Within the Grotto Heaven, the faction is now split into two camps.
From the situation, the Beast Taming Sect holds a significant advantage, but the other three are unwilling to give up easily.
The Young Sword Hero, who had yet to make a move, finally spoke up.
"Alright, I have a sword technique."
"If you can withstand it, I'll withdraw."
"I don't need their assistance." He took a deep breath and finally made a decision.
"Agreed," Lin Jing accepted.
"If I can't match you, I'll withdraw."
Lin Jing was reasonable.
Upon hearing this, the Cyan-robed Scholar and the Female Alchemist were more than happy, planning to sit back and enjoy the show.
The disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect have always been unmatched in battle, and they did not believe that a Sword Cultivator would be weaker than a Literature or Alchemy Cultivator.
Both hoped that Lin Jing and the Young Sword Hero would end up severely injuring each other.
"Sword Control with Qi!"
The Young Sword Hero's "Demon-slaying Sword" flew from his hand, as if supported by an invisible palm, floating in the air.
He leaped and stood atop the flying sword, turning and leaving.
Having observed for a while, he had calculated the effective range of that strange mechanical creation.
The flying sword was extremely agile and fast, and he quickly pulled a considerable distance away.
"Sword Flight... Generally, only Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators with abundant True Essence can accomplish this," observed the Cyan-robed Scholar, speculating on the Young Hero's identity.
This person should be among the elite of the outer disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect, possibly even the top among them for this generation!
"He probably wants to gain distance and attack with the flying sword, but..." the Cyan-robed Scholar paused in surprise
As he flew, the Young Sword Hero turned his head again and fell silent once more.
Because at some point, a squirrel had also learned to fly with a leaf, mimicking him. He was standing on a flying sword, while the other was standing on a flying leaf, simultaneously... still holding a Mechanical Bamboo Spear aimed at him, preventing any chance of escape.
"Didn't you say you wanted to use swordsmanship? Why are you so far away?" Lin Jing mused.
This scene left everyone dumbfounded.
This squirrel could actually perform Leaf Flight, and its speed was not much slower than human Sword Control Technique!
How absurd.
"Rainbow Flying Sword!" Seeing this, the Young Sword Hero gritted his teeth and summoned a cyan flying sword, controlling it to fly in the air.
"Sword Shadow Technique!"
Another spell, and the Rainbow Flying Sword separated into nine sword shadows, so realistic that it became hard to distinguish the true Rainbow Sword.
"Go!" Under the Young Sword Hero's control, the sword shadows attacked the Squirrel Spirit from all directions, sweeping like lightning.
The attacks came from all directions, making it difficult for the Mechanical Bamboo Spear to fend them all off.
Yet, faced with the myriad flying swords, the Squirrel Spirit's storage pouch released ten red leaves, which also transformed into ten red streaks, just like the ten swords becoming cyan lights.
Swish swish swish!!!
The swords and red leaves interwove in the air; the nine sword shadows were destroyed by the flying leaves, one leaf shattered by the true Rainbow Sword, and seizing the moment, the Squirrel Spirit aimed at the true Rainbow Sword and pulled the trigger.
Boom!!!
The Rainbow Sword exploded, shaking the Young Sword Hero's figure.
The Squirrel Spirit and the Young Sword Hero engaged in their first aerial duel, leaving everyone speechless.
"Oh my!"
Is this... something the Squirrel Spirit can do?
The disciples of the Beast Taming Sect were already stunned.
Their Qi Cultivation Sword Cultivators in the Great Wilderness Domain considered seven or eight Sword Qi as a sign of mastery, this Celestial Sword Sect disciple was considered a small monster, but their basic spiritual beast seemed even stranger.
"The 'My Sword Spirit Wife' from Celestial Sword Sect isn't even worth watching, bizarre stories happen right beside me," Senior Brother Ziran remarked.
"How can the pet beast be so strong too," mused the Cyan-robed Scholar and Female Alchemist, who originally believed Lin Jing's full strength lay in mechanical creations, they truly didn't expect this Qi Cultivation seventh-layer Squirrel Spirit to be so exaggerated, capable of battling sword cultivators in the sky.
