Cai Deyan was originally ordered to go to Huncheng Sect, but halfway there, he received a letter from the sect, asking him to stop Zhang Yan from going south, and to delay him as long as he could.
Although he had entered the third stage, he cherished his life even more. In all fairness, he did not want to run into Zhang Yan, but if he disobeyed the order, he would be severely punished. Moreover, the sect had given him many benefits, especially a few magic treasures, which made him even more tempted. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to come.
Zhang Yan smiled. As the head of the top ten disciples of Qincang School, why would he care about a few magic treasures? Even the other party probably did not believe him, he was just stalling for time.
Right now, rushing to Fenglai Mountain to help his fellow sect members was the top priority, everything else could be put aside, so he did not bother to argue with Cai Deyan. Light rose from his body, and with a tap of his feet, he turned into a sword rainbow and fled.
Cai Deyan's face darkened, and he said, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
A golden cover appeared under his feet, and with a flash, it wrapped around his body. He also turned into a ray of light and chased after him.
The banner was also quite strange, it actually trembled, and suddenly turned into a wisp of grey smoke, following behind him. Its speed was not the least bit slower.
Zhang Yan glanced back and saw that the other party's light was just as fast, so he was not surprised.
Since this person came to stop him, he must have a magic treasure with him, or else he could easily get rid of him.
However, there was one difference. When a cultivator traveled, they needed to use all their mana, so under normal circumstances, it was very difficult to use magic skills. Only magic treasures like flying swords could be used freely. At this moment, it was a good opportunity for him to make a move. With a thought, the sword light moved like a bowstring. It turned into a ray of golden light, and went straight for his opponent.
Unexpectedly, Cai Deyan did not panic. With a shout, the golden cover on his body suddenly released a burning light. It looked like a small mirror, and then a ray of spiritual light appeared from it. It quickly fell down, and clashed with the sword light for a while. In an instant, it collided with the sword light dozens of times.
The sword light suddenly split into eight streaks and attacked him from all sides.
Cai Deyan chuckled and raised his mirror. Eight Spiritual Rainbows flew out from within, splitting up to meet them. Instantly, a series of clashing sounds could be heard in mid-air.
In the blink of an eye, the sword light split apart once more, and it formed over a hundred streaks in one go like shooting stars. Sharp light and cold air surged in all directions, as if in the next moment, everything in front of it would be torn apart.
However, to everyone's astonishment, the small mirror swayed, and a similar number of streaks of light also flew out from within it, completely blocking the oncoming sword Qi.
Cai Deyan saw this. Chuckling, Zhang Xuan let go of his worries.
This treasure was known as the Myriad Phenomenon World Connecting Mirror, and it was originally a treasure left behind by the previous generation's Paradise Master of the Origin Mirage Sect. Later on, he lost a bet and it fell into the hands of the Jiuling Sect. This time around, in order to convince him to come and fight against Zhang Yan, the Jiuling Sect bestowed this treasure to him.
This mirror was quite mysterious. As long as the opponent's magic treasures or magic tools came over, as long as they were touched by the mirror's light, they would instantly be reflected. They would materialize into something that was similar to the mirror, thus dispersing the opponent's attack.
However, this treasure needed to first accumulate Mirror Energy before it could be used. Usually, this Mirror Energy would need to be nurtured for tens to hundreds of years before it could be used once. To normal cultivators, it was quite useless. However, if not for this flaw, he wouldn't have given it out so easily.
However, he also knew that this technique would at most allow him to defend without any problems. If the opponent didn't bother about him and just continued to run, it would still be useless. If he wanted to make him stay, he would still have to force him to attack.
He flicked his hand on the golden cover beside him, and instantly, many dark-colored silver rings flew out, striking towards Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan Just Now saw clearly that no matter how the sword light in his hand split and flashed, the small mirror seemed to be able to form a spiritual rainbow to block it. This wasn't because the opponent was skilled, but because the treasure on his body was weird.
However, his eyes were sharp, and he could tell that as long as he wasn't hit by the mirror's light, he didn't need to worry.
Since that was the case, he didn't attack anymore. Instead, he used the sword light to protect himself, easily blocking the silver rings that flew over.
The opponent's defense was strong, and his offense was also quite impressive. However, right now, the two of them were still flying in the direction of Mount Fenglai. Speaking of which, he still had the advantage, so there was no need for him to take the initiative to change the situation. If he could fight all the way here, he would have achieved his goal.
Cai Deyan saw that Zhang Yan was only focused on defense, and that he couldn't delay the latter's footsteps, so he couldn't help but feel anxious.
After a slight hesitation, he thought to himself, 'If we continue fighting like this, I won't be able to stop him. Could it be that I really have to use that treasure? If I use it, I'll have to risk my life.'
He thought about it repeatedly, and discovered that if he didn't use this treasure, he would be at his wit's end against Zhang Yan. It seemed that when the sect sent this treasure over, they had already anticipated this situation. This was clearly forcing him to fight with his life on the line.
His hesitation also slowed his attack by half a beat.
How rich was Zhang Yan's battle experience? With a single look at this reaction, he could tell that the opponent was probably about to use some powerful technique, but was still hesitating, so he immediately became vigilant.
He was never willing to throw the initiative to his opponent. Rather than waiting for the opponent to make up his mind, it was better to force him to use it.
With a clear shout, the flying light suddenly changed direction, no longer charging forward, but pulled upwards, directly piercing through the Second Heaven.
