Chapter 286: Mulan Sacred Bird and the Spiritualization Stage
After the three great monks of Tiannan negotiated with the three great divine masters of the Mulan people for a while, they each retreated.
At the same time, in order to show their sincerity, the Mulan people took the lead in handing over half of the captives, and hundreds of people were released back to the Tiannan camp.
As soon as these people came back, a group of people would naturally rush to check whether there were spies among them, or whether they had done anything wrong.
After everything was checked, all the people were arranged in one tent.
At the same time, the gambling arena prepared for the ten monks was also set up. The Tiannan and Mulan people jointly set up a restricted area as the venue for the life-and-death gambling match.
After just a quarter of an hour, ten small magic arrays glowing white had taken shape. The array masters of both sides activated the arrays together, and then a white light shield covering an area of seventy to eighty feet appeared between the two arrays.
These formation masters rechecked the formation and withdrew only after they were sure there were no problems.
Then, ten Jindan stage cultivators and ten mages came up at the same time to supervise the operation of the magic circle.
The Tiannan and Mulan people will each send out ten Nascent Soul cultivators to participate in the gambling fight.
On Tiannan's side, ten mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, including Han Li, flew out from their own camp and arrived in front of the magic circle.
On the other hand, from the Mulan people’s side, ten monks in black robes flew out. All of them were filled with yin energy and terrifying demonic aura.
It is obvious that these are the evil cultivators of the Yinluo Sect.
When they saw this group of people appear, the three great monks and others immediately narrowed their eyes, thinking that there must be something strange going on.
The Mulan people did not send out their own Nascent Soul cultivators for the fight proposed, but instead sent out ten demon cultivators. This was weird no matter how you looked at it.
The three great monks immediately smelled a conspiracy, but since they had already agreed to the bet, it was too late to change it.
Moreover, they have also prepared various back-up plans, and believe that even if the other party comes up with any conspiracy or trickery, Tiannan has ways to deal with it.
Therefore, there was no change in the plan, and the ten people selected in advance were still sent out.
Twenty Nascent Soul cultivators from both sides entered the restricted area, ready to start a life-and-death battle.
Then, a scene that shocked the Tiannan cultivator appeared. After the ten demon cultivators on the opposite side entered the restriction, they immediately exploded.
The whole person turned into a sky full of blood light, dyeing the entire restriction light curtain red. The ten cultivators on Tiannan's side discovered that something was wrong and wanted to escape immediately.
However, they were shocked to find that the bloody light curtain could not be broken in a short period of time.
"Master Fang, it worked. I hope the Blood Silk Cover is really as powerful as your sect said, and can trap ten Nascent Souls in the cover for half a day. Once Tiannan loses these ten people, its strength will be greatly reduced, and half a day is enough for us to fight a decisive battle with the Tiannan monks!" The skinny old man turned around and said with a smile to the man in black robe not far away from him.
"Don't worry. This Blood Shroud is one of the six secret techniques of our sect. Even if a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage wants to break it, it will take at least half a minute and it is impossible to succeed!" said the man in black robe confidently.
As if to confirm what this person said, Master Zhiyang rushed to a blood shield and slashed it down with a dazzling sword light. After a loud rumbling sound, the blood shield just trembled slightly and returned to its original state.
When Master Zhiyang saw this scene, his face darkened, and Wei Wuya and the old demon Hehuan also looked gloomy after seeing this scene.
With their eyesight, they could naturally see that this blood-colored light shield could not be broken by them in a short period of time.
Seeing the actions of the great monks of Tiannan, the skinny old man laughed and said, "The most important thing now is not to let their great monks free their hands to remove these blood shields. Everyone, it's time to take action!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three people behind him turned into three streams of light and shot up into the sky.
These three people are the three great monks, namely the leader of Yinluo Sect, Master Zhong and Master Bi.
Wei Wuya and the other two's expressions changed, and they looked coldly at the three people flying towards them.
"They actually used this little trick. Now our ten top fighters are unable to take any action!" Wei Wuya said coldly.
"There's no other way. These ten blood-colored light shields cannot be solved in a short period of time . At least I can't do anything about it!" Master Zhiyang said helplessly.
"I just don't know if Brother Ye has any way to open these light shields?" The old demon Hehuan suddenly said.
The three of them looked behind them and saw Ye Changsheng standing there communicating with Long Han.
