Chapter 108: Every grass and tree is a soldier, one person forms a formation

Boom!!!

The pitch-black light collided with the huge light shield, immediately emitting a huge roaring sound.

The earthy yellow light shield, at this moment, was like a ground dragon rolling, undulating and shaking continuously, unloading that majestic power layer by layer.

Zhou Zhou Yuanli and Liu Liu Qiang looked at each other and said hoarsely: "Ninth layer of Qi Refining!"

The Qi Refining realm is divided into three stages: early, middle, and late.

Each stage is clearly distinct from the others.

If one doesn't look at the foundation of the spiritual sense, meridian acupoints, and physical strength, which are dispensable for low-grade cultivators.

Then the amount of spiritual power in the body is the best standard for division.

Early-stage cultivators can't cast many spells, and most magic tools can only be used for one, and it's still a low-grade level.

By the middle stage, spiritual power has increased several times, and everything has begun to change.

Spells can be released in multiple ways, and magic tools can also be manipulated for two or three.

If one encounters a special top-grade magic tool, one can also barely manipulate it for combat.

But in general, the combat of mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators is always too rigid.

Sometimes it looks like a turn-based game to outsiders, you hit once, I hit once.

This situation will only be completely changed after reaching the late stage of Qi Refining and possessing a rich spiritual power foundation.

All kinds of magic tools can be used at will, and with the blessing of the Wind-Riding Technique and flying magic tools during battle, it becomes agile and light.

At this time, it truly has some celestial atmosphere!

And among the three small levels of the late stage of Qi Refining, ninth-layer cultivators are undoubtedly the existence at the top of the food chain.

Because the time to be promoted to the perfection of Qi Refining is too long, many ninth-layer cultivators will deliberately polish their combat means, striving to have no shortcomings.

By comparison, seventh and eighth-layer cultivators still have to consider breaking through the realm, so their means are naturally not as round and smooth.

It is precisely because of this that often only the ninth layer of Qi Refining can resist the ninth layer of Qi Refining.

Back then on the Discussion Platform, eighteen cultivators fought to the death, and there were as many as seventeen ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators.

The only exception—Wang Yuan, he took the path of a body cultivator.

The strength of a body cultivator depends not only on the realm but also on physical fitness and blood energy.

Perhaps the realm is low, but because the physical fitness is too strong, the combat power shown is even stronger than those of the same rank.

In reality, there are not so many exceptions.

Therefore, when the black-robed cultivator unscrupulously displayed the spiritual power fluctuation of the ninth layer of Qi Refining, Zhou and Liu knew it was bad.

But they were not panicked at all.

Zhou Zhou Yuanli took a step back, and Liu Liu Qiang moved to the front, controlling that top-grade defensive magic tool alone.

Luo Chen watched as Zhou Zhou Yuanli took out a jade pendant from his storage bag and his lips moved.

"Gang Leader, southwest of the outer city, attacked in the Green Hemp Forest."

"Four enemies, the leader is at the ninth layer of Qi Refining."

Just after the urgent words were finished, a muffled grunt came from Liu Liu Qiang in front.

"Old Zhou, I can't hold on anymore!"

Zhou Zhou Yuanli stared at Luo Chen, "We will drag this ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator to death, you find an opportunity to escape, I know your flying speed is very fast."

After the words fell, without waiting for Luo Chen's reply, he rushed to the front.

Joining forces with Liu Liu Qiang, they jointly activated a saber and a sword.

The spiritual light of the two magic tools flared, emitting the sound of dragons roaring and tigers howling, flying towards the enemy.

He had always heard that his two bodyguards had powerful combat power and could rival the ninth layer of Qi Refining when joining forces.

Now it seems they indeed have some skills; those two top-grade magic tools are actually a set.

Luo Chen relaxed in his heart and his gaze fell to the ground.

With the blessing of the Spirit Eye Technique, he had already seen through the other party's realm.

The leader, the black-robed cultivator, is at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and the three wearing gray robes are all at the seventh layer of Qi Refining.

It is indeed not a weak force.

Just at this moment, the black-robed cultivator also looked over.

"Dan Dan Chenzi of the Broken Mountain Gang, right!"

"Today our brothers are passing by your market and want to borrow a sum of spirit stones from you."

After speaking, he smiled lightly and waved his hand.

The three cultivators in gray robes behind him each used their means, and three spiritual lights bypassed Zhou and Liu and hit Luo Chen.

Luo Chen grinned, didn't say any harsh words, and retreated without hesitation.

One moment he was like catkins, the next he was like a great roc, rising with the wind.

The speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, he escaped the attack range of the three spiritual lights.

The three were stunned, and before they could react, they heard their boss's exasperated voice.

"Chase, what are you stunned for!"

"He is the alchemist, he must be very wealthy!"

The black-robed cultivator couldn't leave; Zhou Zhou Yuanli and Liu Liu Qiang had already activated their magic tools to the extreme, trapping him tightly.

The three gray-robed cultivators gave a low shout and drove their magic tools to explode with extreme speed to chase Luo Chen.

It's just that with their speed, after chasing for a few breaths, they found that Luo Chen was getting further and further away from them.

"This Dan Dan Chenzi flies so fast!"

"Didn't use a magic tool to fly?"

"No, look at those boots!"

"Bad, can't catch up, how to explain to the boss?"

"Don't care, keep chasing!"

Although the speed couldn't catch up to Luo Chen, the other party's back was still in sight.

Suddenly, that figure seemed to be exhausted and fell into the forest.

The three were overjoyed, thinking that Luo Chen had used some explosive secret technique earlier and was now exhausted, so his speed slowed down.

Overjoyed, the three accelerated and chased after him.

I saw in the small forest, a figure running in a hurry, with an expression of panic and fear.

Among the three, one smiled grimly.

"Can't escape now!"

The three released their escape lights, passed Luo Chen, and blocked the front and left and right, faintly surrounding him.

The only remaining escape direction became the direction they first came from.

And over there, there was still a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator.

However, before they could stand firm, Luo Chen had already stopped.

"Who said I was going to escape?"

After many days of heavy snow in winter, the small forest was already white.

As Luo Chen's face became solemn, he clapped his hands.

The forest in front seemed to come alive.

The white snow fell with a rustle, and large patches of green vines rose from the ground, spreading like dragons and snakes.

In an instant, the environment here changed greatly, no longer a forest covered in heavy snow, but a green jungle overflowing with murderous intent.

At this moment, this place became Luo Chen's battlefield.

The one who bore the brunt changed his face, wanting to fly into the sky.

However, just as he flew into the sky, seven green lights shot out from the nearby accumulated snow, dancing and crisscrossing.

A blade storm had already taken shape.

Luo Chen didn't look at this battlefield, and reached out to summon.

Ten tiny sparks flew towards the enemy on the right.

"Just a mere Fireball Technique, and you dare to be so presumptuous?" The man sneered, unfolded a round wooden shield, and wanted to block the Fireball Technique before counterattacking.

However, the next moment, those ten sparks grew with the wind.

In less than a breath, they expanded into huge fireballs the size of a face.

Amidst his astonishment, they smashed down like a storm.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The violent explosions, the flying snow in the sky, and the miserable screams didn't make Luo Chen relax at all.

He knew that the danger came from the enemy on the left.

Whoosh!

A crystal-clear and snow-white long sword slashed down through the air.

"Ice-type top-grade flying sword?"

Luo Chen raised his brows, his mid-grade magic robe fluttered without wind, seemingly wanting to withstand this blow.

That cultivator revealed a ferocious expression; daring to withstand a top-grade flying sword with a mere mid-grade magic robe, it seems he is at his wit's end.

"Go to hell!"

However, the next moment, a scene that shocked him appeared.

Clang!

A miniature cauldron appeared from Luo Chen's palm.

In the blink of an eye, the small cauldron expanded continuously, finally evolving into a one-zhang-tall large cauldron, blocking above Luo Chen's head.

Not only did it block the top-grade flying sword, but it also sprinkled rays of light.

Gold, red, blue, and green, four-colored rays of light, like tassels, shrouded Luo Chen inside.

"Top-grade defensive magic tool! How could it be..."

Just as he was shocked, he suddenly felt something wrong.

The Spirit Eye Technique entered his eyes, and after one look, his soul flew away in terror.

I don't know when, but the surrounding space was already densely packed with colorful stone beads.

Each stone bead was plain and unremarkable.

But in such a quantity, it truly gave him a dense, dizzying feeling of nausea.

"Mixed into one, explode!"

Countless stone beads, centered on the enemy, flew towards him like swallows returning to their nests.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The urgent sound like rain hitting banana leaves rang out continuously.

Even though this person exerted his defensive magic tool to the extreme, it crumbled inch by inch under the continuous explosions of the stone beads.

He reached out and cast a talisman, but the talisman's defensive light shield only lasted for three breaths.

Amidst the self-destruction of those stone beads, it collapsed again.

Pfft!

Following the first mouthful of blood spat out, then came the sound of stone beads entering the body.