No wonder the Squirrel Spirit insisted on claiming a tree; they suddenly felt it was reasonable, though it was fundamentally unreasonable.
"Not fighting anymore." After two rounds, the Young Sword Hero grew weary and chose to admit defeat.
Admittedly, he could still battle the Squirrel Spirit for a few more rounds, but he understood clearly that Squirrel Spirit... was just a pet beast, and its Beast Master hadn't even intervened.
"After Foundation Establishment, I'll refine the sword body and visit the Beast Taming Sect for guidance," he addressed the Squirrel Spirit, unable to accept losing to a Qi Cultivation seventh-layer squirrel spirit, even if his sword manual truly revealed its might after Foundation Establishment.
"Squeak!" The Squirrel Spirit flicked its robe and turned away without looking back.
It wasted its flying leaves and ammunition.
"Anyhow, I must have at least one green Bodhi Tree," the Young Sword Hero spoke up.
All were at the Qi Cultivation Stage, lacking sufficient experience, and did not create cultivation Divine Techniques here, mostly using the Bodhi Tree to cultivate their existing Magic techniques.
Under such circumstances, the Young Sword Hero was not particularly insistent on the golden Bodhi Tree.
"No way, you're not giving me even one tree?" the Female Alchemist complained, seeing all three trees parceled out.
Speaking, she took out a pill and held it in her hand.
"This pill can grant me Foundation Establishment cultivation for a while."
No one paid her any attention.
"Hey, say something." The Female Alchemist looked at Lin Jing, "Beast Master, how about we share the golden Bodhi Tree?"
"You don't want me to consume this pill, do you?"
Lin Jing, holding the Mechanical Bamboo Spear, smiled at her, "Fellow cultivator, if this pill had no side effects, you would have taken it long ago."
"Go ahead and take it. After defeating me with this pill, can you still maintain the state to comprehend the Dao?"
"Moreover, how can you wager that consuming the pill will surely allow you to defeat me?"
"You cultivate the fire technique, but..." Lin Jing glanced at the Mechanical Turtle, "this mechanical beast is inscribed with Spirit Gathering Array patterns, its water Magic is more potent than this mechanical creation I'm holding, and it has a self-destruct measure, with power ten times the previous explosion, care to gamble?"
"In the end, will it be mutual destruction with me, or mutual destruction with this Mechanical Turtle."
"It lacks intelligence and doesn't fear death, nor does it need to maintain a state to comprehend the Dao, surely you wouldn't want a life-and-death struggle with it." Lin Jing finished, and the Bamboo Turtle silently stared at the Female Alchemist.
The Female Alchemist was infuriated; who would want mutual destruction with a Mechanical Turtle?
Lin Jing wasn't lying; for the past two months, he had rarely cultivated, spending his time refining the functions of the Mechanical Bamboo Turtle, and what the Mechanical Bamboo Spear possessed, the Bamboo Turtle also possessed. Additionally, Lin Jing learned the most commonly used array on the continent, the "Spirit Gathering Array," successfully engraving its patterns onto the Bamboo Turtle and integrating it into the mechanical system.
This was the second Magic he mastered besides the Divine Technique of Nurturing the Spirit.
Spirit Gathering Array, an entry-level array most cultivators with some experience can arrange, serves to speed up Spiritual Qi concentration in a certain area, often used to set up cultivation venues, nearly every sect being built on a grand Spirit Gathering Array. After mastering it, Lin Jing immediately used it to enhance the Blue Spirit Bamboo.
During battle, activating the Spirit Gathering Array would allow the Blue Spirit Bamboo to gather water Spiritual Qi faster and emit more intense water streams.
As for self-destruction, that was a bluff; even if it self-destructed, it wouldn't be particularly powerful; Lin Jing wagered on the other believing it.
Out in the field, there's no need to be overly honest.
Indeed, after a brief silence, the Female Alchemist eventually retracted the "Fire Spirit Pill" and said, "Beast Master, share the silver Bodhi Tree with your squirrel and I'll owe you one."
Before Lin Jing could speak, the Squirrel Spirit raised its Mechanical Bamboo Spear, aiming at the Female Alchemist, who then walked off in a huff.