Chapter 162: All Methods Unleashed!

Under the night sky, Lu Yang's gaze was grim; the moment his words fell, he did not wait for Senior Wu Cang to react, but clasped his hands to form a magic seal, summoning a beam of Jin Guang.

'How dare he!?'

In an instant, a look of shock and anger flashed in Senior Wu Cang's eyes; he was at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment! How could a junior at the early stage of Foundation Establishment dare to attack him proactively?

However, he had no time to think further, for as the Jin Guang descended, in the blink of an eye, he fell into a vast golden sea of clouds, seeing only sun, moon, mountains, and rivers formed from auspicious clouds, along with illusory dragon-shaped light shadows weaving through them.

"Boom!"

The next second, Senior Wu Cang, hesitating almost not at all, flicked his sleeve to cast out a small black-gold shield to protect his back, blocking the sword light whistling towards him.

"You want to ambush me?"

Senior Wu Cang smiled proudly; he had already scattered his divine sense around, and since Lu Yang was currently within his formation, how could he possibly escape his notice?

Yet before Senior Wu Cang's words had even finished, Lu Yang, holding the 【Abi Sword】 and striking with a single slash, suddenly erupted with a blazing white radiance, then, at the critical moment, shifted his position again, teleporting from behind him to right in front, the sword tip instantly pointing straight at his brow!

Clang-clang—!

A booming sound rose from between the two, as a black umbrella was opened by Senior Wu Cang at the critical moment, and Lu Yang's sword tip struck the umbrella surface solidly.

Just as Senior Wu Cang intended to counterattack, the Bai Guang flashed once more.

By the time he came to his senses, he saw that Lu Yang had already re-established distance, holding the 【Abi Sword】 reversed, looking at him thoughtfully.

'He does have strength.'

If Senior Wu Cang had still been at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he should have been slashed and injured just now; however, the stronger divine sense of the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment allowed him to dodge Lu Yang's slash.

Of course, this was also because Lu Yang had not yet fully unleashed the power of the 【Abi Sword】; he could clearly feel the tremor of the sword blade in his hand, and the sword spirit girl was shouting excitedly: "It's him! Kill him! Killing a mid-stager with an early-stager, sacrificing him to the sword will at least restore fifty percent of my power!"

"Don't rush; there will be time for you to show your skills."

Lu Yang smiled leisurely, slung the 【Abi Sword】 onto his back, and immediately the vast ocean of magic power within his body began to flow into it continuously.

However, this superior spiritual sword was truly a gold-swallowing beast.

No matter how much magic power Lu Yang poured in, the 【Abi Sword】 accepted it all, and the sword spirit girl kept shouting "Not enough!", like an endless abyss.

Of course, Lu Yang was not in a hurry.

After all, the more magic power the 【Abi Sword】 absorbed, and the longer the accumulation time, the greater the sword's power, making it a trump card capable of deciding victory.

More importantly, that single slash just now confirmed one thing for him.

【Ding Qin Shu】 can still be used!

If it can be used, it means he was not actually trapped by the opponent's formation; as long as he willed it, he could escape, so at least his safety was guaranteed.

With a way out, Lu Yang naturally became much more composed; he did not need to think about fleeing, but could employ all his methods and fight Senior Wu Cang properly!

It was just the right time to test how much gap remained between himself and the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment!

However, while he was not in a hurry, someone else was.

Senior Wu Cang's face turned iron-green; clearly, he had not expected that with his higher realm, he had almost been slashed and injured by Lu Yang, which was simply a supreme humiliation!

The next second, Lu Yang noticed that the formation surrounding him began to activate; in an instant, countless branches descended, blooming with ten thousand flowers, synchronizing with Senior Wu Cang's own qi mechanism, and finally transforming into a winding great tree that reached the sky and earth, its canopy blocking the universe!

"You seek death!"

As the words fell, on one of the branches of that great tree, flowers bloomed and bore fruit; in the blink of an eye, a miniature fruit as red as fire grew.

Immediately, the fruit fell.

And at the very moment the fruit fell, it transformed into a red light rolling with waves of heat, leaping forth; as it whistled past, the sound of thunder and Lei Ting never ceased!

"An innate technique?"

Seeing this, Lu Yang raised an eyebrow; while continuing to accumulate and maintain the charge of the 【Abi Sword】, he cast 【Ding Qin Shu】 again, intending to send the red light away.