Once inside the body, the power of the self-destruction multiplied several times.

In just a few breaths, only a mist of blood remained in place.

Luo Chen withdrew his gaze coldly, reached out to grab back the ice and snow flying sword, and then stopped looking at this battlefield.

The power of Jade Marrow waste beads is actually very average, even if buried in advance, it only catches the enemy off guard.

However, if the quantity reaches hundreds or thousands, the power cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

That is a terrifying quantitative change that can cause a qualitative change.

Turning his head back, Luo Chen looked to the front.

The person who dared to block the front was indeed not a weak hand.

Even though he had buried the Jade Saber in the forest in advance, instantly activated the Mother-and-Son Saber Blade Storm Formation, and cooperated with the master-level Entanglement Technique.

But he still broke free, just a bit disheveled.

At this moment, seeing him look over, his eyes were full of panic, his whole body shuddered, and he immediately fled.

"I knew it, late-stage Qi Refining cultivators are not easy to deal with."

The Cloud-Stepping Boots flickered with spiritual light, Wind-Riding Technique, Carefree Travel, all blessed.

Luo Chen rose with the wind, and when passing by that huge fire pit on the right, he casually cast a stone bead.

Pfft!

In the raging fire, under the painful gaze of the dying cultivator, a small hole appeared on his forehead.

Then, the stone bead burst open.

He blinked, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

Boom!

Like a watermelon bursting, brain matter scattered everywhere.

And Luo Chen's figure had already disappeared above the forest.

"Damn it!"

"Isn't it said that alchemists have weak combat ability, far inferior to cultivators of the same rank?"

"When did he bury the saber formation, actually making me suffer such a big loss."

The gray-robed cultivator, like a stray dog, fled for his life.

The undisguised figure was extremely eye-catching in the increasingly deep outer city area.

Behind him, a young white-robed cultivator with a large cauldron hanging over his head and shrouded in four-colored tassels was constantly closing the distance with him.

The gray-robed cultivator's face turned fierce, and he suddenly looked back.

"Go to hell!"

A long spear flew out suddenly.

The sharp momentum seemed to be able to pierce the void, and a surging fire light emerged from the spear body, like a fire dragon.

A return-horse spear?

Luo Chen just had this thought in his heart, and that fiery red long spear pierced through the sky in the blink of an eye and arrived in front of him.

Creak creak!

The tooth-aching sound rang out as the four-colored tassels shattered layer by layer.

Luo Chen's face finally became nervous; the Yin Sixiang Cauldron is ultimately a jack-of-all-trades, and its defensive ability barely reached the top-grade level.

And this long spear is clearly also a top-grade magic tool.

His heartstrings tightened, Luo Chen slapped his storage bag, and four or five talismans immediately appeared in his hand, all of which were defensive talismans.

Just as he was about to activate them, his face moved, and he stopped the activation action.

Whoosh...

A clear breeze blew, the long spear lost its momentum, and under the light brush of the last golden tassel, it fell listlessly.

Luo Chen reached out to summon, and the long spear fell into his hand.

Looking up, Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua was carrying a corpse that didn't know whether it was dead or alive, looking at him with concern.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but if you had been a little later, I guess you would have had to collect the bodies for Old Zhou and Old Liu."

Luo Chen smiled slightly and put away the Yin Sixiang Cauldron hanging above his head.

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua didn't talk nonsense either; a surge of magic power enveloped Luo Chen, and he flew toward the southwest at lightning speed.

During the flight, they were silent.

Only when passing by that small forest did Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua look back at Luo Chen in surprise.

Luo Chen shrugged and didn't say anything.

However, his gaze was fixed on the storage bag Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua was holding.

Understood!

I understand what you mean!

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua's face twitched, and he transmitted his voice: "After I finish interrogating this person, all his things will belong to you."

"Gang Leader is atmospheric!"

Luo Chen gave a thumbs up; he knew his Gang Leader wouldn't look down on these small things.

Soon, the two arrived at the initial Green Hemp Forest.

The forest originally covered in heavy snow was no longer in its original state after the fierce battle.

Large patches of dead trees fell, blocking the ground in a crisscross manner.

Several-meter-deep pits were even more shocking, spreading in the forest, as if they could lead to the abyss of the ground.

Luo Chen's eyelids twitched wildly; is this the destructive power of a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator?

Back then on the Discussion Platform, because the environment was restricted and the formation was shrouded, the destructive power of the ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators was not obvious.

But now, he finally knew why Zhou Zhou Yuanli told him to escape at the first moment.

Under this intensity of attack, how many rounds could he hold on?