"I'm afraid Brother Ye doesn't have a chance to attack. The other side is already summoning the holy bird!" Wei Wuya said with narrowed eyes as he looked at the Mulan army formation.
"Forget it. Anyway, the number of high-level monks on our side is greater than that of the Mulan people. Even with ten of them missing, we still have a slight advantage!" said Master Zhiyang.
Then, he flew out and rushed towards the three people opposite, facing the divine master named Zhong.
Wei Wuya also moved and faced the divine master named Bi. The four of them rose high into the sky, away from the battlefield.
The remaining two were the old demon He Huan and the Yin Luo Sect's Sect Master Fang. After the two looked at each other for a moment, Sect Master Fang sneered and said:
"I have long heard of your great name as the best demon cultivator in southern Tian. Today, I will let this sect master see how capable you are!"
"Humph, I was just about to ask Da Jin for some advice on his magic skills!"
As they spoke, the two men turned into two streams of light and rushed into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, various light changes appeared in the nearby sky.
Sometimes it was fiery red, sometimes black, and from time to time there were thunder-like explosions.
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Before the three great cultivators confronted the Divine Master Mulan on the opposite side, Ye Changsheng and Long Han stood together and communicated with each other.
Seeing the blood-colored light shield forming and Master Zhiyang failing to break it with one strike, Long Han’s expression darkened.
"So that's what it is. This is their conspiracy. They use ten abandoned pawns to trap the ten masters on our side!" Seeing this scene, Long Han said coldly.
"After all, it can't change the overall situation. The overall strength of the Mulan people is still not as good as our Tiannan. Even without those ten people, we still have the advantage in high-level cultivators!"
"Moreover, it is hard to say how long those ten people can be trapped. It is possible that the Mulan people wasted ten blood corpses of the Yinluo Sect in vain, but failed to trap us cultivators for long!" Ye Changsheng said meaningfully.
"What does Brother Ye mean?" A look of surprise suddenly appeared in Long Han's eyes.
"Maybe someone will be able to break the ban and break out!" Ye Changsheng said.
“But even Master Zhiyang’s attack just now failed to break it!” Long Han said with some surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Everything in the world is interdependent and mutually exclusive. Master Zhiyang uses a head-on attack, so of course he cannot break it!" Ye Changsheng shook his head and said.
Seeing that Long Han's expression was full of confusion, he didn't want to explain too much.
Ye Changsheng believed that Han Li probably had the means to break through the light shield.
Moreover, it is very likely that, just like in the original novel, Han Li will not only be able to escape himself, but also rescue other cultivators trapped in the light shield.
"Originally, I wanted to take action to break one or two blood shields, but the other party is preparing quite quickly, so I have to take action!" Ye Changsheng looked at the blue light rising from the Mulan formation opposite, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
When Long Han saw the scene on the opposite side, his expression changed.
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In the Mulan people's formation, at the same time as the two divine masters and the Yinluo Sect's Sect Master Fang flew out, the Mulan Saint also began to move.
The woman surnamed Le took out a green lamp with a solemn expression. She raised the ancient lamp into the air and a wisp of white fire spewed out of her mouth, lighting the ancient lamp.
Then, a low and obscure spell was slowly uttered, and a white lotus blossomed under his feet. A woman named Le sat gracefully on it. The spell was suddenly filled with an indescribable wild atmosphere.
The ancient lamp suddenly trembled and phantoms appeared. Nine identical ancient lamps flashed out. After circling for a while, they gathered into a Chinese character "品" shape and slowly rotated in the air.
The woman surnamed Le flicked her jade fingers lightly, and nine spells of different colors shot onto the ancient lamp, emitting a bright green light.
Nine flames flew out from the lamp at the same time, condensed together in the center of the Chinese character "品", and turned into a ball of green flame the size of a head.
With a "puff" sound, the woman sprayed a mouthful of blood onto the green flame, and the flames suddenly increased greatly, becoming blindingly bright.
After a moment, a clear cry was heard, and a blue bird about a foot long emerged in the firelight.
This bird has a light body, long green feathers, and a pair of fiery red eyes that shine like gems.
It turned out to be a gorgeous blue peacock. It looked down with an arrogant attitude and immediately saw the woman named Le below.
With a slight tilt of his neck, some barbaric language from ancient times came out of his pointed mouth.
The woman surnamed Le respectfully bowed three times to the bird, saying the same words at the same time and started a conversation.
