Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Sect Leader Ling, can you trap those two late-stage异魔? It seems now that only by using swift and decisive measures to eliminate these two demons will the strongest异魔 reveal itself."

"Since True Man Qi has a plan, how can I, Ling, not have one!"

If Ling Xiao were to deal with the two late-stage 异魔, the mid-stage 异魔, having lost their opponent, would naturally rush towards Qi Tianxiang, who excels in thunder techniques. Qi Tianxiang dared to propose such a strategy, clearly having his own way of dealing with it.

At this moment, a large number of low-level 异魔 were fiercely impacting the two sects' Core Formation cultivators. The Profound Heaven Sect's Core Formation cultivators were protected by a high-grade, low-rank Earth Thunder Defense Formation. The eight of them fought according to the formation, and no matter how the 异魔 torrent impacted them, they stood firm and remained safe, albeit with some close calls.

In contrast, the eight Core Formation cultivators of the Sky Demon Abyss, although far stronger than the eight of the Profound Heaven Sect, were struggling to cope with the repeated impacts of the 异魔, and their formation had become loose and disorganized because they couldn't hold their positions.

Ling Xiao frowned and transmitted a message to Xuan Yi, asking her to protect the Core Formation cultivators. After all, there were seven late-stage Core Formation cultivators, accounting for a large portion of all the late-stage Core Formation cultivators in the Sky Demon Abyss. It would be a great pity if they all perished here.

As soon as Xuan Yi left this battlefield, three early-stage 异魔 were immediately freed and, together with several mid-stage 异魔, surrounded Qi Tianxiang.

At this time, the situation on the field became clear. A total of fifteen early-stage 异魔 had been killed by Qi Tianxiang's "Thunderbolt Barrage," three had been jointly killed by Hu Chou and Xuan Yi, leaving eight remaining. The six mid-stage Nascent Soul 异魔 were still under Ling Xiao's control, but had suffered no losses. Plus the two late-stage 异魔 and four mid-stage 异魔 that had just arrived, there were twenty high-level 异魔.

Ling Xiao manipulated the Frost Penetrating Pearl to meet the two late-stage Nascent Soul 异魔. Hu Chou's Beast Soul Axe unleashed all five beast souls, restraining five early-stage 异魔. The remaining three early-stage and ten mid-stage 异魔 all pounced on Qi Tianxiang.

With Ling Xiao's strength, if he were to use all his means, he could actually deal with three to five mid-stage 异魔. However, seeing Qi Tianxiang's confident appearance, he couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity and wanted to test what other methods he had.

Compared to those below the Core Formation stage, Nascent Soul level 异魔 not only had greatly improved abilities in lurking, infiltrating, and devouring, but also had the crucial addition of a bewitching power targeting divine sense.

In the void, a cultivator's super-strong five senses were almost completely restricted, and they could only rely on their suppressed divine sense to accurately discern the direction of the 异魔's attack, judge the precise distance between themselves and the 异魔, and then make timely and reasonable responses.

The 异魔, on the other hand, would constantly create illusions to deceive the divine sense, causing cultivators to make wrong judgments.

The ten mid-stage Nascent Soul 异魔 seemed to have agreed in advance, and all of them emitted a strange sound towards Qi Tianxiang. This sound could not be heard by human ears, but in the cultivator's divine sense, it was as clear as a murmur in the ear. It had no rhythm or beauty, like pure and boring noise, making people feel bored and confused.

Affected by this noise, the 异魔 in Qi Tianxiang's divine sense either turned into a piece of darkness, or transformed into the figures of Wu Yuankui and others, or released layers of overlapping illusions, or changed positions sometimes forward, sometimes backward, sometimes large, sometimes small. The Xuan Lei Ruler he controlled was like a headless fly, scurrying back and forth between a dozen 异魔, consuming a large amount of thunder power, but never hitting any 异魔 again.

Qi Tianxiang's expression turned stern, and he silently recited the Divine Firmament Profound Thunder Heart-Clearing Mantra. A cool air rose from his dantian and spread throughout his body, instantly sweeping away the annoyance in his heart and restoring a clear state of mind. His divine sense also returned to normal.

