At that moment, Ning Fa's body suddenly flashed with silver light, disappearing with a crackle of thunder.
The next instant, a needle-thin black needle, seemingly weightless, abruptly appeared behind him and pierced through, missing its target.
Dozens of feet away, Ning Fa reappeared, his eyes full of cold light as he looked at the Black Robe Cultivator. His figure flickered again, and he had already flown back into the great array.
Yougu let out a soft exclamation, a look of regret on its face.
It had intended to use its special Magic Treasure for a surprise attack. This treasure possessed extremely strong concealment abilities, so potent that even a Great Cultivator might not detect it if caught off guard. It had served it well for hundreds of years, achieving several great feats, yet Ning Fa had still managed to dodge.
Especially upon recalling the miraculous escape technique Ning Fa had just used, its brow furrowed deeper.
"This person actually knows the legendary Lightning Escape technique!" Yougu finally recalled, its expression turning somewhat grim.
With Ning Fa possessing such a powerful escape technique, the difficulty of killing him had undoubtedly increased significantly.
Tumen, not far away, wore a grim expression, glaring at Ning Fa with intense hatred. At the same time, deep apprehension flickered in his eyes, and his desire to kill Ning Fa grew even stronger.
After all, this Five Elements Barrier-Breaking Divine Light was a crucial method for their Tianli. For decades, although Cangyuan had devised many countermeasures, their effectiveness had been minimal.
To think that it was now so easily neutralized by the suddenly appearing Ning Fa was truly beyond his comprehension.
"Lord Tumen, then what should we do..." a short, stout old man in beast hides on the Five-Pointed Star formation asked Tumen hesitantly.
Tumen took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and said, "You all come down first. There's no need to continue the attack."
The other Tianli cultivators couldn't help but look at him.
Tumen snorted coldly, "The great array seems to have weakened considerably anyway. We'll just launch a direct assault and see how long they can hold out! Release that Horned Barbarian Beast."
On the other side.
"Fellow Daoist Ning, well done!" Fairy Biwu exclaimed joyfully to Ning Fa, while others also offered their thanks, their respect for Ning Fa growing.
"Not good, look!" A sudden cry of alarm rang out. Everyone turned to look, and their expressions immediately changed.
From the Tianli army's side, a tall early Nascent Soul cultivator was raising an ancient black pagoda. A large mass of radiant light erupted from it, faintly revealing an extremely massive black beast.
After a few breaths, the beast fully materialized.
It was a hundred feet long, with a thick, dark horn several dozen feet long protruding from its forehead. Its entire body was covered in black scales the size of millstones, and an incredibly ferocious aura emanated from it.
It opened its mouth and roared, causing even the Nascent Soul cultivators to feel their true essence vibrate.
Everyone's face showed horror. Fairy Biwu's expression changed dramatically, "They actually brought out the Horned Barbarian Beast!"
She first gave a wry smile, then took a deep breath. "No matter what, please do your best to resist. Our reinforcements are also arriving soon."
Everyone suppressed their emotions and once again brought out their Magic Treasures and techniques, focusing their attacks precisely on the Horned Barbarian Beast.
However, the Tianli side would not allow this beast to be easily attacked and also employed their methods to obstruct.
For a time, hundreds of various Magic Treasures filled the air, flashing with dazzling spiritual light, interweaving with each other. Deafening roars echoed through the heavens.
Fierce spiritual energy wove into torrents of spiritual power that spread outwards, like roaring mountains and surging seas.
Occasionally, a cultivator's face would turn pale, or they would even spit out blood, as their Magic Treasures were destroyed.
As time wore on, Cangyuan's situation became increasingly disadvantageous.
The Du Tian Zhen Yuan Great Array, which they had relied upon, was now using the vast majority of its power to resist the impact of the giant beast.
On Cangyuan's side, both in terms of numbers and the quantity of high-level cultivators, they were significantly outnumbered. In such a direct confrontation, they were naturally at a severe disadvantage.
Fairy Biwu's eyes showed anxiety. She immediately looked at Ning Fa and said quickly, "This won't do. We must find a way to eliminate that beast.
I have a special treasure that should be able to do it, but someone needs to hold off those two Great Cultivators.
I can activate a secret technique to block one of them. Fellow Daoist Ning, can you handle the other one?"
Ning Fa glanced at her and nodded, "Yes, I'll deal with the unfamiliar Great Cultivator."
Seeing Ning Fa agree, Fairy Biwu breathed a sigh of relief. She then looked at Elder Xu Jinghe, who was also from He Yi Gate, and a crimson gourd flew to his side. She quickly said:
"Junior Brother Xu, I entrust this Crimson Origin Fire Gourd to you. Use it when the opportunity arises; you must heavily injure that beast."
Xu Jinghe took the gourd and said in a deep voice, "Alright."
Fairy Biwu then looked at everyone, took a deep breath, and said, "Then let us also advance. Fellow Daoist Ning and I will draw the attention of those two Great Cultivators. Don't worry, I will super-activate the array's power to cover us."
