Chapter 78

"The two fellow Daoists are joking!"

He Pingsheng was completely unafraid; he kept a constant watch on the other party's movements and said, "Not to mention whether what you two say is true!"

"Even if it were true, there is no logic to speak of!"

"This Mystic Realm is a Mystic Realm shared by all the sects and families of the Dao Xuan Alliance!"

"How can there be any talk of private occupation?"

"If your family plants Sun-Blazing Flowers here today and forbids other disciples from picking them, then if my Tai Xu Men disciples plant the entire Mystic Realm, would you not come anymore?"

"This kind of logic doesn't hold water!"

The woman smiled and said, "Junior Brother is quite unreasonable!"

He Pingsheng said, "If you put it that way, when we leave this Mystic Realm later, you can go argue with the Elders of our Tai Xu Men and see if that works?"

The Zhuang family man and woman's expressions turned dark instantly.

That's right!

Their logic could not hold up.

Would Tai Xu Men not plant things too?

Tian Xiaoqing followed the instructions of her Master, Yu Ning, and brought various seeds from the outside, scattering them all along the way—wasn't that so that future disciples who came here could all collect heavenly treasures?

Yet Tai Xu Men never said these things belonged to them!

The Mystic Realm is public property.

If you plant something and don't reveal the specific location to others, then secretly come back to pick it yourself next time, that is no problem.

But if it gets picked by someone else, then you deserve your bad luck.

This is all within the rules.

"Forget it, forget it..." the man said, "Since Junior Brother has picked it, then so be it... Junior Brother's words make sense, our Zhuang family..."

The man appeared to give up, speaking of reason on one hand, but suddenly launching an attack on the other.

A black long spear suddenly appeared in his hand at some point; with a 'bang', it expanded to a size of about a zhang, piercing the void and emitting a powerful sonic boom.

By the time He Pingsheng reacted, the spear was already less than three zhang away from him.

What a sneak attack.

"Open..."

He Pingsheng had long been prepared; he had been holding the 【Stubborn Stone Talisman】 in his hand for some time, and now with a wave of his hand, a thick film of light enveloped him.

Bang...

The long spear landed on this thick film of light.

However, the film of light from the 【Stubborn Stone Talisman】 only swayed slightly and showed no signs of being pierced.

He Pingsheng let out a huge sigh of relief.

Things strengthened by the Treasure-Gathering Basin are truly awesome!

"Slash..."

At this moment, the woman on the side was not idle either; the flying sword in her hand transformed into three feet in size and also slashed down from the void onto He Pingsheng's protective shield.

However, the shield was still not broken.

How could He Pingsheng sit and wait for death?

The fire-attribute cultivation technique within his body rumbled into operation, and immediately three fire crows condensed around him.

"Go..."

The flames were condensed outside the defensive film of light, so they did not need to pass through the defense and attacked the woman directly.

In He Pingsheng's view, the woman's cultivation was slightly lower, making her easier to break through first.

"Petty tricks!"

A faint trace of mockery appeared at the corner of the woman's mouth, and then her jade hand suddenly drew her sword, and she slashed over again.

This sword strike had an extremely fierce momentum; the sword light materialized like a crescent moon, slashing toward He Pingsheng's fire crows.

In the woman's view, He Pingsheng was merely at the seventh layer of Qi Refining; this sword strike was enough to slash away all three fire crows.

However, she was overconfident.

Pfft...

The first fire crow was indeed slashed away by her.

However, her sword light immediately dissipated after slashing the first fire crow.

And the two fire crows behind it were still charging toward her.

The woman was shocked.

"Not good..."

Her figure retreated decisively.

She knew the strength of that sword strike just now; it was almost her strongest strike.

And such a strongest strike could only slash away one fire crow; a little bit of thought would reveal the power of these fire crows.

She dared not take it head-on and could only retreat rapidly, thinking of increasing the distance to dodge.

However, to her despair, these fire crows could actually change direction and fly toward her again.

"Damn it..."

"Slash..."

The woman swung her sword again, barely slashing away He Pingsheng's second fire crow.

But the third one was already almost at her face.

What to do?

The woman had no choice; she gritted her teeth, her heart bleeding, and waved her hand to sacrifice a talisman.

Bang...

A small silver shield floated in front of her, blocking most of her body.

This was one of her trump cards, a high-tier defensive talisman.

She had paid a great price to obtain this talisman back then.

Bang...

He Pingsheng's third fire crow slammed fiercely into this silver talisman shield.

Bang...

The talisman exploded directly.

He Pingsheng's third fire crow naturally exploded as well.

A powerful surge of fire spiritual energy erupted.

Although the woman was not injured, she was blown back four or five steps by this immense spiritual power.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it..." In her rage, she said 'damn it' three times.

Not only was the Sun-Blazing Flower pollen lost, but she had also lost a precious talisman.

Isn't this enough to make one vomit blood?

"Hahaha... let me come..."

"Today, he must die!"

Behind He Pingsheng, the Zhuang family's male cultivator burst into loud laughter.

He Pingsheng turned his head and saw the man hovering in the void three zhang high, his whole body emitting a faint radiance.

Above his head, the black long spear had now turned blood-red.

"Watch me break his shield!"

"Zhuang Family Thirteen Spears..."

"Open!"

After the man finished speaking, a red spear shadow suddenly erupted from the black-red great spear above his head.

The spear shadow carried peerless spiritual power and pierced toward He Pingsheng.

Bang...

The spear shadow hit the shield.

The shield was not knocked open, but the radiance on it dimmed by a fraction.

This shield was formed by a talisman; its power relied entirely on the talisman itself and could not be replenished by the cultivator's spiritual power.

Once it dimmed, it could not be restored.

"Open..."

The second spear shadow flew out again.

Bang...

Bang...

Bang...

Five spears in a row!

The talisman outside He Pingsheng's body grew dimmer and dimmer, looking as if it were about to break.

Although this Stubborn Stone Talisman was top-tier, a talisman is still a talisman; there is no way to replenish its energy, and the energy on it decreases as it is consumed.

It can defend against a strike from a twelfth-layer Qi Refining disciple, but it cannot withstand continuous, non-stop attacks.

The sixth spear!

The seventh spear!

Bang...

The shield activated by He Pingsheng's 【Stubborn Stone Talisman】 was broken directly.

"Hahaha..." the man laughed loudly and said, "Go to hell..."

The eighth spear flew over with a 'whoosh', piercing toward He Pingsheng's body.

However, another shield suddenly appeared around He Pingsheng's body.

Spell: Earth Armor Technique!

While casting the Earth Armor Technique, He Pingsheng also suddenly channeled the metal-attribute spiritual power within his body.

Bang...

A bright, zhang-tall human figure suddenly landed on the ground.

Spell: Huang Jinlishi!

Under the control of He Pingsheng's spiritual sense, the Huang Jinlishi rushed toward the woman in the distance.

Strike first to gain the advantage.

Otherwise, if this man and woman launched an attack together later, it would be tricky to defend.