyone wants to pursue her as a Taoist partner in the future, it may be difficult to even give her a gift.

Jiang Li was somewhat accustomed to her personality, so he reached out and stuffed the other token into her arms.

"Junior sister, please don't say such things. We were cooperating with each other just now. Without you to draw its attention, I would not be able to kill it directly."

"This token is the pass token for this maze. As long as you hold it, you will no longer be affected by the fog. However, the effect of holding one token or two is exactly the same."

"If you don't take this token, it's useless for me to keep it, so take it, Junior Sister."

After looking at the introduction on another piece of paper in the wooden box, he also understood the purpose of this thing.

It seems that the wooden sign at the entrance of the swamp, which says "the shortest way", does not just refer to the distance, but mainly refers to these two tokens.

Jiang Li held the token, and he remembered where he had seen the patterns on it.

This has many similarities with the patterns on the formation cornerstone that he dug out at that time.

However, many of the rune techniques on that formation foundation stone were very ancient, while the patterns on this token were full of the style of the Dachongshan immortal cultivation world that Jiang Li was familiar with.

Obviously, this is an expert in formations from one of the major sects. After breaking the illusion of the foggy mountains, he created an authority token based on the formation-based runes.

It is equivalent to taking the lock apart and then making a key according to the lock core.

Jiang Li, who is also a rune array master, knows that this is extremely difficult. At least he himself is far from reaching this level.

Even if one manages to reach that level, it is still a task that takes a lot of time and energy, and generally speaking, it cannot be accomplished by just one formation master.

Otherwise, he would have tried it himself when he dug out the cornerstone of the formation.

Jiang Li walked into a fog with the token in hand. Although his vision was still blocked, the strange feeling of being disoriented and upside down did not appear again.

He turned around and walked out of the mist steadily. As expected, the effect of the maze was blocked.

The little girl from the Shenshan family was also surprised when she saw this. The effect of this maze was causing all the monks to become extremely anxious.

With this token, it means that you can fly directly to the finish line, which means that you have passed the first test.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally took the token at Jiang Li's insistence.

After all, waste is shameful.

Anyway, we have to repay the life-saving favor, so we can repay it more together afterwards.

I don’t know what she was thinking about, but a blush appeared on Shenshan Qiuhua’s face.

There are still many traps and poisonous miasma on the two big mountains ahead, but now they no longer need to go through those tests. They just need to take the token into the air and fly to the finish line.

Shenshan Qiuhua rose into the air on his flying sword, while Jiang Li also stepped on the air and rose higher and higher, disappearing into the clouds.

He originally wanted to stay a little longer and try to burn a copy of the token himself, but he found that the runes on the token were protected by very sophisticated confidentiality measures. His level was still far from being enough, so he had no choice but to give up.

The speed of flying in the air is naturally much faster than walking on a complicated route.

After breaking through the second mountain, the third and fourth mountains appeared in front of them.

The organizers ingeniously used fog to form a huge maze, covering and connecting the last two mountains.

The contestants need to advance in the maze, facing various dangerous traps.

But in this maze, in addition to the dangers, there are also many good things, such as magic weapons and elixirs, such as authority tokens similar to the one in Jiang Li's hand, and many specially configured miasma-removing pills.

That was a medicine prepared to deal with the old poisonous miasma on the fourth mountain.

In this regard, those wealthy monks have the upper hand.

Because as long as the detoxification pills or poison-avoiding pills are of high quality, taking a few of them will be able to have an effect on the poisonous miasma, and they don't have to spend extra effort to find barrier-removing pills.

Buzz~Buzz~Buzz~ Just then, the small white whistle hanging on Jiang Li's body suddenly vibrated and trembled slightly.

He had already forgotten about this little prop, but he didn't expect it to react at this moment.

He silently counted the time the whistle sounded, and activated the Guanyin Heart Sutra to enhance his hearing, searching for the direction where the sound came from.

This is, a fellow disciple is sending out a distress signal! "I saw both of you, just hand over that thing obediently. If you wait for me to take action, it won't be so easy for you."

In the maze below, a young man was holding two large dark red walnuts the size of a child's fist in his hands, and was skillfully spinning and rubbing them in his palms.

Opposite him were two disciples from Sutra Valley who looked rather embarrassed.

The man had an unfamiliar face and was dressed in fancy clothes. He did not look like a local cultivator from Dachong Mountain. He seemed quite relaxed when fighting one against two.

"Impossible! We worked so hard to get this by killing monsters. Why should we give it to you?"

However, her nickname "Iron Thorn Lady" is very appropriate. She wields the iron thorn whip in one hand with great force, and she looks like a hedgehog, making it difficult for people to approach her.

