Daoist Competition

A Nascent Soul True Master died before their eyes, centuries of arduous cultivation dissipated in an instant. Even Lu Mei Niang was slightly lost in thought, almost caught in a barely discernible gray smoke ring. Fortunately, she reacted swiftly; as a Demon Cultivator, she could transform her form, immediately becoming a white-feathered Heron and swiftly flying away. The ropes tightened, but captured nothing.

Elder Shen sighed, sending forth talisman paper shrouded in faint Spirit Light to protect Xu Daoist’s fleeing Primordial Spirit.

At this moment, still within the Demon Cloud, formidable enemies lay ahead. He had no time to spare for personal protection, and for the sake of the fellow Daoist, he could only do this much.

After the upper half of the Demon Sect Elder’s body, slain by Xu Daoist, fell down, a wisp of light smoke escaped from the nostril, revealing the escape of his Primordial Spirit.

Demon Sect Practitioners differ from Xuanmen Sect disciples. Even if their physical bodies are destroyed, their Primordial Spirits can still fly away. If they can timely find the physical body of a Demon Sect fellow Daoist, and rely on Secret Technique, they may transfer into another body. Even if their Daoist Cultivation does not match the former level, they can slowly find ways to cultivate back.

However, there was Zhang Boyant, an Elder of the Demon Sect, deeply aware of the situation, and had long been waiting to see.

For him, the Primordial Spirits of Demon Sect Practitioners can are a big supplement. Seeing that Primordial Spirit, he smiled coldly, shook the Gang Cloud above, releasing a Devil to pursue it.

That Primordial Spirit had not gone far when the Devil caught it, swallowing it in two or three bites, then turned back to chew the two halves of the corpse together.

After Zhang Yan slayed the White-haired Daoist, another Jiuling Sect Elder arrived to engage him. Unable to divide his attention, hearing Lu Mei Niang’s exclamation, his eyes flickered with cold light. He shouted, sending a Purple Cloud Divine Thunder to force the elder away.

Turning back, he saw Xu Daoist had perished, sighed inwardly, reached out to summon the talisman paper, holding it in his hand, earnestly saying: "Fellow Daoist came here to protect, yet died because of my humble self. Please first keep your Divine Soul at ease. Later, I will surely provide fellow Daoist an explanation."

The Demon Sect Elder saw Zhang Yan seemingly distracted, and was unwilling to miss such a great opportunity. He waved his sleeve, sending a silver cone flying forward. However, when it reached halfway, a golden Shell Leaf flew over, blocking it and hanging a golden light curtain for protection.

The elder shook his body, releasing three jade-colored small axes from the Gang Cloud above. As they approached, they transformed into a virtual and real state, first turning into faint shadow light and passing through the golden light curtain, then solidifying, all striking Zhang Yan. The sound of clanging was heard, yet before they could reach him, a ray of light from his robe rebounded them.

Without raising his head, Zhang Yan flicked his sleeve, water light surged beneath him, rolling up the three jade axes.

The elder tried several times to summon them back, managing only to recall the silver cone, and was astonished when the jade axes did not respond.

Zhang Yan calmly stored the talisman paper, then raised his eyes to look directly, with a slight cold intention in his glance. Above him, the Five-Colored Gang Cloud suddenly rotated. Suddenly, a red light appeared, like dawn, fierce as fire. Simultaneously, the sword ball beside him transformed into light, rushing to attack in unison.

The elder’s expression became solemn; he had already seen the dying appearance of his fellow sect member earlier, knowing the brilliance was unusual, unwilling to confront it. Although trapped within the Dragon Carp Siren Heaven and Earth Locking Technique, he found it difficult to escape using the Escape Skill, predicting he would struggle to escape, thus started plotting countermeasures in place.

He roared, Gang Cloud rising above him, flying up a delicate Jade Token. But it only rose a foot high before a Clear Light flew in, fixing it in place, unable to move.

The crimson light quickly swept down, cutting through his Protective Treasure Light, the sword ball took the opportunity to attack, a flash of sharp light cut through, slicing him in half at the waist. The sword light swirled around once more, dispersing his Primordial Spirit before it could escape.

Zhang Yan’s method of slaying this elder mirrored the previous one, a series of attacks followed one after the other, Dharma Treasure and Skills tightly integrated; two consecutive Jiuling Sect Elders were unable to withstand.

Though the Dragon Carp Siren Forbidden Locking Heaven and Earth skill contributed, preventing these two from activating their Escape Skills, Zhang Yan possessed many techniques, also not lacking in methods to restrain opponents in place, hence even if confronting alone, he was very confident to slay the opponent.

Elsewhere, Zhang Boyant, having released the Devil to consume the Primordial Spirit earlier, provoked the anger of two Jiuling Sect Elders, attacking him together.

One of them shouted angrily: "From your actions, it seems you belong to Nether Spring Sect, why help the Xuanmen people? Do you intend to betray your sect and ancestors?"