Every one of the dozen or so 异魔 clearly showed their position and distance. Except for the three early-stage 异魔 still wandering fifty feet away, the remaining ten mid-stage 异魔 had approached within thirty feet of him.

This was an extremely dangerous distance. As long as the 异魔 pounced forward with all their strength, they could touch his body in just over a breath, making it impossible for him to use thunder techniques.

Qi Tianxiang pretended not to know, but he had already taken out a black spiritual talisman. This spiritual talisman was shaped like a drop of water, with runes resembling rapids drawn on it, flashing with dark light.

The four mid-stage 异魔 closest to him had entered his twenty-foot range. Ling Xiao, next to him, was fully resisting the bewitching sound of the two late-stage 异魔 and had no time to pay attention to Qi Tianxiang, but Hu Chou on the other side noticed something was wrong and hurriedly warned, "True Man Qi, be careful!"

At this moment, the four 异魔 disappeared from the darkness without a trace. However, Qi Tianxiang, who had locked onto them with his divine sense, knew that these four demons were using the cover of the power of nothingness to rapidly escape.

He pinched the black spiritual talisman with force, and it exploded. Countless fine thunder lights spread around him, suddenly forming a hundred-foot-wide thunder light "quagmire." All fourteen 异魔 were trapped in it, struggling desperately, but unable to break free from the entanglement of the thunder light. Moreover, any 异魔 that struggled fiercely would have thunderballs accumulate and explode beside them, blasting them and causing them to wail miserably.

This was a high-grade, low-rank Water Thunder Talisman, made with the Black Water Thunder Technique from the five elements of thunder techniques. The effect of this talisman after activation was to create a swamp of thunder and lightning around the user, trapping any enemy who entered it. The more enemies there were, the faster the thunder power was consumed, and the shorter the duration of the thunder swamp.

Qi Tianxiang pointed at the Xuan Lei Ruler flying randomly in the air and once again used "Thunderbolt Barrage." The Xuan Lei Ruler roared down and hit a mid-stage 异魔 that was struggling violently. The 异魔's figure swayed and immediately shrank by a circle, unable to continue struggling, but was not directly killed.

The Xuan Lei Ruler then changed its target and attacked another nearby 异魔, weakening it by three points. Switching like this, in a few breaths, he had hit all ten mid-stage 异魔 once. On the other hand, the three early-stage 异魔 were slightly further away, and the Xuan Lei Ruler did not patronize them.

Qi Tianxiang still had stronger thunder techniques that could kill mid-stage 异魔 with one blow. However, his target was the strongest 异魔. If he killed these mid-stage 异魔 too early, alerting the strongest 异魔, it was likely to show its true form and join the battle before Ling Xiao had trapped the two late-stage 异魔.

At that time, facing two late-stage 异魔 and one 异魔 that was likely at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection realm, Ling Xiao was afraid that he would be difficult to resist, and even if he, Qi Tianxiang, had extremely strong thunder talismans, he would not have the opportunity to use them.

Ling Xiao's greatest difficulty in facing the two late-stage 异魔 was this silent, ubiquitous, and all-pervasive bewitching power. Late-stage 异魔 were even better at bewitching people, without the need for media such as sounds and illusions, but directly affecting the divine sense, and then affecting the divine soul and state of mind.

Fortunately, his Frost Penetrating Pearl was full of spirituality and often stimulated his divine sense with icy air, keeping him awake, so he was not tricked.

The two late-stage 异魔 seemed to know that his ultimate move was to freeze space, so they were not in a hurry to approach, but used their bewitching power repeatedly, advancing and retreating one after the other, to disturb him.

Ling Xiao understood the subtlety of the battle situation and was very anxious. He tried several times to lure the enemy, but the two late-stage 异魔 did not fall for it. Therefore, he simply made up his mind and ignored one late-stage 异魔, focusing all his efforts on attacking the other, temporarily forming a strange situation where he chased one demon and the other chased him.

While manipulating the Xuan Lei Ruler to continue weakening the 异魔 in the thunder swamp, Qi Tianxiang carefully observed the battle situation below.