"Gang Leader!"

"Cough cough... Greetings, Gang Leader!"

Zhou Zhou Yuanli stepped forward to salute, his face as usual.

It's just that Liu Liu Qiang's state wasn't very good, his whole body was full of creepy wounds.

Even when greeting, his teeth were trembling, as if he were frozen.

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua looked around and said coldly: "Where is the person?"

"Just escaped!"

"Hmm?"

Zhou Zhou Yuanli gritted his teeth: "It's not that we didn't want to keep him, but this person had a second-grade Water Escape Talisman, just now he risked his life to exchange injuries with Liu Liu Qiang, and borrowed the force to escape."

His gaze fell on Liu Liu Qiang's wounds, and Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua took a deep breath.

He closed his eyes, and his vast spiritual sense spread out, constantly tracking along the traces of the wind and snow around him.

"It's this direction!"

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua suddenly opened his eyes and threw the unconscious gray-robed cultivator to the ground.

"Watch him, wait here. Zeng Wen has already brought people here, he will take Luo Chen back to the General Altar."

After speaking, he had already shot out, accompanied by a crescent moon.

The speed was so fast that it was jaw-dropping!

After he left, Zhou Zhou Yuanli stood guard on the side, and Liu Liu Qiang seized the time to heal his wounds.

Luo Chen's mind moved, and he hurriedly squatted down, groping on the unconscious cultivator.

Storage bag, collected!

The clothes are also top-grade magic robes, no wonder he could survive the Mother-and-Son Saber Blade Storm Formation.

Stripped!

Anything else?

Luo Chen stood up and spat without quality.

"Pfft, poor ghost!"

Zhou Zhou Yuanli couldn't help but ask: "Hall Master Luo, what about the other two enemies?"

"Dead, one left no bones, one was burned to ashes."

"Those two were also poor ghosts, no storage bags, not even magic robes left."

Luo Chen cursed and kicked the unconscious cultivator, "What kind of people are they, robbing in broad daylight, don't they know I'm invincible at the same rank?"

Listening to this, Zhou Zhou Yuanli and Liu Liu Qiang looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

How do we remember that when you were running away just now, you disappeared in the blink of an eye?

Luo Chen curled his lips, not bothering to explain!

Slipping to the side, he happily played with the magic tools he had just obtained.

Top-grade long spear magic tool, this is rare.

It's also fire-attributed, although it doesn't quite match the Changchun Gong, he has five spiritual roots, so he can barely use it!

It's a pity that after a fierce battle, activating the Jade Saber and the Yin Sixiang Cauldron one after another, and casting large-scale Entanglement Technique and Flying Fireflies, his spiritual power was mostly consumed.

Otherwise, he would have to try this long spear magic tool no matter what.

Oh, he also collected an ice and snow flying sword earlier, it seems it's also top-grade.

The power is quite extraordinary, only slightly inferior to this long spear, and fortunately he was prepared early and used the Yin Sixiang Cauldron to block it in advance.

"This battle, the harvest is bountiful!"

"Two top-grade offensive magic tools, one top-grade magic robe, plus a storage bag that hasn't been checked yet, don't know how many good things are inside."

There was no time to count carefully, because many people had already rushed over from afar.

The leader, without a doubt, is the old acquaintance Zeng Wen.

He rushed down into the forest in a panic and looked at Luo Chen with concern.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? Can you still refine elixirs in the future!"

That last sentence is the point, right!

Luo Chen rolled his eyes, "Do I look like I'm okay? Send Liu Liu Qiang back to heal his wounds first!"

After speaking, he waved his sleeves and flew away with the wind.

Zeng Wen arranged for people to send Liu Liu Qiang away, and then hurriedly followed Luo Chen.

While flying, Zeng Wen asked in a low voice: "Why did you only refine Jade Marrow Pills last month? I didn't see a single Myriad Wonder Pill."

"What did you say?"

"I said Myriad Wonder Pills!"

"The wind is too strong, can't hear clearly!"

"Bastard, I won't come to save you next time."

"Oh, I originally had a few Myriad Wonder Pills in stock, intending to give them to you. Top-grade ones, oh, what a pity..."

"Fellow Daoist Luo Chen, please this way!"

As soon as he arrived at the Broken Mountain Gang's General Altar, Zeng Wen shouted.

"Where are the people, where did they all die!"

"Light the furnace! Serve hot tea! Bring out the Qi-Replenishing Pills and Healing Pills quickly, don't you know that our Hall Master Luo Chen was frightened today!" ===== CHAPTER 109 =====