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The aura grew stronger, the distortion more severe, and the five became increasingly solemn.

"Distortion" is a general term, a label that true cultivators apply to the uncanny. In reality, this "distortion" manifests in diverse ways.

Various types of uncanny entities emit different fields of rules. Some inspire terror, others induce worry, some plunge people into memories, and others trap them in dreamlike illusions, and so on.

These varied abilities, in essence, are all rooted in the distorted will of the heavens. Therefore, cultivators collectively refer to the various uncanny rules emitted by all uncanny entities as "distortion."

"Attention! It's coming!"

Yi Ye shouted loudly.

In fact, the five had already roughly guessed the level of the uncanny entity. With their rich experience, they could discern the strength of the uncanny.

The five unanimously guessed that it was an uncanny entity of at least the second rank. As for how strong it was, they would need to see its complete manifestation.

Finally.

The distortion reached its limit, and a withered, yellowed bone hand appeared in the round.

It possessed the ability to greatly impact the divine soul. Fortunately, true cultivators have many methods and strong defenses. If it were an ordinary person, the field of rules from this distortion alone would have already turned them into bare bones.

"Fellow disciples, assist me!"

Yi Ye shouted loudly.

When the bone hand uncanny entity fully materialized, Yi Ye visibly breathed a sigh of relief upon discovering that it was only at the early stage of the second rank.

An early second rank could still be dealt with.

It wasn't that their combat power had collapsed, but rather that the true cultivator group wasn't a bunch of fools. After so long, although many people complained that they were useless and couldn't hold up the situation,

it was because the gap was too large. If the gap wasn't too large, true cultivators also had many methods to fight beyond their level.

To fight beyond one's level, and to fight against the uncanny, the true cultivators were already doing quite well.

For example, Yi Ye felt that he could handle the bone hand uncanny entity before him. Even if he couldn't defeat it, it would be impossible for this uncanny entity to harm him and the others.

Previously, when they ambushed and killed the demons of the Blood Soul Realm, Yuan Tianchun had set up a formation, which the four great sect leaders jointly blessed. With the aid of the formation, Yuan Tianchun gained the ability to fight beyond his level.

He single-handedly ambushed and killed the invading demons of the Blood Soul Realm.

Yuan Tianchun thus became the one with the greatest individual merit at the time.

Although some time had passed, no one would forget the grand occasion at that time, especially the four great sect leaders.

That time, they used the formation together, experiencing a higher level of strength in advance, and even made great progress because of it.

How could the four great sects miss such a good example?

Therefore, after the initial alliance meeting ended, they found Yuan Tianchun and, after paying a certain price, obtained the original combined formation.

And after everyone discussed it together, they named it: Small Primordial Chaos Formation.

The five used the blessing of the formation, their primordial chaos as one, achieving the ability of one plus one being greater than two.

After obtaining this formation, the four great sects immediately distributed it, and the middle and high levels of the four great forces had been studying it for a long time.

All those at the Transcendent level had their own fixed teammates and could form the Small Primordial Chaos Formation.

It could not only enhance combat power but also have a certain chance to experience a higher level of strength in advance.

Yi Ye and his group of five happened to know this formation, and the five were also fixed teammates who could form the formation.

This was one of the reasons why they dared to challenge the bone hand uncanny entity.

In addition, as mentioned earlier, Yi Ye had a Star-Devouring Vine at the limit of Profound Transformation. The Star-Devouring Vine was an existence that almost never faced the crisis of being blown up by energy.

As long as the energy of the divided branches did not exceed the Star-Devouring Vine's main body, it could grow infinitely.

With these two methods, how could Yi Ye and the others waste this opportunity? Naturally, they would fight with the white bone uncanny entity before them.

Especially after the previous incident, the true cultivators were severely slandered. The true cultivators also want face, so they can only work hard to cultivate, work hard to become stronger, and no longer be said to be a drag on the Xuan Masters, the Xuan Masters' greatest weakness, and so on.

Just such a small Buddhist team can already fight beyond their level.

It can be seen that they have worked hard.

Note that it is fighting beyond their level, not fighting across levels.

Fighting across levels is their normal level, and fighting beyond their level is the strongest growth and progress after the four great sects have accumulated for a period of time.

"Yes!"

The four immediately acted, standing in position according to their directions. Yi Ye began to emit a purple light from a formation plate in his hand.

"Rise!"

Suddenly, Yi Ye rapidly grew larger, as if he had been blown up like a balloon.

It was an alternative version of Law, Manifestation, Heaven and Earth, and his strength directly reached the peak of Profound Transformation from the middle stage of Profound Transformation.

It wasn't over yet. A green light began to flash around him. At first, it was inconspicuous under the golden light all over his body.