Although she ranks last among the ten people in the Qi Refining Stage, it is already quite rare.

However, at this time, her iron thorn whip broke into two sections and fell to one side, and the right hand that wielded the whip also hung down weakly, obviously seriously injured.

"Why? Humph! Just because of this!"

The dark red walnut in the young man's hand suddenly burst into spiritual energy, and with extremely terrifying power, it hit Tiecigu fiercely.

"careful!"

Another disciple nearby rushed out quickly, holding a flying sword and blocking the walnut magic weapon.

With a loud clang, the elastic sword was almost bent and was about to hit his chest.

This person was none other than the melee swordsman from the Internal Affairs Hall who had fought with Jiang Li, Feng Yin Jian Mu Luo! He and Tie Ci Gu used the effect of the whistle to repeatedly test their positions and finally gathered together.

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Then, relying on teamwork, they successfully killed a much weakened wolf demon and obtained a token that was one level lower than the one in Jiang Li's hand.

This token allows him to ignore the maze fog on the ground and pass through it, but it cannot work in the air. But this is already powerful enough.

But this scene was discovered by a young man who happened to pass by.

The two people in Sutra Repository had already consumed huge amounts of energy, and the opponent had launched a sneak attack first, which immediately injured them. Tie Ci Gu's magic weapon, the Iron Thorn Whip, was directly broken, and her combat effectiveness was reduced by 70% to 80%.

Seeing the opponent's magic weapon flying again, Mu Luo had no choice but to step forward with his sword, gnashing his teeth, and trying his best to block the walnut back.

Then the next moment, another walnut in the opponent's hand shot out again, directly knocking Mu Luo far away. He vomited several mouthfuls of blood. The Fengyin Sword and the token were also thrown away and fell into the dust on the ground.

"Humph! I gave you a way to live, but you chose to die instead. Don't blame me for this."

The two walnuts in his hands automatically floated up, spun around each other faster and faster, and then turned into two dark red streams of light that shot towards the two people lying on the ground.

Boom! Dust flew high into the air, and large cracks spread across the ground, showing how powerful the impact was.

There is no chance that the two people hit by this will survive.

The young man shook his head in disdain, then picked up the token and turned away. He turned his back to Yanchen and waved his hand, as if to summon back the two walnuts.

However, one second, two seconds, three seconds passed.

The young man had already walked several steps away, but the two walnut magic weapons that he had been playing with for many years still did not fly back.

He turned his head with some confusion, looking at the place where the smoke was slowly dissipating. His magic weapon was clearly there, but no matter how he summoned it, it couldn't fly back.

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! At this moment, a sound that made one's teeth ache came from the smoke and dust. The dust finally slowly dispersed, and it turned out that a burly young man was standing in front of the two people in the Sutra Valley. The sound came from his hand.

The two dark red walnut magic weapons were held tightly in his left hand. Not only could they not escape, but they were also squeezed by a huge force and swirled in his palm, almost being worn out of shape.

"This is how you play this thing, don't you think my play is pretty standard?"

Jiang Li took out two bottles of healing pills and threw them to his fellow disciple behind him, then continued to walk towards the other party with the two walnut magic weapons in his hands.

It was he who rushed down from the clouds just in time, and intercepted the two magic weapons with his palms before they hit his two fellow disciples.

The huge impact effect was not caused by the magic weapon hitting the target, but by Jiang Li falling from the air at a high speed and hitting the ground.

"Who are you? Return my Akagi beads to me! Otherwise you will regret it!"

The young man was not afraid, but still threatened Jiang Li confidently. He took out a short stick from his arms, which was obviously a magic weapon of high grade!

"So this thing belongs to you. Then it's your fault, my friend. How can you throw things around? Even if you don't hit anyone, it's not good to hit flowers and plants."

It was obvious that both sides had bad intentions. They moved closer to each other step by step, with spiritual energy surging in their bodies, ready to attack at any time.

The young man hid the short stick behind him, and it quickly grew several times longer at an angle that Jiang Li could not see.

The distance between the two men was within three meters. The young man jumped up first, swinging the wooden stick that had suddenly increased in length, and hit Jiang Li directly on the forehead. Judging from the momentum, it must be a Xuan-level magic weapon!

Tiger stick! Crashing! The long tiger stick with green light surged towards him. This cultivator was a cultivator with wood attribute spiritual roots. It was the first time that Jiang Li fought against an opponent with the same wood attribute.

Crash! Jiang Li did not raise his head to look at the long stick that was smashing down on him. His footsteps did not even pause. The Dragon Prison Lock on his waist arrived first and tightly wrapped around the tiger stick.

The opponent's attack was blocked. Jiang Li took three steps forward, then held the two walnuts in his left hand and smashed them hard on the opponent's temple.

