With their minds made up, the cultivators joined forces to activate their spiritual swords or shields, heading towards the three golden swords that slashed down from mid-air.
Lin Xiuyuan watched the scene calmly, the Flowing Cloud Shield hovering above his head, casting a faint blue light, with two water shields swirling around him.
"rise!"
Lin Xiuyuan made a sword incantation, and a high-grade spiritual sword shot out.
Seeing that the power of the thorn talisman was insufficient, he took out another talisman and activated it.
The Wood Talisman in the Lesser Five Elements Talismans can be regarded as an upgraded version of the Thorn Talisman. However, its coverage area is not as wide as that of the Thorn Talisman, but its power is greater.
With a flick of Lin Xiuyuan's hand, the wooden talisman flew into the air, emitting a hazy blue light.
Thin, long branches continuously emerged from the wooden talisman, like tentacles, fluttering and whistling towards the cultivators ahead.
Apart from that, Lin Xiuyuan had no further plans to use high-level talismans, saving them for his journey away from the market.
Lin Xiuyuan is now a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. Although he is only at the seventh level, his magical power is profound and his sword control is only slightly inferior to that of the Golden Sword Talisman.
The sword it wields is a high-level spirit sword, whose power should not be underestimated.
Lin Xiuyuan held a sword incantation in one hand and a Fire Cloud Talisman, along with numerous Ice Arrow Talismans and Fireball Talismans, in the other, throwing them out from time to time, bursting forth with dazzling flames.
Having survived two life-or-death crises, he has gained some experience. Furthermore, having lived a second life, his grasp of timing and judgment are remarkably sharp. He also possesses a slight talent for the art of combat.
Moreover, these cultivators in front of us are just ordinary rogue cultivators; calling them cultivators is an overstatement.
The four cultivators who attacked Lin Xiuyuan last time were true Tribulation Cultivators. They cooperated seamlessly with each other, and their cultivation levels were quite high, with one of them approaching the Perfection Realm. Each of them was also quite capable in combat.
Even the Jin Hai Sect disciple they encountered for the first time, disguised as a thief, was of ordinary cultivation but directly carried a top-tier spiritual weapon to rob the Dao.
In comparison, these people in front of me are just ordinary rogue cultivators.
Apart from the cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining who possessed a high-grade spiritual sword, the others, including the three cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining, all wielded mid-grade spiritual weapons…
It's just a small, independent group of cultivators, banding together for mutual support, acting according to circumstances, and coming for profit.
Therefore, this explains why Lin Xiuyuan, despite having sensed something earlier, remained calm and chatted with Old Xu.
With his complete set of high-level magical artifacts and a large number of talismans, his combat skills were at their maximum, and he was completely unafraid of these rogue cultivators in front of him.
In his eyes, they were nothing more than a rabble.
The combination of the various talismans he had thrown out earlier had allowed Lin Xiuyuan to grasp the rhythm of the battle.
"Whoosh!"
The spirit sword whistled down, seizing the opportunity, Lin Xiuyuan unleashed his magic power, pushing the power of the high-level spirit sword to its limit, further enhanced by the Fire Cloud Talisman and Ice Arrow Talisman.
He quickly broke through the spiritual shield of a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, piercing his throat with a single sword strike, causing blood to splatter everywhere!
The others felt a chill run down their spines upon seeing this.
After fighting for a long time, they were still resisting the wooden magic talisman and the golden sword talisman, while the opponent used a high-level spirit sword to kill one of their companions.
Fear had already surfaced on their faces.
"This person is incredibly strong; they're very troublesome!"
"Time to run?"
The leader, a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining, shouted angrily, "What are you afraid of? Look, he's using mid- to low-level talismans now. How could someone at the seventh level of Qi Refining be a high-level talisman master capable of crafting Five Elements Talismans and Golden Sword Talismans?"
"It's probably just for protection! If we surround it and extinguish the power of the wooden talisman and the golden sword talisman in a few more minutes, we can kill it in one fell swoop!"
Upon hearing these words, the cultivators' expressions immediately settled. Following his instructions, they moved closer together and joined forces to resist.
A cold smile crept across Lin Xiuyuan's face. If they were to escape now, they might still have a chance of survival.
He couldn't hold everyone back all by himself, unless he threw away all the high-level talismans on his body, but he was naturally reluctant to do so.
Now that they have chosen to continue resisting and have even stood together... wouldn't that make it even easier for him to kill?
However, joining forces to resist made things even more difficult, as the spirit sword struggled to break through the defenses and strike down.
"burst!!"
Upon seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan did not hesitate and threw the talisman in his right hand away.
He didn't care about the mid-to-low-level talismans like the Fire Cloud Talisman and Ice Arrow Talisman. He even threw away a few Thorn Talismans, which sprouted more vines and thorns to entwine them and completely cut off their escape route.
The sudden burst of so many talismans achieved tremendous results in an instant.
Lin Xiuyuan surged with magical power, and his spiritual sword seized the opportunity to strike, breaking through two layers of defense with unstoppable force, taking the lives of a Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator and a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator respectively.
The head rolled off, and blood gushed out like a torrent.
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