"Sikong Tiancai and the others haven't caught up yet. It looks like Lu Xuan succeeded in delaying them, but it's a pity …" Long Boming shook his head with a hint of regret.
Everyone present knew how powerful Sikong Tiancai and the others were. Just Sikong Tiancai, who controlled the Tree of Life, was already extremely powerful, not to mention Zuo Cen, a late-stage Virtualized Realm cultivator, and Ku Er, a seven-star Soul King who'd lived for tens of thousands of years.
Lu Xuan had single-handedly stopped so many powerful cultivators. In their eyes, it was an impossible task, but reality proved that Lu Xuan had done it. Otherwise, Sikong Tiancai and the others wouldn't have let them escape so easily.
However, to do all of this, there was a great price to pay. Although they weren't sure if Lu Xuan was dead or alive, Long Boming believed that Lu Xuan was most likely dead. How could they escape under such circumstances?
"No, Lu Xuan won't die so easily." Chen Xiaohan stubbornly shook her head. Because the Virtualized Realm elder of the Peony Palace had died long ago, the Peony Palace no longer had any power. Right now, she was holding Ruo Xiangyi's corpse in her arms. Even though they were fleeing, she didn't leave Ruo Xiangyi's corpse exposed in the wilderness. Zhao Ying took the still unconscious Zhao Binger with her.
"Keep your spirits up!" Nangong Lie shouted in a low voice while his gaze swept past all of them, and then he said in a low voice, "Brother Lu risked his life to give us this opportunity to escape. But don't think that we're safe now. Now that Brother Lu is gone, we still won't be a match for Sikong Tiancai and the others once they catch up to us!"
Although he knew that Lu Xuan wasn't an important figure in the Jiuhua Alliance, but Zhao Ying's disciple, Nangong Lie still addressed Lu Xuan as brother Lu. It wasn't because of anything else, but because of Lu Xuan's strength and what he'd done. Nangong Lie could not help but admire Lu Xuan for making such a choice. After all, Lu Xuan was not one of those old monsters who would never die, but a young genius who was only in his early twenties. His future achievements were almost limitless, but he still made such a choice.
Hearing Nangong Lie's words, the cultivators who had just relaxed felt their hearts clench. Nangong Lie was right, they weren't out of danger yet, and they'd won a sliver of hope with great difficulty. None of them wanted to easily throw it away. Even if all of them were physically and mentally exhausted and had weak Origin Energy, they forcefully roused their spirits and continued dashing towards the distance under Nangong Lie's lead.
Staying in the space of the Taiyi Cauldron, Lu Xuan seized the time to digest what he'd just gained and improve his strength. After the Earth Divine Rune and the Fire Divine Rune, the Geng Gold Divine Rune and the Jiu Water Divine Rune were finally upgraded to four stars. Lu Xuan could feel his physical strength increasing with each successful refinement of a four-star Divine Rune. Now that he had the Fire Divine Rune and the Geng Gold Divine Rune, he could unleash an attack with the Golden Blaze Burst that was on par with a fighter in the early stage of the Taixu Realm. If he were to use the Five Elements Space Shattering Slash, the power would be comparable to a fighter in the middle stage of the Taixu Realm.
The current Lu Xuan could be considered a true expert in the Sky Sword Continent. However, he wasn't satisfied, nor was it enough. This was because his enemies were constantly getting stronger. What he needed to deal with were the true experts of the Fifth Grade Sects, like Zuo Cen, who held great authority in the Illusory God Sect.
The Golden Lightning Bamboo in his dantian constantly flickered with lightning. Lu Xuan began to extract the lightning essence from its body. The might of the Thundershock Divine Rune was extraordinary, especially when it was upgraded by one star. Currently, he already had two lightning-attribute innate techniques. The Blitz Thunder Escape was an extremely important movement technique for him in battle, while the Heart Calming Lightning was also incomparably powerful. It was especially effective when used against the Soul Race.