On the Profound Heaven side, the Earth Thunder Defense Formation flickered with electric light, and countless low-level 异魔 were annihilated. The cultivators fought hard and could barely maintain the situation.

On the Sky Demon Abyss side, with the help of Nascent Soul True Person Xuan Yi, the situation was even stronger than that of the Profound Heaven cultivators. In particular, this person was good at trapping and confusing the enemy. Facing the invasion of 异魔 below the Core Formation stage, she casually laid down layers of formations, dividing and surrounding many 异魔, and then concentrated her forces to break them one by one. Hundreds of 异魔 were beheaded, and the space was filled with an invisible but unusually strong power of nothingness.

"What are you waiting for? Do you really want to advance to the God Transformation stage?" Qi Tianxiang shook his head. He didn't believe that this powerful 异魔 couldn't feel the aversion of the will of the outside world to it, and he didn't believe that such a cunning and experienced 异魔 would fall into madness and insist on challenging the bottom line of the will of heaven and earth.

"What exactly is its purpose!"

To break the situation, we must figure out the intention of this 异魔.

The initial purpose of creating 异魔 in the Void Demon Space was to deal with the cultivators who entered it. In other words, the instinct of the 异魔 is to devour cultivators. However, on the other hand, devouring cultivators must be of great benefit to the 异魔. What is this benefit?

Qi Tianxiang had a feeling that he had grasped a key, but the answer was obscure. In terms of realm strength, 异魔 can become infinitely stronger as long as they devour the power of nothingness. In terms of intelligence, 异魔 will also become intelligent as their realm improves, no less than cultivators of the same rank.

What else is it missing? What else does it need? What can it gain by devouring the flesh of cultivators?

Qi Tianxiang thought hard, but couldn't find a clue. He knew very little about 异魔 and wanted to ask Ling Xiao and the others, but was worried that the battle was in full swing, which would lead to distraction and be taken advantage of by the 异魔.

"Could it be for the body?" Qi Tianxiang was startled by this incredible answer, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, denying the idea.

The Water Thunder Talisman was about to expire, and Qi Tianxiang couldn't wait any longer. He pointed at the Xuan Lei Ruler and chanted a series of obscure incantations, finally unleashing his strongest thunder technique - "Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder!"

Above the sky, the Xuan Lei Ruler generated ten thousand heavenly thunders, illuminating the dozens of miles around, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. In the obscurity, in a certain space where light and shadow intersected, a giant-like black object stood, with two vague eyes growing on its huge head. It seemed to be shocked by this magnificent scene, its face full of awe.

Qi Tianxiang had no time to observe the situation dozens of miles away. He did his best to inject mana into the Xuan Lei Ruler wave after wave. The ten thousand heavenly thunders on the Xuan Lei Ruler continued to merge, become thicker, and stronger. At the same time, beams of powerful thunder light detached from the Xuan Lei Ruler and struck down on the Nascent Soul level Sky Demons below.

In just a few breaths, half of the fourteen 异魔 trapped by the Water Thunder Talisman had been annihilated, and the remaining half twisted their bodies frantically, trying to break free. However, then another thunder light fell, and they were all beheaded.

Although Ling Xiao didn't know why Qi Tianxiang had launched it in advance, he didn't have time to think too much. He quickly manipulated the Frost Penetrating Pearl to rush forward, catch up with a late-stage 异魔, release the "Freezing Heaven" technique, cover the 异魔's body, and trap it tightly.

At the same time, he threw a white shield about a foot in size behind him. The shield seemed to have countless small mouths, constantly spitting out icy air, condensing layers of profound ice in the space several feet behind him.

Qi Tianxiang was waiting for this moment. A thunderbolt as thick as a giant tree fell from the Xuan Lei Ruler and hit the top of the late-stage 异魔's head. A dazzling white light flashed, and the 异魔 turned into black smoke and dissipated into the darkness.

The other late-stage 异魔 was blocked by the white shield and could not get close to Ling Xiao in the first place. When it bypassed from the side and was about to pounce on Ling Xiao's body, the thunder and lightning that had killed the previous late-stage 异魔 exploded, scaring it to retreat again and again.