Everyone also responded in a deep voice. Then, the thousand-plus Cangyuan defenders on Huangdang Mountain soared into the sky, flying towards the Horned Barbarian Beast that was rampaging within the great array.
On the Tianli side, Tumen's eyes flashed, and he sneered, "Finally couldn't hold back and came out?"
He then waved his right hand, leading the Tianli army forward.
At this point, Fairy Biwu had taken out a Magic Treasure resembling a white Jade Ruyi, its runes flashing and emitting a soft glow.
Ning Fa looked at this Jade Ruyi with a slight change in expression.
This was undoubtedly a Spirit Treasure, and its grade was very likely mid-grade.
As expected of He Yi Gate, to possess such a powerful treasure.
At the same time, Fairy Biwu took out a green Purifying Bottle and poured a drop of glistening green spiritual liquid into her mouth.
Immediately, green light flashed around her, and the Spiritual Pressure she exuded rapidly increased, almost reaching that of a Great Cultivator.
Ning Fa raised an eyebrow. Fairy Biwu truly had many treasures, no wonder she was confident in blocking a Great Cultivator.
Fairy Biwu shouted at Tumen across from her, "Tumen, do you dare to fight me?"
After speaking, she flew towards the sky without waiting for his reply.
Tumen was initially surprised, then let out a cold laugh.
In his opinion, this was also a good opportunity to kill or at least heavily injure this important figure of the opposing side.
He gave a few instructions to the surrounding Tianli cultivators and also turned into a streak of light, following closely.
Canglei looked at Ning Fa, worriedly saying, "Junior Brother Ning, don't push yourself. If you're no match for that Great Cultivator, retreat early."
Ning Fa waved his hand, signaling him not to worry.
He then looked at the bright young woman in blue armor beside him and instructed, "Blue Lightning, you don't need to follow me. See if you can find an opportunity to kill that giant beast."
Blue Lightning's small face immediately creased, but seeing Ning Fa's gaze, she reluctantly nodded.
At this moment, Ning Fa looked at the Black Robe Cultivator, smiled slightly, provocatively beckoned him, and then flew towards another high altitude.
Yougu, upon seeing this, was not angered but pleased, because Ning Fa wanting to duel him alone was exactly what he wanted. He immediately turned into a black light and flew away.
After the four most powerful individuals from both sides flew away, Cangyuan and the other cultivators, with the aid of the great array, began to fiercely attack the giant beast.
The Tianli cultivators naturally did not hold back either. A great battle reignited, even more intense than before.
At this moment, several miles away, Ning Fa stopped his escape light and waited leisurely.
Not long after, a flash of black light appeared a hundred zhang away, revealing Yougu's figure.
He stared intently at Ning Fa, his eyes narrowed as he said, "You are actually only at the early Nascent Soul stage. This is truly unbelievable. To have such strength at just the early stage, it's a pity you will die here today."
Ning Fa shrugged and said with a smile, "Many people have said that to me before, but they all ended up dying by my hand. I don't think you'll be an exception."
Before his words even finished, he had already formed a sword seal in his hand. With a clear sword cry, five long swords radiating lightning light flew out from around him.
As Ning Fa changed his hand seals again, the light of these five long swords intensified. One became two, two became four...
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of lightning sword lights appeared in the air, connecting together like a wave of sword energy. Silver lightning churned within, powerfully attacking the Black Robe Cultivator.
This was also Ning Fa's first duel against a true Great Cultivator, and he dared not be careless.
Yougu sneered. The black radiance emanating from around him surged upwards, like a vast sea of black mist, engulfing the wave of sword energy.
A strange and powerful corrosive force immediately emanated, and the numerous sword lights showed signs of being corroded.
Ning Fa's expression remained unchanged. With a thought, the sword lights trapped within the black mist shot out fine silver threads, directly piercing through the black mist. In an instant, the black sea of mist dissipated completely.
Following this, the numerous sword lights circled and shot towards Yougu like a rain of arrows.
Yougu's pupils contracted. He suddenly thrust forward, and a heavy black shield resembling a turtle shell flew out. Radiating with brilliant spiritual light, it transformed into a colossal size of ten zhang, blocking in front of him.
At the same time, he summoned another long banner emitting a chilling white light.
The surface of the banner could be seen to have a bone mountain pattern, and this bone mountain was formed from countless white bones, appearing exceptionally terrifying.
As this banner was fiercely waved, chilling white light floated in the air, and then white bone skeletons crawled out from within, converging in the center.
In an instant, thousands upon thousands of skeletons condensed together, sending shivers down one's spine.
With a shrill roar, a colossal skeleton, tens of zhang in size, appeared.
It was enveloped in a layer of strange white bone flames, and in each of its hands, it held a bone blade several zhang long. The terrifying spiritual pressure it exuded was not much less than that of the Black Robe Cultivator himself.
"Taste my Myriad Bone War Puppet!" Yougu roared with laughter.