Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing was positioned where the valley transitioned from narrow to wide. Blocking it would naturally grant him a significant advantage, but having enemies behind him was akin to being in a dead end.

Therefore, he reined in his wandering thoughts, first initiating the Quicksand Formation, then seizing the opportunity to catch his breath, he retrieved the Heavy Earth Art Sword and cast a 'Flying Stones' technique at the three behind him, forcing them to temporarily halt their assault. Against the three in front, he erected several Earth Prisons, blocking them off.

Simultaneously, he manipulated the quicksand, moving closer to the giant rocks. This naturally opened up the valley entrance, leading into a wide area of several hundred feet, which was convenient for the opposing six to spread out and encircle him. However, to protect Yu Hanyan's rear, he had no choice but to act this way.

This battle, while dangerous, wasn't necessarily a losing one. With the Yang Refining Umbrella in his possession, he would never be defeated by six Core Formation cultivators. However, he couldn't immediately use the umbrella. The reason was simple: this place was close to the main peak, and there were already three Nascent Soul cultivators whose presence had been revealed. In other areas, it was unknown whether there were any hidden Nascent Soul experts. Once he used the Yang Refining Umbrella, the commotion would likely be detected by a Nascent Soul cultivator. At that point, besides escaping underground, he would be unable to protect Yu Hanyan.

The same situation also applied to the cultivator surnamed Kuai. He also possessed a Nascent Soul-level weapon, but unless the situation was dire, he would never use it proactively to attract the attention of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanjing's strategy for this battle was to maintain a balance. Even if he was slightly at a disadvantage, it didn't matter, as long as he prevented these people from disturbing Yu Hanyan's trial. Once she emerged from that simulated space, he could break through the encirclement with her and leave this place.

The Quicksand Formation covered a hundred-foot radius, but its power was somewhat dispersed during movement. The six Burning Sun Sect cultivators seized the opportunity to escape the quicksand's grasp, circling outside the formation, occasionally communicating with each other to discuss countermeasures.

After a few breaths, the young cultivator surnamed Kuai took out a black jade gourd and began to perform hand seals.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanjing hid the Limitless Saber within the sand formation and then launched the Armor-Piercing Axe at the man. However, as soon as the great axe emerged from the formation, it was entangled by the middle-aged scholar's wood-attribute flying sword, making it difficult to not only disturb the cultivator surnamed Kuai but also to build momentum.

This made Zhang Yuanjing take a few more glances at the middle-aged scholar. This person's magic power was strong, and he was skilled in entanglement techniques, making him a difficult opponent in group battles.

After pondering for a moment, he decided not to release the two beasts to assist in the battle for the time being. Instead, using the Heavy Earth Art Sword, he cast the Flying Stones minor spell, driving dozens of small stones like missiles toward the young cultivator surnamed Kuai.

The young cultivator surnamed Kuai was focused on controlling the black jade gourd and ignored them. Beside him, the middle-aged scholar summoned a long shield woven from some kind of vine, standing in front of the young cultivator surnamed Kuai, blocking all the flying stones, not letting a single one through.

Zhang Yuanjing launched several more attacks, but they were either blocked by the young scholar or received by Zhou Tianbao. He didn't use any killing moves, as he was still hesitating about how to deal with these people. If he couldn't kill them, he would inevitably be constrained. If he did kill them, although this environment was quite closed off, the opponents were, after all, numerous, making it difficult to eliminate them all, thus inviting a great enemy for the sect.

In fact, judging from the Burning Sun Sect's past attitude, this sect didn't stand on the Profound Sky Sect's side. But since it was a major sect in the Southern Domain and also held a seat in the Seven Cities Alliance's Directorate Hall, as long as they hadn't completely broken ties, they should still try to win them over as much as possible, and not actively cut off this path.

"Boom!"

After a few breaths of preparation, the young cultivator surnamed Kuai finally activated the black jade gourd. A torrent of flames, with a roaring sound, like a fire dragon drilled into the quicksand, charging and smashing, tearing the sand formation to pieces.

The fire dragon's momentum was even stronger, roaring at Zhang Yuanjing, who had revealed his location, and pounced on him.

Zhang Yuanjing summoned the Geng Metal Essence Slip, releasing golden light to protect himself.

