Lu Ping was frightened by Zhang Zhihe's attack and almost suffered internal injuries. How could a heavily injured Blood Condensation cultivator be so powerful?!
Little did he know that Zhang Zhihe was furious. He thought that a casual attack from him would be enough to kill this Eighth Layer Blood Refining Realm Minor Repairs Cultivator. He didn't expect that this cultivator's cultivation level was so high that not only was he unharmed, he even managed to block Zhang Zhihe's attack.
Master Immortal Du, who was behind him, shouted out of desperation. He didn't expect Lu Ping to actually block Zhang Zhihe's attack.
Just as Zhang Zhihe paused for a moment, Master Immortal Du's high-grade Flying Fish Sword pierced through Zhang Zhihe's back. Zhang Zhihe had no hope of escaping and could only turn around to face the attack.
Lu Ping knew that he had ruined Zhang Zhihe's plan. He was worried that Zhang Zhihe would be driven to desperate measures and that Master Immortal Du would order him to block Zhang Zhihe's attack again, so he had already retreated far away.
However, Lu Ping was overthinking. Zhang Zhihe was already an arrow at the end of its flight. He had used the Blood Escape Technique twice with injuries and was already at the end of his rope. A moment later, Lu Ping heard a blood-curdling scream in mid-air. Zhang Zhihe had been killed by Master Immortal Du with a single strike.
Lu Ping hurried forward and reported to Master Immortal Du what had happened since yesterday. Master Immortal Du gave him a few words of praise and then briefly explained to Lu Ping how he killed Zhang Zhihe. It turned out that a disciple who was training yesterday had coincidentally encountered Zhang Zhihe on a small island. Before this disciple died, he released a signal and Master Immortal Du happened to be the closest to him. After rushing over, the two of them engaged in a fierce battle. Zhang Zhihe was already heavily injured and was no match for Master Immortal Du, so he had no choice but to use the Blood Escape Technique again. Unfortunately, Master Immortal Du was prepared this time and chased after him. In the end, he was blocked by Lu Ping and died.
In the end, Master Immortal Du took out a jade scroll and said, "This scroll records Zhang Zhihe's Blood Escape Secret Technique. This secret technique is quite useful in preserving one's life. This time, you were able to block Zhang Zhihe's attack and saved me a lot of trouble. Take this jade scroll."
Lu Ping was very excited. Secret skills could become more powerful as one's cultivation increased. Although there was always a certain price to pay for using secret skills, every secret skill was a means to kill enemies and save one's life. It was never a bad thing to have more skills!
In the last ranking tournament, the top eight had received a secret technique as a reward. Lu Ping had been brooding over the fact that he did not participate in the top 16 battles. Now, he felt much better.
Master Immortal Du looked at Lu Ping's excited expression and said, "Elder Qu has ordered that the disciples must return to Xuan Qi Island as soon as possible after completing their mission. You can return with me."
The flying speed of a Blood Condensation Realm cultivator was indeed amazing. Thanks to Master Immortal Du, Lu Ping used a quarter of the time that Lu Ping took to return to Xuan Qi Island. At this time, there were many changes on the island. The island's protective array formation had been activated by Zhenling once again. Moreover, it seemed to be even more powerful than before.
Zhenling cultivators of the Blood Condensation Realm flew across the sky from time to time. The entire Xuan Qi Island was filled with a murderous aura. The disciples who were originally excited about completing their mission were also affected by the atmosphere. The excitement on their faces disappeared.
Lu Ping found the other members of Group 7. Through Shi Lingling, who returned first, he learned that three more Blood Condensation Realm cultivators had arrived on the island last night. Everyone was shocked by the arrival of three more Blood Condensation Realm cultivators!
"Are we really going to start a war with Xuan Ling Sect?" First Senior Martial Brother Yao Yong asked in confusion.
"Who knows? It seems like they won't need us anymore," Shi Lingling said.
