Faintly, on the honeycomb-shaped barrier that appeared above the secret realm, there was a dark shadow with countless tentacles like an octopus.

In the middle of the tentacles, four sword-shaped spiritual herbs were swaying, and the tentacles kept falling from the sky with flashing green light.

…

Soon, the roar of a mirage dragon was heard. It carried the remaining disciples of the Yunshang Sect on its back and rushed out of the secret realm under the escort of Master Yunlong.

As soon as he rushed out of the secret realm, Yunlong saw a figure disappearing into the ocean.

"Third Elder!"

After seeing the figure clearly, Master Yunlong's eyes focused. Although he was protecting the sect members as they rushed out of the secret realm, he also observed that the third elder had rushed out of the secret realm before him.

The third elder was also in the secret realm.

As the third elder of the sect, he had been hiding in the secret realm and did not show up even after watching his disciples die.

There must be a problem.

"You escort the disciple back and report this matter to the ancestor."

Leaving behind a few words, Master Yunlong summoned his mirage dragon and rushed towards the depths of the ocean.

…

In the vast ocean, Shen Lian turned into a fish and fled into the distance.

This time, the Yunshang Sect has been in trouble.

Although the Jindan cultivators who were killed by the formation in the secret realm were all enslaved by the Sword Spirit Grass, this account will most likely be counted on him.

"I still caught up."

Shen Lian frowned as he felt the talisman attached to his robe light up.

wrong.

Then he swept his mind around his body inside and out, and flushed his body with the Five Elements Spirit Fire, but he did not sense anything wrong.

"Could it be Black Cliff?"

Shen Lian was very wary of Heiya's methods.

This guy can control and enslave monks from over a hundred thousand miles away. This method is probably rare even for Nascent Soul cultivators.

Moreover, this rotten tree root can actually transform and improve its strength just like a cultivator.

However, Shen Lian quickly ruled out the possibility of Heiya, as his Tianyan Five Elements magic power was Heiya's nemesis.

If Heiya had left something on him, the Five Elements Spiritual Fire would have burned out long ago.

He reached out his hand into the bun and pulled it hard. The fat worm was pulled to one foot long again.

"Do you sense that rotten tree root?"

The bug shook his head.

With a whoosh, the insect that was pulled out crawled back into the bun.

"What exactly is the method?"

Not sure where he had revealed his tracks, Shen Lian stopped worrying about it and headed towards the west of the sea.

If it’s not Heiya, then it can only be Master Yunlong from the Yunshang Sect.

There is no way Yunlong would let him go easily.

First get rid of the person following you, find out the reason for being followed, and then leave the South China Sea immediately.

There are too many monks here who hold him responsible.

The Vast Sea Secret Realm was famous in the nearby seas for its spiritual medicines. In the storage rings of these Jindan cultivators that he had collected, there were at least seven or eight third-level spiritual medicines, and at most more than a dozen.

With this batch of spiritual medicines, not only can he refine elixirs for cultivation, but Shen Lian also sensed some spiritual herbs related to the soul when he was running away just now, so he can even refine elixirs for the soul.

Leave the South China Sea and stay in seclusion for a few years to digest the benefits gained this time. Even if he cannot advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core, he can still make a small step forward and shorten the time to advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

…

In the western part of the secret realm, on a dilapidated island with little spiritual energy.

Master Yunlan looked at the island in the vast ocean. He sensed that the ethereal moth had landed deep inside the island.

The Piaomiao Moth is a descendant of the ancient alien locust species, the Sky Cloud Moth. This insect is covered with black and white patterns all over its body, which can offset the spiritual perception of cultivators.

When tracking a monk, it does not stick to the monk's body, but floats outside the monk's body in a very strange way.

During this period, no matter whether the monks went up to the sky, went underground, or fished for turtles in the water, they could not get rid of it.

It will also seek good fortune and avoid danger during the tracking process. Once it encounters a fight between monks, it will retreat to a safe area in advance and will not approach again until the fight is over.

