Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit
chapter-299

Chapter 299: Killing A Mid Enlightened Master

Lu Ping had still underestimated the strength of a Mid Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master, and the dojo’s seals were only good for trapping intruders, they couldn’t be used to attack or weaken enemies.

No matter how hard Lu Ping attacked, he still could not kill his opponent.

After a muffled thud, the sealing formation shivered and weakened. Turned out that the trapped Enlightened Master still had the energy to break the sealing formation while defending against Lu Ping’s attacks.

It was at this time Lu Ping felt how lacking his means of attacks were. Other than the twelve Primordial Stars, he only knew sword arts. But as his nascent weapon, the Primordial Stars were his final means, so he naturally wouldn’t utilize it so easily.

In the Blood Condensation Realm, he could rely on his strong arcane energy and swordsmanship to stay almost undefeated. However, in the Core Forging Realm, his shortcomings had started to surface. Although his cultivation base was much better than his peers, he lacked accumulation and knowledge in the Core Forging Realm. For instance, talented cultivators like Zhu Xuan-Meng were already practicing a mini divine ability.

Lu Ping grunted coldly, and as the Enlightened Master attacked the sealing formation, Lu Ping shook his hand and shot out the Scarlet Sunset Bead.

The Scarlet Sunset Bead flew above the Enlightened Master, and countless red threads extended down and wrapped around him.

The Enlightened Master could tell that the bead was difficult to deal with, and he quickly cast up his aegis energy. The energy glowed with three colored lights, enhancing its protection.

This was a protective mini divine ability!

As the Scarlet Sunset Bead’s threads wrapped around him, the Enlightened Master’s aegis energy changed shape—it seemed like his protective mini divine ability wasn’t so powerful. But that was not surprising either, after all, divine abilities were extremely difficult to cultivate, and even harder to bring to a high level.

However, the Enlightened Master didn’t think his aegis energy could fight back the Scarlet Sunset Bead either, he had only cast it out to buy some time. He swiftly cast out a drumstick above him and aimed it towards the Scarlet Sunset Bead.

Lu Ping’s Golden Scale Sword deflected the four top-grade mystic instruments it was currently battling with, then took off to deflect the drumstick, while the Scarlet Sunset Bead tried to dodge as well.

However, the Scarlet Sunset Bead was still a step too late, and the Golden Scale Sword was once again tangled by the four pursuing top-grade mystic instruments. In the end, the drumstick still struck the Scarlet Sunset Bead down to the ground. Lu Ping felt as if he’d been punched in the chest, and was unable to breathe.

Fortunately, he managed to put away the Scarlet Sunset Bead before the drumstick followed up with another deadly attack. Otherwise, the next blow might deal serious damage to his divine revelation.

Once the Scarlet Sunset Bead had been knocked down, the Enlightened Master’s protective aegis energy could no longer hold in the red threads. The moment his aegis energy shattered, he let out a cry of pain as his shoulder was pierced.

Unknown as to when, the Water Specter Sword had already been cast up, and it waited quietly for the chance to deliver the killing blow. But the Enlightened Master was still quick to react and managed to move his body aside, deflecting the killing blow that aimed for his heart into hitting his shoulder instead.

Immediately, the Water Specter Sword turned invisible again. But the Enlightened Master was now cautious, so they had lost the element of surprise.

The good thing was that the Enlightened Master was wounded again, reducing his power.

Lu Ping didn’t have the time to check the condition of the Scarlet Sunset Bead after putting it away. He quickly cast out a ball of golden water and made several hand signs. It turned into a golden Water Jiao that lunged at the Enlightened Master.

The Enlightened Master was trapped in the sealing formation and couldn’t evade Lu Ping’s attacks. Initially, he didn’t take this First Layer Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master seriously, thinking that he could quickly take care of him, but who knew Lu Ping would be so difficult to deal with.

The set of four top-grade mystic instruments were tangled with the Golden Scale Sword, the drumstick guarding the invisible Water Specter Sword, so the Enlightened Master could only cast a top-grade defensive mystic instrument against the Water Jiao.

Although shattered and damaged, he forcibly put up his aegis energy mini divine ability once again. Normally, when a mini divine ability was damaged like this, the cultivator would need time and effort to recover. Not only was it weaker, forcibly casting it in its damaged state might even destroy it completely.

The Water Jiao splashed on the defensive mystic instrument and splattered apart. Before the Enlightened Master could understand why the Water Jiao was so weak, he was shocked to find the defensive mystic instrument melting like ice in boiling water!

