"Just a little trick!"
Faced with a dozen mid-level talismans charging at him with overwhelming force, the white-clad figure remained oblivious to these seemingly insignificant talismans, neither dodging nor reacting.
A flash of a green sword slashed towards the spot where Lu Tiandu had just appeared.
Unfortunately, the strike stopped short of the target, and Lu Tiandu's presence was long gone.
The white-clad figure frowned, forced to recall his flying sword, which hovered overhead.
The talisman's explosions and impacts were ineffective against the tri-colored light barrier created by the lotus artifact.
However, compared to the ten-foot-long light barrier it had created when confronting Junior Brother Liu's blood-red python with his small black flag, the lotus artifact now only had a three-foot radius.
The artifact had clearly been significantly damaged by the Yin Sha Flag.
"Come again."
Elsewhere, Lu Tiandu reappeared thirty feet from the white-clothed man, again carrying a dozen mid-level attack talismans, though interspersed with a high-level one.
Throwing the talismans, he instantly shifted positions and hid, avoiding the incoming flying swords.
However, this still failed to break the white-clothed man's three-colored light shield.
Throughout this process, Lu Tiandu observed the white-clothed man's feared eye-related magical power. If the man's eyes showed any sign of change, he would retreat a hundred feet away.
However, for some reason, the man didn't actively use his magical powers to see through Lu Tiandu's invisibility, which was achieved through the formation.
After several rounds of this, Lu Tiandu's guerrilla tactics became increasingly adept, while the white-clothed man's expression grew increasingly gloomy.
"This kid seems a little different?"
He couldn't help but wonder. How could his speed have increased so dramatically in just a short time? Now, even when Lu Tian was within a few dozen feet of him, his flying sword couldn't keep up...
And now, sensing the gray evil energy within his dantian, which hadn't been suppressed by the repeated use of his magic power to control the flying sword, the man in white felt a murderous aura rising in his heart.
He had only recently noticed a few strange, sinister wisps of evil energy within his dantian, forcing him to devote some of his mind and mana to contain and temporarily suppress them.
With his damaged vital energy, he didn't have the energy to dispel it.
Because of the evil energy's rampage, not only was his mana recovery significantly slower, but he couldn't use it frequently, lest it escape and wreak havoc on his dantian, causing him unbearable pain.
After some recollection, he realized that it was the Eagle Beast's scream that momentarily stagnated his mind, causing his mana to stagnate. This disrupted the flow of his magic power, creating a hole in the Lotus Artifact's protective shield,
which was pierced by Junior Brother Liu's Yin Demon Finger. The blood-colored giant python, emanating a sinister aura, took advantage of the opportunity to penetrate,
eventually entering his body, which had been injured by the Yin Demon Finger.
He only recently discovered this, as he began healing and regaining his mana.
This was the primary reason he hadn't proactively attacked or killed the person who had set up the formation for the past half hour.
It wasn't that he didn't want to kill, but simply that he lacked the strength to do so!
The surge of sinister aura had rendered him unable to even summon his talismans!
In an instant, he released a dozen mid-level talismans, mixed with several high-level ones, and while dodging the flying swords, Lu Tiandu had already moved within twenty feet of the white-clothed man.
He extended his hand, and a dazzling green talisman appeared in his hand.
It was a lower-intermediate-level Qingteng Talisman!
Instantly, with a surge of magical power, the green vine talisman transformed into a green light and shot towards the tri-colored barrier.
"Intermediate-level talisman?"
The white-robed figure was startled upon sensing the talisman's aura. Such an intermediate-level talisman could harm a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
With a single strike, the white-robed figure struck the three-colored lotus magical instrument and attempted to retreat.
However, just as he was about to escape, Lu Tiandu reappeared in his path, now less than ten feet away.
Instantly, a dozen more elementary and intermediate-level talismans, mixed with several elementary and advanced-level talismans, shot towards the white-robed figure within the tri-colored barrier.
The white-robed figure sneered, "Are you using these little tricks to tickle me again?"
Without a word, the three-colored lotus instantly crashed into the dozen or so activated talismans...
However, what he didn't notice this time was that the intermediate-level talismans charging towards him were mostly explosive fire talismans.
Among the finger-sized, crimson-green explosive beads that had been transformed from the explosive talismans was a slightly smaller blue bead...
"Boom..."
An explosion echoed through the air, seemingly drowning out a scream.
By this time, Lu Tiandu was nearly a hundred feet away, but he could still feel the powerful shockwave from the detonation of the Heavenly Thunder Bead.
"Ah!"
The smoke and dust cleared, revealing a tattered figure covered in blood-stained clothing near a shattered lotus artifact.
Half of the figure's body had been destroyed, their hair disheveled, and a pair of piercing eyes, filled with uncontrollable murderous intent, stared intently at Lu Tiandu from afar.
"Heavenly Thunder Bead?" the white-clothed figure from the Yanyue Sect spoke with difficulty.
His voice was so piercing.
Lu Tiandu remained expressionless, and he made no attempt to answer his question.
At this moment, the man in white was like a trapped beast on the brink of death, extremely dangerous.
Lu Tiandu could still remember how Junior Brother Liu, despite his many tricks, had inexplicably met his end at the hands of this man's flying needle weapon...