However, this time the situation was different; the light of 【Ding Qin Shu】, which had been invincible before, upon reaching the red fruit, caused the fruit to suddenly explode into a ring of red light, bright as flames; with a single boom, it broke his technique, and in the blink of an eye, landed on him!

"Boom-boom-boom!"

In an instant, violent explosions and firelight had already swallowed Lu Yang, with their power compressed by Senior Wu Cang entirely within a range of several hundred meters.

A True Person of Foundation Establishment, with magic power like a dragon, can be large or small, changing freely.

When large, it can cover a thousand li, destroying mountains and overturning peaks; when small, it can maneuver within a square inch, turning the immense power capable of toppling a region into tiny sparks.

The latter is even more powerful!

However, looking at Lu Yang struck by the red fruit, Senior Wu Cang's face showed no joy; instead, he frowned tightly, looking towards the place filled with firelight.

The next second, the firelight dispersed.

Lu Yang's figure stood steadily amidst the flowing fire; in his hand, he held a light of technique, rippling in circles from behind his head like a canopy, firmly covering him, isolating him from the flowing fire; the two were clearly distinct, never able to affect each other.

【Bie Tong Yi】!

This technique, besides avoiding causality, is also a superior method of body protection; once held, all techniques fail to touch the body, and the qi becomes pure on its own!

'Two profound mysteries.'

Senior Wu Cang frowned tightly; although he had been mentally prepared, the profound mysteries Lu Yang displayed still startled him, and he dared no longer underestimate Lu Yang.

One must know that innate techniques also have high and low distinctions.

Generally, an innate technique possesses only one profound mystery; those with multiple profound mysteries are either favored by a fruit position or stem from a superior cultivation method.

As for Senior Wu Cang, his and Lu Yang's surface experiences were actually very similar; both obtained the inheritance of a sect from a destroyed great faction to leap over the dragon gate, and both relied on offering the sect's inheritance to enter the Holy Sect; therefore, although Senior Wu Cang was originally a scattered cultivator, his cultivation and combat power were not weak.

So, although Senior Wu Cang felt the situation was tricky at this moment, he remained confident.

'I cultivated the 【Panlong Divine Wood Dao Foundation】, mastered the innate technique 【Panlong Precious Fir Tree】, and broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, only then condensing three profound mysteries.'

'Could this Duanmu Yuan Tu be stronger than me?'

With this thought, Senior Wu Cang looked at Lu Yang again, smiling calmly: "Daoist Duanmu Yuan Tu, this wood-fire of mine is not so easy to deal with."

Lu Yang, though using 【Bie Tong Yi】 to protect himself, found that the surrounding rolling flowing fire did not disperse; instead, it clung to his body like a bone-attached ulcer, and the moment he stopped using the technique to protect himself, this flowing fire would immediately pounce, burning his magical body to ashes.

Thus, a war of attrition had begun.

If Lu Yang fought him while enduring the flowing fire, how immense would the magic power consumption be? Within a few rounds, his magic power would be exhausted, leaving him at Senior Wu Cang's mercy.

That is why Senior Wu Cang appeared so calm and proud.

But the next second, his expression changed.

He saw Lu Yang, unhurried, take out a brocade pouch of Guan Qiankun from his sleeve, open it, and instantly a sea of insects surged forth, blocking out the sky and sun.

Qi-Eating Insects!

A full one hundred and forty million Qi-Eating Insects; to store them, Lu Yang had specially forged a storage bag capable of keeping living things, naming it 【Centipede-Wasp Pouch】.

Now, with the 【Centipede-Wasp Pouch】 open, the Qi-Eating Insects, like a tide and a sea, spread directly over the flowing fire surrounding Lu Yang and began to feast; though this flowing fire was formed from Senior Wu Cang's innate divine ability, it was ultimately formed from magic power, one of the ten thousand qi, and the Qi-Eating Insects eat nothing but qi!

In the blink of an eye, the flowing fire was eaten clean by the Qi-Eating Insects!

Though the Qi-Eating Insects paid a price of nearly ten million offspring insects turning to ash, within the Centipede-Wasp Pouch, the Qi-Eating Insect King was still working overtime to breed more.

Such a loss is not worth mentioning!

'Truly an otherworldly strange species praised even by the Ancestral Master!'

Seeing this, Lu Yang smiled in satisfaction; it was not in vain that he had gone to the Law-Refining Secret Realm to refine this insect; with a scale of over a hundred million, it truly possessed the might of a Foundation Establishment True Person!

(End of this chapter)