Demons, who had a strict hierarchy, were more disciplined than humans.
Even if some of them had different thoughts, since the strategy had been decided, they would immediately move in unison.
Huang Yang waved his hand and took the lead to retreat without hesitation.
They retreated in a very particular way.
They did not scatter and flee. Instead, they gathered into a group and retreated in an orderly manner.
Lu Qingshan did not completely heave a sigh of relief when he saw the Demons retreat so decisively. Instead, he frowned slightly as he watched the fiendish cultivators retreat.
"This leader is a smart man."
This was because these fiendish cultivators had retreated, but not completely.
Although they were retreating, they did not choose to flee like a swarm of bees. Instead, they retreated at a steady pace.
Some of them held defensive treasures to protect themselves. This was to guard against Lu Qingshan's sudden sneak attack.
This was a joint Mystic Flag Glimmer Array. This was a tracking array formation. Its purpose was to keep a close eye on Lu Qingshan and prevent him from shaking them off.
The fiendish cultivators maintained a safe distance between themselves and Lu Qingshan. They could attack or retreat.
This was like a pack of wolves hunting a large prey. They were definitely no match for him in a one-on-one battle. If they swarmed over, even if they succeeded in killing the prey, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, the hunting method of wolves was to follow the large prey they had locked onto from afar.
They would constantly harass and engage in guerrilla warfare. They would use a method similar to grinding down the prey's blood until they were exhausted and their combat strength decreased sharply. Then, they would swarm over.
Now, these First Tribulation fiendish cultivators were prepared to use this method to 'hunt' Lu Qingshan.
Furthermore, knowing the profundities of the Mental Demon race's divine powers, Lu Qingshan was certain that these fiendish cultivators would not simply hang on to him from afar and wait for him to reveal a flaw.
They were definitely waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
However, seeing this situation, Lu Qingshan could not help but smile.
If I didn't scare you away, I would have to worry about whether I could escape safely in my current state.
If I really scared you away, I would feel a little regretful.
On the contrary, this kind of unwillingness to retreat is what I like the most. "
He muttered in his heart.
Lu Qingshan had never intended to let these demonic cultivators go.
On the other side, Huang Yang's eyes were cold as he stared at Lu Qingshan from afar. Dense killing intent flowed in his eyes, causing the surrounding temperature to abruptly drop.
The hatred in his heart towards this sword cultivator who had killed his Highness was indescribable.
They regretted not listening to His Highness's orders and watching the show from the sidelines. Even if they would be reprimanded by Tianmang, they should have swarmed forward and taken down this human sword cultivator.
If that was the case, there wouldn't be so many problems now.
With Her Highness, who was an eighth-grade Second Cast Cultivator, tanking at the front and assisting from the side, this sword cultivator would definitely not be able to find an opportunity to instantly kill Her Highness. He would only be slowly ground to death by them.
A realm seven sword cultivator might be able to match a realm eight cultivator in terms of explosive power for a short period of time, but in terms of endurance, it was impossible to compare to so many realm eights.
It wasn't that they were looking down on Lu Qingshan, but some things were natural and could not be defied.
"Lu Qingshan …" Huang Yang kept repeating this name. "This person must be a super prodigy of the human race and is quite famous in the outside world.
It's a pity that we've been living in seclusion here for so long and have never heard of this person.
"However, in my expectations, when he saw our actions, he would either turn around and chase after us, or he would immediately increase his speed to shake us off …"
"But he didn't choose either of them. He just wandered around here slowly, as if he was waiting for something …"
"We're here for reinforcements. What is he waiting for?"
Not far away, the beautiful woman in the palace dress who had attracted Tianmang's attention earlier strangely appeared again. She flew on her sword and brought Lu Qingshan deeper into the great wilderness.
His speed was not fast, and he completely ignored all of them.
Lu Qingshan did not move at all. He closed his eyes and focused on his sword light. No one knew what he was doing.
'Could it be an empty fort strategy?' Huang Yang stared at Lu Qingshan in the sword light. He felt that something was amiss and kept making judgments in his mind.
.....
'What is Lu Qingshan waiting for?'
The answer was very simple.
In the knowledge of both the human and devil races, once a cultivator completed a major realm breakthrough, they would need some time to settle down and familiarize themselves with the great power after the breakthrough.
This was an essential period of settling down.
However, this was only true for ordinary cultivators.
For Lu Qingshan who possessed Deep Blue, once he completed a major realm breakthrough, he would not be in a settling down period. Instead, he would be in a metamorphosis period where his combat strength would greatly increase.
Lu Qingshan opened the panel.
Several rows of fiery words were glowing and flickering continuously, flowing like water.
"You've established a Law Domain!"
"The Law Domain's attributes are as follows: … (omitted)"
"You've mastered the Da Xia Kingdom Scripture (Fusion Chapter)!"
"You've leveled up to Fusion!"
"Your elemental energy has increased. The upper limit of your elemental energy has increased by 100,000!"