After a moment, she stopped speaking ancient words, and then she turned her jade hand over, and a pink round bead of unknown origin appeared in her hand, with a strong fragrance, but no one knew what it was.
When the blue peacock saw the round bead, it showed a happy expression, opened its beak, and a blue cloud spurted out of its mouth, sucking the round bead directly into its mouth.
With a "zila" sound, a halo rose from the blue bird's body, and then blue flames emerged, and it turned into a huge firebird.
After a sharp cry, the bird spread its wings and soared into the sky. The fire spiritual energy in a ten-mile radius suddenly became unstable. All the monks and mages who were casting fire-attributed attack techniques found that the power of their spells was reduced by about half at once, and they were shocked.
Countless fire spiritual powers flowed into the blue bird like thousands of rivers flowing into the sea. The bird's body suddenly expanded in size, and the blue flames on its body became more and more dazzling.
All the immortal cultivators within a ten-mile radius paused what they were doing and looked at the blue firebird in surprise, because the temperature nearby suddenly rose. Even with the protection of various magical instruments and shields, it still felt like being in a furnace, which shocked everyone.
However, when they saw the peacock in the green fire sun, the many mages on Mulan's side immediately showed ecstasy on their faces.
"It's the Holy Bird! Master Le summoned the Holy Bird!"
"We must win this battle!" some mages shouted loudly, and then launched a more frenzied attack on their opponents.
It seemed that this sacred bird was their belief. The moment it appeared, it boosted the morale of the Mulan people.
When the skinny old man Zhu Shenshi saw this scene, a smile appeared on his skinny old face.
Next to him was a woman from the Yinluo Sect shrouded in a black robe. This woman was in the middle Nascent Soul stage and was the wife of Sect Master Fang.
She looked at the blue peacock in the flames, a strange look flashed in her eyes, and said: "To be able to control the fire spirits of heaven and earth, this sacred bird must be at least at the level of a spirit transformation. No wonder you regard it as a last resort!"
“However, although the realm of this holy bird is high, when it first came out, the spiritual power in its body was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul. Now, even though it has absorbed so much fire spiritual power, it has only barely improved to the late stage of the Nascent Soul!”
"This should be a clone of the original body, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have lost so badly in the battle with the Tuwu people!"
Hearing the words of the black-robed woman, the skinny old man's face calmed down and he said calmly: "Mrs. Lu is indeed extraordinary. I can tell at a glance that the holy bird is indeed not its original body, but even so, it is still extraordinary!"
"Ordinary cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage are definitely not its opponents. In this world, there is probably no one who can deal with the Holy Bird!" said the skinny old man confidently.
"Really?" Mrs. Lu smiled faintly, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.
She was in no mood to explain to these barbarians on the grassland how deep the water in Dajin was. After taking a look at the Tiannan army across from her, she slowly said:
"That Tiannan's number one cultivator is someone that an ordinary late Nascent Soul cultivator would never be able to deal with. It's a good idea for you to use the Holy Bird to contain him!"
"The Holy Bird has mastered the means of utilizing the spiritual power of heaven and earth. This is a great supernatural power that can only be achieved at the Spirit Transformation Stage. If you master this, you will be invincible. It depends on what means Fellow Daoist Ye on the opposite side has to resist the Holy Bird!" The old man said with a chuckle.
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On the Tiannan side, Ye Changsheng had already flown away after seeing the huge blue bird that was more than twenty feet long.
Long Han glanced at Lan Shengqin with a gloomy expression. Even though they were so far away, he could still feel a strong threat from him.
He heaved a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "I hope Brother Ye can find a way to deal with this holy bird, otherwise Taizhen Qixiu will have to take over!"
The Seven Taizhen Cultivators are seven Nascent Soul elders in the Taizhen Sect of Master Zhiyang. They each possess an extremely powerful ancient treasure and can cooperate to form various battle formations. Their strength is extremely strong.
Even an ordinary cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage might not be a match for the seven of them working together. This was a trump card played by the Taizhen Sect.
Long Han intended to use this trump card as a deciding factor. If he played it against Mulan Shengqin now, it would undoubtedly make this trump card invalid.
At this moment, he only hoped that Ye Changsheng could stop the sacred bird.
When Ye Changsheng flew out, Long Han also began to command the Tiannan army to launch wave after wave of attacks.