It is very easy to control the moth in this way. It can be crushed to death with a little spiritual power. However, it relies on its ability to isolate divine thoughts and is difficult to be discovered, just like being invisible.

In addition, the biggest crisis facing this moth is its own lifespan. Once it hatches from the egg, it only has half a year to live.

When the time comes, we will grow old and die.

So, this seemingly incredible ability is actually defeated by the lack of lifespan.

"If you are hesitant, then leave. After all, this person's control over the formation is second to none in the South China Sea, not to mention that he has so many defensive magic weapons."

Zi Yang's words rang in Yun Lan's ears.

"In the secret realm, although this person forced Junior Brother Yunlong to be furious, he relied on the formations that were arranged in advance, and also the power of magic weapons. No matter how strong his own strength is, how can he kill the middle-stage Jindan?"

Yunlan spoke while thinking, as if he was persuading himself.

"This person is very thoughtful. He did not hesitate to set up so many formations in the secret realm. He may have prepared a backup plan outside before entering the secret realm."

After some hesitation, Zi Yang's words rang out again.

"Are you sure there is no formation on this island?"

After these words were spoken, Master Yunlan became more hesitant.

If he had not seen Shen Lian running around in the secret realm, he would not have taken a mere early stage Golden Core seriously, even if his Golden Core was damaged and had not recovered yet.

But even Yunlong, who had advanced to the great perfection of the Golden Elixir, was burnt all over and his flesh was exploded.

Is this something that someone in the early stage of the Golden Core could do? "If you can't make a decision, then just leave!"

Zi Yang's voice was a little cold. Thinking back to when his physical body and Nascent Soul were still one, he swept across all realms and could kill anyone he wanted without any hesitation.

Now that a Jindan Great Perfection cultivator is facing the hesitation of a Jindan Early Stage cultivator, it really makes me laugh.

The moment from the early stage of Golden Elixir to the Great Perfection is far worse than the moment from the early stage of Nascent Soul to the late stage.

Back then, the guy from Taiyi Sect had a fourth-level spiritual treasure in his hand, and his combat power was comparable to that of a late Nascent Soul. He was no different and started to output as soon as he went up.

Even though he was beaten and fled in a panic in the end, he still had a Nascent Soul left.

When dealing with people or doing things, the most important thing is to be bold, careful, decisive and efficient.

Hesitation will only lead to defeat, while hard fighting will lead to retaining the Nascent Soul, something he has extensive experience in.

Yunlan, the little golden elixir, is not good at this.

"This person is a formation master, and may even be a weapon refiner."

At this time, Master Yunlan spoke without any reason.

"If I could take it..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Master Zi Yang paused for a moment.

"If this person really has these two inheritances in his hands, grab them when you seize the body. It will be of great help to you and me in my transformation into a weapon spirit in the future."

Master Yunlan's eyes focused again on one thing.

If he hadn't seen Shen Lian's potential in the secret realm, he wouldn't have followed him all the way.

“Done!”

"Even if there is a formation, it won't be that strong unless there are ten formations stacked on this island. Moreover, the spiritual energy on this island is exhausted..."

In an instant, Master Yunlan pinched his hands together and made a magic gesture. Water vapor rolled around his body, and boundless waves arose in all directions, transforming into a long blue river that lingered around him.

"go!"

The long blue river rumbled into the island like a piece of silk.

On the island, Shen Lian was well prepared.

He suspected that a cultivator from the Yunshang Sect was chasing him, but he didn't expect that it would be the cultivator who had attacked him once on the island.

He doesn't know the identity of this person yet.

When the long blue river was coming straight towards him, a divine consciousness attack also rushed into Shen Lian's sea of ​​consciousness.

Endless huge waves rolled in the long river, hitting towards his spiritual figure.

A double attack of magic power and divine consciousness.

The long blue river formed a water prison, trying to bind him completely.