Cai Deyan was startled. Then, his thoughts turned, and he immediately realized the intention behind this, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
The wind in the Second Heaven was ferocious, and it wasn't something that could be compared to here. Yuanying cultivators who were slightly weaker would be shredded into pieces. If he allowed Zhang Yan to go above, even if he could keep up, the amount of energy he would have to expend would be several times more. Zhang Yan's energy was deep and dense, and he was far from being able to match up to it. How could he possibly stop him then?
With a loud shout, he raised his sleeve and threw out an item. Then, he made a hand sign and pointed. In an instant, the area within a radius of a few miles was enveloped by a circle of obscure spiritual light. For a moment, the sky light and astral wind were all gone, and it suddenly became silent. There were only a few treacherous phantoms that shook endlessly.
When Zhang Yan saw this, he hurriedly suppressed the flying light. His gaze swept around, and he deduced in his heart, 'Looking at the atmosphere here, if it isn't bad, it should be the Nine Spirit Dust Circle recorded in the Demon Subduing Treasure Record.'
Jiuling Sect cultivators were good at capturing other cultivators and refining them into spirit demons for their own use. This Nine Spirit Dust Circle could lock down a part of the world, and prevent the other party from escaping.
It was just that this treasure was extremely rare. If not for the fact that the sect wanted Cai Deyan to stop Zhang Yan, he wouldn't have had the chance to use it.
At this moment, Zhang Yan also knew why his opponent had hesitated just now. Once this treasure was used, even the host couldn't take it back on his own initiative, and the people within the circle could only leave by killing the host. It was equivalent to a situation where one party would not rest until the other party was dead.
However, this was exactly what he wanted. The reason why he didn't take the initiative to kill his opponent was to prevent Cai Deyan from avoiding the battle and using the method of fighting with him. Now that no one could get out, it wouldn't be too late to deal with this guy, and then move out.
He looked around once more, and in his field of vision, he didn't see the other party's figure. He should be hiding somewhere. However, this region wasn't big, and he could force him out.
He circulated his mana, and instantly used the Heaven and Earth Lock Technique. He looked around silently for a moment, and still couldn't sense Cai Deyan's figure. He guessed that the other party was using a treasure to hide his tracks.
His eyes flashed. Since this method didn't work, then he would change to another method.
Suddenly, he raised his leg and stomped down heavily. With a loud boom, a towering wave rose up beneath his feet. In an instant, it rushed out, and spread out. Before long, it reached the end of the circle, and then it rolled back, rising up continuously. The water light grew higher and higher, as if it wanted to drown the entire world in one go.
Cai Deyan was hiding in a secret area within the spirit circle. Since he had used the Dust Circle, then there was no way out. He tossed aside all his worries and focused on fighting his opponent. Looking at the water light around him, he knew that his opponent had already made his move. If he didn't stop it, he would definitely be exposed. He grabbed a handful of black sand from his sleeves, and with a pinch of his palm, he threw it down expressionlessly.
This object was called 'Xiao Rang'. It was formed from the soil in the spirit cave after thousands of years of accumulation of filth.
Once this small handful of mud ball left the earth's Qi, it would immediately sink like a mountain. Once the spiritual Qi touched it, it would also be tainted.
This object was not given by the sect, but he brought it himself. Early on, after he and Zhang Yan won the first place in the Eighteen Sects Sword Duel, he had a feeling that he would have to fight with him. Therefore, he prepared for a rainy day, and collected this turbid soil, which was used to restrain the Water Element True Light.
Once Xiao Rang entered the Water Element True Light, it immediately suppressed the tide and calmed the waves. It looked like it had turned into a swamp, and it could no longer move. It was desperately absorbing the surrounding spiritual vigor to strengthen itself, and there was a trend of it becoming wider and wider.
However, Zhang Yan didn't seem to care about all of this. Instead, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards a direction.
Just Now, although Cai Deyan's action of throwing Xiao Rang was subtle, but it still revealed a trace of breath, and was immediately noticed by him.
After a few glances, he leaped into the sky and turned into a sword light, flying towards that direction.
Cai Deyan was instantly shocked. He knew that he would inevitably expose himself if he made a move here, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
With Zhang Yan's traveling light, it would only take him a moment to arrive in front of him, and he would be in a disadvantageous situation.
In a moment of desperation, he stretched out his hand and took out a banner from the void. Then, he waved it, and two muffled thunders were heard. Two apes of thirty feet tall came down from the void. They held a stick in one hand, and their lips were lifted and their nose was flat. Their fangs were exposed, and they looked fierce. However, their eyebrows were snow-white, and they were as long as their shoulders. They looked like they were floating in the air, and they gave off a strange and otherworldly aura.
As soon as the apes came out, they were filled with fighting spirit. They let out a deafening roar, and their eyes were bloodshot as they rushed towards the sword light.
Zhang Yan's gaze froze slightly, and he said in surprise, "Snow Browed Ape?"
This ape was a natural variant of the ape tribe. It was born with a lifespan of a thousand years, and when it grew to five hundred years old, it could compete with a Fourth Transformation Strength Path cultivator.
Looking at its eyebrows, it was four feet long, and it was obviously eight hundred years old. Its strength definitely couldn't be underestimated. Because he didn't want to be entangled with it, he turned his traveling light and intended to go around it.
However, at this moment, Cai Deyan suddenly reached out his hand, and with a point of his finger, he cast the technique of Imprisonment on the Ground.
At the same time, the two Snow Browed Apes roared, and they raised their big sticks to smash the sword light.
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