The purplish-gold lightning energy continued to gather. With the support of this one meter long Golden Lightning Bamboo, Lu Xuan didn't need to worry about the problem of not having enough lightning essence. This might be the first time he condensed the Divine Rune with such an abundance of resources. If it wasn't for the fact that his current body wasn't strong enough to construct a five star Divine Rune, he believed that the power of the Golden Lightning Bamboo would be enough to support him in condensing a five star Divine Rune.
As Lu Xuan's entire body flickered with lightning, it was as though his entire being was enveloped by thunderclouds. The Four Star Thundershock Divine Rune was finally formed. Following which, an innate technique was transmitted from the Four Star Thundershock Divine Rune into Lu Xuan's mind.
"Myriad Layered Thunderbolt Imprint, what a great innate technique!" After absorbing the information transmitted from the Four Star Thundershock Divine Rune, Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
The Blitz Thunder Escape was a movement technique. Although the Heart Calming Lightning was extremely powerful, it wasn't as agile. This Myriad Layered Thunderbolt Imprint was an extremely powerful innate technique that could be used to kill. It was comparable to the Burning Heaven Imprint that Nangong Lie had executed.
However, the most powerful aspect of the Myriad Layered Thunderbolt Imprint was that it could continuously stack on top of one another. A single layer of the Thunderbolt Imprint might be ordinary, but ten layers, a hundred layers, or even a thousand layers stacked on top of each other would have enough power to split mountains and split the earth. As the Thundershock Divine Rune grew stronger, the Thunderbolt Imprint would also be able to stack on top of each other.
Within the space of the Taiyi Cauldron, there wasn't a single trace of Heaven and Earth Energy. There wasn't even a trace of Law Energy. Although Lu Xuan wanted to test it out, it was a pity that he didn't have anything to rely on. Now that time was of the essence, he naturally couldn't leave the Sky Changing Sun Formation and waste his precious time to practice his martial techniques.
Suppressing this thought, Lu Xuan observed the rotating Eye of the Modest Wind. Wind was wind. The other treasures were staying in Lu Xuan's dantian. Only the Eye of the Modest Wind was constantly running around, never stopping. However, if the wind stopped, then it wouldn't be wind anymore.
Without a doubt, the Eye of the Modest Wind was a good treasure for condensing the Modest Wind Divine Rune. Lu Xuan already knew that in addition to the Five Element Divine Runes, there were other kinds of special Divine Runes in the world. Before this, he had only successfully condensed the Thundershock Divine Rune. In addition, there were also the Modest Wind Divine Rune, the Extreme Sun Divine Rune, the Extreme Yin Divine Rune, and many other powerful Divine Runes.
A single Thundershock Divine Rune allowed Lu Xuan's attack power to rise by a lot, and he even obtained three extremely powerful innate techniques. Now that there was an opportunity to condense the Modest Wind Divine Rune, how could Lu Xuan miss it?
As the Taiyi Return to Origin Art continued to circulate, the Eye of the Modest Wind spun unceasingly. At the same time, Lu Xuan extracted strands of the essence of the Modest Wind. Lu Xuan had never condensed the Modest Wind Divine Rune before. Before finding out the characteristics of the Modest Wind Divine Rune, it wasn't easy to successfully condense it. For example, when he condensed the Thundershock Divine Rune back then, Lu Xuan failed several times.
The Modest Wind Divine Rune was extremely light and fleeting. It was extremely difficult to tame this energy and condense it into a Divine Rune. However, since the Modest Wind Divine Rune existed, there was naturally a possibility of success. Using his powerful Soul Energy, Lu Xuan forcefully restrained this energy and inscribed it into runes according to his own plan.
However, in next to no time, Lu Xuan discovered that it wasn't possible. A mere One Star Modest Wind Divine Rune had already started to show signs of collapsing when he was only halfway inscribed. He tried three times in succession, but all of them ended in failure. The best time, he was only able to inscribe half of it. With Lu Xuan's current comprehension in the Dao of Talismans and his control over Soul Energy, it was truly inexcusable that he couldn't even inscribe a One Star Divine Rune successfully.
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