Buzz~Boom! The young man was hit by the huge force and flew sideways. After colliding with the ground several times, he finally stopped in a panic after the exaggerated huge force was released.

But within two seconds, the other party climbed up from the ground again.

Apart from the swelling on the right half of his face and the inability to open his right eye, he seemed to be fine.

Jiang Li didn't hold back when he slapped his opponent just now. Blowing his opponent's head off would have been the least of his efforts. But now it only had this effect.

He looked at his left hand and recalled the feeling of the blow just now. Something was indeed wrong, as if there was a layer between his fist and the opponent's head.

Jiang Li looked at the other person carefully again and found that there was a small sapphire earring hanging on each of his ears.

Just now he vaguely remembered that the opponent's right earring lit up, and it was that burst of spiritual energy that saved his life from Jiang Li's fist.

And now, the earring on his left side lit up again, emitting a soft light, making the injuries on his face recover quickly.

"Who the hell are you?"

Jiang Li's figure disappeared, and then he kicked the opponent hard on the waist, kicking him into a side V shape, and then plowed forward a long distance.

This time Jiang Li saw it clearly. A thin layer of water curtain appeared automatically, blocking in front of his feet and buffering most of his strength.

To be able to achieve this level, the defensive magic weapon must at least be of the lower level of the Xuan grade.

The magic weapons on this guy include long-range, melee, defensive, and healing weapons, and they are all high-grade and good stuff. It can be said that he is armed to the teeth, and he can kill people with magic weapons.

Even the Five Elements Peak of Mount Shu has never given such luxurious treatment to its disciples.

"Ahem, ahem, you dare to hurt me, fine! You actually dare to hurt me! I will make you regret it!"

"Tiger Stick! Kill Lin!"

The healing earring on the left ear was really effective. If that guy hadn't been in the foundation-building stage and had a weak body, even if he had a magic weapon to defend himself, his kidney would have been shattered by his kick. But he was able to move again so quickly.

He roared at Jiang Li angrily and bitterly, as if Jiang Li had done something to him that was hated by heaven and man.

Jiang Li was just about to step forward again and give the opponent a set of fierce combination punches to see how hard the turtle shell was, but he saw the opponent suddenly thrust the tiger stick in his hand into the ground.

“Damn it!”

A wood-attributed spiritual energy flowed rapidly underground. Jiang Li immediately realized something and disappeared instantly.

In the blink of an eye, he grabbed two fellow disciples not far away and then leaped into the air.

Just as his feet left the ground, a dozen emerald green tiger clover suddenly pierced out and grew to a height of five meters before stopping, just about to kill Mu Luo and Tieci Gu.

"Brother Jiang, do you need help?"

At this time, Shenshan Qiuhua also rushed over, stepping on the flying sword and looking down solemnly. That guy has too many magic weapons.

"Help me look after them."

Jiang Li didn't hesitate. After saying a word, he threw the two fellow disciples higher and let Shenshan Qiuhua take over.

The bones in his body crackled loudly, and everyone who knew him knew that Jiang Li was serious about this.

"You really made me angry!"

He took out a handful of seeds from his arms and scattered them down.

Point to the monster! Throw beans and they become soldiers! A huge amount of wood attribute spiritual light spread out, and this handful of seeds turned into hundreds of monsters that ferociously pounced on the opponent.

The young man was also shocked when he saw this situation, and then he poked the long tiger stick into the ground again. More and more emerald green tiger sticks shot out from the ground, piercing the little demons who rushed forward one by one from bottom to top.

This tiger staff magic weapon may be the most powerful magic weapon in the opponent's hand, and its power is truly amazing.

Jiang Li's magic of point magic was always effective, but he managed to hold on.

There were hundreds of wood monsters, each of which had at least three tiger sticks piercing its body, nailing them to the spot and unable to move.

However, the other party was not intact either. His face was pale and his body was swaying, as if his body was hollowed out and he could not stand steadily.

But the consumption just now should have drained ten people in the late stage of Qi training. The reason why the other party was still standing was because of the jade token hanging around his neck.

It was that magic weapon that consumed at least 90% of his spiritual energy.

Jiang Li is now really curious about this guy's background. He has a lot of practical high-level magic weapons, which almost look like a low-end version of himself.

However, the Qi Refining Stage is still the Qi Refining Stage after all, and it can't even support this set of magic weapons to exert their power, so it ends here.

Jiang Li's figure disappeared from the air and he swept forward again!

The opponent's combat experience was only slightly better than that of a straw bag. He had no time to react to Jiang Li's attack and was kicked into the fog in the distance, disappearing immediately.

The burial coffin that had been waiting in the mist caught the person, then shrank to the size of a palm and flew away.

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