The divine mind attack interrupted his spell operation and cooperated with the blockade of the blue river.

Shen Lian, who was in the middle of it, felt a sharp pain in his head, and also felt a sense of suffocation after being submerged by the surging water.

The boundless water contained a surging force, which made him feel an enormous force all over his body.

If it weren't for his physical body being in good condition, this river of water alone would have crushed him into a pool of bloody mud.

This is just one of the magical powers that come with the blue river. After surrounding Shen Lian, countless small branches emerged from the river, wrapping around his entire body, limbs, and head.

It also needs to penetrate his body and overwhelm his magical power.

“Buzz!”

In an instant, Shen Lian's golden elixir slowly turned, and the five elements of magic power surged out of the meridians and gathered in his hands.

“Sizzle!”

The moment the Five Elements Spirit Fire burned, the large area of ​​blue water in front was instantly burned away, eliminating most of the pressure from the blue river.

Shen Lian continued to use his magic power to gather it into spiritual fire, and large areas of blue water evaporated.

A hole appeared in the swirling blue river. Shen Lian drilled out and immediately saw Master Yunlan with a dazed look in his eyes.

clang clang!

In an instant, a point of five-colored spiritual light bloomed, and thunder and fire floated in the void, evolving into three thunder and fire flying swords that were a hundred feet in size and slashed towards Yun Lan.

Seeing Shen Lian counterattack, Yun Lan didn't care about being shocked. He spread his hands in the air, and water vapor floated in the air on the left and right, instantly submerging the thunder and fire flying sword.

Shen Lian was not surprised at this. Yunlong's methods before had clearly told him that his flying sword was good enough to fight against opponents of the same level or those in the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Facing great monks in the late Jindan stage and the perfect stage, this batch of flying swords modified with the second-order Tianyan jade talisman are far inferior.

A five-colored fire snake emerged from his hand and flew towards Yunlan like lightning.

Just after breaking through the long blue river, Shen Lian had an understanding of his five elements magic power.

The magical power of a Jindan monk comes from the golden elixir in his body.

The fact that his five elements magic power could break the magic attack of the person in front of him showed that the quality of his magic power was not weaker than that of a cultivator in the late Jindan stage or even the Great Perfection stage.

All that is lacking is quantity.

This is also the reason why he could see horror in the other person’s eyes just now.

The flying Five Elements Fire Snake spewed out five-colored light all over the sky. Seeing this, Master Yunlan's hand flashed, and an ink-black long sword emerged, which slashed at the Five Elements Fire Snake like lightning.

"puff!"

Sword energy burst out, and thousands of sword threads emerged in the surroundings. With one sword, the Five Elements Fire Snake was split into countless pieces.

The "sizzling" sound of water and fire colliding resounded across the sea, but the shattered Five Elements Fire Snake was not completely submerged by the sword light. Instead, it dissolved into the water attribute in the sword light.

"ah!"

Seeing this, Yun Lan was shocked again.

He was now certain that Shen Lian's magical power was no weaker than his.

The mana of an early stage of the Golden Core is comparable to the mana of a great Golden Core! How incredible!

"go!"

Then he threw the ink-black sword in his hand out.

The ink-black long sword gave rise to dozens of sword shadows in the air. In each sword shadow there was a surging water, which surged at an astonishing speed.

All the spiritual energy within a radius of dozens of miles was drained away, and the entire sea surface was covered with more than a dozen sword shadows.

"This person is not in the late Jindan stage."

Feeling the pressure, Shen Lian frowned slightly. After seeing this person for the first time, he inferred that he was in the late Jindan stage.

But at this moment, his aura was somewhat comparable to that of Yunlong, with whom he had fought before.

It's just that this breath is floating.

"Is he injured?"

"Water Spiritual Root, Golden Core Great Perfection, and injured again!"

Thinking of this, Shen Lian suddenly had some ideas about this person's identity.

