Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 172 Fierce Battle at Suguo Mountain

"Regardless of how this person escaped, one thing is certain: this Benefactor Du is probably no ordinary cultivator, and he must have something of interest to us."

Brother Zhou, you are quite familiar with the terrain around here. Do you have any suggestions on what to do next? We're afraid none of us would be willing to just let this boy go like this.

Hui Guang's eyes flashed, and after a cold laugh, he asked Zhou Kai.

"Even if this person escapes, with his cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining, he won't go too far. Perhaps we can... Oh no!" Zhou Kai smiled slightly upon hearing this, and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed, and he cried out in alarm.

Even before Zhou Kai spoke, a fiery red arrow, about a foot long, suddenly appeared several feet away from them. It carried a scorching heat and whistled towards them, its target none other than the somewhat rugged-looking monk Huineng.

This sudden change was extremely strange. They had no idea where the arrow came from. It seemed to have appeared out of thin air, appearing right in front of Huineng in a flash.

Upon seeing this, Huineng's heart skipped a beat. Before cold sweat could even break out, he instinctively raised his arm, and a golden light instantly appeared, blocking the fiery red arrow. At the same time, he moved swiftly to the side without hesitation.

The golden light was clearly some kind of spell that Huineng had hastily released, but before it could take shape, it was pierced through by a sudden red arrow with a "sizzle" sound, grazing past Huineng's shoulder.

But before Huineng could even catch his breath, he saw the red arrow that had just swept past suddenly stop in mid-air, change direction, and shoot towards him again.

"It's a talisman soldier! Everyone be careful, he hasn't left, he's nearby!"

Huiguang's eyes narrowed sharply, and his hands quickly formed a mudra. Sanskrit chants followed, and a golden halo emanated from his body, instantly solidifying into a golden shield that completely protected him.

Because of his position and angle, Zhou Kai was the first to notice the anomaly, so he acted the fastest. Long before Hui Guang, he had already begun to cast a spell, condensing a fire shield in front of him.

After the fire shield was formed, Zhou Kai felt a slight sense of relief, but his hand continued to perform incantations. A moment later, three fireballs appeared above his head, their size fluctuating, as if they were about to be unleashed.

The look of panic on Xiaoyue's face flashed by in an instant. She then bit her red lips, took out a talisman, tore it to shreds, and it transformed into a yellow light screen about ten feet in size, which enveloped her. Only then did she relax and look around.

"Hmph! Fellow Daoists, you shall also taste what it's like to be ambushed."

Just then, a cold snort suddenly rang out. The voice was icy and ethereal, leaving no trace.

This strange phenomenon caused Zhou Kai and the other three to change their expressions again. They instantly unleashed their divine senses, but found nothing. A chill ran down their spines.

Huineng was the only one among the four who had no chance to use defensive measures. Seeing the fiery red arrow coming towards him again, he was startled and could only quickly take out two talismans and throw them forward.

The two talismans swayed in the air and transformed into two water turtles, their four claws extending and retracting to block in front of him.

Only then did Huineng let out a soft breath, intending to cast a defensive spell on himself.

However, before he could form a hand seal, the space around him fluctuated, and a small, golden dagger appeared, gleaming with a cold light, and came toward him in an instant. It was yet another sharp weapon transformed from a talisman.

Upon seeing this, Huineng's lips twitched. He abandoned all further defensive spells, shrugged, and dashed off in another direction, shouting, "Junior Brother Huiguang, block this attack for me!"

Wisdom Light, who was under the golden shield, gasped at the sight. However, since he was more than capable of protecting himself, he naturally wouldn't ignore Huineng.

Hui Guang's eyes flashed, and he immediately flicked his wrist, sending out a golden ray of light. With another sudden swing of his arm, the golden ray of light hurtled towards the golden dagger.

Before Jinxia and Jindao could even touch, Huiguang suddenly shuddered, as if sensing something. He felt a sudden jolt of fear, his body whirled around, and he looked into the void. His face turned deathly pale.

There, the void rippled slightly, like waves on water; if one did not concentrate and look closely, one would not notice any unusual movement.

The next moment, a faint white thread flew out silently from the ripples in the void, so fast that no trace could be detected.

Before Huiguang could react, with a "bang," the white thread pierced through his confident golden shield in an instant, flashing between his eyebrows and flying out from the back of his head, leaving a shocking trail of blood as it streaked through the air.

At this moment, from where the white filaments were emitted, a dark green figure the size of a thumb slowly emerged. In no time, a small silkworm with wings on its back and fangs in its mouth appeared out of thin air. It was the Xuanmu Silkworm that Du Fan had forcibly awakened from its slumber.