The fire dragon, carrying the torrent's force and fierce flames, slammed hard on the golden light. The Geng Metal Essence Slip vibrated violently, the golden light flickering, seemingly existing and disappearing, but always with a thread of power, maintaining the protection without falling. After the fire dragon was exhausted, the golden light rose again, still shining brightly.

Zhang Yuanjing frowned slightly, feeling somewhat helpless against this black jade gourd. The Geng Metal Essence Slip was indeed powerful, but its consumption of magic power was quite large. After this strike, it directly consumed more than ten percent of his magic power.

This battle had only just begun, and it was unknown how long Yu Hanyan would need to come out of the simulated space. If the opponents repeatedly took turns using the black jade gourd, he simply wouldn't be able to last long.

At this time, without the quicksand to conceal them, the Burning Sun Sect people began to drive their magical treasures to attack again, some even releasing two or even three magical treasures at once.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't immediately release the quicksand, as this would undoubtedly lead the opponent to drive the black jade gourd to break the situation. Instead, he suspended the Geng Metal Essence Slip in front of him, blocking Zhou Tianbao and the middle-aged scholar's four magical treasures.

Against the young cultivator surnamed Kuai's crimson-gold flying sword, he used earth prisons to block it. Having suffered a great loss last time because of this, this time he couldn't help but be somewhat timid, carefully dodging with his sword, not daring to attack Zhang Yuanjing without any scruples.

The long-faced cultivator still had a chain, always moving above his head, never attacking. Zhang Yuanjing didn't dare to neglect this, always setting aside a strand of divine sense to pay attention, worried that it might have some unexpected effect.

The fat cultivator, in addition to the great hammer, also summoned three small hammers, and the sturdy man's three short swords, attacked from behind Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing's divine sense was strong, always paying attention to the overall situation of the battlefield, taking everyone's methods into his eyes and making predictions. Therefore, as soon as these two made a move, he also made preparations in advance, condensing a thick earth wall behind him, blocking the direct attack route, but also blocking the two people's vision.

The two could use their divine sense to observe the magical treasures' detour route, but after all, it wasn't as intuitive as when divine sense and sight were combined. Therefore, when the three short swords and three small hammers approached, Zhang Yuanjing suddenly summoned the Truth-Determining Disk, releasing a strong force to fix all six magical treasures in place.

The two were shocked and immediately used their divine sense to activate the magical treasures, trying to break free. Just as Zhang Yuanjing was about to reach out and grab a few magical treasures, the long-faced cultivator suddenly made a move, and the chain moving in the sky suddenly fell down, with an astonishing momentum, as if a mountain range was pressing down.

Zhang Yuanjing was startled and didn't dare to be distracted to take those magical treasures. He only urged the power of the Truth-Determining Disk, trying to prevent the six magical treasures from struggling, and activated the Mountain-Moving Art, urging his magic power to burst out. When the chain fell to a foot above his head, he shouted loudly, and an earth prison rose around him. He raised his hands sharply, lifting the mountain-like iron chain in his hands, and then moved it to both sides, carrying it on his shoulders.

When the Burning Sun Mountain cultivators saw this, they all felt that the opportunity to defeat the enemy had appeared. They each controlled the magical treasures in their hands and attacked the earth prison wildly. Among them, Zhou Tianbao and the middle-aged scholar were the most powerful. In addition to the previous magical treasures, they also released two swords, fiercely chopping on the earth wall. In an instant, they repeated this several times, about to break open the earth wall, and then slashed down hard on Zhang Yuanjing.

At this time, Zhang Yuanjing had completely controlled the power of the chain. No matter how the long-faced cultivator changed his hand seals, he couldn't make it move even half an inch.

Seeing that the enemy had broken through the earth prison, he simply let go and spread his magic power to both shoulders, twisting the force of one side, and slammed hard against the eight magical treasures of the two attackers.

"Bang!"

With a loud noise, all eight magical treasures were knocked away. Before the other party could react, he quickly twisted his body, and the force of the other side was also swiftly smashed out, slapping all the magical treasures that were about to hit him on the ground. Then, he continuously spun his body, smashing all the force of the chain toward the magical treasures on the ground, directly smashing these magical treasures until their spiritual energy was exhausted and their spirituality was greatly damaged.