But it became brighter and brighter until the green light showed its true face, which was a strange long vine with nine huge vines.

It was the Star-Devouring Vine.

Each vine was covered with serrated barbs, extremely sharp and with a dark black luster. Not only were they sharp, but they were also highly poisonous.

"Go!"

The Star-Devouring Vine was even more exaggerated. It was already at the peak of Profound Transformation, and under the blessing of the formation and the combination of the four, it seemed to break through a layer of restriction and began to advance towards the second rank.

"Whoosh!" The sharp sound of breaking through the air was like igniting the void, and the crackling sound of fire and electricity, the nine giant vines, rushed towards the bone hand uncanny entity at top speed.

"Boom! Crash!"

Before the two had even made close contact, the collision between the fields alone erupted into a violent explosion.

It was as if endless giant thunder fell, deafening and overwhelming.

"Creak, creak!" The bone hand uncanny entity began to twist irregularly, as if a zither string had been plucked in disorder, and the ear-piercing sound shattered everything around it.

Extending out一条条huge ravines that were hundreds of meters deep.

It was evident the energy it unleashed.

And what suffered the most impact was not the ravines that penetrated deep into the earth, but the nine vines that came head-on.

At this moment, the vines had changed from a scattered state to a giant sphere that had converged, using the power of the sphere to reduce the impact of the bone hand.

"Rustle" The serrated barbs and leaves on the vines were either broken or disintegrated.

Looking at the losses alone, they were not small, but they did not hurt the foundation. What the Star-Devouring Vine prided itself on was its powerful defensive ability and its almost limitless regenerative ability.

As long as the energy was sufficient, it could quickly regenerate and grow, which was very difficult to deal with.

"Bang bang!"

The giant Yi Ye, who was commanding the Star-Devouring Vine, was also resisting the impact of the bone hand. It was just that more than 90% of the attack was blocked by the Star-Devouring Vine, and he only shared a little of the impact.

Similarly, he had not suffered great harm.

Only at this moment did Yi Ye breathe a sigh of relief. Although this bone hand uncanny entity was strong, he would not be unable to resist even a single attack.

As long as he could resist the attack, the true cultivator was not afraid of consumption.

Although they still couldn't compare to the uncanny entities with infinite power, wisdom could make up for these gaps.

Although the uncanny entities were strong, they ultimately had no wisdom, only rules and instincts. Although human cultivators' endurance couldn't compare to the uncanny entities, their wisdom was stronger.

The reason why a true cultivator can crush a monster is because one only possesses instinctual rules, while the other has independent intelligence.

"Boom!" The monster's assault had barely ended when Abbot Yiye's attack commenced.

The star-devouring vines, which had coalesced into a sphere, rapidly dispersed, with the nine enormous tendrils continuing to bombard the bone hand.

Like nine massive steel cables, they fiercely lashed at the bone hand's main body.

The tremendous collision created a deafening roar that silenced the surroundings.

The bone hand monster offered no resistance or evasion, enduring the nine tendrils' assault head-on, which is one of the monster's flaws.

It doesn't know how to dodge at all. After unleashing a powerful move, it becomes sluggish for a while. Only after realizing the enemy hasn't been eliminated will it begin to gestate its next attack.

Extremely rigid.

Yiye and the others wouldn't give it the chance.

They had ample experience dealing with monsters.

They had long discovered this weakness in monsters: don't wait for the monster to attack you. If you do, you'll be trapped in an endless cycle of increasingly powerful attacks.

Until the monster's strongest attack can't kill you, then the monster will maintain that strongest attack indefinitely.

After all, monsters aren't afraid of exhaustion and can sustain their strongest attack endlessly.

But humans who passively endure can't do that. The opponent's attacks grow stronger with each iteration, and while the monster isn't afraid of exhaustion, are you?

Even true cultivators wouldn't dare compete with monsters in a battle of attrition.

True cultivators are merely resilient, not capable of the monster's infinite endurance.

Therefore, the best approach is to attack the monster, forcing it to defend. As long as the monster starts defending, it can't simultaneously defend and attack.

Their 'instinct' only allows them to handle one problem at a time, either an increasingly powerful attack or defending after being attacked.

They can't handle two problems simultaneously, even simple defense and attack.

Therefore, after the nine tendrils lashed out, they didn't retreat but instead rapidly climbed onto the bone hand, quickly entangling the monster.

"Creak, creak" sounds echoed, sending shivers down one's spine as the two became locked in a stalemate.

"Good!" The giant formed by Yiye couldn't help but exclaim.

Why such a reaction? It can only be said that the gains were significant, hence the excited shout.

The principle of the Minor Mixed Origin Formation, as mentioned earlier, is that the four greatly value the early application of higher-level abilities.