There are only a few cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir in the South China Sea.

Yunlan Zhenren, the great city lord of Nanya Immortal City, was punished by being sent to Nanya Immortal City to be the city lord because he failed to advance to the Nascent Soul stage and his golden elixir foundation was damaged.

Later, when he attended an auction in Nanya Fairy City, he sensed that there were ill intentions at the auction.

As for the five elements spiritual objects in the secret realm of the vast sea, they were all spread out from the auction.

Now, everything fits.

This guy must be planning something in the secret realm.

"He is planning to target the Five Spiritual Roots cultivator?"

Suddenly, Shen Lian remembered that after he entered the Hanhai Secret Realm, he had only met three cultivators with five spiritual roots.

Yu Danqiu, who had signed a contract with him, subsequently disappeared without a trace.

The other two were controlled by spiritual herbs, and even their storage rings were taken away by him.

But he had seen more than just these five spiritual root cultivators in Nanya Immortal City. Where had they all gone? Now, this person had caught up with him again.

After all this time, the mastermind is here.

But that's not right either.

There are also magical herbs.

Most likely, the spiritual herbs had taken root in the secret realm first. Yun Lan thought his plan was unparalleled, but he didn't expect to run into the arms of the spiritual herbs.

Seventy to eighty Jindan cultivators from the South China Sea were killed in one go.

Even Jin Jian Zhenren, who was in the late Jindan stage from Lianyunshang Sect, was involved.

Now, who will claim the responsibility? The banker has become the player, and the whole situation is in chaos.

Anyway, this blame cannot be put on him.

At this moment, the power of divine consciousness was once again drawn into Shen Lian's sea of ​​divine consciousness. After realizing that the quality of their magic power was comparable, Yun Lan immediately chose to attack with divine consciousness again.

The invasion of divine thoughts like a long river once again hit Shen Lian, who was wearing beggar's clothes and a small jade bowl on his head.

Hiss.

A rain of light rolled out from the sea of ​​divine consciousness.

But Shen Lian was happy.

The intensity of the divine consciousness attack was weaker than Yunlong's previous one.

Although the sea of ​​​​consciousness was stinging, it was not unbearable.

Seeing this, Shen Lian no longer hesitated.

Look at the ship!

The Five Elements Ship released a sky full of five-colored magic power, and each strand was like a silk thread, rushing towards the blue water in the sky.

Tiny flames appeared on each strand of silk, causing the dozen or so ink-colored water swords spread across the void to boil.

Just as his sword skills were about to collapse, a blue light flashed on Master Yunlan's body, and another ball of water magic power was injected into it.

On the other hand, Shen Lian also increased the release of his magic power.

The five-colored magic power in the sky turned into lines of fire, piercing the floating water sword. Both sides immediately burst into crackling sounds and began to dissipate in the air.

But the area covered by the dozen or so sword shadows was too large, and his five elements spiritual fire only annihilated a part of it.

Then, Shen Lian enlarged the Five Elements Ship in his hand with a backhand move, and in the blink of an eye it became hundreds of feet in size, and his figure also stepped on the main mast.

"City Lord Yun, take my ship!"

Boom! The power of the Thunder Fire Flying Sword was a little weak, but he still had dozens of them in his cabin.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! On the Five Elements Ship, the sails swelled, the five-colored spiritual light became stronger, and the lightning rolled up.

One after another, flying swords of lightning and fire flew out from the open cabin.

There are eighty-nine questions in total.

The attack power of each one is slightly lower than the peak of the early Jindan stage, but there are eighty-nine of them.

Eighty-nine flying swords of lightning and fire missed the target, forming a huge fan-shaped attack area, which immediately overwhelmed the water swordsmanship performed by Master Yunlan.

Boom! The sky full of thunder and fire collided with the water vapor and exploded, setting off a huge wave, the sound of which could be heard for hundreds of miles.