"Your talent, Elemental Energy Control, has transformed into Three Flowers at One's Prominence!"
[Three Flowers at One's Prominence]: The combination of spirit, energy, and essence.
After advancing to the Fusion stage, you can fuse your cultivation base, Qi, blood, and Essence Spirit into one to increase your cultivation base.
"You've received the [Fusion] rank bonus: Your divine sense has increased by + 1,000!"
"At the same time, every time you advance by a small level in the Fusion stage, your divine sense will increase by + 500!"
"Your talent, Qianyuan Body, has been upgraded to Celestial Body."
[Celestial Body]: The fate of heaven and earth is interconnected. All things are one.
Heaven and man are connected. Your physical body will silently absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth at all times (the same applies in battle), greatly increasing your recovery ability. At the same time, your lifespan will be extended. Lifespan: 20,000 years.
"Your talent, Formation Breaker, has been upgraded. Current damage bonus: 5% * 7 = 35%."
"You've obtained a new Natal Sword slot! Note, the Natal Sword attribute added to this slot cannot be duplicated with the existing Natal Sword attribute! (Currently available slots: 2. Currently available attributes: Earth, Wind, Thunder.) "
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After advancing to the Fusion stage, apart from possessing a Law Domain, the greatest improvement was the [Three Flowers at One's Prominence] talent, which could unify one's strength.
A cultivator's combat strength was composed of various components. Physical strength, Essence Spirit realm, Dharma artifacts, Dharma spells, combat awareness, and so on were all included.
However, the foundation of everything stemmed from cultivation base and Dharma power.
The importance of the foundation was self-evident.
However, due to the different cultivation systems, cultivators would always have a bias when cultivating.
For example, spirit cultivators focused on the Essence Spirit realm, body cultivators focused on the physical body, and Dharma cultivators focused on Dharma power.
This led to the appearance of differences — although everyone was of the same realm, their focus was different, causing the foundation of Dharma cultivators to be more solid than cultivators of other sects.
This higher foundation, when multiplied by other bonuses, would often be magnified.
The higher a cultivator's cultivation base, the more obvious the difference would be after being magnified.
From the looks of it, after reaching a high realm, Dharma cultivators should be the dominant force.
However, this was not the case.
This was because after a cultivator advanced to the Fusion stage, they would possess the ability of the Three Flowers at One's Prominence.
Cultivators could use their own Qi, blood, and soul to enhance their Dharma power, thus increasing their foundation and foundation to be on par with Dharma cultivators.
Lu Qingshan looked at his Attribute Pane.
"Lu Qingshan (Human), Level: Early-stage Fusion (Early-stage)."
"Elemental Energy Value: 220022.9 (Current upper limit of elemental energy)."
"Essence Spirit Realm: Late-stage Soul Realm (45009300) (Current upper limit of Divine Sense and Divine Sense)."
In other words, after breaking through to the Fusion stage, his elemental energy foundation increased from 129,000 to 229,000.
Normally speaking, a Fusion cultivator's elemental energy foundation should be in the range of 100,000 to 200,000.
Lu Qingshan's cultivation base had just broken through to the Early-stage Fusion stage, but he had already broken through the limit of an ordinary Fusion cultivator's foundation.
One step forward, one step forward.
A flawless Dao foundation, Paramount Ten Flowers, and Nine Dragons Essence Meridians. In the end, he was a "monster".
However, this was not the end. Although sword cultivators did not cultivate their physical bodies, and their Qi and blood power were not worth mentioning and could be completely ignored, sword cultivators who controlled flying swords could not be underestimated. Among the Six Cultivators of True Virtue, they were only second to spirit cultivators.
Not to mention, Lu Qingshan's Essence Spirit Realm was his strongest point.
Lu Qingshan had already tested it in his battle with Tian Mang.
With the help of the Three Flowers at One's Prominence talent, a 229,000 elemental energy foundation, and his late-stage Soul Realm soul power, his elemental energy foundation would increase to a terrifying 350,000.
The elemental energy foundation of a cultivator at the Eighth Stage was only considered under normal circumstances. Excluding "mutants" like Xia Daoyun and Lu Qingshan, those below the Third Tribulation realm would generally have an elemental energy foundation of 200,000 to 800,000.
Lu Qingshan's 350,000 elemental energy foundation was already comparable to a First Tribulation cultivator.
His Essence Soul realm was comparable to that of a Third Tribulation realm cultivator.
From this perspective, although Lu Qingshan was only at the early stage of the Body Integration Realm, he could be regarded as a First Tribulation cultivator.
Tian Mang's cultivation base was at the Second Cast of the Eighth Stage. Although he could still suppress Lu Qingshan, this advantage was obviously not at the level of an Eighth Stage cultivator against a Seventh Stage cultivator. It was not surprising that he would die under Lu Qingshan's sword.