It's like familiarizing oneself in advance with how higher-level abilities operate.

For example, at this moment, because the star-devouring vines and the bone hand are locked in a stalemate, it's as if Yiye is experiencing the operation of higher-level abilities in advance.

How could he not be happy?

As for the consumption of energy, that's irrelevant. It can be replenished. Opportunities to experience higher-level abilities in advance are rare.

His current giant state is exactly that.

"Fellow disciples, prepare yourselves."

Yiye said.

Similar to how Yuan Tianchun had the four headmasters take turns earlier, it's like taking turns experiencing the application of higher-level abilities.

The four were equally delighted.

The Minor Mixed Origin Formation had been honed by the five for a long time, and they were already familiar with it, but this was the first time they could execute it perfectly.

After all, such opportunities are rare.

They just happened to encounter a high-level enemy they could handle, and they just happened to be in a consuming stalemate with the enemy. This kind of opportunity is rare.

Previously, they mostly used it as a powerful move to attack enemies. This was the first time they could experience higher-level abilities.

The four nodded in unison, indicating they were ready.

After a period of sustained effort, Yiye, as the primary attacker, was rapidly depleting his energy and was about to lose his grip.

"Junior Brother Yimu, it's your turn!"

Yiye shouted, and it was Yimu's turn.

"Yes!" Yimu was already prepared.

The two swiftly switched positions, with Yimu becoming the core of the formation, wielding the formation plate and rapidly expanding in size, becoming the primary force supporting the star-devouring vines.

The contest between the star-devouring vines and the bone hand might be mistaken for a battle between two monsters.

This is because the star-devouring vines' abilities are even more bizarre than those of monsters; they are exceptionally wicked.

Devouring is its strongest ability; otherwise, it wouldn't deserve the name "star-devouring."

In addition, it also possesses abilities such as binding, trapping, poison, armor-piercing, corrosion, and dissolution.

Although these are all auxiliary to its main ability of devouring, they are not to be underestimated.

The stalemate with the bone hand is essentially the bone hand using its abilities to assimilate the star-devouring vines, while the star-devouring vines use their various abilities to dissolve the bone hand.

It's a genuine battle of attrition, without any pretense.

The only pity is that the star-devouring vines are not truly at the second tier and cannot devour and digest the bone hand.

If it could consume and digest the enemy while expending energy, that would be terrifying.

In Xuanhuang's case, it's very simple to devour and digest higher-level true intent and then advance its own abilities.

In the eyes of other living beings, this is simply unbelievable.

Xuanhuang's three supreme treasures advanced in this way, and it still misses it immensely. The monstrous zombie Old Tie continuously delivered takeout, and then the three supreme treasures rapidly digested it and broke through.

This ability seems simple, but it doesn't work for other living beings.

They would be unable to withstand the explosion and would be replaced.

The explosion is easy to understand. The so-called replacement means that after devouring higher-level true intent energy, that higher-level true intent and energy become the master.

It's like offering one's head to allow someone else to seize control.

Even Star Devourer can only devour abilities of the same tier to strengthen itself. It's impossible to devour and strengthen itself across tiers.

Here, they are locked in a continuous stalemate.

On the other side.

The new and old spirit master duo, who had run far away and were almost at the edge of Jiu'an City, suddenly stopped in their tracks.

"Huh? The rules have been broken?"

Old Spirit Master Sun suddenly stopped and said in confusion.

Little Chen, who was still running with his head down, also quickly stopped and sensed it. Sure enough, that was the case.

"How could this happen?" The two were bewildered.

This is because the law that monsters do not meet each other has been affected, or rather, broken.

It's currently in a stalemate with the star-devouring vines.

"We can still sense the monsters, but they seem to be entangled, to the point that the rule that monsters don't want to meet each other has been broken. What's going on?"

Forgive the two country bumpkins for not understanding.

"Should we go back and take a look?" Little Chen said.

"This? It's very dangerous!" Old Sun said.

"Fortune favors the bold, Uncle!" Little Chen said.

"Hmm, you're right. Fortune favors the bold. We have to take a gamble," Old Sun pondered for a moment and said.

He understood what Little Chen meant. This was a rare opportunity, and without participating, they wouldn't have enough bargaining chips.

"That's right, Uncle," Little Chen said.

"Wait, what did you call me?" Old Sun suddenly became confused, thinking he had misheard.

"Uncle?" Little Chen.

"This? Haven't you always called me Old Sun? Why have you changed your tune now?" Old Sun was a little happy but also puzzled.

"Want to know the truth?" Little Chen smiled.

"Yes!" Old Sun was really curious.

Little Chen: "Because, because..."

… … (End of chapter)