With a sneer, Lu Tiandu's feet flashed with light, and he instantly took another dozens of feet.
As he retreated, three silver threads shot past his spot like lightning.
However, the power of these three silver needles was noticeably weaker than before!
"Hmph, still trying to sneak up on me?"
Knowing this man's weakness, Lu Tiandu was not to be complacent. During every duel, he kept a certain amount of his attention on the golden armor.
The advantage of this armor-like magical weapon was that it didn't require any effort; a single thought could instantly activate it with a magical infusion. It was truly a life-saving device.
"Die!"
Seeing the man in white, even half-crippled, still attacking relentlessly, Lu Tiandu didn't want to passively take the beating. He waved his hand, and a stream of silver light instantly shot towards the man in white... No, that should be called the Blood-Clothed Man!
Unfortunately, the blood-stained figure ultimately underestimated the speed and power of the Spirit Light Shuttle. Just as he reached for the storage pouch at his waist, a flash of silver light vanished, piercing his throat with a thud.
Blood gushed from the white-robed figure's throat, his murderous gaze instantly dimmed. His body collapsed limply into the dust, and the three silver needles fluttered down.
Only then did Lu Tiandu breathe a sigh of relief, finally seeing his formidable foe fall.
"Not bad, you're quite good, kid. I'm counting on you!"
Suddenly, a lazy voice reached Lu Tiandu's ears, drowning out the howling wind.
He instantly broke into a cold sweat.
"Is there anyone else? Who? Get out!"
Lu Tiandu shouted coldly, his entire body aglow with golden light. A flash of green light emanated from his feet, and he shifted position in an instant.
Just then, a strange figure emerged a hundred feet away.
This person looked like an old man. He wore a blue shirt with several puddings on it, had short hair several inches long, and a washed-out green cloth bag tucked into his waist. He seemed to be a very clean person.
But his face and hands were covered in grease and dirt, with large black patches. I don't know how long it has been since he washed!
Looking at this dirty weirdo, Lu Tiandu's heart suddenly filled with murderous intent. I put in a lot of effort to be the oriole, and now you run out to be the hunter?!
But when his spiritual sense swept over the other person, his heart sank...
PS:
[Regarding the setting of the cultivators' speed in this book (based on the original work):]
[The difference between the small realms is not big. The large realm is directly more than five times the corresponding speed of the small realm. The gap becomes larger as you go further, and the instantaneous speed is larger. The speed is rounded to an integer.
Qi Refining Stage: Green
Leaf Flying Instruments: 20 m/s (250 li/h),
Flying Sword Flying Instruments: 30 m/s (400 li/h) ,
Wind Flying Swords: 40 m/s (550 li/h)
[Foundation Establishment]
Normal Flying Sword: 40 m/s (550 li/hour);
Wind Flying Sword: 60 m/s (850 li/hour);
Average Speed for Early, Intermediate, and Late Foundation Establishment: 40-60-80 m/s (550 li/hour, 850-1150 li/hour), with Wind Flying Sword speeding up accordingly;
Spiritual Light Shuttle Settings (Qi Refining Perfection - Early, Intermediate, and Late Foundation Establishment): 60-80-120-200 m/s (850-1150-1700-2500 li/hour);
Heavenly Wind Boots: Normal Qi Refining: 20-30 zhang/step, Wind Refining: 30-50 zhang/step, Wind Foundation Establishment: 60-80-100 zhang/step (upper limit depends on the physical limit); Cloud-Stepping Boots: Qi Refining: 10-15 zhang/step, Foundation Establishment: 30-50 zhang/step (upper limit depends on the physical limit);
[Jingdan Stage]
The original novel describes a daily distance of tens of thousands of miles.
The initial stage of the Jindan Stage is set at 200 m/s (2,500 miles/hour, 30,000 miles/day);
the middle stage of the Jindan Stage is 300 m/s (4,320 miles/hour, 50,000 miles/day); and the late stage of the Jindan Stage is 600 m/s (8,600 miles/hour, 80,000 miles/day).
Blood Escape Technique: 100 miles per breath, 1,000 miles in a few dozen breaths. One breath = three seconds .
[Nascent Soul Stage]
Each realm is over five times faster than the Jindan Stage.
Early stage of the Nascent Soul Stage: five times that of the early stage of the Jindan Stage. 300 zhang/s (over 10,000 miles/hour, 150,000 miles/day)
middle stage of the Nascent Soul Stage: five times that of the middle stage of the Jindan Stage. 600 zhang/s (25,000 miles/hour, 300,000 miles/day);
late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage: five times that of the late stage of the Jindan Stage. 1000 zhang/second (40,000 li/hour, 600,000 li/day).
[Those who practice the secret acceleration technique or possess winged magical weapons can calculate the speed to be more than doubled.]
Yue Kingdom: No more than 100,000 li in length and width (a medium-sized country). I calculated that there are no more than 40 countries in the southern part of the world. On average, the length and width is about 4 million li.
An average Nascent Soul cultivator in their early stages can fly from south to north in 27 days without rest, which is basically impossible (they need to maintain combat effectiveness at all times and meditate to restore mana), so the two months in the original novel is just right.
Other details will be added later...
(End of this chapter)
Sorry for the late 🙏