After spinning its silk, the silkworm, just like before, immediately became listless and even had difficulty flying. Just as this Xuanmu silkworm was about to fall, it was grabbed by an invisible hand and disappeared in a flash.

At this moment, Huiguang remained standing, but his eyes had lost their luster, only retaining the terror and disbelief of his last moments before death.

In fact, from the moment Du Fan made his first move, his first target was not Huineng, but Master Huiguang. Du Fan felt a sense of threat from him the moment he first saw him.

Du Fan knew that cultivators almost always had a kind of mysterious intuition, which, although mysterious and unpredictable, could not be ignored.

Therefore, his use of the talisman soldiers was intended to attract the attention of these four people, and then, when Huiguang lost his vigilance, he would summon the Xuanmu Silkworm, his trump card, to annihilate them with lightning speed.

Master Huiguang's death was truly unbearable. He was an outstanding figure among his peers in the Hanshan Sect. In this battle, he had not yet revealed even a fraction of his Buddhist and Taoist supernatural powers before being mysteriously killed by Du Fan. He could truly die with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

The moment Master Huiguang died, the golden protective shield surrounding him rapidly dimmed, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a golden radiance that dissipated.

The golden light he had released earlier vanished into thin air, just like a golden shield, before it even touched Du Fan's golden sword and talisman.

In fact, all of this happened in the blink of an eye. Du Fan felt a slight sense of relief and stopped paying attention to Hui Guang. He immediately concentrated his divine power and began to control the two talisman soldiers that he had summoned one after another.

The fiery red arrow roared as it collided with the two water turtles, and as the fire and water elements mutually absorbed and neutralized each other, it instantly transformed into a large cloud of white mist that shot into the sky.

As the white mist rose and filled the air, both objects collapsed and disappeared simultaneously.

The golden dagger, now free of obstruction, emitted a burst of golden light and a loud buzzing sound when urged by Du Fan's divine sense. Then, with a whooshing sound, it sped towards Huineng once again.

It was only at this moment that Huineng, Zhou Kai, and the other two noticed the situation with Huiguang. Their eyes narrowed, revealing a hint of fear, and their expressions were horrified. As they felt a chill in their hearts, a hint of hesitation appeared.

A cold snort suddenly came from the void, and a young man appeared in an instant. He was dressed in a green robe, with long hair flowing down his shoulders, and holding a silver sword. He was none other than Du Fan, who had taken off his invisibility ring.

Although the invisibility ring is effective, the amount of spiritual energy it consumes is negligible for Du Fan in his current state.

However, under the effect of invisibility, Du Fan's own spellcasting was somewhat restricted, and he was unable to use his full strength. That's why he decisively revealed himself after Hui Guang's death.

Seeing that Zhou Kai and Xiao Yue were about to escape, Du Fan's eyes flashed with cold light, and with a sudden movement of his arm, he slashed the magic weapon in his hand twice forward.

Two deep blue sword shadows, each about ten feet in size, suddenly appeared, carrying a terrifying and sinister aura, and shot towards Zhou Kai and Xiao Yue respectively with a whoosh.

What Du Fan used was none other than the Level 2 Water Shadow Sword. With the enhancement of the magic weapon, it was comparable to the power of a Level 3 spell. Back in Qixia Sect, during the most frustrating period of his life, Du Fan had already honed this spell to perfection by using the Trial Wall.

As the Water Shadow Sword hurtled towards him, Zhou Kai's heart tightened. He immediately flicked his sleeve, and three fireballs in front of him shot out one after another, trembling violently, towards the Water Shadow Sword.

Three muffled thuds suddenly rang out. The three fireballs collapsed instantly under the slash of the Water Shadow Sword. The Water Shadow Sword only paused slightly before flying towards Zhou Kai again with its momentum unchanged.

This scene shocked Zhou Kai and his companion, who had to pause and, with their hands forming hand seals, release another layer of protective light around their bodies.

After Du Fan slashed twice with his magic weapon, he temporarily ignored the two men and quickly took out two talismans, which he slapped onto his body. They were the Speed ​​Talisman and the Power Talisman.

Before anyone knew it, the monk Huineng had formed a strange mudra, and under the influence of the invisible magic, a golden lotus flower about a foot in size formed in mid-air.

This lotus flower has five petals. As it slowly rotates, it emits a brilliant golden light that is dazzling and bright. The sound of Sanskrit can be faintly heard mixed in, indicating that it is a powerful Buddhist or Taoist supernatural power.