This time, the shadow of Master Yunlan's ship lasted only a breath in the thunder and fire before it completely collapsed, and large amounts of water vapor were evaporated by the thunder and fire.

Looking at the flying swords attacking from the front and back, Master Yunlan opened his mouth without thinking and spit out a seal-shaped magic weapon, which turned into a size of a hundred feet in the air and pressed down in front of him.

Boom! The black seal magic weapon released boundless black light, which instantly shattered the thunder and fire in the sky, and even the subsequent flying swords were shattered in the air by the seal-shaped magic weapon.

But at this moment, Master Yunlan's eyes flashed, and he found a colorful figure taking advantage of the gap of energy burst and coming in front of him.

Shen Lian stepped on the shrunken Five Elements Ship, and a flash of blood appeared on his fist, as if there were faint runes wandering around, and it slammed straight into Master Yunlan's forehead.

"open!"

Master Yunlan's eyes widened, and a blue light flashed on his body as a small diamond-shaped shield appeared in front of him.

Seeing this, the five elements magic power on Shen Lian's fist flashed, and the five elements ship under his feet made a crackling sound, and by the time it reached his fist, it had turned into a boxing glove.

Boom! This punch hit the diamond-shaped shield with a loud bang, and the splashing energy shook Shen Lian and rolled him out.

Master Yunlan also retreated rapidly, but the diamond-shaped shield that had just blocked in front of him was too close to his face.

A large part of the sudden impact force hit his face, causing his nose to sink into his face and blood to flow down.

"You are still a third-level physical cultivator!"

Glancing at the fist hole on the shield, Master Yunlan didn't care about his own nose that was punched in.

He didn't say the next sentence after he finished speaking. His body trembled violently. The oceans in all directions were drawn by the water magic power and countless water dragons leaped up.

Soon, a blue water ball appeared behind Master Yunlan.

The water ball quickly changed from blue to black, and black rain began to float in the void within a radius of dozens of miles with it as the center.

The wind quickly grew stronger, the sky and the earth grew colder, and the black rain turned into ice chips.

"The quality of mana is comparable to that of a perfect golden elixir."

"Still a third-level physical cultivator."

"The only thing missing is the divine consciousness and the spiritual treasure to protect it."

"This elder likes you so much!"

Stepping into the black ice chip field, a layer of ice crystals condensed on Yunlan Zhenren's body, and the black water ball behind him poured into his body in one fell swoop.

Then I saw that Master Yunlan's body suddenly grew half a foot taller, and his aura was rising rapidly as if he had taken a tonic pill.

“Come here!”

The next moment, Master Yunlan took a step forward, ignoring the five elements of flames around him, and chased after Shen Lian closely.

Shen Lian was also shocked when he saw the figure catching up with him. How come the fatter he got, the faster he went?

Then, the five-colored magic power between his hands lit up, and it transformed into a swimming dragon and landed on the legs of Master Yunlan who was stepping on the ground.

Spells, five elements forbidden.

The Five Elements Forbidden released colorful magic power, which instantly bound his legs.

Immediately, Master Yunlan slowed down.

"It's just a trifle."

Then I saw Master Yunlan grabbing his leg with his big hand and tearing the rope formed by the five-colored magic power apart.

Boom!

A rumbling sound was heard, and a black light suddenly appeared behind Master Yunlan. He felt a huge force pouring into his body.

He staggered forward, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.

The black light on his back exploded, and Shen Lian, who was driving the Five Elements Warship, was hurled away for several miles.

"This person used this spell, and his body is so strong."

Shen Lian stabilized his body again and shook his hands to relieve the pain from the blow.

"Nanlu Yuanying Sect's true disciple, no one has your magical powers. Which sect cultivated your Yuanying seed?"

After wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Master Yunlan did not continue to attack. Instead, he looked at Shen Lian again.

Before in the secret realm, I thought Shen Lian only relied on the power of formations and magic weapons.

But after the fight, I realized that this was not the case at all.