Lu Ping knew the reason, but he was not stupid enough to explain it to them. While everyone was talking, they saw three Core Forging Stage Enlightened Masters flying over from outside the island and landing in the pavilion. Everyone was dumbfounded and looked at each other in dismay.
Seven Core Forging Realm Enlightened Masters!
After a while, Shi Lingling smiled bitterly and said, "Looks like something big is going to happen."
Everyone was silent!
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Master Immortal Liu came to inform them that the mission was completed ahead of schedule. The disciples were to return to Zhen Ling Side Hall as soon as possible to reflect on their experiences and improve their cultivation.
Including the disciples stationed on Xuan Hua Island, there were a total of forty people who participated in the mission. When everyone returned to Xuan Hua Island, only thirty-two people were left, and half of them were injured.
There were a total of eight disciples in Group 7 who were at least in the Eighth Layer of the Blood Refining Realm. The Eighth Senior Martial Brother, who had just broken through to the Blood Refining Realm after the grand competition, had died in the mission to eliminate the disciples that Xuan Ling had stationed on Mini Island last night. Even though the surviving disciples had gained a lot from the mission, the remaining seven people in Group 7 were still in low spirits.
After returning to the side hall, Lu Ping went into his cultivation room and started his closed-door cultivation. Lu Ping might not have gained the most out of the forty disciples, but he was also one of the ones who gained the most. More importantly, his cultivation was on the verge of breaking through after two days of training.
The Level 3 disciples were no longer forced to cultivate by the Master Immortal, and they could use their time freely.
Seven days later, with a sufficient supply of medicinal pellets, Lu Ping finally entered the late-stage of the Eighth Layer. He began to slowly accumulate arcane energy and advance to the Ninth Layer.
After finishing his closed-door cultivation, Lu Ping sorted out the miscellaneous items he obtained from the mission and sold them in the market. Although these spiritual herbs, spiritual materials, and miscellaneous ores were not worth much, there was a lot of them. Lu Ping got his hands on 220 spirit stones. He then replenished himself with a large number of Blood Purification Pills, Vitality Recovery Pills, Spirit Recovery Pills, and other elixirs to recover arcane energy, healing pills, and other daily necessities. He spent all the spirit stones he had on hand.
At this time, the other teams that went out for training began to return one after another. The returning disciples made the side hall's market bustling with activity. At the same time, all kinds of news about the mission spread in the side hall.
Another seven days passed, and Lu Ping sold a few hundred catties of spirit grains in the market. Based on the exchange rate of one spirit stone for three catties of spirit grains, Lu Ping earned another three hundred spirit stones. Other than buying medicinal pellets and talisman papers, he also bought twenty Blood Spirit Pills that could replenish blood essence. In the blink of an eye, he spent two hundred of the three hundred spirit stones he got.
At this time, the news about Zhenling's mission spread in the market and the side hall. Almost all of the participants were Xuan Ling Sect and its affiliated forces. The twenty teams and the disciples from the other sects had conquered seventeen small islands and their affiliated islands belonging to Xuan Ling Sect, Soaring Feather Sect, Cang Lang Sect, and the other two sects. The other three small islands that had not been conquered had also caused heavy casualties to the cultivators stationed on those islands.
At the same time, Zhenling accused Xuan Ling Sect in the North Sea Alliance of instructing its disciples to disguise themselves as rogue cultivators, forming the "Cultivator Sharing Union", "Cultivator Sharing Association", and the other four groups to infiltrate Zhenling and the other sects' territories to spy on information and hunt down other sects' disciples. At the same time, Cang Lang Sect, Jade Sword Sect, and the other four sects also produced the relevant evidence to support Zhenling.
Naturally, Xuan Ling Sect refuted with all their might, saying that Zhenling was a thief crying thief, and that it was an excuse to invade Xuan Ling Sect and the other four sects. They also called on the other sects in the North Sea Alliance to condemn Zhenling and the other sects for their sinful behavior.
For a time, the North Sea Alliance's sects were in conflict!
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