Lu Qingshan, who had been at the peak of the Body Integration Realm in his previous life, was already very familiar with these attributes.
Therefore, he only took a quick glance and immediately focused his gaze on the place he was most concerned about at the moment.
Experience bar.
Current Experience Points: 2.649 billion.
Because his cultivation had reached the peak, he had been accumulating experience points without anywhere to use them.
In addition, after coming to the Central Spirit Region, he had been constantly killing, so his experience points had already reached a terrifying number.
It was just like money. No matter how much he didn't use in the bank, it was just a number. Only the money that was used was called money.
Only the experience that was used was called experience.
Now, he wanted to use this huge amount of experience points to bring about a terrifying increase in his combat strength.
Lu Qingshan's eyes were burning.
He still remembered the various mystical abilities he had mastered when he was at the peak of the Body Integration Realm in his previous life.
Because of the existence of the Law Domain in the Body Integration Realm, every small breakthrough was no longer like before, where it was just a simple increase in cultivation base and Essence Spirit. Instead, there would be a qualitative transformation, and new mystical abilities of the Law Domain would be obtained.
In Lu Qingshan's eyes, there was no difference whether the enemy was at the early or middle stage of the Body Integration Realm.
But in fact, except for special circumstances like his, the Body Integration Realm was a world of difference for most cultivators.
"If nothing unexpected happens today, I can reach the peak of the Body Integration Realm again," Lu Qingshan said in a low voice.
In the next moment, his experience points began to flow.
"The level of the [Scripture of the Da Xia Kingdom] (Body Integration Realm) has increased. The upper limit of your Essence Energy has increased by 100,000!"
"Your level has increased to the middle stage of the Body Integration Realm. Divine Sense + 500!"
"Your cultivation base has increased. The Sword Domain has obtained a new mystical ability: [Power of Heaven and Earth]."
[Power of Heaven and Earth]: The Law Domain can automatically absorb the Power of Heaven and Earth from Heaven and Earth. The Domain Lord can use the Power of Heaven and Earth to heal his injuries.
As long as the Law Domain is not broken and the Power of Heaven and Earth is not exhausted, the Domain Lord will not die.
Current Power of Heaven and Earth in the Sword Domain: 0
Current Power of Heaven and Earth absorbed by the Sword Domain per day: 3 (Can absorb 1 Power of Heaven and Earth for every 100,000 Essence Energy. The Domain Lord's current upper limit of 329,000 Essence Energy is treated as 300,000.)
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At the early stage of the Body Integration Realm, a cultivator could only open the Law Domain.
But at the middle stage of the Body Integration Realm, a cultivator's Law Domain could accumulate the Power of Heaven and Earth.
The Power of Heaven and Earth could help the Domain Lord continuously heal his injuries.
This was an "invincible" divine ability that was equivalent to cheating in the eyes of low-level cultivators.
One could imagine an early stage Body Integration Realm cultivator fighting with a middle stage Body Integration Realm cultivator. The early stage Body Integration Realm cultivator risked his life to seriously injure the middle stage Body Integration Realm cultivator, but in the end, the latter's injuries instantly healed.
How desperate was that?
How was he going to fight this battle?
The difference between the early stage Body Integration Realm and the middle stage Body Integration Realm was not much, but there was a qualitative change in their strength. It was not an exaggeration to say that there was a world of difference in their combat strength.
However, this divine ability was not really invincible.
It had two major flaws.
It was also these two flaws that made it possible to kill a middle stage Body Integration Realm cultivator.
First, the Power of Heaven and Earth could only be automatically absorbed by the Law Domain. Cultivators could not actively absorb it.
This meant that the Power of Heaven and Earth could only be slowly accumulated over time.
The speed of this accumulation was quite slow. Generally, the Power of Heaven and Earth that had been accumulated for decades or even centuries would be almost exhausted in a fierce battle.
Therefore, if one wanted to kill a middle stage Body Integration Realm cultivator, it was completely possible to continuously exhaust the latter's Power of Heaven and Earth before killing him.
It was also for this reason that in the middle stage Body Integration Realm, cultivators who did not make a move were the most terrifying. At the same time, the older they were, the more popular they were — no one knew how much Power of Heaven and Earth these old Body Integration Realm cultivators had accumulated during those long days when they did not make a move.
As for the second flaw, it was even more simple.
The Power of Heaven and Earth could indeed heal the injuries of a Domain Lord, but it did not have the power to bring the dead back to life.
The dead could not be brought back to life.
If a Domain Lord was insta-killed by a wave of attacks, then no matter how much Power of Heaven and Earth he had accumulated, it would be useless.
The reason why Lu Qingshan could kill Body Integration Realm cultivators as easily as chopping vegetables was because of his powerful explosive power. He had perfectly grasped the flaw of the Power of Heaven and Earth.
Every time he attacked with his sword, it was a sure-kill. He never gave the Body Integration Realm cultivators a chance to draw on the Power of Heaven and Earth to heal their injuries!
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