The initial stage of the golden elixir is three small stages away from his perfect golden elixir.

Under normal circumstances, a cultivator in the early Jindan stage wouldn't even have the courage to cast spells in front of him.

Not to mention being able to fight him on equal terms.

I was indeed blinded by my own greed just now, and only saw the inheritance of the formation master and the weapon refiner, which would be of great benefit to my next possession of another body.

"Guess what."

Shen Lian smiled faintly.

"good!"

Master Yunlan agreed, but raised his own magic sword with both hands.

This time, a black light flowed out from the magic sword, transforming into a sword shadow a hundred feet in size, and slashed directly towards Shen Lian.

"No matter where you come from, I want this opportunity!"

On the sword shadow that was a hundred feet in size, there was a black python dragon hovering, looking extremely ferocious, as if it were a real entity.

"Come on."

Shen Lian sneered, and this time he really didn't run away.

He clasped his hands together in front of him, and brilliant colorful magic power burst out from his palms, illuminating the sky.

Inside the Dantian, the five-colored golden pill began to spin rapidly, and the five-colored Dan Qi floating on the pill's surface was drawn into his hand in one fell swoop.

This is not the end yet. The five-colored mist floating at the "stick"-like spiritual root deep in the Dantian Sea also merged into the Dan Qi, and the aura increased several times in one fell swoop.

From the palms that were splashing with colorful spiritual light, a snake with dragon horns flew out, covered with colorful feathers.

"go!"

After being blessed by many parties, the Five Elements Fire Snake transformed into a Five Elements Fire Dragon, spewing out a colorful spiritual fire and crashing into the falling black python dragon.

Ang! The two dragons collided, and the colorful light overshadowed the black light.

At this moment, the black water vapor was like being exposed to the scorching sun at noon, and was instantly melted away by the colorful light.

Then the Five Elements Fire Dragon opened its mouth and tore apart the black dragon area, shattering the sword shadow blessed by the black light.

"puff!"

There was fear in Master Yunlan's eyes, his body was shaking, and a tearing feeling came from every corner of his body. All the attacks he had launched before collapsed.

"Junior brother, save me!"

"Come in and die together!"

At the same time, a fierce look flashed in Shen Lian's eyes, and the second Five Elements Fire Dragon appeared in his hands again, hitting Master Yunlan's chest without any mercy.

Boom! And within the range of their fight, deep in the ocean floor, water tornadoes rolled up and soared into the sky, forming a dragon-imprisoning killing array consisting of 108 water dragons that stretched for more than ten miles.

Since he had decided to take action, Shen Lian naturally could not be unprepared.

I've been on guard against someone picking peaches.

Not to mention this formation, no, it should be said that this formation also includes the hidden formation on the island, which he had prepared long before entering the secret realm.

"ah!"

As the fire dragon entered his body, Master Yunlan screamed, and his body broke apart from top to bottom.

"go!"

Taking advantage of your illness to kill you, seeing that Yun Lan's breath was collapsing, Shen Lian's divine sense finally came in handy. A tiny needle pierced through and pierced into Yun Lan's sea of ​​​​divine sense.

…

“Senior Brother!”

Outside the Dragon Prison Killing Formation, Master Yunlong released a brilliant water spell, which fiercely struck the formation.

Suddenly, a violent wave appeared in the sky, and a small crack appeared.

Just as Master Yunlong was about to rush into the formation, the mirage dragon under his seat let out a long roar towards the sky, and swung its thick tail onto his back from behind, knocking him into the water below.

"My friend's fighting power is unparalleled. He defeated the Perfected Golden Core in the initial stage of the Golden Core formation. This is extremely rare in the entire Tiannan cultivation world."

The mirage dragon opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue like a dog. Then, dense roots grew from a rotten tree root on the dragon's tongue, which absorbed the entire dragon's tongue.

"Help me to possess this person, and I will help you deal with the Yunshang Sect, how about that?"

(End of this chapter)