Shocked, the Enlightened Master hurriedly put away the defensive mystic instrument, but it was already corroded and nearly ruined.

Meanwhile, Lu Ping cast a few hand signs again and the splattered water formed back into the Water Jiao and lunged towards the Enlightened Master again.

This time, the Enlightened Master didn’t dare to use his mystic instrument to block it. Instead, he cast out a series of spells with his true energy to fight back. Under the Water Jiao’s attacks, his true energy continuously corroded.

In fact, Lu Ping’s true energy too, was also being consumed at a rapid pace. Although Million Poisons Pulp could be used with water manipulative techniques, it would also corrode his true energy in the process. The only advantage to this was that he condensed his aegis energy with the poison, so his true energy was more or less resistant.

At this time, the Water Specter Sword finally found another opening to attack. The Enlightened Master quickly noticed its actions and the drumstick moved out to deflect the attack and engage in battle.

Meanwhile, the Water Jiao continued to ram the Enlightened Master’s protective aegis divine ability, corroding it into a wave of smoke. The Water Jiao itself was gradually becoming smaller and its form fainter.

The Enlightened Master was severely wounded, his true energy was corroded by the Million Poisons Pulp, and he gradually couldn’t support his weapons anymore. His four top-grade mystic instruments were suppressed by the Golden Scale Sword, and the drumstick couldn’t pursue the Water Specter Sword anymore.

It was at this moment, a silver cube appeared above the Enlightened Master, enlarging its size as it rammed down!

The Landslide that Lu Ping had been concealing this entire time finally revealed its dominating power. Already at the end of his rope, this attack became the last straw that defeated the Mid Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master.

His fragile divine ability crumbled like a piece of paper, his face flushed red and blood spilled out of his nostrils. Then, before the desperate and incredulous eyes of the Mid Enlightened Master, Landslide rammed down once more, ending his life.

Lu Ping consumed a Triple Turning Spiritual Pellet. This medicinal pellet that once seemed extremely effective in the Blood Condensation Realm now only restored less than half of his true energy. Left with no choice, Lu Ping had to consume another Triple Turning Spiritual Pellet. After all, he must always maintain his best state in such a crisis-ridden place.

Then, he scavenged the Mid Enlightened Master’s interspatial bracelet, which contained nothing that he deemed valuable. The only thing that he considered useful was the drumstick which was a mystic treasure.

Strictly speaking, this unlucky Mid Enlightened Master was not weak at all. He was considered quite a high-achiever in the Mid Core Forging Realm. After all, he had a flying needle mystic treasure and a drumstick mystic treasure, as well as an aegis energy mini divine ability.

But carelessness made him fall for Lu Ping’s calculations, the sealing formation confined his ability to move, forcing him to face every attack head-on, splitting his focus between defending against attacks and breaking the formation at the same time. Hence, after a long period of struggle, he was eventually killed.

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As the cultivators swarmed into the dojo, multiple battles cropped up everywhere. The Sky Cleaving Sword Sect and Crystal Palace were attacking the main hall’s protective array formation, while some opportunists followed closely.

However, being the most important and central area, the main hall’s protective array formation was naturally the strongest in the entire dojo. It would take a long time and considerable energy for them to break it.

Lu Ping looked at the Mid Enlightened Masters surrounding the main hall and cast off the greed in his heart, then he quickly walked away to the other side of the dojo.

There were others who shared his thoughts, but most of them were rogue cultivators or weaker cultivators that didn’t have a footing among the Mid Enlightened Masters. Hence, these groups deliberately avoided each other and went their separate ways.

Lu Ping walked to the back, looking for the dojo’s spirit vein. Naturally, he wasn’t going after the spirit vein itself, as migrating a spirit vein required too much effort and extensive preparations. only the Crystal Palace or the Sky Cleaving Sword Sect could possibly carry it out.

This was also why the two sects didn’t come to secure the spirit vein first and focused on the main hall; they knew no one else had the means and manpower. After securing the wealth in the dojo, the two sects would then negotiate for the spirit vein.

Hence, Lu Ping’s purpose here was for one thing. The dojo had been untouched for nearly 4,000 years, so the mid spirit vein here must have condensed a Spirit Gathering Pearl!

The spirit vein was the reason why Great Ancestor Chong Xuan’s dojo had remained functional even after 4,000 years. Naturally, it must be well hidden and guarded from the rest. Lu Ping’s confidence in finding it only stemmed from his knowledge of the Fei Ling Sect seal techniques from the heritage scroll.

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